New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-03
The Tariff Question In New-York.

ing article on The Tariff, when opens as ioHo"s :
The Tariff law enacted by Congress al the last SEES
zion Is of itsif important not because II actually o.!
oninishes 10 any great extent the taxauon upon con
sunabe goods but because renounces me merry @ fro-
,,e.ou 70 certain branches OF industry 1t oVerhro"s
principle, or less aceo upon since inc iofmauoh
Of the Government
To the same effect is article in The Globe OF yes
terday which says;
"rS5~ The Wing Committee at Washington have, it is
said already cent about $1,000 documents. chiefly
The Tariff No gentlemen. public opinion is against
youthe protc,tre system doomed 10 extinction II Is
money thrown away better IT increase the
Of wOrknen in the factories
AL this is frank and above board. The Tariff Of
~ is condemned not because 1t gave too much
Protection on this article and too little that as
it's enemies coutended in laii, with Silas Wright
at their head but because II attempted 10 gre any
Protection at ALL SO the Polk substitute is APP
proved and commended, not because Its ad valorem
Revenue Duties may chance TO afford an Incideatal
Protection which will enable our artisans TO hold
their ground against Foreign rivalry. but because
1t is based ON the principle OF hostility 10 all Pro
tccttoR nh0le0cr That maintained, was the
true issue in 1914, but advcrsarles habltually
evaded or denied it. They objected and clamored
not that the Tariff OF 1912 attempted Protect the
Labor and Enterprise OF the Country against de-
pressing Foreign competition, but that it did not
protect, was not intended TO protect our pro-
ducers-thatttax the poor mans necessaries, and
lett the rich mans luxuries untaxed nearly free
of duty. Vainy did we exhaust every effort to
bring back the controversy to the real and tangible
ground of Protection against No Protection-our
opponents skulked this. and could not be brought to
face it. Fair and equal Protection to all was the
IF, 81. ,,b .bot tbo
wormed their way into power. Then came the de-
velopments OF Mr.. Folks Message and Mr.. Walk
sr's more extended and unmistakable Treasury Re
port. in which the most sweeping and cmbittered
hostility to all Protection whatever was avowed
and defended Hence the Tariff Of 1916; and we
now hear the notes Of anti. Protective triumph
pealed u our years The deed is done: The work
is fuished--Protection which has been an avowed
element OF our National Policy ever since the
Constitution was adopted, is repudiated wholly |
and ever more.
We say that. SO far this triumph is real, it has
been won by fraud, conceament equivocation and
fasehood We appeal from the, jugglers TO the |
iugGled, and insist re hearing i'll the coming
Election. We know the obstacles in the way OF
calling cut full vote at what is usually considered
q mere State Election-how discouraging, though
unreal. is the consideration that the President with
his Veto cannot DO shaken by any result which
may now be produced-how depressing paralyz
ing is the effect the Wings of the defeat Of 1914.
All these weigh heavily against us, yet in the other
scale we have the open avowals Of our adversaries
that their new Tariff is deliberate intentional
deathblow, not to the Tariff Of 1912 merely but to
all Protection whatever. They tell us. moreover
that this is areversa of the whole scope OF our Ma
siona Policy since l7s9-an entire novelty, so far
as principle is concerned in our Legislation. shall
this be submitted to without struggle
NEw.YoRx is emphatically called on to take "a
leading part in this struggle. Protection to Home
Industry the necessity OF her condition which
induced her. against powerful opposition. to give
nor assent to the Constitution OF 1889. She has
citizens now living who remember that this was
the motto on her banners, the watchword o; her
people at the Great Celebration here held to rejoice
a, the acceptance Of that Constitution Her me-
chanics and artisans were among the earliest and
.,o.t unanimous in their appeals 10 tho new Con.
y-ess for Protection 10 American interests. In that
memorial. Nsth April, 1891 after recapi,ulatins
their distresses and the foundations OF Foreign fab
RIGS TO which they had been subjected under tho
Free.Trade OF the old Confederation they say:
wearicd by their iruitlcss cxerions, your petition
have long looked forward with anxiety Tor the es
Enlistment Of Government which would have power
check the growing evil and extend protecting hand
the interests OF commerce and the arts Snch Cor
sTarst noe established On the promu cation OF the
Constitution just commencing It's operations, your
petitioners diseorered IN us principles nc remedy haich
&sy haa long aud earnestly desired To your hon.
orable body the mechanics and manufacturers of New.
York look up with confidence, convinced that The
,tyAAU Of hua bad u,fh thl
means, 80 your knowledge OF our common wants has
given you the spirit unbnd letters, and
our country from disgrace and ruin"
Such was the uniform doctrine OF the Democracy
Of New-York throughout the long ascendency OF
Nj. GEORGE CLINTON. D. d. ToMPKINs and their
oomPatIiots. 1t was the doctrine. emphatical.
" expressed, OF the Tammany Society in its
able Address OF lsl9, Such, we cannot doubt,
is the present sentiment o. majority of the Work.
ms Men OF our City. We know how poten. is the
madness OF Psrty-how numerous are those who
swallow the Party dictam OF to-day withou, asking
how or why 1t contradicts that OF yesterday-wo
know how heavily on the wrong side weighs the
influence OF the British Immigrants among us who.
applying TO this country conclusions drawn from
very dieren, state OF things IN Europe 30 blindly
in mass agains, Protection. Ne, against, sn, dc.
y
is to-day favorable TO the Protection of Home In.
dusty,
VIII the Politicians and Party fuglemen allow
the People to try that issue The gage is thrown
down TO us BY the anti Protectionists may we be
permitted to take it up In each Congressional!
District we shall have candidate presented
and powerfully backed who is an open and deadly
snen,v To oll Protection Shall he not be opposed
by one only who holds with the old Democracy on
shis point with the Republicans OF l'S9 and
1857 We do wish it were prscticaole-nay' we
trust it is practicabe-;o select in each o.! our City
Districts one candidate for Congress who can unite
the votes of all who friendly to Protection We
shall not ask whether he is Conservative or Pre-
crcssive--what he thinks of Naturalization or any
other non practical question. Give rs one candid
ate friendly to Protection asains, that one who
will he bitterly hostile 10 il let us have fair field