The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-01
OoNGREs sIONAL.
SPEECH OF MR.. BRINKERHoFF,

the bill reducing the duty on imports.
MIR. BRINKERHOFF obtained the floor, and
said he had risen at this time Tor the purpose oi
having little plain talk; Of telling that commute
what Ohio could do, and what she could not aoi
what she would do, and what she wouid not 90
They had not great deal Of discussion here on inc
doctrines of protection and free trade, winch ea
little more practical result than the discourse heu
the fallen angels who waited on the shores OF heil'
while their great chief was absent ON his expediuoh
through chaos |
"And reasoned high
OF Proyidenee, ioIeknowledse, VIII and la,e'
FIXED fate free will, forekn Wedge absolute
And found end, In wandering maLes lost
Mr. r. said he was warranted 10 speak the unan-
;mous sentiments of the entire Ohio delegation, with
out The exception of man. Did gentlemen suppose
that they were going TO support this blllr lhey
would do no such thing. And Why Ihey mao
would moi Of themselves be insuperabie; but there
were others which nothing could remove. They
objected 10 the bill, first, because II made wide and
improper distinction in the duties levied on spirits
and upon wine. There ought to have been no such
discrimination between these two articles II there
was good reason Tor laying duty on the one,
there was a reason equally good for imposing duty
on the other. Both articles were equally unneces-
sary; nor did he think that the health and morals OF
the American people would be at all injured should
both be permanently excluded. Their next objec-
tion TO the bill was the discrimination made between
the articles Of woollens and that OF wool The duty
on woollen goods was put down al 81 per cent the
duty on wool al Is per cent. Both articles were
imported and they should both have been taxed
alike Ohio was largely interested in the growing
of wool and she held that the woolgrowers were
entitled 10 the same protection with the manufacturer
of wooen cloth. They objected, in the third place,
10 the distinction made between haxseed OIL and
haxseed The one being taxed ~ per cent, ano
the other at 10 per cent. They had the same OBJ
lection to the distinction between raw hides and
leather The hides In the raw state were taxed
per cent the leather 20 per cent? the effect OF which
would be to destroy the manufacture OF leather In
this country.
But these objections might all be got Sver under
nroper modification There other objections
10 the bill which could not, but which weNinsuper-
able The bill proposed a tax, contingent indeed
Npon the face Of the bill but certain IN lie oAeranon
I'D effect, on tea and coffee. To this they could moi
suGuit, and they would not-the Union TO TIE con
MISUNDERSTANDING. They could not consent "a
harmoSzs their votes with the cracked and dhcor
Sant AND queaking notes Of the government orsn
nc @a p. ,sa and coffee was 70 all ani s.s ~
on every man, S,man, and child In the country.
g'as a poll tax, nd the people of Ohio would nc
These articles were in use by all the pee
o., used by NE poor. 1t was the poe
f0snt whau W ,ngrr home from h
u. saf nnsE DE- poor Re.aea'a ~, 'r~ur,
r.'sH the West made urg OF b. lu
81 gm, do b atdsa the bE On lEtse aggclrf W
Ra a. The people Of ubs North an Nj
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No aJt WHO the gDmr'lts. 'rra -
u0.. n az athsr aTlrie9 ard leaving thea. te
rr lg rrraa rhsy could not Eai d. gCuus ~
sn.-a .at .ar zee delegation O. Ohio for the me
gsfgos. q, glsssHg this aln,nsts.uoO, ard
q.tGrg flsJ IrH0y beagg0, were going 20 aE Q
.sulrha OF Jhr ne1g'F, and ihnL to-, o support
exclusive soulnera chiyairy' Jnsy wogld not
. Waenes came our ntIs'sTs uOfos+. and ~
..r rtc thounand dulau oEbl ani .h'r gin
thousand salary. Eye~y one Of them from the s,a
Statos. Whence Ufi1ri'y a. 9ur f3rn'-
ministers of the second rute-C4- charges fe8
fairesi From the same States. This under al Q
minisraton that they had themselves made, al
SfisR 6y mnor2 "a @ oh tne vo, no Gass
Sh'o had mad coRstonf democratic majority on IN
moor, and yet this was the manner in which 81
was used.
Can thsss thing. be,
And overcome Us like a summer cloud
without our special wondern
Ohio had been wholly excluded from that shar
Sf influence in this government to which she wa,
entitled Ii was Of this that she justly complained
we do not care about your ~oney, said Mr.. b
All our people accustomed TO work for their ly.
ing. II is not your mopsy we want; but we claim
to have our legitimate saare of influence and cossid
eratJn in this gorernment We claim it bec.use
it is right our citizens have been st~dIously
excluded from almost all public offices; and have
been thus prevented from Obtaining that experience
in public business which forms the best education
of a statesman. Ohio is the third State in this
Union; and yet what has she got from this admin
istrationi Has she foreign minister Not one
charge Not one. A consulsbip Of the first classi
Not one. A consulship of the second class' Not
one. A child can tell the story who has learned to
speak but two words, "no one" ] believe she has
one bureau-that of Indian affars-and this is all
md he mi IN ahnu hat oh
an existence. Our people do not yet know all these
Things but they shall know them, and they shall
act upon them Thy will do it. Are free and in
dependent men going to lick the hand that smites
tiemS l tell you that is net the soil that gives
birth to such men; and so long as can exert any
influence over the action of my people, it never
shall be. We will not consent to tax the atomachs
of people to please either this administration or
its organ. If people cannot have their share OF
office and of influence they shall have it at least of
the comforts OF life. r." "a-.
i'Oh, but you will vote this tax as a war tax. Ger
sainiy as war tax you will vote it, wont your You
will not refuse tax to support the WARP" Yes, we
would have voted you war taxjust as large you
chose to ask if we had not seen you such valiant
heroes when the fighting was to be with the Mexi-
can hyena but trembling like an aspen leaf at the
first remote muttering Of the British lion. lfyou
had stood up for what you yourselves taught us
was our right you might have taxed anything YOU
pleased we would have stood by you till the last,
and given you our last dollar. But you have made
a most disgracefui surrender. After declaring that
Oregon was ours Of right up to $40 40,, you have
come down to 400; yes, beioY 49o, and have given
up to our ancient enemy the use Of great river
south of that line. And after all this you can now
turn round and ask us for n war tax. Now, we
pay for war for southern conquest, after you
have given away millions upon millions of acres OF
our own territory at the North Will you now ask |
fromu TO grant you a tax on tea and cofee' And
do you think we will give IN No, we will do no 1
such thing said at the beginning that rose here
have some plain talk.
And now ask you, suppose you strike out tea
and coffee from your bin, what them have al
ways stood up for revenue tariff; stand for il
still will 60 neither for tariff for projection nor
for tariff for the destruction of revenue, and there
fore the next question is, will your bill raise revenue
enough for the OF government without tea and
coffee2 The SECRETARY of the Treasury saws that i