The daily union., 1846-08-27
Yours, &c,
From the Trenton Emporium, Aug, u.

THE TARIFF.
"The passage of the recent tariff bill has been made
the occasion by the wings Of violent assaults upon
the present national administration, as well as
doefu predictions in reference to its effects upon the
general interests of the country 1t Is manliestly
the design of the leading politicians of that party to
make the question of its repeal the rallying cry
for the next campaign. To such we have not one
word to address. 1t is their vocation to produce
excitement that by its influence political changes
may be produced that will result in their pecunlary
benefit. But to those who really desire the perma-
nent prosperity of the country, under policy by
which the benefits and burdens of government are
equally distributed, propose to address few re-
marks. We concur entirely in the following noble
sentiment of Mr. Clay, from Gales IL Seaton's
Register, page 1873, vol 8, part l. 81 wish to see
the tariff separated from the politics OF the country,
that business men may go to work in security, with
some prospect of stability in our laws and without
every thing being staked the issue Of eectons-as
it were, on the hazard off die"
1t is not unusual to hear whig politicians express
their qualification at the passage Of the tariff bill,
while at the same time they predict the total
prostration of the interests Of the country under
It's deleerous notion Their qualification results
from their long cherished desire, and ardent
expectation Of securing sufficient political capital
from it's passage to oust from power the pres
sent political party, and they may enjoy the
"oaves and fsnes." To such, the senti-
ments of Mr.. Clay, Just quoted administer
tariff upon the general interests of the country,
(although much dscussed) is in fact very little
derstood. II has been the subject of constant dis
| cussion, both in and out of Congress since 1924,
with the exception Of the existence of the "compro.
| mise act" Since the demise of the United States
Bank, even some distinguished wings have insisted
that tariff for protection not only encouraged do
| mestic manufactures, but regulated exchanges and
promoted the general interests of the country. Du-
| ring the existence of the United States Bank, we
were told from the sources, that by its magic
power the whole country made TO rejoice in the
prosperity and happiness it secured, and no agent
| could be found by whose potent influence the eX-
chnages could be regulated, the u. States Bank
As the exchanges were regulated without the aid Of
bank and as the country, in all its various interests
continued to prosper, it deemed necessary to
| find a poltca cause to which to attribute it, and
hence these same gentlemen refer it all to the tariff
In regard to the present tariff is objected that the
principle upon which 1t is based (the ad valorem) Is
wrong-that il does not afford sufficient protection
to several important interests, that II effects great
and radical change in tariff system, and that It
will not produce sufficient revenue. In the prog
ress Of the remarks the writer designs to make he
will show that the ad valorem is the only just prln-
ciple upon which aarcan be based that the present
bill does afford sufficient protection to all the great in
erests Of the country that more revenue has hereto
fore been collected on the ad valorem principle than
Iby specific minimum duties; and that, judging
from the past, it viii produce sufficient HI
will likewise show, that il is the most equal ant
iust and consequently the most democratic tariff bill
ever passed.