The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-05-15

I rs us open anu hfoNCu purpose auu ucSlpu.
Is il not the proclaimed purpose of The
message and report TO increase the impor.
iation Of British goods, and Of course, TO
that extent, destroy American supply
Does not the Secretary propose 10 reduce
the protective duties more than one halt
for the purpose Of increasing revenue end
if the revenue is increased by reducing du.
Ties one half, must no, the imports be more
than doubled This is self evident, and it
you double your imports of foreign goods,
mus, you not destroy 10 that extent Amer.
lean supply Most certainly, unless the
Secretary can, in his wisdom, devise plan
10 make people eat, drink, wear double as
much as they now DO. But where will we
find money 10 pay for them ! There's the
rub. But startling and extraordinary as It
may appear, our Secretary, Tor the first
I time in the history OF the world, has boldly
and openly avowed il as the object OF Gov.
eminent TO break down ard destroy us own
manufactures for the purpose of making
way for those OF foreigners. 10 the very
first paragraph Of his argumenlatSe re-
port, he sells out with stating that the rev.
enue OF the first quarter OF tins year ls two
+ millions less than the first quarter OF the
last, and that this has been occasoned by
the substitution Of highly protected Amer.
icdn manufactures for foreign imports i,
and this evil, this terrible evil, this Amer.
lean Secretary proposes 10 remedy by re
ducing the protective duties, and thus
breaking Up .his nbominable business Of
+" Substituting domestic products" made by
American labor out OF American produce,
for British goods, made By Brush labor
out Of British produce. Oh but he hates
the British. Now, SIR, THIS 3 not only tho
doctrine Of his teri, but It runs through his
whole sermon Of 937 pages. No wonder
il was printed BY the House Of Lords and
I let our Secretary carry through this bill,
and Queen Victoria would gladly transfer
the seals from Sir Robert Peel to Sir Rob.
ert Walker, for lie NIL have rendered her
greater service than any other man, dead
or living.
But this is not only the doctrine Of the
Treasury report, but Of the message itself.
he revenue standard laid down IN the
4 message nims dea h blow o, oil Amer.
can industry. Il suggests kind Of =" siI.
4 ding scale" so that whenever any branch
Of American industry begins TO beat the
foreigner, and supply the market, and
thereby uItn.aish imports ana revenue ms
IS evidence 'ha' me duty 10 100 h'gn ana
ouSh' 70 20 feuuceu' SO as 10 ie' 10 mo '"t'
I e'sh '''a' Ptouuc''o"s ou' ie' me ires''
ue'i' SPeaN '"f h,ii'Se'' mere y us re'o'
tue s'anudFu III MS own "o'os
"Thc precise point in the ascending scale Of
duties at which Il IS aseer'alned from experience
St'; ,'s rttoue = g, = ,s ma .' sa
nose of collecting rnonev for he sonnor, Of Gov.
eminent, To raise the duties higher than that
point, and thereby diminish the amount collect
co. . - ieyy 'e, 'of P'o'sc''' 'Nslsiy, ailu io'
gr,5a,y n,,cass ny ,a,s Of da,v on g G5 '
Ii.e. and the revenue is increased by such in.
crease Of duty, they are within the revenue stan
cara. hen they 60 beyond mat point anu al
s.e{ .,sII ny 800 '.o ,e's'.u9 = u,,is.,s
The rasinr Of mo9ey 10 support Government, b1t
is for protection merely"
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