Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-08-13
Fate of the Tariff.


Rays Tariff Bill, passed the Senate on
The 2Sth ul.. Previous to this conSum-
nation. Mr. HAYWOOD. Senator from N
Carolina, resigned his seat because he
could not conscientiously vote for the bill.
The Union" treated him shamefully for
40 doing. This course on the part OF the
Union was so manifestly unjust, that
large portion Of the leading members of |
both parties in the Senate felt called upon
10 vindlcaie his motives and his conduct.
The eulngies passed upon his character
must have been highly gratifying to Mr.
H.. while at the same time they must
have been like gall and NORWOOD to that !
old salamander. the editor Of the Union.
There was some liule hope of defeating
the bill on Monday the 9th on accoun,
of getting it committed to the committee
Of Finance with instructions SO 10 amend
i, "as TO remove all new duties imposed
by said bill in all cases where any foreign
raw material is taxed, TO the prejudice OF
any mocha nic and manufacturer, so that
no other or higher duty shall be collected
on any such raw material than is provld
ed by the ACT of August 80, 1912. and fur
Their so 10 regulate all the duties proposed
| by this bill as TO raise revenue sufficient
for the emergencies of the country"
On Tuesday morning, Mr. Lewis, the
Chairman of the committee. reported back
the bill without amendment and asked TO
be discharged from the further consdera,
ton of the subject. This produced an
animated discussion. 1t was an unusual
way for committee to disobey the in
structions of the Senate, and there was
evidence to believe that the committee had
not even uDrolled the bill or given il any
attention. The reason was obvious. The
debate on the propriety of Gischarging the
committee became very general, We can
only find room for the following remarks
from Mr. WEBSTER:
Mr. Webster then addressed the Senate.
He said the question now before the Sen
ate is. in one respect. a test question, as
II had been described bv the honorable
member from Missouri, (Nr Benton,) not
exactly in The light in which he viewed
II, or in the sense in which he wished Ia
be understood. but in quite a different
sense-in another aspect altogether. We
are here, sir. calling ourselves every day
democratic Congress. and the majority
Of the body is said to be abon. 10 pass a
great democratic measure. | suppose if
any meaning is attached 10 those terms, it
is that il is measure favorable to the
masses-fa favorable TO the people-prefer
ring the interests of the masses to the in
terests of few-preferring the interests
of the grea, body of the people TO those
who may be called the possessors Of a
high measure OF wealth Well, sir what
sort of bill does tie question now about
to he taken, show that this "great demo-
cratic measure l>!-or, what sort of a
measure is this popular democratic bill?
Ii purports 10 be an "sct reducing the du
~ on imports, and for other purposes. y
The title could not describe the bill al all
if they did no. indicate tina, there were
other purposes besides the mere reduction
of duties; and one Of those other purposes
is to enhance duties. The true inlerpre
,a,ion of the bill. therefore, is. that il is
an act for reducing certain duties and en-
HANGING certain other duties on articles OF
importation. Now, SIT, lei US see whplh
er this is such bill as Is pretended "a
bill in favor Of The masses-in favor of the
people! just look al The question now
submitted to the Senate! This bill does
reduce duties-on what? On wha,! Why
there may be some articles on v hlch the
duties are reduced for the benefit OF the
mddiing classes. but the great reduction
of duties is on such articles as those of
which read TO you yesterday list from
the letter OF Mr. Nicholl. You reduce
the duty on spirits of all kinds TO the
grea, extent mentioned yesterday. You
reduce the duty on spices to the great ex-
tent which mentioned yesterday. You
reduce The duty on imported tropical fruits
and other fruits. You reduce the duty
on ready made clothing. You reduce The
duty on rich and expensive carpets. You
reduce the duty on rich Gu. glass every
one of them. And you saw that this re-
duclion keeps out of the treasury more
than the whole of the duty laid upon Ger
tain other articles. But these are your
reductions-your main reductions. They
are all on articles Of luxury-of extreme
luxury-spirits, spices, silks, costly car,
pets, rich cut glass, ready made clothing
articles in which none of the middle elias.
ses are interested, or are in the habit of
buying or using. And now il is posed
to see whether you will or will not. by
the instructions to your committee, con
.inue the practice Of freeing the raw ma.
lerial, upon which all the manufacturing
and laboring people Of the country earn a
living when they get it. That question is
now distinctly put TO you, and pm. to this
Senate--on the raw material, which is 10
come here and furnish employment! and
occupation to the handicraf. throughout
the country-on this you have raised the
duty. Perhaps on all Of these raw mate
rails, but certainly on masses of them. as
| showed yesterday, you have raised the