The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-13
PRospEcTs OF THE TARIFP.

IttOoIEtlo Vt iIiI-
The country Is anxious to know what is proba-
bly, to be the fate Of the tariff act ofl6i2 Queries
have been addressed TO US to know what Congress
is about dor To all these inquiries have uni
formly rplied' ave have not counted noses
We have made no estimates of the votes. All
that presume, from the general state of par
ties in both houses, and from the very exception
able character ofthe present tariff is that consider
able reduction will be made in It's provisions and
that system will be introduced more consistent
with the equality of burdens, and the interests Of
all sections of the Union, and Of all classes Of the
community"
We find, however, that one member Of Congress
has taken some pains to count the House, and cal
culate the chances, and that his conclusion is, the
'fate" of the present tariff is "sealed." This gen.
ueman is Mr.. Hudson, member from the State Of
Massachusetts,, whose letter is published in the
Worcester Spy. Upon one suggestion made IN
this letter, we think we can undertake TO put Mr.
Hudson at rest viz, that "the administration are
sincere in their pretensons" and that "Mr. Polk de-
sres the change" which is indicated in the mes
sage.
liza more liberal system Of revenue be adopted, it
will be received with pleasure by the great body Of
the people, for whom il is designed IL will also
present this question to Great Boilan whether she
is willing to exchange her relations with her best
customer, (made more necessary TO her by reaxs-
ton of our own system for own benefit, how
sver) from one Of commerce and peace, into rsla-
uOn of active controversy and war.
From the Boston Courier
THE TARIFF.
The Worcester Spy publishes tho following letter
from the Hon. Charles Hudson, the representative
to Congress from that district upon the subject OF
the tariff:
WAsnHoroS, Jan. /, 1886
Sra: Perhaps you, as a conductor Of the press,
would like to know the opinion which prevails on
subject which deeply inter SITS the people OF our
Staie-yiz: the tariff. think its fate is sealed.
To save it in the House, we must have every wing
| vote and about SO Of the democratic yoiesi and
cannot reckon more than 25. In the Senate, IL the
two Texan senators, which wal be on before the
subject is acted upon, be free-tfade men, US they
doubtless will be- there is hope Of arresting 1t
there. think, therefore, that we have got TO sub
nit TO democratic free trade
am aware that the people in Massachusetts feel
that all is safe; and hope that they may be left in
the enjoyment Of that belief; but unless the admins
| traiion are insincere in their pretenson, and are
afraid to try the experiment, the protective system
is gone beyond doubt am confident that If Polk
desires the change, his friends will give II him. |
know il is said that they will want the revenue; but
il they believe that reducing the rate will increase
the revenue, why should they not go for the reduc-
tom
As ye, we have done but hule; we shall now go
to work, and, fear, do mischief.
| Yours, respectfully,
| We subioin the remarks which the New York
Evening Post makes on the preceding letter. They
are entitled to attention!
| "Mr Hudson was in Congress at the time the
present tariff was passed, aud was one Of its most
| Jealous as well abest advocates. He and those
who acted with him were at that time assured that
their work would not be allowed to stand that what
they building up would be pulled down at the
very first opportunity. IL the protective tariff then
passed had been at all moderate in its character,
would have had chance Of longer life than it now
has The enemies of protection, Mr.. Hudson no
doubt recolects, expressed their thanks to him and
his associates that the tariff which they made for
was 30 bad that il in strict agreement with the
protective principles that its determinations were SO
exorbitant, its prohibitions so oppressive the trib-
ute il levied the consumer enormous, that the
people would not endure it long.
| Sand SO ii has happened; the owners OF the cot
ton and woolen mills, to oblge whom this law was
passed, have received by its help revenues so prod-
giousy large as to startle everybody. The manu-
acturers have found quick markets and large profits
while persons engaged IN other pursuits-partlcu-
arly the cultivaors of the earth-have found their
markets languid and their profits diminished. The
farmer balances his accounts at the end Of the year;
he looks at what he has earned, and then looks at
the statements Of humping dividends made by the
owners of mills, and grows impatient. That great
and productive region, the West, inhabited almost
entirely by an agricultural population has risen up,
and almost with one voice demanded the repeal Of
the tariff.
Probably the alarm which Mr.. Hudson has
| sounded will bring his clients, the mowners and
their agents, Hocking the Capitol to haunt its halls
in the capacity of lobby-agens. The democratic
members, we hope, will remain firm in their deter
mnation to undo the great wrong of 1912 If the
manufacturers incur any mischief by the repeal Of
their tariff, it is simply the consequence of their
own obstinate folly; they walked into the pit with
their eyes open, and needless of remonstrance.
When we were in their power, they shackled us
hand and foot without remorse; the moment the
power is ours we should break the irons with just
as little reserve and without inquiring who is to pay
the expense of forging them The manufacturers
are at present in an excellent condition for depletion
fulfilled and plethorc with the ample revenues which
the tariff has provided them. We shall never find
them in so good plight for bearing, without dis
tr.ss, the work of justice which Congress have to
do
"a simple revenue tariff, tariff without a trace
of the protective principle, a catalogue Of duties
framed to meet the wants Of the treasury, and i'm
posed on such articles will produce revenue
with most certainty, and, at the same time, with
least inconvenience TO the mass of the people; this
is what the democracy look for at the hands of the
present Congress. They expect to see what Mr..
Hudson very Justly calls democratic free trade
ognised as the future and permanent policy Of tn
country"
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