Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-08-22
TO THE EDITORS.
"HoME LEAGUE. {"

HOUSE, or REraEsEsrArivKs, AUeUsr 8, 1885, Z
see this morning that assaed by the Editors Of thu
"Union" in nearly column Of abuse for having had the
"hardhood" propose the House the formation Of
home league" american instead of foreign goods
TO support mechanics manufacturers and farmers in
preference to those Of Great Britain and thus resist the de-
cared purpose of the Secretary of the Treasury prevent the
substitution of American for foreign goods.
This the g Union characerzes high treasonas pro-
ceedng against the Government" Now how the prefer
Of american to British goods proceeding against
the Government is beyond my comprehension If he had said
against the British Government could have understood him.
But this is not ALL The Union threatens that this plan
home league to prefer american British goods per-
sisted in, they will form g home league prefer British
to American goods in the words Of the Unon refuse
10 touch article produced by American manufacturers
Let the Union and his friends form their home league and
"refuse 10 touch any thing produced by Amecanslet
them do this and what the american shoenakers haers
and other mechanics and manufacturers win say 10 it, Let
them form their British league British goods in oppo-
son to the american league american goods and
which will prevail Let them try which is the strongest the
British the american party in this country TO this
| have objection. -
am further charged by the Union with favoring the tariff
OF lS42 which says imposes tax of eighty millions of
dollars by the increased price of sixteen articles enumerated
ton goods leather paper &c., the prices of which been
greatly reduced every body knows since the tariff of
Yet told that the people taxed eighty millions Of
dollars by the increased price Of these articles of which the
Secretary says produce annually in the United States
three hundred and thyone millions of dollars worth But
let the Secretary Destroy he proposes to do this immense
home supply, and purchase them from abroad and what will
then be the paid foreigners Three hundred and hr-
ty millions year And where will he find money to pay
lit But how does the Secretary make this of eighty
millions the Union has it, seventy five according his
own statement BY adopting, his words, the
position that the duty added the price of the import
also of Its domestic rival To show the absudity of the Sc
cretas position that the duty in all cases added 10 the
price Of the domestic rival product let take few other
qute fair of those selected by the Seceta-
) and the result which brings him. For instance
the duty potatoes is bushe, of which we i'm
ported last year 81 900 bushels exported 274 OOO and pro-
duced 100000 000 Now if the duty Of added
to the price of the home supply, then the potato is
S15 We produced 1885, OOO 900 bushels Of wheat
the duty wheat is twenty five cents bushels that il
the duty added to the price, the Secretary says then the
wheat to 49,, O00,O 900 year. We produce
,0O0 00O 900 pounds Of yearly We imported last
year. according the Secretary report 100000 pounds
of If the duty three per pound) added to
the price of cotton then the cotton tax will amount to
S3OOOOOO0 Thus Will be seen that according to the
secetays theory the tax paid upon three articles Of agcul
tural production will amount ST. O00 900 per year, being
than the amount the Secrea articles
mentioned These calculations to wheat cotton, and po
atoes admit all absurd but not than those of
the Secretary Of the Treasury. aat
Having failed this morning my effort to get the floor 10
vndcae myself against this attack have avail myself of
this the only mode left for its accomplishment
A. STEWART.
*The above Letter, by accident, did not fall into
the hands of the Editors until the day before yes
terday, it would of course have appeared earlier