American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper., 1846-07-30

F,NAL PASSAGE OF THE TARIFF BILL. 1t
will be seen that the House of Representatives
Yesterday, by a vote of lis yeas to SO nays,
concurred in the Senate's bill, so that it now
only awaits the signature of the President to
become law. 1t goes into operation on the
LIST of December next.
The DEED rs Done. The fatal blow at do
mestic manufactures was struck in the Senate
on Tuesday last by the passage OF the ne" Ia
riff bill. 1t is worthy of remark, that the bill
passed by majority of only one vote, and that
vote given under Legislative Instructions, con-
trary to the individual sentiments and convlc-
tons of the Senator who gave it. The bill Will
90 into operation on the first day OF December
next, but will have an immediate influence up
on the labor Of the country in the reduction OF
wages. We publish in another column, com
parison of this bill with the tariff act OF 1912,
and ask particular attention to the articles OF
iron and coal, two branches of business which
now afford employment and support to tens OF
thousands of persons in the United States 1t
must be evident, from the immense reduction
of duty on these two articles, that they will, to
a great extent, be superseded by the foreign
Manufactures; and that the hands now employ
ed on them will have to seek other modes of
procuring a subsistence, or submit to labor at
greatly reduced prices In fact, it would APP
pear as though the main objects in passing the
bill were to depress the price of American la
Dor to the European standard, or to give the
whole supply to the foreign workman. The
English ministry could not have constructed
bill better calculated to promote British and to
depress American interests. The suffering
which it will produce will be immense; and the
only mode of making this suffering of short en-
durance is, for the laboring men of the nation
to take the bold and determined stand, that the
law shall be repealed Let it be the ralyng cry
from henceforth until the object shall have been
accomplished, 1t wants only few months to
the next meeting of congress, which will take
place in one week after the act will have been
in operaton-memorias should therefore, he
at once prepared and circulated, requiring the
law to be repealed among the first acts Of the
session. 1t is true that much of the evil will
have been done, for many works will be dis
continued between the present time and the
first Of December next; and large mpottations
of foreign goods will no doubt be made so as
to be entered as soon as the law shall have gone
into operation.
1t is an extraordinary fact, that this bill has
been passed in opposition to the honest convic-
lions oftwo-thirds of the Senators. The pow
er Of party has controucd the dictates Of con-
science, particularly in the case of the Vice
President, who has wilfully sacrificed his State;
and, according to his own belief, injured his
country, to carry out what he considered the
measure of his party. But he has taken step
which will prove fatal to his future prospects
Coming from tariff State, and having been
the advocate and supporter of the protective
policy, every one had right to conclude, that
he would have acted consistently and honestly
upon the important question OF destroying the
domestic industry Of his country. But he has
disappointed his State and falsfed his former
opinions We do not envy him his position.
The Senators and Representatives from Penn
sylvania adhered to the interests of their con-
sLituents, and discharged their duty honorably
and faithfully, whilst the Vice President has
pursued an opposite course.
In the course the discussion on Tuesday,
MIR. Cameron said, that che rose only to repeat
his opposition to this bill, to enter his solemn
protest against its passage, and to give notice
that the word "repeal" will this day go forth
and continue until the loud voice of the labor
ers of the north shall compel their oppressors to
respect them. This (he said) was no bank
question, in which the rich capitalists only
were concerned. Here will be found the labor
ers and the mechanics reused to indignation
against those who care not how much they rob
them of their comforts in the pursuit of wild
abstraction. If the bill had been made by
British statesman, it could not have discrimi-
mated more in favor of the English workmen,
nor have done more wrong to our mechanics
and manufacturers He repeated that, fiom
hencefeIth repeal would be the word among the
democracy Of the north, and that it would not
cease until it triumphed."
He is right-it is a British bill, and its pas
ssge will be hailed with the most lively demon
stratons Of joy in England. 1t will there have
the effect of stimulating business, whilst in the
United States it will carry destruction to the
firesides of many families. There the laborng
classes will exult-here they will mourn. 1t
will put money in the purses of the English
aristocracy, whilst it will here stake from the
mouth of honest labor the bread it eats" Such