Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-07-22
FROM THE wAsHISGToS USioN
THE REVENUE TARIFF PASSED.

sentatives by n vote of ia for, to 81
against, the bilI-being a majority OF Is
votes in favor of the measure which, coun-
ting the Speaker, who can only give inc
casting vote, and three democrats VINO nae
not paired off, unavoidaoIy absent, swells
the actual majority to % votes. The v"te
was not sectional. The North, the South,
the East, and the West participated IN the
adoplion of the measure. The largest
vote for the bill was from the West. Six
of the Western States-namely, Alabama,
Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, and Texas,
being unanimous Tor the measure, with
majorities in its favor from Ohio, Tennes-
| see, Indiana, and Louisiana. Let this fact
teach moderation to the protectionisrs.-I
The great, the glorious and growing West,
is for free trade. That vast region from
which two new States, Wisconsin and
Iowa, are about emerging, and whose en-
| tire representation under The census of
! 1850 will, at the present ratio, reach 100
members, is almost unanimous Tor free
trade The voice of the farmers, the voice
of that great agricultural valley of the
Mississippi, calls loudly for free trade. On
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new States from Texas, slaveholding and
non-slaveholding, the new State north OF
Iowa and west Of Wisconsin and Iowa
all, all will be agricultural, and all for free
trade. And Oregon now secured, and rea-
DIV for peaceful setIIemenr--Oregon to
form at least four new SlateS-OregOn up
on The Pacific, and inviting the commerce
of Asia ana South America-Oreg0n pre-
eminently agricultural and commercial
she, too, will come in under the glorious
banner of free trade.
Will the protecuonisls longer resist the
irresistible phalaGx. VIII they learn Wis
dom, and permit the present bill To pass
through the Senate? Would they, if they
could, defeat it there, and bring down up
on them by that resistance much more
radical measure than the bill which has
just passed The House of Representatives.
We warn the protectionistS, tina: il the pre-
sent Congress resist, and this bill Is not
passed, they must expect lower al valO-
rem. Mark what we saw; not single
mandatory will be stopped by this bill
A portion of the enormous profits of the
manufacturers will be curtaied; but their
business in the main will still be more
profitable than any other pursuit IN the
country. Are they not satisfied with thISy
1t not, let them expect, as they viii richly
merit, a lower ad vaiorem. The existing
debt, and the Mexican war, has given rise
to higher duties than would have been i'm
posed in state OF peace. and IL. the pro-
lectionists be satisfied. For Ourselves we
| SHU a al lot ms h
pose. Let the whole country kaow upon
what they are to rely. The bill, with a
few notifications, is essentially tlgt If the
Secretary Of the Treasury. Mr. Walker
embarked in 4 new path, in which no pre-
viOus Secretary had dared 10 precede him.
He recommended: first, the abolition of all
specific duties and all RiRimums, and The
ercluSiUe dd pdlorem system. ID. He re-
commended that no duty be imposed on
any article above that lowest rate which
would yield the largest amount of reve-
nue.; and 81. The ware-houSing system
and all have been adopted. The great con-
sIitu:iOnal principle has been indicated IN
the passage, bv the House, of a bill for
reUeuue as its object, and not for projection
All the duties upon the measures of life
have been greatly diminished, whilst luxu-
rIes are made to bear Il much larger pro-
portion of the revenue. Ii was due 10 JUS
tice to state that the largest vote for the
bill came from the West; but the South
nobly sustained their long cherished prin-
ciples. Virginia, the great founder of the
democratic faith, was unanimous, save one,
IA out of ID representatives, in favor of
the measure. South Carolina. so renOwn-
ed for courage and intellect, was absolute
ly unanimous. A n the democrats Of Geor-
gia and North Carolina were true to their
great cause. One-we believe but one
whig vote was given for the bill. The
man who had the moral courage to give
that vote was the upright and able whig
member from Alabama, Mr.. billiard. The
democracy of New York covered them
selves with glory in their support of the
measure.
From Pennsylvania, so distinguished in
support of the war Of '76, and 1919, and
so ever ready to pour out the life blood of
her sons in defence of the couniry-sO de-
!. voted to the Uni0n-so true To the demo-
cratic faith on all other questions but the
tariff, there was but a single vote for this
great measuIe-and that came from the
bold and fearless, the truly able and elo-
quent Wilmot. Let hum wait but year.
10 see the operation OF this bill defeat all
the predictions of his opponents, aud his
vote, though now alone, will be the vote
of Pennsylvania. 1t is a singular coin
cidence, that MIR. Wlimot, the only Penn
sylvanian who voted for the bill, is a ma
live of the same town and country of that
State of Mr.. Walker
The following States, ten in number,