Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-08-01
Correspondence Of the Publis Ledgsr.l
FROM vwasus M fON. E


Among the rumors shoat here to-day, il. one
that an effort will be made in the Senate, to.
morrow. to postpone the final vote on the new
Tariff Bill until Thursday next, to allow time
for the successor Of Mr.. Haywood to reach Wash.
ington. Rumor also states this successor to be
Mr.. Stanley formerly member oC Congress,
and at present President of the North Caroline
Senate, i place no confidence in these rumors.
The Governor cannot appoint the successor Of
Mr. Haywood without consulting his Council, who
reside in, different parts Of the State, and could
| not be got together in season to enable the new
| Senator toreaeh Washington by the time speei-
fed Mr.. Stanley isa whig, and ofconrse would
vote with the Wings on this question. hence the
rumors TO which have referred Of an intention
to postpone il possible. 49,, ,,,,,.s.,. ,as
Opinions continue to be divided as TO the fate
OF the bill. Some OF the frce.trade Democrats
express the belief that it will be defeated, and
even the Irnisn talks despondingly and censures
the course Of Mr. Haywood. Others, again, are
very confident tha, the bill will pass, notwith.
standing the .treachery," as il is termed, Of Mr.
II Ills resignation may be calculated to delay
the final vote OF the Senate, but what that vote
will be no one can iortell. The prevailing i'm.
preston certainly is today that the bill will
! be defeated, ,,,t, 5.sn ..,l--le ,l.e.f, F seh.i
MIR. Jarnagin it is understood, had yesterday
his res gnafion urifien, but was induced to
bandon his intention Of forwarding it to the
| Governor Of Tennessee. There appears TO be
| no doubt that he will vote for the bill without
amendment, II direct vote be taken thereon at
the present session.
| The immediate cause OF the resignation Of Mr..
| Haywood is understood to have been the notice
| given by Mr. Webster OF his intention to move
| postponement until the next session. This, or
Q similar motion, il is said Mr.. Haywood had
designed to make and it would have too much
! the appearance of following in the Wing wake
| 10 vote in favor of such a movement of which
he was not himself the author s1e
| Doubts are expressed rs to the course Of Mr.
Benton but think there is reason to doubt
that both he and Mr.. Dix will vote for the bill
without amendment, should the vote be taken at
the present session. How they will vote on the
question Of pos;ronsment is not so certain. ,o1f
Mr. Webster then proceeded to discuss the ta-
riff bill at length, and lis discriminating against
American manufactures.
But he would proceed to articles Of more i'm.
portance, though he would leave the great wool.
len and cotton manufactures 10 the judgment
Of the Senate. Not that there is one house in
New England which does not feet an intense in.
terest in this question; and this interest extends
to all claims-there Is NOT woman or child who
lies down at night or rises up in the morning,
without inquiring the progress Of this measure vi
Washington. But Of these interests he would
not trust himselfto speak. New Englsnd would
sustain her,elf, Independent Of tariffs. -
1t was the Iron interests Of which he proposed
TO speak He placed no confidence in rumors oi
compromise for the benefit of pennsylvania, for
he could not believe that Pennsylvania in a
great measure affecting the intaSests Of the whole
country, was going to take toss for herself and
turn her back on her friends The cuty by the
tariff of AZ is s25 per ton on plain bar Iron--by
the present duty it would be SIZE so per ton---s
reduction of one half. In the bill there is one
general assessment Of duties on Iron.
The manufacturers below bar iron are no more
protected than the raw material down to pen
knives and the finest articles The laborer, there
fore, has no more protection than the raw mate
rial in the mountains. He never knew an in
stance Of the kiud where the same duties arr
placed upon the raw material OF iron and the ar
ticles manufactured from iron. In the law o
'l2 the duties are specific, and 60 through tn
whole series OF articles with an evident intent Il
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augmentation Of protection as the process ofman
ufactnre goes on. IN Pennsylvania alone ther
are $40 furnaces and rolling mills, employing
capital of 500, 600, 00O-and the annual produc
of them is SEA 600 600. There has been an in
crease on the products of tho old furnaces sine
the passage fthe act of'ae, of 81 600 tons, an
Of the new furnaces. of 2f6,0O tons; and th
: amount Of capital invested in new furnaces sine
the passage ofthst act has been GO, 100, 400 Penn
: sylvania cannot however, stand competition M
> der the provisions Of this bill. This, he demon
stTated by series OF facts, estimates and csleu
lstions. They mi ght Just as well put the dot
!, at per cent as at 30 per cent. SO far ~ th
!. question of prot ection 10 involved, In the art
Gle of coal the quantity mined had increased $50
600 tons during the three years the tariff OF a
had been in operation, and the price had deerea'
,e ed from $3.50 to So per ton. This was III
effect produced by confidence in the permanenc
of that act and there were not less than 500
he 100000 invested in coal mining, and in worI
for facilitating the transportation Of coal an
I. Of iron Pennsylvania He estimated that ton
n Nova Scotia coal, at the duty proposed, could
delivered in Boston at = profit Of si.05 III
II present duty is 81 ,35 per ton and the psoposs