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TIE CARROLL FREE PRESS
CARROLLTON.mHaIANuARY 1, Isa1
Duly on TEA AND COFFEE.

forthwith, upon tea and coffee; thus indirectly
admitting that the late Tariff law will not with.
out a modification, produce a sufficient revenue
tosuPPly the ordinary wants Of the government.
Under tho Tariff act Of ls42 the country was
fast recovering from the embauassments brought
upon il by reckless legislation; the outstanding
Treasury notes were redeemed as fast as they be-
came duei the National debt was in process Of
Liquidation; the Industry Of the country had been
brought into requistion; labor was receiving its
just recompense; the various channels TO prosper
ity we're filled with asleadyyet healthy stream, g.
appearances all indicated lhatthedarkness which
for time had enveloPed our National affairs had
passed the bourne Of time, and were only re-
membered as the recollection Of an unpleasant
dream. In an untOward hour, portion of the
people, lulled into forgetfuIness, listened to the
delusive batteries Of Southern nabobs, who, per-
ceiving the visible effects of their libertine advan-
ces, redoubled their efforts, until Northern pru-
dcnce was laid PROSTATE atlhe loOtstool Of South
ern ambition. The laws under whose whole
some influence the country was fast arriving at
prosperity were repealed; and IN their stead we
have abatch, acknowledged bytheir authors to be
inadequate to the wants Of the country. What,
then, isto be the remedyl Are we again to return
to the paths wehave heretofore trod with so much
successl Oh no, says President Polk and Sec
rotary Walker andno, responds Congress. What
is to be donel We cannot remain in our present
position much longer. Hear Secretary Walker:
at will be perceived that the imports Of tea
being l6, ,89l ,020 pounds, consumed in the United
States for the asthscal year, ,amountedto the value
Of 50 983,337 and Of coffee, being l94,336, ,054
pounds, being of the value Of S7,8O3 1894, max
ing an aggregate of S1l, ,786, ,93l,-a duty of 25
per cent. on which would yield an annual reve.
nue. of $2946, ,557 rs. After making full al
lowance for the decreased consumption on account
of the duties the additional annual revenue from
this source might be safely estimated at $780,
900. This duty, however, would be rendered
nugatory, in part, for several years, unless it were
imposed during very early period OF the ses-
sion, and to go into effect at a time not later ii
possible, than the LIST of January next"
What reception did this proposition meet with
in Congressl Do the adherents of the Admins
tration denounce it as wishing TO "tax the stom-
achs Of our peoplel" Do we hear any more la
mentations about "taxing the necessaries OF the
poorl" Oh no! the day for such antiquated oPin-
ions is past. Democracy has progressed" be-
yond such crude notions. The parasytes Of the
Executive have become converts to the sacred od-
moni;ion to "remember thy Creator in the days
of ,hy YOUTH" and avow that none can be patrl-
ots who do not shout hosannas TO whatever the
President and his Secretary may choose to do
Does any one doubtthis assertion? Witness the
arrogant accusation in the Presidents Message,
that those who doubt the business of the present
war against Mexico, are guilty of giving said and
comfort to the enemy; witness the facility with
which the "official organ" denounces as federal
its-traitors to their country-all those who dare
question the wisdom Of the measures of the Ad
ministration; witness the gusto with which every
pot.house b,awlcr applies the epthet story" to all
chose who have the manly independence TO ex'
press their honest sentiments relative to the con-
duct of their public servants; and, lastly, witness
the following proceedings in the House OF Repre-
sentatives ON the 10th of December, l846. We
copy from the Congressional Globe:
"Mr. POLLOCK asked leave 10 offer the follow
ing resolution
Resolped, That in lieu Of the duty upon tie;
and coffee, for the purpose of increasing the rev.
enue. as proposed by the Secretary of the Treas
nrv in his late annual report in Congress, the
Committee of Ways and Means be directed tc
renort a bill repeating the act of July 80, l846
entitled "An act reducing the duties on imports
and for other purposes" and reviviug the Tariff
of August 80, l842.
objection was made to the reception OF the
resolution. Mr.. POLLOCK moved the suspension
Of the rules, and asked the yeas and nays on tha
motion. which were ordered; and being taken
resulted as follows:
Yr,s-Messrs. Abbott, Arnold, Ashmun, Barring
or blanchard, Brodhead Burlington, w. W. Camp
he'll. ]. H. Campbell, Carroll, J. G. Chapman Cooke
CoIIamer. Cranson Crozier, Culver, Darragh, q. Da
Wis Deano, Dixon, Dockery, ]. H. Ewing, +. II. Ew
inc Foot, Gentry, Gddings, Graham, Grider, Grin
nell, Hale, Hampton, Harper, E. B. Holmes, J. W
Houston, S. D. Hubbard, Hudson, W. Hunt, J. K. In
pergoll, T. B. King, Levin, Long, McGaughey' NC
Henry. McIlvane, Marsh, Miller, Moseey, Pendle
ton. Pollock, Ramsey, Ripley, J. Rockwell, J.
Rockwell, Root, Runk, Schenck, Seaman, Severance
Tru. smith, A. Smith, G. B. Smith, Stewart, Strohn
Thbodeaux ,Thomasson, Z. Thompson, Tilden, TruH
bo, Vance, Vinton, White, Winthrop and Young;
NAys-Messrs. S. Adams, Anderson, Atkinson
Bavlv Bedinger, Benton Biggs,J Black, J. A. Black
Bowden, Boyd, Brnkerhof, WIG. Brown, Burt, Cath
cart A. A. Chapman, R. Chapman, Chase, Chipmar
Cobb, Collin, Cotterell, Culom, Cummins, Cunning
ham, Daniel, Dargaa. De Mott, Dillingham;, Dob6ir
Dromgoole, Dunlap, Ellsworth, Erdman, Faran, Fo'
ter, FRlEs, Garvin, Giles, Goodyear, Gordon, Han
lin, Haralson, Henley, Hoge. |: e. Holmes, Hougi
G. S. Houston, Hungerford, J. B. Hunt, Hunter Z.
Ingersoll, ]. H. Johnson, A. Johnson e: w. Jone;
s Innns Kennedy. 2. King, Leake, Leib, La Ser