New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-04


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A ssrsug Dish of Tea-wentworsh on Polk
cry in General.
Prom the Editor.
wAsurxoros, Tuesday, Feb. g.
LONG JoHS wrsTwoRTR hes made the ROB
eat eort Of a speech this morning. Gan Mckay a.
IN early hour got up the Civil and Diplomatic APP
psvpriation Bill. in Committee Of the Whole and
Wentworth got the floor az the start. Tea and
Coffee furnished his text the burthen Of bis srgu'
rnsns was TIE impolicy, injustice. and antiDemo'
oracy Of taxing them and the way he quoted
Polk, Walker the Loco-FOcos in the 9th Con-
grsss, in the Tennessee Legislature OF A. and
various other political sinners protesting against
any tax on Tea and Coffee and proclaiming us
enormity as matter Of fsvoritsn 20 the Rich ana
oppression Of the Poor, was a caution 70 all 20
litical Vacillation The evidence on this point
was ample and direct and though John is not a
ausrt nor an eloquent speaker.the speech was pOn-
gent and amusing in the superatve degree. When
friend invites you to Tea, there is q natural
implication of milk sugar. bread, butter, crackers
and trife Of sweet cake and thus John, though
his ostensble theme was Tea and Coffee, led us
rnost spicy and entertaining round Of Polk and
Walker Democracy on the stump u.s. Democracy
In the Cabinet Wilmot Proviso, Richie Organ
ism &c. &c. He stated that he had stumped his
District this very subject Of Tea and Coffee
appealing TO the documents to prove that Clay was
In favor of aud Polk opposed TO taxing these com
mon luxuries ofthe Poor and asking the votes Of the
Hard.handed on this very ground. Thus commit
ted and marked. be could no, and would not make
Kane Discretionary lvanian OF himself By voting
taxes where he had so long and so often argued
that 20 tax was Federalism and oppression oil the
Poor.
John repealed the idea that be had taken bis
ground on this subject because OF his resentment at
the River and Harbor Veto. 1t bad been bis
ground always and those who have deserted 1t
need reasons for their change rather than he. He
asked and pressed for an answer-Why not tax
Gold and Silver Plate and other Injuries oil the
Wealthy rather than the innocent beverage oil TIE
poor1 We have talked ofthe justice OF such taxes
on Wealth rather than Poveyty--the Secretary has
talked so-wby not act SGT Here Is Revenue 10
be raised by and you propose one that will I'M
pose perhaps Atty cents John Jacob Astor with
his Twenty eve Millions Of Dollars. and larger
lmposs on many . poor lsborer who lives on his
daily wages. Il this jast' said Mr. w sm
getting eight dollars a day for my services. and
duty On Tea aud Coffee will actually tax me less
than many Of my hired workmen who receive less
than eight dollars a mouth. Is this Democracy
John spoke right out in meetin' with respect 10
the virtuslexemption of the Slave States, and es.
pscally Of Slave Labor. from any tax on Tea and
C..6se He asked the Chivalry OF the South TO help
bold up the Nor,hsru Democracy to manly show
Of bands on the Wimot Proviso. He wanted the
Yeas and Nays on tina, question distinctly so that
the Northern men with Southern principles might
BE- knownto aud marked by their constituents.
We have Southern President Secretary Of the
Treasury. Chairman Of the Ways and Means, and
Southern orssn--an Organ which reminded him
q the line in the old ditty-
'Thump. thump, scoid, seold seold seod away;
and not merely on washing day but every day In
The year. He read some extracts from The Union,
whipping In the refractory to vote for taxing Tea
and Coffee and other Executive measures. II be
WI wsrs 70 BE- turned out Of the party for his con-
tumscy, he wished to know whether it would be
with those who with him opposed the Executive
90 tha usrbor Veto, or on this Tea and Coffee tax
the Lieutenant General, the Wilmot Proviso, or
come o,herf Without some Of these, there could
hardly DO raised scorporals guard to excomrn1ni-
cate him.
-Ihave hardly put in quarter OF the plans
thicAly scattered through Wentworthss speech
will close with single sts,emsnt made by him -
He said he had often opposed and denounced the
TariR Of az as oppressive Of the People Of his Dis
uict and Of Labor generally, aud yet he believed
this Tax on Tea aud Coffee would abstract more
from the People Of his District than all they had
gained BY q reduction of the Tariff Of -.
Mr. A JOHNSON Loco Of Tenn. followed in equal
hostility to Tea and Coffee Tax, insisting that IL
could not be a Democratic measure and that Polk
and Walker MUST Be opposed to it now as hers;o
fore. His entire speech was a tissue of sdroit
Irony on the Administration.
Mr.. G. DsLASo (Whgl OF Ohio followed in bold
end eloquent denunciation of the War of its
objects and of the Extension of Slavery any how.
There has been DO more true word spoken this
Session.
Mr. WV. WICK Ia Loco, once Whisl Of Indiana
followed in reply to Wentworth, and is now speak.
ing. Es is one Of the ten or twelve Members Of
Congress who looking for fat Offices, pretend 70
have some respec, for the President and his Admin
isuation. think need say no more of this Speech
than that he actually asserted that no, one hgs9sa
Of his constituents lof whom ak thousand are
Whigs| were opposed to the War on Mexico, but
~ desired its vigorous prosecution. hofsces are
distribu,sd according the magnitude Of the whop-
PER- told to earn them, think this man must get a
Supreme Judgeship or Foreign Mission at least.
he.
onio.-Ths Locoro Of the Ohio Senate
lsvisg temporary majority BY the sssepce Of Wing
Senator who 10 BID Of sickness recently took the
Senate printing frVin the publisher Of 'be State Journal
A.a A-~n pr,nf,r h. and