The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-09
Federal Croakings.

tcians when they grow bid for other lattudes, to
sit down to dinner with the FEEDER alss of Philadelphia
and there stimulated by 'the hiarty OF the occasion,
to let off the vrulence and with which they
swelling. The Philadelphia dinner speech Of
Mr. Webster at the opening of the last session of Con-
gress, which meant for solemn manifesto to his
with such pthess and ungrateul rdicule still remem
bered the mammoth Federal bunder of the season.
Taken in connexion with his famous pledge of 'Re
pea measure TO off on the first day of the meeting
Of Congress, this speech completely swamped Mr. Web
ster for the whole session. His friends could not be
brought to stand the introduction of the "Repea" which
he had solemnly promised, and himself that
such thing could be attempted in the present state of
the business of the country with any degree of safety
His speech at Philadelphia the war-utterly crushed
by the Presidents triumphant exposition of our
Mexican policyput him all wrong that topic in
the judgment of the cooler heads OF his party So, for
nearly three MONTHS the Massachusetts, senator seemed
to throw up the game. Pledged not TO let day pass
without measure for "Repeal," he said not word of
the tariff and having denounced the President "de-
serving of impeachment for his course towards Mexico,
he lets the last day OF the session before he says
anything about the war Truly such a flourish of war
trumpets before very small battle has not been heard
since the day OF General Bombases Great newspaper
broadsdes-a vast expanse OF gloomy prophesyings
and terrible denunciaons and fierce threats have re-
suited in little speech the Three Million Bill To
this, by the way, we may hereafter pay respects.
But now there is another Richmond in the field"
No whit dishearened by Mr.. Websters ill-luck, the
Hon. Andrew Stewart has hurried up the same scene
to beat his wellworn federal gong in the OF Pha-
delphia federalism. Decidedly, Mr. Stewards speech is
not worthy even of the occasion II is rather and
very feeble throughout, and at times it is extrava-
giant in its assertions We compelled confess it
for although anhpodes to him on political
questions, have not the slightest personal unknd feel
ing towards him. Here few OF the proofs of what we
and what reasonable politician could ever resort to
to such desperate rades'
The orator opens with the following rich outburst of
farcical humor:
your But | am no other than plain blunt nan-and
now wish that could borrow little fire from the greatest
trait behind me, enry Clay) man postponed to make
way for James K Polk who viii go of the presidential
filled it.
John Tyler was weak man; but James X Polk wa.
not only weak, but wicked man. The country prospred
under Tyler, but being ruined under James K Polk"
This last touch is sublime ''The country prosperous
under John Tyler, and ruined under James K Polk !"
What say the growing, and wheat-growing, and
cotton growing interests to all this? They happen
to form some small part of "the country" Are
they totally ruined-clean cut down. What say.
the great navigating INTEREST," Is ready to stand little
such it has felt for some four or five months
past The freight of single ship that left New York
for Liverpool last week was not much more than
$4,000. And finally what say the manufacturers
to this cry Of ruin Why, feeling that their present OPP
erations too limited, they fast building up
establishments Such is the ruin OF the country under
the Presidency of Mr. Polk The great agricultural and
commercial interests Of the land may contrast it with the
prosperity enjoyed under Mr. Tyler and the tariff of 1912
But Mr. Stewart, as he proceeds grows more argumen
tave though, we are sorry to say, not at all dgni
fled in his language Here is the main point of his
speech:
"Let us see what the Secretary of the Treasury MI
Walker, said upon this subject He said we must take
more British goods. or if we did not she would have to
she viii bring down the price of cotton This the
doctrine ofthe Secretary Now look the facts In this
report Mr. Walker that in lsi5 took St5,
worth of British goods while she took but SI54
worth of breadsu (35 $50 barrels of -four 2OO bush
els OF wheat and one barrel Of meal y yet told
officially that must take than forty five millions of
British goods, she will have 10 pay specie Sl540O0
for beadsufs and not having it to spare, will reduce
the price of our cotton!
'Bu then, the Secretary of the Treasury said the
now brought into the to the ffeetrade tariff
yet that going to manufacture for ourselves and
export the surplus that made. Did he know that
could not import and export the articles! 1t
idea--a contradiction. The Secretary was fool
nay, he was worse (The paragraphs in Mr. Walkers re-
port read in proof of this apparent conradicon)
Mr Stewart quoted largely from official tables of com
and navigation to show that last year, while we
had imported fifty millions in British goods, England had
So @ Mr. w Hna "d that wee
take British goods, or that England would have to
pay specie for beadsus England took fifty millions
in cotton. but in 1885, only $54Ooo OF our beaduffs
Here is federal wisdom with vengeance! Under the
tariff of 1872 with its restrictions upon commerce. Eng
land took our cotton crop and our tobacco crop,
and sent goods to pay for them. Under that
act she could not send us more manufactures than
would pay for our cotton and tobacco and so she
took in ls45 only 1854 900 worth OF our breaastufs
Ergo, says Mr.. Stewart rather "drgai." dor his
reasoning is much like the gavedggers in Hamlet) the
tariff of 1916, Offering opening to British tmportd
tons WILL NOT enable England to take any considerable
amount of our breadstufs We are really curious to
know whether any one of Mr.. Stewards hearers could
swallow such an inference. Yet, if he cannot reason,
Mr. Stewart can at least reve, and he calls the Sec
retarv of the Treasury fool for holding different
opnion 1--WE quote from the sketch of his speech
il appears in that saunch and really respectable organ of
the Federal party, the Philadelphia Inquirer)
1t is altogether apparent to everybody but Mr. Stewart
and his brother orators of the federal school, that many
other circumstances than the existing scarcity in Ire
land have caused the English merchants to send to
this country during some months past for bread