Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-03-23


| tho lust If laGd--;he ravcnous appetite of
James X. Polk. 10 acquire territory no. his
own. and si;,naiize his Administration bv
tho g'orlos of "ar--war! glorious war
| upon weak, distracted. and unhappy sis
| ,er Republic-and what for +! Sho owed
Us debt Of some Two or three millions,
winch sho was too poor ID pay. She &C
knowledscd the debt, and promis od 10 pay
!. as soon as she could. Yet this IS made
by tho ProSlden. in his Message. the grea,
and leading cause Of war-how ,narnani-
! NOUS how glorious We tool, Texas
she acquiesccd. Not satisfied, Mr.. Polk
determines 10 have California. He sends
Nj. Slidcil to purchase il-they otfar to
iroa. with HIM as commissioner, but not
IS which they said implied
, relations of amity and friendship which
did no. exist. Mr.. Polk would no, weld
the point. or change the NAME from minis.
ter 10 commissioner. which, if done, might
have prevented this war with all its hor-
rors; bu; rather than yiold this point of
etiquette, he ordered Mr.. Slidel home, and
Immediately, and without consulting Con-
grcss ,hon IN session, ordered Cen TAYLOR
10 march 10 tho Rio Grandc, blockadcd that
river. and brought on tho war. Up to this
time what had Mexico dono Had sho in
vaded Texas since its annexation No.
Had shc committed my act of hostility 2
Monochrome whatever. Mono is pre,en-
ded E; yet wo are TO cxtprminato Mexico
and rovel in tho Halls of tho Mentezumas.
aud prosecute this Executive war at the
expense of millions Of money, n nd oceans
OF hood-is it right ,-beforo God and
man. IS It right
And. to cnablo tho President to prose-
cu;o this glorious war. no has sont us n
message, which has lust been received and
read by the clerk, recommending the i'm.
position Of duties on tea and coffee. In
his message at the commencement Of the
session, he spoke oquivocally on this point:
but, as tho revenue has fallen greatly
short the last quarter, up to the frs. Of
january, having yielded only @3,645,OOO:
less than II has been for many years past,
he has at long.h como out and assumed tho
responsibility of nvo.ing himself in favor
OF tax on tea and coffco, rs a revenue
measure last session tho doctrine of the
Secretary, and OF the Administration, was
that tho reduction Of duties increased tho
revenue; but now. finding plentiful lack
OF revenue, thoy propose to do-whnt -
Reduce tho duties still further? Not ut
all. Hunger IS very apt to bring people
last admitted tho truth of tho Wing doc
trlne, that tho way 10 get an increase of
rovonuo is to increase the duties. Thi, ia
quite now as a Democratic doctrine. M.
Polk did not use TO think SO. At ono timo
be was for destroying tho whole system Of
internal improvements, because it furnish
ID "a sponge" TO absorb tho surplus and
keep up high tariff.
But now To has found out anotber srocoo
his ex!ravagance and war furnish a sponro
arge enough to absorb all tho royonue.nnd
,ven as much more. Now, when he finds
he rovenuo insuflicient-when he discov.
srs that the Tariff is too low-hayino IA.
Ken the duties off Of Injuries. he proposes m
AK tea md coffee. That is now Demo.
cratic doctrine. Tho tariff of '46 tnke.
iutios off Of tho Injuries Of tho rich. md
% make up. 1t is proposed to tax tho ne
;essaries OF the poor; tho tariff of 40
imposed high duties on Injuries, and no
luties at all OF tea and coffee.
(Mr. Cobb hero inquired what dutie, On
uSuries had been reduced by tho tarif'of
I8i6!)
Mr.. 5. said, tho list was long, no could
Tot recollect them all, but since he wo.
JAILED on, he would give tho gentleman n
ew, and he would first monitor BRANDY.
md spirits distilled from grain. The dutv
N those, under the tariff Of az, was 1853
'or cent; which Mr.. Polk, and his omnis.
'ient Secretary, reduced, by the tariff of
1T sixiy-two per cent. Under tho tariff
# IL, tho revenue derived from brandy
nd distilled spirits was $ ,623, 900 on m.
Of 1915. Under the ,ari6r
f '46 the duties on the Same would ba
'ut 81 ,l9l 900; showing loss of revenu,
N brandy and distilled spirits alone Of
1872 900, and this loss is now to be mad.
p by duty on tea and coffee; and th;.
8 Democr ratio poiicy-to take duties off
f the rich man's brandy, Irish whiskov
nd Holland gin. and pu, them on tho moor
nan's tea and coffee +! If you wan, moro
money for your war, go back and restore
hose dulles on brandies and foreign spirits.
nd other luxuries, and then talk about
lxlng the necessarios of life.
(Nr. Cobb here Inquired whether tho
arltf Of 1916 had not raised the price Of
merican grainD
Mr.. S. said, after tho Yankee fashion.
9 would answer tho gcn,eman's ouo,.
on by asking him another: Did tho
riff of 40 produce the po:a,o-ro, in
-eiand9 Did it blight all the crops. Of
urope, and produce a superintendent
rop here! lfit did, them the gen,Ieman's
o.ion was right. but not otherwise. He