The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-10-08
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
FRIDAY NIGHT, OCT. s, Is47.

Mn. stewards Letter upon the Tsrinnore bi"nderS'
A few days ago. we commented in two articles upon
certain passages of letter written upon the subject oil
the tariff to Vice President Dallas, by Mr. Andrew Stew
art of Pennsylvania, under the signature OF " 3 OF
Uniontown" and published in the National Intelligence
Our comments have drawn from Mr.. Stewart another
letter, which appears over his own signature IN TINS
mornings lntellgencer in which he Acknowledges the
authorship of the previous letter signed with his initial
From this second letter of Mr. Stewart we extract The
opening paragraph as follows:
UNoNrowN, [Pa.,) Oct 4, 1871
To the Hon. r. j. WALLER,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
SIR In the last two numbers of the 'Union," observe
that four columns of lis leading editorials are de-
voted the examination OF letter addressed lew days
since TO the Vice President which any who has eve
your oc a reports in vndication OF the tar oil iSio
,oM see al hare proceeded from And as you
understanding the subject much better than the wee ffes
dent-have taken the task OF answering oil his hahus
now address myself YOU and beg your attention to some
additional suggestions, which you will reply to or not a.
you may think proper.
Now sadly as we proved Mr. Stewart 10 have blunder-
ed in his first letter, as the working of the tariff, we
have to inform him that he has blundered yet more sadly
in the above paragraph, in assuming Mr. Walker TO be
the author of the editorial articles referred to IN the
Union Those articles written IN the Union
Office in the due and in the hurry OF IT'S editorial
business Mr.. Walker had nothing whatever to do
with their authorship, not consulted about them, nor
did he know that any such articles were to be writ
ten all, until he them in the Union In fact, since
Mr. Stewart regards these articles important enough TO
be attributed the pen of Mr. Walker, ought in JUS
tce TO ourselves say that they written in great
haste and without any sufficient opportunity our part
consult the proper documensthe first of them having
been made ready for publication the same day in
which Mr. Stewards letter appeared To this haste mus,
be ascribed the fact that in answering Mr. Stewards ar
gument we followed his own assumption that
the average rate of duty the dutable imports under
the present tariff wenty per cent Mr. Stewart, indeed
puts forth this error professedy upon the authority Of
Mr. Walker himself. Now, upon turning to Mr. Walkers
report to the Senate dated July lG 1916, NO 437 Senate
Doc, vol. s, 1sl5-'60 we find that at page MIR.
Walker estimates at 2l 36ll4 the Average rate per cent
of duty under the present laws and the actual returns,
though fully completed, sustain this rate The main
points of Mr. Stewards letter njudclousy taken as
TO make their refutaon very easy matter, and therefore
Mr. Stewart must not attempt to console himself by at
trbutng his overthrow the magni EneG dertru. Mr.
Walkers avocations leave him, apprehend, little
leisure TO answer Mr.. Stewards frequent and volumnous
essays and speeches on the tariff.
The only other passage of Mr. Stewards last letter,
upon which we wish 10 comment this evening, is as
follows
In my letter to Mr. Dallas stated the that in your
port lS45 you distinctly stated, than once that
the object of The tariff of lsf6to epent the on
of american manufactures for foreign rpa fdbtcs, and that
we must take goods and specie from Great Britain for
brcadsGs otherwise not having specie to spare she
would pay much for ''our cotton In other words
that yonr policy TO compel our farmers mechanics
and laboring quit work and send their 10
England to buy what they and ought produce at
home the vain hope of thereby inducing Great Britain
opay higher prices for cotton. This characterize
British system of policy; and the pages of your report
these purposes avowed having been referred TO-
and not denied by you, are taken for granted.
| We give the passage from the letter to Mr. Dallas
here referred to- containing the above charge against
Mr. Walker which Mr.. Stewart takes for granted
because we have not denied it:
Still, to increase by reducing duties was the
osensble object of the Secretary OF the Treasury willis
his great and real obectwa TO break DOM american
factues, and build np their ripals Great Britain SC
that England thus rendered wealthy and prosperous
would, as he supposes be induced pay higher prices
for ooton In other words the free labor of The ,tort
by yo poife tariff to be ground do,cn and sacrificed
the Uan hope of increasing the profits of The sape labor of
south and this anti american purpose only cears
disclosed bit distinctly apoccd by Mr. Walker in his repor
fine 3D. of December 1875 in which than he de
claes that it his purpose to prevent the progressive
substitution of our rival domestic products for foreign
goods (see PIP and 81 and at pages ID and IA he rhe
says that take from England her manufactures
and specie, for breadstus otherwise having
specie spare, she will bring down greater ex
the price of cotton" In other words the farmers
and mechanics of the northern and middle States must send
their last dollar to Great Britain purchase what they car
and ought make home, that England having plenty
money may give Mr.. Walker higher price for his cotton
and money being and prices low here he will be
enabled TO purchase his supplies of food and clothing
his cotton-growing slaves for little nothing
Now, to this charge, and to show how trust
worthy Mr. Stewards statements are when professedy
taken from official documents, will quote the pass
ages he refers TO at pages and and - and IA of
Mr.. Walkers report. 1t will be remembered that this
report was written while the Oregon question was yet
pending On page Of the report find this language
yThe condition of foreign relations it is said should
spend the reduction of the tariff No American patriot
desire onward in peace and pros
perity but it, unhapply, such should be the result il
would increased necessity for reducing present
high duties, in order obtain sufficient in
ased expenditures The duties for the quarter ending
Both September, 1914, yielded $40 1856 80 of reve
nue. than quarter ending Both September 1916 shop
ing very considerable decline Of the growing out Of
and the progressive substitution of the domestic rivals
Indeed many of the duties becoming dead letters ex
cept for the purpose Of prohibition and il not reduced
will ultimately compel their advocates drec
axaton support the government In the Of
nearly high duties ,oond become prohbitory tn,
increase risk and of i'm portaons and if there be-
deed the opinion of any, serious danger of such