Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-11-02
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public discussions in which have participa.
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am in favor of Tariff for Revenue, such
a one as will yield a sufficient amoun. to The
Treasurer to defray the expenses Of Govern
men, economically administered. In adjusting
| the details of Revenue Tariff, have hereto
fore sanctioned such moderate discriminating
duties would produce the amount Of rerenue
needed, and al The same time afford reasonable
incidental Protection 10 our Home Industry. |
am opposed 10 Tariff for Protection merely,
and moi for Revenue.
| Aclingupon these principles, tits well-known
'ha, gave my support 10 The policy OF General
Jackson's Administration on the subject.
voted agains. the Tariff act of 1928. voted
for the acl of 1882. which contained modifica
.ions OF some of the Objectionable provisions
of the act Of 1898 As member Of The Com
miuee of Ways and Means of the House Of
Representatives. i gave my assen, TO bill re-
ported by that Commiitee in December, 1892,
making farther notifications of the &C. of S2S.
and making also Determinations in the impo-
sion Of The duties which it proposed. That
bill did not pass, bu, was superseded by the
bill commonly called the Compromise bill, Tor
which voted. =.
ernmen, 10 extend, as far as j. may be pract-
cable to do so, by its revenue laws and all oh-
er means within It's power, fair and just Pro-
lection 10 all the grea, n,erests OF The whole
Union, embracing Agriculture, Manufactures,
and the Mechanic Arts, Commerce and Navi-
CATION. hearty approve the resolutions upon
this subject passed by the Democratic National
Convention lately assembled at Balumore.-
| am, with great respect, dear sir. your obedi.
en-, serrant. JAMES X. POLK.
JOHN K. KANE, Esq. Philadelphia.
There is no need of dwelling on the terms of
this letter Though artfully drawn, the in,en.
10 deceive is obvious throughout. Mr.. Polk
has made dozens of Speeches. in Congress and
on the stump in Tennessee, against The policy
of Pfoteciion,--no, against this or that mode
or measure, bu, broadly against the idea of Pro-
lection at all. He knew as well as you do tina,
the question had but TWO sides, Of which he
was on one and Pennsylvania on the other
Yet. knowing this full well. he wrote tha, let
ter TO confuse and hefog the subject SO that par.
isans less critically clrcums,anced nigh pro.
claim him as good Pso,ectionist as Henry
Clay g ~
i cannot doub, that deliberate intent TO de-
ceive was .he impulse TO this letter: After Mr..
Polk election. and just before his inauguration,
was in washington watching ,he consumma-
tion OF the Texas Iniquity, and was there n,ro-
duced TO Mr.. John K. Kane. After some un-
important conservation, said to him, "Mr. ].
Kane The letter on the subject of the Tsrif
which you received from Mr.. Polk and pub
lished, has been the ,heme Of much comment,
and has received contradictory interpretations.
think its true meaning might be setiled by
reading in connection your letter to- Mr.. Polk
TO which has soas the ans,oer. Will you be good
enough TO 10. me sec tha, letter 7" Mr.. Kane
said he had no copy of it--at least none in
Washington. s.Nay, but Mr. Polk is here, board
ing at the same house with Us. and he surely
can produce your letter if you both think prop
or" All was vain--ihe letter OF Kane to Polk,
which drew out the famous Kane letter, was
never made pubIIc.l aud presume never will
be- But The practical commentary came soon
enough in the appointment, of Walker Sec
reiary of the Treasury, the bitter attacks on the
Protective Policy OF both master and man in
their various Messages and Reports, aud The
passage Of The an,-Proiec,ive Tariff of '46 by
the influence of Polk aud Walker, the thick
and,hin support Of Cass. and the casting vote
of Dallas. That last vote filled up the measure
of ueacbery. The ,icke. had been warmly.
commended on the plea that. even il Mr.. Polk
was not entirely right, Pennsylvania had in her
own Dallas champion OF her interests whose
voies and speeches in favor Of Protection were
abundanily on record, and ha, his influence
would suffice 10 arrest any measure of hoslili.
~ The policy Of AZ. The hour of,rial came,
and Grotge NJ Dallas voted with Calhoun and
McDafie IN opposition 10 twenty-five Of The
,wenly-six Members Of Congress from your
State. By his vote The Tarifref 40 was SUBJ
vered aud that of '46 enacted. The fruits Of
40 enacted. The fruits of that change you
now witness; some.of them you feel. Wil
you no,y help your betrdysrs to triumph again
Yours, H. G.