New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-30

cent. less and pay on them accordingly. under
system Of Id Valorsui duties. Bat the Tam
Of l-i6 repeals all specihc and imposes Ad Nalo-
rem duties exclusively 10 opposition . the ildz-
nent Of nearly every eminent Statesman who
has taken part IN our Government opposition
% the general tendency % render iaties exact
and certain throughout the world. For instance.
Iron paid under the Tsrif of a. = per ton 90 Pig
Sion Bsr and sz5ou 70 ed-ra-es 1nvaryins and
impossible % be evsded The duty BY the TariH
os'4sis thirty per cent which s1tices when Iron
high but falls of as the price 3! the article IS dE
ished ,sw years since Railroad Bars were
worth go Ia England. making the duty - per
ton Vow they have fallen . little over $50
carving down toe duty u CO per ton and
should they be forced down 70 So, the duty -"
be but ga Thus a. the necessity ior Protection
increases. the Protection actually given is dimin-
i.bed while should Iron ever again rlse - high
that DO Protection would be needed oount-i u
inpost would then prefer rs sid 20 the American
producerl Can the madness Of wrong-headed
.tstesuanship surpsss THIS Yet the pnnciP.e
run. the whole round Of TINS Tsr.h.
But the act IS not merely Pergerse-it i ae
sieDedly delusive. The farmer reads ID II inai
Wool Of al kinds and Manufactures OF Woo. not
Otherwise specified are subject 70 duty OF thirty
per cent snd he IS told that this . very TAR FRO
,ectoB But the same TART elsewhere stipuiates
thstau Wo0'eu Yam, Worsted, FlaHnc.f, Book
mrs and Bai-e, shall pay but trsHfytreper cent
and that Blankets Of all kinds, very oompre
bensiye designation shaiI pay but 'reffy per cent
Here n farmer stripped Of the Protection which
ne sYpDoses had been accorded him by the admis-
sion a important classes o. WOoen iabrcs Al rates
below those imposed on raw Wool,-certainly as
much o. his detrimeut as Il the Wool had been
direc,l. admitted At 90 per cent For the manu-
fscturer. the case Is still harder He must buy the
cheap coarse Wool OF South America and North
ern Afrca. grown without care or expense and
.od at low prices in competition with his british
rivals he must pay thirty per cent duty on I'M
porting It while they take their Wool 70 England
duty free make it up into Flsnnels. Blankets &c
and send it 20 our markets 20 compete with him.
paving duties thereon Of only twenty-five and
twenty Der cent. Here IS a direct discrimination
Of five % ten per cent. 0galnst American Labor.
and vet. when We demonstrate against this suicidal
measure W are Ins0.ently, falsely tod, you
have thirty per cent. Protection by this Tarif aud
that ought to satisfy you. How much do you
want
Just so HEMP IS charged with twenty per cent.
duty by this Tariff, to gull the growers, while It
s let in manufactured as Gables. Cordage, &c at
twenty-five per cent Popeyis charged twenty per
cent while Books generally are admitted at ten
When thus our own Government offers bountIes on
the L abor performed in Europe instead Of our own
country, what wonder that Employment fails,
Wages are diminished Imports are swelled,
Specie departs Factories and Workshops are
closed by bankruptcy and a general paralysis IS
felt to be creeping over the Industrial energies OF
the Country
Men of Pennsylvania by your last vote Tor
President and Vice. President, though against the
urgent remonstrances OF your Delegation IN Con
gress. this great National mischief was wrought
By surprise, deceit. betrayal Pennsylvania was
chained TO the car Of South Carolina she has now
an opportunity to regain her time honored position
and retrieve the fortunes Of the Nation. Nouowe
something to your state, to your Country, to your
deceiyers to yourselves. Let all be nobIy paldon
the 9TH dav of November