New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-20
Tribute TO Hon. X. j. Walker

Tribute TO Hon. X. j. walker
The Secretary Of the Treasury being no" on
visit 10 our City number OF our most
citizens have united in profierng nm puo"'
g. testimonial Of esteem for his aoiltie''
-. l.bo,. his eminent services, and his
..,;-.A,.rod attention 10 the representations and
e., q, the interests of our mercantile community
TIL. neri,ed tribute has been Declined oy MI
Walker. as will be seen by the correspondence
below
We regret that the movers IN this matter nave
.een az 10 give il partisan complexion OF M
Walker. a. by far the ablest and most eneC''e
,rsnber Of the present Administration the earnest
,dvocate of Mail Steamships, Of every pracucaoie
.r,o,ovemeut in our Warehousing system, OF
Ner. York Mint. (which ought not 10 be Branch
~, ~, Mint; for what use or business for Mint
in PHILADELPHIA when there shall be one IN this
CITY p, and as a jealous if not always wise CHAM
MON Of Commerce, our business men generaiiy nave
. favorable regard, and would gladly have united
IN rnapifesting that sentiment. But when they are
asked to rorify bin the author OF the act TO en-
courage false swearing at the Custom House 10y
at the expense Of American Labor witness the
pre.ent state Of our manufactures OF Hemp 1iass'
silk. Iron and measursbly Of Wool, Cotton, &c
the game becomes entirely too strong, and many
who would gladly have testified their respect ior
the Secretary, are compelled 70 withhold their
names from panegyric on the Tariff OF ls42"hose
livery success is attested by general decline oil
wages and the utter prostrstlon Of many important
denartments Of American Industry. How could
this be otherwise when the duties charged by
that very Tariff Of AZ r0r materials necessarily
imported are actually higher than on the fabrics
thence produced by the rival labor Of Europe ana
America $50 that this Tariff actually offers pre-
mimi 10 the Foreign rival Of American Labor
and though this was clearly demonstrated before
the act passed the injustice is still persisted IN
Had the movers seen fit to draft different letter
OF invitation. it would doubtless have borne the
signatures Of such men as Stephen Whitney NJ
H. Grinnell. James g. King, Henry Grinnell, Geo
Griswod. sc. &c instead Of those Of the Collector
Postma ster District Attorney, Navy Agent, &c
who with such papsble bad taste, now figure
eonspicuously in the correspondence.
Our sef-chosen Spokesman for the interest
OF Trade and Commerce, did not quite venture
on eulogizing the Sub- Treasury in their letter
but Mr. Walker does in his reply and he Is Ger
feinly entitled to the credit of having labore
throughout 10 render the contrivance es much OF
farce and as little OF practical impeachment nm
mischief ss possible. II ia las his friend Of III
journal Of Commerce well observed device tina
"ean only work well by not working AT ALL nm
as such he has uniformly handled it,
Mr.. Walkers sermon on War was not Gale
Tor and blunder-the only one we remark IN hl
letter knowing as we all do his activity and in
Auence in comprising that gross political mistah
as well rs crime, the Annexation of Texas, by hi
pamphlet of 1919 his throttlng OF Van Buren, q
Baltimore in "a, and his participation IN thos
measures which afterward thrust as into war b.
the mtrch to the Rio Grande, we think he shou
have kept silence ON this point-But to the cor
respondence
s" ~rss unaersfaea ca,ea. ID Yof a,aa themselves
your presence their osdiiie vicinity 60 etrr~.s o. you ihe 1
".%a' '' 20, csasys aspre
Lps To-. se s @ a. 10 ,oa ol ds ~sia care sou s,e
.ed Ne interest Of traa and Commerce 10 which We are
~ ,oar urrsu, recounend,ton Of h Por for %
seu carving operation Wsreousng siten ihe benei
Of wb arr ta, developing ihe'crehs e4sil managen'
u uelnsnes of ihe county, through OIL jle haras.is meu
ma dutsi lmrors Revenue system perfected sni brought in
operation the ,eg success Of waeh hs hshe cnconem %
sork utoi The tnon, ere greatly indebted 81 - fou
Relic, ng you By che hh. AMI best Of M
tss. tie Developments great natural resource The a'nc
msn Commercial Interests With also 90 the future ge'
ois,SSess 10 you our .o ere uea and G q
be gwen The Aor House At such time a. will be-
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