The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-05
TILE TARIrE ouEsTIoN

| Our neighbor, the Union, is terribly alarm
ed lest the next Congress will agitate the
Tariff question, with view to the repeal or
modification Of the revenue act Of 1876. It
calls Justify upon the Democracy in the States
yet to elect members Of the next Congress,
to be up and doing. i summons the faithful
to gather the clans, and send up to Wash
ington men, who will resist every effort to
touch the favorite financial system of Mr..
Walker All this is right and proper in the
advocates Of that system Of revenue policy,
and we are glad to see, that our opponents
are stirring up the question.
If the revenue policy, advocated by the
Wings, cannot stand the test Of investiga-
ton, we would have none Of it. 1t would not
be worth contending for. We fear not the
result, if our opponents viii only meet the
question openly and fairly We challenge
them to the severest scrutiny before the peo-
Pile, and if the people decide against US, be
It 50. We bow to the popular will always
Our opponents differ from US in this partic-
ular. IL the people decide against them,
they charge the people with corruption,
with being deceived and deluded We say,
therefore, that we are glad to see our oppo-
nents agitating the Tariff question, and we
are prepared to help them in their labor Of
love.
I But agitation for the purpose Of getting at
the truth Of a question, is one thing, and ag-
itation with view to deceive and delude
and lead astray and establish error, ia anoth-
er thing. Our opponents are at home in
the latter avocaton, while the Wings are
equally an fail in the former. We suspect,
therefore, nay we may say, we know, tn Al
the object Of the Union in agitating the tar.
Iiff question, at the present moment, is IL
mislead, to hoodwink, to cheat the, public
mind. The Virginia election for member,
ofthe next Congress, is at hand, ind as there
is no opportunity Of forming a coalition with
an abolition minority in that State, the old
|-hobby-horse Of federal taxation is mounted
for the occasion.
- - mon khoWs anu tteis thdt the power
OF s,hockoe Hill Junta is fast waning in the Old
dominion, before the lighto Wing doctrines Of
government and Legislation, and the most
strenuous effort must be made during the
present month to keep the Congressional
delegation, at least, where il was in the last
Congress, il not TO increase the number Of
Democrats. The liberal policy Of the adj
minls,ration on the subject Of federal appoint
ments in Virginia, has taken away from the
Democrats most potent weapon against the
Wings, and hence resort is now had TO The
tariff question-with what effect, time will
only show.
4 We have too much faith in the rapid
growth Of Wing doctrines in Virginia, to
believe that the State can be carried back
into tie arms Of Locofocoism--- which is only
tanother name for barbarian. Had the Wings
done their duty last November at the Presi-
DENTAL election, had they all loved their
country more than any other object, Virginia
would have given her vote for General Tay-
lor. As Il was, the moral effect of her vote
has, we are confident, sowed Wing seeds
that will yet send up forest Of Wing doc
trines 10 over shadow the land Virginiaps.
at this late day, are not to be pursuaded, that
the doctrine Of protection Of home-industry is
destructive olindiyidual and social wealth and
happiness. They see, with an acute eye, how
far they are behind their northern brethren
in this respect, by following the will-o'-wisp
Of the resolutions Of 1898.