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Ths snahsl a,rssass il Gu. csuenaen, 81 HI.
makes aIiislk over NO columns pf he Lsouisyile
Jpurnai. oh,ke linton oi.ille Siates. Gov. c. tlas
piiricticaliF and sloapenlIy discoArzes
Itisin that union alone that We exist al !
nation, and have 0nr bond Of Brotherhood. -
From ID, asfrom rich fountain. public pros
perisy has alrealned over our whole land, and
from the bosom pfnur great National Repuhs
lie 4 spirit has gone forth throughout tho
world 10 quicken and raise up The oppressed,
To teach them 4 new lesson Of freedom. and,
BY pointing to Dur example show them Tie
way to selE government The heart Of man
must swell ritl ebnscions pride Al being the
free citizen of such 4 Republic
Dear as Kentucky is 70 US, she IS not our
whole country The Union, thewhole UnioSa,
il our country: and, proud asWe justly arc III
the name Of Kentnckian, We have letter
and more fir famed le-that Oh American
citizen an8me known and respected through
out The world. and which, wherever We may
be, has power tp protect us from the despotisan
Of Emperor oF King IN 4
& AS a party 10 tba Constitution, Kentucky,
interchangeable, whit other States. pledg-
cd herself tp abide By and support that Con-
stitution and The Union which Itsestablished
If that pledge were her ouly Obligation i'll
ought to Ne Hinyiolable. But the seal of
WashingtoA stamped upon i.-4thc thousand
glorious reeolleetions associated with Its
origin-thelb benefits and blessings it has CON
fcrred-the grander hopes il nov ii.:.Slsri.es.
have, day Iii day, increaseea out .l,taehment'
until the 'farc asEse Of pligatea faith and
sauce ~ lbst IN proud, grateful, and hf
fectionate deviation EH(
can entertain no apprehension for the fate
Of such a Union, The approach fanny dan
ger to it would be the signal for rail lying to
its defenceH the first moment Of its peril
would be the moment Of IFS rescue.
TINE TARIFF oEIsIa.
When the isSolc organ desires to give s-
pecial Significance to an artielc ola party
writer, it i lid thu habit of stating that il is
from a neutral source It.quotes as a
I neutral ID correspondent Of the baltimore
Sun, who WIS one Of the most thorough go
ing supportersof Mr. Polk. and one Of the
most bitter opponcnas Of General Taylor;
and who, though without the same official
opportunities was quite as active in the last
Presidential cam paign as the then Commits
sioner of Patents himself If heIis neu-
trail 2 then Ore the members Of the late FIX
ecutivc Democratic Committee neutrals, II
he is a ncutral- then is Mr.. Senator Footea
neutral; then is Mr. w, J. Brown aEeutral;
then is Mn Burkca neutral.
Tn tile letter dc the slncutral Y corresponT
dent above referred to, there is pne state
ment which We propose to notice. This IS
what the ''Ilcutrhln writer calls the impor1
tant fact tliatthe TarifIo f 1912 produced in
1914 and lf45 y gradual taihag W mlthdd
4ereRae . III NTH IA Hill
The ofidialreturns show that tho receipts
from customsHip 1871 were Sl4i487, 81 Fl
those of ls42+were Sls, 1877 500 The Tariff
Of 1912 was approved by the President OIL
the 3oth of August in that year During
the first sik nlnhths of ls43, business was
adjustingitselfto the new system and there
would have been naturally, a pause. in Until
portations, 10 SHADY the change and its ell
fccts-.eveh il tic country had not been int
poverished by tile prc.existipg system. Thc|
receipts foFIthc three following years, cndA
ing June Up, respectively, were III
ls44 s26tIss, 57t III
ls45 2T,52S,ll3 Iff
1886 . 1922. 668 Eli
The Tariffpf l8i6was approved on tlle
goth Of July ofthat year The receipts from
customs foil tlc fiscal year ending juno 1901
1S47. we're under the operation of the new
tariff, s23l74TNs64. The receipts from cust
toms FOR The fiscal year ending June I30I
l84S, we're s3l ,757 ,07o 90. The receipts
from custohsfor the year ending june l30i
l84a, were s28, SAG, 73S 81 II
We onlyIdesirc TO call the attention Of the
Union to the g important fact, that while
in 1914 ana H'l845, there was e gradual
falling otfPf in tile customs, which added
nearly million and q half to their amount
under the Tariff Of ls42, there was grad
ual falling pf under the Tariff Of 1916, I'LL
the years 1919 ard 1s4e, which diminished
the receipts upwards Of threc millions Of
dollars Ill III ffIl
But that is not the only I important fact NJ
shown by Tho official returns. fthc Union
viii. examine them narrowly, II will perceive
that, though between 1916 and 1876, there
is difference. of nearly million III favor of
1S45 :lyetl between 1916, thee las. year Of
the Whig tariff and is47, the first year Of
Mr. Walkers tariff, there is a difference Of
th1ce millions il faver Of tile Why tariff
Iff 1. IRcpaUie.
I V-g THE HOME DEPARTMENT..
Our readers are aware that this establish
mcnt, the iass of which first originated with
Mr. Walker, and for the existence of which
We are indebted, in a great degree. to the re-
commehdatipn Of the late President Polk.
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