The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-01-17
were of course voted down:

ResoIued, That we consider the Tariff
If 1916, as being sufficient in every re-
;pect for the protection of the Farmer,
Manufacturer, and Laborer of
and that we discOas1te1aonce
he efforts of any, be they ,chona they
1aay, who would advocate its repeal or
Resolued, That we instruct our Repre-
sentatiYes in the State Legislature, TO vote
for in all cases whatsoever, to instruct our
Senators, and to request our Representa-
lives in Congress to vote for and sustain
the Tariff Of 1916.
ResOlued, That we request our fellow
citizens of Cambria and adjoining coun-
ties, to memorialize Congress to sustain
and defend the Tariff of 1916, because we
that it affords ample protection to
all the great interests of the State.
The above is the minority report of the
Committee.
JOHN b. ONSLOW.
The foregoing is a fair and impartial
history of the Tariff meeting held in the
court house last week. We have been
thus particular, because we objected to the
resolutions as published in our last num-
Der going forth as embodying the senti-
ments of large and respectable portion
of the citizens of Cambria county, ire
spectivs of party, and our readers can now
Judge for themselves whether they
should not be regarded as being the senti
ments of only few men engaged in the
iron business. And even they must have
known and felt that they were committing
deed which would not bear public scru-
tiny, for the gentleman who handed us. the
proceedings did so with request that we
would publish them without comment. AL
though we do not regard the Tariff l946
as being perfect. and are willing to admit
that several of its provisions require mod
ification, yet we look upon 1t as being as
perfect perhaps as any one that could be
adopted in the present state of public feel
ing, and infinitely better to any one based
upon specific or sliding scale duties. The
present outcry against the Tariff of 1916
has been got up by iron masters, who de-
pend on the western markets for the sale
of their productions, where. they cannot
certainly expect to encounter foreign COM
petition. Tie idea CT importing iron from
England, and transporting ii across the
mountains of Pennsylvania to Pittsburg or
Cincinnatti; and there underselling our
home manufacturers, is perfectly redicu-
lous. But to conclude, the following card
from Mr.. James Litzenger of Clearfield
township sufficiently explains itself:
A Card.
Mr.. GyEN:-In the proceedings of
Tariff meeting held i'll the Court House
on the evening of Tuesday of last Court,
published in the last number of your pa
per, l notice that my name is there an
nounced as one of the Vice Pre- sidents.-
To correct the impression which a read
ing of those proceedings would leave on
the minds of my friends with whom l
have heretofore acted, | deem 1t due to
myself to state the manner In which L be-
came connected with that meeting. When
the Court House bell rang, | repaired
thither from motives of curiosity alone,
and after being in the room a short time,
| was, on motion of George S. King, ap-
pointed one of the Vice Presidents, and
took my seat accordingly, being in perfect
ignorance of what kline. of business was TO
be transacted, or what was the object OF
the meeting. In short time, however,
I became aware of what was in contem-
plation, and l Immediately withdrew, as
am opposed 10 the alteration or modifca-
| ton of the Tariff of lS46 as then propo-
sed, and therefore determined to have
nothing to do with the meeting. | neither
signed the proceedings, nor did | author
ize any one to do it for me, nor was |
present at the time of their adoption. Y on
will do me the favor of publishing this
card, as l desire my friends and the public
to know that my name has been connect
ed with those proceedings contrary to my
consent, and that | am opposed to the
principles therein embodied.
JAMES LITZIN GER.