The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-03


people and States prejudced and healed BY the ercns
measures TO have been required by ts and
condition Of the county, Ibeeye they necessary 70
OF the county from another and those
la,erna sentiments which the strongest supports Of the
io and o the Of Ssss
great majority Of fellow ci,izens ympahize In that
prepared Ia all respects. 10 sustain these enscmen,s
esnno. doubt that The American people hound loseher 6y
mount regard for the Union OF their fathers and that they
he %SoS ss.sa & .
the laws which have been enacted under it's authority
s q ana
a final selemen-of the dangerous and exciting subjects
beyond your reach as the Legislation which disposed OF
them in its character, final and rrevocable IL may
tered that Of those free from mpsrsc-
lions but In their mutsal dependence and connection they
best for the entire country could be obtained from con-
ficng sectional interests and opinions
ustment established by those measures until time and on
perence shall demonsaie the necessity OF further Iegsa
ton to guard against evasion or abuse. 49, 4f FtHt
'By that nsment have been rescued from the wide
and boundess agitation that surrounded US, and have
firm, distinct and legal ground To rest upon. And the
cason trust, will Justify me in exhoring my countymen
% rally upon and maintain that ground the best, II
the only means OIL restoring peace and quiet to the country
and maintaining inyolae the integrity Of the Union"
With this extract have exhausted those points OF
the Message, relating to important domestic concerns
which we can commend. We have given our praise
with pleasure but duty compels to examine and
pose portions of the message which believe unsound
and dangerous We cannot do to-day; but the reader
will at perceive that the President plants himself
upon the old ground OF the federal party in all questions
OF national policy This to be expected for it would
have been idle 10 anticipate anything else, with such
cabinet. and with the opinions which he himself formerly
expressed. He advocates protective tariff. and the
tution OF specific dutiesno limiting these last TO iron
coal had been modesty asked by Others but ex
tending them every article, whose "nature is such as
to admit OF it." On these two important Subjects (the
protective tariff and internal mprovemens) and the
slitutonal ground from which ne would deduce the
power, the present message is OF the hghesoned
federal documents which we have seen since the
first sky-light message Of Mr.. John Quincy Adams
The old principles Of the American system-bank
tariff and internal improvements-are, with the ex-
ception Of the bank, commended to Congress. Mr..
Fillmore could have no reasonable excuse for tamper-
ing with the currency, although he is in favor
if his views have not undergone a change since he
was Comptroller Of New York--of allowing banking
institutions to issue notes predcaed deposites Of
United States stocks Perhaps he thinks that tariff and
internal improvements will make bank.
The Message, taken whole, is well written, and
furnishes, in that particular, agreeable contrast 10 the
apers which emanated from the last cabinet We can
not, however, regard either logical ingenious that
portion OF it which recommends PROTECTION SPECIFIC
DUTIES, and extended system Of INTERNAL IMPROVE
MEsrs by the general government
The President admits that high tariff is an evil but
he does not inform what he considers to be high
nrf. The term is relative. and is mere empty sound
Ne half
norshfu authority to levy duties for any other than rev.
purposes Any duties exceeding those required for
those purposes we consider high duties Now, il this
principle is left out of view. and aay duties are levied
purely for purposes Of protection. we would like to
know il they not pro iano liable TO the same obec
ton which Mr. Fillmore urges against high tariff. A
high tariff the President tells us, will exclude COMPETE
ton WE'LL we admit that it is true. And then we will
ask will not any tariff on the principle exclude
petition the extent Of its operation There is but one
answer TO this question. The Message says
"a duty laid upon article which may be produced
here stimulates the skill and industry of country
produce the article which Is brought into the
IN composition with the foreign article and the importer Is
compelled reduce his price that which the do
nestle article can be Sold thereby throwing part of the
duty upon the producer Of the foreign article"
This reversing the process. No domestic manufac-
urer desires high duties for the purpose OF forcing
dueion 10 the price Of the foreign article which
in competition with his own. The case is exactly the
verse; The domestic manufacturer desires protection for
the purpose OF preventing the foreign fabric, whatever II
may be. from being sold io1r than he furnish IT, II
preposterous suppose that any is stupid TO
desire any who in competition with him to re-
dues has prices The idea is absurdwe must say with all
respect 10 Mr. Fillmore II is entirely new discovery,
that the American manufacturers complain that the
manufacturers Of Europe furnish market prices TOO
high and that those prices ought 10 be reduced Even
hear the echo OF the voices OF the lords OF the
loom ringing in ears discaimng against the pauper
labor and lou prices OF Europe Even now we hear the
iron manufacturers complaining Of the o price which
England is furnishing iron for our railways.
As to internal improvements the President recommends
that the general government shall carry such works
The scope OF his system is boundless. There is
no assgnabe Limitation TO it. !, is not bounded by the
character OF the water by the falls OF the rivers
extends through whole empe-to every State, 10 al.
most every description OF waters for the President says
is somewhat remarkable that among all the thirty
States there is none that is not to greater less
tent bounded The ocean, the Gulf Of Merieo, or
OF the great iake,, nopgabe r,rer" lie recon-
mends an increase OF tax alton, in order TO meet
some ss,0O0,0o0 of indebtedness now nearly due;
vet he recommends a scheme OF internal improve.
ment extensive enough to bankrupt all the treasu
ries Of all the nations Of the earth Tna, scheme en-
braces not only the Atlantic. the Pacific, the Gulf. and