The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-12-25

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policy is Free Trade. They; want the mar
lets Of the world for their products. And i
isas trus of our Republic as of The world
That,
WESTWARD the star Of Empire takes its way.
Tables based on the aie census show thai o
fourteen millions capital invested in the ma
nuiac,ure OF wrought iron, over ten millions
is in three States, while twelve States have
no embellishments of ihe kind. II Is evident
then, tha, the majority of votes in Congress
is more likeiyt be cast for low duties and
diminished taxation than for high dulles and
increased taxes and that il the Tariff Of '4f
is unsettled, the duties il imposes will be
more likely to be reduced than increased
We think, therefor<, that il is the policy oi
those interested 10 let we'll enough slone, II
is evident that the Tariff cannot be Increased
on revenue principles, as the revenue iorths
present year has exceeded the expenditures
some ten millions Of dollars, and there will
be, according 10 the estimate of the Secrela-
~ oil the Treasury, $50, ,366,443 80 in the
Treasury, in June next, TO meet Sc. 237 ,93i
IS Of public debt due ia July following.
The Berks county resolutiors speak Of put
ting The duty on iron up 10 the revenue stan.
dard. Will no, the present posiare of affairs
Require that some duties shall be put dcicn
to revenue standard? And ii SO. what du-
ties snail il be? Will the manufacturers OF
cotlan OF Wool agree that the tax on iron
and coal shall be increased, while fhe duties
on their productions are diminished ! Or
will they rot demand that ali shall share a.
like in the reduction! And will not this
seem an equitable demand ?
We might multiply reasons why we con-
slider the present Tariff movement TOO laie,
and more likely 10 do harm than good to Ine
interests i, is intended 10 serve. A word as
10 the political part Of the movement and
we shall close thi, already long article.
We hope that those who participate in the
proceedings oil this Convention will remem'
bsr the injury that was done TO the Demo-
cratic party in lst4, and since, By the EN-.
dor.ement Of the condemned Tariff of '42 by
members of the party who expected there
by TO make political capital and avoid their
error. They will remember, we hope, that,
idolized as that Tariff was by the Wings,
who threatened 10 make its restoration and
the repeal of the "Bri,ish Tariff of '46,n as
,hey delighted 10 call il, iheir war cry, in
this, the third year OF Whig administration
they have got no farther than to ask slight
modification of the Tariff Of '46, while that
of '42 has become an obsolete idea and now
''finds none SO low 10 DO il reverence" We
hope, too, that they will remember that the
Democratic party have, on diver occasions,
by their authorized delegates, expressed
their sentiments and opinions on the Tariff
question, and laid down their platform, OH
which all The members of the party have
hitherto Stood aud that they may not run
counter these principles ignoranty, we here
inse IT the declarations Of the delegates OF
The party in National and State Conventions
assembled
In isls, the National Platform of the de-
mocraiic party, as will be seen by reference
&c the proceedings of the National Conven-
ton, declared:
'That Justice and sound Policy forbid the
Federal Government to foster one branch of
industry 10 the delrment o! another or to
cherish the interests Of one portion TO the in
Jury of another portion of our common coun-
try"
Again
"That no more revenue ought TO be raised
than is required to defray The necessary ex-
penses of the government, and the gradual
but certain extinguishment of the debt crea-
ted by the prosecution Of just ard necessa-
ry war"
And again
'Tha, the fruits Of the great political tri-
umph of 1874, which elected James X. Polk
and George M. Dallas, President and Vice
Presiden. OF the United States, have fulfilled
the hope OF the democracy o! the Union---in
defeating Of the declared purposes Of their
opponents 10 a National BaEk--in preventing
the corrupt and unconditional distribution of
the land proceeds from the common treasury
Of the Union for local purposes--in protect
ing the currency and labor of the country
fiom the ruinous fluctuations, and. guarding
The money Of the people for the use of the
people, by the establishment of the Consti.
tulional Treasury--in the noble impulse CIV
eu TO Free Trade, b. the repeal of the Tariff
of '42, and the creation OF the more equal,
honest and productive tariff Of '46-and,
that il ,sould be a fatal error to ,reaken the bonds
Of political organization, oy ,chieh these great
reforms hare teen aehiered.
The doctrine here avowed has been re-
peateJly endorsedby the democracy of Penn
sylvauia, aud other stales since '48. It was
expressly recognized by the State convention
Of 1850, and that of 1851, which nominated
Col Biger fully sustained it, by the adoption
of the following resolution:
Resolued That in the matter of leyying dn-
ties on foreign imports by the General Gov
eminent, we are in favor OF the reciprocal
exchange of our products with the other ma
iions of The earth, in consonance with the
enlighled spirit of the age--recognizing
clearly the practice ofthe government 10
maintain and preserve in fnli vigor and safe