The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-09-10
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Gen, jackson and the. Tariff.

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Gen. Jackson and the, Tariff
we noticed, q few days sinses The. fac
that Wing papers ppd stninpefsrpss qaetin
Washing Jelfersensslackson and Other
sofour edtliepand. more ssenerateds Statesmen
dsathhorityin favor Of the absurlpnilssuici
dai policy projections; and showed viii
2hat'4itt justice they dosot In regafAst
Gen. .Jatksoa, we then admitted ihat ii
the early patt ofhis career. when protection
was tha policy Of almost Tie entire eiyilizt,
world when lhe principles Of politics
fcondmf were comparatively little, under
stool when eur country was burthenst
with a heavy debl and when we had no
yet felt the evil effects Of the protective
system, he expressedopinions andg gave vote.
which undoubtedly favored that policy !; buj
we asserted lhatafter becoming President D
The United States. and .sfier baviing lad al
Opportunity Of witnessing the disastrous
effects Of the Tariff laws Of 1924 and 1923,
he became convinced Sof its injustice and
inexpeheney and ever afterwards, consis,
tently opbosed'i it and this assertion we
fortified BY Quotations from official papers,
pepned BY him while Chief Magistrate.
!. IL an article, designed we suppose, to be
.
some sort Of a1eply lo'what we then Said;
the Tribpne;& Clipper had the efIrontery.
aday or Two forwards, 10 use the following
Languages a4 ta, ~ - ne
t'Thetrutllis Gen jackson was strong Tar
iff man /; and -up TO the breaking out Of the
South Carolina difficulty, never for a moment
ceased to advocate the fasorite ooclrine oil The
fathers Of The republic: -Four years previous to
the annual message referred toSti. e.4in 1828,)
he expressed his views without reserve, as
sbowB in his letter heItto(ore published in our
paper. Nothing he'd occurred during that short
period to change his views; and although he
relaxed tttfn to satisfy sfew-agitators, yet we
have no. evidence that his. sentiments under
went a change, for in his celebrated procla-
nation TO the South Caroinians he expressly
declares that they greatly exaggerated" the
evils Of ofwhiehthey complamedt' ~ - ~
} Now we distinctly sta te that the editor of
that paper wbenh wrote the above. either
did not know any thing of what he was
writing aboct, or he knew'it to be false.
Y Gin. jackson was first elevated to the
Presidency In 1929 His first Annual Mes,
sage was Submitted to Congress Dec. 8th.,
1929. That, the very first annunciation Of
his sentiments on the subject Of the Tariff
policy, SO far from showing him TO, b. @
strong Tariff man. proved the contrary,
The '.Slatesman's .Msnual,"'.a work compi-
led bya decided Wing, uses 4he following
language in reference 10 it, s~.@@ 4 ssss-
( "0i the subject ofa revision Of the tariff,
The Recommendation of The President met
with more favor. Although somewhat am
bigdously expressed, the views Of The Pfesi-
dent. as set forth in his Message, were un-
derstood as hostile to the protective policy
From this time forward, ur to 1892. we
believe that in yyery Message submitted BY
him TO Congress, he urged upon them a relax
alton Of the then existing laws, as being
burthensome and sunjust. Various modif.
cations were made.of these laws during this
period, but not sufficiently radical TO satisfy
the Pres't. Atlengtlf, at The commence
of the session of7lsS9, in obedience to his
recommendation, The matter was entered
upon ia earnest, On the 9th. Of Dec, d bill
was reported in The House Of Representa-
tiSes, by Mr., verplank, Chairman Of the
Committee Of ways and means. This bill,
the "Statesman's, Manual" says, 1"was under
stood 10 embody the views ,ofsthe, Admins
trAlion."s The same authority gives the, fol-
wing accountofitsprovisions agps ga-
4 H"proposed a diminutionen all the pro-
tected srlicles; 10 take effect Immediately;
and further tliminutionon the 2d Of March
1884. Bythis bill, great and immediate
reduction was contemplated upon the chiel
Manufactures Of the Country; and a farther
reduction to Tho rcvenuc standard III 1884.
This would afford 10 the domestic Manufae
tufer protecting duty, of from loto9O PEI
cent" This bill would have became alaw,
but for the efforts of Mr., Clay, who iutrodu-
: q Vi -. - .
ced bis famous '.'compromise" measure, pro-
yiding fora. gradual dimfnution Of the duties
from year 10 year, up to l84l when the,
wereto be reduced to 90 per cent on home
val1ation; which measure was finally adj
opted. This law continued in force unit
The Gloss Of Gen, Iaekson's Administration
and he frequently expressed himself satisfied
withits operations. qsw ~ 'o' p9is =
q Here, them we have "a practical demon
siniion Of the views, Of Gen. Jackson, il
regard TO The Tariff, He was in favor Of I
revenue Tariff, Of from l5 to 20 per ceal
That il 10 say sSbout one half or two third
as high as the Democratic Tariff ofls46
We hope we shall hear no more Of Gen
jackson being ashigh Tariff man. a.ess
q Merry's Masspps and Pdrlsys Magazine
September. 9s The very thing for the it'll
folks. We. do not know a writes who pos
sesses SO happNsafac ultysofawriting for tht