The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-10-29
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tAkf. EnttQf3,
Happening 10 notice call for politicel
meeting Of botti wings and democrats, tol
be held at the White Bear, where Oscar :.
Moore and other speakers were to address
the citizens on the political topics Of the day.
Wishing to hear Mr.. Moore speak, accord
ipely repsised to the place of meeting. AT
ter the meeting was organised, Mr: Moore
was called 10 the stand who defined ms posi-
lion BY stating that he was not seeking ior
Office, nor asking the people for their votes,
but merely simple citizen, expecting to live
and die as such, with whatever reputation
and character he might acquire 10 the pIac-
tice of his pfolession, &C., &c. ne tnen
proceeded to state that the difference between
The whig and democratic parties is yet as
wide as everit was. To prove this position
he introduced the tariff question, and under
took 10 show the difference between whig
tariff and democratic tariff. A whig tarlff.
he said, was 10 fleet Two fold urpose, II
was to raise revenue for the support oi gov
ernment, and then after it has raised all Tue
money which whig government could find
any use for, il was to protect the LABOR
OF the country and democratic tariff was
intended for revenue only, without saying
anything about protection. Here ! think
Mr.. Moore got himself into difficulty, be-
cause 10 use vulgar expression. ''it is hard
to kill two birds with one stone" It is
contradiction in terms to say that q high pro-
teciive tariff can by possibility be a revenue
tariff. The intention of whig .aIiff, isby
Mr.. Moore's own showing, 10 compel or in
duce capital and labor to be transferred from
its present employment and go to manufac-
turing, and in that case where is the revenue
TO come from? In order to raise revenue,
goods must be imported and consumed IN
The country, and if they are so highly protec-
ted as to be manufactured here, the revenue
must cease. He then introduced the arli-
cles Of iron and gold chains. as they were
protected under the whig tariff Of l842, sta
ling that IRON chains were highly taxed, while
gold were imported at mere nominal duty.
And he said it was perfectly right that il
should be so, because in iron chains almost
the entire cost Of the article consisted
of labor, whereas there was very little labor
on gold chain, hut the value consisted iI
the intrinsic worth Of the metal. He ther
proceeded to discuss the merits of the demo
cratic tariff of l846, when, us ] shall prs
emily show, he more signally failed than be
fore. After he had proceeded some time tC
show how much inferior democratic tariff
was to whig tariff, he asked what articlt
paid the highest duty under our present dem
ocratic tariff. (Some person in the crouc
answered Brandy Yes, said he, brandy pay
duty of one hundred per cent, while othe
articles was paying but thirty per cent, con
sequently it was very bad tariff, because HI
said if he must drink at all, he wanted goot
brandy, and cheap al that. Now / would asl
IN all seriousness, while he was longing 70
a good drink Of cheap brandy, what had be-
come Of his principle Of protection which hl
extolled so highly in the whigtariff. Iwoult
ask if brandy is not as much of manulac
tured article as the iron chain he told usa
bout, which needed SO much protection. ]
not the apple and the peach manufacture,
into brandy! Does not the grape success
here as well as il does in any part of Europe
from which the imported brandy is made 2
What is it that has built up our mammot
distilleries, which has raised the price q
corn, and infused such activity among ou
corn growers. if it is not the high duty o
imported liquor? now ask every corr
grower who may read this communication
to lake the arguments Of Mr. Moore, an
judge for themselves, which is the best tari
for the interest Of the farmer, whether unde
the whig tariff of 42 they must pay one hui
dred per cent duty on their iron chains an
other implements ofhusbandry, and have lii
tie or no duty on foreign liquors; or get thei
chains cheap and have foreign liquors exclu
ded. This is plain question which ever
man can understand; but it is human natur
for every individual to wish for every thin
that be bas to buy 10 be as cheap as possible
and every thing we have to sell 10 be as dea
as possible. Mr. Moore, / suppose, onl
acts according TO the general principles q
humanity, when he wants good liquor an
gold chains to be cheap, iron chains and ''ro
Igut," as it is vulgarly called, he has no last
for. He is not 10 blame for this. as he is nc
asking The people for their votes, and it mai
ters not what his peculiar tastes are, he ha
a perfect right TO make as laundering speec
as he pleases Ihope have not misrepre
sented the gentleman's speech, nor otherwis
done him any injustice; if have, il was no
Intentional. The remarks have made natr
rally grew out OF the substance Of what h
said.
BOB WALKER.
Portsmouth, Oct. 26th, 1852.
A Dim Mirror of the future.