Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-06

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contribution to the Washington Monument.
TBE "TARIrr OF Is5i.n-In an able speecb
on the Deficiency Bill, on the Goth of last month
MIR Brooks, of New York, made some explana
tons Of fact, and from them interesting deduc-
TONS as to the operation of the existing tarifflaw
he calls 1t the tariff of 1851 !" because although
enacted in 1916, it has been go modified bv Trca.
sury Circulars and the act of March 1851. as IN
deserve that name. We have received a copv
OF THIS speech from which we may give some ex-
tracts hereafter. The lntelhgencer says of it,
ar Brooks alleges and shows that the tariff
VI iI'o mas not been, and is not, the tariff under
""o" tne revenue has been collected since that
June Lille was breathed into it, he argues in
the Civil and Diplomatic Bill. Anoust 10 lsiG
OUT a sufhclent revenue was collected bv If onl,,
unaer series ofillegal Treasury Circulars. issn
ca oy Dir Secretary Walker, aud followed nm ON
tne precedents he established, which Cisosiara
III January 1851, the Supreme Court orthe I'M
ted states declared to be void and of no effect
niIer tnls' win yeiw Of collecting revenue. and
~iOnout "hlch revenue enough to carry on the
uuse'hIleht could not be collected Congress.
uhder me prompting of the Finance Committee
OF the Senate, and the WAYS and means Com.
Inittee OF the House, re-enac,ed the Treasure
circulars, and further inyigorated them bv the
act OF March 81. 1851. '''
mr. BROOKS then shows that he Treasury. I'M
DER SUITS IRON the Courts, (of which ffy are now
pending IN New York alone Is refhndinr these
suites Illegally collected, with drawbacks refus
ca &C, &c, to a very large amount, which a.
i,oun' no" goes TO swell the apparent expendit-
ures of the Government.
The facts which Mr. Brooks arravs so,isr,c,o.
my explanw why what is called the Tariff of IS
mas yielded so much more revenue than the
wings oil that day expected, and WHY the OK
pendllures OF the Government have been seem
lngy increased IN the repayment Of duties lie
galiy collected from Illegal Treasury Circulars"
Gen. SCOTS public services commenced AZ an
carrier date than those Of MIR Webster. and he
mas Oeen trled IN peace and 10 war No man.
iNlhg, "llh the exception of Lord wellington
mas exhibited such transceudont military talents
as Zen Scott. He like all scientific Generals
Is also an eminent pacicator, and i'm tho nepou
Au9ns 10 which lac has been engaged with an
tagonlst ana oelIgerent powers, has shown him
self an able aud skillful dipomailst He IS a
man without fear and without reproach.r such
on one as the American people might be expec
TED TO select as their chef ruler His recent
nomination by a vote nearly unanimous. in Penn.
syiVana, ana the entire unanirnty with which he
has been nominated by the wing members of the
New York Legislature, place him in a pont of
consideration more commanding than any other
candidate. IL may well be expected that. under
such circumstances, Vermont will concur IN this
nomination, especially since for many wears Gen
Scott has been the preference of very many Of
the wings IN this state II our recollection Is
not at iault, the Vermont delegation at tn, presi-
dental convention held at Harrisburrh in De
oember, 1889, voted on the first ballot for Gen
Scott. bat subsequently voted for Gen Harrison.
This, too, was IN convention in which Mr. CLAW
was candidate, and in which he received OF
the first ballotng, If not plurality vote about
equal to that Of Gen HARRISON We believe not
only that Vermont will cheeriully adopt the nom
inatlon of Gen. Scott but that he viii receive the
election Of President Of he United States. The
notion that southern wings Will not fall IN with
his nomination grows, every day, more ana more
mere notion. The wings OF states where the
wings wall be IN the ascendency will couenr.-
Vooistook Mercury
Democratic Rerietc rs. Cd Fogjes-The Dem
ocrauc Review for March was ont late, yet It's
flavor in unnlured By the delay The war a.
gainst Ola Fogies' is as bitter and unrclenting
as ever The editors say that their predecessors
have been paid for Publishing portraits and bi
ogaphies OF Democratic asplranis for ths Prcsi-
dency.-Eagie.
We actually met poor Governor Marcy, spay-
med, wind blown, strained, ring boned, and with
huge gray spot still sore on his flank Just al
the very gate as we came 10, and merely ont Of
respect for ms family and his friends, we advised
him 20 90 home 10 rural pasture. to preserve his
equine attributes little longer, and not to make
an ass OF hlmselt-and he very good humoIedy
did so for i season, but only TO deceive us Just
fancy Governor Marcy presumng 10 thrust him
self forward as a national Democratic candidate
Governor Marcy, whoes antccedon,s are so
pure, and so unqlestiOnabe, and so straight for
ward-Governor Marcy, who having accepted
the office Of Mexican Commissioner under the
Tyler administration, admitted the most ques
tionable and ridiculous claims, and subsequently,
under the last commission, expended the year
1851, at Washington, acting as chief adviser at.
torncy and wire puller into the prosecution Of
( these very claims against our Government Gov
Marcy, who forced himself by intrigue, into the
Polk Cabinet, Tor the PREDETERMINED purpose NJ
driving Sas Wright and his friends so far noIth
as to break them down nationally, and thereby
secure the Presidential nomination in 1913, to
Gen. Cess, and who, after absolutely killing the
great men Of New York, and after the de
/ feat OF Gen. Cass, goes over to the Barnburners,
and attempts to form a coalition with them for
his own personal sggrandizement, aiming also at
the demolition of his rivals, Dickinson and Dix.
There IL not Democrat in the State so stupid
as not 10 DE CONSCIOUS thdt the lntTimucs OF Mar
cy for the last two years have prevented a cor
dial reunion of the party.--Bu for him the party
might now act as a unit, and as long as he is IN
the way the party will not unite. Having cheat
ed both wings, it is madness to suppose that Ell
Their viii again trust him We heard, bat the
other day. determined bunker, delegate to
the Baltimore Convention, declare that he would
greatly prefer John Van Buren,, and so say we.
few old iogy Barnburners are now hard at
work at the pullies, hosting his Goyenorship--
but with deyilish look, meaning that they will
get him just high enough to be certain of break
ing his neck in the fall
Governor Marcy, with such numerous undarn-
ed rent IN his political character, and but one
everlasting and horribly enduring patch upon his
person, (pald for not even out of the proceeds Of
the Mexican claims he admitted and prosecuted.
but still by the county) fancy, we say, this Gov
ernor Marcy intruding himself and these agree
able antecedents on the country and on the Bal
tmore Convention We prevented, indeed his
admission by this review, and nicked him Just at
the right time. But with regard TO the incapa
bilnies already admitted by our predecessors, we
could not adopt the same course"
Vote for President under The .Netg Rdiio.-The