The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-10-04
From the Carlisle Volunteer.
A Prediction about TO be verified

Our readers will recoIIect that in the wuler Of 1851
resolutions were introduced into The legislature OF This
State nsrnciing senators anl requesting our men,
bers OF Congress for alteration OF the tariff OF
ls46, to give much higher grade oil protection,
raise the duties various articles and 90 back 10 the
obnoxious teatures of The tariff Of 1912 On the resou
tons being called up for discussion, Ellis Bonham, ESQ.,.
then member OF the legislature from this county, made
long aud most powerful speech in opposition 10 their
passage. and believe they were eventually defeated
through bis exertions and influence.
On referring TO our files, find that be closes his
speech this subject. with this (a the tme) remarks
bic prediction, as public mind OF this Stale appeared
to be then much unsettled, and many democrats wavered
in their allegiance to the true republican doctrine. II 10
as follows; .L ..t
bot Mr. Speaker, mus, draw these remarks TO a
close The tariff of 1916 will pass through this ordeal
unscatbed II will not be modified, in The that the
desire And by the next Congress The In
creased number OF democratic members will be abr 10
guard with effect the interests OF the people And when
The Congress usder the ceasns skng assemblies in
WASH ton, when the great agricultural West makes
her potent y9es heard ~ the h.iis - o. national
discriminating duties or Incidental protection, which all
mean the rhns-- taxing OF imports beyond the
revenue standard and that too for the purpose oil pro-
tectng class OF the community at the expense OF the
masees. saA .s..a
The ron masters and others, who are now 40 fond
OF agiaon for unsettling the revenue tariff OF lst6.
will ,tcn be assembling in meetings. and calling upon
Congress not disturb ha, tariff but for Gods sake, 10
leave as u is And they will be wise IN 30 dong, of
gentlemen may rest assured that the modification
of that act win be reduction OF lis duties The pro
gress OF The age onward and upward, while the re-
sc,ons upon trade and the shsckIes heretofore imposed
upon commerce, will soon be q tale iba; is told, and
forgotten amid the gb, shed npon us by tho rapid
strides OF an advancing civilization" y si3l.sh ssf3s
The Congress rndet The new census hero spoken
OF is the one which will soon assemble and in OBJ
serving tbs signs OF the times we must notice the fol-
Lowing significant paragraph in the money article OF the
pob'ic Ledger, OF the sth nsant sa ~ ot HII@
aTbe Richmond Enqnirsr is ont in favor OF free trade
1t contends that the tariff OF 1876 gives tree trade
only BY comparison with the restrictive policy OF ls42.
argues that the present srH needs revision and reform
presse uneqoaly dicren, interests and weighs
heavily The main the labor Of The country. There
is much truth in these charges and later they
will have to be corrected We have now some thirty
millions OF dollars lying idle in The treasury, and the
annual income from mposs is double the annual ex-
renditures OF the government. The surplus revenues
equal to the payment OF the national debt in two
years Our tariff advocates will probably find wise to
agitse the tariff question as little as possible"