New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-10-07
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HON. MILES TAYLOR-HIS SUGAR VOTES

pursue very singular course They do not deny the
votes he gave they do not allude to the votes
but they use vague generaties and laudatory pufs,
and at the same time make most ingenious attacks
upon his opponent. The American press and the
American party have never yet descended into the
filthy arena of abuse No one has censured the Hon.
Miles Taylor for his change from Whggery to Demo-
cracy, and no one has disturbed his equanimity by
auding to his socialistic procvites. His votes on
the sugar question have only been commented upon.
His opponents concede his consistency in voting
against sugar, rather than charge him with incon-
sistency in voting against his party. That he voted
for reducing the duty on sugar is admitted-that
Democratic doctrine would not permit him to vote
otherwise is also granted.
Democracy is in favor of free trade-so is the Hon.
Miles Taylor. Democracy wants neither custom
houses nor collectors-neither does the Hon. Miles
Taylor. Democracy is in favor of direct taXationso
is the Hon. Miles Taylor. Democracy opposes appro-
priatons by the General Government for internal i'm
provements-so does the Hon. Miles Taylor Demo-
cracy supports Buchanan, Gov. Walker, free Kansas
squatter sovereignty and alien sutrage-so does the
Hon. Miles Taylor. Southern Democracy is willing
to be abolitionzed by the administration and to be
placed on the Freesoil platform of Northern Demo
cracy-and so is the Hon. Miles Taylor. Democracy
tolerates free negro suffrage-and so does the Hon.
Miles Taylor. Whatever were his political views
when he was Whig no one now doubts his genuine
Democracy. Now let us look at his sugar votes.
The House of Representatives was Black Repub-
lican, it had Black Republican Speaker and Black
Republican committees-Mr. Campbell of Ohio, a
Black Republican and chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means, when the bill to amend the tariff of
ls46 came up, moved an amendment to exempt from
duty certain articles and omitted sugar entirely. Mr.
Letcher Of Virginia, offered an amendment to Mr..
Campbell's amendment, which reduced the duty to
"a per cent It conceded that the revenues of the
Government were too large and that the tariff should
be reduced Mr.. Taylor, good generous soul, wished
to show his liberalty, his dsnterestedness and his
genuine Democracy, so he voted to reduce the tariff
Oh all articles not excepting sugar. He thought he
could not ask to have the duty on sugar remain and
at the same time vote for the reduction Of duties
all other articles. So he voted for Mr.. Letcher's
amendment which reduced the duty to "a per cent,
and voted against Mr.. Campbells which left the duty
at 80 per cent
Now Mr.. Campbell was Black Republican, and
the House was Black Republican, and the Black Re-
publicans out-voted Messrs. Taylor, Davidson and
Sandidge and kept the duty sugar at 80 per cent
We must keep in mind, that, though three Demo
cratic members from Louisiana voted to reduce, a
Black Republican House voted to retain the duty on
sugar. One would naturally suppose that when the
delegation from this State voted to reduce the duty
on sugar, the House would have yielded. Not So.
The Black Republicans, who hate negroes, passed a
bill leaving sugar untouched over the votes of Messrs.
Taylor Davidson and sandidge, three unadulterated
Democrats.
The bill was sent to the Senate. The Senate is
largely Democratic. 1t contains the wonderful Sde
and the versatile Benjamin-two, it is said of the
abest and most influential members of the body What
did this Democratic Senate do? The Black Republ-
can bill of the House, which left the duty on sugar
at 80 per cent, after it reached the Senate, was
amended in many particulars. But the amendment
in which we are most interested, which the Demo-
cratic Senate adopted reduced the duty on sugar to
% per cent Democracy votes to reduce the duty to
% per cent, Black Republicanism to keep it at 80
per cent! The Senate bill, with this amendment,
was reported to the House. The first question then
was, &C Shall the House agree to the amendments OF
the Senate ?' On this question Mr.. Taylor and Mr.
Davidson voted in the affirmative-voted to reduce
the duty to % per cent ; but the Black Republican
House refused to agreerefused to vote with Messrs
Taylor and Davidson to reduce the duty. The amend
ment of the Democratic Senate was rejected by 0
Black Republican House, over the votes of Messrs
Taylor and Davidson.
The two Houses not agreeing, the next course va
the appointment of a committee of conference. Thi
joint committee recommended the reduction of tht
duty on sugar to "a per cent. The bill then passe
reducing the duty from 80 to "a per cent
From this statement which is taken from tn
Journal of the House. it will be seen that the Demo
cratic Senate reduced the duty on sugar. suppos
that the Democratic Senate consulted the three Demo
cratic members from Louisiana, and that the reduc
tion was made upon their Recommendation, beoaus
they voted in the House first to reduce the duty an
voted in favor of the Senates amendment when
came to the House. 1t strikes me that the duty neve
would have been reduced, had it not been for tn
votes of the Democratic members from this State
Messrs. Taylor, Davidson and Sanddge, could not in
duce Black Republican House to reduce the dut
on sugar-they succeeded in persuading Democrati
Senate
So far as the interest of this State was concerned
Black Republicanism was to be feared in the Hous
| but as Black Repubcanism voted to let sugar alon
opposed the reduction of the duty the sugar planter
have alone to fear the free trade-the free Kansas
the Freesoil Democracy Of the present day. SUI
pose the Courier the True Delta, the Delta and I'll
Hon. Miles Taylor, have the Journals of the Hous
refer them to pages lis, 224, 40, 47s, sol, so
Ssa and 6l5. Deny the record if ye dare.