Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-12-14
~ uIs nTsT amman messaaa- MInIsoS

IA uis urst annual message, MADISON had
referred it to the just and prudent care y of
Congress to "protect and foster" by adj
ditional legislation, /" the several branches Of
manufacture" lately Introduced or extended
In his message. December, 1918, after the
termination of the war, in view of the re-
vision and modification of the tariff which
had become necessary. he zeaIously recon-
mended the encouragement of domestic manu-
features. In this recommendation he was
warmly seconded by his Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr.. DALLAS, and the Republican
rarty generally in Congress, which had ma
jorities of near two to one in both the Senate
and the House of Representatives The tariff
scheme reported by Mr.. DALLAS arranged i'm
ported articles under three classes:
LIST. Those upon which full domestic sup
ply could be produced.
Upon these he proposed duty deemed
heavy enough to secure the market to
the domestic manufacturer. leaving it to
domestic competition to keepdown the price.
I'd. Those articles of which only a partial
domestic supply could be afforded.
as in his opinion, while it still left the door
open to foreign competition, would vet afford
fair protection to the domestic manufacture,
which might finally. under this encourage
ment. supply the market entirely.
3rd. Those articles produced at home, very
slightly, or not at all.
Upon the great massof articles of this class
rates were mostly fxedwith a view to revenue
| only.
This Republican tariff scheme was opposed
by Mr.. WEBSTER and most of the New Eng
land men, and supported by Mr.. CALHOUN and
Mr.. LowNDEs, by the latter of whom the bill
| was reported
The great body Of the Federalis,s then in
Congress opposed the whole protective policy
| on the ground Of the generally debased char
acter of manufacturing populations, and on
| the further ground that it was a mere contn-
uation OF that system of commercial restric-
tons and government interference which
had already involved the country in so many
calamitiesl
Several Of the old school Southern Republi-
| cans, headed by JOIN RANDOLPH, with the
Federalists, opposed the whole scheme of pro-
| lection, but the mass of the Republican men,
bers, with CALHOUN and LowNDEs at their
head put the bill through.
If, by the term, d" incidental protection
Mr.. BUCHANAN means anything differing IN
principle from the protection afforded by the
acts of 1889 and 1916, he comes far short of
the public exigencies.
II, by the words, "revenue tariff" " strictly
revenue tariff" he means tariff in which the
assessment of duties is made with sole and
exclusive view to revenue, he means lust
nothing at all, except perhaps to shirk the
question,-because there has never been any
such tariff in the United States. In both the
tariffs of 1916 and 1857, the principle of pro-
lection is distinctly recognized With all
their denunciations of that principle, the De-
mocratic leaders have never dared to abandon
it entirely. They have never dared to repeal
the duty on sugar, which is undeniably pro-
tective-laid and kept on expressly with the
view of encouraging the home production of
of that article. What they did in 1916 and
in 1857 was to limit the application of the
principle to such degree as to fall short of
the real wants and best interests of the cnun-
try. What is wanted now is an enlightened,
judicious extension of the principle. For
that the country is calling in a voice that can
not be mistaken.