The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-09-24
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THE TARIFF PLAN


From present indications, the opposition,
called by themselves thr "Peoplr's party''-
or the rpubIicans"-intend to add the Tariff
Plank 10 their Fusion Platform this iaIl,-ho-
ping thereby 10 humbug few voters into the
support of their candidates, who otherwise
would vote the Democratic ticket, as hereto
fore. This ticket OF that tricky party, we pre-
sumo, will not prove very profitable in this
part OF the Commonwealth. The leaders OF
that ever-changing party have exhausted their
iund OF deception, aud any renewed attempts
at thr:T old tricks Will be exposed, and the I'M
position made To iecoil upon their guilty heads
All their old notionS-caIIed by :hem princi-
pies-lhey have abandoned, and now ior want
ot something better, revive the Tariff question
an unlucky hit ior them, when the proceed
ings Of the Congress that reduced the rates are
more fully known.
AT the erganizaiion Of the 3lth Congress the |
Black Republicans outnumbered The Democrats
nearly two to ont-and after an uHPrecedrnt- +
ed strugg le of months, succeeded ia electing
BANKS, OF Massachusetts,, Speaket, over The +
Democrats. In forming the @gnnitteeS of the .
House, the tariff question was kept in view
Speaker Banks, the tool and choice of the Man +,
utacturing Princes of the East, placed CAMP /
BELL, OF Ohio, the hadrr of The Republicans in I
Congress, al the bead of the Committee OF |
Ways and Means, trcause OF It's control Of the |
Revenue questions, aud because NJ Campbell |
was low Tariff man.
That We may mot be contradicted nor be dis
beitryed, even hy these V hose party pre- Judi |
c"s would IaclInn them 81 "a, - "a I-''S
lish in ihis connection few extracts from the |
speeches made BY Nj. Campbell during the dis |
ousslon and passage Of the Tariff bill now com |
planned Of
81 wished 10 ascertain whether this general
debate is TO 90 on pending SO important ques
ton as that Of reducing the Revenue OF the |
Country. &C. G. page 1876.
"In The higher schedu-S you viii find re-
ductlon, taking the lmportllIouS Of the last year
as a basis of calculation, OF about $3,0O0,pOO
and if The importation of articles in the inter
TtrdiaIe schedules are more III the inturr
than they were last year, YOU will have an az
grreAlr reduction OF about 1000 600"
"Ihe reduction Of the
Revenue IS one grrat Object TO accomplish. =
G. q. page $50.
Mr. Campbell, as the |, ader and mouth-Iirce
OF the Republican forces, and as The empfog"T OF
The Eastern Alanutaclurtrs. attempted to coax
into the support OF his low Tariff bill the Demo
Gratis OF Kentucky and Prnnsy lvania, by telling
them that there Shonld be no "Party po'IiIos"
IN the measure. and that they could afford a
reduction of dBfg on iron an order 10 haze
stability IN The system, and be assured OF ric1
hnruest IN q few years. Rad his no-Party and
fiet-trade sentiments
81 am very glad hat the gentleman from
Kentucky Is willing tn take this feature OF The
bill, because Kentucky has growing iron III
,trrst as Ohio has; and i believe that great IN
trrtst NAV we'll afford reduction OF duty IN or
der 10 have that great QUESTION Withdrawn from
the party politics of the time, and placed on
firm and stable basis.
"Again-I believe that if this question were
settled, taken, as said, from the arena oi par
ty politics, and placed upon the basis reported
by the C0mmttrr OF Conference as tmalhy,
ornhsy sanla viii, before many years Ioil a.
round, reap rich harvest from the bill; but II
PennsS lvania will cling TO her old policy winch
sees no other interest than her iron anc coal,
aud prevents the passage Of this bill, upon the
shoulders Of Ptnnsylv lvania must rest the resPon-
'blIiiy, not upon mine. Cong. Globe, page
$50.
According 10 the leadership OF Nj. Campbell,
the bill passed, by tue votes Of the great body OF
ihe Republicans.
Now we submit the question 70 every candid
reader, as to the party who caused the reduc-
ton Of the Tariff Of '46 and who is to blame
Tor the "hard times" if they are attributable TO
the modification Of the Tariff laws III 'o1!-
From the facts OF the case IT is very clear that
the Republicans monagsd and rOted through
Congress the mobilization now complained OF
in their party platform. How shaInriully II
becomes them, tfen, TO attempt 10 repudIate
their own acts and cast the blame upon the
Democrats. Not eighteen months from the
date of their efforts in favor Of reduced rates
and free Lisf, they turn around, and claim to
be the friends Of high rates and protected list.
The Democratic Tariff of '46 had given general
satisfaction and wide spread prosperity TO the
country for t,ceips years, and It's stability
would not have been broken, nor the. Federal
Treasury been bank:upted. and the loan oil mil
lions resorted to, TO keep the wheels oil Govern
nent in motion, had the Black Republicans been
in the minority in The 34th Congress. They
then had the power 10 do mischief, and mos
'1ectually did they execute it.
The Nabob Manufacturers of the East thIe"
their gold and their influence in favor OF re-