The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-12-11
Communications.
For The Cecil Hhig.
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The Administration and the Ia riff.
The President Of tie Tmicd S,ares in his

The Administration and the Tariff.
The President Of the United States in his
massage, and the Secretary Of the Treasury
IN his Report have both treated the country
to their views on the subject Of the Tariff
doubtless in the most approved slylr Of Adam
Smith, ard other fanciiGl political economists
but we donht greatly if they will satisfy the
ruined MANUFACTURER, whose mill is standing
idle, or mas a.ieady passed under he sheriff 5
hammer or the operative " hose sturdy arm
is wasting lis strength in enforced idluucsS,
and whose wife aud children look to him for
the support he is pUwr rlcSs to give.
With bis Characteristic iolblc- facedness
and special pleading, the President has not
committed himself to any particular line of
policy IN reference to the subject, except that
certain causes " have so reduced the amomnt
, Of imports from foreign Countries that the
revenue has proved inadequate to meet the
necessary expense, Of the Government" and
that, therefore, the duties must he raised
because, says the President. - it is our true
policy. to increase our revenue so as to equal
our expenditures"
1t may strike the people that better way
would be, to decrease the expenditures, so
as to equal the revenue. aud that the argument
of the President sounds very like that of
spendthr,ft who, finding the proceeds of his
honest labor insufficient to support his OK.
travagnnCc, Resolves, to take to the highway
III order not To lessen III, EXPENDITURES. but 10
meet them but it is clear that the President
cares very little for the people. No matter
how many OF oui manufacturers are ruined. or
how many Of our operatives are thrown out
I employ mcnt by the excessive importation
| OF foreign goods, so long as these excessive
imports supply the President with money to
| meet all ms exit avagaut schemes and line
the pockets Of his political 9dhcrents. But
let the pressure bear llilc heavy on greedy
idle Office holders; let the supplies b cut off
hy which they are enabled TO Squander the
peoples money at the tune Of arly a
hundred mllIiofs per year, and We soon heal
OF plans proposed by which this deficiency is
to be mct.
The proposition of the Secretary OF the
Treasury is. however, about the coolest thing
we have lately seen. With, perhaps, no
more zeal for his free trade Vows, than the
President, but with much less craft in con-
cealng then. he lays before the country.
boldly. las plan for meeting the deficit in the
Treasury Of eight millions, caused by the
outrageous Extravaganza and miserable mis-
management of the Administration. lie
au' 'Ses REVISION OF the / arm OF 1904 and an
IMPOSITION Oh additional duties, and says:
" In revising the tariff. the same rrircip'es
should direct and control the action of Con tress
mat would be considered in the adoption Of an
VI ,I. n' '',' ',oo., :.
cd discussion Of tha ' ,r I'p ""S '\r
IA tariff act should be framed
They may be briefly stated Such duties should
d" ln'd ms VIII produce the revenue, by imposing
~" com "e rg"Ae al large Inc smallest AMI the most
# is nhyinms that ,b;s :, ,ost ,r,,,,,,,,. llama h.
taxing in preference to others such 'rttIes as are
not produced in this country; and among articles
produced here. those in which the home rrodnc!
are II ,h ,tS ,eiFs rror"'" To me quantity Lored
taxi articles not made in tho c'ntry a. tho .I, o n