The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-02-15
Tariff Difficulties.

the conclusion that Congress must either
cut down the expenses or increase the
revenue. It.says, under the workings of the
present tarif-that of 1857-the average
product of income is 10 per cent. on the
importations. That even supposing it to be
possible that the importations of the coming
five years, under the tariff, shall equal the
last five, under the tariff of 1876, the ave-
rage receipts would be only about $44, 000,-
900 annually, while the receipts of the last
five years of the tariff of 1916 "a. e. the
fiscal years 1853-4-5-6 and - averaged
61,OOO,OoO; thus showing that even
though the importations of the fiscal years
lS59-60-61 and so should equal those of
the five years last mentioned, the annual
receipts into the treasury from that source
would be SIT, 900, 900 less than they were in
those years. Having these figures fixed in
its mind, the Union adds: "There is no
chance therefore, of an increase of the
revenue fIom an increase of importations;
and it can only be effected by an increase
of duties" We may infer, from these ex-
TRACTS, that want Of money has converted
the Washington Union-the organ of the
Administration into protective tariff
paper. Old Wings, we apprehend, will
be led to carefully review their former posi-
ton on this question. Such adherents to
the doctrine as the Union must excite
doubts rs to its correctness. The Union,
however, atones for this little direlection
from the old Democratic faith, by going in
strong for the thirty million bill for the ac-
QUESTION of Cuba. In one column it advo-
Gates retrenchment in another it is in favor
of giving the President thirty millions of
dollars to corrupt Spanish officials, or to buy
votes in the next Presidential campaign
whichever seems most conducive to the sue
cess of the Democratic party. ..r.
But while this is the condition of the Pres
idential wing of the Nationals" how is it
with the others? The Washington States
does not leave us in doubt on this point
In speaking of the Democratic caucus on
Saturday night, the 9th inst, it says: g We
observed the confusion of counsel and the
languor in action which always foreshadows
defeat. Was the Washington Union right
in declaring the disorganization of the party
in Congress? Will no respectable number
of Representatives stand together in sup
port of principle? Are members from the
South prepared to acquiesce in the imposi-
tons of the protectionists? Do the Dem
ocratic majority in Congress mean to be
understood to abjure all their pledges of re-
trenchment and reform? We have misgiv-
ings. The arts of the Administration are
beginning to work, and we warn the State
rights Democracy of the danger of the over
throw of their free-trade policy" The
Pennsylvania Democracy are thoroughly
aroused and active. Mr. Clay was beaten
in 1914, on the ground that Mr. Polk was
better Tariff man than himself A people
cannot be always deceived, and having the
President in eight place" they intend
to exact protective tariff, or refuse to
plunge the country still deeper in debt
The States intmates that the State-rights
Democrats will have to cut loose from the
Pennsylvania Democracy and also from the
Administration. The picture is a rich one
Forney and Douglas against the Admins
tratiOn on the Kansas question; Forney
and the Administration against Douglas
a. - i
Forney against the Washington Union, Mr.
Buchanan, and Mr.. Douglas on the Thirty
Million project
Farther South, the papers are opening
out their batteries on Mr.. Buchanan recon-
mendations for protection to American in
dustry. The Montgomery (AIa.) Contedera-
ton trusts that the tariff will not be increased
Such, it says, is the sentiment of the whole
South. 1t is in favor eff cutting down the
expenditures, and names the army as pro-
per place for the reform to commerce. II
says some Sis, 900, 600 or $40, 900, 900 are
annually appropriated for the maintenance
of little skeleton affair of an army, com.
posed of l5,0O0or l6, 900 men; thus costing
the government, in the time ofpeace, 81, 20C
to s., 400 to the man. There is not an army
on the face of the globe that cost oHe-hdlf o
the amount proportional to numbers. Nor
is this sum consumed in paying the poor Of
fcerS and men, If this were the case, w,
should be less inclined to find fault; bat it il
stolen by an unprincpled set of contractors
quartermasters and commissioners. 3 W,
knotC something of the enormous frauds ant
tricks of these people, and have long won
dered they have never been brought to judg
ment" tr.
The Confederation is surely not so yer
dant as to suppose that the money that
appropriated for the maintenance of tn
army is spent for that purpose. We hav
as little idea that it is, as that the larg
salaries given clerks at Washington goes 70
their support. Contractors, quartermaster;
commissioners, clerks, and all the vast hord
of ofice-holders are purposely given larg
salaries and large profits, with the expires
understanding that fair proportion of SAL