The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-05
Gle Coriff Question.
SpEECM ON THE TARIFF,

ION The Goth of January. MR.. PURvIANCE. OF
Pa, delivered in the House of Representatives
The following Speech on tho Tariff Question
which commend TO our readers
AS one of the Representatives Of Pennsyl-
vania. | have had III my charge for some time
a bill to increase the 6ativs on foreign i'm
| ports, which on Monday week ago. at
tempted to bring to the notice Of the House.
by resolution appended to proceed forth
with to its consideration.
| intended testing the sense Of the House
on the great question which concerns so
many OF my constituents, and to ascertain
whether there Is any parry in the II use. ON
the Democratic side OF 1t, ready 40 sustain the
preslucnt $ rrconmcNdi ion in favor of Specific
duties. We a,c now in the s,vcrth week of
the Shoit session, and without any report
form ihc Committee Of Ways and Mean, on
what consider the most important Of all
sub jcc'S connected with the tue interest of
the country Presidents msk!os is the order
Of tie day, and Speeches are made indicating
| platforms for parties to govern the future
action Of this mighty nation. | tell gentle
men they have M right TO speak for any bat
! themselves: and it is well the gentleman
81 =
| self His u,afC,rm nm, ID w,m ,,,,',h e..
the State he represents In, say ia hi,
| in the spirit of Kindness he must r,,,uit
| PENNSYLVANIA to max, her own ,l,iC,rm DO.
manhins and insisting uvon it. that rrotcc.
ton shall be one of the blanks. which she
! will hereafter never consent to surrender
| She has hundreds Of millions of m,nc,. Al
wealth. which tie God of nature intended
| should be d,y.lna,d and Nc f;arI,s,lv ami
publicly proclaim it ,bst we will act with no
party thst will turn its back upon the great
! policy to which we a,c devoted.
! In the Democratic uarty. on that oucs,inn
| the rcopIc of pvunSylyauja have no faith
rs they have iuscrit,d uuo,, their banners
4" free trade :" and although they r,o,n,sr
and pledge fidelity to this interest in the
| keystone State, they have so often broken
| thc!r PLEDGES that tie reop,, Of p,un>vly.n,,
no LONGER drprnd upnn th.u Il was ,lus
| sir inure than anythiu., else that cau,,d lhr
recent avalanche Of condemnation Of thr
| Democratic party w. that State. and which
! brings to the next House y, .l,n,>, nuit, 4
! Opposition d, lc.alipn. That dplcr,tion was
| elected on a Union tick,t-a uoion o5 the
clements of opposition to Democracy the
union which. 10 Some cxt,nt wa. r,,mad in
| lh56, without which Mr.. BIcisnxn's major.
| i,v would have b,cn over one hundred
thousand and tie same union which must
| he depended upon in lS;jO. 10 cleo, an Onro.
| Siiion President. Tn. D,u,racr ,r Snr,t
and South ~, Tess TO differ on the ,,uH on
Ipc,mlton, On the p;,,,.l,aS. and ANNEXATION
| of Cuba. on internal imlr1ycmrn,s and vet
as Democrats, tLey unite on the same nHmi.
noes for official station. A rcnr, sentative
Piesd mt upon all questions cauno he elect, 4
| iy anv one uarty. \ IemrSrn.a,ivc p,,si do,,
uDon single ou1 ninj,l,ln,lc,rl I,dnn
| if n m,rulel nuLiic oni,,tn, in ,i,t d;,.c,;o,
was sufficiently strong, 10 d. il I'm, ,s,,;,
gre al present organised. i, is ,y,,,ut tn all
that no such election could be ,,jr,d I,
could not hr dome in p,nns,,v,ni, &C a.,
vote Of 1886 CLEARLY shows. Mr. E'c,,,,o,'',
vote being Two hundred md ,h;r,v.x;v ,Ln,
sand Colonel F;en,on,'s a,,oni o,n Lurdr' !
and twenty seven thousand ,nd Mr.
| riImorc's about one h,n1r,d ard c;,,,,
thousand. /. could not be doun in Enr
Jersey and Illinois. as shown bv ll,c vote -,
both Of these : atcs in 1886. Lo;L having 20 =,
electoral votes for Mr.. Bncnlaran anI vat
at the same time, hy fusion Of Tho Onn,s;.
ton elements, Oprosi,ion Cov,,nors wc,,
elected. "N'>
Whilst we have ncvcr vet r,cctoJ Ia pro,;
dent upon any one di.t;,rt i.,un wo h,v,
elected a number bv l,,i,n or ,hn ,,,ror,,
of opnosition to the m,ncip)rs or nm ,x,>,;,,o
Administration. IL was The case Vein NJ
.Jc,,;rson, who was elevated to ,.,wcr mn,
on any distinctive uri,ri,,r If lis avn ban,
by fusion of those " ho wc,c ,n,,o.,d to ~,
pfonncnt measure Of the ,Jm;,;.,,., ;nr ~,
f! the cider Adams: such os ,hn ,,.n orJ
seliiou law. and other nro,, ;nrn, ,n,s,,,'s
So in the case Of Grn,,,l U,rr;snn ~. :, .
fusion of The friends of a ripid ,conomv md
of n protective tariff with hos, orcI,n'o,c,,'
sold cgs and so,s of so,1ic,s Of tho w,r ~,
| 1872. So in the case Of G, moral T,ylnr hy
"A fusion Of the friend, Of n,n,ec,;on in ,h'
North with the soldiers Nn,,h .rd So,,l
who had served uud,r him ,or..,I,r ,,;,t, =,
numerous band of Democrats vlo u,r,. d.,
satisfied with the mode Of udninis,,r;nr ,h,
Government hy Mr., Polk. Ar,;n in ,ho
case of Mr. Pierce, hv a fu,ion IF d,.s,I;.t'l
Whes with The entire D,mncr.,ic ,a,ty wb,
we're out, and desired ia Inc in tnl ,r.;,
n, still more nron,;nantlv ovl;,,;,aI 81,
Case of MIR. Buchanan, br a fusion of Whirs
Americans, and Democrats in many parts %
of The Union, and especially in PrnnSyvauia
and New Jeiscy
The battle which decided perhaps the fat,
Of most Of Europe was won 10y the force o
allied Powers: and the chaplrt that decked
the brow of the wo,ll's meh,ivst hero wa.
torn away by tho power of combination.
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