The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-17

uOmatfsm TOT EfOtect1Se 1afin.
THE New York Tribune thus discourses Of
Mr. Douglas summersauit to Protective
Tariffs - =
"Mr. Stephen A. Douglas was among the
most active and relentless opponents Of Pro
lection throughout the struggle just glanced
at. He entered Congress (the Housed in
Dec. ls4a, and voted, within three weeks
thereafter, for Rhett's motion for the repeal
of the Tariff Of AZ. He voted again and
again against Protection In any shape, even
incidental for 20 per cent. uniform Tar
if, &C., &c. He voted with South Carolina
for the Tariff Of ls4o at every step and in
every shape, and thus his vote stands recor-
ded on the journals and in the Globe. The
project of admitting Railroad Iron duty free,
and every measure looking to reduction or
repeal of duties, has been advocated and vo-
ted for by him throughout his whole Con-
gressional career. On the LIST Of March,
1854 proposal to engraft new Tariff on
the General Appropriation bill being under
consideration, Mr. Douglas said:
ar an, for reduction Of The tar:g 70 a
strict revenue standard am FsEE TRADE
MAN TO THE FULLEST EXTENT that we can car
~ il, and at the same time collect revenue
enough to defray the expenses of the Gov
ernment. In other words, am for no other
kind of a tariff than revenue tariff" See
Globe.
"Such is Mr. Douglas uniform record
down to the last session Of Congress, when
it occurred to him for the first time that the
cotton growing States were not likely to ia
vor his aspirations to the Presidency. Mr..
Douglas did not eote on any question con-
nected with the Tariff at this session, and
Mr.. Hunters motion TO postpone the bill to
next December was carried by yeas. 25, nays
23-Mr. Doaglas not voting, but Mr.. Pugh,
his shadow, voting with the Frcc.Traaers to
postpone, which barely prevailed. The votes
of Douglas and Pugh could have changed
the result and put the bill on its passage.
And now this same Stephen A. Douglas
walks coolly into Pennsylvania and makes a
speech, which friendly hand condenses for
the Associated Press as follows:
'.'Mr. Douglas commenced his speech by
glowing eulogy on Pennsylvania as an EN-
pirc within herself. She as State had a
great interest in the Union. Her interest
required The fostering hind Of Goeernmeat.
She had mol reeeieed that support from De
National Government she ras entitled 10.
She had the whole Union for market. Her
whole mineral wealth was inexhaustible, and
worth more than mines of gold. lie pitch
ed generally into Congress and the General
Government for the past few years.
"'lle denounced the Government rs para
lyzirg the Interest of Pennsylvania for sew
eral years. The Government had failed to
perform the function for which il was created
The system of Government must be changed
or disaster would occur. Either it must re-
ducc the expenditures or increase the rcve
nue.. Tie only remedy is a pro!eciiee tar!G.
When the tariff was proposed in Congress,
it was always overslaugh;ed by the interim
nable negro question. lie trent into an az
gumeRt d, tcnsire Of he Protective policy, es-
peciaiy as regards Pcnnsylconio's interest I;
but the question will never be settled till the
negro question is thrown ont
and rcpudattd. lie censured Congress
for its neglect of duties to stray after false
gods DC, DC.
"ln all we ever saw or imagined of human
there is nothing equal to this. Just
think Of it. This man has been speaking
and voting against the Protective policy for
twenty odd years-has repeatedly stamped
Illinois against Henry Clay because Of that
policy, stigmatizing It as a contrivancc to
plumber the farmer TO enrich the manuf,ctu-
rer-to burden the West for the profit Of the
East, &c. Abraham Lincoln has canvassed
rs openly and ardenty on the other side
The two agreeing that this question Of Pro-
lection was one of the most important and
vital issues between the two parties. And
now Mr.. pouglas-being badly in want of
Northern and hopeless Of Southern votes
alks exactly as though he had been a zealous
Protec;ionist all his days, pitches into Cong
ress for not passing Protective Tariff, and
avs the blame on slavery agitation! He
knows right well that the halfway Rcpnbli-
IAN House passed such bill last winter
every Republican bat two voting for it; that
every Republican in the .Sesatc desired to
PASS It, and that it was beaten in that branch
BY Democrats alone-ihe few Americans in
10Th Houses generally supporting it. There
was ample time TO pass it, and slavery agita-
ion had no more to do with stopping it than
he Deluge. 1t was defeated simply because
he Democrats were nearly unanimous against
Ills or any other ike it--as Stephen A.
Douglas well knows.
"Can ii be that this man, by such reckless
mi brazen imposture, IS clearing his way to
he pras;lerct