The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-09-26
Mr.. Douglas in his Progress to Section.
alism for Protective Tariff.

The New York Tribune thus discourses 0
Mr.. Douglas summersault to Protective
Tariffs:
Mr. Stephen A. Douglas was among thu
most active and relsntiess opponents of Pro
lection throughout the struggle just glanced
at. He entered Congress 1.-THE House, in Dec
1843, and voted. within three weeks there.
after, for Rhett's motion for the repeal of the
Tariff Of ~. He voted again and again
against Protection in any shape, even inciden-
tai for 20 per cent. uniform Tariff, &C., &c.
He voted with South Carolina for the Tariff
of 1916 at every step and in every shape. and
tins his vote stands recorded on the journals
and in The Globe The project Of admitting
Railroad Iron duty free, and every measure
looking 70 reduction or repeal Of duties, has
been advocated and voted for by him through
out his whole Congressional career. On the
LIST Of March, 1854 proposal to engraft a
new Tariff on the General Appropriation bill
being under consideration, Mr.. Douglas said /:
;. 81 am for reduction Of tie tariff to st,irt
revenue standard. / am FREE TRADE MAN
TO TIE FULLEST EXTENT that we can carry it,
and at the same time collect revenue enough
70 defray the expenses of the Government
In other words, am for no other kind of a
tariff than revenue tariffs "fSee Globe.
Such IS Mr. Douglas, uniform record down
to the last session Of Congress when il occur
red to him for the first time that the cotton
groA ing States were not likely to favor his
aspirations to the Presidency. Mr.. Douglas
did not uote on any question connected with
the Tariff at this session, and Mr. Huntefs
motion to postpone the bill to next December
was carried BY yeas rs, nays 23-Mr. Doug
las not voting, but Mr. Pagh, his shadow,
voting with the Free Traders to postpone
which barely prevailed. The votes of Doug
las 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 speech which
friendly hand candenses for the Associated
Press as foilows::
Mr.. Douglas commenced his speech by
glowing eulogy on Pennsylvania as an empire
within herself She as State had great
interest in the Union. Her interest required
the JostTing Hand Of Government. She had
notreceiUed that support from the National Gov
e77ss1eat she oas entitled 10. She had the
whole Union for market. Her whole min
erals wealth was ..inexhaustible, and worth
more than mines Of gold. He pitched gener-
ally INTO Congress and the General Govern
ment for the past few years.
ale denounced the Government as
paTalyzing the interest Of Pennsylvania for
several 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-
duce the expenditures orincrease the revenue.
The only remedy Is a prutecive tariff. When
the tariff was proposed in Congress, it was
always oyerslaughed By the interminable me-
gro question. Hs tuaE lao an argument de.
fssssfUe ct tie Pyoteetirs policy especially as
regards hennsgsuania's iaterest;; but the ques-
ton win never be settled till the intermina-
Ole negro question IS thrown ont and repudia-
ted. BE eensured Congress for its neglect Of |
duties to stray after false gois, &C. &c.
In al we ever saw or imagined Of human
audacity, there Is nothing equal TO this. Just
think of it This man has been speaking and
voting against the Protective policy for twen-
ty-odd years-has repeatedly stumped Hi
nois against Henry Clay because Of that poll
cy, stigmatizing It IS contriyance to plumber
the farmer to enrich the manufacturer Ito
burden the West for the profit Of the East,
sc. Abraham Linculn has canvassed as open
y and ardently on the other side-the two |
agreeing that this question Of Protection was
oae of the most important and vital issues
between the two parties And now Mr.
Douglas-being badly m want Of Northern
md hopeless Of Southern votes talks exactly
IS thougfehe had been jealous Protectionist
III his days, pitches into Congress for not !
PASSING > Protective Tariff. and lays the blame
IN slavery agitation He knows right web
hat the halfway Republican House passed
sneh bill iast winter-eyery Republican but
Two voting for it; that every Republican in
The Senate desired to pass it, and that it was
beaten in that branch by Democrats alone
he few Americans N both Houses generally
it Thsre was ample time to pass
1, and slavery agitation had no more to do |
With stopping it than the Deluge Il was de- |
Gated simply because the Democrats were /
nearly unanimous against this or any mea-
sHre like it--as Stephen e Douglas wen
knows.
Can It be that this man, by such reckless |
md brazen imposture, IS clearing his way to |
the Presidency