Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-12
ADDRESS
OF THE
DIE MOCIs ATTIC
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
TO THE PEOPLE Of INDIANA,
On the Crisis Of the Country.
Prepared in Pursuance OF n ResoIu-
tfon ct the state Mass Convention
of the 3Oth July, 1862.


of the 3Oth July, 1862.
fConcluded
The NEW TARIFF
In times OF great National peril the masses of
our citizens have always manifested the most de
voted love OF country. To-day, seven hundred
thousand Of our native and adopted citizens are
in arms, engaged in deadly combat. for the nob.e
purpose Of putting down this wicked rebellion.
Millions of others, equally patriotic. are lett at
home engaged IN taking care OF Il e women and
children aud raising the productions OF the earth
which are necessary TO sustain human life and
add to the wealth OF the nation. MANY of these
await their countrys call, and will tread the rug
re 4 path OF war When wanted. While. however,
the PEOPLE are enduring these hardsllips aud
making these sacrifices for the support Of the
Government aid the restoration OF the Union
their unf,ithiul servants at Washington have de-
voted their energies for months in fixing upon the
country tariff policy Of taxation which enriches
the manufacturing mOnopolists of the East and
North by sujecting the great agricultural West
to OnerOus aud unequal burdens. Under the pre-
text OF large expenditures for war purposes, they
have 80 increased the duties upon articles of gen
eral and necessary use as to greatly lessen their
iDpOrtatlOns, thereby depicting the treasury of
millions of dollars annually, while the protected
manufacturers. beng saved from all foreign com
petition, has increased to the purchaser every
ticle Of prime necessity. Goods OF every deScrip-
ton have gone up in value, or rather in price
and the labOring man when he goes TO lay in his
stock of necessares for the Use of his family
finds that he gets much less for his money than
he did before the passage Of the Morrill, tariff act
a year ago. All manufactured articles have
gone M, while all the productions OF the soil have
gone down in price. This he knows, but he
does not always know how the cheat has been
brought about
The rebellion and the withdrawal from Con-
gress of the Southern members of Congress, af
lOrded favorable opportunity TO Eastern CAPT
taliSts to tariff bill, and this they
proceeded to do at the extra session which con-
vened at Washington on the 4th of July. ls6l
hey seized the first opportunity presented, and
with an earnest selfshness which in peaceful
times wound have aroused universal Indignation
in the West, they carried tie Morrill, tariff by the
aid of the Republican members of Congress from
the Northwest This last class of CJnsressnen
have been the plant tools OF these EASTERN man
uiacturers and have voted for every measure
which these capitalists have inaugnrated. They
seem TO have no will of their own but blindly fol
low in the footsteps OF their f ,stern masters re
CARELESS OF the ruin which oyerwhems their own
constituents. They need not tell their cOnsttu
ents that il has been done TO increase III rereRueS
of the Government in order To enable il To put
down the rebellion. If they say so (as some of
uein WILL uO uOuDts) Jet tneul De tOlu, anu tOlu
with emphasis, that they do not tell the truth +
The tariff of 1851. which they repealed or amend
ei, brought many millions more into tie treasury
than The Morrill, tariff has or riH do This Is the
truth and they dare not gansay this declaration, /
from tire fact that the tariff act is absolutely
pfuhibitory in many cases aud lessons the revenue
TO that extent. We shall proceed TO look into
few of the hardships of this new revenue me,s
ures." as some of its advocates are pleased to
call il.
The first feature in this tariff act that strikes
us with dispar is the heavy hand which il laws /
upon the necessaries of lite and their consump-
ton 10y that large body OF our people known a.
the laborlng and producing classes. We turn To-
the tariff act OF 1891, passed by Democratic
Congress and approved by a Democratic Presi- /
dent and shall the provisions of that act
with the Republican tariff passed in le6l. That
contrast will explain why opposed to the
legislation of the Republican majority and why /
the people of Indiana should oppose all such /
class legislation a. hostile 10 their rights We ie
compelled to notice but few Of the points for !
want OF space in such an address as this:
The above selection, from the dutiable articles I
found in the tariff OF 1887 aud 1861. presents
only brel view OF the ab>urdity aud wicked
hess of that enactment known as the Morrill, I
tariff Every article ia the list enters into the
consumption OF the great mass oil the laboring
people. and every one of them is increased from /
eight TO fifty per cent. Where the article was
twenty four per cent. nd paiorcm. (or on the
value OF the nrticle,) il is increased to- thirty per
cent I'D raiorem, aud where specific tax is laid. I
the increase il uniformly in the same proportion. Z
aud even higher. On the articles of coffee and {
tea, there was ho duty under the trill ot ls57-
under the late one IL Is fur and fifteen per
pound On coffee. no distinction j. made between [
the cheap article aud the expensive one Rio and /
Lnguyra, (both inferior knds.) ply the same
duty NJ the Mocha aud Java. which are used ex
clus,vsly 10y the rich and opulsnt. The same a.
to tea. The fifty cent tea pays the same duty /
rs that which commands one aud two dollars Der
pound The Republican Congress seems TO be
incapable OF making good use ct it, power IN
the Government. and thus il Expresses alike upon
the whole country aud every citizen in Il, except
the favored lew. IL Is strange, however, that
common sense would not have suggested that the
man who afford TO drink high priced coffee
and tea could ply tax double that of the poor
man, aud ought To have been taxed accordingly
But this is not all They go on from bad to
worse They place duty OF 500 per ton on rod
iron Tor nails, horse shoes Nc, and on horse shoe
nails three and half cents per pound, about half
the value OF the articles in taxation! But when
they get TO the article OF "LINsLY wOoLSIy' tue
transcendent Wisdom of this Republican Con
gre-S Is made more than manifest. On this hum
bic article of poor cizens's apparel-bc that
citizen man or womnn-the heavy hand OF these
wise men OF the East comes down with an
emphasis not To be misunderstood They put
upon lnsey tax of "hreire cents per pound"
and, lest that was not enough, Congress adds,
"and tranty. nee per cent" The man or woman
Who appears in this prescribed and wronged I'm
sey.woolsey" will consequently have double
claim To be considered patrot-he will pay his
taxes 10y the pound first. and then have twenty
five per cent" added to make him more than
patriot. Ii is difficult To comprehend why this
was done, and what special vengeance the hnsey
irOoisey people entitled 20 ut the hands ot the
Abolitonists in Congress Until this tariff bill
was examined did not know that taxation on
a grand scale WAS inauguratei agaiut them We
knew that the Abolition newspapers of Indiana.
had particular objection 10 the "butternut' De
mOcracy, and the wearing jeans OF that color
or lInsey -woosey OF that shade; but that the
Senate aud House should make raid against a
portion OF the people on account OF the texture
or color OF their clothes, never entered into the
lima gination OF any The matter is nor or
plaiRfd
Under tariff Under Morrill,
Of 1857. Iarin.
Gomez ................... No duty. 4 Cts. per b.
Tea ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. No duy. Is : per 10.
Bagging loV~r 10 cts ydl Is per CT. els. To-