New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-15
UNITED STATES TARIFFS FisoM
TIE RENOVATION TO TWE HE-
REILION.
Rccfiomal Votes thereon III the senhsc "n"
Rouse Of preseniative"-Eaii"Sy oil
she Statement thnt Protective Tariffs
were thc Cause Of sesession-Encts IN
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.,,e Statement TINT Protective Tariff
were the Cause Of sesession-Eacts IN
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british writers and British legislators have
asserted that one of the principal causes OF Be-
,.ssiou in the United States lies in the long
continued determination on tue part of the North 10
,uppor. and pass high protective tariffs, in oppOs
,on 10 the wishes and interests Of the South; and
the language in which these assertions are clothed
I. Of a nature to lead the reader thereof to the
conclusion that the South has ever been unanimous
Ia its defense Of free-trade principles. The pro-
Gon,hern element in the British House of Commons
during the last made this their principal line
Of argument in their desire to gain recognition Tor
The Rebels, and we may expect that the same ePu
nous reasoning Will be again ATTEMPTED during Inc
present session. To prove how erroneous sucn
nstements and such conclusions ere, we give
below list Of the various tariffs which
have become law since the es'aehsnmen'
Q, the Uuion, with the votes given in both Houses
OF Congress on the passage OF each act separating
tbe votes of the Southern States from hose OF the
Northern S,a,es, and placing them side by side
Added thereto We give the percentage OF the vote
which esch Of these two great divisions OF tie
country her cast IL favor Of advancing aud pro
teoive dut e. or against reduction IN Customs rates.
By this Arrangement the reader is enabled TO see at
q glance tie Part both North aud South Lave taken
in the promulgstoa OF protective tariffs, or III TIE
reduction of duties 10 q revenue Standards snd the
fsot that the South has invariably gwen no email
percentage of ts vote is favor OF high duies thus
rendered plainly apparent Our list merely includes
the general tariffs, notice being taken OF inter-
mediate attachments which merely changed the rates
ei special articles.
The FIRST TARIFF.
The first Tariff bill introduced into the Honse
OF Representatives in 1889, by Mr.. Madison, and
was passed unanimously, with the exception OF q
Gle limiting a OF the 10 seven
years, which clause retained by vote OF II to
3. The act also passed unanimously by the
Senate. The preamble OF this act was as i0iiows;
"Whefeas, 1t IS necessary for The support OF tne
Government, for the dlschgr-e OF the 0ebte OF Inc
Uaited States, and the encouragement snd protee-
tlop vi manufactures, that duties be fsid, &C
With reference TO these words, Mr. Benton, IN
nole in bis " Arrangement OF the Debates OF Con-
Eress." says: a" Ihe preamble Of tons act, and the
iDeeohes in favor of II, have Teen greatly relied
upon in supper, OF protective tariff, but without
reasoR the speeches Themselves, md the rate OF
dulles established fully STOW. Every speech
showed revenue 10 be the object OF every proposed
duty protection TO domestic industry being an incl
Gent 10 result from the accomplishment OF that OBJ
tsc, and from such moderate duties as were then
Imposed the sd vaorem being per centum, ~ nnd
III and only single class gong Sc high rs 10 per
ceniun, and that CLASP confined 10 Que article OF
luxury 20 Wit: imported pleasure carriages The
specific duties were on the hike moderate scale, vet
these moderate duties, thus laid for revenue, gave
sll the protection which wGs then ssked and TO the
satisfaction Of every part of the Union, end cannot
be quo;ed as an argument for the protective system
which 30 much disturbed the country"
TARIFF or 1890.
In the following year, 1872 the exigencies Of tie
public debts called for increased duties. This IL
e1east which was about Il per cent 1t WAS ordained
o. oud lie collected and paid ony until the debts aud
proposes for which it was pledged should oe fully
DISCHARGED.
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occasion were 90 Yeas Is Nays divided es fol ovs
VoTx on 1ARIFr or IL 0-IoUsE or