The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-03

IafsDeus Lcgisiataoa OF Congress-The
Tariff Biil-Ths Prssidsnrs Veto De-
mandcd.
The browning sot Of infamous legislation,
corruption and imbecility Of the present Con-
gress i about to be oonsummated in the pas
sage Of the Tariff bill reported BY the Com
mlttee OF Ways and Means. This bill, II rightly
named, should be called bill to enrich few
New England and Pennsylvania manufacturers
and q few rich merchants who have large
stocks Of goods on hand, at the expense OF the
rest Of the community. Every one knows there
Il no necessity for such Q tariff for revenue.
In face Of the fact that the income from Gus
toms reached last year the enormous sum Of
hundred and seventy millions Of dollars, no
one will be hardy enough to say the tariff is
not high enough for revenue purposes. Il
was estimated that the tariff in operation
last year would produce seventy millions.
That Is what the people were told, and It
has yielded hundred and seventy millions.
Did our radical protectionist legislators not
know better, or did they intentionally deceive
the peoples If they did not know better they
were too ignorant and imbeofie to be in Con-
gress, and il they practised such fraud upon
the country knowingly they are too corrupt to
be trusted any longer Reoofect they are the
same men In Congress now-the same radical
destructives who are now at work upon . new
tariff. With the surprising result Of hundred
and seventy millions from customs they hardly
dare assume that the duties are not high
enough for revenue; hence they pretend to
regulate rather than TO increase them. But
this is all protence, and intended to cheat the
people, The duties are increased, and that
with view to protect and benefit few
manufacturers and rich men. A glance
at the bill and the proceedings Of Congress-
will show this. The sudden rise in prices proves
It. There never was such corrupt and In
capable Congress before. In ell their proceed
ings the design to deceive and humbug the
people Is transparent; and in this last job Of
the tariff they pursue the same course Of de-
ception.
Some suppose that the high tariff before
Congress will prove prohibitory or nearly so,
to great extent, and that the revenue will not
be increased by It Be that IS 1t may, the
object Of these radicals will be attained. The
manufacturers will get higher price for their
goods, almost anything they may choose to
ask, and the rich merchants, with large stocks
on hand, will be made much richer. The
manufacturers have been and are making divi-
dends on their capital Of twenty to hundred
per cent, and in some cases higher Every
whore their business, under the fostering hand
Of Congress, Is exceedingly prosperous. Yet
their profits will be greatly increased by the
tariff. It Is estlmated-and We think the esti-
mate Is moderate-that If this tariff should
become law Il would put at once
five hundred millions into the pockets
Of those who hold stocks Of goods,
and into the hands Of the forestallers. Can we
wonder, then, at the corruption in Washington,
when so much is at stakes But who pays for
ell this! The farmers OF the West and North,
the planters, the mechanics, laborers, and
all the industrious classes. They pay for
II In enormous high prices, and all to
enrich . bloated monopoly. The masses are
taxed for the benefit Of few; and this
radical republican and most corrupt Congress
is the sole cause Of such an infamous state Of
things. The radicals have had and still have
tho sole power of legislation; the feeble voice
Of the conservative minority cannot be heard
against the overwhelming radical majority.
For four or five years this party has been the
ruling power Of the republic. II has squan-
dered away probably thousand millions Of
the public money In that time, and Is still pur-
suing the same reckless course. While the
public mind was absorbed by the war, by the
idea Of preserving the Union, which overruled
everything else, the people lost sight of such
evils; but the time has come when change ID
imperatively demanded To 70 on In this
course will soon bring ruin, universal bank
ruptcy, population, and frightidl demoraliza-
ton everywhere.
BY all means, then, the President should
veto the infamous Tariff bill when II comes be-
fore him. The radical and protectionIst press
Is evidently afraid he will, for IL begins to sound
tho alarm In advance Mr. Johnson vsa alws vs