The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-05-27
Cotton MaChinery-Tariff.

On the first page will be- found letter
from the Hon. Mr.. Buckley Of Alabama,
addressed to us. relative To the position Of
Mr.. Lynch upon his proposition and in
support O. the tariff amendment, admit
ting cotton machinery free, rs against our
remarks OF April 18th opposing such n
proposition. wedonot say that the honor
able gentleman from Alabama feltitaduty
to write for the sole purpose Of defending
and aiding Mr.. Lynch. although the look
Is almost conclusive in that direction. III
the latter has got into difficulties with his
constituents by laundering into an. en-
dorsement Of the amendment introduced
by Mr.. Buckley and by the very able
speech he made in its behalf, IL Is no more
than right that he should help him out Of
the scrape; but the time, the occasion.
and the manner cause IL TO be considered
not rs spontaneous production in e1-
PLANTATION of misapprehonsion in regard
to the position taken by the honorable
member from Alabama, but rs carefully
worried ,,J ,r.,ared election .crinr doc
umcut to liz the honorable member from
Maine ont Of the bad position into which
he deliberately or inadvertently placed
himself. Were Il otherwise. and the de-
s;,, or our honorable friend only TO state
a sut while he corrected wrong impress
sion, in REGARD TO his own position, why
WAS Il necessary 10 take the trouble of a
long parayr,ph in which (as not GERMAN
70 the Statement, Of fact which the gentle
man seeks 70 IMPRESS, that MIR. Lynch
does not favor nv original proposition'0
appear Mandatory and multiplied words to
pufr Mr.. LYNCH to hi, constituents. like
the many articles which appear in his own
paper from day to dayp A man of talent
anil ability which the speech and manu-
,.r;,, Latter of tho b,,or,bl, gentleman
show him IN he doe, not waste time and
,vorI. v;,ho,. , correspondinr object.
,,,o, . r,l.J .,,,.m.,, win do even bet
,sr
.IIo cannot ;ustlv h. CHARGED with IA
vorinc NV criminal proposi,ion." Unfor-
tnnately we do not know what that prop
o.ition was. for il seems the gentleman
had two proposi,ions. But the one which
MIR. Lynch told Mr.. Lassell he favored,
WA, the proposal of Mr.. Buckley TO admit
cotton machinery free in the Southc IN
ports for the. period OF one year. Was
there another proposition. which Mr..
Lynch cannot '.justly be charged with IN
voring"P If so. what was 1t, or did 1t
never fully come to maturity Again:
Like the gentleman Of truth which he is,
Mr.. Buckley does not state that Mr.. Lynch
cannot Justly be charged with hdring ia
corcd the measure, nor does Mr.. Lynch
make that statement to Mr.. MCMILLAN;
but he uses the words with favoring." ..
c., n. the present time. We never raised
the question how Mr.. Lynch regards the
amendment Of the Alabama member. for
we know. but we did seek to find ont
!, h.,o,. i. heard Core-
h,s;nn n,,,,,.r, =, hem, and h,f,rc hi.
.on,,;,ror,, ,v.r, oblirr, ,o think for him
when their interests were asSailed. Thu
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