Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-07-01
From the Martinsburg Independent.
Mr.. Fnulkner's Views on the Tar
fE Question.


One OF the editors Of this paper meet
ing Mr.. Faulkner casually on the street
inquired Of him what his present views
were upon the tariff policy Of the country.
He replied that ''he had but one opln-
ion upon it as question of general poll
CIV since his entrance into public life, and
that was expressed upon the floor Of
Congress in the first speech which he de-
livered i'm that body on the End of Au-
gust, 1852, in vindication of the Demo-
cratic party. He had never seen any rea-
son to change his general views on that
subject since" and said he would send us
an extract from that speech, from which
his opinions could be seen. The extract
sent is as follows:
GA tariff policy, looking to protection
as its leading and primary object is now
without an advocate in the country; as
completely so as the doctrine of pure in-
ternational free trade; and so long as the
principle is avowed and honestly carried
out, that no more revenue shall be raised
than is sufficient to defray the just ami
economical expenses of the Government
that such revenue shall be collected from
imports, and not from direct taxes, SO rs
10 give to the labor OF our own country
the incidental benefit resulting from that
system of taxation; and that in raising
this revenue, such equality OF burden
shall he imposed that one class or portion
of the country shall not be taxed for the
benefit of another principles now univer-
sally cOncedcdD, all else pertaining to any
tariff law must be mere matter OF detail
about which local interests may squabbie,
but in regard to which national parties
ought not 10 differ"
Boy The Hagerstown News OF the
2Gth uit. makes the mistake OF attribu-
ting to MIR. Boteler the above views OF
Mr.. Faulkner. The difference between
the two gentlemen on the tariff qu"s-
ton being that while Mr.. Faulkner Ia
vors incidental. G. to say nccidsnfal-
protection, Mr.. Boteler insists upon DIS
examinations in favor of all American
! interests.
We append the following extracts
from a speech of Mr.. Botelers in Con
cress on the 25th Of January, 1861,
which will sufficiently explain them
selves -
81 came here Tariff man" though
mot in favor Ola high protective tarln. =
"Sir, | have saiG ann III favor OF
protection. | desire that every man IN inns
country of ours, from the Aroostook TO
the Gulf of McXico-no matter what may
be his occupation, whether he shoyes the
plane or throws the shuttle, whether ne
works in the mine or, like myself, belongs
to the great agricultural interests oil the
country shall feel that his Government
is with him and not against him. would
have every farmer throughout the land
feel, as he Scatters the golden gram IN
the burrows, that, next to the Providence
of Almighty God, who sends the sunshine
and the showers, the sced-time ana the
harvest, his Government discriminatcs Tor
his interests and not against them: L
come here, Sir, to vindicate that principle
side by side with these whom believed
10 he conservative men from the great
States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
(that old battle ground of the Revolution,
where my fathers stood with theirs,
shoulder TO shoulder in the SHOWS of Tren-
ton and the hot SANDS of Monmoth) to VIM
dictate that great principle of protection TO
American industries, in accordance WIN
the necessities Of the times"