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Towimda, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1846.
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FOR CARAT; COMMIbsIONER,
WILLIAM B. FOSTER, JR.'
OF BRADFORD COUNTY.
Democratic County Nominations.
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DAVID WILMOT, of Towanda.
1011 IRINErnI,
WMILDON MASON. of Monroe.
ATIILI,
401i11 L. VMS% of Fimlthtleld.
VICTOR E. PIOLLET; of VV,vsoz.
►oo row3roisinalm,
JOHN H. nLAca, of Virgolazing.
TOR LVDITDD. • .
LNIIVEL B. MAYNARD. of Rowe.
Cescrat itedtme, nesselog, October 13th, 1846•
o:7' Mr. C W. CUMMINS is authorized to act
as Our Agent, in procuring, and receiving advance
payments from new subscribers. Mr. C. is also an
Agent for Godey's publications.
Another Fahehood of the Amax.
A communication appears in the last Bradford Argus
headed • For the Bradford Reporter," and prefaced by
the following remarks by the editors of the Argus:
The following communication wu originally in
tended for the Reporter, and banded into that office for
publication; but the editors of that print refused to give
it a place, though solicited to do so, by one of the most
reeliliDett men of their party, at whose request we insert
it in the Argus." - '
Every word of which is untrue. We were never " so
lidus! by a prominent man of our own party " to publish
it—we never reftised to give it a place, and the man who
handed it to us never requested the editors of the Argus
to insert it in their paper. The facts are simply these—
EM. Barstow handed us the communication saying it
had been given to him with a reqUest that he would pre
sent it to tut Ast publication—that we could do as we
pleural, he erred nothing about it.. We read it and in
formed him that we had no objection to giving it a place,
but could not in this instance relax the rule we estab
lished at our outset, end - which we have invariably ad
hered to, to know the author. Esq. Barstow replied be
could not give the anther for he did not know who wrote
the article, and repeated " he cared nothing about it."
We laid it in our drawer, where it remained until one
day, last week, when one of the editors of the Arm cad
ed hie itourd said they were going to publish it. He
math= informed that we had no other objections mita
publication in uur paper than that which we have men
tioned, the withholding the name of the author. This
same editor of
,the Argus then stated that he knew: the
author—that h a was a wbig, although he had used the
signature " A Democrat." We have since been infor
med by Esq. Barstow that he never requested the editors
of the Argus to publish it—that he did not know the
author and cared not whether it2vas published at all or
not.
He is a specimen of whir misrepresentation, false
hood and deception. Nothing is too base for them to
tam false impressions and make undue prejudices against
the Democratic auidalates or their friends. A sum evi
dent, of a desperate and sinking cane.
ARE YOU ASSESSED I
You must be Assessed at least TEN DAYS before
the Election--nest Saturday is the LAST DA
Gross Deception ! Falsehood it Fraud !
We find, in the "Montrose Advocate," a paper
controlled by Col. Lusk, who made Mr. White the
candidate in opposition to Mr. Wilmot, the regular
ly nominated candidate of the Democratic party, an
account of a meeting held by the disorganisets of
this County, on Tuesday evening, the 15th inst., in
which it is stated that the following resoluliods
were passed—
Resolved, That this meeting holds that rotation
in office to be a cardinal feature in the Democratic
faith, and should be carried out by a faithful adhe
rence to the one term principle—therefore
Resolved, That the next member of Congress from
this district justly belongs to Tioga county; and we
therefore concede the right to our Tariff Democra
tic friends of that county to bring forward her man.
A most shameless perversion of truth! A deli
berate misrepresentation for purposes of deception'.
No such resolutions were passed ai that meeting:
none were offered. We were present from its or
ganization to its adjonrnment,and we unhesitating
ly,deelare that no such resolutions, or any ither re
solutiodswere read, named, offered or passed; And
in proof of our assertion, we will be sustained by
more than one hundred democrats.
The onlymotion made, that savored of the form
of resolution, was by Col. Bull—that the meeting
proceed to appoint Conferees to nominate a Ta
sifferrediiite for Congress—and even this motion
vas not seconded.
For the truth of our statement, we appeal to eve
ry democrat (not disorganis_er) who was present on
that oceasien.
• What should be thought of the paper or the fac
tion tharresotts to such measures to ensure its sue-
Cesst Deception, falsehood and fraud ire their
weapons—their victims the candidates of the dem
ocratic party. And sisal are the enemies who are
wagidg war upon Democratic usages—Democratic
pritutiples aadDemocratic men,atid such themeani
by which they undertakito carry on their unholy
crusade. • Will the people be duped, betrayed and
deceived by them Not it cannot be. They will
see the iniquity, and spurn the deceivers and their
guilty Frauds with honest indignation; and by their
vote on the Second Ttiesday of °Coker, pronounce
.
diem unworthy the confidence of freemen.
Look to . `our -Votes !
- We cods the numblicaa voters of this Consesaion•
al disks. ta iseek to, and examine the voles they deposit
in the Wl's. bores. Desperate and dishonest means. we
bows said teem lie fear will be attempted to defeat Sr.
Wilmot the canaidsta far Gooses The dietriet is to
be made tits Seat battle sated of the federal pasty in
Peneuglesia. We do kaina did foreign inile,xs are
artaly at work ! _ Tbe mails have been loaded kir the
last two weeks with speeches and dectiosseering
pam
phlsta foss Witidaines. We cad upon the uoboturto
awl hadepeudent eaten; of Bradford, Ties and &scow
buss esamiee, to repel this inteekratee oci the past of
the fedeudista wad iron wades. The sealed lawns
of the country is apish us. Oar reform in upon the
peopk. Let them mouse themselves to the impedance
of the coated.. Let them stand dim by t)iitir 'disciples
wad all will hi adl•
Naha are. the Traitors I
We have had &wed in our hands a ha,nd•bill pmt
parting to contain the proireednp of a routing held in
Tiopia county sometime lad urea. evidently getup and
managed by the commanding.Gcniral of the Awns&
L itetif forces fait the purpose of denouncing Mr. Wilmot
and his supportenu andcontaiaing a set of resolutions,
which mark thecharaeteeal Our Fatty that engendered,
them. Among them is the following :
Resolved. That we regard the faction in this county
who are supporting the Tariff 0f1846,-as welters to the
beet interests of our commonwealth and u enemies to
the great democratic party of the Slate.
What in the 44 delegates of Tioga who vote!
unanimously for the renomination of Hon. David Wil
inot, and an'appruval.of his course in Congress! Are
you willing to be branded u traitors to the best interests
of Pennsylvania! ,• • •
What say the seventy Democratic delegates of Brad
for!, who voted in Convention onanistously for the
re-nomination of Mr. Wilmot, and to sanction and sup
port him forve.ekction ! . Do you feel that you deserve
to be denounced as traitors to your constituents!
What say you, Democrats of Susquehiuma, who re
solved in Convention that Mr. VWilmot's alone in Con
gieseinet your hearty approval, sod that you would
again cordially give him your support for re-election; are
you content to he proscribed as a set of traitors to the
interests of the commonwealth .1
What any the Democrats of the 12th Congressional
district who prefer the tariff of 1846 to the odious, un
equal and oppressive features of the law of 18421 Will
you submit to the dictation and insult of a self-constitu
ted tribunal of recreants from the Democratic party 1
shall your principle's be derided, the candidates of your
choice contemned, and yourselves publicly denounced as
traitors and enemies to the democratic party, and you'
remain silent! Arouse in defence of yourselves, your
principles and your posterity. 'Hurl back the infamous
charge upon your accusers, and show to the world that
you have avowed your sentiments by your delegates in
regular Convention, and having:asosied them, you dare
and will maintain them.
Beware kw Falsehood/
We understand a story has beer4ut in circulation in
"Jima of the eastern townships, that Gordon F. Mason
the Democratic candidate for Senator is unfriendly to
the North Branch Canal, and Democrats are urged to
support Mr. Tracy as the only hope of completing that
improvement. We assure our friends, and the friends
of the Canal that there is not the slightest foundation
for such a surmise. It is a sheer fabrication to deceive
and seduce democrats from the regular ticket. Mr. Ma
son is, and ever has been an ardent friend of the North
Branch Canal; and if legislative action should be ne.
canary in its behalf, he will be ;among its first and fore
most -friends. He is thoroughly acquainted with the
situation of that work ; is anxious Gr its completion and
by his capacity for public business, his industry and tat
int for legislation is capable of accomplishing much more
than his competitor. Democrats, you have a candidate
for Senator very way qualified to discharge his duty,
one whose interests are identified with your- interests.—
Let no device of the enemy draw you away from his
s,uPPoit
More of Gen. Patton's meeting In
Thiga Comfy.
In addition to the resolution denouncing all democrats
u traitors who support Mr. Wilribt, we find in Gen.
Patton's meeting the following :.
Resolved, That the fact of the Hon. David Wilmot
not being able to command the services of such men as
William Elwell. Ephraim W. Baird, David F. Barstow,
Esquires, and Gen. Patton, Democrats of his own bo:
rough, and in their stead, soliciting the aid of speakers
from New York, whose interest it is to cheapen our
Coal and Iron. speaks volumes against his fidelity to the
interests of his own'constituents.
We understand also. that the General while in 'Flog.
county, boldly asserted that our townsmen In If. Ste-
phens and Col. J. F. Means, were opposed to Mr. Wil
mot's re-election. For ourselves, we had hardly deemed
it important to even contradict such palpable falsehoods;
believing the high politick! &ginner of the gentlemen
named, a sufficient refutation of all such slanders. But
it is due to these gentlemen that the truth should be
made public; and it is due to the public that the truth
should be known in order that • proles estimate may be
placed upon the men and the means resorted to, to do.
atrcry Mr. Wilmot.
We invite the attention of oar readers to the follow.
ing leners from the gentlemen named above, furnished
voluntarily, u an act of justice to Mr. Wilmot, and to
shield themselves from the calumny of so vile a slander.
Towssva, Sept. 28, 1846.
The praceedings of a meeting held at WelLsboro'
on the 4th inst., has been placed in my hands. In
one of the resolutions otwhich, it is represented that
Hon. David Wilmot-the regular nominee fur Con
gress, in this district, cannot command my services
in the campaign this fall. If the resolutions are to
be construed so as to represent .me as opposing the
election of Mr. Wilmot, it places me in a false po
sition. If it was intended to assert that either Mr.
Wilmot or his friends bad requested me to take the
stomp in his behalf, and that I declined so doing, it
is equally incorrect—neither is the fact. I have
not the vanity to believe that the public use of my
name, with or without authority, (and in this case
entirely without,) will either benefit one candidate
or injure the other, stilr'it would best accord with
my own feelings, not to be dragged :Wens miens in
to the arena of politics. I have said this much,
merely for the purpose of setting forth my position
in its true light. WM. ELWELL.
Towaxna.Sept. 29. 1846
have seen and read the proceedings of • meeting
held in Tinge county, in which my name is introduced
(without authority from me) in one of the resolutions,
by stating that my services could not be obtained. as ■
public speaker by the lion. David Wilmot, the nand* e
for Congress in this district.
It is true that my business engagement are such as to
render it very inconvenient for me to take the stumpthis
fall. and I had some time since made up My mind not to
do so. It is also true, that Mr. Wilmot has not desired
me to do ab for his benefit; nor am I vain enough to be.
lime that I could makrially aid him in his election in that
way. But the resolution referred to has been construed
by many to mean that I am opposed to the reeketion of
Mr. Wilmot: If thole who adopted the resolution en.
tettakted sadism opinion,they were greatly in error; and
I tin charitable enough to believe, that my position had .
been grossly misrepresented to the good people of Tioga
county, or they would not have made the use they did
of my name in their meeting.
[hope I may not be misunderstood, when I here tc
eat what I have so often and at all times said—l shall
rapport the regularly nominated ticket. I have never
in my lift, failed to support regular nominations ; and
would consider it a reproach upon my political character
to even intimate thit I would falter at this time. After
perusing the proceedings of the Tioga meeting, I have
thought it necessary to ay this moth, that my position
might be understood. E. W. BAIRD.
Gurrusucx r—We have hen informed from the moat
reliable source, that Win. Patton, when at Covington,
Tioga 'county, bad the hsnlihood publicly to assert;
that we, together with Mr. Elwell and Mr. Baird. were
oat in oppmitinn to Hon. David Wilmot, the regulu
candidate for Congress, A man who would make this
assertion is capable of anything. The assertion so far
as we am concerned, is wholly groundless and false; and
fmm our men and active support of Mr. Wilmot, must
have been known in be Me by Me Patton himself.—
Ws deem it but jut to ourselves and to others, to mo—
tion the public against a:tttao so raekleas of troth.
JOHN P. AMAMI.
IRA H. ISTEPHENS.
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To
the Edit= of the &potter.
Teeple in Motion.
We have received the rocersiings of a large derma&
tic Mathis held iiittMin' &id on the 25111 hist; It rat
`mating of the *mini and early settlers of that tower.
ship. ,linch *Meeting as will tell oteleill4 oo the
public Mind. : lltat staunch vetersizof,the patty Th eir'
dare LeOnsrd was president. Wm. Gates, Amie,Muspp,
Frederick Leonard-and Theodore Wilder; V. Prisidents,
W. S. Grace, Lafayette Leonard and Thomas Stead
acted as secretaries. Resolutions approeing of the course
of Mr. Wilmot, and pledging themselves to stand by the
whole ticket were passed unanimously. We have not
room to give them an insertion this week. Below will
be found the correspondence of the citizens of Springfield
with Mr. Wilmot, who was present arid oddressed the
meeting. This correspondence shows the high esteem
in which Mr. 'Wilmot is held by the honest farmers and
laborers of the country. They know him as the bold
and fearless advocate of the rights of labor against the
clamors of interested capitalists. •
Springfield, Bradford Co., Sept. 15, 1846
Hoy. Dkvin Wu.star : Dear Sir—The undersign
ed, republicans of Springfield, approvinayoucnoble
and patriotic stand in the Oongress of the U. a, in
defence of the great doctrine of Democratic Truth
—of the rights of the Laboring Masses, earnestly
desire to meet you at their own firesides, and tender
to yoti, personally, their high consideration for your
services.
Your course upon the Tariff, we regard as the
highest pledge that could be given of your fidelity
to, and sympathy with the people.
We cannot but regard the Tariff question as in
volving in its issues the struggle between the labor
ing mass and the privileged few—between the "de
mocracy of numbers," and the "aristocracy of as
sociated wealth."
You sir, were faithful to our interest—to our de
clared will, and to your own solemn pledges; and
when the hour of trial came, you stood with manly
independence, with great and acknowledged ability,
on the side of the people. In the Congress of the
Nation, you were found battling for the rights of the
many.- Permit us to say, we admire your firmness
—we honor your fidelity. Planting yourself on the
great doctrine of Man's equality—standing by the
sacred cause of hulnanity and its rights, you did not
shrink from your high duty to your country and to
your constituents.
The pioneers of this township knoti and feel that
your sympathies are with them. We shall, there
fore be highly gratified to meet you on Friday, the
25th inst., at which time the republicans of our dis
trict will be assembled together, and most happy to
extend 'to you a hearty and cordial welcome.
Be so obliging, dear sir, as to give us early infor
mation whether it will meet your convenience to
accept our invitation and be with us on the 25th inst.
Chauncey Guthrie,' T. Eaton,
Theodore Leopard, Geo. -E. Brooks,
Theodore Wilder, A, W. Johnson,
Wm. Sargeant, John Salisbury,
Wm. S. Grace, A. S. Cole,
11. Doane, Benjamin Cole,
Geo. Sergeant, Fanning Cule,
Isaac P. Doane, 0. L. Whipple,
Win. Grace, John Henry,
La Fayette Leonard, Paul Furman,
Quartos Ely, Abraham Ward,
David Fanning, Isaac Cooley,
Daniel Cleaveland, A. B. Deftly,
Geo. Upham, S. W. 'Burt,
Q. E. Cleaveland, Jacob Newell,
C. IL Campbell, Esdias Rich,
Frederick Leonard, Noah W. Bliss,
S. D. Harkness, Stephen Bliss,
T. P. Wolcott, E. Brooks,
Ira Woodworth, F. 0. Bennett,
Wm. T. Williams, Elam Bennett,
M. Chapel,_ Charles Phillips,
T. Chapel, N. D. Reynolds, .
Rufus Hasley, F. White,
Seth Gates, Hiram Spear,
David Knapp, A. T. Newell,
Amos Knapp, Thomas Smead,
W. Sergeant, Wm. C. White,
N. Whitman, Charles Burgess,
B. F. McAffee, J. Phillips,
James Sergeant, E. P. Chase,
W. H. Tcizer, E. King,
D. J. Cleaveland, John Hawley,
Wm. Sergeant, John S. Knapp,
Samuel Ketchum, Benj..S. 'foothill,
N. P. Stacey, Charles Guthrie,
Wm. H. Sergeant, James Fuller,
8. L. Cooley, John Norman,
Albert Leonard, B. Newell,
Alvin Bailey, Eber Leonard,
Hosea Marsh, C. Leonard,
Wm. 8. Marsh, Walter Mattocks,
Wm. 8. Guthrie, Charles Mattocks,
W. H. Westbrook, Wm. Wilder,
L. M. Guthrie, H. 8. Giover,
J. Q. Merrick, E A. Smead,
Wm. Eaton, L. R. Bennett,
James Dickinson, ' P. M. Hasley,
Dexter Eaton, S. Severance,
S. D. Goodrich. Dennison Gates,
Towsx vas. Sept. 18, 1816.
GVNTLENCIr :—Y cur kind letter, inviting me to meet
with the republicans of your township on the 23th inst.,
has been placed in my hands. Such an expression of
confidence, and approval of my public conduct, coming
as it does from the pioneers and early settlers of Spring.
field, those who have broken the wilderness—is moat
grateful to my feelings. * To enjoy the confidence of such
men—to be known as the faithful representative of their
feelings and interests, is.the highest ambition to which
I have ever aspired.
You do me but justice in the assurance you ate pleas•
ed to give " that you know and feel that my sympathies
are with you." Yours is the lot of labor—the destiny
of a vast majority of our race. Your cause therefore is
the high and holy cause of humanity, in which every
heart, not callous, must sympathise.
You have been pleased to refer with approbation to
my coarse and my vote in Congress upon the teritL I
was governed in my conduct upon that question by the
highest considerations of duty and fidelity to the people
I represented, and in my vote I stood side by aide with
the republican party of the Union. I stood by the rights
and interests of the mass, against the claims of a privi
leged kw-17 the cause of labor -against the sordid
slims of aphid. aunt ?
It will give me great pleasure to be with you on the
day named. Respectfully yours.
D. WILMOT.
To Chauncy Guthrie, Theodore Leonard and others.
"Whom the Gods will to destroy they
General Patton, in his madness enters fully into all
the mactunations of the old federal leaders to defeat the
candidates of the Democratic party. The game is a dee.
perste one, and it seems that the Gen. is resolved to play
it. desperately. We have been fawired by a friend of
his with a plan of his operations far Our next two weeks,
the moat important part of which is that a paper is to be
got out Planfits. to be Democratic, but in fact a pirata
under fate colors. In anroboration of this, it is also said
he has already sent his printers to Mont/tine where the
paper is to be printed in Col. Lusts oface, to be 'tyke!
the " Bradford Settler," and purporting to be published
at this place.
We - caution our Democratic friends in wham, against
this piratical movement.. It is designed solely.* district
the Demoomiia party, sod if possible, to defeat their re..
guise nominations. It is an euemj in disguisr4 A wolf
in sheeps clothing. Beware of it!
Sir?. 28, IM6
Tux Trams Comrrr floosa,=-Capt. A. M. Cot,
late of the Claremont youse in this place, hes taken this
well known tavern stand in the village of Owego N. Y.
Where Capt. Coe ii known is a landlord', he needs no
recommend, foe thelict has long since gone forth to
the !odd, that he gets tip better " - fishes and things,"
then can be found at any public house In southern
New Yikk or nether Pennsylvania Persons tufting
Owego will find it their interest to give hiss a call; for
he ceytainly will "_do the best he can."
first make mad.”
Mat the Bisger4 Reporter.]
DlSCrillanialen ib r Protectlosi 'Meow.
aUtuttimat.
'The Argus under this, bead aye, that 'Wilmot,
Meteor and other free traders are skulking behind the
coritait titian as ailut remit in their assaults upon, the
doctrine of Pthtection." This sentence epee:rids with
raltinlosszntatinne. We :instance the following: let
neither Wilmot, Mercer or any other Democratic 'Ptak
er has taken : the ground 'that discrimination for protec-
Veils Within the sevenths standard le unconstitutional....
They have indeed urged, and
, witkunanswerable force,
that • tariff (not discrimination) for protection was un
constitutional. They also urge with equal force that
discrimination for protectia4one dace of community at
the expense of another or of all agars is unjust end
inexpedient; hut they have never argued that proper
and just discriminations for the benefit of 4111 were un
constitutional when confined within revenue limits.-
2d, Wilmot and Mercur are represented as free traders.
The author of that article knows this to be-false. 3d,
"Wilmot, Mercur and other frce traders" are represen
ted as "skulking behind the constitution" when so far
from that being , the fact these men have stood upon that
platform from the first and met the storm anew&
by its terrors. 4th, it is represented as "their last re:
vort"—when it was among the first, Ind not as the Ar
gos intimatesafter they bad been driven from every oth
er. That this resort however will endure to the last arid
stand out in bold relief 'when the fog of such men as
Ward, the misrepresentation'of Patton and Bull and the
foaat of Adams and other prohibitionists shall be remem
bered only to be despised, we have not • doubt.—
The Argus adds: Any departure whatever from a
horizontal line-Amy discrimination in levying duties
which has for its of the protection of any interest of
our country, they declare as a violation of the Consti
tution." Here these men arc represented as the tidvo
cries of horizontal duties. This representation is with
out the shadow 'of truth. These men advocate no such
doctrine. Their doctrine is, that revenue duties should
be laid to protect all the great interests of the whole
union, embracing agriculture, manufactures, the mecha
nic arts, commerce and navigation "—thus making both
the benefits and burdens, like the rains and- dews of
heaven to fall equally and gently upon all. They con
tend with truth that the tariff of 5842 is so framed as to
build up one class of community at the expense of all
others. That it gives the benefits to capital end throws
the hoidens upon labor. That its specific and mini
mum dutiesire grossly and wickedly unjust. But these
sentiments honestly entertained and freely end often ex
pressed, the Argue forgets to quote, and endeavors to
palm off sentiments not entertained and arguments never
used by these men as genuine. Having thus erected •
man of straw; with pugnacious skill, the rest of the ar
ticle is devoted to ha attempt to knock him over. Such
is the boasted honesty that weekly pervades the columns
of the Argus.
COA r.—The Baltimoreans are complaining of the pre
sent prices of coal. Last year at this time, coal was sel
ling in that city for five dollars per ton. Now it corn
mania six„ besides an extra charge for delivery. Oh ! the
ruin to the coal interest.
Farmers, Laborers, and Mechanics,
READ & UNDERSTAND !
Let Facts and Figures Speak! !
We publish this week, extracts from several speeches
made in Congress while the Tariff' bill was under die.
cussion. These extracts embrace tables of various kinds,
all of which are carefully compiled from the records and
document! in the Treuury Department. These tables
can be relied upon as strictly correct and authentic in
every particular.
Extracts from the speech of Mr.
M. Norris, of New Hampshire,
delivered July 2, . 1846.,
To show, beyond the power of cavil, the in-
Arians effect of the tariff of 1842 upon the
wool-growing interest, in levying a duty of on
ly 5 per cent. ad valorem, or three-and-a-half
mills on a pound, en all imported wool costing
seven cents or under, and to show the compe
titiofi of that article with the domestic produc
tion, in reducing ,the price of the latter, he
would here submit tables, showing the increas
ing amount of imports, for the last three years,
of the wool invoiced at seven cents and under,
and of the decreasing prices of American wool
since 1841 :
Wool imported costing 7
cents and under a pound.
1843, 9 . months. 3,332,644 112 s.
1844. 13,808,60 lbs.
1845. 23,382,097.1ba.
Prices of .4merican wool iii the N. Y. market.
July, 1841. July, 1844. June, 1846.
American Saxony, 43 a5O c. 40 a 42 C. 35 a3B c.
" merino, full
blood, 42 a 45 c. 38 a4O c. 32 a 35 c.
Amer. merino,' &
blood, 35 a 37 c. 34 a 36 c. 28 0.31 c.
Amor. merino, com
mon to" blood 25 a3O c. 27 a;9 c. 22 a 24 c.
Superfine pulled, 36 a4O c. - 95 a 36 c. 23 a 25 c.
NoW, as he had before observed, a duty of
30, or even 25 per cent., would operate a suf
ficient protection on the finer wool. the price
being as high in England as here. It was not
from that quarter that the farmei had experien
ced any injury, or had any to fear. The manu
facturer well knew that ; yet. to "pull the
wool" over the farmer's eyes, and to draw his
attention from the true source. whence his in
terest was injuriously affected, be was pointed
to the duty of 30 per cent. and three cents a
pound upon wool. Nothing, of course, was
said in regard to the importation of the Smyr
na, Barbary, and South Americlp wool, at the
mere nominal duty of k per cent., or three-and
a-half mills the pound, which was daily under
mining his interest. The 'importation .of the
latter kind of wool had increased from 3.332.-
644 pounds, for nine months.. in 1843. to 13.-
808, 045 pounds, in 1844. and to 23.382.097
pounds in 1845. All that kind of wool was
worked up by the woollen manufacturer, dis
placing the American production, and depress
ing the price of the latter, as would be seen by
the table---32 percent., from 1841 to 1840,aud
25 per cent., from 1844 to 1846.
As the duty upon the great body of the wool
len goods was,by the existing law, 40 per cent..
and on that kind of wool only 5 per cent., it
gave the manufactured article composed of it a
protection, over the raw material, of 35 per
cent: - It was true that the woollen manufac
turer was gathering a rich harvest from such a
system, which, at the same time. was rapidly
sapping the prosperity of the domestic produ
cer of the raw material.
It seemed to him that the interests of the
woolgrower and woollen . manufacturer were
well provided for by the bill. It taxed all al
ike with a duty of thirty dollars on:the hue
dred, which afforded a protection of a least for
ty. dollars on the hundred. Such was the
strong protective feature of. the bill touching
wool and woollens. lie would ask, did it not
come fully up to such a standard of .. moderate
discriminating duties as would afford reasona
ble incidental protection ?"
But there were some important manufactures
of woollen not embraced in the ad valorem du
ties by the act of 1842, to which the remarks
he hail made did - not strictly, in. all rasped.,
apply.: they were.earpetings, flannels, baize/.
and bookings. The former was among. the
comforts, the latter three were among the ne
cessaries, of fife.. • Upon those articles, that
act imposed , spectfic duties, - discriminating in
an odious 'manner 'against the comsumer of the
cheaper article. On the importation of carpet.
ings for the year ending June 30. 1845. the
price per yard and rate of duty reduced to ad
valorem, werc—
Wilton. $2 74 per yard ; duty 23.7 per cent.
Saxony. • • 226 per yard ; duty 28. percent.
Turkey. 1 95 per yard ; duty 28 per cent.
Brussels. 1 36 per yard ; duty 40 per cent.
Treble ingrain 89 per yard ; duty 73 per cent.
Venetian. 70 per yard ; duty 42i per cent.
Flannels. baizes, and hoekings. were taxed
by the existing law with a duty of 14 cents the
square yard. regardless of the quality and val
ue. The average value per yard of flannels.
on the importations for the year ending the 30th
of June. 1845. was. 37 cents. and baizes and
backings, 36 cents. -The former paid an aver
age duty of 371- per cent., and the latter about
35i per cent. But. as there was a great diff
erence in the quality of the article, so in the
cost and consequently in the rate of duty.—
W bile that costing but 20 cents the yard was
taxed with-a duty of 70 perceut:, that costing
50 was taxed 28 per cent.; that costing 75 was
taxed only 18i per cent., and that costing 81
only 14 per cent. .•
The present bill proposed a duty of 30 per
cent.. on all carpei . ings. and of 25 on flannels.
haizes, and bockings; thus bringing up the rate
of duty on the more costly and rich articles to
those points, and reducing it on the coarser
and cheaper article to the same standard. - While
these rates, in his humble belief, afforded am
ple protection to the manufacturer, they at the
same time approximated the standard of equal
justice to all.
lie would ask, in the name of all that was
honest and just, what class it was thavconium
et! the Wilton. the Saxony, and Turkey ear
petings—the fine and costly flannels ? Was it
the handicraftsman—the shoemaker, the black
smith. the mechanic, or the4armer, in moder
ate circumstances. for whom gentlemen bad
expressed such strong sympathetic feelingiand
over whose condition—should this bill become
a law—such bitter lamentations had been made,
and so many tears shed in anticipation ? Sure
ly not. Whv was it. then, that these classes
should be compelled to pay a higher rate of
duty on articles of a less costly texture ? Were
they to be ruined if they refused to be thus
taxed ? They had, in substance, been told so.
Did gentlemen suppose they would be able,
by their eloquence—their sympathetic decla
mation—so far to stultify thoseintelligent elap
ses as to Make them believe that they were to
be ruined because higher rates of taxation were
not to be imposed upon what they consumed.
than were imposer upon articles consumed by
him worth his thoulands and hondrediof thou
sands t
The tariff of 1842 levied a duty of $2 50
per pound on silk goods. regardless of quality,
value, or measure. The bill under considera
tion proposed a duty of 25 per cent., ad valo
rem, thus graduating the tax upon the consu
mer, according to the value consumed. The
duty of $2 50 per pound on the importation of
silk goods for the year ending June 30th,1845,
was equal to an ad - valorem duty of 24.1 per
cent.. on the gross value. But was that tax
of 241 cents on the dollar paid by the different
classes of consumers in proportion to the val
ue of the silks by them respectively purchased
and consumed 1 Far, very far from it. The
coarser and more substantial silks. generally
worn by the wives and daughters of the far
mer, mechanic, and artisan, and costing from
75 cents to $1 per yard, was twice as heavy
as the fine French silks, costing from $2 to $3
a yard, worn by the rich and fashionable only.
Thus, if the former class paid a tax of $5 on a
dress costing from $l2 to $l5, the latter would
pay only $2 50 on a dress costing from $3O to
$45 ; because the tax was by weight, and not
according to the quality, value, or measure.--
It was, therefore, -more unjust than the square
yard duty. Now, he would submit it to the
committee and the country. whether such a
system of taxatiot was either reasonable or
honest
The following extract will show to
the people the enormous amount
they are paying to the protected
and privileged Iron master.
To show further, and beyond the power of
cavil, the enormous protection. and consequent
profits, afforded The iron manufacturer by the
existing tariff, he would here submit a table he
had prepared, bused upon. the actual average
import vaJoe for the year, as shown at the
treasury. and upon the prices current in the
city of New York. He had taken the years
1840 and 1841, (during which time 01 duty
on ;run was about as high as uibler the tariff of
1842, the great reduction of the duty under the
Compromise act not taking place till December
31, 1841, and June 30, 1842.) and the first
three years under the.Pxisting tariff. It would
be seen at once that the price bad been aug
mented in our market, both on the foreign ar
ticle and domestic manufacturer, upon an aver
age, just about the amount of the duty impos
ed including the cost of importation :
BAR IRON
, . ie?"',:.
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.... a .. ~-... ,::, z.", 41
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0.7, . '''' i.• -• -- ..: s: • .C. 5
r.=.-2.., tl -;•• ql5
r, . .. 0
P. w ci 5 ~3-42. P-.....-D `...'64
7 .. tt 2 , i 7: bc t
. 66 e . 7 , F , :t
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L.: - . 2. ,: 2.1 to. c›. in .
126
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1640 $52 00 $5B 62 MI to 73 $9O. to 100
1841 , 34 45 54 53 62 to 65 85 to 873
1843 32 44 52 30 to 55 67} to 70
1844 28 12 49 31 62i to 65 —to 80
1845 33 04 ' 47 98 . 77i to 80 —to 95
PIG IRON
Ar'age imp. Price of English Price of A me
price, p. tn. pig iron, pr ton, rican pig iron
.4., (Duty, $9, July 1, in New per ton, July
per ton.) , York. 1, in N. York.
1840 .420 ; 75 $32 50 to 35 00 $32 50 to 35 00
1841 18 10 32 00 to 33 00 30 00 to 32 50
1843 12 45 22 50 to 24 50 22 50 to 27 50
1844 13 42 35 00 27 50 to 30 00
1845 19 40 35 00 35 00 to 37 50
Again. according to the moat authentic data
there were now manufactured annually in the
United States 745,072 tons of pig iron, and
about 300.000 tons of bar iron. The former.
at'the New York prices, June 18417, was worth
in the market from $25 to $3O a ton. The
gross value,then, at the Medium priceovaa $20.•
489,480. The Americartbar iron was
in the same market from 875 to 690 a to l ,
gross value of which. at the medium price;
,760,000;:
s th u e m w
aggernetga to te
ice of pig and bar iron at New York wholente
, Par
in the first place, the cost of manniacterie";
and the balance remained to pay the esp eo ,",
of transportation and the profits on capital.
By the census of 1840. the number of t oe ,
of pig and bar iron, manufactured in the United
States, was 484,130 tons, and the flambe e 0
men employed, including mining -operation;
was 30.497. Allowing the number of Doe ,
employed to hairy, increased in propo nio ,
the Increase of- production, and the numb er
would now be 65.832. Now,allowin g g2y,
month, or 61 a day, for each hand of ever,
description eitiployed.which he believed ah l f,
average, and it gave 620,605,416 paiff for lab oe .
The gentleman from Pennsylvania, Di e
STEWART.] who W2B largely engaged in the,
manufacture of iron. and who was violently
opposed to the bill,•had informed the - ammo.
tee that ninetenths of the whole cost of m oo ,
facture consisted of labor. In that, he sapp oe ,.
ed the gentleman to bn correct. Well, th e ,
add one tenth 'to the price of labor, and it `ass
822,605,957 for the gross cost at the plate o f
manufacture. That left a balance of $22,51. 3. .
523 to pay the expense of transportatio n l e d
the profits on capital. The capital invested,
according to the census of 1840. was th ey
620.432,131. If that had- been increased is
the same ratio as the production. which be b e .
lieved was not the fact, it would now noun
to 844,105,474 Thus, after paying the whole
expense of manufacturing, there was left abo tit '
one-half the.groes value at the New York pri,:
ces; or 50 per cent., for the cost of transpnr 4 .:
lion and for profits on the capital invest..
He would ask, then, was not a dnty of 30 pe r ,
cent., which afforded a protection of at hat
40 per cent. sufficient ? Was it not as meek
as was consistent with the rights of theca.
sliming interests? Would it not come folly
up to the doctrine of the Kane letter? Il e
thought so.
The extracts which follow, folly
establish the inkquitious effect of
the high tariff of 1842 on man.
factures of cotton, showing can•
elusively, that while cotton has
declined, the manufactured good s
have advanced.
But how had the system of minimums agent•
ed the price of the domestic manufacture fahme
within its prohibitory shield, compared tri'h
the price of the taw material, and tl.e
ed costs of manufacturing; That was an tn•
teresting inquiry. He would here submit tablet,
showing the prices of cotton, and also adults.
tics, in July in each. of the years 1841, 184?,
and 1845. The tables were made from the Nflr
York Shipping List of Prices Current. They
would show, most conclusively,' the operation
of the minimum in greatly enhancing the pnre
of domestics whilst the price of cotton, at the
same nine, had been much reduced.
' July 1, 1841. July 1, 1843. July 1,1615
Alabama, ,8 a 123 cts. 53 a 103 cis. 51 aO3 th
Florida, 83 all 53 a 7.3 - 5 a7}
Upland. 83 all Si a Si 53 a 8
do fair, 103 7 a 73 7 a7l
N. Orleans, 83 a 123 53 a 103 5 a5l
Average price, 9 1-7 73 6 9-16
Now, how did the prices of the rename.
ed article correspond with the decreased pore
of the raw material 2
_ .
July I, July , I, ink
1841. 1843. 1515.
Cents. Cents. Cents.
Bro. shirtings, wd
per yard, 5 a 6 3j a 43 Sa'
Bro. shirtings,7-8 wd
per yard, oaB 5a 8 7a'
Bleachdshirtings,3•4
wide, per yard, 7a 9 4a 7 7 a
Bleach. 5..1. shirting,s.
per yard, 10 a 12 7 all - 7 all
Brown sheetings, 4-4
wide, per yard, 61 a 935 a 7 61 a
Brown sheetings, 5.4
wide, per yard, 12 al5 10 a 123 101 a I
Bleached sheetings,
4-4 wide, pr yard, 8"a 14 7 al2 7a I
Bleached sheetings,
54 wide, pr yard, 13 al6 12 al5 12 aI"
Calicoes, bine, yard; 10 al4 7a 12 7a I
fancy, yard, 7 a2O 4 ala 6a I
Satinets, per yard, 40 a $1.3 25 aSO 1 0 a 7:
Checks, 4-4 wd. yd, 8 all 7a 10 8a II
Plaids, per yard. 7 alO 7 alO 7a I'
Stripes, fast colors, pr
yard. . 7 alO 7a 10 7a I,
From the foregoing tables be deduced them.
portant facts that, while the price of the ow
material, from July,' 1841, to July 1845, iv'
fallen about 32.4 per cent., the price of ilie MU.
ufaetured had fallen only 19,4 per cent., and
that whilst from 1843 to 1845, the cotton hal
fallen 6:1 per cent., the price of domestics had
advanced 28,8 per rent., showing an adrstst'
in price of the manufactured over the ors
material, from 1843 to 1845, of 35,3 per cent
The grass value of cotton goods mannlarturnl
in the United States in 1845, was eslim iell
from authentic data, to be $55,157,045. No'
the price of domestics, which 'etinatiluled that
value, had risen, on an average, in •the No ,
York market—laying out of the account the
fall of Cia per cent. oo cotton-28,8 per rte.
since 1843, giving to the cotton manufacturer ,
of the country an aggregate increase of p 0 1".
over and \ above that of 1843./4 $15,885.2 29
Such enhanced prices and bloated profits vet
the legitimate result of the minimum - slalc• -
But besides that. it was a well-establishsd 'fad,
that whilst the wages of labor had refllOtri
about the same—perhaps they had been. In:
few instances, slightly raised—the a mount I
labor performed by the same number of o peravre
had, of late, been considerably increase •
t v,..no
To establish the fact, he would vu il I
statement of the number of yards produced ,
the number of persons.male and female. emP l '
ed in all the cotton mills at . Lowell in illf
years 1842,1843,and 1845. It would be rite'
ed, while the number of yards manufacture do
1845 exceeded that of 1842 by 2.109.2 00 .. 0 !
the number of males employed had been increase
only 128, and that the number of females_ lial
actually FALLEN OFF 1.110.
iNumber of cards of cloth ,
1842. Number of mates employed. "" p
-'
ploYed , / " I
li
Numbir of females employed,
Number of yards of cloth, 70,2 70 . L
'-',
34 ,
1843. Number.of males employed,
Number of females, employed, 6- . 1 1 5 1
Number of yards of cloth, 75,03).
641,
-
1845. Number of males employed. 6,0
Number of females employed.
Now, as he had set out with the inquiry --
what was just, what honest ? he would Op t
this branch of- his remarks by risking. "' il
just or honest thus to tax and grind down I ,
masses under the load of oppressive minim 1a
to make the poor poorer, find the rich richer--
^
tri, render the depantlaui more dependant-4
enable corporate power to fatten and Om opo
the industry of the toiling millions