COLUMBIA lfMOORAT.
LEVI Li TATE, Edltof.
SMoomrurg:
'BATOnDAY MORHINO, SEPTEMBER 22, 16C0.
I DKMOCBATIC NOMINATIONS.
ron r RESIDENT I
Hon.. John 0. Breckinridge
OF KENTUCKY.
TOR VIOB F RESIDENT i
Gen. Joseph Laiic,
OP OREGON.
DJJMOCIUTIC STATU NOMINATIONS
TOR OOVERKORI
HENHY 1). FOSTER,
OP -WESTMORELAND.
DISTRICT TICKET.
ron congress :
HON. GEORGE SCOTT,
Mject u I dntite i ( Cctrutiniil Cmftrnt:
tOVt SENATOR !
nON. REUBEN KELLER,
or BsvpEn countt.
ron ASSEMBLY t
COL. HIRAM R. KLINE,
OF COI.UMnIA COUNTY.
THOMAS 0 STERnOUT,
or WYOMING) COUNTY.
COlIiVXr TICKET,
FOR rnOTHONOTARY :
JACOB E YERLY.
roll REGISTER AND RECORDER:-
DANIEL LEE.
TOR COMMISSIONER :
WILLIAM LAMON.
FOR AUDITOR :
, B. KNIT T LE.
JOS
Down witli tbo Flag.
To day, wo remove from tho mast-hoad
of the Columbia Democrat, as wo believe
we should long since have done, tho names
of Douglas and Johnsoi , We do not con
Eider them worthy to float, even undcr
noath, the patriotic names of the gallant
Hn.ntM.ninnr nnrl T.Avr. Tn .Tnno last.
wo placed ihc names of Douglas and,' YM?N ?ICT !md lho consuent
JOMUOlly UCtoro our ICiuere, uuv vuai la d FOST R
tlfAmcd them cither fairly nominated orian 1 TER'
1ip rlioica of cur neoulc. for we Kavo yet
to find fifty Douglas and Johnson men in
the county of Columbia, but in order that
iho'o who were fond of crcens, mhrht havo
a chance to indulge in the luxury of sup
iiortiug two men lor office without tho pros
pect of carrying one Sta'c in the Union,
but now, that Meptten A. Douglas ,should
make a political mission through ono por
tion of Pennsylvania, and his erratio col
league, Ikrschd V. Johnson, through an
other, for the solo purpose of defeating the
democratic Ticket, and giving tho State
to .Lincoln and Hamlin, we have stricken
their names from tho Roll.
Senatorial Conforonco.
On Monday of last week tho Senatori
al Conferees of this District met at North
umberland, and remained, balloting for a
candidate for Senator, until Tuesday after
noon, of same week, without making a
choice, when they adjourned to meet at
Danville, on the following morning, Wed
nesday. According to adjournment, they
met on Wednesday last, and continued in
session until Friday, when tho Conforcnco
closed by nominating Hon. Reuben Kel-
ler, of Snyder, Preelection. Each of
the counties, composing this District, pre
sentcd a candidate. Tho candidato hup
ported by tho Conferees from this county
is an able and worthy man, and wo thould,
us well as tho Democracy of our county,
have been pleased to seen him nominated.
Col. Kollcr received tho vote of Montour,
half vote of Columbia, and tho vote of his
own county, thus making him the regular
nomineo. This nomination was not effec
ted until one hundred aud throe ballots
wero taken.
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Republican Fizzle 1
Tho Chairman oftho Republican State
f'omuiiitee, having boas'ed tha.t Col. Car-
tin, xt n willing to meet Gen. Foster, in
public discussion, Mr. Foster authorized
Mr. Welsh, Chairman of the Democratic
Stato Committco, to notify Mr. t'urtin,
that hc Gen. Fc-jter was willing to meet
him Mr. Curtin at such times and pla
ces, and to-discuss such issues, as a Com
miltee of our (their) respective friends shall
Indicate. To this fair proposition, tha
Jlipuolican managtrs, ask Gen. Foster to
meet them nt their appointments, only,
which unfair proposition, of courso, tho
democrats reject, and tho Curtiuites here
back out. They fear the fires of tbe De
mocracy. Col. Scranton Re-nominated. The
ec-nfe rocs of Wyoming, Luzerne, Coluin
biaand Montour, appointed by the Ro-
publican'County Convcntionrmct in Wilkes-
Bjrro, at tho Phoenix Hotel, last Wed-
nesday, and unanimously rc-nominatcd
Col. Goorge W. Scranton for Congreti.
GREAT
DEMOCRATIC ITIEETIRU 1 !
Tho Democracy of Columbia
uonnty in motion!
Pursuant to public notice, tbe Democrats
of Sugarioaf, Benton, and other parte of
Columbia. Sullivan, anil Luzerne counties. L
, ' CS......I... .1 ir.i -f
September nt tho public houso of Mr
Kzckicl Cole, in Sugarloaf township, Co
lumbia county, and raised a beautiful
Hickory Pole, eighty-five feet long,
without a splice, after which the meeting
organized by tho appointment of tho fol
lowing officers, viz :
Prosident JOHNMclIENRY, Sr.,
(A veteran Democrat of near eighty years.)
VICB PRESIDENTS.
William Colo, Joseph Hess,
John Kilo, Andrew Laubach,
J. D. Harrison, John J. Stiles,
JJaviu .Lewis, in. if. 1'ulcrman.
SECRETARIES.
Edward B. Snider, Thomas Scigfricd.
1 Ins is tho Crst Democratic Mass Meet-1 . , , . , ,
, ... , ,. . ... o.rtainly no Democrat, can boast of such a
mg held in Columbia county this season.. . .. . , 5 1
, .. , . ' . record as that furnished by tho extracts wo
and it was a grand outpouring of the ever- , , , , ,. , ... ,..
.irii . , , , 'havo taken from tho speech of Mr. 1'OJTER
faithful democrats of that section of couu- . .. ... ,
, . , , ,, ., . in 1810, and his subsequent course, m op-
try, and nave unmistakeable evidence of ... . ., . .
. ... , position to tho efforts that were made to
their unwavering adhesion to tho crcat.r , , . . ., ,
... - , X, ,. . T. b T 'repeal tho duty on iron, so convcrtly and
principles of tho National Democracy. It , .. . . ,
. ... , . .. . r ,., stealthily by those who were willing to strike
was a telling demonstration in favor of tho , .. . . . n i m
. .. . -n T 'down the interests of Pennsylvania. Mr.
election of IiRECKiNniDan, Lank and ,. . , , ., . ... ,i.
T , , ' , Foster has been both consistent and per-
FOSTER. In short, it was one cf tho old- ...... , . r.i :.,.:,.., ia
, ,. , T , 1 . sistentin his advocacy of the iron interests
fashioned J aekson Democratic Meetings. I ... .. . . . f
6 i of his nativo state for a long Fcries of
Before 10 o'clock, A. M., tho people be-1 VCBr3) sll0Wing thllt th0 doctrines ho advo
gan to asscmblo, pome on foot, others in catcd on that 8ubjcct woro tho rcsult of
four and six horse wagons, with appropri- conTjcl:on) nud I10t the mero obulitious of
at! political emblems and flags waving.- a fickle fancy)got llp for poiiticai effect.
At about 11 o-clock tho Hickory Trco 1Iis hM an, dcar and convinciug ar.
arrived at tho Fishermen's Hotel, drawn I ut ,n(t tb(J pi.opoaitiou of Mr.
by soven yoke of Democratic Oxen, escort Uol of gouth Carolina 1840) to M,
cd by an army of live democrats, and its j tLc Juty on rairoad ;roI1) ia a
arrival was greeted by nine rounds of lorpeicco iu itfclf) botb ; point of ci00
hearty cheers. An excellent dinner was rcat0Ilin atld logical deduction, whilst it
prepared by Mr. Cole, of which hundreds lomonBtnltc3 tho faet that ho is deeply
partook to general satisfaction. a ju3t BeDse of tho valu , of
Col. Levi L. Tate, of Bloomsburg,was tuo great btaplca 0f his nativo State,
called upon tho rostrum, and addressed tho We COiiOdeutly appeal to the people of
meeting in a speech of about ono hour. pennsvlvania to support Mr. Foster for
He spoke of tho errors of the opposition, 1 tUo office of Governor, without regard to
exposed their past corruption and present party predilections or party prejudices, bo
political hipocrisy, in plain and scathing cause hc ;3 ti10 man to direct the destinies
terms, and proved his points, as he advano-1 of tll;3 groat Commonwealth at a tinio like
cd, from tho public records. Ho ably do-' tUo prcsCut. Wo ask tho patient perusal
fjndcd the principles and mcasuros of the by an classes of community of Mr. Fos
Democratic party, from tho days of Jeffer-1 TER.& courso in CollgreS3 on"tho subject of
son and Jackson, down to the Administra-. tbo tariff poioVj wbiob be ndvocated, nud
tton of James Buchanan, bhowing clearly tbculct tbcra voto for him or.agaiust him,
that it is now, as it was then, one and tho a3 ,bcir judgcmcnt3 may dictate,
same ; and closed his remarks by an cam-1 It must aUo bo bornc hl mind) tliat du.
est appeal to tno auuiencc, in support oi
j jja.m.
Mr. Edward li. &NIDEU, ol 1 helpsvillc,
Sullivan county, was loudly called for, and
; " a nonio young acmocrat, uo cook tuo
'stand and bravely responded in a neat and
in support of tho election of Gen. He.nhy
D. Foster to the Gubernatorial Chair of
Pennsylvania. He then glanced at tho
aspect of National politics, and concluded
his brief address amidst rounds of ap.
F"1130,
Mr. Alem B. Tate, editor of tho Bcr-
wick Gazelle, was next called to the speale-
cri stand. He had taken boiiic paius to
prcparo tor tho occasion, by committing
his thoughts to paper, and delivered in a
creditable style and clear voice, a lencthy
' fc J
and appropriate democratic address. Mr.
l
Tato's speech comprehended tho main is- j
sues of tho campaign, rather judiciously)
arranged, and was received with ma'rktd '
attention and apparent satisfaction. I
Mr. McIIenky, tho vcncrablo and lion-1
orabla President of tho Meeting, then ad-1
nrossea tne audience, in thoughts that
breathed and words that burned," makiiu!
without diparagcment to any of tho
o her spcakers-tho strongest speech of
hc day. He gave.in brief, tho history of
.uo two parties uunng uio past cigniy-
years, attesting tho fidelity and consistency
of the democracy, aud with patriotic zeal,
admonished his younK friends to beware of
.1.. . e . ; ... m
, , , ,
Mcllcnry then announcod the meeting ad-
uv ...... .wu w. ...V 11,1, Jt . ...
journcd, which was done witli peals of
cheers for "John Mcllcnry and Democ
raoy,
JOHN McIIENRY, Sr., Prrs't,
Enw. B. Snidbr,
s.1
Taos. Seigfried
Secrcturits.
G en. Foster's Appointments.
Gen. Henry D. Foster, tho Democrat -
io candidato for Governor, will address tho
citizens of Pennsylvania at tho following
pjajjs :
Allentown, Friday, September Slst,
J'iastoii,saturday,Septembcr 22d, Strouds
burg, Monday Sept. 24th, Mauch Clmnk,
lucsday, Sept. 25, Reading, Wednesday
Sept. 20th, Pottsvillco, Friday Sept. 28
Mercer, Tuesday, October 2d, New Castle
Thursday, October 4th.
Other appointments will be made and
duly announced.
B7 order of the Dem. State Committee
W. II. WELSH, Chairman.
Col. Curtin concodes tho credit due to
Gen. Foster, his opponent, for being
honestly n protective tariff man, and even
stated in justice to Gen. Foster, that
T,hen in Congress, ho had voted for a tar
jjj for protection. Many of the Ball mui
and mauy of the Republicans will vote foi
men
for
FoTr.n
dufion.
Ilk election is a foregons con-
Pacts for tho Pooplo.
TARIFF RECORD.
or
General Henry 1). Foster,
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
G0Vfc.II.N0lt OF PENNSYLVANIA.
rURLTSIIEt) BY ORDER OF
t'llB IlEMO'
CRATlCBTATEKXicuTlVF.coMMiTTEK.l
Wc deoin it a duty wc owe alike to truth I
and justice, to place before tho people of
I I1AI IU HI:
1'onnslyvauia in connected form, the tar
iff record oftho Hon. Henry D. Foster,
tho Democratic caudidato for Governor,
whilst that gentleman hold a seat in tho
Congress of tho United States as a ropro
sentativo from tho Westmoreland district.
His record on this important subject needs
but few words of comment at our hands,
inasmuch ns it speaks for itself in lan
guage, so plain, unequivocal nud direct that
"ho who runs may read" and understand.
Wo vctituro tho assertion, however, that
no nentloman who ever occupied a scat in
ir.r t .1.. a..i- f l. ....... .1.
,.;n, tbo w tcssion of Con2ivss. when tho
taiFlf bill was under discussion, Gen. Fos
. . j form(,,. convictions of duty
I vaa on tho around at Washincton titv. la-
boriuir with earnestness and zeal for tho
.. - o - a i
paSsagc of a taiiff bill for the promotion
and protection oftho cherithed interests of
his State. Ho t-pent week after week at
the Federal Capital, laboring to effect the
passage of a tariff bill, thus testifying his
devotion to the cause he so ably advocated
wbcn in Congress. Such devotion as he
has at nil times evinced in behalf of the
interests of Ponnsy'vania must necessarily
I beget in tho bosoms of his fellow-citizens a
' corresponding d( votion to him, and that
devotion wo feel will bo signally maiiifcs.
tod at tho polls on tho second Tuesday of
October next.
the urcoRD.
1,1 -'10 House of Representatives of the
i tt..:..i Oi(... w.j ti
"u " "
ber 18, 1841, Mr. Hknry D. FoSTin.of
i cnnsylvania, made tho following ro
marks on the bill to repeal tho duties on
Railroad Iron. Vulc Consrcsiiotial
Globe. Vol. 14, 2rf Session, U8lh Con
HicsSj'pp. 44, 45:
Mr. FOSTEH, after adverting to the
unexpected anu nasty manner m which the
bill had been brouchtforward.and remark
in? that Pennsylvania ha 1 been accustomed
to consider the tariff question as one to be
"catcu on general principles, procccacd to
IKr
C!UlvnM ; Pennsvlvania as ho had done.
As a member of this House from Pcnn-
eylvama, at a nativo from Pennsylvania,
J' ?" Proua 01 ,uat b'rcl,t b-alci auJ 1,0
would not now allow himself, here or chc-
l.l, , .
'3 vuuuajjuu nan uone, iocuar''e
the neonle of Pennsvlvania uitl. Uinr, ,,n
der faho or fraudulent motivoi on tliosub.
')Qct of the tariff. It the Whig party had
carricu mo State iir. r . esteemed that party
to mgnij', mat, ueiore tne National JiCgis
l.vure, ho wculd not liave bcun found ma
king such a charge. He knew tho man
ncr in which the ranvass had been conduct.
I ed ; and when the gentleman came to speak
' of it as it had been carried on in his(Mr.
Wh nnnntv. nml fntlpnlr.fi, tlmf .MnnU
j had acted under such influences, ho had
mistaken them nltog.-thor; they had acted
1 uuJer 1,0 delusion. The tariff question
., ua uiu ut.v uiuii, iu iuu late canvass in
Pennsylvania, had deeply agitated tho
public mind. They had been told bv their
big lnends there, and Generally throimh.
out tho oountry, that by tho election of
Mr. folk tho iron and coal interests oft
Pennsylvania were to be trodden down ,
but ho had declared to them that tho prof
ession that the Whig party were tho only
friends to the protection of tho iron into-
blow nt the iron interest had sprung from
a member of the Whig party from Maino;
and aUhough a distinguished Senator from
Georgia had mado a pilgiimage to Penn-
sylvania to tell the people of that Stato
lliiif r,lnnlti,n In ll,n .A.i 1 .1
that protection to tho great interest could
only bo looked for from tho Whig party,
rests oi rcnnsyivania was bollow and un- tho time urrivo when, by the perfection of l bs
Sm.nrl (Ul nlliialnLl ..,!. .PIa. . I. 1. -.... i ...1-1. Ml 1 1... .....
v.v...v. , -ti.o.,vmi ui juugiua.s i uuuuuuj, uj- uiu luvruustu siiiil, ami py nun
in tho Scnato of thi United States, tho first the increased canital of Pennsvlvania.ihov cent,
yet wiieu iuuy turneci ionic uournai oitno cnects ot protection, lie would mention tuat siaus, blooms, loops, or other form less 'yeomenry of the Keystone Stato will testi-
Scnato, they found tho voto of that Sena- iu 1838, 30, and '40 when railroad iron ' finished than iron in bars or bolts, and 1 IV their appreciation nf k,ip1, n,,,i.
tor recorded against tho tariff of 1842,and was brought in frco of duty, aud when it more advanced than pi iron, except c i"t. J tlic r Wre"a.,,0 of ucu a "prcscnta-
his voto recorded in favor of the bill oftho was imnoitcd Inrrolv in t.U tl,n Slatm. it incs shall T,B i iJn ; V . ' . I uv0 at tlie Polu m October next.
gentleman from Maino to reduce the duty roso up 60 and 00 per ceut.) but now since bol b, and pay a duty accordingly! on I l not a little s-ingular, that nolwith
on railroad iron. Had he hon mistaken the tariff of 1810, it can be bought 12 per iron in pigs, seven dollars p'r ton : on Ending Mr. Foster has established
wnen ne tow me peopio ol his blato that
for a fair, enuitablo. honorable, adjustment,
of the tariff system thdy must not rely on I
mo wnii! nartv aionc I wnat cuu wo sec
?,p J. 7 : 1 , !. .
now i ane iirsi inovcinont a iiiu prcsuiii
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SJZJftt"
tbo Democracy of tho Norih, the South
the East or tho West J No) but from n
prominent Whig member of this House.
JNow when ins eollcauo undertook to eay
that 170,000 oftho people of Pcnnsylva-
"j" had been deluded, ho told him that ho
" 4 " 1 ,
of his own district, it is very probablo that
ho might have ronic personal reasons there
for. But tho people of Pennsylvania had
had all tho lights of the people oftho whole
Union ) a iouvhorso wagon would not
hold all tho documents thrown into ttiat
one district by Whig writers and Whig
orators.
But he was sorry, as ho had observed,
that his colleague had dragged beforo thi
assembly any question of this kind ; and
hc knew that neither the gentleman nor any
other man who might havo attempted it nt
the last clction, had been isuecosstnl in
misleading the people upon the question of
the tariff or any other. The question of
protection ot the iron interest ot l'annsyi
vania was ono deeply felt by Pennsylvania.
It might not perhaps be known to this
House, that in Pcnuylvnnia alone, there
was ono establishment in the western part
of tho State, whero they could manufac
ture railroad iron to the amount of between
80 to 100 tons per week. Mr. F. also ro-.
ferred to ono or two other establishments
which were manufacturing to a like ex
tent.
They had been told by the gentleman
from South Carolina Mr. Holmes that
Pennsylvania at one time introduced large
quantities of imported railroad iron. For
ten years prior to 1811, railroad iron had
been admitted free of duty. Then no
railroad iron had been manufactured in
tho Union ; then no capital had been in
vested in this country in its manufacture.
But let him tell the gentleman from South
Carolina that Pennsylvania, when sho did
import that railroad iron free of duty,paid
twelvo dollars more per ton than sho could
now manufacture it for. It had been free
of duty for ten years ; foreigners then had
control of tho whole market ; domestic
competition there was none. Then sho had
piid sixty dollars per ton for railroad iron
and hc pledged himself here that her man
ufactures were ready to contract, now,
whero contracts could be made, at foity
oight dollars per ton.
Mr. HOLMS interposed, and asked if
hc understood tho gentleman to say that
tho T rail could now be procured hero in
any quantity ?
Mr. FOSTER replied in the aflinna
ive.
Mr. FOSTER continued. Enable
ments in Pennsylvania and in Maryland
were already prepared to make largo con
tracts for lho furnishing of railroad iron.
But had not tho gentlemen from South
Carolina, who yesterday had defended this
1 ill with so much warmth, told thorn that
if was willins the tatiff should bo arran
ged as to yield sufficient ruvcnuo for the
government, and that all lio asucd, and
many othor gentlemen who agi-ecd with
nun, was to bring the taiilt to u revenue
tandard a 4 bo to ttndersUMtti hit.
gentleman from South Carolina now that
he wished railroad iron to come m tree of
duty? Was that the revenue standard
which the gsntlcman from South Carolina
and thoio who acted with him, wero dis
posed to make I Ho was glad tho gentle
man from South Carolina had thin early
given them information as to tho course he
intended to pursue as to the question of the
tariff. The gentleman went for a venue
standard of duties : would the gontloman
tell him how much railroad iron it would
be necessary to impnrt under tho provis
ions of this bill, to raise revenue sufficient
for government T Tomorrowtho gentle
man might toll his friend from New Eng
land that "tho revenue standard'1 upon
woolen and cotton goods amounted to the
same as it did in the gentleman's action on
iron ; and he might make a similar declar
ation to gentlemen from New York, and
from other States engaged in tho manu
facture of salt, iron, wool, cotton, and su
gar. Although the gentleman professed to
bo in favor of a "revenuo duty," ho (Mr.
F.) should tell the peop'e of hU Slate, at
least, that the gentleman, by li'n action,
was in favorof having foreign irou come in
duty free.
All that Pennsylvania asked was a fair,
honest settlement of this great qucstion,shij
wantd it adjusted in some manner to civc
security to her citizens. She had always
maintained the doctrine that the majority
wero to rule,aud that their laws wero to be
submitted to. From 18au to 1842 a pe
riod during which all her industrial pursuits
had been stricken down by tho operation
of the compromise act no arm had been
raised there in deliauca of tho authority of
this government j but daily nud hourly
they saw tho whole of theso interests going
to decay and destruction ; nud they waited
until the appeal made to tho patriotism and
good sense of tho American people pre
vailed in tho passage oftho tariff of 1842,
under which all her interests wero begin
ning to revive nnd look up. Sho now oc
cupied the sainc poMliou she had occupied
bclbi o the passage of the compromise act
of 8ay. Tho pnneiplo oftho tariffof 1842
as far as related to tho manufacturo of
iron of any description, or of every des
cription, was not too high.
lie would stato it as a reproach to tho
American character, that, mhn own Mate
, foreicrn railroad iron has been laid down
' within six inches of the finest beds of iron
in tho world. Such iron abouuded in
Pe-iisvlvania, Missouri, Tennessee, and
New Jersey ) and yet foreign railroad iron
had hitheito been imported, and laid down
J on all our railroads. Ho wanted to bco
would bo ablo to successfully compete with
foreigners without any protection nt all. j
He know that tho time would como ) but'
ho would tell gcntlcmon from tho South !
that it never would arrive unless adequato
... .., . , ... .
protection was givcu to our gicat
' in the beginning. To show tho 1
beneficial
niiuresn
cent i henpcr than it was in isa, '.)'J,
d MO. Ho was really sorry to seo his
cndfr'om South Carolina Mr. Holmes
II into tho arms of a coalition which he
an
fiio
iLu luu "iis
i.i:..,i i,n.,il.nmin helwoenso-no
" ; -i!-, , ,
., .i (.!.- wi nt Tnur
licved had already begun uciwoen BO'no
.1 .i c .... o1 nf Kow
England) but let him tell tho New Eng.
land gciitlomcn,thatif thoydcscrtid.rcnu-
.....i !,,,,. iLml lnt.n thn
01 1110 CCIHIUHIUII Ui Lim uuum utiw w .......
arms of the gentleman from South Oaroli-
na they must not expect the aid of the for-
mer when their own intorests are in danger,
Pennsylvania voted for and with them in pouud j silvered or piatcu ware, ou
tho protection of their cotton and woolen cent, ad valorem ) brass or copper wire,
manufactures ) and ho would ask them 25 per cent, ad valorem j cap or bonnet
..,i. !. . no..t fnrlff of 1842. wire covered with silk, ten cents per
by which such ample protection was affor- pound ) when covered with cotton or other
ded to the important interests of New Eng. material, seven cents per pound ; on round
land? When let him ask tho gentlemen or squaro iron or braziers' rods of three-
of New England did Pennsylvania over sixteenths to ten-sixteenths of an inch m
falter on tho question of protecting domes- diameter, iuclusivo, nud iron in nail or
tic industry? Why thcn,whon an attempt spike rods, or nail plates, slit, rolled, or
was made to stiiko down at ono blow her hammered, and on iron in sheets, except
most important and vital interests, Bhould taggrcs' iton, and on hoop iron, and on
it bo countenanced by thoso to whom irou slit, rolled, or hammcrod, for band
Pennsylvania had always given her sup- iron, scroll iron, or casement rods, iron
port? Why was it, when Pennsylvania cables, or chains, or pait thereof, manu-
was alono singled out from all tho ether factured iu wholo or in pait, of whatever
States, and her interests act up us a mark diameter, ihc links being of the form po
to bo shot at, that ho found some of his culiar to chains for ohles, two cents per
fiii.iirls from W Kntrlnnd ioininir iu the pound l and on all other chains of iron
atlack? If they were disposed to desert
Pennsylvania now, let them not hereafter
say, whatever the action ot rcnnsylvama
may be in regard to a tariff, that she has
deserted them. If the majority of that
IIou
iuso thought the ddty on railroad iron,
any kind of iroft,was too high why ,lct
or
it be reduced in a general bill: but when
they were asked to strike down tun im
portant interest, not for tho sake of the
lariucr, or the mechanic, but lor tno saKo
of large corporations, then ho hoped they
would pau.o and consider whether they
would ho consulting the interest of tho
country by adopting tho measure. Ho was
glad that thus early in the session a prom
inent member of the whig party had brought
forward a measure that would show tho
people how far they were willing to pro
tect their interes'SjWlulc they would exempt
from taxation wealthy incorporated com
panics, and impose its burdens on the in
dustry of the couutry. He wanted to
know, and Pennsylvania wanted to know
if there was a disposition in that House to
strike down her most important intorests,
while the interests, of other portions oftho
Union wero left untouched ; and he want
ed tho voto on thii bill to decide that ques
tion. As ho observed before, he trusted
there was no deposition in any part of the
House to sanction a measure such as this.
Had t!io introducers of this measure given
or could they give, any reason why rail
road iron should come in free of duty, in
preference to cotton bagging? Ho kucw
thilt hc might listen in vain for any good
reason that could bo given for tho passage
of tlii 4 bill. It might bu that this question
would como up in a general bill while he
was a member of the House, aud then he
would be ready to meet it on its merits ;
but if the tariff was to be attacked in this
manner in detail, according to what the
gentleman from South Carolina Mr
Holmes avows as his cherished policy,
whore would it end 1 To day the attack
was on railroad iron, and next week the
assault might be on woollen or cotton goods
Then salt, aud next the sugar of LouUiann
and lead of Missouri would be attacked iu
detail. Ho was not iu favor of going bo
hind the bushes and attacking lho tariff in
detail. If it could not be sustained as a
system, why, let it go down ; aul if that
policy which tho country had cherished
above M others could not be suUained in
all its parts, ho was for letting it all fall
together.
On tho second of July 1840, during the
discussion of the Tariff Bill, Mr. Fos
ter offered the following important
amendment. Vide I t"grrssiontit Globe,
Vol. 15, 1st Sissioi, 2dlh Congress,
I'igc 1010:
" And be it further cnictnl, That if at
the end of the first year from tho time this
act goes ii.to effect, there shall not be
realized, under its provisions, an amount
of revenue oqual to that produced during
the fiscal year ending tho first of July,
1842, under the act entitled ' An act to
provide revenue from imports, and to
change and modify existing laws imposing
duties on imports, and for other purpo
ses,, tlut then this act, from and after the
expiration oftho first year after it goes
into effect, bo iuoporativo and void, and
tho duties on imports shall thereafter be
levied and collected in accordance with
the provisions of said act, approved the
30th day of August, 1812; aud the said
act, approved 30th August,- 1842, shall
thereafter bo revived and continued in
force as fully and effectually as if this
act had not passed ; aud it shall be the
duty oftho President of the United States
so to declare by proclamation."
And again, on Pago 1051 of tho same
volume, we find tho following:
Mr. FOSTER moved to strike out the
following section :
" On iron in bars or bolts, not manu
factured in whole or iu part by rolling,
fifteen dollars per ton On bar or bolt
iron, made wholly or in part by rolling,
eighteen dollars per ton. All iron iu
slabs, loops, or other form more advanced
than pig, shall be rated as iron in bars
or bolts. On round or square irou, or
brazier's rods, of three-sixteenths to ten
sixteenths of an inch in diamctjr, inclu-
sivc, and ou iron in nail or spike rods, or and steel, or other metals partly finished,
nail plates, slit, rolled, or hammered, nud fhall pay lho saiuo rates of duty as if en
on iron in sheets, except tagger's iron, ' tirely finished."
,and on hoop iron, and ou iron slit, rol'cd,! w ,i i i
or hammered for'band iron, scroll iron 1 V r abOTc amendments,
or casement rods, thirty dollars per ton.: ollured b Mr' 1,0STKri to 6l'w how vigi
On iron in pigi, aud on old and scrap i 'ant 'l0 wasi how desirous to save the
irm, seven dollars per ton. On steel in interests of Pennsylvania when theso in
bars, plates or sheets, 15 per cent, ad , tercts were jeopardized bv its enemi,,, :
valorem. Uu all vessels and othor arti-
i0 e, r :. ., ... .
v.j jiuii. livil, auu IlUb uuturWlSU . . , , ,. .
provided for, and on all manufactures of j ieaii" "i' tlie co'bination that was then
iron, or of bteel, or ofiron aud bteel, or of' formed agaiusttho tariffof 1843. the fault
1 1 -!.....,.., .. . ...'...!... . . - .
.,i.wt wmn u, uuiu ui muso uriicics snail
tho component material of chief value,
i 4 ..a.. ... . , , , .... 1
nui uiuurwiso proviucu ior, uu per
. ad valorem. On linprllna nf .ill .!
ecriptions, 20 per cent, ad valorem."
And iuscrt tho following :
" On iron in bar, bolts, manufactured
in whob or in part, by rolling, fifteen dol.
lars per ton ; on bar or bolt iron, mado
...l.n, I.. .. '. . .
j nuuiij ur 111 part uy roiling, twenty dol
, lars per ton, provided that all iron in
vesseu ot cait iron, not otherwise specifi.
cd, ono cent per pound) on all other
castings ofiron not otherwise epecittcil,
ono cent per pound on glazed or t"
---- , .
hollow wnro and castmes, sad irons or
nonun "'"ti3)
BTiinnHinir' irons, hatter's
... . i n..v in nr.'
cTiinntliiiirf irons, hatt.er s anu tailors
pressing irons, and cast i
lunges, two cents par pound
oLnff wire not excccdinir No. 1
0 1 - - . ,
per pound, and over No. 14, and not cx
ceeding No. 25, six and one-half cents pel
pound, over No. 25, eight cents pci
not otherwise specified tho links being
tlllier IWIHCU ur Blliugm, iiutt wiii;ii
straight of greater length than tho'o used
iu chains lor cables, uu per cent, au
valorem) on anchors or pails ot anchors
i manufactured in whole or in part, anvil,
blacksmiths hammers and blcdgos, two
cents Per pounu : on cut or wrouinii-irun
spikes, two cents aud one-half per pound,
and on wroucht-iron nans or axicirccs, or
parts thereot, mill iron and mill cranks of
wrougnt-iron, or wrougnt-iron ior suips,
locomotives, and steam engines, or iron
chains other than chain cables, and on
malleable iron or castings, throe cents per
pouud ; on steam, gas, or water tubes or
pities made of band or rolled iron, four
cents per pound ; on mill baws, cro-is-cut
saws, and pit saws, eighty cents each ; on
tacks, brads, and spri, not exceeding
sixteen ounces to the thousand, four cent
per thousand, exceeding sixteen ounces to
the thousand, four cents per pound j on
taggers' iron, five per centum ad valorem,
piov.did that all articles partially manu
factured not otherwise provided lor shall
pay the same rate of duty as if who ly
manufactured. And provided also, that
no articles manufactured from steel, sheet
rod. hoop, or other kinds of iron, shall
pay a less rato ot duty than is chargea
ble on the material ot winch, it is compo
sed, in wholo or iu part, paying the high
oft rate of duty cither by weight or value,
and a duty of 15 per centum ad valorum
on the cost of the article added thereto.
On all old or scrap iron eight dollars per
ton, provided that notbiirvShull be deem
ed old iron that jus not been iu actual
use,' and tit only to bo re manufactured,
and all pieces ofiron, except old, of more
than six inches iu length, or of sufficient
length to be made into spikes and bolts,
shall be rated as bar, bolt, rod or hoop
iron, as the case may be, and pay a duty
accordingly: Provided, also, that all
vends oi east iron, and all castniE't of
iron not rough, or lrom t!to mouliirbul
partially manufactured alter the casting,
or with handle, rings, hooks, or other
additions of wrought iron, shull pay the
sjmo rates of duty heroin imposed on all
other manufactures of wrought-iron not
herein enumerated, if tint snail amount
t) more til u tho duty on casting, (hi
nmstets, one dollar and twuiity-uvu ceiiU
per stand; rifles, two doll in each; ou
axes, a Izcs, haloliet, plane irons, soelcet
K-llivn.-,. Hirkti-a. nr ri:,li.nrr lir,il-s wn,-flnw
l II, ,1113, ,(..,,, ,11 X.llltU.',, Itlllllll' '
shovels, squares ofiron or steel, plated one of the electors at large, thus o.v.u;.r
or polished, steel sadllery and brass ing the post of honor on the Rupubholu
saddlery, coach and harness furniture of tioket of tlirit St!ltc, u ot do ,
all descriptions, steelyards, and scale ., . .. ,, , , ... . '
beams, and all firearms other than mus- Bryant has changed his opinion
kets and rifle, and all sido arms, 30 pur
l ....l .
uuiuuiu ;iu uiurt:!ii. ju squuru wire,
used for tin manufacture of stretchers
for umbrellas, when cut iu pieces not ex
ceeding thu length suitable therefor, 12
per centum ad valorem. On rcrcwa made
of irou, called wood screws, ten cents per
pound, and on all otln'r screws ofiron not
specified, 30 per centum ad valorem ; on
brass screws, twenty five cents per pound ;
on sheet and rolled brass a duty of 3(1 per
c'litum ad valorem ; on brass battery or
hammered kettles, ten cents per pound ;
on cast, shear, and German sted, iu bars,
ono dollar and twenty-fire cents per hun
dred nnd twelve pounds; and on ull other
steel in bars, two dollars pur one hundred
and twelve pounds j on bolid headed pins
ana all other package pins not exceeding
five thousand to the pack of twelve pa-
I'uid, uiinj ucius iiui- imuik , mm m me
same proportion for a greater or less quan
tity j on pouno puis, iiitcen cents per
pound ) ou sewing, tambouriug, darning,
netting, nnd knitting, and all othor kind
of needles, a duty of 20 per centum ad
valorem ; on common tinned, and japan
ned saddlery of all descriptions, 21) per
centum ad valorem ; on japanned ware of
all kinds, or paper inachu and plated and
gut wares of all kinds, aud on cutlery of
an Kinas, anu all otucr manufactures not
otherwise specified, made of brass, iron,
steel, load, copper, pewter, or tin, or of
which cither of thcao metals is a compo
nent pait, 30 per centum ad valorem:
Prnviddfl. th nt. .'.(I ,n.i,mlV,rti,rr.j nF tA..
L,i . , i A , , ,
'and, although theso amendments wero de-
ot tho dcleat of that ineaiuro is not charge
ablo to tho account of Mr. F. Ho placed
himself in tho front rank of the defenders
of the tariff of 1842, because ho sincerely
believed that the repeal of that law would
be detrimental to tho best interests of his
Stato,
Such men as Mr. Foster the people de
!''Sut to ll0''r, a"d wc repeat it, that the
such a record as his published ?p:ech and
hia wholo course in Congress exhibits, that
i,ia enemies havo tho hardihood, in tbo
vory (cdh of these facts, to charco l.i,n
'RO luin
with being an enemy to lho tariff irilcrcetj
of Pennsylvania, Ibis char go has been
often in ado during tbo' present Gubaca.
torial contest, in various parts of (,,
Stato where it was thought it would opcr.
' r 7.. 1 r . I
ait) nguiusb mr. xs, anu lur mat reason
wc havo decmod it our duty to give t
naked facts to the public, that justice ithj
bo done to n meritorious anil upright citi.
zen. But recently this snmo charge In,
been made against Mr. Foster by Col,
Alexander K. M'Clure, Chairman of the
so called People's Stato Committee, ins '
speech mado to tho citizens of Philad0.
pbia. It cannot bo claimed for Ur
M'Clure, certainly, that ho was ignorast
oftho fac.t, that instead of being thttntm
of tho tariff, Mr. Foster has always been
aud h now, tho consistent and able adu.
cate of that policy which Col. Curtin, Lj,
competitor, Alexander K. M CI tiro, an!
other Republican orators, insist is etenti.
al to tho well-being and prosperity oftlu
best interests of Pennsylvania.
What is to be thought of the man win
occupying tho position that Col. M Clara
holds, will recklessly assert that which lis
ought to know is untrue, in ordor to in.
juro a political opponent, nnd lo gull t08
holiest yeomanry of tho Stato iuto tlu
support of his candidato and his party tt
tho expense of truth, justice nnd houor'
Fellow-citizens of Pennsylvania, we p.
peal to you for an amwor to this qma hx
We ask you to decide for yourself
whether Gen. Foster, with a nxorl
co,nplct3, honeit and cfl'ectivu on the tariff
question for a whole lifu-timu, is not t0
preferred to a man who is all proiiiic,
without such a record ? Wo entreat yj'i
to vindicate tho cause of truth, your own
intelligence and the honor of manhood, U
administering a signal rebuke to tlnsi
who havo the temerity io insult you by tb-as-ertion
of a palpable untruth again-t a
man who has stood by the interests ol
your Coininonw 'ulth through suuihino an i
through storm, aud has battled iiiaulullj
for years for protection tQ Americau it.
dustry. Nor can wo close this appeal without
adverting to another fact, which goe tj
establish the unfairuass of tin enemas o(
Gen. Fostkr, in Pennsylvania aud cb.
where, when they claim to bu the exclu
sive friend of the tariff polby. We a,
hide to tho fact of tho support by tlia l'j
publican party in tho present c.invait of
Hannibal 1 1 anil u, tlioil- catididiti fir
Vice Prciiikiit ou tlu ticket with Mr.
Li"uol" "uwu to b not only tl,?
enemy ot the tanll, but mi out uinl-out
free trader, whxe while political lifehaj
bjon djvoU'd t ) tli.! caiiij of 1'ieo tmij.
b)th iu and out of Congiosi. And agjii.
we find, on hm'vinj at ths Uspullieiu
ticket iu our suur Stau ot .New Vork
the nitu'j o; V'i1I:j:.i ' Liry-i;;' ih: d -
tor of ihi New ork .4 Pou
luitv veils a hidiur free tr-iJj n
. r,
-'l' 1T V Jilt 111
ads the- Lincoln lick-jt
I 0,1 important subject, for wo find him,
T i.- i . . , i .
since ho became a candidate for elector at
large, reiterating, with tho same alilitv
an 1 the same earnestness, Ids free trada
doitrines, which are tho chcrisheJ doc
trines of his life.
To the iron manufacturers of Pauiiijl
vania we would say, elect Mr. Foster
Governor of Pennsylvania, aud thus show
your sincerity when jou assert that yu
desire lo advance tho tariff interosU of tb
State, and, as a conspquencs, your own
individual interests, which aro paraiaouti
to all party tics and party predilections.
To tho workingman wo would say, vote
for Fostir, who has been triod and pro
von himself tho friend of protection t)
American labor.
1ST Tho Reading Gazelle and Demo
crat says Mr. Douglas falsifies tho politic
of Mr. Breckinridge and his friends, whet
ho accuses them of preferring '-to breakup
the party, destroy its organization, ard
elect Lincoln by a minority voto, rather
than allow him (Mr. Douglas to bo elected
on it" meaning "the Cincinnati! platform
and the dogma of popular sovereignty i'
corporated in it." Ho must presumes
great deal upon the crcduality and forhoi'
ance of tho Democracy of Pennsylvania
when he comes hero and says so,iufuccof
the fact that all tho Breckinridge Demo
crats have united with his (Mr. Dough"
friends in support of tho rogularly noiuini'
ted Democratic Electoral ticket, upon tl
express understanding that tho voto of lb'
Stato shall be given to him, in case a mi
jority of the people shall decido in his U
vor, and tho voto will secure his election
Docs it uot como with a very bad graci
from Mr. Douglas, to denounco tin Bred'
inridgo men of Pennsylvania as bolter)
and scccders, when they stand faillM'
by tbiir rcgilar Stato organization, -willing
lo ail in his election, a agaW
tho Black Republicans J And may it not
with much greater justice, ba charged up'
on him, that he prefers tho election
Linoolu to tho (success of the Democrat
party, when ho advises his friends to stand I
out against nny fusion with their
Democrats upon any tonus bhort of nbJ-
luto Submission to the dtmmn-la r-f Ku 'TS
vaunting ambition,
f