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Tiie Tariff -of 1842.
OPINION'S OF TIIK CANDIDATES.
Henry Clay.
James K. Polk.
1 am opposed to the
Tariff Act of the late
Congress. 1 am in fa
Without intending to
pspress any opinion
upon every Horn of ihe
Tanff. 1 would say thai
vor of repealing that act,
1 iliink the provision
mil restoring the Com
in the main wise and
promise TarifFof March
proper Sepl. 13,1843
2, 1832.--May 15.1S43.
Letter to a Committed
Reply to citizens of l
of Georgia Whigs.
lennessee.
lid it be Remembered,
Thai James K. Polk is opposed to ihe excel
lent Tariff Act of 18-12, a:.d to all Protection
of American Industry. Also, that George M.
Dallas, introduced a bill into t.'ie senate ol me
United States to re-charier the U. S. Bank, and
Toird to pass it by two-thirds, after Gen. Jack
nn had vetoed it.
Tke 'Coosa Sons.
Tune " Dandy Jim of Caroline."
A race, a race! And who will win!
Who will he out? who will be in?
Trot out your nags! we'll see who'll take
From all, the Presidential stake.
The people say, they'll go for Clay,
The true heart's hope, the country's -stay,
So raise the shout, and clear the way,
For work and worth ad Harry Clay!
Frst Tyler came the boon to crave, ,
A laugh and hiss met ihe iraitor knave,
fp lower'd his nose and sneak'd away ;
Fur he dared not face old Harry Clay.
For the people say, &c.
Next sneaking in. Grimalkin Van,
jui'd low, and said 1 wtll if 1 can,"
Bit we whipp'd him once Lord, how he ran!
Hang up your fiddle you're not the man.
For the people say, &c.
Then came Calhoun, now right, now wrong;
Though mx feet two, he's nothing long,
Buibhon or tall he'll be no higher,
We've nullified the nullifier! '
For the people say, &c.
Buchanan came. A shilling a day!
Work Locos ! How d'yo like your pay I
Old Cunestoga's stalled, they say,
He's sticking in Kentucky Clay.
For the people say, &c.
Now hobbled in old Madam Cass ;
She's not what she was, alas! alas!
S.'e tllltlht hp a riMl nf lliu frin-outm-' l-inn
iiere the people rule she's not the thing.
For the people say, &c.
Nfst came from clouds of froth and smoke,
The lion's jackalllittie Polk ;
Hit nomination is a juke
For who would wear a weed hke poke.
For the people say, &c.
TV Clay, with a lion port strides by,
A,id shouts of thunder cleave the sky, -
nn pure, .the bright, the uied and true,
J he laurel wreath belongsto you.
For ihe people say, &c.
An exchange piper jjives the following ef
'ion of aoiim jj?pir-d;piel;
I kiVsed the liny hand I held,
1 pressed lhat fairy form,
1 vou-M I'd shield h er from thoiblast,
And from the world's cold storm.
She raked her melting eyes to mine,
The.y were filled wnh drops of wo,
Wiib quivering lips he faintly said,
Now, darn ye, hi me gai
CEsezsxislrr and Coolterr
There has been a curious application of
chemistry to cookery m France. M. Mtilot
has succeeded in obtaining, by distillation, in a
pure colorless and liquid form, all the proper
ties of the arions culinary vegetables. Thus
he can put you up a bottle of carrots, parsnips,
turnips or onions, and you may carry it all over
ihe world, certain of having with you the true
flavor of the vegetable. A table spoonful is
enough for one pound of meat. The secret
lies in the mode of distilling, by which ihe of
fensive part of ihe vegetable is left. It is al
ready an object with commercial men to export
these essences, which aro termed aromatique,
to the French colonies, and with thu Govern
ment there is an intention of using them exten
sively in the navy.
CoixrliEaj; asa Oitl irlaid.
A fashionable young beau made his addresses
I'd a woman, who was well stricken in years',
and had been remarkably homely in her youth,
but was possessed of the attractions of a large
landed property; and as a counterfeit part is
commonly overdone, as well in courtship as in
politics, the young spark was exceedingly pro
fuse in his professions of attachment. In the
mean time, the old lady was prudently suspi
cious. At length, while they were walking
together, arm within arm, over her lands, and
after he had heen renewedly declaring his ar
dent passion, she very seriously addressed him
as follows: " My glass told me when I was
young, that my person was very plain and for
bidding; and old age has added wrinkles to my
natural deformity; therefore, though I wish to
believe you, I can hardly think it possible that
such a handsome, accomplished young man as
vou are should fall in love with an old woman."
Oh! it is possible, it is possible, it is real, re
plied the gallant such is my affection for you,
that love the very ground you walk upon." "In
deed!" retorted the old woman in warmth, " I
suspected it before; I thought that my ground
and not my person was the object of your af
fection, and 1 am now determined that you shall
possess ueither the one nor the other."
Seventy two bushels from an A ens!
The Fishklll (N. Y.) Standard slates that the
Messrs. W arring, of Orange county, have raised
on the farm of Mr. Peter Van Vliet, near New
burg, seventy-two bushels of oats from an acre
of laud.
i
A sliort Story, with a in oral.
A young Yankee had formed an attachment
for a daughter of a rich old farmer, and after
agreeing with his "bonnie lassie." went to the
old fellow to ask consent, and durin" the cere
mony, which was. an awkward one for Jona
than, he whittled away at a slick. The old
man watched the movements of the knife, al
the same time continued to talk upon the pros
pects inf his future son-in-law as he supposed,
until the stick was dwindled down to nought
He then spoke as folluws : Yon have fine
properly, you have steady habits, good enough
looking, but you can't have my daughter ! Mad
you made something, no mailer what of the
stick you have wiltled away, you could have
had her ; as it is you cannot. Your property
will go as the stick did, liule by little, until all
is gone, and your family reduced to want. I
have read your true character, you have my an
swer." Jonathan conveyed the unhappy news
to his fair one, who, after hearing the story
burst out " a crying," saying, " Why. you tartial
fool you, why didn't you ay you made a litter
m if nothing more! Git out! I'll marry the
first feller lhat points his eye at me I will so-boo-o-o-o."
-
"Another Convert to Ijocoffocojsta."
No less a person than Gov. Lctoher of Ken
tucky, has denounced the bae calumny in a
letter to an Albany paper, in which he declares
that Mr. Clay's election is essentia! to ihe
beM interests of the people, and aholuie.ly ne
cessary lo the safety of the Union," that "he
has exactly the right head and hrt to place
his country in us true position, and to protect
all its great interesi." Hear him as he adde
Why sir, in the darkest hour of Mr. Clay's
political fortunes, I had tho honor, though quite
humble, to be one of his fast friends. I saw,
and I knew perfectly well, how cruelly, how
villainously and unjustly he was calumniated by
the whole combined pack of heartless re.vilers,
who were bent on his destruction if possible.
I did not then desert him or his cause ; and now
in the day of his prosperity, when the people
are waiting anxiously for the proper moment,
(the fall election,) to award their distinguished
benefactor the most glorious triumph ever de
creed to mortal man, and at tho same time to
pronounce a just judgment of condemnation
upon his accusers, I shall hardly, on ih.e. evo of
Mich a victory, be found going over to the ene
my, Kespeclluliy, yotir nh i erv t,
It. P. LETCHER.
" Each pleasure has its pnng' n the bee
said when he shoved his sting wo the srnellers
of the floral admirer.
For some time past we have had it in view
to present to our readers the history ol the pas
sage of the present Tariff law, lo show how un
founded the pretensions of Loco-focos are, in
claiming any merit for its passage. We find
the subjoined article, prepared already to our
hand, and give it in preference to anything we
can say upon ihe subject :
From the X. Y. Tribune
What part hud E-ioeo-Focoism in pas
sing the Present 'JTartfi ?
The Whig Congress elected in 1840 41
passed at its Extra Session in the summer of
1841 only a temporary Revenue lariff bill, im
posing duties oi 20 per cent, or under on cer
tain articles before free of duty. The subject
of a general revision and resuscitation of the
Tariff was remitted to the approaching regular
Session, as too important and intricate to be ad
justed al the Extra Session, when so many
other important topics, demanded speedy legis
lation. JJest'deSj the last great reductions of
duties under the Compromise Act had not yet
taken effect, and the necessity for re-adjusting
the Tariff was less imminent than it became
tn 1842.
On the first Monday in December, 1841,
Congress re-assembled for its regular session.
The committees were appointed a few days
thereafter. On the IGth, the unfinished busi
ness coming up, being the reference of the
President's Message, Mr. Fillmore, of N. Y.,
(on whom the initiative devolved as Chairman
of the Committee of Ways and Means) moved
that so much of the Message as related to dis
criminating duties be referred to the Committee
on Manufactures. This is the committee cre
ated expressly to lake cognizance of this very
subject, to lake testimony in relation lo all the
various articles and interests affected by a Ta
riff, which the Committee of Ways and Means,
having an immensity of work to do with" refer
ence to Appropriation bills, state of the Treas
ury, &c, has no time for.
Mr. Atherton, of N. H. (now U. S. Senator
from that Slate,) ro?e in opposition, and moved
to amend by substituting the Committee of
Ways and Means. He said the adoption of
Mr. Fillmore's resolution would be countenan
cing the principle of Protection, to the fullest
extent.
Mr. Wise who hart deserted the Whigs ear
ly in the Extra Session said ho should have
moved ihe amendment ll Mr. Atherthon had not.
This reference had always been a test question
ihe advocates of Protection voting to refer to
the Committee on Manufactures tho friends
of Free Trade for the Committee of Ways and
Means.
Messrs. TiiHnghast iff R. I., Randolph of N.
J., etc, spoke on the ide of Mr. Fillmore and
Protection, and so the debate proceeded for
nearly three weeks, when Mr. John C. Clark,
of N. Y., seeing that the Free Traders were
ready to talk away the whole session if allow
ed, called the previous question. It was sus
tained by ihe House, and the main question or
dered, being on the adoption of Mr. Atherton's
amendment. The House divided as follows :
Yeas (Against Protection) 95 ; Seventy-one
Loco-focos, Twenty-four Southern Whigs.
Nays (For Protection) 104; Ninety Whigs,
Fourteen Locos.
Of the fourteen Loco-focos wRo voted for
Protection, 1 1 were from Pennsylvania, and 1
each from Massachusetts, New York, and Ma
ryland. Mr. Parmenier, of Mass , is a heavy
manufacturer; Mr. Williams, of Md., represents
a great manufacturing district. Tho only Loco-focos
from this State who voied for Protec
tion was a Mr. Partridge, of the Tioga district.
Sixteen Loco-focos of t hit Stale recorded their
voles deliberately against the principle of Pro
tection. The debate had taken a wide range,
but had all along proceeded on the assumption
that to vole fot Mr. Fillmore's proposition was
to support Protection, to vote for Mr. Atherton's
was to oppose it. There was no question of
details, of too much or loo little Protection to
one branch of industry or to another. And thus
all the Loco-focos, except those of Pennsylva
nia and three scattering, recorded their votes
against Protection while several Southern
Whigs, including W. Cost Johnson, of Md.,
Stuart and Summers of Va., &c., voted for the
Atherton amendment though themselves Pro
tectionists, because ihey believed a contrary
vole would be misrepresented to their constitu
ents, and knew ihe Ways and Means was nn
equally reliable Committee with thai of xManu
factnres. Mr, FtllmoreV motion now prevailed without
further struggle, and" ihe whole subject referred
to tho Committee on Manufactures, by whom,
after some months spoilt in hearing artd digest
ing testimony, the bill, which is the basis of
the present Tariff, was framed and reported.
Mr. Forward, the able and faithful Secretary of
the Treasury, also submitted a good bill, equal
ly Protective with the former, and in sonm re
spects more no. Both these bills were now
referred to the Committee of Ways nnd Means,
which reported the bill as it passed, with slight
amendments, after a long and thorough discus
sion, on tho 1 Gib ol July, by the following vole:
Yeas116, all Whii but Parmenier, of
M.iss.
Nays 112, Ninclu-sevcn Locos, Thirteen
Whigs, and two Virginia Tyler men.
So the bill passed the Househaving but one
Loco votej and no need of thai.
The bill now went to the Senate, and after
a thorough discussion, passed thai body by the
following vote :
Ykas Twsn t y-fvc a 1 1 W h i gs .
Nays Twenty-three Twenty Locos (all
iliey had) iliree Southern Whigs.
So the Whig Tariff bill passed both Houses
with only one Loco-foco vole, and that not
wanted. So much for tho assertion lhat the
Whigs had not strength to pass a Protective
Tariff bill without Loco-foco aid!
This bill John Tyler vetoed, as no Presi
dent before him had ever vetoed a Tariff bill.
His pretext was objection to the clause by
which the Laud Distribution was continued in
force, by repealing that section of the act which
provided that it should cease "whenever1 duties
should be raised above 20 per cent. And now
the question was presented lo ihe Whigs
" Shall we clip and pare our measures to suit
ihe afflictive dispensation in the Presidential
Chair? or shall wo go home and leave him
without revenue until he is willing to sign such
a Tariff as the People's Representatives think
proper ?" To pursue ihe latter course was the
natural impulse of a large if not the larger part
of ihe members, including those most ardent in
favor of Proiection.
A temporary revenue bill was got up, but it
went very hard. At length on the 22d of Au
gust, Mr. MTCennan, of Penna., moved lo strike
out this bill and substitute the old vetoed Tariff
bill, with the cxceplion of two clauses, one of
which continued in force the laud distribution
and the other imposed a revenue duty of 20 per
cent, on tea and coffee. This motion prevailed
in Committee of the House 99 to 67 and
ihe transformed bill was reported to tho House.
Now commenced the struggle in earnest.
The previous question was moved and second
ed. Mr. M'Kennan's amendment in Committee
was adopted by the House Yeas 102, Nays
99. The question next arising on the engross
ment of the bill, the vote stood Yeas 101, Nays
101. The Speaker, (White) voted in the neg
ativej and the bill was lost. But Mr. Thomp
son, of la., moved a re-consideration, which
prevailed, 106 to 98; and now the vote on pas
sing the bill stood, Yeas 103, Nays 102. It
was now insisted hy the opponents of the bill
that the Speaker should vote. After consulting
the rules, he concluded that it was his duly to
do so, and voted again in the negative, making
a tie. Messrs. Stanly of N. G. and Andrews
of Ky., now voted in the affirmative, and the
bill was carried by the following vote:
Yeas 105 : Whigs 85, Loco-focos 20, viz:
10 from New York, 9 from Pennsylvania. 1
from Massachusetts not one from any other
Stale.
Nays-103: Thirty-five Whig?, Sixty-five
Locos, three 1 yler men.
Among the Nays were Messrs. Clinton, Doig,
Egbert, John G. Floyd, McKeon, Roosevelt and
Wood of this Slate.
The bill now went to the Senate, and on
the 27th passed that body, as follows :
Yeas 24 : Twenty Whigs and Four Loco-
focos- viz. Messrs. Buchanan and Sturgeon of
Pennsylvania, Williams, of Maine, and Wright
of N. V.
Nays 23 : Fourteen Locos, Eight Whigs,
and Mr. Rives.
Thus ii will be seen lhat the Tariff bill was
not so strong in either House after ii had been
so shaped as to receive some Loco-foco support
as il had been before, when opposed by their
whole party. We had 115 Whigs in the House
and 25 in the Senate, (though Tennessee was
without Senators) in favor of the original bill ;
we got but 105 in the Houso and 24 in tho Se
natc after we had been compelled to cobble it
to suit our adversaries and John Tyler. Our
majority, too, was reduced one-half in each
House.
There can bo noihing meaner, nothing es
sentially mure false, than tho Loco-foco asser
tion thai such Whig3 as Mangiim, Clayton, J.
Q. Adams, A. L. Foster, A. L. Linn, Speaker
White, and ihe Kentuckians generally, voted
against the Tariff. There are no more thorough
Protective. Tariff men ihan ihese. They voied,
not against the Tariff, but against iho surrender
of the Land Distribution, and the prostration of
the proper independence of Congress al the
footstool of Executive usurpation. It was be
cause they believed tho Land Distribution es
sential lo tho stability of the Tariff policy that
ihey refused to surrender it to the caprice of
John Tyler.
On the other hand, most of the Loco-focos
who voted for the bill declared, with Silas
Wright, thai they did so on compulsion that
tho Government must have revenue, protesting
against its protective features. Some of them
published cards in the newspapers denouncing
and defaming it. t
These are facts of ihe plainest notoriety. No
body will attempt to contradict them. Judge,
then reader! if ihey do tint mean to deceive
who cl.iim for ihe Loco-focos apy share of he
credit of passing the present Tanffl
Mr. Clay's Private Character. ..
It is in the last degree humtiuting to lie con
strained to believe that there can txit any
where, in a country that has been for n;r hair
a century so adorned and blessed with his no
vices, a necessity for recognizing th vilf ca
lumnies on such a man as Henry Clay, which
so continually defile the columi) of dugenr
crate prpss. But there are ihose. u would
who reflect so little as not to fee! 'bui s i h
base abuse of one who has been so tni5'
honored and admired by a long succession '
the first and best men in the Rfputli.4 whi'
has become so illustrious: by his unequa !1 Jl i-r-vices
in the most conspicuous station.- in th-;
world, for near 40 years the observed of
observers must be the mere slaver of person
sonal or party malice. 4 . ' i
To satisfy some such a gentleman of th: ci
ty, our friend Dr. J. G. Gohle, being tb cor
responding Secretary of a Clay, Club, ihmig'u
proper to write, to the Rev. Dr. B iscnm. jifib
Methodist Episcopal Church, who reside- fie .
Mr. Clay, and who is the distinguished Presi
dent of the: Transylvania University, at L-x-ingion,
Kv. The letter was not written wih
any view to publication, but Dr. Bs priurjpt n
ply was so direct, full ami satisfactory that Dr.
Goblc was constrained by ihe. advice of a num
ber of political friends to ask permission thai,
it might be given to the public.
Newark, July 9th, 18441.
Rev. Dr. Bascom,
President of the Transylvania Universitt;.
Rev. and Dear Sir: You will, I tru-t, par
don the liberty I take in writing to you, when.
I state lhat my object is to ascertain from you.
some testimony concerning the private charac
ter of Hon. Henry Clay. I do this at the o
licilaiion of many conscientious, upright men,
who appear to have been led to regard Mr. C
as any thing but an honest and upright ctttzea
a Sabbath breaker gambler profane swear
er,&c. I would re.spectfully ask if these thing
be so. It is not my wish to draw from you ;l
letter for publication, and no public Use will b
made of your answer, my object being to as
certain how far these lepresentations, whiclt.
are constantly repeated by the democratic p
pen of the North, are warranted by truth.
Your an?wer to the interrogatories will much,
oblige, Yours, very respectfully,
J. G. GOBLE,
Corres. Sec. Clay Club.
Tkansylvavia U.viysnsiTY,
Lexington, Ky., July 21th, 1S44.
My Dear Su: In reply to your letter of tho
9th inst., 1 owe it to truth, virtue and the claim
of society, without any reference to the politi
cal strifes of the day. to say, I have been in.
intimate and confidential intercourse with the.
Hon. II. Clay, both in public and private life,
for more than twenty years, and know the.
charges enumerated in your letter against thu
private character of Mr. Clay to be utterly and
basely false. Mr. Clay, as is known to the,
whole nation, offers no claim to Christian piety,
in the parlance of our churches, but in view oC
the ordinary accredited principles of good mor
al character, no charge can be brought against
him, without violating the obligations of truth;
and sound justice. To each - interrogative
charge, therefore, contained in your letter,, and
reaching me in the shape of a question, I re
turn for answer that I regard one and all of
them as shamefully unjust, because not true, in
whole or in pari.
Very respectfully, your ob't sorv't.
Dr. J. G. Goble. H. B. BASCOM.
Dr. Goble subsequently wrote again lo Mr.
Basoomasking permission to publish this ra
ply, which permission wa3 freely given in tho
following note:
Transylvania University,
Lexington, Ky., August 7th, 1844.
My Dear Sir: In your Inner of the 9th Jury
yon called upon me for information respecting;
ihe "private character" of my neighbor, Mr.
Clay, assuring me, lhat "many conscientious,
upright men" in your section had been induced
by the representations of his enemies, to regard
Mr. Clay as "any other but an honest and up
right citizen- a Sabbath breaker -profane
gambler," $c. Your letter added, at the samn
time, lhat "no public use" wquld be made of
my reply, should one be received from mo.
Thus appealed to, I expressed to you freely,
in relation lo the prtraie character of Mr. Cla .
what I rogarded as duo to him, to myse f, and
the community in which we live. 1 need
scarcely add, lhat called upon, under similar
circumstances, 1 should most cheerfully aitest
the good character of any of my neighbors,
without reference to political relations or dis
tinctions, nor do I believe any of them would
hesitate calling on me, to this effect, should ii
be found necessary.
In n second letter, just received from yon. you
ask permission to use my first at discretion, and
as no injustice can be done any one by al
lowing you to do so, altho' my loner was writ
ten an private, I know of "no good .reason why
l should withhold the permission you ask, and
I therefore accord it. Vety respectfully.
Dr. J. Q. Goble, H. B. Bascoii.