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ctfmm two d-n-,'r,s p,r annuni in iriaerted at 1 per square for ihe first j 25 cents for each sabseq i mm insertion court or 2sdw«eds5percrnthigber i ik-:ion of n:tj per cent will be made to those ka advertise by the year lipeecltof mr stewart of pennsylvania 0x the subject of the tariff he house of representatives of the congress of the i'"1 " " united state december 9 1m5 j[ll douglass moved a series of solutions for the reference of ihe annu al message of the president of the united states the second of those resolutions being tinder consideration — mr stewart moved to amend the by inserting thereafter instruc tions to the committee to report " as the ggnse of this house that no alteration 0.jrrht to he made in the tariff of 1842 — n supporting this motion mr s said that he thought the house ought to meet this question at once h seemed to him to be the duty of this committee to give an ex pression of its views on the general sub ject the people bad heard with alarm die language of the executive message on the subject of the tariff mr s was in possession of letters just received from individuals who had commenced manu facturing establishments and who wished to know whether it would be safe for them to proceed their inquiry of him was a/hat was goinjr to be done whether tbe entire system of protective policy was to be overturned as had been recommended by the executive '. that inquiry was coming up from all pruts of the country and he thought it the duty of that y[ouse to reply to these inquiries and to let the people know at once whether the policy of protecting american ii dustry was to be subverted or established surely it was their obvious duty to come up to f 1 j * question fairly and openly and at once t give a distinct expression of their views it had been intimated by a gentleman from alabama over the way mr payne that the report from the secretary of th treasury was a most extraordinary docu ment extraordinary it certainly was anrl many new and very extraordinary doctrines did it contain mr s concur red very heartily with the gentleman in thus much of what he had said the re port was a document setting forth doc trines in political economy such as nevei before had beeu promulgated by any hu tborized officer of government and t!ie positions there assumed were such .*«• had juried ili country it was therefore manifestly proper and highly obligatory on 1 1j : — body that i should give as prompt an expression as kjssible of its views an intent ion in the premises mr s propos ed to draw forth lo view and to public ex amination hi as brief a manner as he could some of these opinions the first doctrine which he should no lice and which was most distitic.lv avow ed in the secretary's report was that the protective policy was uuconxlii ulionut ami if so there must be an end of ir the se cretary said expressly thai the tariff ol 1842 was - too unequal and unjus too exorbitant and oppressive and ocle*rh in conflict with the fundamental princi ples it the const itution these were his express words that tin tarilf of 1812 was clearly in conflict with ibe fundamental principles of the consti tution ami he had m tde an arguin n t prove this he quoted the constitution ud then argued by w a of inference that the power to lay a duty for protection was not in this government 1 1 is report says : " a or ial and a total prohibition are alike utwlaunn of the true object of ths taxing pow t they only differ in degree and mil in prin ciple if the revenue limit may lie exceeded «!<â– per cc it may he exceeded one hundred â– it may be exceeded upon any one article it imy be exceeded on i!l ; and there is no es apefrom this conclusion hat in contending that congress may lay duties on all articles so high u to colled no revenue and uperate as a total prohibition the constitution declares that all hills lor rai-in<i revenue shall originate in the house of representatives a tariff hill it is conceded cm only originate in the house because it is ' wl for raisin g revenue that is the only p*r*robjecl of such a bill a luri is a hill •» by and collect taxes it is a bill for raising revenue ; and whenever i departs from that ob ject in trhole or in par either by tu'ul or partial munition it violates the purpose of the granted ponv thus he held explicitly that a duty which ent but one per cent beyond the reve nue standard was unconstitutional and wat ii congress might add hut one per cem to the amount of duty necessary for fevenue it might addahundred percent and tlj.it if it might impose such duty on e article it might with equal right im ' it upon all other articles whatever n>e whole proceeding whether in a small er or a greater degree the secretary main to be directly against the constitu i andnn act which transcended the p°w"pr of congress to perform thai w;ts we doctrine of the report was it a doc we which this house meant to sustain i wild the house express its concurrence uch sentiments he trusted not the wrine was extraordinary indeed what policy unconstitutional — . i all those statesmen who had gone ore us had been open violators of the wlstitution of their country had not » very policy of a protective tariff been uuctly recommended to congress by successive executive from wash 8tt»n down to and including andrew â– '' ' if gentlemen would refer to j stand to the last communications ol v nt washington they could per avetual he had distinctly recommended , h«joj»t ion of such a policy as among the o congress here are his words lti{i advancement of agriculture com will **' u manufactures by all proper means no,i i trust need recommendation ; but i the car()leulv atchm an bruner & james > «... . „ 1 " ke^r a check upon all yovr jbditors 4 proprietors v is sife ( new series ruleks \ number 30 of volume ii salisbury n c january 2 1846 cannot forbear intimating to yon the expcdien i ey of giving effectual encouragement as well to : the introduction of new and useful inventions from abroad as to the exertions of skill and ge nius in producing them at home — washing ton's annual address " congress has repeated and nr.t without success directed their attention to the enrnur agement of manufactures the object is of too much consequence nut to ensure a continuance of their efforts in every way which shall appear eligible — washington's last annual address he was president of the convention which had formed the constitution and must be presumed to have known some thing about its meaning and intention — so if they would examine the executive messages of president jefferson — and mr s presumed that gentlemen especially those of the jefferson school would admit that he too knew something of the con stitution — they would find there three sue | cessive recommendations of this same pol icy as among ihe highest duties of gov ernment here are the opinions of jeffer son he went to the extent of absolute prohibition : " to cultivate peace and maintain commerce and navigation in all their lawful enterprises ; to foster our fisheries as nurseries of navigation and f r the nurture of man ; and in protect the manufrcturcs adapted to our circumstances ; these fellow-citizens are the landmarks by which we are to guide ourselves in all our pro ceedings — jefferson's annual message the situation into which we have been i forced lias impelled us to apply a portion of our industry and capital to national manufactures and improvements tin extent of conversion is daily increasing and little doubt remains tear the establishments formed 1 i forming will un der the auspices of cheaper materials and sub sistence the freed mi of labor from taxation wish us and of protecting duties a 1 i prohibitions he come permanent — jefferson's eighth annual message " he therefore who is now against domestic manufactures must he fir reducing us either to « depen lence up in that nation or be do ji â–
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1846-01-02 |
Month | 01 |
Day | 02 |
Year | 1846 |
Volume | 2 |
Issue | 36 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was |
Creator | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Bruner and James |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The January 2, 1846 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601553054 |
Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1846-01-02 |
Month | 01 |
Day | 02 |
Year | 1846 |
Volume | 2 |
Issue | 36 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 5003294 Bytes |
FileName | sacw04_036_18460102-img00001.jp2 |
Creator | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Bruner and James |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The January 2, 1846 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
FullText | ctfmm two d-n-,'r,s p,r annuni in iriaerted at 1 per square for ihe first j 25 cents for each sabseq i mm insertion court or 2sdw«eds5percrnthigber i ik-:ion of n:tj per cent will be made to those ka advertise by the year lipeecltof mr stewart of pennsylvania 0x the subject of the tariff he house of representatives of the congress of the i'"1 " " united state december 9 1m5 j[ll douglass moved a series of solutions for the reference of ihe annu al message of the president of the united states the second of those resolutions being tinder consideration — mr stewart moved to amend the by inserting thereafter instruc tions to the committee to report " as the ggnse of this house that no alteration 0.jrrht to he made in the tariff of 1842 — n supporting this motion mr s said that he thought the house ought to meet this question at once h seemed to him to be the duty of this committee to give an ex pression of its views on the general sub ject the people bad heard with alarm die language of the executive message on the subject of the tariff mr s was in possession of letters just received from individuals who had commenced manu facturing establishments and who wished to know whether it would be safe for them to proceed their inquiry of him was a/hat was goinjr to be done whether tbe entire system of protective policy was to be overturned as had been recommended by the executive '. that inquiry was coming up from all pruts of the country and he thought it the duty of that y[ouse to reply to these inquiries and to let the people know at once whether the policy of protecting american ii dustry was to be subverted or established surely it was their obvious duty to come up to f 1 j * question fairly and openly and at once t give a distinct expression of their views it had been intimated by a gentleman from alabama over the way mr payne that the report from the secretary of th treasury was a most extraordinary docu ment extraordinary it certainly was anrl many new and very extraordinary doctrines did it contain mr s concur red very heartily with the gentleman in thus much of what he had said the re port was a document setting forth doc trines in political economy such as nevei before had beeu promulgated by any hu tborized officer of government and t!ie positions there assumed were such .*«• had juried ili country it was therefore manifestly proper and highly obligatory on 1 1j : — body that i should give as prompt an expression as kjssible of its views an intent ion in the premises mr s propos ed to draw forth lo view and to public ex amination hi as brief a manner as he could some of these opinions the first doctrine which he should no lice and which was most distitic.lv avow ed in the secretary's report was that the protective policy was uuconxlii ulionut ami if so there must be an end of ir the se cretary said expressly thai the tariff ol 1842 was - too unequal and unjus too exorbitant and oppressive and ocle*rh in conflict with the fundamental princi ples it the const itution these were his express words that tin tarilf of 1812 was clearly in conflict with ibe fundamental principles of the consti tution ami he had m tde an arguin n t prove this he quoted the constitution ud then argued by w a of inference that the power to lay a duty for protection was not in this government 1 1 is report says : " a or ial and a total prohibition are alike utwlaunn of the true object of ths taxing pow t they only differ in degree and mil in prin ciple if the revenue limit may lie exceeded «!<■per cc it may he exceeded one hundred ■it may be exceeded upon any one article it imy be exceeded on i!l ; and there is no es apefrom this conclusion hat in contending that congress may lay duties on all articles so high u to colled no revenue and uperate as a total prohibition the constitution declares that all hills lor rai-ine whole proceeding whether in a small er or a greater degree the secretary main to be directly against the constitu i andnn act which transcended the p°w"pr of congress to perform thai w;ts we doctrine of the report was it a doc we which this house meant to sustain i wild the house express its concurrence uch sentiments he trusted not the wrine was extraordinary indeed what policy unconstitutional — . i all those statesmen who had gone ore us had been open violators of the wlstitution of their country had not » very policy of a protective tariff been uuctly recommended to congress by successive executive from wash 8tt»n down to and including andrew ■'' ' if gentlemen would refer to j stand to the last communications ol v nt washington they could per avetual he had distinctly recommended , h«joj»t ion of such a policy as among the o congress here are his words lti{i advancement of agriculture com will **' u manufactures by all proper means no,i i trust need recommendation ; but i the car()leulv atchm an bruner & james > «... . „ 1 " ke^r a check upon all yovr jbditors 4 proprietors v is sife ( new series ruleks \ number 30 of volume ii salisbury n c january 2 1846 cannot forbear intimating to yon the expcdien i ey of giving effectual encouragement as well to : the introduction of new and useful inventions from abroad as to the exertions of skill and ge nius in producing them at home — washing ton's annual address " congress has repeated and nr.t without success directed their attention to the enrnur agement of manufactures the object is of too much consequence nut to ensure a continuance of their efforts in every way which shall appear eligible — washington's last annual address he was president of the convention which had formed the constitution and must be presumed to have known some thing about its meaning and intention — so if they would examine the executive messages of president jefferson — and mr s presumed that gentlemen especially those of the jefferson school would admit that he too knew something of the con stitution — they would find there three sue | cessive recommendations of this same pol icy as among ihe highest duties of gov ernment here are the opinions of jeffer son he went to the extent of absolute prohibition : " to cultivate peace and maintain commerce and navigation in all their lawful enterprises ; to foster our fisheries as nurseries of navigation and f r the nurture of man ; and in protect the manufrcturcs adapted to our circumstances ; these fellow-citizens are the landmarks by which we are to guide ourselves in all our pro ceedings — jefferson's annual message the situation into which we have been i forced lias impelled us to apply a portion of our industry and capital to national manufactures and improvements tin extent of conversion is daily increasing and little doubt remains tear the establishments formed 1 i forming will un der the auspices of cheaper materials and sub sistence the freed mi of labor from taxation wish us and of protecting duties a 1 i prohibitions he come permanent — jefferson's eighth annual message " he therefore who is now against domestic manufactures must he fir reducing us either to « depen lence up in that nation or be do ji ■|