HELAY CLAY ADDRESSING THE SEN TE

AMERICAN HISTORY

From the Debates in the British Parliament on the
Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the Debates
in Congress at the Close of the Taft
Administration (1912-1913)

EDITED BY

MARION MILLS MILLER, LITT.D. (PRINCETON)
Editor of "The Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln," etc.

IN FOURTEEN VOLUMES

EACH DEALING WITH A SPECIFIC SUBJECT, AND CONTAINING A SPECIAL INTRODUC-
TION BY A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN STATESMAN OR PUBLICIST

VOLUME TWELVE

REVENUE: THE TARIFF AND TAXATION
With an Introduction by IDA M. TARBELL, L.H.D.
Associate Editor of the American Magazine

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY

CURRENT LITERATURE PUBLISHING COMPANY

223640

Press of J. J. Little & Ives Co., New York

CONTENTS OF VOLUME TWELVE

INTRODUCTION:

CHAPTER

Some Moral Aspects of Tariff-Making

By IDA M. TARBELL.

I. DIRECT VS. INDIRECT TAXATION

Report of ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Secretary of the Treasury,

on Manufactures

Debate in the House on Excise: in favor, JAMES MADISON

(Va.), SAMUEL LIVERMORE (N. H.), THEODORE SEDGWICK

(Mass.), WILLIAM B. GILES (Va.); opposed, JAMES JACK-

SON (Ga.), JONATHAN PARKER (Va.), JOHN STEEL

(N. C.), WILLIAM L. SMITH (S. C.).

Debate in the House on Direct vs. Indirect Taxation: in

favor of Direct Taxation, JOHN SMILIE (Pa.), Mr. MADI-

SON, WILLIAM FINDLEY (Pa.), SAMUEL SMITH (Md.),

JOHN NICHOLAS (Va.); in favor of Indirect Taxation,

URIAH TRACY (Ct.), Mr. SEDGWICK, FISHER AMES

(Mass.), WILLIAM L. SMITH (S. C.).

Debate in the House on the Land Tax: in favor, THOMAS

SCOTT (Pa.), Mr. SEDGWICK; opposed, WILLIAM LYMAN

(Mass.), SAMUEL DEXTER (Mass.).

II. THE TARIFF OF 1816 (Protection or Revenue?)

Debate in the House: in favor of Protection, JOHN C. CAL-

HOUN (S. C.), HENRY CLAY (Ky.), THOMAS R. GOLD

(N. Y.); opposed, JOHN Ross (Pa.), ROBERT WRIGHT

(Md.), THOMAS TELFAIR (Ga.), JOHN RANDOLPH (Va.);

DANIEL WEBSTER (N. H.) compromising.

III. THE TARIFF OF 1824 (The American System)

Debate in the House: in favor, HENRY CLAY (Ky.); opposed,

DANIEL WEBSTER (Mass.).

IV. THE TARIFF OF 1828 (Protection and Politics)

Debate in the House: in favor, SILAS WRIGHT (N. Y.);

opposed, NATHANIEL H. CLAIBORNE (Va.), GEORGE MC-

DUFFIE (S. C.), JAMES HAMILTON (S. C.), DANIEL

TURNER (Va.), JOHN RANDOLPH (Va.).

V. THE TARIFF OF 1832 (Protective Principle)

Debate in the Senate: in favor, HENRY CLAY (Ky.); op-

posed, JOHN TYLER (Va.).

Debate in the House: in favor, RUFUS CHOATE (Mass.);

opposed, THOMAS CLAYTON (Ga.), DIXON H. LEWIS

(Ala.).

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VI. THE TARIFF OF 1833 (Horizontal Reduction)

Debate in the Senate: in favor, HENRY CLAY (Ky.), JOHN

C. CALHOUN (S. C.); opposed, JOHN FORSYTH (Ga.),

DANIEL WEBSTER (Mass.).

VII. THE WALKER TARIFF (Acts of 1846 and 1857)

Debate in the House on Reduction of Duties on Raw Ma-

terials: in favor, NATHANIEL P. DURFEE (R. I.), WILLIAM

W. BOYCE (S. C.); opposed, BENJAMIN STANTON (O.),

JUSTIN S. MORRILL (Vt.).

Debate in the Senate on Horizontal Reduction: varying views

by ROBERT M. T. HUNTER (Va.), JACOB COLLAMER (Vt.),

GEORGE E. PUGH (0.), HENRY WILSON (Mass.), WILLIAM

H. SEWARD (N. Y.), ROBERT TOOMBS (Ga.), ANDREW P.

BUTLER (S. C.).

VIII. INTERNAL REVENUE

Debate in the House (1862) on Stevens Bill to provide

Internal Revenue: in favor, JUSTIN S. MORRILL (Vt.),

THADDEUS STEVENS (Pa.); opposed, GEORGE H. PENDLE-

TON (O.).

Debate in the Senate: in favor, JAMES F. SIMMONS (R. I.);

opposed, JAMES A. MCDOUGALL (Cal.).

Debate in the House (1882) on Kelley Bill to reduce In-

ternal Revenue: in favor, WILLIAM D. KELLEY (Pa.),

ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS (Ga.), GEORGE M. ROBESON

(N. J.); opposed, PHILIP B. THOMPSON (Ky.), ROGER Q.

MILLS (Tex.).

IX. THE TARIFF OF 1870

Debate in the House: in favor of high tariff, General ROBERT

C. SCHENCK (0.), WILLIAM D. KELLEY (Pa.), HORACE

MAYNARD (Tenn.); opposed, JAMES BROOKS (N. Y.),

WILLIAM B. ALLISON (Ia.), SAMUEL S. MARSHALL (Ia.),

JAMES J. WINANS (O.), General JAMES A. GARFIELD (O.).

Debate in the House (1872) between SAMUEL SHELLABARGER

(O.), Protectionist, and Joв E. STEVENSON (O.), Anti-

Protectionist.

X. A TARIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY (Proposed Wood Bill

of 1878)

Debate in the House: in favor, FERNANDO WOOD (N. Y.),

JOHN R. TUCKER (Va.); opposed, WILLIAM MCKINLEY

(0.), WILLIAM D. KELLEY (Pa.), General James A. Gar-
FIELD (O.).

XI. A TARIFF COMMISSION (Act of 1882)

Debate in the House on Kasson D to create a Tariff Com-

mission: varying views by JOHN A. KASSON (la.), ED-

WARD K. VALENTINE (Neb.), GEORGE D. TILLMAN (S. C.),

GEORGE D. ROBINSON (Mass.), JOHN G. CARLISLE (Ky.),

ROSWELL G. HORR (Mich.), WILLIAM D. KELLEY (Pa.),

ABRAM S. HEWITT (N. Y.), WILLIAM MCKINLEY (0.),

JAMES A. MCKENZIE (Ky.), SAMUEL S. Cox (N. Y.),

JOHN R. TUCKER (Va.), RICHARD W. TOWNSEND (Ill.),

WILLIAM R. MORRISON (Ill.), SAMUEL J. RANDALL (Pa.).

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