Economics
24: Competing Philosophies... Study Guide: Tariff Debate; Documents Relative to Manufactures. |
Tariff Debate in Congress TARIFF
DEBATE The
speakers: 1. What
is the position of each speaker? Clark
advocates moderating the proposed increase in the tariff on iron.
Tod replies to Clark. (p.
725) Hamilton remarked on the “...general
principles of the bill, which he reprehended” (726) “[Webster] ... had …
exhausted the topic … he [Mr. H] participated in the
pleasure which all had enjoyed, in hearing the unanswerable argument of
[Webster] (an argument that had scarcely left the honorable Speaker [Mr.
Clay] an inch of ground to stand upon, notwithstanding the vigor and
elasticity of his [Mr. C’s] genius)….” 2. Read and understand: DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO
MANUFACTURES Letter from John Quimby:
read and understand: “...the pockets of those that earned the money are the best repository for the same.” (773) “...we have many men in our country which know nothing about the earning of the money they have in their hands … . Such men I consider dangerous….” (773) |
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