CLAY AND THE TARIFF.
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z What is the-troubte with Mr.. Claya amemory ?
n his letter to Joel Branham and Robert Bledsoe,
dated July %, 1s43, he says:


81 OOted for the Tariff of 1916, 1894, and 1882.
think they were all reasonable and moderate at
the times they were passed"


In his letter to Mr. Merriwether, dated Oct 2,
1943. he says:


"You areright so far as the record isconcerncd
did not cote for,the Tariff in 1916, and 1924,
but supported their principles, and have always
admitted that Has in favor of them''


{" Put this and that together" Not only does
Mr.. Clay's memory prove reacherous, but he is
shifting his position and trimming his sails for a
more favorable breeze. Indeed, he would seem to
be attempting, nar possible, to get on to the
ground occupied by Mr.. Van Buren. Mr.. Y. B.
in his Indiana letter, last winter, says:


H The unbiased sentiment OF the country in re-
spect to what is, Under sHch circumstances, the
proper rule for legislative action upon this subject
has, think by the course Of events and progress
fopinion been brought to the conclusion briefly
expressed in one ofthe resolutions of your conven
ton viz: A discriminating tariff for re1en~e
purposes onirand which will Incidentally protect
American Industry"