Western Sentinel in Winston, North Carolina

Tariff speech by Zebulon B. Vance in Senate

In a February 14 speech in the Senate Zebulon B. Vance denounces tariff protection as robbery and argues that Northern dominance in public lands funding and government expenditures has deprived the South. He cites land grants, railroad subsidies, and naval expenses to show unequal benefits, claims the tariff harms Southern labor, and calls for free trade principles rooted in constitutional equality and common-ware prosperity.