A term applied to the tariff of 1842.
1846. Mr. Ingersoll of Pa., “How if there should be a black tariff?” Mr. Hunter of Va., “Let this state of things once come, and we shall hear no more about the ‘black tariff.’”—Congressional Globe, p. 92, Appendix (House of Representatives, Jan. 10).
1846. [Mr. Yancey] appeals to the democracy of the South, and tells them … that “the black tariff” will be sustained.—Mr. Baker of Illinois, House of Representatives, Jan. 29: Congressional Globe, p. 152, Appendix.
1846. I might compromise a little, rather than see the country consigned to the tender mercies of the black tariff of 1842.—Mr. Wick of Indiana, House of Representatives, July 1: id., p. 1043, App.
[This was a high tariff, odious to the Democrats, in which the duties averaged 33 per cent. It included the “similitude” section.]
