New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-12-14
Home fesyue,

Every effort to give this party cas-, should beg
Indignantly frowned upon. There i. nothing Of
the nature of party belonging TO it. In the selec-
ton Of officers for the New York State League all
parties have been indiscriminately named. Ne
whole object of the Home League ist the PFotec''o"
OF home industry ard reciprocal commerce. any
and every party made up OF Anercans must DC
favorable to such league 1ncFe may DC SONG
difference of opinion in the mode or means OF ei-
fecting the protection which prosperous industry
requires and securing from nations selfish and al
bitrary. an equal, just and reciprocal trade. We
thiak, with view to correct unity OF action and
power, an association Of the kind named is abso-
lutey necessary. There are in this state three
par,ies-the Wing, the Tammany, and the Con-
servative; and if all the individuals which compose
each we're consulted, we believe nine-ten,hs would
peremptorily declare in favor of the protection 0;
home industry and reciprocity in our trade with
foreign nations. 1t Is notorious that large pro-
portion Of the Wing party are in favor Of these ob
jects. Some of the large manufacturing capitalists
Of the East, it ha; been stated apprehending
greater reduction in prices from home competition
fostc,ed by adequate protection, than from foreign
Expectations, are avcrse to increasing our tariff
his statement goes upon the assumption that they
ale egregicusly selfish, sordid and unpatroiic-
that to CRAFTY thar cupidity they would PROSTATE
Che whole Of our manufacturers of middling
and moderate means, and that they would tax the
Sh,,ip holy &C l,,,o
te extort from them prices beyond the value they
receive-lhat they would, to put money in their
own pockets, deliberately aid in enrching foreiea
countries TO the impoverishment OF their own. We
believe there are very few Of this character, and
their influence never obtain mach weight.
But there are among the Wings in our CONNER
cal cities, great numbers connected secretly or in
directly with foreign manufacturers and importers
and who, through them and their fabrics, make
their gains. Theyare indeed formidable. Wicld-
ing vast capital, they obtain an influence over
our monied institutions, and, most unfortunately,
the press in our city has yielded TO them. Msa-
sures adopted here, calculated TO countcrvail the
injustice of foreign enactmeRs aimed at our pros
perity in order enrich their Golfers have in many
instances been opposed with sFthets of the
virulcnt condemnation. And, in many instances,
the very language of British bireings has been
adopted bv them. We have often seen in the
newspapers of our city the very principles recon-
mended by Washington, Franklin Hamilton, Mad
son Jefferson, and, in fact by all the best patriots
of our country, condemned weak, foolish and
silly. They have been represented as the crude
notions of the barbarism and ignorance Of former
days. By looking into the foreign journals, the
same arguments-if arguments they can be called
and in many instances the same yituperative cpl
thet,, may be found copied verbatim ct iseratim.
Fortunately, the press of tho country Ameri
can, and on them we must mainly rely for the de-
fence of this great cause.
For lack of room, we must for the present
close here; tomorrow we will show that the prn
cples protested by the Tammany party favora
BILE to the objects of the League.