Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-12-02
NECESSITY OF A TARIFF.

The tendency Of the public mind, if we may
Judge from the indications of the press in the va
rlous parts of the Union, is becoming every day
more and more strongly set in favour of protec
tive policy. BY that term we mean to designate
policy which shall look 10 the due encourage.
ment OF domestic industry, and also to selEprotec.
ton against the commercial restrictions of for.
eign nations. Home production, and reciprocii,
oftr0de' These are to be the watch words OF
the great american party which is now forming
| itself bya sort of spontaneous movement, quick.
ened thereto by an impulse of necessity-an i'm
pulse springing from sense of common inter
ests and of common suffering, mingled with a
patriotic feeling which teaches us TO regard our
owr country first, and to spu.n all aggression
from abroad, whether il comes in the shape of
warlike demonstrations, or i'm the more insidi-
Gus guisc OF restrictions upon our trade.
We take the following extract from an article
in the Philadelphia Sentinel of a few days ago
and we quote it the more readily because it
comes from one Of the organs of the late Van
Buren, party, and moreover because the initials
signed il denote that the article is from the pen
orc. J. Ingersoll--a well known member of that
party -
81 will begin with stating, that it is as impos-
sible tor this nation to carry on its operations.
have uniform currency, and keep out of debt
without high protective tariff and national
bank, as 1t is impossible for this people to live
without atmospheric air We have tried the ex.
pertinent, and look at the situation ofthe country.
View the immense resources of the country, all
swept away by the foreign debt leaving the me-
chanic, the farmer, the merchant, the factor, ali
striving to meet their engagements, whilst diff
cullies meet them at every tura! Look AT sin
gle instance-what state is now more flourishinp
in its general character than the state of Ohio!
Yet the people of that stale pay twelve per cent
depreciation upon their paper i'm the city Of New
ork and New \ DIRK pays ten per cent. differ
ence in her paper and that of bills of Exchange
upon Paris and London The whole CONNER
cal system is wrong-free trade is blessing
that belongs to the abstractionist, but in reality
there is no such thing"
Whether we are right or wrong in ascribing
the paragraph to Mr.. Ingersoll matters not much
except that we would be glad to see among the
intelligent portion Of the Opposition willing
ness TO unite with the Wings on these points of
national interest if on no others.
by the terms Of our present impost laws the
rate OF duties on all imported articles subject to
duty will not exceed 90 per cent. adralorem, after
July next.-When that time arrives We may ex-
pect ito see, If no change in system takes
place, large imnortations of boots, Shoes hats all
sorts of wearing appar 4, articles OF furniture, and
every variety of articles now furnished by our
mechanics.
Other interests have felt the evils Of falling
duties and ofunequal trade already. The indus
trious artisan must not hope to escape from them
i'm his tnrn-unless indeed we are wise in time
and take prompt measures TO keep off the rum
Gus competition Of foreign abour and capital,
both Of which would be directed against our home
interests with the view to PROSTATE them. The
subject must come up for grave consideration at
the approaching session Of Congress.
Baltimore american.