New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-14

iudgrmcnf this was one. II LdWaih- escaP'-
.onviction in thi. case stall well nigh despair
# even obtaining iustice-cxcept by accident
from jury
pRorgcrryE Tariff AND AMERICAN LABOR.
We place in another column an excellent letter on
he subject Of Protection to American Industry adj
dressed BY Cen Tallmadge to the Committee OF
Arrangements for the late Tarn C7nyestion in
Dutchess County held some weeks since. II com
mend. itself 20 the earnest attention Of every La
boring Man and every friend Of Home Labor IN
he land The truths it ein.odies are OF the nigh
est national Importance and We rejoice at the IN
dicarons on every side that the nation i fast re-
-ognizing them a. gital to it, prosperity, and a.
demanding. by their importance, the fullest Iniiu-
ence in our councils The tendencies of Free
Trade are destructive 10 the interests of every class
in society: but upon none would their influence tail
with a more deadly blight than upon The Agricui-
,ural and Laborng portion Of our people. Let
them look to it that their claims not forgotten
Let them watch with jealous care the course OF
their rulers and the announcements Of official OF.
ans lie, them note fhe open loud-mouihed de-
-
our National Industry from the leaders Of Loco
Focoism in Congress and their organs throughout
The country.
We observe in the Pennsylvania journals re-
peated announcements that their iron Works are.
one after another, being suspended and that hun
ireas of industrious, poor to whom they have given
abor and a comfortable support are turned over to
Ill the horrors Of unemployed poverty. The Dan
vile Democrat mentions the recent suspension of
he Mon,our Establishments, SAID to he by far the
most extensive in the United States The number
Of hand, thrown out Of the business on which they
depended for their daily bread by thi, single .us-
pension is about fire huadrcd; and the annual
manufacture Of more than ten H0HsaRd tons OF
Pig Metal is thus at once cut Oft. 80 large an
interest "a this cannot at once perish, and us m
lucncc be confined to any single branch OF indus
~ The men thus deprived, without, warning and
without relief, Of their nigh, TO labor which, II
there be an inalicnablc right, Is certainly the ir-'
| lnd least to be qucstioncd-shut out from tn,
chance of earning the means of support for them
,elve. and their children. and exposed on the un
guarded inslast Ia all the mi>er,> and temptations
IT idle want-are the inst aid pcrhap, the ,eyeres
| sufferers Bur those whose whole property j, III
.e,tcd in these works of course mast sufrr sever,
rcyer.cs and the country merchan; who has sup
olied these hundreds with the comforts Of life; and
above all. the farmer VIII, has relied upon sup
pying them wit. their necessary means ui living
hes, classes, and all Others with whom they could
possibly come in contact, must he affected Will
more OF less severity by these calamtous suspcn-
.ions They reach the very heart OF the land IA
| hrobbngs are made fainter and more disorderco
| by their occurrence and the whole body loses H.
| ,ealihiul and vigorous vital action.
| Yet all these calamite,-and all the sad reverse-
which have overiaken our land-may be distinct,
referred 10 the dcpIorable want Of suitable lcgi,la
ton on this vital subject Of Protection to American
Industry. The people must awaken TO il tire
mendous Importance: their own sufcring' u
nothing else can. will arouse them TO vigorous de
tcrmincd effort We are sure, at least that Penn
,ylvania weighed to the earth u, ,hc is by the acl
of Protective Legislation. will turn deaf ear tc
those fatal dclusyc doctrine. in which all her re
verses have their root.