Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-07-19
goTE rloN. RErALIATIoN

PROTEJFlON,R INHALATION.
Tae dIIIieuiiies whicn assail the unwas
nntable coacluyiOls uf Tho High Tariff
Theorists, are stubborn and many. Tho
sxnerionce, and commercial, agricultural
m innGac,uring and political rscor Il ofnv-
srYciviliz ID county under theIsun,rcGuio
III their iayOrile doctrines.
All history declares ihN LABOR. unqs-
sailsd BY msrceuary legislation, and do
Tended only against thu aggrsssnns Of
frani and plumber, BY that leg'l, OF theft.
moral, will always project ITSELF THIS
position may bs cnnclusively demonsiFa-
ted 10 every mind cap,hlo OF rational
thought. TIC most obtuse Of tho think
inc tribe, cannot ESCAPE tho conviction,
that whegevar legislation has niotfcr.d
with lahor, und4r tho plea Of directing i
inlO plriiculH cbannsls, or protecting y,
by unusual restraints and prOhihlIUns,
fha industry has lost, in every such i'm
stance. the powsr cf self protection, and
become ths helpless prey Of power an'i
capital. There is an incesseni conf CT
going on bstwsen tho great mass, who
produce every thing, and the little mss
Who make nothing aud want all. Hsncc
the contest belwean labor and legislation
as witnessed all over tho wnrll. Far.
mssly these contests oxhIbitodlnn one side
Usfelnplory command on tho other, sub.
mission, with scarce a muunur. Then
the lax was direcI. for the lab0scTs dare
y,Ot resist the most extravagant exaciions
Since thon, ,theagristncracy has lost much
IL IL nawer 70 command; ils tactics are
changed :it slices 0uI the faIof the land
nov. by iaalirect tax x,,iOn--hlgh dnIies,--
,.Dsotection Of home industry Tho
hold and hugo lion has srunk into the
more conceslable dimensions Of the Gun
ming fox.
Tho advocates Of High Tariff daligh
Ia referring 10 the policy Of Grra' BfiiaIn
as 4 moddle Tor the pEnteclinu Of hom'
industry. Asain.they doride Broihsr Jon
athaa Tor not adopiiag relaliaung meas
uras. and alternately pat his shOulders,an ,an,
exeilu he selfasleem, as dog f!hie
would his eur, when disiHclined 10 IN *
an attack likely to eMdia discontinue.
But what shalt w1 rsiahatsl rne AZ
IS men say the high duties VI Geeat Bti
tain. Well, Il saeh Se,aRailOn can prob
Z. ne American lab0Fer, Il ID evident lha
the fuller ils nlsasufe, the belteL
ltre,aliatiun Is pEoleciiDa, Ie, Il he car
ried out fulIy---ao half way measures
Hut let us enquire fbr moment, what
is that we are ahOnl 10 relallale, ~ rattle
adopt, which this wNTd''relaliaia" m1ans
into our political sys,em. E,gland !
supposed 20 bo uHF great enemy and mig
alef in the traffic u labUF, giyiMg lO he
manufactures an advantage over ours b
means Ofprolechoa. But what 10 IN.
wtetchod operatives Of thai '.spIendid
Rnplro pay annually for fllis prOiecti0
which ssatyes and degfadss them % Dc
gpee almost incFedible9 ByFefsFencsit
authentic slatilics, wo ascertain that III
tax upon every nan. w0insn and child
Ilall, sick and blind. rich snd poor. 10 thy
kiaed8sn. Il @36 per nnmum, tnhking III
sn0rmous aggregate Of fpaf hnnsIsed nil
lion dUllassl Every cent Of This Iinmsns
amnunt u extracted fFnm tho '.pfniecle
iabaFf Of the wreiched working peOpla 0
EagIand, IN whose behalf the hesiayOlan
of thai souutsy have baen paiilionin,
Psrliament ior ycsra foF the passaae i
lsus 10 protect The '-prolecled'' Iaborsr
against the exaclion of mors labor tl,a,
they are.phyNc-lly able 10 pcrlorm--bu
Without ayail!
Tie aggregate given alIovc, made q,
ffom he PEI sonl tax Of The Whole popn
lafion.is paid entirely BY those who iaIs,
and mug b estimated as pnrt &c the cos
III every aricje fheynannn,cieeble; i
bs added 10 Tie snisrnM piilance lecsiv
"a per dsy By the ''papsr slaves
Employed il lhe English faciosrie'
nsi whose Minister'S our facuar
6aaiisis seek sbe enactment Of reialia
nrg measures. which canaOl but Feduc
le Norkinemen Of this county toA simi
IS tiaiopE degradation
Wpile our capitalists expect Il
paeket This protective tax. IN Enainns
i goesio llIs Government Therefore