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

our public bodies; explain the Willingness ol mar
,duals TO cosntenaace insurrectlsn, abet doines-
tic rebellion. encourage the lawless into action
and give importance to the proligate and IDLE
sympathi.ers among u. and on our Canadian and
Texan fro,tien
Such individuals aud all such classes of society,
see promise of better circumstances IN any alter
alton even though il be foreign war, or domestic
revolution IL i, the sacred duty of a government
10 encourage and protect the labsr ot the country,
and such protection, by giving employment to eve,
~ condition of individuals, secures prosperity, ana
proves itself to be a measure Of peacc.
War is known to be employment and protector
of the highest order.
Under our Constitution our cOdsfing rsSe has
been protected by laws prohibiting any toregs
vessel trading from one polst to another. In tine
last 20 wears under such protection, the tonnage IN
our coasting trade has nearly trcbled Under the
same constitution. " free trade has been let Int"
our commerce with foreign countries our popua-
ton has dosbled in the same twenty years YET
the tonnage OF our vessels IN foreign trade mas hO
increased. while the British vessels IN our trade
have increased to more than one-tbird Of the whole
amount Such measures are destroying our com
mcrcc and breaking down shipping interest.
Ship building is entirely suspended, and more than
200 vessel, are new idle in the docks at New
York; while English vessels find employment -
the West India trade, recently lost to our vessel,
and the market To produce. " Free Tddc
on one side only. is as destructive TO commerce a
free pastursge would be in agriculture. diner
entirely from those measures which have opened
our ports and in n degree, extended FREE
TRADE TO those nations which refuse to us Just
and fair reciprocity. The system OF di'crmna-
ting duties ia favor of our commerce, and the la
Dor of the country, ought not To have been gwen up
to those nation. whose commercial regulations
shat ne out from their ports, or impede our trade
by high duties. The consequences are runous to
or commerce and to people
The fire of 1885, which burned in one nigh;
twenty million, worth OF property, was an aiHc,
ton less severe. on this city. than the change OF
measures and the adoption, by party, of PrInci-
Pile hostile to the protection Of the home industry
1t the country. This latter ailliction has been
common To the nation at large. Commerce u de-
pressed-currency neutrality-suspicious. without
market manufactures ruined-labor without
MISUNDERSTANDING prcValent-internal I'M
proyrmcnts stopped-States rcpudiating their
dcbs-an empty treasury, with It's notes under pro-
test; and the nation. in time of public peace,
chsiering with brokers and usursr. 10 borrow
money for its current expenses. Surrounded with
every blessing. and abundance from the hand OF
Providence. these among the fruits ct our own
acts. IN the course Of administration, and the alter
ed system of legislation. Such the legitimate
effects OF the non-commitral, ,and-still, do-nohng
policy which mas been pursued by our government.
Experienced mercantile men tell u.s. il Is believed
that one hundred and fifty millions of dollars
would be- inadequate, 10 make coed to the city OF
New. \ ork alone the amount of ossc. in the varied
pursuits of her industry, which have fallen to her
share in th. general calamity and destruction
Under the depression of existing Circumstances,
q higher tariff Of duties must now b. required To
provide rspenB, for the necessities OF the govern
ment than any manufacturer ever before had assur-
ance to ask. The matter of It. discriminating as
sessment, has become the important point and ma
ierisl question. affecting the labor OF the country
The clamor, ~ foreign sympathser. among Us,
that gin duties were " q buTthen on the many J0T
NE beHsft Of Ms tcS." caused wines, silks and
other Injuries to be- imported "dHty free, and
established uniform rate Of fteenty per emit
on articles of necessary consumption a. well a on
all those importations which can be produced
within ourselves, and afford employment 10 our
own labor The result of the destructive expert
ment is before us in the present depressed condi'
ton of the country
The party policy Of late years 20 talk Free
Trade and 'Judicious Tariff, while they deny
the aid and protection of Government, to the Home
hopeless competition with the almos! naked and
starved Labor Of Europe. now brought, by the aid
of steam. within fourteen days distance Of our
dwellings. 1t should be remembered that there
the average price Of labor il from 10 TO II cents
a day. without subsistence This fact established
proves their necessitous condition. and without
meat, tea coffee sugar, they are without a Ia
de or any of the comforts Of lie deriving scant,
and miserable subsistence from a wallst, and in
cond ,ion beyond the reach of the benefits Of any
school.
Immeasurabe j. the distance between N. con-
dition of American Labor end that of Europe.
Having seen that, have no desire 10 reduce
wages and cheap produce or cheap coed. come
from cheap Labor. Let American Labor, in it,
Agricultural Mechanic and Manufacturing pursuits
couiinue to hold its proud pre-emnence-~itha
home and 4 table filed with comforts and sur
rounded with family rising in distinction and in.
tellgence, under the blessings Of our free nstitu-
ton. and our public schools.
Under steady and adequate Protection. Do
nestle Competition. with labor-saying machner,
and .tea- power, will supply cheap good. a, tn,
lowest rate Of production. The English period.
cal publication. state that steam power in Use by