The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-01-14
FROM the n. y. New Era.

From the n. \, New Era,
THE TARIFF AND MS CONSEQUENCES.
The Tribune publishes an extract from Mr., Les
ters powerfully written work on 1.-The Glory and
Shame of England" from which we take the loI-
owing heart-rending extract:
"Show me II man who, in the decline OF lie,
who falls upon his parish for support IN the work
! house, and will show you man who has been
compelled to labor half his days TO sustain the
government which has made him pauper nj last;
u man who, with the same labor and economy,
would have accumulated in America an lndepen-
dent estate, ard reared up beautiful aud well ed
ucaled family TO smooth the down mn steps OF
age, comfort him in sickness, and close his eyes IN
deaths peaceful sleep. There can be no doubt
that it costs the poor man five times as much to be
subject of Great ituin, il he lives on this isl
and, as it would if he were Il citizen Of the United
States Is there any benevoGnce in giving shelter
TO the broken down operative 10 come and die IN,
when his OvcTslrained muscles ut length give way!
or in answering his cry Tor bread by telling INN TO
emgrd;e to America: Is there even justice IN II;
These are solemn facts, and what pray, has
brought about this state Of things in England!-
WHY is it that Il man Is ''compelled to labor nan
his duy 5 to sustain the Government that has made
him pauper'" If the Editor olthe Tribune, IN
which this article Is published, with much COM
mendation, wond answer truly, he would say
it was all caused by oppressive laxes-laSes-
taxes-taxes laid upon the industry OF the masses
for the support of abominable tariffs and wicked
monopolies which in their turn support and sustain
one of the most corrupt and alistocrullca Govern
ments that have ever diSgraced the world. An
enormous tariff is laid upon every thing 'hal Is
consumed, for the noble purpose of protecting
"home ndnstry!' And what, pray, Is the con-
A ~, t,,r
are made enormously rich-are panpcred with all
the luxuries from the four quarters Of the globe
are ready to bend the knee to royalty and lawn
upon accidental greatness; but of the masses-lhe
great body of the peope--lct the above paragraph
tell their fate; let the ablecl misery, The squalld
poverty, the nnumerablc crimes committed solely
for the purpose of sustaining life, tell OF the ben
efts derived from this "prOtectng Of "h0me IN
iuslry." Does it feed the pour-clclhe the naked
distribute with an equal hand, the hest gifts OF
leaven' Notat ALT but it Heaps curses upon the
millions whose suilcringS are already more than
they can bear; it takes the very bread from the
mouths of these poor beings to fill the already
uIon,ed somachs of IL few grinding monopoIlss,
and vet this editor Of the Tribune, and tie why
party generally are anxious to transfer tins aholi'-
Unable tariff system again TO our shores hey
would for the purpose Of benedlng handful OF
manufacturers, bring all these evils OF taxation upon
the whole country. These turiles say" Enghnd
will not take our wheat and other grains, therefore
let Us prohibit or tax her producllons' u Is
true, England places an enormous duty or irll! on
all forcing grains but who, pray, does she lnJur'
most, her own citizens, or Us! Let Their tens OF
thousands who 30 to their work. week in and week
out, without one morscl Of bread, because the
price is bcyond their feeble earnings, answer the
question. Must we bring similar evils upon our
selves for the purpose of realmling upon them
rhe whole tarill policy is this: That because Ing
land infirls great evils upon lhe great mass ct he
own citizens, By making them pay forty times th'
worth Of every article they consume, we ought Il
do the same thing; innic, the same evils upon on
own citizens --uclually compel ourselves To pay
rour tines the worth Of such articles Us we stan'
in need Of, merely for the purpose OF rctaIlA'n'
upon them! No, no. II Great Britain, or an.
other nation have mind 10 starve, and c'olhc II
rags three QuulcrS Of her people Tor the purpose
protecting the other one quarter, why lei them DIT
il: but for heavens sake do not attempt To miro
duce such system hcrc--let us buy as cheap IL
we eau. aud sell ul that "" ran,"nd ~" shan NM
: that while England Is i,Imt her land WIN paIac'
= and poorhousCs, making l1w 'nOrnouNl! i'ch
If we are not rich, we are certainty not 5" poo,
. if we canno, point To 50 many ovcrgrown and lord
" ari.ncrats, neither can W. point to sUch n!ll
e ads of hnuscess, mixed, starving wreichcs, ;
= away with your tariff loI protection. Lay on sui
i Grcn, duty 10 meet the wants Of the Government
i and there stop and then if n manufacturer OF eliot
, cannot net rich fast enough, let him 20 and dls pc
nr..uot ask the Government 10 assist Inn TO nc
: Gno, the Door man ten dollars for coats cIolI
when he iinht obtain it for five. II - entirely 10
late in the day 10 eurn 10 the dark ages oi SocI'
r ,auin E,ery man engaged in attempting TO TASTE