The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-05-27
ARlFF--PROTECri HOME INDUS
TRY &C.

We find the 70 lowing in the Saratoga, n Y.
Sentinel, the editor Of which says ii is from the
pen Of one Of the ubias, writer's in the Union,
HOME INDUSTRY! A CAPTIVATING NAME
Who is no, in favor Of protecting "homc indus
Try !" Not one. 1t is our highest boast that we
are IN FAVOR OF protecting - home industry In
Whit does "honie industry" really consist Look
abroad over our thousand hills and boundes plains,
See the enlgrant cutting down the trees, building
his log cabin, and turning up the prairie, where
golden har,e have slept ever since the Hood
/ here Is - home Industry" Look at the farmer,
improving his worn.out fields, feeding his cattle,
and akm, his crops 10 market. There Is home
industry" Look at his wife and daughters cook
lng his food, making his clothes, doing every thing
TO save what he has earned, and giving comfort 10
his habi,allon. Here is 'home industry"
This class exceeds all others in society, both in
numbers and importance 1t, is they who Give val
NC to country Without them, our widespread
and fertile lands would be as v4uclesi as the dcs-
cr,s Of Arabia. Not house would be built, did
they not feed the builders. Not II city or village
would spring into existence, or continue 10 exist,
did they not draw substance and wealth from the
farmers around them. Not Il ship floats whose
freight is not, in the first instance, The prodIct OF
his TOLL or of the labor of those whom he leedS.--
The lawyer, the doctor, the divine, the mechanic,
the seaman, the soldier, the public oIccr,the mer-
chant, the banker, the broker, lhG poet the plincr,
the ldar, aud the knaye, areaII fed from his hand
aud clothed by his toll, The wealth of the Grards
aud the AsUrS Is the accumulation OF his industry
it is he who fills the ileasurles of states and nations,
builds nlvcs,and supports Hrnes. Without ilm
society cannot exist, and the world would be sur
rendered 10 a few wandering savages.
lis Is the "hDme industry whlah, above all
others, merits protection. But what "protec-
lion" dOas II obtain or ask OF what Is 1t possible
for Government TO give? Does the clnlgrlnt ex-
pect or ask the government to cut down the tree
lol him, or BALD his caJn,and plough up the prai.
RE Does the Turner ask or expect the Govern
ment to build his fences, cutlyue his fields or COW
er them with nlanun' Does he 60 TO his
Government and say, "liy luaL is poor; can
scarcely gel Irving; ljes you for protect on
beg you 10 impose a tG1 on the prOluee Of my
acishJOr'S more proiUciire iaqgS, that my crops
TO approach Congress or the State Legislature with
such petition, he would BE- laughed to scorn. lie
would be told that he hudhimseU chosen his Oc.
cup4tioa, and seieetcihis horne; that he must en-
counter the hazzllds Orrnr and the Inconvenience
Of the Other; that i, would he unjust TO tax his
neighbours crops to enable him to sell hiS goods at
higher price, as it would he to take his neigh
bor's property without consideration, and give ii
10 him.
"H0me Iadustry!'--In the tariff vocabulary,
this is phase Ofvery limited meaning. With
slight exception, il does not include the great, fur
ddmentil, and ull-prevalns agricultural interest IN
the country That Is no; meant when we hear
this cant phrase. Perhaps some halter in the CT
" does not make so much upon the hats manullc-
tured by him us he wishes, and petitions Congress
TO make The farmer pay higher price for hats
for himself and tamuy Perhaps somc tailor does
moi profit as much MS he desires upon articles OF
clothing made by him, and he petitions Congress
to make farmers and other classes pay more Tor
ready-nnde clothing. Perhaps some ironmascr
does not make satisfactory income from his
mines and his fOIgrs and forthwith he petitions
Congress 10 make farmers pay higher prices for his
ploushs and hoes, his axes and crow-hars, his sta
pes and his chains, his sl:les aud his scyihcs,
his door lalchcs aud hinges, his knives and forks,
hi, pots and kettles, Gnd every item of iron or
steel used by him in his business. Perhaps the
owners of large manufacturing establishment do
not make satisfactory profits on their business; and
forthwith they petition Congress 10 make the far
mer pas higher prices lnr his coat and waiscoa,,
for lis pauialoons, for his bedcoihes and table
cloths, for the clothing of his wife AID children,
Cor every yard Of cotton, wooden, linen, hempcn,
or silk good. purchased for their comfort, or used
in his family. Perhnpsi the gnss.mAker wishes TO
Increase hi. profits; and forthwith he petitions
Congress to make erery body pay higher price
for glass. So Of every other class of manuiiclur-
ers and mechanics who meet in our markets COM
neliion fron abroad. 70 increase the profits of
The silt-naker, every farther must pay higher
price for the salt be puts upon lis meat or gives
to his cattle To increase the profits Of few su
CAT planters in single State, the whole Union is
made to pay higher price for sugar.
And thi. is called projecting home iRdas'ry"'
The industry ofthousGnis is taxed 10 swell the In
come Of one; bu, the thousands are forgotten, and
the Que only remembered Because the ono, in
being enabled bv law to appropriate to himself in
part the fruits Of tho industry oi thousands, gets
rich, protective tariff, incidental oni direct ~