Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-11-26

III her ~ expressions. We will cheerful
" give the communication place III our
columns, hut must ask first that our rules
be complied with.
THE DEMOCRACY AND THE
PROTECTIVE POLICY.
The assidui,y with which the whig or
federal press Of the country has labored
for long time past to convict the denoc
racy, as a par'y,o Of hostility to the policy
OF q high protective tariff, cannot have
escaped general observation. Special
pains have been taken 10 establish The
truth Of this charge by the whig editors
and oracles Of This Territory; ami ii is
with the hope Of relieving them from the
necessity Of further dwelling upon the
subject, at the expense Of their poverty
stricken brains, that we are Induced to
mako the remarks which follow.
Disguise or secrecy have never enter.
ed into the plan OF operations Of the de-
,nocracy, nor is il likely that resort will
be had 10 such expcJ!en's now, when their
fatal consequences are daily shadowed
forth in the disastrous results that every.
here attend the party contending for
antagonistic principles. Policy is word
4 4kat has but little.to do with the party ad.
vocating tho school OF politics to which
we belong, except SO far as il may apply
10 the incubation OF honesty. In its per-
verted sense, which authorizes fraud
equivocation, duplicity, and indeed any
course Of conduct that i, is supposed vii
tend 70 consummate n desired result, they
know it not. Qn,thc suffice, OF the tariff,
and protective policy generally, the
course OF the great mass Of our party has
been frank, open aud decitied; nnd We re
not only willing but hlesirous ,ha, the
people Of Iowa JDsid fa!ly understand
whatihis course has been.
We say, then, 10 these gentry whose
vocation il is weekly to tax their readers
with trashy articles on subject thoy
but little understand, that in future they
,nay spare themselves their pains -iheir
labor is lost. The democrats. as c pasty.
y plead gniiyt, The charge II being o?ros: IL
TO "A HIGH PROTECTIVE TARIFF; and they
expect TO make this one OF the issues viii,
d their opponents which tho people viii be
called TO deci,l" upon in 1914. a dis
eliminating tariff, which vii! yield rcyn.
nue. enough for the support Of govern
,,lent, our friends everywhere. both il,
and cut oi' Congress, ayow ,l,en,selye ii,
favor Of, as the best substitute tAst can
be found for dircc, taxation; though.
speaking for ourselves alone, we believe
ii susceptible Of proof tia. tho latter mode
II o! raising revenue wo.s!d be sar less bur,
tlensome upon the nssaliing md poorer
classes of;he community than the former
Nor Go they object 10 any incidental pro
ton that may accrue 10 our manutac.
lures from such scale Of duties; bat they
b are at open enmity with any and every
scheme, measure, or system, which has
for its object The replenishing the pockets
Of ono class Of citizens ut the expense ol
another, regarding it as little better than
lega'ized robbery. Such they believe 10
be the PRACTICAL operation Of the protec-
tive. policy, and hence they oppose it.
Tie protective, like the banking policy,
Is beginning to be understood by the peo-
pie; and as the latter fell before tho rays
Of light aud truth, so, it may be predicted,
with great certainty, tho former will be
condemned when properly understood
Until the public mind wa, directed 10
the subject by Gen. Jack sons veto of:l,e
q s. Bank bill, none but the initiated
I knew any thing in relation TO banking
ss Or tho banking system; but the people
ss axerc aroused by the startling disclosures
Of fraud, bribery, corrnptl@n and villainy
which eers afterwards made, anil they
hogan to sift ald investigate the sys,ela
from lis groundwork upwards. They
4 found it 10 30 Rotten, and condemned ii,
though the struggle was long. and at
times doubtful. So. ulso, Of the protective
policy. Claptrap names: specious argu-
ments, and ingenious sophistry. have
heretofore inclined many III its favor;
but the veil can last no longer. The dis
cussion which the subjsct has ELECTED
within the last few years has been fatal
g the system. '.'Fariil' is now general
understood by the people TO mean tax:
Al:on; and when the word. 'pro.ec,ive' is
prcGxed, It is known TO imply double,
1 ifebtc, and often qualcple taxa,ipa.
as an Equal tax our people.are willing 10
81 pay, whether LEVIED directly or indirect
ly,whcn il IS necessary for the supper!
az goYernment; buts.hey will no, quietly
anbIlllit to having Their taxes lrebed ana
quadrupled merely to enr;cl, few lords
IA tls loom and Spinning jenny in New
England.
ss Tho present tariff is clai1edGk q wing
lseAsure, and is 50 elnphas laugIl
aH tlsw democrats vote 1oF.il ulaer, ~
II51s iAsncy Of the case, fearing ;ha, IN
III sl,,xent ne its defeat faction might inaiA
''s.as{ gross TO adjourn without providing
llIcf the support Of government; hut they
atls sand ready. when t!le opportunity oc.
% support such notifications md
clsengea as are necessary 10 make II yield
,#ss sesenes barely sufficient Tor the wants
ssa,st, ti,s country But what IS lis charac-
~ md how will il affect the VI riuus