New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-09-24
WHOLE no. A55

road, the Five Millions invested in the unfinished
Canals, are Utmost to The las, dollar dead invest
,ran,s until those Works are respectively compile
ted. They bring hardly dollar into the Treas
ury. while they call imperasi7ely fol "a Million ev-
year 20 pay interest beside the enormous losses
from diiapidaton. damages and broAeu contracts.
Now ,hese Works viii bat pay the interest the
Fifteea Ei.hecn Millions still required to COM
Pete tien. It is clearly expedient, mere qCcs-
ton OF 2ccun;sry interest. 70 finish them at the
earliest mop1cnt. The vast amount already ex-
pended is hoqe!ssSly sunk withcu, such compe-
ZION: is Intc.e> and heavy charges are dead
.oss 30 bong INA, completion is delayed: Twenty
wears s-iay ('Fhc.i IS less than opponents
policy contrm2ia; dnier the most favorable cir
cunstaacss In-yaa5!y imposes on our State
.as> OF twenty 5!t..onS IN isterest alone. besides
me diversion " her Trace ana the punishment o;
thousands CT her best population to the wiIds OF
the distant West. Can there be in the world
private capitalist so insane that, If he were their
proprietor he would arres, these works no~ ana
submit TO dead loss OF one halt their entire cos,
The supPositioa is incredible, How then shall
the great State OF Newly ork, with her vast re sour
ces her well-wGn reuown for enterprise and dauni-
less energy, place herself in position 50 humiiiat-
ing as to consent to blast her own poets aud tnrn
away the Commerce which seeks her channels and
her narts, by policy which doouis thousands OF
her own citizens 10 bankruptcy and 10 destiinlioD,
and leaves whole regions 20 isolation and DESPAIR
Freshmen OF New-York such must never be her
position her ptlicg! Your votes mast forbid i.
they tcilH
Thus also of that great National ebligation-,he
protection OF the Productive Labor OF the Coun-
Try. We wear nc double taces-we speak with no
!. L, / :.
favor OF Free Trade or Protection, as circumstan-
ces shall require. We advocate Protection OF
the Industry OF The Country in al its important
branches by a Discriminating Tariff, which shall
be 50 adjusted 10 give stability and security 10
all our Home Interests We reject all thar Jug
Cling which wears two faces under one hood. and
by a mystical enunciaton of Z" High Tar;ti" and
Moderate Duties Revenue Tariff Inclden-
tai Protection and the like or by speaking on
side and voting the other, attempts in al It's
acts 10 embody and eXemplity the magical union
Of Northern Men with Southern Principles :
! We leave all this sort of management TO those
whose unlimited dexterity and unchecked tiexlbl!-
ity better tit them 20 pursue IT, while We stand
| frankly, firmly before You, the advocates OF
Protection for the sake OF Protection, and TO the
full extent OF the necessiJ; that ground Incl
dental to revenue 1t may may not be- bur are
wit never consent that the American laborer shall
wander in constraiucd and helpless idenesS, whie
MS children 90 suppcrlcss to bed because the pre-
ducts OF the furnished paaper-labor Of Europe are
Cutting the markets OF our Country at prices
with which he cannot compete in comfort and full
! I'll the duties of free citizen. We will not
famey consent that the products OF American
Agriculture shall be left to rot in its granaries,
sold by Sheritis for song, in order that the land
may be deluged with foreign Manufactures, per
hap, this year twenty per cent. cheaper than our
own rival fabrics, but this rivalry shall
havc been destroyed, cheaper at all, but the
verse Let the foreign artisan bring hther his
industry and skill, let him come among US 20 coa-
sumo our Agricultural products, support our Soy
| ernmentS, our Schools, our Institutions, and II he
be 4 peaceful and coed citizen welcome him
with our whsle hearts. We are ready TO eX-
change our products Tor those OF his Manuiactur-
ing industry on terms of mutual advantage; but
we cannot buv our Manufactures of Countries
froa! which our Agricultural products are Virtually
excluded, whether by restrictive laws or by,a dis
tarcc which imposes charge equal TO the foreign
cost for the transportation OF bulky articles and
ensures utter ruin b. the destruction of such
pershabe. We can here give the Manufacturer
more Grain for his Cloth, while he Will give US
much more Cloth for our Grain, than If three
! thousand mics Of land and water divided us--no
matter what MAJ be the nominal OF money price
of either
fhis follows inevitably from tae nature Of tie
case. If it be preferable for the Two classes OF
producers TO avoid the cost OF two voyages across
me ocean. and dozen different sales and profits,
then is Protection the true interest OF all VINO lIve
| nv honest industry. It is, in truth, but another
term Cor labo.-sayns aud securing to every man
VINO tolls a more liberal reward for his eHert;ons.
yainly do our opponents struggle To escape from
the exposure OF their position OF VITAL hostility 80
tie cause Of American Labor By such Juggling
phrases rs = Incidental Protection, = Jndiciaus
Tariff" and the ike. These but exhibit more
clearly tie betrayal Of the Peoples interests.
which theq seek 20 hide. Protection is either
right OF wtoug; but. be teirhar IL is secondary
10 no Other consideration. Shall the question Of
! Employment on 10 employment Coco Wages or
next 10 No age Bread OF 10 Bread, 20 One
/ Million American Freemeas be held subord nste 70
The CO. ec.;on Of one or TWO nll!isls Of Revenue.
less or rnure1 Never. with our couseat Ne7el.
without oar voices being ,ajsed in indRnatioa
against it, We insist that adequate Protection 70
American Industry be regarded hIst: then adjust
gour duties on articles OF luxury those which do
not come in competition with our dome Ia Jc, 80
as 10 nee. the wants OF an economical! Admins
tration Of the Government. But, in radical op-
position to the currea: doctrines ofour opponents,
we demand that the vans CT The People +" .rst
considered, then those % ;he Government
And this brings u directly upon the airci great
question Of Natioaai Policy which the Wings
OF the Union are at irreconcilaoie issue with tie
I.oco-Focos-we aliuGe to me PUBLIC LAND DIS
rRIEurtos In this . in ali others, ,hs Yital pro-
ciple of Consefvaiis5.. on the -lde IS arrayed
I against that Of Destruction or the osher. We de-
uland Distribution Of The Proceeds OF Pubic
! Land Sales 10 the STATES measure of strict
qs,icc 70 the Old States. and Of beHefcorce zud
strength 70 tie Neg, ,ie demand iias measure