New-York daily tribune., 1842-08-17


means which the world pronouRces lawful. Sup
pose they resolve to engage largely in the manu-
facture Of Clothing: To do this proftably, they
procure their cloth just where it may be bought or
made cheapest, and proceed to hire the needful
Labor-nainly of Women and Girls-also where it
can be obtained at the lowest starvation price,
(aHd they can procure Shirts made in London for
four cents each. and Stockings woven in Germany
for considerably less per pair, &c. &c.) Now the
cost Of transporting garments of I'll sorts IRON
London or Hambsrgh to aHy seaport IN the world
will hardly reach per cent. on the value there
OF, and the average cost Of their transmission all
over the world will be less. They throw guam
tty into every port the first result is the ruin OF
the business of all engaged in the manufacture OF
similar articles where Labor and Cloth higher
the second inevitably is The reduction to want
Of the countless Men and Women depending on
them for employment. These become paspers,
or beggars for employment at any price; and now
the mas,er-spirits may change the centre of their
operations, and perhaps bowl down the very in
srruments of their first enterprise with the de-
pressed labor of its ruined and furnishing victims.
They may go on in this way prosperousy, arnas-
sing wealth in millions but the ,ohole dependent
Laboring Population Of the pord IS set to bid
ding against each other 10 sehich 1oill do the
nsost Labor fer tie seoss pay, and those who will
work the most hours for the smallest and poorest
allowance of bread will be employed for the mo-
ment, until some other division is starved down to
-. III halo ,nbap .bo of
industrial activity is shifted and so on. Perfect
Free Trade and Free Competition, in the actual
state of Society and with the antagonist attitude
OF Labor and Capital now to a great extent pre-
vaing, so far from being the universal blessing it
is so generally depicted, would be general curse
We fear we have not taken space enough to de-
mon.trate this clearly to those who have not before
to it when more at leisure.
Now that every laboring man in this country is
beaefttea and not burthened at all by proper
Tarif:-say of l to 90 per cent. rude and
bulky staples, and of 20 to SO on light, costly
fabrics and manufactures-we no more doubt than
we do our own existence. IF lie pays little more
for few articles, he obtains many cheaper, and
a very much larger reward for his own labor than
if there were no Tariff. It is not only mistake,
then, that under Tariff poor man pays as much
as a rich toward the support of Government,
but it is mistake that he is burthened at all by
one. If the Federal Government could support
itself without any Revenue by Impost or Tax, and
none should therefore be levied, our Laboring
Class would be far worse off than now
That Revenae can be far more easily and
cheaply collected by Duties than by Direct Taxes,
it surely needs no argument to show. Justimagne
our Tariff abolished and locust-swarm of tax
gatherers sent OUT to collect by Direct Taxes
$50, 1000 900 per annum for the Federal Govern
ment in addition to present State, County,
Town and School Taxes. The quota required of
NewYork would be Three Millions Of Dollars
Of Indiana about One Million of which ninety
nine per cent. would be carried right out of the
State. Does any man imagine that such Taxes
would be collected in times like these? Think of
the Stop Laws, Valuation Laws, and other contri-
vances now resorted to in half the States and the
resignation of Sheriffs because they find it impos-
sble to collect debts, even by distress. No: the
money could not be raised If the Loco-F ocos
would bind themselves to try the experiment,
which, even in modified diluted form, did more
than any thing else to upset the Administration of
old John Adams. we should be heartily glad to
give them the opportunity. A years trial would
finish them for quarter of century.