Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-10-15
Extract from the address Of The Wig
Young Mems Convention in New York.

We wear no double faces--we speak
with no forked tongues dark sayings to be
interpreted in favor of Free Trade or Pro
lection, as circumstances shall require.
We advocate Protection Of the Industry
of the Country in all its importantbranches
bv Discriminating Tariff, which shall be
so adjusted as to give stability and security
to ali our home Interests. We reject all
that Juggling which wears two faces under
one hood. and by mystical enunciatIon OF
High Tariff" and moderate Duties,
"Revenue Tariff" and "Incidental Protec-
ton" and the like, or by speaking on one
side and voting on the other, attempts IN
all its acts to embody and exempfy the
magical union of "Northern Men with
Southern Principles" We leave all this
sort of management TO those whose un-
limited dcxtcrity and unchecked flexibllty
better fit them to pursue 1t, while we stand
frankly, firmly, before yOuas the advocates
of Protection for the sake of Protection,
and to the full extent Of the necessity OF
that ground Incidental to revenue, 1t
may or may not be; but zoe will never con-
sent that the American laborer shall wan
der in constrained and helpless ideness,
while his children 60 supperless to bed, be-
cause the products of the famished pauper
labor Of Europe are Cutting the markets
of our country at prices with which he
cannot compete in comfort and fulfil the
duties of free citizen.
We will not tameIy consent that the
products of American Agriculture shall be
left TO rot in its granaries, or sold by Sher-
| ifs for a song in order that the land may
be dcluged with foreign Manufactures, per-
haps this year twenty per cent. cheaper
than our own rival fabrics, but as soon as
this rivalry shall have been destroyed, no
cheaper at all, but the reverse. Let the
foreign artisan bring hther his industry
and skill, let him come among US to con-
sumo our Agricultural products. support
our Governments, our Schools, our Institu-
tons, and if he be apcacefu and good citl-
zen, we welcome him with our whole hearts,
We are ready to exchange our products
for those Of his manufacturing industry on
terms of mutual advantage; but we cannot
buy our Manufactures of countries from
which our Agricultural products are vir-
tually excluded, whether by restrictive
laws or by distance which imposes a
charge equal to the foreign cost for the
transportation Of bulky articles and ensures
utter ruin by the destruction Of such as
are perishablc. We can here give the
Manufacturer more Grain for his Cloth
while he will give as much more Cloth fol
our Grain, than if three thousand miles OF
land and water divided us--no matter
what may be the nominal or money price
of either.
This follows inevitably from the nature
Of the case, if it be preferable for the two
classes of producers TO avoid the cost Of
two voyages across the ocean, and dozer
different sales and profits, then is Protec.
ton the true interest of all who live by
honest industry. 1t is, in truth, but another
term for labor saving, and securing to
every man who tolls, more liberal re.
ward for his exertions.
NainIy do our opponents struggle to es
cape from the exposure of their position
of vital hostility to the cause of American
Labor by such Juggling phrases as "Inci,
dental Protection" "Judicious Tariff" ano
the like. These but exhibit more clearly
the betrayal of the Peoples interests
which they seek to hide. Protection i:
either right or wrong; but, be it either, i
is secondary to no other consideration
Shall the question of Employment or NJ
Employment Good Wages or next to NJ
Wages, Bread or No Bread, to One Mil
, lion American Freemen be held subordi
nate to the collection of one or two mil
lions of Revenue, less or more? Never
without our voices being raised in indigna
ton against it. We insist that adequat
, Protection to American Industry be re
Ta inH fret. thor1 obi i
ticles of luxury or those which do nc
come in competition with our Home Labor
SO as to meet the wants of an economic;
; Administration of the Government. Blu
] in radical opposition to the current doc
trines of our opponents, we demand tina
> the wants Of the People be first consider
/, ed, then those of the Government.
n And this brings us directly upon tn
e third great question of National Policy, 0
e which the Wings of the Union are at IRE
cOncilabe issue with the Loco Focos-w
alluie to the PUBLIC LAND DIsTRIBuTIo,
e In this, as in all others, the vital prncipI
: of Conservatism on the one side is arraye
! against that Of Destruction on the othe
We demand Distribution of the Pre-
. ceeds of Public Land Sales to the State
y as a measure of strict Justice TO the Oh
is States, and of benefcence and strength t
V the New. We demand it as a measure
q absolute necessity to the maintenance
an efficient and permanent Tariff, whic
- shall afford a steady Protection to OF
= Home Interests, and an adequate Revenu
J. to the Government. The Land ProceeC
,fI have, within six years, tluctuated from Or
Ia Million TO Twenty-Five Millions yea
~ and NAV do en- oUoip Noy, &c thago