Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-16


efecting the desired end To relieve Il
country and afford individual and natiol
al prosperity, it is alleged that Congrel
must pass
PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
The advocates OfIhis measure, urg
its adoption,
ist. Because it will protect America
Industry;
2nd. Because it will prevent tn
country from being dIained of its spe
Gle;
Sd. Because it is required, In self de
fence, and in retaliation ofthe corn law
in Great Britain;
4lh. Because it will afford, US a marke
for our surplus produce; and
5th, Because it will create demand
for labor.
in considering the first reason assigned
in favor Of high dulles on foreign impor
tatlons, it seems strange--nay, il is anna.
zing that, at this advanced era of pOIiIi-
cal science, a great political party should
assert that a tariff operates as "protec.
ton" TO "American Industry" If it could
be proven that the owners of our noble
mines OfIrOn, lead and coal, and the mag
nificent capitalists who control the vast
manufacturing establishments Of New
England, constitute of themselves, what
could be correctly called "Amercan In
duStry ;"-then, the fact that tariff law
(tending 10 exclude the products of for.
egn counties from competition with our
owu,) projected "American Industry"
would not be denied. But such is not the
case. "American Industry"ls not truly
composed of Illuminate mines, nor Of
wealthy capitalists inOperatives; but, on
the contrary, it may be found spread owe
the broad fields and fruitful valleys Of this
vast republic, it may be Witnessed in the
workshops, and seen on the highways,
which, throughout the world, give name
for industry to the American agricultur.
alist and mechanic. In this land of re-.
publican equality, it is the pride and
boast of patriotic bosons. that the labor,
skill and mechanicism of honest hands,
and poor pockets, are fully as worthy of
the protection of Government, as the in
animate wealth Of the manufacturing cap
italists, or the mines of him whom for
tune has already favored beyond the lot
Of his fellow man. IL Partially should
ever be admitted into the legislation of
republican government, the genius of our
institutions would require that the favor
itism should be shown TO that portion of
the people who are most in need of pub
lie iounty. The lordly New England
msnufacturer-already at ease, surround
ed by luxury and wealth, has no claims
over the farmer and mechanic, upon the
Of republican legislature;
bis hands are never soiled by labor. nor
his sleeves rolled up for toll; his deeds
are for himself; his patriotism looks first
10 his pocket, and his outlays go for for
eign luxuries nlon the importation of
which he would SEEK no tariff.
But il is said that protective tariff will
keep specie currency in our country.
No position, perhaps, which Is assumed
in demonstrating the necessity OF tar'ft
IS more unsupported BY the experience
of the nation. The records Of 'heTreas
nry Department exhibit the facts and fig |
ures necessary to settle the validity of
The argument. BY those records. it is
ascertained that the amounts Of specie |
stated below, we're respec lively imported
and exported during the years opposite TO
which they are placed: