The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
Fair TraCIe--Or NOne!

Tho following Memorial has been drawn up BY
the fsiends OF American Industry, composing the
Home League Of New York city, for general cir
oBlatIon and signature. Every one of like Faith
and feeling into whose hands il NAV come Is re-
quesied place Il AT thu head ola sheet Of paper.
ask his neighbours aud friends TO sign IL, and mail
il 20 the Representative of has District al Wash
jngton. American La5orers! Is IL net Time thai
you aroused the prsserv alton OF Your vital
from depression and ruin.
To the HanOEsbe tho Senate aud Hcuss IS Rep
TessRla,Ives OF the United States IN Congress
assembled:
The undersigned, eitizsns OF New York; res
peotfuIly petition your honorabie bodies 20 make
during your present Session, such a revision anu
arrangement of the Tariff of Duties Imports in
TO the United States, and to such laws IN re-
aiion 20 Commercial Intercourse with other Ma.
lions, while they Will give ample amount of
Revenue for tho purposes Of the National Treasu-
~, will o American Labor the Hume Mar
ket Cor all articles OF prime necessity and establish
Commercial Reciprocity the basis Of National
exchanges.
Dur rsSsuns for making Iris rsasest, which we
beg leave eoncisely state to YOUR honorable boz
dies, are
lst rha, plain, practical common indi
Gates 10 us,wtth force which theoretical sOph
issry ssids, that every Nation, 50 tar As
PEUeticabIs should depend upon itself alone for the
essential sis Of individual sud National sub
sisEancs and srenErh
"a. That this dependence upon ourselves has
been tho policy oi the Nation from is origin and
that ,he attainment Of that object the leading
notiys in ths adoption VI the Constitution. The
Probation to that form OF American Labor ana
Capital, the Coas,ing Navigation, given the
of me present form of our Government, and
wisely continued 10 tins aour, clearly establishes,
opinion ,Ihe principle of its cnnstituiouaIity
leaving present only the question Of expediency
Sd. That those articles OF necessity denomiul.
ted Manufactures, such rs Iron-wiihout which
man is savage--C Cloth, Leather, Paper, SC. are
essential 10 the existence Of Society bread il
is therefore absurd in the opinion Of your Mem
orialis,s, to depend upon Foreign Nations for the
one as The other
9TH. Labor is tho essential interest Of The whole
Nation; il j. the origin and the susienance Of Ma
tional greatness, aud wealth, and the only eommo-
dity which millions have dispose Of in exchange
for the neeess and comforts &C lie. To oxisr,
II must have objects upon which it can be e2er.ed;
be productive those objects be various and
abundant; and 10 be profitable, those objects 'ust
be the best I'VE consume the produce Of the
i-AnbT u permit taiorN va
tons TO munopoze those pursuits which are The
most profitable, onr own labor will be wasted or
iuiudciousiy employ ed.
5. BY the consent OF mankind, in all ages and
in all countries the Mechanical is a profitable
pursuit than the \ griculiurai, both for the wages
of Labor and the interest OF Capital; in every ex-
changs therefore, Of the products OF the latter, for
the former, tho adv aniBge is with the mechanical
Nalou and in degree aPProxImating TO the pro-
duet of tco days OF y sr icuurai labor ia exchange
for of Mechanical; Il is, therefore, manlfesiy
unwss as your Mean orialists think, by any legis
Iatiou Of our own, to perpetuate such disadvanta-
geous exchanges, especially when II was known
that the interests OF Agriculture are promoted b.
Ina establishment of Mechaniea! employ mentt,
which create maTksi for Agricultural products
9Th. The entire Vanl % Reciprocity IA Ihe Poh
CIV Of the Nations Of Eur ne-,Is seihshness,whieh
eIsmen, of hun anity Unnecessary ,rerhiPs
stimulate the species 10 progress IN CNl!izauon
and whIGll leads them TO lorce upon Us their sur
plus manufactures hiIe they refuse TO reeei'o IN
exchange our less profiab raw materiai,coPsPels
US 10 act on the defensive; nor cLn we discover
any difference in principle between the ProVionon
vi our interest, and the preseIvation Of our aoHo'
by antagonist action; the essiiy u the latter is
obvious 10 all and the policy Of the ;srmer appears
equally ciesr.