The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-26
THE NORTH.

lzed their fathers The hardy and brave yeo-
many that beat back the British invaders in
times that tried mems souls" have impaired all
their indomitable courage and love Of liberty to
their descendants. Their descendants are the
advocates of the broad principle of universal
freedom, and recognise all true Americans as
their brothers. They are not swayed by any
petty sectional interests, nor will they ever be
cajoled by canting fanatics into mortal strife
with their Southern brethren, for the purpose Of
abolishing system which was tolerated by all
during the struggle for independence Nor will
thew ever submit to the naughty dictation of
few captaists-men who have grown rich by
using fictitious capital, means borrowed from
a chartered monster for the purpose of specula-
ting on the necessities of the INDECENT, while the
Bank itself was swindling the widow and the
orphan whose money had been deposited in its
vaults for safe-keepng
In relation to sectional interests, the follow
ing is the substance Of an intelligent Massachu-
sets mechanics opinion, expressed in letter
received by us few days since: GAS to high
protective tariff, we have no natural or constitu.
tonal right to demand it, if it is objected to by
any of the States. 1t was agreed, in the COM
pact, that the benefits Of national legislation
should be equal among the States, provided all
the States should have any concernment in the
acts. If the North could be benefited by law
that would in no wise affect the other sections
flhe country then there would be no violation
of the compact to pass it but If the act is preJu-
dcial to the interests of any other section, it
would be manifesty unjust to adopt it. But
still, / think the incidental protection suggested
by our wise and good Chief Magistrate (and he
becomes wiser and better, in my estimation, the
more he is sandered and abused by the Wing
prnts) may be adopted with benefit to the
achole country. But the discrimination" should
not, and need not, be exercised so to "make
the rich richer and the poor poorer" Should
this be done, the odious factory system of Eng
land would soon be established here. And this
many of the nabobs are looking 10 with satisfac-
ton. They have presses in their pay, in many
instances own them, and thus the poor laborers
(who form majority in every State,) have no
means of protecting themselves, and are, in too
many instances, imposed on by what are very
properly termed by your Republican paper, the
aristocracy. Therefore, if this " incidental pro-
lection" should be bene6cently extended prin-
cpally to the humble and industrious laborers
(being confined to articles such as do not re-
quire expensive materials in the manufactured
rather than to over-grown capitalists, the many
would reap its wholesome advantages instead
of the few. There are very many articles OF
indispensable utility manufactured in the North,
requiring outlay but the labor of the operative,
on which higher duty might be laid that could
not be objected to by the South. This, and
heavy tax on lururies, would be sufficient for
the purposes of revenue. But when mil
lionaire, with his half dozen manufac tories. and
a thousand operatives 'under his thumb" is
encouraged by the potency of the laws to pro-
you may rely upon it the majority of the people
of the North, as well as the South, will protest
against the honesty and wisdom of their rulers.
Yet, it is my opinion, if the other States do
net objectto protective tariff on all articles of
home manufacture, Gf there exists no const-
tutional prohibtion) it then becomes simple
question of erpediency. An ample revenue for
the present and prospective demands of the Go
vernment should be secured. So also should all
the productive resources of the country be
brought into active operation, so that in any
emergency we would be independent of all
other countries in every respect.
''But, If the South does object to high pro-
tective tariff for the immediate benefit of the
Northern manufacturers and chartered compa-
MES, then we have no right to insist on it, To
my mind it is quite clear that no section of the
Union is entitled to greater benefits from legisla-
ton than another; and decidedly not when a
benefit conferred on one State is an injury in
Jury inflicted on another. | am aware that GER
tain interested politicians contend that defcien-
cies Of soil and climate in certain sections
should be equalized by partial benefits bestow-
ed by the Government. To my mind nothing
could be more absurd. No man is compelled to
live in an unproptious climate, or to till bar
rem soil. And if he will persist in laboring IN
der such disadvantages, his petition should ra-
Their be directed to The throne of Omnipotence
than to Congress. Every American has the
privilege to locate himself in whatsoever section
of the Union he pleases; but if he settles in a
marsh, he has no right TO graduate the dry plains
OF other regions down to his level, and that too
at the expense of the injured party"
The above, in our opinion, is fair exposition
of the sentiments of the masses in the North
The majority Of the People Ohe humble labo-
rers) can not be heard in their own vindicaton
and defence save at the ballot boxes. The ca
pitaists and politicians can make the welkn
ring at any time with their windy presses The
former is the deep still water, the latter the