The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1842-11-24

rev Of tho
na.'s svenpe ra,e
q ass 1ih system ii tbirtv
End |ei 8 oppose that he
- 4n d ihuty mlIions IS wanted
government. this
noun coSet;r Expenses Of col
sr,se, HdVing q surplus
,socc b probably a mi.'ion.
fiis gross revenue Of thirty
our annual imporiaiions must
ieae.l the aggregate amount Of one
hundred millions. Bot let the oppo-
nen's Of protection come into power,
and lea Us suppose them to fx the av-
efage rate Of duties At twenty per cent
--Wnll this standard il would be ne
cessary for Us to import annually one
hundred and City millions worth Of
foreign goods 10 order TO Taise the re-
quisile amount Of thirty millions Of
gross revenue. The question is, could
The country sustain such an importa-
ton Where can we send our pro-
ducts to pay Tor such an amount ofior-
eign merchandise ? The result would
be that specie would 60 out Of the
county again as it did, long ago, when
we we're safering from the evil ofover
imporiations. Because it is well known
that every important staple Of the
Northern, Middle, and Western States
Is burdened with duties in the ports Of
Europe, and we would thus be unable
to pay, exceptin specie, the large bal
ance against Us which such proluse
imporlalions would create.
"There would be another result al.
so equally disastrous. Our domestic
industry would be prosirated, the la
Dor ofour people would be neutralized
by the competition Of foreign labor,
and we should be compelled 10 suffer
over again, aud in a worse form, The
severe Affections which We have now
some hope Of escaping.
"Under a system of duties high en-
ough for protection, fewer importations
will take place yet, those that are
made will supply as much revenue as
larger importalions would under a sys-
lem Of low duties. With regard TO the
present tariff, we repeat again that its
practica. operation nust be waited for
before it eau be accurately known what
amount Of revenue it will yield. The
cry of repeal is altogether premature.
"The pretext OF too little revenue
against the existing law therefore will
not do. The real ground Of opposi-
ton is hostility TO the protective priH-
cipie. We have evidence Of this in the
language Of the anti-tariff journals, and
in the explicit declarations Of leading
politicians. The Morning Post, the
organ Of Mr. Calhoun in New York,
says
g We have arrived at another era
cf liberty, and the battle of political
opinion in America, now drawing on
is for free hadc against d protectire tar
H. This issue absorbs all the rest
and let il be contested by none but TIE
cbatrnions themselves
"Again, the same Journal declares
that
"In the Psc iIaaai contest wh. Ct
is approaching, parties wiIl divide on
ono goat 7nta'.,r O.hr questions
will Be involved in De aWute, but
the main slfae Re will Be as 70 tie ones.
lion. That que -a will le, five can
rightly interpret the signs OF the times
pro 'ectioa and interpretation
"Mr. Eastman, of New Hampshire
who is regarded, we believe, as an or
thodox expounder Of the new princi-
pies Of democracy spoke thus in
Congress:
&" Opposition to The protective pol
icy is clearly and unequlyocaliy dem
ocratic doctrine. IL is one Of the
landmarks Of the Democratic party
Go where YOU will, sir, North, South,
East, or West, and the Democratic
party willtell you that they are opposed
to the protective system. But while
YOU will 6nd upon this side almost the
entire body Of the Democratic party
you will find upon the other the greal
mass Of the Wing party. Sir, let me
repeat it, tho PROTECTIVE system IS essen
tally the Whig system
awe might give other quotations,
but these will do for the present. The
real ground, then, Of opposition tc
the tariff law is not on the score O.
an apprehended want Of revenue, but il
arises Gom fixed hostility against the
protective policy Of the law"