Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-03-22


the transit OF large masses q men from poy
ment to another, is incaculabe.
DOMESTIC INDUSTRY"
IN the good old days Of the Republic, when every
man minded his own business aud left others take
care o. their own when DE- pendence placed on
personal exertion alone and people did not look mp
10 HercuitS Congress 10 get them out OF the slough
into which they had plunged by their own folly and
nproy idcnce in those times, domestic industry
was different thing from what II Is now. Ii We
are 10 believe the assertions Of members of Congress
advocating protective tariff, there Is no other do
nestle industry than that employed in our great
manufactures. According to their definition, tend
ING spinning ennies in stupendous brick building,
SIX or seven stories high, some ten twenty miles
from hcuc, surrounded by hundreds Of strapping
Operatives, from all quarters Of the world, with
tremendous whirkers, is your only domestic ndus
~ Tor the young and blooming daughters OF tine land
"DoME>rIC INDvsrEN" IS no longer represented
BY the ruddy matron sitting N her own hroslde in
her own home turning the spinning wheel with one
foot and rocking chubby bantling wiih the other.
while singing IL 10 sleep with iu.labIes nor by red
checked rls performing the thpu,lna l.ttlc domcs-
tic offices that administer TO the comfort aud Imp
pucss OF man. Domestic industry not that which
is cnNcncd and chcered by the eanbols OF sturdy
little urchns sporting away that happy season GA
which We look back with lingering regrc', the
only period worth living over again the holiday Of
life ct bondage.
..DomrsrIc Ivprsruy." according to the tari.T
definition is lot that of the healthy mechanic of
artIzan, who works for hImscfat his own shop, or
It bc goes abroad, returns 70 his meals every day,
aud sleeps under his own roof every night; whose
earnings are regulated by the wants OF tie comuu-
nifty M large not by the discretion OF a penurous
master whose hours of labor depend on universal
custom who, when the sun goes down, ~ a free
man until he rises agsln; VINO can eat his meals 10
comfort, aud sleep as long as nature requires.
"IonEsric INDUSTRY is not that winch is en-
poyed IN the fields. The farmer cultivating the
earth, and applying las lobors 10 the production 81
those blessings winch are indispensable 10 the very
existence OF MS fellow creatures Is not ior,ooih en-
titled 90 the honors and rewards OF domestic indus
try Not he. Domestic industry Is nothing but
bondage It's most oppressive form, labor ia IT'S ut
most extremity OF degradation.
"DONEsrIc INDUSTRY, according to the protective
tariff cant, IS that which separates wives, husbands
parents and children; annlulatcS every domestic
tie and a,socl"t - and renders a.. domestic dutis
subscrvicat 20 zinc will not OF husband or parent
but that % am unleehng tasam1stcr, To whom tdc
sacrlhccs % every moment az time, and every COM
iOTt ~ lie, are wealth ana prosperity.
"DoMrsTlc lNDusrRY,' as defined by the joint
stock companies. twho we believe chrIstcned the
bastard bpntanE) may be- seen eNempllhcd ~ pro-
cessions Of hundreds 81 girls, separated from home
and from pafeHtdl gardlaAehiP, marching IN lohg
rows % and from their meals and their work, two
by two, Ike yokes of oxen, aud subject 10 the inso-
lent stare and ribald Jcsts OF a g1ng OF Imported
Operatives IN corduroy bgeecbes and leather APP
rons, their faces marvclOusly bssncarcd with grease
and coal dust.
'.DoMEsrGc INDUSTRY, ~ is seen in wives and mo-
theirs divorced from the domestic treslde, and all
the saiutary habits and assoc atoms 10 inspires east
into the fiery furnace Of ln4IscrmEatc society with
every species OF ignorance, degradation ana wee :;
with the refuse o. foreign lands who have at
tachment 10 their country, mo- domestic tie, no
wives, no children, no home, no religion, no God
In short the protective tariff domestic industry,
that which involves the sacrifice OF every domestic
feeling, habit, occupation aui virtue, by taking men.
women and children from the sanctuary where
these are acquired ana preserved.
" D0m,S'lc LdUsiry,' may be seen IN a. rs glory
ia England. There We behold rs 'r,ump.is per-
sOuhcd 10 tens oil thousands oil crippled, palc cWa-
ciated men, whose minds and inte.lecls partakc o.
the degeueracy OF their bodies IN tens Of thousands
o. unmarried Wives and daughters unScNed OF every
virtue that gives value and dignity to woman.
There We may see these victims % domestic INDUS
try, followed by a tram OF ragged, lgd, starving
children, without education, without morals, with
ont reiig ON, and without bread wretchcd slaves,
whose meals, when they have any tnng TO cat,
whose labor, and whose rest, are regulated only by
forever watch Without praying VINO are punished
Tor yielding moment To the exhausted calls of ma
ture who toll from before the rising. until long al
ter the setting sun, without the rewards OF toll,
wholesome food ana balmy rest ; and who actually
perish with hunger IN a land renowned for It's
philanthropy towards strangers and aliens Of dit