New-York tribune., 1842-01-12
Fair Tradc-or fouc!

HONE LEAGUE OF Ibis City, for general circu
a,oa and signature. Every one o; ike ta;sh and
feeling into whose hands ii msv come is requested
to place i. at tie head of sheet OF paper. ask his
neighbors und friends TO sign it, and mail 1t 70
! the Representative Of his District at Washington
Americas Laborers is it not time that YOU aroused
to the preservation OF your vital interests irsm de-
preston and rsin
To the Honorab', tie Senate and House Of Representa-
tlees OF the United 'atts C0HyreSs assembled
The undersigned. citizens OF New. York respect
fully petition your honorable bodies make, during
YOUR present Session such revision and arrange
n.enr OF the Tariff OF Duties Imports INTO the
United States, and TO enact such laws in relation "a
Commercial Intercourse ~!tl other Nations While
they rill give ample amount OF Revenue for the
purpose. Of the NatiDna! Treasury, will secure 10
American Labor the Home Market fo- al articles
OF prime necessity, and establish Commercial Reel
procitv as the basis OF National Exchanges.
Our reasons for making this request, which re be-
Leave concise!y 70 SAFE your honorable 5oci;t
Isl. That plain. practical common sense indicates 10
u.s. with force which theoretical 5ophst.-
aside tina, eve.vNaton, So far practicable, should
depend upo itself alone for the essena! elements Of
individual! and Nationa. subsistence and strength
% That this dependence upon oG!selve. mas been
the policy Of the Nation from its origin and that the
attainment Of ;l. object the Leading motive in the
adoption Of the Constitution. TIE Protection 10 that
form OF American L2bor and Capital, the Coe.ting
Navigation given a, the outset oil the presea;=foryn
Of our Government and wisely continued tins hour
clearly establ.hes,n opinion the principle OF Us
constIutlonailt leaving IL present only Tie question
OF eIpediency,
Sd Tha, those articles OF necessity denomnated
Manufactures, such as lron-without " Inch MANS n
savage-C!o,il, Leather, Paper. 1c. essential
TO the existence OF Society Bread II Is therefore
as absurd, in tie opinion Of Your MemoriaSts to de
pend upon Foreign Nations for tt- the other
4th. Labor is the essential interest OF the whole
Nation il, is the origin and the .ustenance Of Ma
tionai greatness and wealth, and the only commodity
which millions have TO dispose OF IN exchange 10! the
nccessares and comforts Of life. To exist, II E.us
have objects upon which it can be exerted; 10 be
productive, those objects must be various aud aoun,
dan; and sc profitable, those objects must be the
best. If we consume the produce of the Labor Of
other Nations. or il permit those Nations to mo
nopoiize those pursuits which tie mos, profitable,
our own Labor will be either wasted or inludlclousiy
employed
5ith Bv the consent of mankind in all ages and in
al! countries the Mechanical sa more Irohiabie pur
snt than the Agricultural bortor the wages ot labor
and the interest of Capitu; nevery exchange there.
fare OF the products OF the latter, for the former the
advantage is clearly with the mechanical Nation and
in degree approximating the product OF tso dnys
of Agricultural labor IN exchange tor one OF Me-
chanical il H. therefore uanestly unwise, as your
Memoriasts think, by any Legislation OF cur own,
to perpe.uate such disadvan'ageous exchanges, es.
pecially when il is known that the interests OF Agrl-
culture are promoted by the establishment OF Me
chanical employmen,s, which create market for
A Agricultural products.
9Th The entire want of Reciprocity in the poicy.
o! the Nations Of Europe-the 'seltislness, which
seems an eleInen. OF hunlanity-nccessary perhaps,
10 stimulate tho species 10 progress III Civilization,
and which leads them force upon their surplus
manufacturers while they refuse receive in ex-
change our less profitable raw material, comfe!s rs
to act on the defensive nsr can we discover any
difference in principle between the promotion OF our
interest and the preservation Of our honor By anago
MIST action the necessity the latter is obvious 10 all
and the policy OF The former appears equally clear
Tth Without the preservation and encouragement
Of the great Mechanical and Manufacturing interests
bv securing to them the Home Market free from all
disturbance from abroad no sound system OF Finance
exist. BY this process OF Improbable exchanges
which for the lasten years we have by unwlse egis
lation encouraged Europe has alread obtained from
us not only the Gold and Silver our Commerce could
accumulate but Two Hundred Millions OF Public and
Corporate Credit has passed into the hands OF Foreign
Capitalists in exchange for what should have
manu- featured Tor ourselves. thereby creating drain
upon our Industry far more burdensome than tax
often millions annually. The States are thus tempted
TO commit pecuniary fraud our Currency IS without
u basis; Credit At nome, as Wei! us dUEOdU Is
rapidly peri.hng; Labor, divorced from Capital, is
without objects upon which 10 exert itself and Capital
ASSOCIATED from Labor is unproducuve. Our great
Home Interests, the amount OF which exceed Two
Thousand Millions annually are thrown into disorder
our individual energies defeated and our estates
wasted that a Foreign Commerce OF One Hundred
and Twenty five Millions may proceed uprn sys.
len OF lranscendentaism, which has adaptation
TO humanity.
We respectfully protest against the continuance
of this rninous system Of National Pecy, and. aban-
ioniug all minor divisions will upon the broad
basis Of !" Protection TO American Industry, conf
DENLY expecting that like the Firs, Congress OF the
United States ~! America whose hLSt act=Nras the
Protection of Manufactures. the Twenty seventh
will sustain views, and relieve the Country from
its present embarrassmen,s.
FATAL ArYAlR-The Vicksburgi Wing says
that Dr. Brown of Warrcnton wa. killed on Mon
day last in that County. difficulty occurred at
public sale between him and john Henderson,
ESD, which resulted in DR.. B 5 death.
" Kecne, the shoemaker who murdered his
wife in Muysvile, Ky, last September, was hanged
on the 3lst ult.
10 The DIV eng-house of Alrs. Green, at Al
bion n. Y, was burned on the ID inst. Los.
$l400-insured, 5000.
The SurRE,E CouKr.-The Supreme Court Of
the United Sts,es assembled al tie Court Room,
in the Capitol Yesterday. and began its annual
Session The CHIEF JUSTICE and all the Asso-
clATs JUSTICES We're present, except Alr justice
THOMPSON The decker will be called today
Nat. lat Tuesday
rr "Born with gold spoon IN his mouth. i. often
Ecura,ivcly true. The rcoms Of young Prince Royal
ola wi NJ hi, birth Duke OF Cornwall /.