Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-05-28

remaining. can yet be called in aa the only
safeguard left. II these are driven out ol
market, what evidence 10 left 10 operate
against the oath Of the foreigner Seizure Of
The goods becomes Il farce, as Tho brrtEen OF
proof must be on The part Of the United States.
and in case Of trial, ton witnesses, OF foreign
efs engaged in the same bIsinerH, can be
brought forward 10 one Oh our part. 70 show
that this fraud IL ptartis6d and we'll Under
stood in France, q nj tubnf OF an extensive
importing hotsr i'll this city. when in FafiF,
had the refusal Of an invoice pf Ffenrh goods,
ut That time IN demand for this market. He
was applied 10 IN his rooms by . native ex-
porter Of tho article, TO join hit1ain The pur-
clase and rs an indueetnent, said that he
would ship them aud ~iiYoiee them 1T o price
far below their cost, by which operation they
would save 80 much in duties. II Ia needless
10 say the proposition waB Indignantly reject
cd. How frequently these frauds have been
attempted, lot the inquiry Of the appraisers III
The Nav York Custom tioptc answer"
On he Influence Of Profeetion-1hiH report
We consider lear fofeible than The subject
would auihorise us 10 anticipate, Notwith-
standing 1t contains HoUnd doetftn6s aud some
excellent thoughts. Such, for example, a.
that,
" .abor IL The life Of the Commonwealth /;
capital tho product. PROSTATE Or neglect the
tottnsr, AVID every fibre Of tbs community be
comes 4 sufferer. The noeis1 compact which
invests Government with The power, parted
with by individuals, 10 protect the interests et
the Stale, implies security 10 his motive prin-
ciple OF tho whole, to vii, LAror, rhYsfcaf and
tHtfilectuak That patton atatlda highest in
moral and physical greatness, which gives the
highest rates Of wages and tho largest returns
for labor. II approaches nearest to All equal
and mutual dependence, which is the most
elevated state Of national Independence Of
which society 10 capable. II Is equally re.
moved from tho wretehedness Of pauperistn
and the oppression Of the oYerRrown capital-
isl. Such has heretofore been tho situation
Of our favored nation"
And again
"protection IL due 10 all branches Of indsa.
try in the planting and agricultural States, rs
well ~ 10 our commerce., navigation. and Dish
cries but IN an especial manner to tnautfac-
iurers, artisans, aud mechanics not merely
because they support a high rate Of wages,
but the former have large capitals invested,
and. In connection with both the latter, are
constantly introducing the arts, sources Of
wealth and independence 10 the country,
They more than pay for all the fostering care
The get from government, not mrely by in-
v%entlons, new improvements, consumption Of
hons products, employment Of female indus
Try, and encouragement 10 commerce, but II
tho direct cheapening Of the cost Of every
thing they manufacture"
The principle Of I'rotcetion-This paper
was read by Horace Greedy, one of the edit
ors Of The American Laborer. lie enters up
on tho subject by showing that protection il
but another word for self.delenee, or self pre-.
srrVation. Individuals form themselves into
~natjear, and surrender certain rights to CO.
vernIneni, and boar certain b~urtliens imposed
by II, to be protected against felons, swindlsrs,
burglars, assaasins, brigands, and foreign ar
mics. The very essence of each individuals
contract with sovernment--the qnid for which
he surrenders his quo, 10 protection. He is TO
be protected in those rights, reserved to him
in his contract with government and, to the
laboriHg man, the dearest Of all those rights,
next to life and liberty, is A fair remuneration
for his labor. If government does not pro-
tect the industry Of tho mechanic and artisan,
what is the government TO him? A benefac-
tor No: an oppresnor.
The report Of Mr.. Greedy is able and we'll
written but we have room only for two or
three paragraphs. The writer maintains that
"a nation may be injured az certainly and Vi
tally by the policy Of it, rival, as by it's arms.
cripple the and blight the industry
Of a distant nation, when open hostility would
have been unavailing." In proof OF which
undeniable positions, the following happy il
Illustration is given:
"Great Britain, about two hundred years
ago, passed her Navigation Act, allowing
goods to be imported into her ports in British
vessels at a lower rate of duty than the same
goods must pay if imported in foreign vessels.
This simple act of aggressive fostering her
own commerce is the foundation Of her long
career Of overwhelming Commercial and Ma
rine ascendancy-an asccndancy which would
never have existed to any such extent if the
other nations of Europe had at once perceived
the absolute necessity OF counteryailing this
advantage. They did not, however, and the
consequence is seen in the decline of their
commerce and marine to the veSee Of extinc-
ton, and in the elevation Of their once humble
rival to the proud station Of NJ stress Of the
Seas. Under the blighting effect of this grasp
ing policy our own langulshed dur
ing the whole term Of our peaceful existence
az a Confederation.
"But when the terms Of more perfect
union h d been agreed on, and a Congress
assembled clothed with power to watch over
and protect the interests of our People, we
find that one of its first acts was aimed at the
express protection and encouragement of ma
nufactures on our own soil, by a duty on the
importation Of foreign goods, and the next was
intended to countervaii tho Navigation act of
Great Britain, by eRacting that a correspond
ing discrimination should be made between
the import hither Of dutiable articles in foreign
and American vessels-to be waived in behalf
of the ships of all nations which did not dis
crininats against our own. This immediate
ly brought Britain to terms. She consented TO
admit American YES sells to her ports on the
same terms with her own, upon our doing the
same, and this arrangement remains still IN
effect. But for this timely and efficient
counteryailing of the British Navigation
Act, American in our own vessels
would be as that of Holland now is-as that
| of Venice has long been. Protection has Sc
cured to us a genuine Frcedona and Recipro-
| CITY, where one-sided Free Trade would have
soon stripped Us of any Trade at ali.