Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-05-23

ee, OF lho performance Ot WHICH iuey ~
not and do not seem likely 10 Be salisf
cd, This advantage TO the manufactur
or is not, it is true, the object Of, bu
Only incidental to, q tariff for revenue. -
still il snot, on that account, the les
beneficial to him.
The position assumed by your conven
ton, and in which I fully concur, is, tha
incidental protection thus derived, Is al
the legislative favor which can at this da!
be conferred upon the manufacturer with
out great injustice to other interests
The expediency Of the adoption BY Con
gresS, at any time, Of temporary meas
ures Of retaliation, likely to be ef
fselual IN counteracliDg foreign legisla
toni INJURIOUS 10 American interests, 10
question involving different cOnsideTa
tons. sa-5n.sa
We have it from quarters entitled tC
respect, that the most eOnsiderate of the
domestic manufacturers are satisfied with
this measure of pTotsction--that tired oI
having their peculiar interests embarked
IN political contests, resulting at one time
in an excess OF duties which tempts to an
undue and ruiROus increase of capita
in their business, and at others, under
the deep Snd excited feelings which per
petual controversy engeRders, in sudden
and great reductions equally injurious
that, conscious Of the extent 10 which,
for more than quarter of century,thsy
have engrossed the time and attention OF
the national legislature, snd Of the peoN
pie, and of the millions upon millions
which have during that time been col
leGtedGr m the latter, aVowedly to facili.
tate and give special advantages to the
particular pursuit in which they are en-
gagged not only TO the exclusion Of, but
at the immediate cost Of Others--and sen
s.ble, as the most observing amongs
them must be, that the period has PasseC
away whsn tariff designed for protec
tion can be kept up in this country, with
out doing much injury 10 every interest
by the cOnvulsions which il cannot .fai
to produce in public opinion, than il car
confer benefit on theirs-.they would them
selves pr eler that the protection secured
to them by the legislation of congress,
should be confined to that which is incl
dentally derived from revenue tariff
So far az certainty in their condition, a
matter Of inestimable importance, is con-
cerned, it is the only course BY which
even an approach 10 its, accomplishment
can be hoped foE. To all present ap-
pearances, the acquIescence in tariff
for revenue, new sosgeneral, may, in the
absence Ofspecial excitement, endure for
"a period as long as is commonly embra'
ced in calculations ofbusinsss. 1t can.
not, however, have escaped the attention
of the manufacturers, that although no
State or district Of counlry may yet have
taken ground against this mode of rails
ing revenue for the support Of govern
ment, there are not wanting thousands Of
vigorous intellects, in every section OF
our extended country, who, penetrated by
q deep sense Of the inequality and con
sequent injustice ofits operation, are aP'
plying allthe energies Of their minds TO
the overthrow Of the system itself. They
caIlotbe ignorant, either, Of the fact
that a prejudice against direct taxation,
sptingina a some degree at least from q
supposed abuse Of the power in times
past. may yield to time and reflection, Or
may be slpplanted by new and strong
81 antipathy. And what could be more
likely to awaken popular aversion, than
the sight Of q great and affiuent interest
Id the country, standing out amid the
general gloom, pertinaciously exevting iti
influence in The councils Of the nation
not only 10 save itself from the mistor
tunes which had,overtaken all other clas
Ses, but to secUFe it's own aggrandize
msptbynsw and HOjust impOsitious o.
community already borne to the earth
by the adverse course of events. Indj'
viduals and their families may be (and il
other countries aFe) permanently billeteG
on, the public Golfers; but all experiences
has shewn that, sWith.us al least, it is no
in the power Of the government to se
cure peTmanenta advantages TO the sbasi
ness pursuits Of one class oyer those Q
all others. : The Veryap patronage whicl
fis thus unduly Feceo ed, has tendene
to relax the exeFtions, and dissiPate th
prudence otils recipients; and if lh
spirit of monopoly is not in this way de
feated, it is sure TO be brought down ]
the end by the controlling power of a
laexcited and enlightened public sent
rnent. do, therefore, sincerely hop
that the disposition which is attribute
to a portion atIeast Of the manuiactur;n
interest, does, in fact, exist, and that
will soon become general But whethe
! il beEsO or not, the principle advanced b
| your convention is without dout
the true one for our future Govern
ment. v...s-.
i When the convention speak of a dis
crimInating tariff for revenue, ! unde
stand them as referring to discrimination
sbeiow The maximum rate of duties upo
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