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history Of our country. The iare wbl
and the embargo laid in 1919, proved 10
be measures ior our domestic manulac.
tories, and they were fast rising TO rhe
point Of supplying our home demand n
cheap rates Great Brlain saw this,
and at once applied The power she pos
sessed, through her vast capital aud
cheap labor, 10 crush our infant manU-
iactures-and 10 1878, The next year of.
ter the embargo was removed, 'GreRt
Britain alone exported to THE country
what amounted to S 100000, whirs
our exports only amounted to 90 U0O;-
QUO dollars. This was doubtless DONE
at a great sacrifice by Great Brrt--
ain, but their object was the destruction
OF our manufactures, and not profit on
their goods. Thus we ace that lbe eg-
ports Of a single year left debt against
US Of 81 100000 dollars This attempa
OF Great Britain 10 make us dependena
upon her for our necessaries, awakened
the proper feeling in the bosoms OF our
statesmen and distinguished men. The
Republicans of that day, it seems, dld
not regard The taritfas dangerous mea-
sure, tor Mr.. Jefferson in writing to Mar,
Austin in A d. 1916, uses the following
language:
You tell me am quoted by those,
who wish to continue our dependence on
Eng land for manufactures; there was "
time when could have been so quoted
with more csndor. Bul aoe must eper gias
The manufacturer By the side of the ugrS.
cuiturdIiSt" Mr. GalIatin and Mr. Dal.
las, were both leaders Of The repu bicaR
party at the close oi the last war, aOa
were both the friends oil protective tar
If The following short extract from
the report Of the latter gentlemen, while
Secretary Of the Treasury 10 1916, villa
show whore one Of the fathers Of the
fathers OF the republican party then wass
"The agrculurist whose produce and
whose focks depend for their value, up
on the fluctuations Of foreign market,
will have an occasion eventually TO re-
gret The opportunity Of ready sale for
his wool or his cotton in his own aeigh-
borhood, and it will soon be understood
that the success Of American manu(ac-
tures-whicb tends to diminish the pro-
fits Of the importer, does not neceSSayiiy
Md to the price Of The article in The hands
of The consumer
Mr.. Madison in his annual message "a
1915, urges the protective policy in
strong language. He says, "lt will be
an additional recommendation for par
ticuar manufactures, when the materi-
ais for them are extensively drawn from
our agriculture, and consequently i'm
part and insure TO that great fund Of na.
tional prosperity and independence and
encouragement sOhiCh caaaot fail to be
reWdrded."
| might swell this evidence 10 any a.
mount. But the want Of time compelS
me to forbear, and shall be content, ex
cept TO give one short extract from u
document too important to BE- omitted,
and 10 which call the attention OF my
original Jackson friends, and ask them
TO compare it with the opinions OF those
who now pretend 10 be the followers Of
it's author. General Jackson in his let
ter to DR.. goldman in 1924, speaks the
language of an American, He says, II
ask what is the real situation OF the ag-
riculluraIisl? Where has the farmer a
market for his surplus producef Ex-
cept for cotton, he has ne itber foreign
or a home market. Does not this clear.
ly prove when there is no market at
home or abroad, that there is TOO much
labor employed in agriculture? Common
sense at once points out the remedy
Take from agriculture in The U. States,
six hundred thousand men, women and
children, and you will at once give a
market for more bread slutfs than all
Europe now furnishes US; in short, sir,
we have been too long subject 10 the pol
icy Of British Merchsnts; it time we
should become liVIe more American.
lied, and instead of feeding the paupers,
and labOrers of England, feed our own,
or else 10 a short time by continuing
our present policy, wbe shall be render.
ed paupers ourselves
have thus called few witnesses to
sustain me- in my notions OF national pot.
icy, and ! submit the matter 10 your
readers 10 say who it's that has aban-
doned the republican creed. And par.
ticularly call upon my democratic breth.
ren, to examine for themselves, and see
whether they are supporting the same
measures that we supported in 1928.
And when they have given the matter
a candid consideration, | ask them to say
whether 10 support tariff, and that TOO
a tariff for protection, is not the duty Of
every DEMOCRAT.
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From the National LtelIigencer.