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/ aiuas 4 rsfe--it wcuid htxe heea denonaeed - ;
iioa stroeiaus e.iunns. via mol dispute he faet
sIiegedlhzl il did 1bl4in is cAaricr IL this fou
vly-bn uiiI AK isbieb party of The f,esisistarf
did il bride According 10 his assertions. Nhicl
suppose must be taken ss lrne, tle Wigs 9tre, *
III limesreadx. aud wiling. and Rax0Hs % grant
chsrsrr 10 this Bank fof parts motives anG pnpnses;
there vas mol The least otcAsian 10 brthe kr Nhigs
( o DO uhst they we're anxious 10 do--the 4nswer
70 this Is. inevitably the Locofoeos were brbfd =.
Yes. year own party received The glititrihg gold
and packed their eenseiepees along wIihi : tank
you have gut % esll thisa Wig Bank anymore;
7 IL is certainly Loeof0eo Bai.k. y.
You deny that YOU have attempted 10 disPar-
age or degrade ahs decisinns OF The Supreme
coarIs and your proof is lhat sou passed very
just and melted compliment upon The charac-
lei lis late Chief Justice. Yen ere mistaken;
I ynu spoke Of lie Judges a. teias FrdsSali5ls 10
tftif p9lilical fp7bions-you even airr1 blav
atihe Federal Pissideatand Senate who appoint
ed them you use the very phrase aooSe epin-
fions.' if9his Be net dertgasory' 10 tie dignity
and authority pf THIS Court, do MOI knov The
meaning ofthe plainest language.
In connection w1lhsinis snSjeci, y1n hstempi
what mast call a malicious aud viKdictiFe ain-
sion 70 The writer Of ibis article. The Intended
feproach has passed by. because il was uaae
served II was however moi he less ungeaerouS,
unmanly, Of unjust. You speak about 'unwrung
wilhers, wincing, called jgde.' Unfutlunale ex-
pressionsi but will not reiort. and will drop
the subject
Il seems now that you are a friend 10 BUR do
meSiic manufactures and wish TO see them four+
ish. Tbs change has come upon you since you
wrote your first number. Theu foreign CONS
mercc was every thing, manufactures hoihing =
His pretended friendship may well be questioned,
! Who is sworn enemy. u the only means If con,
4 feuing a benefit. You wish 10 see our 1auufsc-
( a. -,
The only means Of living. You only deSpise the
rich manufacturer, him WhD treats his iaborers
( ike serfs. There is 40 original in this country
| Tor your picture. We have no oFeTgro@n rich
manufacturer inihis country. Do you mol know
that nile-tenlhs uf the manufacturing establish
ments in the United States are held by joint stock
\ coHpaniesi That a great portion Of these stocks
! IS Efeld by persons in very moderate circqmsian-
cesi That veiy large investments are made in
those stocks for The snPPof OF helpless fnfaner,
Of widovhood, and q feeble and iottefing old
age and that your accused policy Of down
wlh.the Tariff, has crashed thousands uf yeur
fellow beings into lhe earth Have you no bow
els of compa Ssfons for these; You have taken
US back 10 Babylon, Palmyra and Thebes, as
! places owing their splendor 10 their foreign COM
meIce, and TO prove your position, you quote
/ la geiy from Hefodlus. That author gives yon
but Indifferent help. There is nothing in The
passage quoted thai proves in The least, thai
either OF these cities was Indebted 10 foreis D
commerce for their wealth anc tplendors Your
author sPealss in the most fapturous terms ofIhe
fertility OF The soil Of Babylonia. and the soil
must have been rich indeed, when nhilleis il
seems grew as large as forest trees. TheIulh is,
you have lost yourself amidst the ruins of these
ancient cities, and are now creeping your way
fduI, Ine Uest YOU can -rOu uI4us great ms
lake 10 referring 10 them in The first place, and
your candor ought - induce you to admit the
| fact. Great pains are taken 10 show bJ hisof-
ical references, that Tyre and Sidon, and Venice,
carried % extensive foreign commetce. All
This had been expressly stated and acknowledge
by me in my last number, ard for whatpurpoSe
you gave yourself all this trouble | know not.
unless il Be 10 make parade Of your extensive
erudition, or TO leaveyour readers under The i'm
preston that had denied these historical truths
| Either Of which motives would be unworthy Of
writer Of your ability, orDf any one stcapab!e
of defending himself.
Blu, do you not perceive that granting oil you
ask, that The splendpr Or these places waseowing
% their foreign commerce, that you 30 mel adj
vance one single step 10 your atgumeul' 10
their day the commeIce Of allcountrles was fEee,
there were nosuch things as duties, restrictions,
prohibitions; there was mutual and tair ex
change Of Inc products ii one country, for The
Il
4 word Tariff is word os modern use, hui ct this
One of.ihe Committee, who hassel up as a critic
| ia language, is a better judge Than 1 am. Nov,
you will. persuade ali the nations with whom
we trade to adopt IBIS policy. you will probably
ehot find enc single iatsf politician in this eoun-
Try But This would be hopeless task-ii can
not be accomplished The question iheq IS, shall
we, when all the principal nations " kh whom
i we trade, shackle Cur commerce with high du-
ties, restrictions and prohibitions, Permiihrrn Il
enjoy all The advantages DC free trade with as,
without making single effort al selt-defenct
Ought we mol 10 mel. high duties with high dn,
Ties, and prohibilions with prohibilicnsi
i l may be Oh enthusiast upon the subject Of
aGording protection 10 the labef and manulsc-
i lures Of by own country, and belieyeihat dc
carry my opinions upon thatsubjett further thar
the most Of The Wing parry; 10 suslaiHtmyseif,
will quote from a letter Of Mr. Jefferson. and
also from Gen. Jackson. The last apahOrily
will be decisive with One of tie ComniiItee--
i hTst be may qreslienJ TheseIieiiers have been
published 10 Congressional document, and are
Il authentic. Mr.. Jefferson says: 'rb4 Sc ade-
pendent for the comforts Of life, we maSt lsbri.
cate them ourselves. we must nov place the
manufacturer BY The side of the agficulturisi.--
/ The grand inquiry now ISL shall We make eui
own comforts, of go Without them al 9he VII Of
against domestic rgnufaclufes must be fer re-
ducing us either 10 Edepeidence on lhal foreign
nation, Or 10 be clothed id skins ard 10 live like
/ wild beasts 10 deus aud cavernS. | an utl one
OF those erpefienee kas taught me thai maAu fsc-
tn es are now As necessary, TO our Independence
as 70 our comforI ~ Letter u AIR. Jedefsoa 10
4 Benjamin Ausiin. -
Gen. Jacksoh,s letter 10 Dr. Coleman. dated
4 April 90, 1884, is equally sirons. iie writes
a ask What is the real situation Of he sgrleal'
turlsts Where has the American fadInef a mar
ket for his surplus produce; Except for COTTON,
he has neither "a foreign dor home matkel.-i
Does not this clearly prove, uhen iheTs is nc
maTketai hons or abroad, thai there Is tde much
labor emrloyed ID sgficDlIoFe, CeblnotL 3eilst
al once points but the remedy. Take ffofa agfi:
culture six hundfed thousand men, women and
children, and yan wall al once give 4 make FOL
more bfeadsIoEs than all Europe mop furnishes
10 short, ne have been too hong s3hlecf % The
i policy Of English merchants. IL Is dine We
should become lille more .1lneieali=e.i aud IN
u stead Of feeding the paupery and llabueIs d
England, feed our own, oI else 10 : sliaTl time
by coinuing cur presenl policy. We snail al Be
/ rendered paapers arselres !" There seems e
/ me 10 be 50 mach good sense and irVe American
feeling id these exlracls, that vii mot attempt
70 add single void
/ One Of The Committee has Convinced ne o1A
errer into which 4 haR fallen. ! stated i1zt a.
nauon could hare an extensive eoEeiea CON
merce without the aid Of mansiaciuiesI The g.
ference he made has satisfied me 1sas mlsta'
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