The Arkansas banner., 1843-10-14
THE WHIG TARIFF AND ITS EFFECTS
 UPON THE COUNTRY.

Another favorite measure of the whigs is, (. the protection of our manufacturers" In the support of this, an hundred reasons are set forth with all the spacious array of words which these men are never at loss for, when they press their projects upon the pub lie attention.
 One is,-s. We will supply our own wants of every kind, and be independent of foreign nations
 If so, we must expect foreign nations will, in their turn, be independent of us. Of this, we should have no right to complain, for we invite 1t, when we adopt this measure as a part of our system But if we suppose that
 ..L L----4.---.-----4 -ir ----l---z. receive our productse>when we refuse their fabrics or products, we mistake the matter most egregiously Other nations, with lands as fertile as ours, can and will supply them, and we should soon see, that in protecting manufactures, in which about seven hundred thousand persons are employed, we should have injured four millions engaged in agri- culture. This would be one consequence. Another would be, its injury to the commer- cial interest Besides there does not, proba- bly,, exist one nation under Heaven which can supply all its wants, so well as some, other nation can supply some of them.- Bound together, as Is the brotherhood of man, by mutual wants-by the ties of their common nature-by the appeals of Christian ity to difluse her healing power over the whole earth-any political or selfish mea- sures which would tend to narrow down the most liberal principles for human action, are destructive of the best ends of human exist ence. As an abstract principle to be carried out by governments, independence of other nations, it ought to have no place in the mind of the Statesman or the Christian.
 But if the manufacturers will be content with protection by a tariff, applicable to our revenue. and to other interests as well as their own, there are few persons amongst usY believe, who are not willing to grantit. The only question then, to ozs..a.te it fairly, is, at what rate shall we fix the tariff so as to give this protection
 @Protect us,o reply the manufacturers, :. till protection be sufficient"
 But what IS sufficient :" IS asked ill htrn 's The question of the revenue IS involved in this subect-the interests of agriculture and of commerce are involved. What is it that will protect you: :"
 The subject, when pushed to this point, envoles this claim for protection-Sa tariff that shall be even prohibition upon foreign fabrics, if lesser duties are found, upon trial, not to give the protection required by the they themselves being judges D
 There is very little modesty in this demand, and less justice. Our government cannot justly disregard other interests, two of them affecting seven times the number of persons engaged in manufacturing establishments. It cannot disregard its own Treasury to the amount of revenue annually required for its expenses. It cannot disregard the acknow. ledged fact, that tariff which would be amply sufficient to protect manufacturing es- tablishments having capital, skill, and intelli- gence, would not be sufficient for others wanting those indispensable prerequisites. We must then admit to the full, the principle presented by Mr. Webster in late speech of his-a tariff so fixed that 1t will be perma- nent. This once done, every interest con cerned will adapt itself to it, and manage its affairs accordingly. Honor to every man who advocates this principle. If he belongs to neither the democratic nor whig party, he most certainly belongs to his country. And, indeed, experience itself has fully shown, hat it is as much required by the interests of he manufacturer, as il Is by the wants of the Treasury. Under the compromise acl, which vas undisturbed for twelve years, manuiac- | ures hourished, and the revenue was suiii- ,ient for the wants of the government. The wings came into power-increased the tariff tine revenue has fallen off.-and debt of learly thirty millions of dollars is incurred. To a policy thus vascillating, no interest can ldapt itself. Something stable, permanent, $ imperatively required for general and pri rate prosperity. Ball. .4rgHs.