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ray Of ineonlruvsflibleIsel.. % he sstjeetE Of
The Tariff. as sustained from HE fuuuea,ieH 81
The goFtmmeni b. Ell our Prrsiasals. frtm
Washington 10 Monroe-exiracis iron ehirh > :
copy this pesk. and others will Be given here
after. This i e9phshesIIy. As The Fonpdsiisn Of
and eonneeied piih de Currency. he G5kus
Qsssiisn ef ne Dsy. Men Of ell shad<s 6f po-
liiieaI opinion are beginning 70 give sheirealn
and impartial attention.
The Tariff quesfion--its increasing no.
pnlarify-ifs imPortance--tcho hare
been is siipPOrters--a Democratic
measure.
The Tariff question, or Prpfrcffre Ta1E 4
daily bssomi5g more and more sgiisted - iis great
importnnc. iefelt Al the Norfh--in the soulis-eso
The East-snd IN The far or Wesf The cry is Pro-
teeiion y Home. indus.ry.n All intelligent men
nov rsterd this question. - one deeply involving
The future prosperity and interests uf this whole
country. u u broad and momento1s qeeston. %
thish every American has mufnnf inierrss. shough
demagogues for partisan purposes, may epdeesof 20
array he South I.siDst The North draw the lies
OF barfv, for the purpose. more efeetusly, Of de-
6nine the positions Of Whigs and Democrats. 90
called u l. qaesrioa involving high and iupost-
AMI consldegations--a question which, ullethsr &C.
eided me way OF the other, must have controlling
influence on our destiny 81 Nation, and our pres
peritt People. In all lime 70 eome' u =
auettion Of seiE drkence and therefore ills the mere
strange that IL slpid meet Eith oppositicp, OF efen
be lIrdily enfbraeed by any
To be prosperous, this country Wasf protect her
sslf-she must shut her ports against foreign en-
eroachmetns-she mnsf protect the iedasssy g Der
stizens Then, and not ill Then. will This Nation
prosper. Let no one say thst oppressive y sym
81 Profession 10 called forths is not necessary 10
secure The end proposed. The kind 81 rafif called
for by the interests Of the country and
the Wing party proper. IS fully described 70 Me
faowine eloote6t extract from thes1ale speech Of
HExHy Gar. 1T Memphis, ia replgst tbs welcome
or In Rox PoPE, Esq.
ssI3e not alarmed my friends hesaid, at lhe wotds
Tssy-this is the amsrsea,E Sysfem--it il the long
and short Of the system--Ipdustry add EsonomJ-
Make II home what We have been buying abroad
and in that way viii &c: out Of debt, apkeep 20.
and keep our money. "A moderate and reassaapls
far!f rrGs all 1Ss tUer desired suaeient ID slim
nlaSe aad sussain our ovA .ineriess, do4estie IL
dssfry and economy. SrAiILrrr and usirOa2trE
we're the great necessities Of the SYSTEM II should
be equal and uniform 10 its operations on the great
interests Of the country"
To show that Mr.. Clay is consistent, moreover,
we'll orthodox we aubn0it another extract from
hislapeeeh AZ The great indianapolis Barbaeue on
the blh Of November, iis42:
"The Wings don't want 10 destroy commerce. or
to prohibit the introduction OF foreign fakriesthat
would be uneiviEeds hi, they wish to secure sys-
TEN Of National Independence, which win enable
the Amfriean people 20 live more upontheir own
resouresl. This 10 Wing policy. whss do the
Democratic leaders say at Washington They are
IN favor OF free IrAde'and would have no duties le
wed, but admit Foreign fabrics, regulated only By
the wants OF the country. II is true they don pro-
fess that this Is their Object but il il the 6neyilshle
result oftheir doctrine. BY their free trade no.
tons. If practically carried but our country would
be impoyerished-rdr Of the hard mohey which
our Democratic leaders are so anxious 10 eslHbis
as the standard value Of cur productions While
our money would be thus drawn from US % support
the psuper labor o. Europe, they would pot buy a
cents worth fromsns not needed by their direct
eessiiies- state Of thngsli this ~ogli not fail
TO drive Us back 20 our eolosl condition before the
Revolution, when eoon-skins and peltrfes formed
the currency. While they are thus Recommending
tous the adoption of light duties and free trade. or
duties at slthey subtpitting 10 the
nous duties, Imposed by foreign Governhehis, on
their pwB productions, amounting 10 nineiesn hun
dred per cent. their article Of tobacco slone r.
Ihisfs 'reeiproeiIy.,-t ciprocity of American
free trade politicians and British msnulsttursrs
Let me ssk which ssrty is theN~isest and The most
pstriotic--the one which protects the industry Of
the country from the foreign gosefementk or that
which eonsigns to the eontrpl Of such rivalry the
mos, vital interests Of this great nation ~
We shall eDdeayoF 10 show, that every Con-
gress. and sveryIPresident, from the fobDdation
Of the Government 10 the42resent day. has Ac-
knowIedged the right, anb The txpedieneg anaJ
eOnsiisuiionaiiiy Of the right, on The part OF the
General Goserntnent 10 lay duties, for revenue
and protection. We shall appeal to the irre-
sisiole sulhority Of the Constitution itself that
thus becoming all things 10 slFmen. . We may
IL least convince some, and al the same lime,
show The harmony su5sisiing between the prae-
tice Of all the Presidents, snd the letter d the
Constitution.
10 the first Congress which convened IN 1890,
General WAsHINeroE. emphaticsIly "the Father
ofhis country " and paIr5ot altogether shove
suspicion, IN his opening sddress 10 that body,
says
1.-THE safety and interested the people require
that they should promote ouch manufactures rs
Tend to render them independent Of others for
essentials, particularly for military suPplies."
Upon this Recommendation of Gen. wash
ington. Congress called upon Mr.. Hamilton, |
then Secretary Of the Treasury, for . Tariff
scheme, and in his report, be says.
s'If Europe will not take from us the pFodacls |
Of our soil upon terms consistent with our ter
ests the natural remedy is 10 contract, Us fast as
possible, our ranis 81 her
Though il were that The immediate and cor
petition OF foreign with domestic fabrics wssin-
crease Of prices, II is universally true that The |
is The ultimate effect with every sue !
cessful manufacture. Whensa domestic uens,-
fseture has sitsiHed 10 perfection, and han en-
gagged in he prosecution OF competent num- |
Der OF persons, il invariably becomes sheaper. /
Being free from the heavy charges which at-
tend the Importation Of foreign commoaitiesy i /
can be afforded, and, accordingly. seldomior /
never fails 10 be sold cheaper in process OF me
than was the foreign article for which il Il |
The internal competition whieh |
lakes place, soon does away every thing Iike |
aud BY degrees. reduces the prieeof /
The article 10 the minimum Of reasonable p5o- I
81 on the capital employed. This sccords w,eh I
the reason OF the thing, and with expsrIenSe.
Whence il follows, that il is he interest Of I
community. with view 10 eventual and perlla- !
lept economy, 10 encourage the growth Of mtn- /
nfactures IN a Ilafional giro, temporary ~ I
lancsmsni Of price musi alrays Be psll eompeasf
~ permanent reduction efit
1--WE shall take occasion hereafter 10 pseskpt i
our readers with some further extracts from Dis
showing conclasiveiy that 10 like
.yen aDemocratic'' evidence, Naticnal Bank |
md Protective Tariff are measures iniimsikiy 1
blended with our future advancement and pbs-
perity +,
MExIco.-Mr. George B, Crilisndsn, sod d:
he Hon. J. J. crittendoD, one Of the Telsn I
prisoners, arrived At New Orleans on the 7th la
tant from We're Cruz By way Of Havannat-
,iessrs. David Morgan and George c. Haith,
urn N The San Antonio nria0nefe ubo had .srl