Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-08-16

not the farmers and laborers of this coun
try entitled to protection from their Gov
ernment! When the British King, before
the revolution, prohibited forge, Sitting
mill, or other iron works, as we'll as thu
manufacture of many articles of essentia
Importance to the Colonies, what was tht
object! To monopolize the trade Of thC
Colonies, and keep them dependent on th'
mother country. What is the object of thu
Crisis man and his party? James X. Polk
in an address to the people Of Tennessee
goes for the repeal of the Tariff of 1912
so does David Ted and al their leaders
Henry Clay and the Wings are in favor Of
the present Tariff and Internationally op
posed to its repeal. Repeal the present
Tariff and break down the northern man,
1ltactories at Lowell, Merrilnac, and all the
other great establishments of the east, and
you convert several hundred thousand
operatives into agricHturahsts. You there
( by destroy the home market for the wool,
breadstufs, and provisions Of the Ohio
farmer by reducing the price to nemnal
value--thus enabling Mr.. Polk and the
-other planters to buy their provisions from
-us atGbout half the present price.
The breaking down of the present Tas
riff may increase importatons but viii
have no effect on eur expectations, only
this, that if you open facilities to the intro
duction Of foreign fabrics among us bey-
ond the demand, and past the ability of
our people to purchase, thereby surcharg-
ing the market, and thereby leaving the
whole ball at the foot Of the foreign fabli-
Gator, you may cripple the energies of
those who are just commencing some new
manufacture of goods.
The idea that our Tariff lessons our ex-
port trade is preposterous. The other Gov
ernments Of tie earth consult the interest
of their own laborers, and not those of
foreign powers, The English press gem
orally complain Of our Tariff as much as
James K. Polk, David Tod, or the Crisis.
They all wantit repealed. We want it to
stand as it is, "Let weH enough alone"
The Crisis man combats the proposition
which we made--that is, that the duty on
merchandise is paid by the producer, and
not the consumer, We gave for example
the fact that the Colonial Tariff in Canada,
laid some nine cents on American wheat,
and that, consequently, the price fell that
sum on the Ohio Canal. The reason is
that demand and supply will always re-
gulate the price Of the commodity at the
place where sold. Wheat in Canada did
not rise IN consequence Of their Tariff, be-
cause the supply was not materially les
sened thereby--it only reduced the price
in the hands of our producers. So it is in
British or French goods, of the kind for
which our people have the ability to man
ufacture a substitute. They never rise in
price to the consumer, because the shipper
pays the duty and then the goods come
into competition with those manufactured
by our own counuymen. Hence, the reG-
son why John Bull complains so much
about the restrictive duties imposed by our
Congress on foreign merchandise. Hav-
ing, as we think, answered all the points
in issue with the man of the Crisis, on the
Tariffqueston, we say we want our work
shops on this side of the Atlantic. We
want the labor of our own farmers and
protected. And we do think
that no man who puts up the smallest
claim to an American Statesman ought, 1T
this time OF the day, to be found opposed
TO the present TRrif--inequaliies it may
have to some extent, but its practical good |
has conferred blessings and benefits on
1t has turned the balance Of
trade in our favor. Ii has brought large
shipments of specie into the country. It
has raised the price of wool and provisions
to our farmer. 1t has rewarded labor for
its toll 1t has stood the assaults of the
PoTk party both in and out of Congress,
and we do hope that the issue may be
fairly kept UP, and that the people them
selves will elect Congress and Presi-
dent favorable to those measures. Protec-
ton is on the Wing banners, and there it
shall stay whilst a rag is left to float before
the breeze. The proclamatons of Polk,
the denunciations of Tod, and the mad vo.
alterations Of the Crisis to the contrary
Notwithstanding
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