Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-08-15
WING DOCTRINE.

PROTECTION TO AMERICAN MANUAL
LABoR.--We give below an extract from
a speech made at Buffalo, by DANIEL
WEBSTER, in the year 1888, in reply to
an address made to him by the manulac-
turers and mechanics Of that city. tits
an admirable exposition OF Wing princi.
Piles, so far as the tariffs concerned, and
presents singular contrast to the doc
trines maintained by Messrs. Polk, Dallas,
and their supporters;
"My sentiments, gentlemen, or the ia
riff question are generally known. In
my opinion a just and leading object in
the whole system is the encouragement
and protection of american manual labor.
confess that every days experience
convinces me more and more OF the high
propriety Of regarding this object. Our
Its object is to promote the greatest good
Of the whole; and this ought to be kept
constantly in view in Its administration. -
The far greater number OF those who
maintsin the Government belong to wha,
may he called the industrial or productive
classes Of the community. With us labor
is not depressed, ignorant, and unintslli.
gent. On the contrary, it is active. spir.
tied, enterprising, seeking its own re.
wards, and lying up for its own compe.
tence and its own support. The motive
TO labor is the great stimulus to our socie-
"; and no system is wise or just which
does not afford this stimulous as far as it
may. The protection Of american labor
against the Injurious competition Of foreign
labor, so far at least as respects general
handicraft productions, is known historic
cally to have been one end designed to
have been obtained by establishing .he
Constitution; and the constitutional power
to accomplish it ought never to be sur
rendered or compromised in any degree"
The humor Of the Louisville Journal
sparkles brilliantly at the news Of Wing
victory in Louisiana. Here are few
samples:
We saw a Locofoco eiecior. Our first
thought was that the poor man had just
los, all has relaiione. The next moment
the thought Of the Louisiana election oc-
Cured to US. That accounted for the
monstrous longitude OF his face.
A freezing winter night. with the Their
mometer ten degrees below zero, would
not make sadder havoc among the polk
stalks than the rews from Louisiana has
made in the Locoioco ranks.
We should suppose that. after the dis
astrous result in Louisiana, a Locofoco
would be as reluctant to talk Of Texas as
a man would be TO talk Of mutton after
being caught with his neghbor's sheep
on his shoulder.
Was there Locofoco in the city, Sleep
ing or waking. who did not hear the
shouts ofthe congrega,ed Wing thousands
on Thursday evening, when Mr., Carr,
rEsDEs alluded to the glorious Louisiana
vctorya
II We carry those States which have
been counted as certain for the Locoiocos.
what in the name OF all W onder shall we
no, do in the States which have been
reckoned certain Tor the Wing
Three days ago, il the Locofoces had
been called on to say which State OF all
the twenty-six they considered most Ger.
tain for Polk and Dallas. they would,
withou, a moments hesitation, have M.
med Louisiana. And now Louisiana, that
most certain of their States, has gone
from them beyond all hope Of recovery.
What wonder thu, every Locofoco leader
and demagogue looks like a man suffer-
iog with the nightmare