The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-02-10

this, thus Laid i. shat would ds6ns bs dIsvsmi
Insisg tssvG ~ rrtsaus SSeh atssh lad for oeo.
600 O0O OF ., venur cculd at IN 10 w equal hsSno
| niou. and uodssa,e. and Therefore pessnaneas ans
sufieoo.y prot Give for every Interest in the who
| country.
| |, seems u me that he who smiles al the idea of
discriminating sU for 'evesas o. bssiai IN 'geossnes
OF the subject; ior whist do cherish the rerirc y
doclr OF fee trade. do MOI admit ,hs
| dogma that where protection commences revenue
| ceascs.p IL VIII not bear seIu iiy II am told that
where prohibition commences tb1.e seseoue ceases
will admit II III general sense bui thousand
exsmples may be gwen OF increasing revenue with in
creasng protection There are, in fact bat els-
menis of protection by legislation kno~n 10 me.
The first and minor eIcmeni Is The Ssere quaniuss o
tar imposed the second and meJor element IS ih'
amount u torega competition excluded from The hoaas
Irkei by ths tax Thus, take one hondred dollar.
worth Of any article of importation you choose, and
ascertain, II possible, the precife amount Of duy il
wenld bear without excluding any portion oi il from
Importation. Suppose that duty to be ~ pei cent
al valorem Such duty ON such an amount would
produce dollars of revenue, and would give pro-
lection only to the extent which that ten dollars the
quantun OF tax, would tend to raise the price OF the
foreign article here and often IL raisss the pnce not
at all. But let suppose that % er cent. tax
would not prohibit The importation sf the article en-
rey and that IL wolIJ diminish il importation only
ona-trnih The Govcrnmenl would then receive 10
per cent upon 80 in value, get $lS In revenue in
stead of $40 and the domestic Producer would have
the foreigners fabric taxed 20 in, tead Of 10 er cent
and also have ono tenth Of the amount Of his articles
ekcu ed from competition with him. Go further
l,t suppose that TO d, ule the X IN this Gaze
would exclude te-haf even OF the importation of the
foreign article, still the Government, would receive
20 per cent. on 81, $40 revenue, as much as under
the 10 per cent tax and the home producer would
be still protected by having half Of the TO
reign article excluded from competition in the do
fis bot r,yl ,.lop H.
cussed Our people we'll under stand the proposition
that fair revenue tariff can and will give sufficient
protection and wonder both that those who oppose
protection for pro ections sake should deny that
repene tariff will afford ample scope and Verge
enough for protection, and that those who seek mr.
lection for it, own sake should not be satisfied with
the amount which the large revenue now required
would surely give. Revenue is to the protected in
terests, as were the natural sunlight and soil and
am certain that the moment they seek moe heat
ard moi ture than nature affords with proper cult
walton by industry and skill, they will become mere
hoi'house plants which are too costly con-
sumption, which too nspd and artificial for the
unyated taste, and too s ky and faint to bear the
rude shocks Of our climate which they are sure to
encounter in the vicissudes Of political elements
Better far that the good fruits Of our home industry
should be planted in the open air in the genial sun
and soil oil the broad bosom Of our fertile and pro-
lite land, for the mill to enjoy and pariake Of
than TO be peit up ~ the suiocatng artificial tenn
perature OF the brick walls and glass roofs of the
wealthy few, which cannot protect them from the
storm when It shall come, it will come to devas-
ate and scatter them where they cannot bear the
breath Of IL aven. do not love the hot house uits
or vegetables; but ] do love and gratefully enjoy
every variety of the fruits and vegetables of the Tree
aired garden do not advocate the thought or prac
ce OF forcing by legislation the growth OF protected
interests of any kind but do devoutly wish to see
every interest Of my country every where flourish
and prosper under the natural causes which exist
and which are infinite, and under the legi innate ope
rations Of institutions, which are necessary and
growing larger and larger the mighty Of
our country become more and more wonderfully de-
veloped.