New-York daily tribune., 1844-09-30

lishments could continue their operations, they
would buy their woul from ioreign countries; and
you arc your sheep might go 10 grass together,
before you could find a market fuI your wooi.
BIT ii would be imposs bic for these estab-
lShments u continue ther operations; and you
would not oriy cease tp feed The operatives en-
gagcd IN these ,nanuiactorcs, hut You must
erccuntar the composition o. great many of
Ihc,ll, who, in the atrence of all otaer employ
meui, must go To- farming tu get bread And the
number oi iarm RS aud pionghmen eeng increased
b., The addition OF such formidable BANDS Of able
bodied male labo.ers, the wages Of farm labor and
the profits .; farming must go down together.
The female operatives will be in still more de-
porahle condition. Most Of these would be no
longer fed and clothed by their own industry.
They must then live upon Free Tr0de-which
lake to be the charity Of foreigners, for | appre-
hepd their own countrymen, III such Il state of
hnes, would have little charity to hestow. Es
tunaiing the number OF operatives employed IN
manufactures and the mechanic arts at this time
at s million, (thcre were nearly eight hundred
thousand four years ago. and the whole capital
employed in the United States in trades ard man.
uactores at $3.50, 900, every sensible nsn
wilt by this time begin TO see that here is some
thing for hun 20 think o., which - more impcr
tant TO him than any local politics which usually
engross the attention of the petty politicians OF
the dav. He may have cared, heretofore, very
little about party men and party strife, or who is
in and who is out; but he will nov begin to see
verv clearly, think that II this system OF Fro
ectipg Homc Labor, this plan OF encouraging
| Domestic Manufactures, or, IN other words, THIS
| tariff of 1912, shall be overthrown-no matter
who may be among the ms, he will probably be
among the outs; by which | mean, that, if he
does not expect to become an Office holder, but
still to depend upon the pow, he will probably
soon be out Of cash, out Of credit and ii not out
Of character, it may be very probable he will soon
| be out at elbows.
Without going into general discussion ofthe
benefits flowing from the Protective Policy, or OF
The evils which would result from the establish.
ment OF system Of Free Trade ask to he in
duged while briefly point cut how, by the aboll-
ton of our own Tariff, VIC shall become virtual
taxpayers, supporting 10 the iu!l extent OF our
ability 10 consume British manufactured goods,
the morstrous and corrupt Government OF Great
Britain, with all her monarchicnl and aristocraic
institutions The whole annual expenditure for
the support of Government i'll that Kingdom, IN
cludinp the interest on the public debt, exceeds
ESQ, 600 000 being about S250,0O0,0O0, annu
sliy levied to sustain British institutions, includ
ing her corrupt pension system and those result
ing from the connexion between Church and
State To effect this, England, while she breaches
Free Trade to us, levles enormous duties upon
nearly every article we can produce, except raw
cotton by tariff said 10 average more than 3eU
DER cent And she also evies excise dutles,-
that s, taxes on such arlices are produced and
consumed al home-to an amount which, NC
Gul,och states, exceeded. Ill each oi the wears
1888 and 1884, ElS,000,0 coo, or about 300,
0OO annually. TO ilius;ate the effect of this *
cisc system, | vii! take the single article OF bser,
| which YOU know, is laC common drink Of the ia
boring classes IN England. In the first instance,
the hoes 10 make the htef are SnSlHcteo 10 All ex-
cise duty wlicn, III the year 1881, produced Il re-
venue of 1880, 600. Next. there Is an eac'so duty
u malt from barley, which, IN the same year,
| ls34. amounted To The enormous sum OF f5, l42,-
900, and on malt from other gram, ti34 UUU /;
making together, f5,276, 900, Then the brewers
and masters are subject TO other excise duties,
and the sellers and retailers OF the beer are subject
10 n farther excise duty, the lolnt proceeds oil
which amounted, in 1884 TO The sum OF 1875.
900 20 that, 1t appears from the stdtiSucs ol
NcCulloch. The excise levied on The common
drink of the English laboers, under various shapes
and forms, amounted IL single year to the pro-
digious sum OF e., ,934 900, equal TO about S29,-
600 OOO, and iar exceeding the present annual
Timed States. The same author. III his latest
statistical work on tho British Empire, states
the amount OF all these excuses on hops, malt
and licenses To brewers and sellers OF beer, IN
the wear 1886. at morc than $50 600, 600. Nearly
all the uccesseres Of life are subject 10 Il similar
excise This excise tax on soap and soap-makers
in tie year 1886 amounted to nearly S5,O0OOO0
There are cXc,es on vinegar, on tea and coffee,
GLASS, starch, paper OF every class, tobacco and
snuff, bricks, and long list of other articles me-
cessary ior the laboring classes, too tedious TO
mention Beside all these, and to say nothing
of the land.tax, there arc taxes on all the WIN
dows of the poor mans house, beside tax on
the house itself a tax on the man, tax on his
horse, tax on his cart a tax Oh his dog, tax
on the deed for his land, if he owns any,-a tax
an his rcceipts,-a tar on his trHl, and Il under
stand,) a tar on his coffin.
If YOU are resolved that English labOrers shall
manufacture your goods. and 10 that end are de-
termined TO break down your own manuiactur.
c-s. who alone could keep down the price OF
English goods by their competition, you must OF
course expect to pay the English laborer such Il
price for his goods as will enable him 10 live and
lire in England. OF course you must pay him
for his work, enough to enable HIM 10 pay ALL
HIS EXClsES AND sTAMP.DurIEs You must pay
HIM Tor the beer ne orlhhs Wui!c iie - WI ALL :
for YOU; YOU must pay him his window tax,
which lets in the light of heaven to enable him TO
see how to do the work. and, in short, you must
nav him the English excise, or direct tax, on
every article of food or clothing which is subject
to such a duty, and also on every taxed article
which he uses in the manufacture of the goods
YOU consume. In doing this, you support me
BRITISH Government, Queen, Mobiles, Church,
Army, Navy and all, as fully as any Enghshman1
who consumes no more Of their manufactured
goods than You do; and you find employment
for, and support English subjects, to be taxed by
the English Government. a late able writer es.
Inmates " that we pay an average OF about 50 per
cent of the cost OF imported articles OF manulac.
ture into The Erchequers Of foreign and despotic
Governments, as rA1 used TO opp!ess and injure
ourselves Every time Queen Victoria pro-
duces young prince, young duke, or daI-
ling little princess, you will have the satisfaction
to know that you are expected TO send a little