The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-09-26

$3.50 VI" "'""'"''"'e' uoes-Dul mean accord ms
TO the branch of labor in which IL Is emnloyet.-
What controls the price Of labor? The aggregate
demand for labor in tho whole, All who wan,
to hlro will go into the same market, md all INV
nearly the same rate of wages, in proportion to ;hC
description g: labor they want Nov YOU can,
protect but one GU, Of several branches Of agri-
cultural industry. How then can son protect la
Dor by extending a monopoly to them' no fur.
ther than yon can extend The aggregate deuand
tor labor raise up the whole And Won can
Judge how fair protection on wool will raise tho
p'lce of the whole agricultural labor Of the com.
try
But our opponents tell US you stop short. There
is another position that will help You out Of diff
Gully You must change your sysem,und by YOUR
prohIbilory policy turn SO much labor to manu-
iacturlng empIoymenls that the manufacturers and
mechanics will eat up all the agricultural products
OF The country. Then You give home market to
our farmers, and thus project all their productions
That is true. Ifby law, You can tnin so much Of
The productive labor of the country TO manufactur-
ing and the mechanics arts, as 10 make these
branches equal 10 the consumption of all the ar
rlcuIlura' products, and we cease 10 export bread
stullS' heel, &c, then YOU can protect the farmer
IN his whole interest. Bu. how will it then stand
with the manufacturing and mechanic interests
will the farmers be able to tun round and buy
all the manufactures of the country For ifthey
cant your system is just as bad, only you have
changed sides. [Laushler.l Now the farmer Gun
not be protected, even though there arc heavy du.
lies on the agricultural imports Then the Turner
would be protected to The whole extent, and the
manufacturer could not he protected at all: be-
cause lJr lwo-lhirds Of their articles, they must
depend upon eIportaion-and the moment thew
are compelled to go abroad for market, they are
as much beyond protection as the farmer is now.
Then, how will it stand; VIII the country be
the gamer: viii it be in a more prosperous and
healthy condition; And especially will the manu-
Featuring and mechanical interests be better OFF,
We can answer this question il we believe in ex-
Perlence aud history. The government Of Great
BIlllnn,t to which we are pointed for an example of
The wisdom of this prohiblory policy, have gone
through with this. They have tried the expert
ment and most elecually. They commenced by
protection to manufactures, by 20 and 100 per
cent duties, But they had Il more efficient system
than we have. The British government neither
depends on public opinion nor on constitutional!
restrictions to carry forward its policy What did
they dO AT the start, when it became an oheC,
OF government! 10 protect particular interest, they
slld in terms, in the law, "lhiI shall not be i'm.
ported" And for two centuries, the importation
ofwooeu cloth into England was entirely pro-
hlbiIed-no duty about il. 1t was made penal for
any subject TO wear cloth not woye and spun
within the realm. We'll they forced enough of
their population into manufacturing, TO consume
all the products of agriculture, What Is the con-
sequence? Population increased The farming
interest turned back on them and demanded pro-
lection against foreign bread, and foreign meat,
and foreign provisions, and how have got a protec-
tive duty of more than 100 per cent. on every
Of liic--and the manufacturing labor Of
the country is starving 10 death. This is expert
encc There the thing has been tried, And now
they have got to point which is unchangng SO
long as the agricultural interest can control Let
me add a word which may be reevan, to state
of things with us. How is it that the agricultural
nerels of Gread Britain composing seven per
cent, of It's population IS able to command the leg.
slaye policy Of that great country? 1t is because
the government, in the course Of the pursuit of
this policy, has built up debt resting on the land
and landlords OF the counlry-which the govern
ncnt can't pay-and lhroughii its cred, and is debt.
he landed interest commands and must command,
while that monarchy eXsis,iils legislative policy
And i; can command protection to its wheat and
,eef and other productions while the laborer
tarvcs at his loom and spinning jenny. Do we
elbow czens-and | am sure | address pco-
Die large majority Of whom are hrmes-dowe
lesire any monopoly to the agricultural interest.
Cries of"no, "no."l Then, the manufacture
ug and mechanical interest should not-us wise
nen among them do no!--desire to drive The agr-
cultural interest, by seeking monopoly for them
I is a beaten track. Not England alone but Franco
Spain, Austria have followed il 10 the same con-
fusion. Now the argument is 'protectiou a.
ainst The pauper labor of Europe" How has
hat pauper labor been Produced BY carving
'ut prohibi,ory policy, We should protect our
elves TO the whole extent Of the revenue of our
government, with the exception ofwhat we enjoy
Without taxation, by duties on imports. Beyond
hat it would he impoliiic as ii would be unjust, to
o. But am OBTAINING you too long on this sub
ect. Another word shall close.
What is this system Of benefits which our oppo-
ents so urge upon US, and TO oppose which they
ny, is art patriotic and anti. American, Strip
on its imaginary qualities and of the hca liies Of
helcric in which they dress it up,and it is sys-
en- Of taxation on the people. And did our re,o-
Itonary fathers ever dream, when they weio
onferring on the federal government this tremen-
Gus power Of taxation, that the people were stand
D in a mass and instruct then representatives.
tax us on-tax US on-bccuuse by taxation Won
an drive u mo uneXlmpled prospeIity'"-
Lausherl Fellow citizens, it isa hliacy.-
)wesl the human mind of prejudice, and il will