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great deal.

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could not have made greater progress
&C." We'll, if this is true it is con
elusive that our ancestors were
wrong in complaining of the mother
country for having them fined and in
p~risoned for attempting tosmake iron,
nails. hats &c. ''with0ut any raU ma
tcriai in tie counhy.' lsuPPose cat
tie bad no skins before the revolution,
sheep were covered with hogs byis-
ties. muskrats and .'cuonS' with hair,
and stone coal and IRON ore were
manufactured by the Jackson Van
Buren, administrations. Would YOU
not do we'll TO turn your. attention
to the agreeable study Of civil and
natural history.
The writings of the fathers of our
country express no sentiment that will
Justify the wings in their irnpious at
tempts to tax and Cypress one class OF
our population for the emolument of an
other" Let me ask i'll the name eff ev-
erv thing that is stupid and senscless,
who ever did advocate such a measure?
The absurdity of this vapid old thread
bare objection to the protective system
has been so clearly demonstrated ten
thousand times hat any man who has
one gill of brain can understand it i he
wiN.
Whoever will take the trouble to EXAM
inc the present Tariff law will perceive
that the agricultural interest is as direct
" protected as the manulLcturing-and
any one with a more fortunately consti-
tuted mind than the author of the article
in question can understand the advanta-
ees which the farmer would derive from
the protection OF manufactures alone, by
which the number of consumers would
be increased and the producers diminish
ed-thcreby augmenting the demand and
relatively diminishing the supply OF raw
material, which, bi an invariable law Of
trade would increase the price charming
productions.
1t would be more curious than useful
to learn what you mean by a high pro-
t~ective system or high duties. have
no doubt but you have yet to learn your
self. But perhaps you ran point to an
article in the constitution which IorbidS
a duty Of 90 per cent, but will allow 10
as you say highdutys are demonstrations
al, s allow of low ones. You speak ST
the "fact tha, a high protective system
always decreases revenue The pres
ent tariff then must be low, for the reve-
nue. has increased under it some 800 per
cent. Still you grunble at the wings.
and make charges against them, such as
we should expect from q man of your
mental calibcr, for supporting it. Of
course | iathomthe depth of your mind
with the leads line you have given me.
You find it easy 10 invalidate argu-
ments which you put into my mouth, or
to knock over men of straw of your own
creation, but to convince rejecting men
that cur admirable tariff, which is rapid
ly extinguishing the national debt, and
reviving prosperity in eAery branch of
industry, is oppressive or impolitic will
prove a difficult task, even for men of
respectable intelligence. You say you
need enlightening upon this subject, and
no one who reads your article will doubt
that in this instance you tell the truth
But if the newspaper essays, discussions
OH the stump and in the social circle, SO
common of late, have failed TO gite you
more information than your communica-
ton Of last week indicates, any further
attempts 10 instruct you would be as alb
surd and useless as to hold up light to a
blind man, or cast pearls before swine.
Believing the reasons suggested for not
attempting to "~enlighten you" further, as
your request, will prove as gratifying to
yoar pride as complimentary to your NOR
al rectitude, | conclude with the hope
that hereafter if you find yourselfat fault
in the weapons of reason, you will for
bear TO assail an individual or political
party with ridicule, misrepresentation or
low abuse. MADISON.
A curious Jack.-"We had n curi.
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