The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-21


 Ebeneftted by its adoption. Upon this oronnd sthe manufacturers asked for it-and called ; Eprotection. Afeeling of gratitude, apart iron Sany motives of general policy, impelled th, Representatives of the people, to grant tIi, Ssrequest, not merel y as boon of protection
 Eaithough the circumstances might have war.
 granted mat, as temporary measure, but as !; esecondary object, incident to an object ex. EPressly indicated in the Constitution. anc Nwillch IL t was their imperative duty to accom-. sPllsh- This protection inured to the manu- Aslactureis' not as right, for as such it hat 5not even been asked; but as favor, 10 save Sthem from the sudden and overwhelminc in- Nilux ot foreign importations, which wopld nave followed the termination of the war. if SouF ports had been left as free to all coIners. sas formerly. This may justly be considered Sthe origin of protection. as such. to the man. luiacturlng interest of this country. 1t was Silrst asked as favor; but since its enioyment mas gwen strength to its benefciaries they shaye grown bold, changed their ground. and show demand 1t as a right. Thatneither man. sulacturers, nor any other class of our citi- szehs, no matter what may be their pursuit. .are entitled, as right, 10 be protected, to the aeXcluslon of the other classes, no one will sopenly contend Indeed, all the laws, which ! have been passed for this purpose, have borne supon their face evidence that their authors and advocates dared not ayow any such preten- sslon; and have come in under cover of other sproiessed objects. Thus, all Tariff laws are sentltled bills to Sraise revenue;p and never sa word nor syllable Is introduced to indicate sProtecton as an object But that 1t is an SobJect, and the main object with many, there IS abundant evidence, not only in the circum- stances oflnterest which surround their advo- .cates, but in the provisions of the bills them- selves The warm advocates of protection shave been often heard to declare that they .cared not so much for revenue as for protec- Iuon; and that the protective tax must be levied, even If the money raised be notneeded for revenue, but shall be thrown away into sthe sea, as the only mode of disposing of it.. But what IS protection, and why do the man sufacturers desire it. Only one answer to thls question can be admitted by the common sense oI every intelligent mind it is the |means ot enabling the party, who enjoys it, ito receive higher prices for the products of |hls labor, and to make more money. than he tcould do without protection. Otherwise. he
 Iwould not be found so clamoroas for it.-
 1t gives him the advantages mentioned. bvl excluding competition, and securing 10 him.
 ito great extent, monopoly of the marketl Upon what principle of fairness does the man-l uiacturer claim this advantage. to the exclusionI of the merchant, the farmer, and the mcdaniel an advantage which not only inures to hisl exclusive benefit, but which does so at thei expense of all the other industrial interestsI oi the country One of the pleas put in, toI justify this monopoly of the manufacturer, isl that his business IS 'ofnerican Industry.n II admit that 1t is American industry; and, as; such, deserves the good will, and encourage-I ment, of every American, so far as may bel consistent with the rights and interests off other branches of ofindustry, which are equally ,America3l with the manufactures. Is not thea cultivation of the soil the navigation of thes seas and rivers of our country, tue buildings of houses and ships, the business of the mer-s chant, as much American industry. as thes spinning and weaving of cotton and woolenf cloths? and are they not equally entitled tos protection? Because one man chooses to In-s vest his money in land and negroes, horses and ploughs, and to devote his time and attentions to the production of corn and cotton; whies another invests his in spindles and looms, andi spins and weaves cotton and woollen cloth ;s is the one more entitled to be considered ant American citizen, and to receive, at the handsS of the government, bounty on American in-ss dustry, than the other3 Surely not And,s yet, this is the distinction made between them,s by a protective Tariff, such as have been con-f sidering. Has the government any legitimates power, to make any such distinction, betweens the different classes of it's citizens, for whoseE common and equal benefit it was established P The history and purposes of its formation,F the principles upon which 1t is based, and the interests of those on whom 1t operates, all announce that it has no such power. Tos exercise 1t, then, is palpable violation ofl the Constitution, and a dangerous usurpationi of authority. But not only do the other in-s dustrial classes not recejUe an equal bounty,9 at the hands of the government, with thes but they are actually madef to pay this bounty, out of their own hards to the protected class. That this2 is so, needs only to examine the subject, toS convince any sane mind; for the facts in the1 case make 1t plain to demonstration. Ands to shew, still farther, how unequal this sys-S tenn is, how favorable to the manufacturers,s { and how oppressive to the other classes to the planters, single glance at a plain and undeniable state of facts, is amplyg Whatare these facts? The first I; will mention has been furnished by one off the champions of protection. It is this ;--r In }he State of Massachusetts, there areS S42, 2,000,000 invested in manufactures. Thef annual revenue derived from this, by itss owners, is $8,000,000. This is equal to anS annual profit of about Itoenty per cent, upon. the capital invested Thus, by means of a1 proteciioe Tari9, the manufacturers of Mast sachusetts are enabled to realize profit of5 20 per cent upon their invested capitall- Bearing this in mind, would now enquiref of the farmers of Arkansas how much theys realize upon their investment in farming ope-f - 4:<,,r ,uI,at .p,,,,oJ NOT cpDtaun fhev 1nripaa