New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-01

,bat year l2l were farmers, and of these ~ were
WbiTs, end 81 Loco Focos. The balance OF l42
we're engaged in various ernp'oynents: manu-
featuring, shoe making, tailoring, SC. a ma
iority OF the farmers in this town are now, us
thcn, Wings. He says "we are under complete
soblection to our masters that VIC. 2" ihou2h
men, are not, in truth, whit better Oil 50 lar as
freedom of thought and action arc concerneo,
than the s,rfs Of Russia :" that we vote, but our
votes belong to cur masters, and by them are
CONTROLLED
We have heretofore belonged TO the DimocTo-
tic party. and never voted a Wing ticket but II
our lives arc spared, We shall do 50 IN Noycmoer
next. Our employers, at no time or under any
circumstances, have attempted To control our
votes neither Go We know of single instance
of an operative in any of the manufacturing es-
,abiishncnts here being discharged on account oi
his political opinions. Ii is wcll known fact
that in the Calico Print Works Of Mr.. Marshall,
the men who have held the best situations and
drawn the largest wages. have been generally az
rank Loco Focos and Free Trade r.cn as tha
Yorkshire importers of New. York City: and ye;
no, one of them has ever been discharged bv his
EMPLOYERS. The merchant at the Print Works Is
an active Loco Foco oi,iceh holder The butcher
who supplies lhetwo manufacturing villages with
meat, is at this moment holding the oiiice OF dc
putty. sheriff, and is Loco-Foco Of the Anae1d-
ton school.
Our wages have always been paid in cash every
mouth, and we purchase our provisions, DC. where
We choose, without control from any one. The
farmers IN the vicinity Of these establishments arc
daily seen in our villages, selling to the operatives
wood, potatoes, butter, cheese, beet. pork, and
other farming products. An old farmer remarked
to. day, that he generally found better market
in Stockport than in Hudson, and, ON al average,
faref prices.
We have abandoned the Loco.Foco party, not
by command Of our employers because they never
ntcrfcred \ ith our opinions but for the following
reasons LIST. Because the Democratic party is
in favor of British interests on the other side Of
the water, and not American industry OH this.
ID Because that party is in favor of annexIng
Texas to the Union, and thereby assuming TO-
reign debt of S25,000, 900, involving the country
in war, extending and perpetuating Slavery, and
preparing the way for dissolution OF the Union.
Previous to the late Baltimore Convention we
were made To believe Mr.. Van Buren was in favor
of Protective TarifT-such Tariff as would
give the Labor, Industry, and Capital Of the
Country Protection against the competition and
legislation Uf England, France, and Germany
Nations that impose heavy duties on the farming
productions Of this country but we find, what
ever Mr.. Van Buren's opinions may have been,
that Mr.. Polk is utterly opposed to the Tariff OF
1912, and is in "a asor OF foreign Wool coming into
our country duty free. The present Tariff opc-
rates beneficially on the country. In lS40-4l,
but few men were employed in the factories here
and elsewhere; wages were low, and we could
not afford TO purchase literally of the Farmers; ;
but now, we have full employment and fair
wages, and can lay out more ana save more mo-
ney than at that tlrnc We have heretofore been
deceived by the fnc.spun and deceptive theory of
Free Trade, but we cannot deny The conclusive
evidence of observation and experience; and al
though we may he denounced as traitors and
= serfs" by Loco. Foco Editors, who themselves
.re used to The collar and the LASH
And kiss the rods that scourGe them,
vet we shnll exercise the liberty of voting ac-
cording to the dictates Of reason and conscience.
RICHARD PARkES.
JOHN RUSSELL,
BENJAMIN LOpEJOY
HENRY vol NGS,
ARCHIBALD CONNER.