The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-09-11
From the .New YORK Plsjeia,,.
ITIUITU UtL VTNlD lDV10''0'
Who are the FriemNs Of Protection!

The Democratic party ever has been and ey-
er will be the friend of the laboring classes,
1t ever has and ever will advocate fair and just
protection to American industry When it cea-
ses TO advocate the interests OF the laboring
classes, it ceases 10 be the Democratic putty.
The Democratic party opposes the present Tariff
because it is not protective Tariff; because it
IparalySeS the industry of the country, because
lit plumbers nne-tenths of the people for the pur-
pose of enFiching the one-;enth! 1t is falsely
called Tariff that protects the industry Of the
country, 1t draws the expense Of Government
chiefly from the poorer and middling classes Of
society. The man who labors daily for sup
port contributes as much or more than the man
worth 100000, $500,000 Or $l,000,000, The
cheaper and coarser quality of goods, whether
cottons, woolens, whatever the material may be,
pays much heavier duty than the finer quail
ties Low-pliced woolens, called ilannels and
baizcs, pay 100 per cent, and the finer qualities
but 40 per cent. Low-priced brown sugars pay
about 100 per cent, and The better qualities a
bout 80 per cent Low priced coHons, worn
chiefly by the laboring classes, pay l0G per cent,
and over, while the finer fabrics, but 25 and 3I
per cent.
These are facts that the advocates Of the Ia
riff, 't0S ii u.s." will not nor cannot contradict.
All the determinations in the present Tariff are
calculated to oppress the industry of the conn-
try; oppress the laborng classes. D!scrlmjna-
tons, or differences in the rates of duty, by
(which one article of import pays more than a.
lnother, can only be justified when the object is
to relieve the poor and protect the industry of
the ldboring classes. The object of d;scrimi-
nations should be, as Mr. Van Buren, said in his
Indiana letter. for the purpose of cq& tIiziag the
burthens Of Government; so that the different
classes of society, as regards their ability TO pay
taxes, would bear their just proportion Of the
expenses of Government
Farmers, mechanics, and laborers of the Uni
led States, call you the present Tariff Protec-
tive Tariff? No, you will not! 1t does moi
protect, but on the contrary oppresses your IN
dustry 1t protects or benefits nobody but the
wealthy manufacturers. The labor, which is the
capital of the poor man, that draws from the
soil bushel Of wheat is nadequately compensa.
ted, the capital that is invested in cotton OF
wooden manulactory is abundantly rewarded
/ We confidently affirm the following to be
true:
lst. That James X. Polk is in favor of a Tariff
that will protect the industry of the country
the whole of that industry.
3D. That Henry Clay is opposed TO Tariff
THAT will protect the industry of the country.
3d. That James X. Polk is opposed to tht
present Tariff
4th. That Henry Clay is in favor Of the pres
lent Tariff.
I 9th. That the present Tariff is destroying tb,
Industry Of the country.
All these afiirmatons we have time and tint
again proved. The. great mass of the peopl
believe and understand them. They have con
vincing arguments in the low price of produc
and the high price Of arguments tina
cannot be refuted. No sophstry that our oppc
: nents may employ can satisfy the great body {
S sIagriculturists that their industry is protected
+ when their wheat, pork, butter, &c, &C., cannC
D be sold at price that will pay for the labor
g producing it. We would be willing to rest OF
cause, and 60 10 the polls tomorrow; SO satis6e
d are we that the great body Of the laboring class
! es win decide the matter rightly. Talk Of th
! Tariff "as j. is,n being protective Tariff! whe
# the greatest of all interests, the agricultural,
i oppressed beyond all endurance, What an al
t, surdhy! There is nothing but oppression 10 th
i aborng classes can result from the present II
e riff. Poverty and labor is plundered that weall
n and idleness may realize large dividends.