The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-01-20
From the New York Tribune.
LET US ELECTIONE FER.

FRrEvps or HENRY CLAY it is high time we
were earnestly, zealously, universally engaged
in preparing the Public Mind for the Great Com
test OF 1914. Some Of us are so, but few cam
not do all that must be done. There are One
Million and Halfof Wing Voters III the Union,
many OF whom need to be aroused and supplied
with renewed evidence of tho identity OF Wing
Principles and Measures with the Public Inter
est and Welfare; there are many thousands be-
side, who have never takan any decided part in
Politics and may be won TO our side by proper
and seasonablG effort. Ii there be One Hun
dred Thousand of us resolved to do all in our
power for the ensuing ten months, our victory
IS certain. Who will not be one OF the Minute
Men of this Contest Let no man neglect his
business, let none spend in Electoneerlng the
money tina. is needed to pay his debts and sup
port his family. Tie Cause requires no breach
of duty from any man--it wants no man TO como
begging tor office in AS on the assumption that
he has let his own affairs go to wreck while at
tending to those of tine Nation. Such man
contessas himself unfit for all, responsible charge
and should not have any. Wandering speech |
makers, who bling no weight OF character INTO
the contest, can do no essential service, bts there
is work for all, and now is tho time to set about
it, Let us all begin at once
FARMERS You can help immensely if you
will The great art of Loco Focoism consists
in arraying one class or interest against another
to fill the land with jealousy and hatred-to
set the Laborer at variance with the Employer,
and secure the vote of the former out of ill-will
| or envy toward the latter Just now the special
cue is TO make all other classes believe tina. the
Manufacturers alone benefited by the Pro-
tective System-that they arc realizing immense
dividends, while all other classes are suffering
from it! Now you know better than this; you
know that Labor needs steady and well paid en-
ployment and that this is only attanablc where
many branches OF Industry are prosecuted-that
in tho country where but one branch OF industry
is carried the Laborers are little removed
from serts. You know that the prosecution of
Manufacturing and Mechanical branches is adj
vantageous to Agriculture, by furnishing good
and convenient market--that your Products gem
orally; if carried far, must DO sold low, taxing
| into account the expense of transportation. You
know, ifyou have eyes, that Manufactures are
not making eXorbitant prohts-that they are
supplying our markets with their several fabrics
| as cheaply in the average as they were ever sup
Piled and that, though the duty be 10 or 80 per
cent higher, you now buy such articles as they
produce as chcaply as ever bciore.-You know,
1t you have eyes, that they are not making any
such profits as the Globe, Evening Post N. II.
Patriot, &c. falsely represent. Now and then a
concern may have done very we'll this year, just
|
of Western land, broken mp and fenced it, and
paid the whole cost out of the first crop. But
these the exceptions not the rule; if screen per
cent. may safely be made in Manufacturing or
any other business, abundance Of Capital stands
ready to rush into that branch and reduce it to
the general level. Farmers explain these mat
tiers Familiarity to your friends and neighbors,
ma Ike them that the true interest of all lies
not in strife and envy but in union and mutual
will npIth nca all nc fp aln fIn,r
| LABonERs this cause of Protection is yours
will you not defend and sustain III You under
stand 1t all alike when it comes up in different
| torm-for instance, ifyou are Coopers Shocnla-
| kers or whatever, and your business is largely |
prosecuted in the State Prison, exposing you to
| unequal and runous competion--you rally az
one man to resist it.. You cannot then be fool |
ed by any demagogue abuse of your employ
ers as if 1t were question for them only, in |
which you had no interest; but you see at once |
that your livelihood is at stake-thut, however it |
may be with your employers, you cannot work
and thrive IN direct competition with men whose
services cost shilling a day. Why will not all
OF you evnce tho same good sense in reference to
foreign competition! You can! you must ifI
you, Laborers! who are right On this subject will
but ortify yourselves with the facts and docu-
ments and speak Familiarity to y6tir friends and
neighbors who, from ignorance or party preiudi-
Sco, hIc HuSliIe Ut lilulileGcHl, }ou s"o'
away all opposition. Never wrangle or lose
temper-wasle little breath in crowds or bar
rooms but sit down with your neighbor when
the days work is done, by his or your iircslde,
and talk the matter over in a frank and friendly
manner. Hear all he has to urge patiently; read
| and consider what he has to offer on the other
side of the question, and then ask him to listen
to your facts NJ d arguments in turn. 1t must |
be that in the end you will succeed, for you have
every solid advantage Our opponents in the
Northern States dare not commit themselves to
any thing on the Tariff question; they are afraid
of destroying themselves at the South. See how
mute stand the Albany Argus and all its echoes,
as well as its co-laborers in Pennsylvania, Mas
sachusetts, Vermont and other States. Where
is their tract On the Tariff! Friends Your
plain illustrations will be heard and needed
where other arguments cannot penetrate--any
strong-minded blacksmith or shoemaker who
has read hundred pages on each side of the
question is an over-match for Free Trade Doc |
tor af Laws. Do not withhold your e1ertions'