, 1844-10-12

his rishtfui prosperity. All agret
there must be 81 Tariff; all agree there
must be discrimination. The TART
question al the present time is simply
what Discrimination shall be made
And It the politicians who make the
tariff a part OF their party weapou.
are excepted. there is in the public
mind much less difference than la,
been pretended. The interest, o
revenue rcqniIe decentralization 10 re
ference to the product,veness Of the
duty. and in reference 10 the DANCER
OF co~ntrahaud. Reciprocity may
sometimes Justify discrimination hv
special agreements. though very SPAR
lng'y, and agail 2me2suFe 0! cocr-
cion IA EXTERN" cases. though this is
Justly opet. to much doubt and con.
sheraton. AIajn. the condition of
our domestic Industry asks diScrImi-
nation, and by Determination obtains
protection. Butihe Ilmilto that pro-
lection must be Il duty for revenue,
not "a duty tor PROHIBITION. Such Il
duty IS always 4 sufficient protection.
In tie colonial times even a small do
y md trIiimL excise were drcadeI by
England and fOcbiiirn as Il danger.
GUS ENCOURAGEMENT to American TO-
dGlstrv. Tie iiea Of a dIsrrluina-
ing Ievenue tariff and no more. IS
sufficient for American Iauor. comes
slnctlonei by all the weight o: the
fathers oi'the revoiutinn-hv the fears
OF ~EngIand-hv the eariv Judgment
OF America. We NAV siielv adopt
the rule that the discriminating duty
Tor protection must never exceed the
point "i greatest productiveness OF
reVeoue; and the end o. such prottc-
ton must be 10 Sust1in the manuiac.
tnTer, 81 that he mas rise above the
narrow thought of monopoly mar
ket at home. and seek by honorable
competition tn win the natural mar
ketS of the world; and. finally. there
SlAuId be discrimination TO avoid the
uGreaSona lie taxation Of labor. THIS
last point. more than n other. is OF
deepest interest to the cnmmunitv.--
One OF the VIM banners that waves
IN Your city bears as lis motto: '.Pro-
lection 20 American Labor-the Ma
ton Wealth. the poor Mans Right"
We are glad the appeal on this sub
Iact is made to the forum Of the Ia
borer. Mr.. Bancroft here proceed
ed to trace III" relation of the high
tariff policy in the protection Of Ane-
r'can 'abor.l Our opponents. said
he. propose protection 10 American
labor By s~ubiectino American labor
TO .GrIeV'uS tax1t:on. Their phlIan-
thror?v has made the astonishing dis
cuverp that labor should sue for the
privilege of being grievousIv taxed.
For cotton lNc0nrtS for the clothing
Of his children, the Iaborer must paw
per cent. du,>: if his friend dies.
he must pay 'or the cainhrIc for the
sixty to eighty per cent. tax;
Ter the mourning Grape. or slin. more
sIxtI-tour per cent. And this
Is protection to labor: our opponents
propose nothing better 10 secure s.th-
~IatIpu'> wealth. and the poor mans
than to tax him heavily from
...e cradle to the grave. The system
.Dr' the ltborer fails utterly of its ef-
ret. II does not enhance the wages
If labor. The prices Of labor in our !
nan Factoring Establishments are but ,
,bout len per cent. higher than those p,
oaid in Lancashire; and that superb
o! wages is made up to the (
manufacturer by a more than proper ;
increase Of production, I
through the greater ingenuity and ac- ,
WITTY Of the American Iaborer.- {
Further: all taxes enter into the COST :
# production, and so into the price :
i the article produced. As taxes IN :
prices must Increase; and eve r
V increase in price narroWs to the +
manufacturer his market. Thus the 9
aiural market is lost. and the de. 9
land iar Iaoar is consequently dunn. o
he'd. Further: the system imposes q
uties in such { manner rs t" dunn r
h the power of labor to employ II,
aIf necessarily in m2ny branches. r
Witness he shipping interest. 1t has n
cen said that the first petition FOR e
came from the shipwrights c
f Charleston, South Carolina; proba- r
ly from sojourners there. But if the n
rst petition for special protection C
id come from shipwriehts, dearly do v
ley rue it. A hundred and twenty +
ears ago, the ship-yards for English Fl
Ierchants were very much in New n
OH and New England; America n
Iilr a large part Of British shipping, p