New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-01

mun,y politically organized to secure great and
reneral benchls-in short, a COMMONWEALTH.
.. All classes arc and should be equally pro-
tected by Government, 10 The extent Of Me'r
respectice needs. Bu,no Partially IS cvnccd in
(ortifying the scaboaTd and leaving the interior
witbou, works for its special defence, or IN pro-
yidinr fleets to protect our Foreign Commerce
,,d not cunboats to scour our rivers. Fortrcsses
an ,hc Cron,c. or sea6oard arc not erected for the
defence merely of the territory within the range
OF their guns, but OF the whole Country; so
duty on SILK, for instance. is not intended to ell
rich especially the growers and manufacturers OF
s;ik,-aad ,7iit not for competition in this as IN
every thing else will keep down pEohts to the
average in other departments of industry-but
for tho benefit Of the whole People. We desire
such duties on the Importation OF SIX as VIII
encourage our own People to engage efficiently
in lis production, though We have not pennys
interest in this branch of Industry more than IN
Cotton. planting OF Sugar-maling. we believe
such Protection will eventually secure supply oil
Silk at cheaper rate but even though the
nominal cost were higher we arc sure the real
cost will be less, since it will be made up OF the
labor of aged or decrepit persons, children, &c.
who are now .nadcquatcly or not at all employed.
g We have no fault TO find with this Propo-
sjtion but we are sure that due diversity OF
Employment and Industry is essential to the
proper intellectual development and physical ~
dependence OF the People, especially the Poorer
Glasses: and that, in community where but
TWO or three pursuits are followed, the lntroduc-
ton of new branches Of Industry not forbidden
by climate or other natural causes is great and
reneral benefit. We are sure the aggregate an
nual product of our Cotton planting States would
he greatly increased by the general introduction
and establishment OF mechanical and manuiac-
turing arts, while the condition of their People
would be greatly improved. We say, then, that
whatever increases the Agricultural product Of
predomnantly Manufacturing Country, or cice
cersa, is "a public good, and should be encouraged
in every practicable way
4. The same to this. We do not dispute that
imported Silks or Woolcns are, when paid for,
after Il fashion the product of American Labor;
what we maintain is that if they can ultimately
be produced here with as little labor as abroad it
is wise and beneficent to encourage the Home
Production.
). Here the Free Trader begins to say something.
But he views things through the narrowest, huck-
stcring medium. The interest Of the Commun-
ty-of the whole Peoplc-he cannot grasp-he
l.. NJ of m and
citizens, but of antagonist cotton-growers and
calico printers His essential avcrmcnt is loose,
unsound and untrue. A policy which narrows
tho Foreign market cannot harm the present pro-
ducers for that market if it at the same time
wiicns the Home market for their products, or
such as they may readily substitute, TO an equal
amount, For instance-Grcat Britain requires
Cotton of us, but neither her demand nor her
ability to pay for it is accurately or even aFprox
matcIy measured by the amount of goods wcpur
chase of her. Suppose we work up Half Mil
lion Bales at horne, instead of sending the whole
Two Million per annum abroad, do we necessarily
reduce the price of Cotton 10 the grower Very
far from it. We insist that the more the cypor-
tation of our products is contracted by aitording
them preferred market at home, the better FOR
the producers
C. We disagree with this assertion entirely
ComNcrcc is very well as an adjunct, and has
sometimes elevated city or class 10 wealth,
but Productive Industry is the vital matter which
should be tosercd, extended, encouraged, dlversl-
fed, so as to attract to It's pursuits the largest
~ ,,Ct ~ ,rb
I. Well enough, but not accurately stated
We have known man, for instance, sell a buShel
of corn, when his children needed bread, for
gallon Of whisky which only served to render
him useless, besottcd lcrociouS brute. Was
this exchanging commodities not needed here,
for other commodities which arc needed ?" How
about the Indian, who sells his every thing for
fire water y good share of our Foreign
Trajc-thc exchange Of our hard-won staples for
Wines, Laccs, Toys, &c.--is OF this SORT.
S. Not correct, but no matter if it were. The
present Tariff has not reduced our Exports in
equal measure with our Imports.
g There is great deal of misstatemcnt and
crude conception in this paragraph-ior exam.
pie, the Tariff was not increased in 1920. But
If it were all true, it would avail nothing. There
is no doubt that our exports and Imports would
both be larger ii we sent al our Cotton and Wool
to Europe and imported our Cotton and Woolen
fabrics back again, and larger still if we exported
all our Wheat and imported it again in the form
Of Flour. If we should all take to trading for
livelihood, there would undoubtedly be more bu,
siness' for scason-but to what good end
We insis, that to diminish Importation-say of
Hats or Boots-by producing the article with
as lttla labor at home---is to increase and not d.
minish the production, prosperity and wealth of
the Country.
H. We do not consider any considerable im-
poyt Of Specie desirable, except in view OF pre-
sent and pressing need OF it. That our Specie
increased during the operation Of the Compro.
mise Act is true, but h0,o By exporting more
products than we imported Not at all, but By
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