Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-07-19

is IN vain that wg take up nGlcls by ar
tcIo, and, comparing present with for
meF prices show the actual and rsdnal
reduction. The Tree trader has noun
ted bis hobby. and he has determined 10
spur aad whip him on, rough sbod. ovor
all facls obstacles, and impedimeDI' that
iiD 10 his way. Il was but the other
day heard one Of these rec>1rade ora-
tors addressing an AUDIENCE. and depic
Ting, ~ ibe mo't plan'iVe aud doieiul
lerWs, lhs rytfemc burdens snd oppres
si'e oXactjrns arising our Of The aboml-
DRbe iau6 Why, (yays he fellow
cii2fns, every cns Of you thai wears a
9hlrl is compelled to pay six cents a
yard more for II than you Otherwise
wauld do, in order to Increase the enor.
nous wealth Of Northern capitalists -
An old man in lhe crowd ahabbllY dres
Srd, and with sc- rely sny thlne bot a
shirt GA, slopp9G lha eloquent Sbior,
and asked him how thai could be? For,
SAYS he, "I have a good shirt on. that
cost mc only FIVE and half cents PER
yard and ! should like to know now
paid duty Of SIX cents y
These ingenious aud interchangeable
theorists, not only hold all lacts and *
perienco IN conlompt. but they are Ut
terly inconsistent with themselves. At
one time they endeaVoured to raise the
alarm that the tariff would put an end
to all foreign commerce, and, thus dry
ing up our principal source of revenue
in Imports il would become necessary
TO resort 10 djrecl taxes aud internal taxa
ton. In process Of time, however, their
predictions were falsl6ed, and the sys
ten was found to produce 40 abundant
revenue. Then they shifted their
ground; the Treasury, said they, is over
flowing; the tariff is the cause, end ,he
system must be abandoned Ilthey had
taken the trouble to lnqulro, 'heV might
have agcerlaned that, although Eng
ls the greatest manufacturing natlOn 10
tie world, in amount, extent, and yarIe.
~, she nevertheless draws Il vast reye-
nus from customs.
Allow me 10 present you, fellow ciii-
zrn5, with another view OF this interos
uag subject. The Government wishes
to derive a certain amount Of revenue
from foreign imports bet us suppose
the total annual amount OF imports 10 be
500 100000, and tho total annual
amount OF reveaus TO be raised from it
to be 100000 600 Is il at all material
whether that $4,000 600 be spread, in
the form Of duOes, equa,N over the
whole Si6G 0GQ 900, or bal it bo drawn
from Bome $4,000, COO or more ot the
imports, leaving the rest free OF duty =?
In point Of fact, such has been tho case
for several years Is not q compensg-
tlon found for the duty paid upon one ar.
ticje by the exemption from the duty Of
another article! Take the wearing ap.
paroI OF o single individual, and suppose
you have a duty Of 81 TO raise upon it;
is it Of any consequence TO him wholh-
er YOU levy the whole 81 upon all parts
Of his wearing apparel equally, or levy
It exclusively upon his coat and his shirt,
leaving the ether articles free? And it,,
hv such determinations as ! have des,
cribed, wuhoul prejudice 10 the consum'
or, you can raise up, cherish and sus-
ain domestic manufactures, increasing
the wealth and prosperity, Ond encour-
aging the labor Of Ihs nation, ought il
not TO be done3
Weare invited, by the pnrtisans Of
the doctrine Of free trade, 10 initiate the
liberal example Of some OF the great
European Powers. England, we are
told, is abandoning her restrictive poll
cy and adopting that OF free trade. En-
gland adopting the principles Of free
trade! Why, where are her corn Iaws2
Those laws which exclude an article oI
prime uecessily-lhe very bread which
suslans human lils--in order TO afford
protection 10 English agriculture. And
on the sng article Of American tobac
co, England Ievie0 annually an amount
of revenue equal 10 The whole amount
Of dullo LEVIED anquaIly BY The UnileC
States upon all the articles of import
from all the foreign nations of the world
including England. That Is her Tree
trade! And as for France, we have
lately seen stale paper from one OF heI
high unctionaries complaining in bitter
terms of the American Tariff Of lS42
and ending with formally announcing lc
the world that France steadily adhered
TO tho system Of protecting French in
dustry!.
But follow citizens, have already de
tanned you too long on this interesting
topic, and yet have scarce y touched it
For near thirty years 1t has BgilaIed tht
nation The subject has been argued
and debated a thousand times in every
conceivable form. 1t Is limo that III,
policy Of the country should become set
tied and fxSd, Any stable adjuslmen