Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-27
THE TARIFF.
Presidents and Preccdents.
FROM THE RICHMOND WIG.


task of presenting the Tariff as an unheard
of enormity, it may not be amiss to refresh
the memory of our readers by few short
extracts from the messages of former Pres
idents to whom that paper successfully
professed the most unlimited devotion.
First of all comes the FATHER OF Ills
COUNTRY. In his message of the Sth July.
1890, he uses the following language:
"Tho safety and interest of the People
require that they stall promote such manu-
facturcS as tend to render them independ-
ent for essentials" sc.
The Enquirer may plead homage to that;
SO we give him next an extract from the
message of Mr. JEFFERSON, dated Deem.
Der, 1902
ITO cultivate peace and maintain com
merce and navigation in all their lawful CHI
terprises; to favor our fisheries as nurseries
of navigation; and to protect manufactures
adapted to our circumstances" Again:
when a nation imposes high duties on
our productions or prohibits them altogeth-
cr, it may be proper for us to do the same
/ by theirs; first burdenng or erctudtDg their
| productions, which they bring here in COM
petition with our own of the same kind"
! Mr.. MANSON was Qite-ally) the father e
our Constitution. In his message Of May.
1909, he recommends to Congress:
ITO make such further alterations in the
laws as will more especially protect and t"s-
ter the severa! branches Of manufacture"
Six years after, viz. 1915, he goes still
further into the subject. Hear him:
There is no subject which can enter with
greater force into the deliberations of Con-
gress than consideration of the mean. 10
preserve and promote manufactures, which
have sprung into existence and attained an
unparalleled maturity throughout the Uni
ted States during the period Of the Euro
pean wars. This source Of national indie
pendence and wealth ! anxiouslv recon.
mend, therefore, to the prompt and constant
guardianship of Congress"
Mr.. MONROE, another Virginia President
in his Inaugural Address, held the following
language:
Our manufactures will likewise require
the systematic and fostering care of Gov
eminent Possessing, as we do, all the raw
materials, the fruit Of our own skill and in
dustrv, we ought not TO depend, in the de-
gree we have done, on the supplies from
other countries &c.
In auson to the sa;ae subject, he after
wards says:
at is important that the capital which
nourshes our manufactures should be do
nestle and lis influence, IN that case, ill.,
stead Of eXhausting, as it may do IN foreign
lands, would be felt advantageOuSy on az
rlcuture and e"ery Other branch Of indus
try; equally important IS i 70 proC{de Il
home marhet for our raw materials, as by
extending the competition it Will enhance
the price and protect the cu.tlvatol
against the casualties incident to foreign
markets.
We pass over what Mr.. ADAMS said or
this subject, as being Of no weight with the
editor of the Enquirer. But we make W
for the omission by inserting at full IengtI
the following letter, from man, the bar;
mention Of whose name is wont to cnraP
turc the old gentleman;
WASHINGTON CITY, April &c, 1924.
Heaven smiled upon and gave US liberty
and independence. That same Providence
has blessed Us with the means Of nationa
independence and national defence. If we
admit or refuse to use the gifts which he
has extended to US, we deserve not tho
continuance of his blessing. lie has filled
our mountains and cur plains with miner
als--with lead, and with iron, and with cop
per. and given US climate and soil fer The
growing of hemp and wool. These being
the great materials OF our national defence
thew ought to have extended 20 them AIDE
quatc and fair protection, that our manu-
features and Iaborers may be placed in ;
fair competition with those of Europe. anC
that we have within our country suppl!
Of those leading and important articles Sc
essential in war.
| will not ask what is The real situation o
the agriculturis2 Where has the Amerl
can farmer market for his surplus produce
Except for cotton he has neither foreign
nor home market. Does not this clearl,
prove, then, when there is no market cithe
at home or abroad, that there is too mucl
labor employed in agriculture. Common
sense al once points out the remedy. TAX
from agriculture in the United States 81,
hundred thousand men, women, and chll
dren, and you viii at Cnce give marke
for more brcad,stuffs then all Europe nc"
furnishes US. In short, sir, we have beer
too long subject to the policy of BIRTHS
merchants. 1t is time we should becom
little more Imercdni.ed, and instead o
feeding the paupers and Iaborers OF Eng
land feed our own; or else, in a short time