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cut of. The duties under the two acts are as

Prcsen, Duty. Proposed.
Wooden manufactures. .......d0 p. ct. 30 p. CT
c'P so v vens,aa y yd % CT
Blankets costing under 75c. Is p. ct. l0p ct.
Fannels Bazes, &c..........l4c p So yd. 30 CT.
Bear then in mind that not only are the spe-
c'fc duties all abolished, but the ad valorem du-
ty is to be fixed by the foreign importer, whose
direct interest it is to swear It down, to AVOID
the duty. And what, ask does the new pro-
lection amount to! How, under such bill,
can your home market be sustained How, I'M
der such bill can the wooden manufacture
prosper But you may be told that the home
market is of small account.-Let us see. BY
the last census, the whole number of persons
engaged in woolen manufactures in the lslitcd
States was fiy-one thousand three hundred and
forty .onc. Estimating that each one OF these
has on an average four persons dependent on
him for support, Their" are two hundred thou
sand consumers whom the farmer is to supply;
and assuming that each one consumes OF sgrl-
cultural products 80 cents worth per week, the
annual sales of the farmer to this class alone,
will amount to the sum of $o,2OO,OOO.
Add to this the numerous wooden factories
throughout the country the immense amount
Of capital embarked in the business, (belng not
far from Si5,000000,) and the immense amount
of wool which they consume and we can pro-
perry appreciate the benefits to the farmer, OF
that home market which Mr. Van Buren,through
McKays bill, is seeking to destroy. Let then
the farmer awake to his true interest, and re-
garding government in its true light, as merely
an institution to advance the prosperity OF the
people and protect their interests, let him throw
men aside and 70 for those measures which will
most materially promote his own prosperity.
To the Carpenter and Joiner.
What, r,y friend do you seek? You answer,
plenty Of employment and good pay. In what
does your employment consist In making
putting up and keeping in repair houses, ware
houses, factories, &c, with their appropriate
buildings aud fixtures, and the various kinds Of
machinery employed in Touring mills, wooden
and cotton factories, and other establishments
for different manufactures. Strike then the
Tariff from tho statute book, pass McKay's bill,
throw open our ports to English manufactures,
and where are you! Who will build factories
for wooens, or iron, or cotton or for the various
other articles of domestic use, when those arti.
ces are all procured from abroad (! How would
it iniure you, let me ask, should a dozen facto.
res, with their necessary fixtures, out houses
and appendages, be established, during the en-.
f suing summer, at Geneva!
D And how can tn se or any other establish.
: ment be put up, if McKay's bill pass and there.
by all nducement to the capitalist to embark in
4 you now to be called upon, because Mr.. Var
n Buren, seeks The Presidency, and would conc
e late Southern votes, to beggar yourselves ant
e your families Granting Mr.. Van Buren, to be
= all that his friends claim has he or any ohe
d man the ght to insist upon your crampng your
selves for years, (or il he be successful the free
r. trade policy will be perpetual,) for his benefit
t. Away with such sophis,ry! Van Buren, is NJ
T. better than you or |. True he has held offic,
;. and received his hundreds of thousands, (Which
It we have nor,) but the receipt Of these money
d does not make us his slaves. Let us look "A
e the measure itself, see how it operates upon us
+ and proceed accordingly.
rs To the Tailor.
4 You, my friends, are engaged in the manu-
is facture of clothing, either for individual custc
r mers or in the wholesale way. In England an
u France, they can manufacture vastly cheape
Us than you can; for in England and France, (pa
do ticularly the formerD men must work even {,
Cd. per day or starve. The present Wing II
nd riff imposes duty of fifty per cent. upon read
he made clothing; duty no more than sufficc
ty for your protection. The Loco Foco bill intr
en- duced by Mr.. Mckay, reduces that duty to !:
's, per ccni-the value of the clothing to be Sc
ps tied BY the importer, who is directly interestt
be in gearing down its value in order TO redut
"a the duty. In fact, the duty will. by the usu
W. W false swearing, amount 10 no more than ~ p
led cent. This is no protection at all.
] tell you plainly, you cannot live under SUI
to a system. Prior to the Wing act large forel!
to establishments were in full operation in Ne
b; York, underselling the American manufacture
cal The effects will not be confined to large cite
for these establishments will from time to tir
,hs disgorge their surplus clothing the count
nv. at rulnously low rates aud to the destruction
i'm your business, The thing has been done
IRE ready. Under Mr.. McKays bill, if passed.
'st- will become part of the settled business of t
Tho country. tell you. you cannot live under it.
A fop, (not IN uncommon animal) whether
sol, city or country, always prefers something f
ing eign, because he thinks il smacks of the ar
tocracy and fnps well other men ha
ent their influence. Now, ask, what will you
my 1t is Idle to talk of party, when the question
or about mans bread. Clay may be well, '
Buren, may be well, but my bread is TO me
the more moment than either of them.