Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-03-26
We exclaimed last week. aGreat is the

We exclaimed last week, "Great is the
Junius of modern whiggery;" and this week
we exclaim, greater is certain other cham
pon of whiggery we wot of, who shall be
nameless. circumstances do alter cases."
but there are nevertheless some cases which
circumstances do not alter, and among them
is the necessity for all kinds quackery and
humbuggery to keep whiggery on its legs.
In his last, the editor of the American says:
{" In England the supply of labor is greater
than the demand, and the capitalists are pos
sessed of all the lands, manufactures and
other means ofemploying it," o, Solomon,
Solomon, how come you TO utter such a
phrase as that, leaving it in all its unexplain-
ed magnitude, as the commencement of an
argument in favor ofthe tariff. The capita
lists of England do indeed possess all the
lands, manufactures, and other means of
enjoying labor. The line between capital
and labor is broad and distinct, and whilst
capital is continually swelling its ample pro-
portions, labor is kept at tine minimum of
starvation; but why and wherefore is this
the case? BY natural order of things, he
who works at the machine or engine, and
he who delves in the mine or digs up the
earth would reap the reward of his labor, and
capital would be by him acquired, but the
wealthy landholders who had the power,
knew well enough that it was only an unna-
tural order of things which would bring mo-
ney into their pockets while they were living
life of idleness and luxury, and this unna-
tural order of things they established by le-
wing tax or tariff on every thing which
came from them necessary for the subsistence
of the poor. They will not permit the poor
man to buy his food at its worth, but they le-
Wy tax on all foreign grains and raise their
own to its standard, and the same with eve
ny necessary of life, so that the capital which
the laborer might otherwise acquire, is flch-
ed from him by means Of the tariff, and ad-
ded to capital. And under the circumstan.
ces, capital never can pass into the hands of
labor, for the laws are all for the protection
Of capital against labor. Whilst tariffs are TO
create high prices for every thing and pro-
duce an universally prosperous state of af-
fairs, is it not little singular that England
which has the system of tariff imposed on her
people in the highest perfection should ex-
hibit the most monstrous distortion, of wealth
on one side and poverty on the other.
Whilst capital is sure TO 60 on increasing, al
though its possessor be the LATEST man in
the world, labor is equally sure to be kept
down to the minimum of starvation. But
we are told, alter cases; and
a tariff on this side of the water is to effect
precisely the opposite Of a tariff on the other
side of the water. A horn book nor any
other kind of book will help the author of
such an idea, therefore we will make 40 re-
on that point. Circumstan-
ccs may alter cases, but circumstances ne
yer affect the operation of great principles;
and the results which tariff accomplishes
in England it will accomplish here. A tariff
in England compels the purchasers of the
article taxed to pay the taxed price for it,
and it does precisely the same here; and
while this enhanced price on every thing
keeps English labor at the minimum of star
vation, SO will the enhanced price of taxed
goods affect the laborer here. 1t is leech
upon the pockets of the laborer in England,
drawing penny by penny of his hard earnings
INTO the Golfers of the rich and keeping them
here; and in our country if protection does
now seem diffusive, it will need but few
years TO make the line between capital which
S protected and labor which is not, broad
enough, when penny by penny will 60 the
lard earnings of our laborers TO swell the cof-
ers of the capitalist.