Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-17
The pro,ectiee Tar:9 System one Of The Pillars Of

The pr0tefftEe JdrJH System one % ne 4 htfS ~
DeSp0tiSm.
The Ohio State journal and other Wing presses
of Oho, are constantly harping what they cenohi-
nae The nefcial effects CT the protective Tariff sys-
ten
who are the especial ndsoca,cs Of PROTECTIVE Ia
ri, 'he Federal party.
Rich capitalists, who scorn labor, and despise the Ia
boer and seek TO the la5or,og population INTO
abjec, slaves and fixtures OF large manufacturing
es,abi slments The "pro Give system IN advocate,
is the character, and consequently, IN IT'S de-
moral eng and oppressive effects that which enables
the manufacturing lords OF England 10 reduce millions
of human beings the most degrading and hopelets
bondage. 1t is The "protecon' Of the capital and
hear,ess tyranny of the rich. while the souls, the 81
and The substance of The poor are consumed and
the dreadful consciousness OF their opPress'ons-oi
their love of independenceof their instincts OF free
DOM and oil the want Of every thing that makes home
happy, pours torrent of into their breasts more
CALLING than any imagine, save those who feel and
endure the dreadful realty
For millions of facts, in proof Of what we now say,
The reader is referred 10 the awful effects Of the pro-
teotlte Tariff manufacturing system in Old England
and IN New England.
What has been, aud now is, the effect of the Pro.
ect,ve Tariff System New England, upon the work
ing classes:
The working people of New Eogand, employed in
factories are ground into the dust-Ieceve scarce a
subsistence for their labor; while the capitalists who
own their sinews md life blood Will they in vgor
and IN health, making princeiy fortunes!
Re " DAYS ago. the owners o! the Mddlesex Wills,
Of Lowell, Mass made dividend OF - PER CENT ,
above the usual sem-annual dividends Our readers
wil! recolect that these the VI lis ,t!e most wealthy
and eStensiye New Eunand,) 'he owners Of which,
las, Winter reduced The wages of the women and chill
dren they Employed - per cent below the prices
winch they received before The Tariff was raised And
,ts they did, IN violation of solemn contract in wri-
ting 10 continue 10 pay the old wages TO the expra-
ton Of the year, which had several months 10 run
Their defence vas that they cnuld not afford to pay
such hcl wages Not conten! with reducing Inc
wages OF these girls below living rate they hunted
Them down with the erocy Of savages, md prevented
their getting wor: al any other mills. The brutal lac
tory lords went far to form league between the
various actores 10 slarve the prosecuted factory gfs
INTO compliance with their terms The girls were
driven ask protection of the Legislature. The fac.
tory yranls conquered and the poor girls were reduced
/, the extremity of begging the privilege OF selling
their selespect and their days Of toll, for bare sub
sisense
| Such is the New England Tariff protected manufac-
turing system, which Henry Clay and a's party now
advocate Let that system, with It's kindred alliances
If National Bank and a National Debt, and State
Bank, such the Whigs demand, prevail, and there
an end 10 liberty The price o: honesty, patriotism
and independence, will then be starvation The whole
country wall sink into the internal regions oil despol
ism Tyranny, and submission 10 tyranny, will be
preached from every fashionable pulp-will be taught
the colleges and enacted into laws, III our Legislative
halls, as IS now the IN England All the 'ns'i'u-
tons o: soce,y, which the rich and powerful VIII re,
cognzs settled and essential 10 peace will he based
pillars of Injustice a.d oppresson-and he who dare
ad rocae the demolition of these pillars VIII meet the
fate OF all re!o.crs ard patriotic men oil desPotc coun-
tres few years VIII decide whether or rot, the h
berries OF ;lese United States shall Le crushed and de-
| mul,sIsd, beneath the monsTous moIoDoieg and
schemes Of public plnnder, which are now advocated
by the leaders Of the Wing party The que stion is one
Of liberty OF slavery Let those who doubt, examine,
compare consult history, and reflect, and they will
be satisfied that right Ohio Era.