Democratic banner., 1845-10-11
From the Louisville Democrat.
TARIFF.

1t IS amusing to observe the course
Of the Wing papers on the subject OF
the ~tarif--the multifarious and con
Trajectory positions they take TO for
tify their system of ~quackery. The
tariff is protective. 1t is to aid the
manufacturer and encourage Ameri-
can industry. The American manu-
facturer cannot compete with the
foreigner; for he cannot produce the
articles in demand at so small a cost;
and cannot, therefore, sell it so low,
and make a profit. Compel the for
eigner TO a a dirty On what he iun-
ports, and then he will be compelled
to increase the price to the consul
mer-and the American manufactur-
err will be able to compete with him.
In this way the protectionlsts Propo-
ses TO encourage manufactures. 1t
is the object of the tariff to raise the
price of goods manufactured in this
country. 1t ls in this way only that
manufactures can be protected. If
a protective tariff does not increase
the price OF domestic manufactures,
It does not answer the purpose for
which it was intended. 1t is, in fact,
a complete failure, and the protec-
ZIONIST, ought 10 be the first to repeal
il. -.
1t being the object of the Wing
party TO raise the price Of domestic
manufactures they ought 10 show US
that they have accomplished it, or
admit that they made a blunder IN
arranging the duties in the tariff, not
at all to their credit.
But what course do the Wings
pursue? Instead Of showing us that
they have done what they Intended
to do, and what they claim creditor
, doing, they are wrangling away try
ing 20 show that the tariff has actu-
aIIv made goods cheaper. This then
is the way they have fulfilled the X
pectatiyns OF their constituents
This is the protection they have CIV
en- 20 domestic manufactures. They
have reduced the price Of what our
own producers have TO sell. They
have actually injured the manuiactu-
1er instead of bcnefting him. Let
the Wing party now come forward
and repeal a law, which operated just
rs they did NOT intend il.
The fact is, Whiggery is a most
exemplary thing it follows scrip
tule. 1t is all things to all men, that
ii may win some votes. Mr.. Wels-
singer has lately found out that the
grand difficulty in the way Of the
coon party, will be in getting the ma
%ioriiy. We are inclined TO think
there is much truth in this discovery
Of Weissinger's; but he must moi
claim il as original. The coons have
always had 4 pretty correct motor
as to where the difficulty lay, anC
they have suited doctrines TO theI
latitude. They understand the varl
atoms Of time place. They MAKE
tariffs for the manufacturer TO raIst
the price Of his products. They
show him that he has got the rTomis,
=, ed boon; but when they come TO th'
> consumer, whose interest it IS to buy
cheap, they a prove 10 HIM b!
facts and figures, that this and tina
= protected article has become cheap
er since the tariff; and they point +,
the tariff rs the cause Of the dimlnu
, ton in price. In any party object
were to be gained by it, we have n
doub. that the Wings would under
= take 10 demonstrate to the satIStac.
ton of all Whigdom, that the fore
of the current in the Ohio carried
o steamboats, from Louisville to CIncIn
natl; and they would point to tn
new line of boats lately establIshe
as full confirmation Of the doctrine
They would argufy as follows:
5 not there a current in the Ohio? Jus
answer me that, if you please-cel
e tainlv. Well, don't steam vesse'
f run from Louisville to Cincinnati da
Uncertainty. Well, then, did W
rot tell you so-one fact is worth
thousand theories.
This facility Of shifting position;
of twisting and turning. Whigery III
e derstands, and has learned by expe
E ~rience. 1t has been taught them b
the difficulty Of getting the majorlt
which they have always been fall
. sensible of. Before an election, the
have a perfect horror Of Nativelsn
y they eulogize the Irish and Germans
|. The whole-soule1 Irishman and tn
industrious and thrifty German, al
Iobiects of vast admiration; but ate
n an election-how horrible is iOreig
k influence, what ignorant, viciou
,~rlucly creatures these foreigners are
/. Before an election. they feel 4 hoi
zl.,,, ,li nyor tho ETp