The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-26

lure oil the protected abrcs would De so great tndl
they would not find sufficient market in our own
country; and The surplus must go abroad to be ex-
changed for something, or lay on hand, unproduc-
tive. ltwould be with oil protected articles as il
now is with cotton cloths with this exceplionthat
Of all SURPRISES, cotton goods can find numerous
kcts where other manufactures cannot.
DO we not see that our surplus cotton manufac.
for the productions Of the countries in which they
are sold-productions Which not ercluded by the
wing tariff of 1892 The farmer and planter how
ever, prohibited from exchanging their products,
by that tariff, with the mechanic and manufacturer
OF Great Britain-one Of the countries where their
produce is most wanted ] mean that they are rro-
hibited from receiving in exchange those articles
which they most want.
But the farmer, not having foreign market for his
surplus, because he cannot import the articles which
he most wants, will have 10 look to our own man
ulacturers for supply. he does so; but he cannot
exchange with the manufacturers enough his sur
plus 10 furnish his family with the necessary cloth
ing, and himself with the necessary utensils for his
farm, his shop, and his house. The manufacturers
will only take much of his produce as they want
for their own consumption; and the farmer has no
money: where would be his cash market, il there
were no foreign demand to fix the prices Of his
plus productions In thss dilemma, he Ands him
self obliged to resort to the expedients Of hs grand
parents, who wove all the cloth which thf Rscsss-
tea Of their families required, ne makes himself a
spinning wheel'aud looms, and anon you hear the
sound Of those old-fhsHl6ned things in every farm
house in the valley Of Che Mississippi and on every
paniaiohin 'tte sdath. The real homemade cloths,
and thellnehs of the olden time, will take the place
OF our sodern satinets and shirtings, and the ten
Thousand buzzng spindes and flying shuttles Of our
Lowelis will become motioness.
Neither the grain, and pork, and beef producer Of
the valley Of the mississippi the planter of the
South, would like this change; they would rather
- al. Il. :. IL
they would rather that the evident intention of a
merciful Providence should be carried out and our
rich and unnumbered acres be made the sure source
whereby the hungry millions Of Europe should re-
ceive their bread and meat, paying us therefor in
such things as they can make and we may want,
either for our use and comfort or for pleasure
and amusement Surely, the avarice and wicked
ness of those who would check our agricultural
labors and enterprise, would if unchecked, ultimate
ly bring about deserved punishment But il il TO
be hoped that the wisdom of our democratic states
will check them in their career of selfdestruc.
ton.
We say, again, that the present position of the
civilized nations of the earth admonishes us that we
should increase rather than diminish our maritime
resources; and these can only be increased by the
of commerce. And how can our
commerce be better fostered than by increasing and
extending the channels through which we can dis
pose OF our countless tons of surplus produce.
The genius ofour country points to the ship and
the plough-the ocean, the broad grain-feld and the
wilderness. She delighteth not in the confinement
OF the factory; IN congregations Of pale women,
Weak-limbed men, and sickly children, who rise
from restless slumbers at the ringing of bell COM
merce their work by the same signal eat when the
bell rings andagain when rings retire to their rest.
The spirit q our institutions is to policy
which wouR gather large bodies Of the men, women,
and children of the republic, and place them under
the direction and control of few capitalists, to
whom tney would be obliged to look for their daily
bread and who would coerce their suffrages, or
thrp st them from employment. That spirit prompts
to- the course which would increase the number of
'nose who till the earth; and admonshes u.s. rather
than diminish the number for the purpose Of driving
them within the walls of huge factories let the
the families of our farmers, if need be, depend upon
their own ingenuity and industry for their clothing
The proteotionist would look upon the nations Of
Europe as our natural enemies, not as friends. He
forgeis the great advantage, which we possess in
our wide and rich country, and in our free govern
ment, the suffering millions of the old CONT
nent; and he forgets, too, that the policy which
would lead to liberal exchange of our agricultural
productions for their manufactures, of whatever
lure. would tend to make them dependent upon us
for the necessaries Of Hts. Our dependence on them
would be- comparatively, as nothing to theirs upon
us; and that dependence upon us would tend
more than anything else, TO make them seek and
retain our friendship. The rulers of a people
supplies Of food, or for the raw material to supply
their factories, would deprecate and avoid
which would lead to war. eE
These men (the protecionists) also claim to be
impartial in the pursuit Of their policy. They say
forsooth, that they would extend equal protection
to all the industrial classes equal protection,.
How can they extend protection to the producer Of
cotton, of tobacco, rice wheat, corn, rye barley,
oats potatoes, of beef pork horses, mules, sheep,
and numerous other things, the production Of our
agricultural classes' They throw millions of
dollars annually into the pockets of the purse-proud
capitalists, who own the spndles and looms,
and salt springs, and wrench those millions from
the men who till the earth; but they cannot,
by any protection which they can devise, add
cent TO the gains of our farmers and planters
unless, indeed, that protection will lift the burdens
which are now cast upon them by the partial and
unjust legislation of the trainers of the present
tariff
Is it not enough that, by means Of indirect taxa
ton, our working and productive classes should be
made to pay almost all the expcnsesof the general
government while the wealthy stockholders, bank
ers landlords usurers, and the numerous capitalists
ing towards those expenses3 Must we submit to
have these burdens increased, that, in addition to
the support of the general government we shall
also add to the wealth of the lords Of the fac
tories and salt springs No, no; we, the
farmers Of the valley of the Mississippi demand a
trade as free the condition of the country will
admit. We demand Of our government and Of our
representatives that they pursue a policy at home,
and io,oards foreign nations, which will extend
trade farther and farther, and open to our products
every market where they are demanded by the
wants Of the people, and where they can be dis
posed Of probably in barter, or for cash. We ask
for that protection ,ohch may deriue from the freedom
TO do that ohich God has appointed us TO doFREEDoM
TO FEED THE HUNGRY OF THE OLp WORLD
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 20, 1545.
DIED,
This morning, at Q o'clock, after very short i'll.
ness, JOSEPHINE SLlCER, youngest child of
TBos. and ELIZABETH HAyENNER, aged years.