New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-29
sDownfaIl Of Protection,

long Proclamation as CONSISTS OF mere rePeuuoh "
facts already familiar to our readers
'DownfaIi Of Protection
IL the title Of an article in late Morning Ners.
asserting all manner Of things in favor OF the cheap
ness and excellence of British fabrics, as compared
with American. These assertions are easily made
multiplied and persisted in. II any of them nail
ed to the counter a Free Trader can always manu-.
iscture an infniy more at the shortest possible
tice Thus the News represents plain Cotton fabric
"a high in this country tina, our Print w orks
Obliged to stop making Printed Goods or break a.
though Printing has been brought TO great periec
ton here. But. AS the duty all Prints is tire
cents a square yord higher Than that on PLAIN Cot
TONS it unaccountable that the Calico Printer
should not import the cheap English Plain Cotions'
print them and profit by the higher duty on prints
which they doubtless would do were they not able
TO buy the plain American fabrics good deal cheaper
The DownfaH ~ PrOtcct,oa' is set forth a. based
on the general conviction of Statesmen and practical
men that Protective Duties are absurd and pernici
Gus. But this is rather coniradcted by Macge
gor's Commercial Sfdtistics-a work OF the highest
authority among Free Traders-which lin l-i4
dolcfully states that all the powerful and al
vauciug nations of Europe, with nearly all America
s,ill cling to this absurd abominabc iallacy OF Pro
lection. Germany. Ausfri0 Russia, SredeA and
Dcnm0yk have. within the last thirty years aban
doned Free Trade and adopted this stupid idea OF
Protection Bdgium Ia new nation) is Protcctv,
up to the hub. France ditto, by almost unanimou,
consent Notwithstanding the Economic wisdom
which her Jean Baptist say and others have vouch-
saled to other nations. Great Britain talks Free
Trade with sinister lccr in her eye but is careful
not TO iorego Protection any other interests which
needs and demands il. The only approximately
Free Trade Nations of Europe are Turkey, Holland,
tho longer the Holland of Van Tromp and William
III Sra-eriaad, Italy excepting Rome and
Naples and by fits and starts Portugal These do
not form an inviting list of pattern nations.
And, by the way. the Morning Heralds Wash
ing,on correspondent has been out attending Camp
Meeting in Maryland. and stumbled upon the fol-
lowing biz of practical Political Economy. Ii do n,
read exactly like Adam Smith or Ricardo, but there
does seem to be rough common sense in it. See il
there is not
Al about twenty miles from Washington, we left the
cars the Laurel Switch with a view of crossing by
the Laurel factory the camp ground After walk OF
very long mile came upon village OF apparently
I'VE or Elk hundred inhabitants. Its aspect was totally
distinct from thai of the usual umbedown, struggling
starving poverty stricken villages Of the South iwas
compact fresh and had all the air and comfort about
OF cnieTprisng settlement The houses were OF
brick clean and cOmmodous. The streets were clean
The inhabitants were clcan-thc whole aspect of the
village and the fields around was clean. The universal
Yankee the bottom Of the secret In the midst OF
the village there stood of the largest Cotton factories
we have seenfour stories high and longer than the
Aston House The bell was ringing in the cupols as We
passed along and II by magic from every direction.
groups of young women and boys hocking 10 the
great entrance. They were coming from breakfast 10
their work at the spndles and the looms In adj
diton boys sndm they employ about, hundred
girls IN that factory Besides this there several cto
rcs ofmachinery In the vlageone OF cotton machinery
all OF them employing together about four hundred men
And all this comes OF entcrprising Yankee named
Capen who established the Laurel factory some dozen
years ago Aiter passing the village we me, an inteli
gent countryman going in with basket OF eges and
handful of chickens, and the following conversation en-
sued between US
"Goins 10 market suppose. sir Z"
Yes, sir. gong to the Laurel We get as good prices
for our truck Al the Laurel. as we do in Washington
and iis oilers he cash down Them clers at the facto
never say credit and you cant bring EN- too much
truck"
And you Away. get good pricesf'
Oiicfsl They pay you right down on the nail rs
h,ipd fAs country heap tel goa. They oilers have
money somehow. the Yankees do Why. sir. ten year.
Axe this country starving 10 death All that could
FAKE and scrapc enough out to the West were pack
ing up moving OF But that fsctoys been pu
up their y moving. We can get money now any
time Why air there IL one old woman and her hui'
boys that made hundred dollars this summer. selln
tlaekocfr.s and huekeberes at the Laurel And the,
oll'rs pay you the money down. Them feers is oler
got money Wheat and corn. sweet potatoes. chickens
bacon cgg potatoes milk cheese butter why they buy
every thing and glad YOU and they pay YOU
the money down-they oilers have the money al the fac
tory I'm Just of the money for my truck that
get II hsd IN my pocket They oilers have money
them i.ii,Ts do"
am Glad to hear so good a story Of the Yankees
friend IL there not another factory in the neighbor
hOod T.
W sir the Laurelis the big prong Of the Pstuxeni
and mile ipwer down they putting up another hs
factory Of the sort Them Yankees oilers hsv,
money somehow They are great help 10 country
any how ysu can't stop EN- from going ahead. They
oilers have money and they pay you right down on ihs
n.i: aud you don't ike paper money they II give you
the silver. Thy oilers have both knds"
"Good-very good Bat 10 there another factory
IN the ncighoo hood
yes air; the Savage factory the Little Psiuxent
ahou, mies of II anything Is bigger than the Laurel
and they i-t do business 'he same way They ollers
have the money for everything you bring EN- and they
are clad 10 you. The Yankees are good kind OF
p-ope for poor country They scatter heap of none,
round AID tell you y YOU fsiirs al Washington g.
foy 70 tar dorm As TarsT Ne BE- dorm on vo1 Ike aos
sad Of br.ck. as the Yankees say.
We underworld 20 persuade the stranger that NJ hfd
xos ssct far sarf IA naEs featuring hdi could
do ~aho1 ne Torf but he asserted that Ne had beer
You irllers at Washington have got tempo
rarv advantage OF this rude chicken seller and his
class and can push them TO the wall this winter; but
II the frllers don't find their match before they are
,broue oh with the business, then we can't guess like
. genuine Yankee.
IT. Tas BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY al
Newton. Mass held its annual Commencement on the
9th and 2O,h inst The graduating class numbered "
Rev JoHx o. CHorLEs. late Of Ne~-fo-k denverea the
sd5,rs. before the Rhetorical society; Rev j. n Gran
- ~ Providence before the Missionary Society and
srv ]. w. Parker of Csmbndgeport that before The
Lumn.
To.DAY'S OUTSIDE.
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