New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-24
Remarks on the aJore.

We trust reader will pass lightly over the
above, with a snccr AT it, mistaken facts nddstOrt
ed logic for it is by the power Of just such that the
country is given over TO the sway of men whom the
People kH0w are not worthy TO be their rulers and
policy is often pursued which the majority are
conscious does not conduce To the general welfare
But what then ? There is something wrong-per.
haps many things-and now, says the Radical. Il
will cut and slash, tear and rend, raise Satan and
break things and see what comes of it, shall be
able TO raise a considerable dust any how
There are thousands in this city. and tens Of
thousands elsewhere, who regularly vote the Loco
Foco ticket. withou, particle of confidence either
in the real principles the the men
whom their votes are cast 10 support, and who
could not give half good reasons for their
as our correspondent has set forth above. But one
thinks the poor are TOO poor-another that the rich
are too proud and selhsh-one is vexed that he
get no work another that his work pay is not
saiisiactory-one don't see why he should live ia a
cellar while his neehbor has three story house for
only three four persons-and each revenges his
real or supposed grievance mankind generally
by voting the Loco. Foco ticket. my rent has
been raised fifty dollars this Spring casually OBJ
served mechanic Of this city while since " It's
enough TO make any man turH Loco. Foco So it
might, If turning Loco.Foco would help the matter
in any way but hat was never thought of. Shy
lock hit the sentiment of this class exactly where he
says If il viii feed nothing else il will feed my re
reage." In this spirit the Wings being popularity
held responsible for whatever is, a man who gets
GU; of humor with things in general is very apt to
manifest il by turning Loco Foco. Let bank
break, although chartered managed and ruined by
Loco Focos. somebody is sure to curse and abure
the Wing party on account Of it. We have tocr
ably hard shell and getting used these sort of
things, bat ii used to annoy Letus traverse our
correspondents positions
His leading idea is that though a Protective Ia
riil does undcniaby increase the wealth of the Ma
ton. yet that wealth does no, ect fairly distributed
Admit it and what then Is the Tariff advocated
or commended Is a means of taking the supcriu
Gus wealth of the Rich and dividing it among the
Poor Did any body ever suppose it would level
all Social inequalities We never did If il be
possible to interposc the power of the State bene-
hccnty in the adjustment of the relations of Rich
and Poor, il must he evident that internal and not
external measures like the Tariff would be requi.
site A Tariff affects the relation of Country with
Country and cannot reasonably be expected TO
make itself potently felt in the relations OF class
with class or individual with individuals.
But when our correspondent, assets that the Ia
riff is concentrating our Population in Cities and
Villages he goes too fast ard too far We deny the
assumption and dcma,.d evidence General pros
Perity doubtless, i'vor more rapid growth of our
cities and VILLAGES; and 50 the Tariff may be said
TO do this because it makes Industry more general
Tradc more active and the Country more prosper
oss bat opponents say that Free TRADE would
do all this mach better than Protection can; 50 that
Ia fac, correspondent objection applies ocilher
policy, il tina, policy be most conducive TO the in.
crease Of general wealth. Certainly, Free Trade
has usually been deemed more favorable 10 the
growth OF cities than Protection
But in truth the vast majority of the evils and inc
qualities bitterly complained of by our cores
pondent have relation al all 10 the Tariff and cx
list and flourish alike under Free Trade and Protcc-
ton. We have lived under Protective. Revenue
and hall way Tariffs bat never saw the time when
Wealth had no, greatly the advantage OF Poverty,
Capital of Labor, Cunning OF Simplicity and head
work Of handwork II this is 10 be upset, II must
be by some measure very different from the over
throw OF the Tariff
We believe most undoubiingly that the Protcc
tive Policy invites and aids what our correspondent
terms the spread Of our population by encouraging
and aiding the erection OF mills manufactures sc
&c in districts where they never before existed
and thus creating remancrating marke, for Agr
cultural products. We knew that in Texas hun
dreds of fertile and once ourishng plantations have
been deserted and given up for want Of markets for
their surplus produce The owners could raise every
thing ia abundance but could sell nothing for cash or
such articles as they needed had no means Of cheap
transportation. and were at length obliged TO give
up. The Cotton mills of New England. II located
on the various waterfalls of Texas and in full oPe
ration there would double the value of Agricultural
produce generally at the place of growth more than
double the value Of the lands and induce rapid
and immense increase of population. Such iacto-
RIGS are sprnging up throughout Ohio in Michi-
igan, and extending farther West.
Our correspondent deaoi reducing Real Estate