The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-27

Should a law, admitted. by those who yo,,a,
IT. to abound in defects, passed under such c;,. !"
stances, and voted against by forty of the par,v -
now claim to be IFS peculiar friends, be permin.a
remain upon the siatutc-book, and to inaic, 49,.
sion and injustice upon the people' MS "a, 80
oeraiie Congress 10 ansiesr.
am free 10 confess, that am not one who 4
IN either the moral or political tendencies Of 4
manufacturing system, anything to admire or II
plaud. %
In every country IN the world, where The s,.,.
fourishes to any consd,r able extent, we snd -
greatest disparity of condition existing smonn ~
people. On the one hand, we see the capit,;s,
employers, few in number, bu, rolling in orn.s.
exercising the power of despots over thei, der,
ant operatives and laborers; and, on the aid. of a
latter, we witness nothing but poverty, depe0d,a..
and crnging serviIity.
lhe manufacturing system, where il has Ian.
prevailed, has proved to be worse than the ena \
system of the middle ages. The world ,h,0
messed the relation of the feudal baron and n. =
or vassal. But that relation was not altogeho,
of degradation and dcbasemcnt, 1t was In,
remove from the pa,riarcha government n
lord protected his vassal; and the ssal, in r,,n,
rendered service to the lord Look at the Lao;
of hardy ycomanry which the Earl of Worw,L
the great king-naker in English history -co,,,
summon to his standard He was the patron
protector Of his tenantry; and they in re,u0 :.
vered him and fought for him. There is no ,0,,
paternal and chivalric relation existing between i,
manufacturing monopolist and his hireling vo,,,
1t is despotism and oppression on one sde-dey,,
dation and humiliation on the other.
Better far would it be for our country to r,,,
race Of hardy yeomanry and industrious selcrev;,.
mechanics II is the stalwart arm of the ndepe0a,.
man that strikes the blow for freedom. The bc,, !.
such man can never be crushed by the heel Of q,
preston. And il is such men who form the rsmo,a
Of defence for their country, and the impenenbL
parapet around the citadel of liberty.
And now, although l have much more 10 saw
would respectfully announce that, with this mmI,
my present labors cease. What have written h,
cost me far more Of painful research and iatruj,,
toll than the mos, indulgent ofmy readers would il
likely 10 imagine. But, have pursued the subiee,
earnestly, because believed that full developme,
of the true features of the tariff system was due IA
truth and justice, and to the cause of liberty.
On reviewing my labors, discover no princiok
avowcd which | would retroct; no fact st,d
which is not in my honest beIief true, and for which
have not given the best authority. Believing M
protective system to be founded in injustice AMI
wrong, and tending to the destruction of republican
equality and freedom, ! have done all which m,
limited time and means would permit me TO do b
impress that belief upon those who may honor m.
with an examination Of my arguments and ilusn.
tons; in the hope that, through the ropressnlatw,
of the people and the States, now about to 1.
semble in Congress, it may be Immediately rep,a.
ed.
BUNDEI CUM