Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-05-15

ly diminish impafiS ard revenue. ths ~
evidence ,la, the DUTY i- too high ard
u,iga, 20 r. ra3ucad. 20 as 20 Iet la lhe iOl-
p..e rival prr-,uctioa-; but iet the Prps'-
dent .sesk Tor h.mspif--h-Je is hIs revenue
standard 90 bis own No ds;
The precise voiut iU tie sscpnding Eeel-
Of du,ia- sI wifrh itis tsce-tdned rom ex-
peripucs thttIhp rcvprar r. greatest. Il tli.'
maximum ralp Of du'y which can Be laid
lor the iona iide purpose Of collecting mo
nrv fOr the support Of Cover mrnL To
rai~,, the duties hghpi than Jhal point, eld
l'a-piv diminish he amount co.locted, -
10 lew them luf protection merely and Tu!
for rrveuue. A. ong, then, as CoHErr-s
niay gradually increase the rate OF duty ut
given article, gad the revenue D. iuctsa-
prd hy such iucltaef ot duty. hes are l'-
iu lhp rcrenup standard. When they %
l.voud ,hal voiuf. and a. The y iHcfease 81 =
dutp~ the revenue IS mjurlcG or DE-
lruy od. lhe act cea-rs 70 have for b. obrtl
the raising Of money 10 sup orc Govern
uj-at. .u, Is .r protection merely
( WHIT lz lh.- ".it rH'e 70 favor lOreiCp-
rrs and treak down Am"ricansl The no
mont ,le Amer an, jy h- superior 10 dU--
t.y aud X 10 lc-Jls 90 succeed, then -
Gu.y uuat c6ur dow q % t= % increase =
pig1 i ports AID rrIegua. Tiis is d.'
/ riljn ana inevitable operation Of he ruiz.
and uha would ro iu,o moua Securing a.
/ der -Ji.h an sri-Amrnrau u'e as this,
/ uak0 il death ~ he iaw ~cpriain and
.npqilsb'p. A al i.Usira on, take iron 'or
/ instance. Owing 10 the rapid increase of
.roa wo.k- .n The United States, tic import
o' tnn has cen greatly reduced; then the
Uyacu i've ru'a apriio~--down with the
duties. 20 a. .0 increase imports and revp-
uue. Accord gIy, Mr.. Walker proposes
70 reduce the duty, which, he SAYS, is now
seventy five o. cent, 20 thirty per CENT,
80 as to ncrFa-c thc revenue. Well, 10 DO
this. he must more Than 6cutlP he Imports
nov afucuntirg 10 more than eight miiliors
a year, and ,hus he must import sixteen
millions Of dollars worth nf ron instead Of
eight destroy eight millions Of American
manufacture tp make way Tor he foreign.
and thus import Twelve millions Of dollsls
worth of foreign fmostly Eugshl grain ard
other prgduce used ln the manufacture of
ths ro1; for the fact is iucontestte, that
more than three-iour OF the value oC
/ j.on is made up OF the produce Of the soil.
! And this is the policy to favor American
( turner's and American iqjours. Throw
. he p'nw out o. the lurro y, and turn ator
ont to s,arve--to maap way for British
goods. and increase revenue!
/ Mt. ;. said he had no! time at present,
+ hat he would avail himself Of the first prop
pr crca-ioa to show. as he thought he could
most clemiv. tn q alI the theories Of the
Secretary and his followers IN favor Of their
rec trade policy were not only false and
uni0undpd, lut that exactly the rev erse of
those lhr ories was true. He referred 10 the
1,ories that protection was for the bene-
ii Of manufacturers Il he expense of the
amers qVd ia orers OF tie countrv;r that
p o., c'io Increased the p ice Of the man.
u'artIrrd goods. ard red the price of
labor and producc;" that it favored mo-
uopov and wealth at the expense Of the
ponr;' that reducing duties would increase
revenue &c. lie could scarcely speak of
such gross ubsurdiies in respectful terms.
What! Favor invested capital by building
up competition, and increasing the supply
Of the articles they had to SELL lnjure the
farmers by doubling the demand for their
produce, raw materials and bread stutfs of
every kind! Cypress and rob the consul
nrer 10y giving him goods at one-fourth of
their price! Reduce wages by doubling
the demand for labor-alor OF men, wo-
men, and children! Yes, sir; increase the
price of goods 10y doubling the supply, and
reduce the price of agricultural produe by
doubling the demand! Favor monnroIies
by building Up competition, the only thing
to DESTROY it, Such are the absurd theo-
res OF free trade. But gentlemen must
first reverse al the laws Of trade the 2 eat
and universal law that "demand and sun
ply regulate prices;'-a law as universal
and invarahle in its operation, as the law
that governs the solar system, must not on
" be repealed but reversed in its opera
tons. before gentlemen could sustain any
o these al surdties.
The clock admonished him that his time
was oui--he would avail himself of the
moment lett to warn gentlemen--if thev
would allow him to prophesy, he would say
--gentlemen, pass this Treasury bill, ap-
proved, as he understood, by the ca6i,,pt:
bring back the scenes of l84O-restore
Your twenty per cent tarif--bankrupt your
your national industry
--hreak down your farmers, manufactu-
Fers and mechanics, by importing goods
and exporting meaey-pass this bill, and in
eighteen moaths YOU will scarcely have a
spece.paying bank, Or a specie dollar left
in the county. Pass this bill, and Won win
not only bring back the scenes, but Irepeat.
you will bring with them the political revo-
Iutons of l84O. Again will be heard
throughout the land the cry of "chaBge,
rhaage' any change must be jo' hr teller"
poiitcs! revolutions are the huns Of popv-
lar SUFFERING AVID discomfort; in prosperity
the cry is "iei ,ceH eaOHgh qlo4t."
"a voice. Then as wig you ought 10
60 for the new t,rihJ
Yes. said Mr.. s. ii | was like some ecn-
teo,en on hi foor--il loved my parfy