The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-01

his love Of power il still unchanged His impulses
lead him TO seek for mastery, and to domlheer over
his fello w-man. The agencies by which this con-
troll was formerly effected, can no longer DC put III
reauisilion Military force is out OF the question;
hereditary rank is abolished. Though the means
by which this mastery was formerly obtained are
changed the spirit Of aristocracy survives ana uhe
power il yields in this republic to subject man 10
his dominion, is the power of money Weal'h
should be protected by just laws; but It IS great
mistake TO give artificial strength by legslauoh'
Wealth will take care of itself 1t is labor that re-
qures the protecting care OF the government
YOU institute protective tart IN laVor Oh mahu'a0
lures. what do you dol You invoke competition
that must call in the aid of machinery and the inn
mite subdivision of labor. Sixty men must cooper
ate 10 make a PIN and each Of the sixty must learn
| a trade at making the sxteth part OF Pih' Who'
is the consequence No one OF the sixty can sci up
| for himself He is dependent on the capitalist Tor
ca.ta alone can furnish the OF this suodlVl-
ding labor. The manufacturer thus becomes the
| lord of the operative. He holds IN his hand the
bread of that operative; and there Ia no slavery so
abect and degrading. The seryilude OF the vas
sal to the feuda lord of the Middle Ages was as moth
ing in comparison. BY controlling the head OF tne
| operative (fnOnsy) the arIstOcratc power OF TINS
country is thus enabled 10 control his vote Noml-
| naly free, he becomes in reality slave. We have
no; seen the operation Of this power yet, because
manu- faclures in this country are IN thelr infancy
and capitalists have feared to enforce 1t. In Eng
1
| vote Yet in some instances this power has been
| exercised here And can II be for US 10 encourage
policy by the fostering influences OF artificial le-
gisIaton, that shall rear up AN interest so fatal to
freedom and TO- the interests of the citizen Let
| manufactures grow, so far as they grow naturally,
and the wants and circumstances of the country
qure them; but do not gavanze them iGto life, and
that too al the expense of the more important agri-
cultural and commercial interests.
| God grant that we may always be an agricultural
t.aI AZ of
! LET them work for U.S. We need not fear to depend
on them for manufactures long as they depend on
US for bread IL they will buy our grain and pork,
, and give us more than we could otherwise get 10
the 6home Market A." ard at the same time sell us ar
/, ticles which we want, nnd which are not made IN
our immediate neighbcrhoods. better and cheaper
than are made in our la9e manufacturing establish
ments at home, which ae protected by government
in order to compel US to buy Of them and pay more,
certainly our farmers will have cause for rejoicing
The baronial castles Of this age and country are our
: great manufacturing establishments Our lords,
those of the loom and spindle and helC vassaIs,
IL that they can control with than euda tyran-
ny, are their operatives.
The advocates of a high tariff sometimes point
us TO England. They say that while English wr-
ers inculcate free trade, in order gull and deceive
~ other nations, her government more wlse and un-
Outstanding its interest, has always practically
repudaed the doctrine and pursued an entirely dit-
y ferent policy Well, look to England by dint OF
moor "a A. present "To him that hath il gives and
frnr, him that hath mt il takes awav even that
~ which he seemeth to have" The palace and H. .
al hoye placed side by side; poverty increases in
Is greater ratio than wealth. the chasm which sepa-
rates The rich md moor j. continually growing wider
70 until fghtfl and ruin now stares British
as statesmen IN the face. They are just awaking TO III
A. and now for the first time during long years gone
by beginning to retrace their steps, being forced
at a. do AZ h1 the 2ntolerabe misery and suffering of
r Il q
ago Mr. WEBSTER used the following language be.
ar fore, large public meeting in Boston. commend
res - - s;sI no,;ce and consideration Of our whie
Inc friends in this Do,ns and throughout the coun
to ,ry
nv I.,v ~ ,l, ,,r yy,,r, mos, nations
ted which have adopted this artificial stem arred of W.
the mo,dnguished men in England for insance al
be parties eIndsnnng It, The only difference o. 0P1VI nm,
aw % hi,h nnId moi nroJure greater evils The onI
or ere1c. is whether be an evil revous but to he born
grievous evil not 10 be bsrne He alluded to hnsan
sc hs5 ssa@ps MAJ pesh SO oven sSSe on &
me pie she herself and would be glad to be
sie- Off
al So much for the opinions of Mr.. WEBSTER
en- the maturity of his manhood and when his gret
rty intellectual powers were in their meridian
This miserable svser, ia et LENGTH GIVING wov eve
~ in England IL i, Motley which rims the ns.Lap;c
en- for what matters il 10 the shoemaker Of vour ow
Ie | neigh borhood whether the cheap shoes oy whIc
" he Is undersold come from France .. Massachusett
whilst it gives to capitol monopoly of the mecba
. zeal arts?
" Nations are bat communities Of men, and the,
d differ only from families, towns, counties, anc
!, States N being composed of greater number o
mes If protective tariff is expedient between ma
lnons, 1t is expedient also between different towns
counties, and States. III is good policy, in prnci
pie, to establish a protective tariff as against Eng
/ land, and other foreign nations then it would b,
equally so as between our own United States anC
9 the makers Of constitution showed great wan
, of wisdom in prohibiting the different States from
, establishing such system, one against the other
If the argument is good in the one case it is equally
. good in the other.
A few words to the much talked of "home
, market" By this, | understand, is meant tha
manufactures, encouraged by protection, subs,racts
. aborers from the agricultural classes to become OBJ
eratives and so, by leaving fewer hands to till the
ground, enhance the price of agricultural products
| This is what is meant by furnishing a market for
| RI