The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-26
COMMUNICATIONS.


IONS ana UlOle system be m0tlfed,
and there will be alternative but return the BLACK
TARIFF OF lsi2. Nothing prevent this-no "log roll
ing" can yenit The people viii sanction and if
the do not give heed TO the signs OF the times
upon which il would be well for them 10 ponder y they
need not wonder il the people, before another year
us course demand that every yesge OF protective tariff
well for them TO let yell alone begin the work Of
repeal, and REPEAL they wH have with a vengeance
II they cannot sustain themselves with the protection
guaranteed To them in virtue OF positive legislative enact
ment and by circumstance we have referred 10 as mel
dent 10 trade which cannot be altered; ii they cannot
sustain themselves, we repeat BY rate OF duty amount
ing to nearly SIXTY per cent, we have proved they
now enjoy, let the whole system fall 10 the ground
commerce and agriculture uH flourish, and few, very
lew, we apprehend viii mourn over the ruins Of the
boosted "Amercansy Seeking, il has from its
very inception, TO convert the mighty energies OF our
country, with all its wealth and resources foreign and
Domestic 10 It's own purposes; oYershadowng, control
detesabe monopoly, millions viii rejoice at its destruc-
hon, as they fear, II not checked and regulated, il
will lead to the destruction OF liberties system
which has already cast mildew these cannot be
sound one let the people consider II, let their epesen
latyes reflect upon II, and apply the hand OF correction
before II be too late. II ever there worthy
OF struggle If ever the master spirits and mighty minds
OF our country were called upon for their tribute 10
noble and Overwhelmingly important cause NOW is the
tune when REASON, HUMANITY, and RELIGION call upon
TO zealousy advocate free and unrestricted trade, and
shield the people from the claims OF grinding OppTesson
oftOul auGriee and Hodied monopoly
Before concluding this very brief and imperfect review
OF the tariff policy rs objects and effects, already real
iLed and most certainly yet TO be felt il may be well
consider the ULTIMA THULE, which It's pensionel and
unPensoned advocates propose leading Us to- in urging
their crude notions and l-dgested theories with such
hot haste and interested zeal What is they desire and
long for earnestly ITO secure" they say, sour per-
feet independence OF foreign nations, and the entire con-
troll OF the home market"
! This sounds very WELL and strikes our tympanums as
vastly patrotcas truly American but conceding what
they demand and earnestly contend for pray rhat will il
lead to Suppose we continue TO cherish the "Ameri-
can SYSTEM" and fortfy by higher range OF duties
and more exclusive privileges, gorge the manufacturer
TO the FULL when nothing more be asked, and every
vesge of foreign manufacture disappears from the stores
| OF our merchants, what them We shall have the
"home market" completely TO ourselves; and, mat
ter OF course on the very instant hundreds OF new fac
torres will start into existence, all the Union, from
Maine TO the Rio Grande, The 'home market is the
very acme of all manufacturers desirers, and what
their orators eoqenty plead for; is the very beau
IDEAL Of all that is waned-all that can be wished
Well, we are supposing that their patriotic
cravings INDUCED, and that they riUung in
accumulated wealth and the qualification OF their long
deferred" hopes and wishes, and, like Midas, every
thing they touch is TRANSMITTED into gold This would
be delightful indeed TO our American system" friends
aud perhaps still, if the very meats they were
accustomed TO eat, (as happened the king of Phyrga0
this same Midas were turned also into gold He beg
ged and entreated that the gift might be taken from him
but the offended gods in gratifying his DESIRES punished
his folly BY appendng TO his occput the OF an ASS
which he bore about him afterwards, the fitting
and appropriate memeno OF his lust for goldhis desire
for filthy lucre This well known character in heather
mythology may furnish excellent moral TO those who
advocate the Chinese system OF restrictions and exclusive
privileges, and would be well for them to study it, for
IT ls repee with instruction peculiarly needed by them
But revertng to the point we introduced the il
lustious Midas to our advocates for restrictions and
prohibitions, we have supposed that Congress might
grant them all they wanted all they prayed for and de-
voutly too no doubt What, we ask again, would be
the upshot Of all this scheme OF unminged folly and
rabid desire for aggrandzementl We have the ''home
market completely and thoroughly under control,
Theoretically sealed to other nations but we have no
colonies to supply what to do with the vast
plus of our manufactured products which must
rily accumulate Can we really expect TO enter into
competition with England France, and the continent in
supplying the colonies OF the two powers named, and
those belonging TO other powers OF the continents Eng
land has majority of these, and we cannot force our
productions on them than her without pay
ing 10 or Is per cent, all, we think, she charges
powers although higher duty is charged II will not
be contended presume, that labor is likely to be
cheaper here than in France, or England; or that we
can, in the nature of things, have machinery greatly
superior to what is used there in order to facilitate
manufacturing powers. IT, then, to take nothing
from them but what we require necessaes absolute
necessares, where Is this noecprocity system to end
We ask the question 1t is pregnant with meaning, and it
may be well for the manufacturers and their friends
70 consider ii carefully before answering England and
France as is well known, have immense productive pow
ers the population OF these countries cannot consume
all their manufactures; they have colonies to supply; but
where ours2 Stimulate manufactures to the full,
give the OF factories ad valorems and mini
NUNS heavy they can wish,
will be efectually destroyed, agriculture will Ian
SuIsn wages OF iaDOT Will DC nominal, ana every IN
portant interest will be parayzed if not Temediably in
ured while system OF restrictions and prohibitions
continues Invite immigration if you please, by egsla-
tive bountesby the most allurng legislative enact
mensand by offer of lands to cultivate for nothing
which might satisfy the wames devoee of the Fourier
system will this remedy the matteri Will our increased
population consume all the products of looms, while
il il obvious the latter increase in rapid ratio than
the formerI And shall di,rays have the pleasing
and no less profitable than pleasing, task Of supplying
hungry and furnishing Europe with surplus products
which our teemng soil rarely fails to yield to the
skill and industry of hardy yeomanry, the bone and
muscle OF our country? m... a a. ST.. ,.,..
| The manufacturers and their friends are skifa log
Clans but unfortunately, in urging their antiquaed ru
sms and stale dogmas they eternally reason circle
The feature the great feature OF the age is progress and
we cannot place the drag chain the car OF human
knowledge and Improvement in art and science TO please
nem-to accommodate ourselves to their dreamy notions
of human life, and their monksh ideas Of the TRUE
omy of government. The arguments for protection now
are the sereotyped of 1916 and the dull game
varying incident to relieve the tedum is still going
the same monotonous cry for protection from the foreign
manufacturer, with vutureke screech, assas our
True their Instincts have already remarked, the
changes are rung on their whole vocabulary of cant
phrases when they mediate another onslaught the
pockets of the people, Let them be less purely selfish
let them be more Just to other interests Of
country let them look out and beyond the range
OF their own immediate interest, and consider what is
due in the noble spirit OF philanthropy and patriotism, to
other branches of national industry than their own OF In
fnitey greater moment and far higher value and impor
lance 10 the country large Our young Hercules must
not be always in swaddling clothes Vigorous age has
come and the young giants strength must not be impair
ed by frerng away his energies and Gripping his health