The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-12-22

marker OF the NOflI. DVhiS1AiC AA@A"i~N
lures, to the value Of several millions Of
dollars. which cannot End 4 market q
home, are annually exported to foreign
countries. With such rates OF duty IS
those established by the existing law, the
system will probably be permanent ; and
capitalists, who have made or shall here
! after make, their investments in maRutae-
: iures, viii know upon what,o rely. The
country viii be satisfied with these rates.
because the advantages which the manu-
features still enjoy resnit necessarily from
I the collection 0frcyenue for the support
OF government. High protective duties.
from their unjust operation upon the mas
ses of the people, cannot fail to give rise
to extensive dissatisfaction and complaint,
and to constant efforts 10 change or repeal
them, rendering all investments in manu-
L%facarers uncertain and preearious. low
er and more permanent rates oil duty, at
the same time that they will yleti to the
manufacturer fair and remHneraiing pro-
fits, will secure him against the ~daEigerof
frequent changes in the system, which
cannot fail to ruinoasly affect his inter-
esis.
simultaneously with the relaxation Of
The restrictive policy by the United States,
Great Britain, from whose example we
derived the system, has relaxed hers
She has modified her corn laws, and re-
duced many other duties to moderate rev
enue rates. After ayes Of experience,
The statesmen Of that country have been
constrained by a stern necessity, and pub
lie opinion having It's deep foundation in
the sulferings and wants Of impoverished
millions, 10 abandon a syslem the eleclof
which was 10 build up immense fortunes
ia the hands of the few, and 10 reduce the
laboring millions to pauperism and mis-
cry. Nearly i'll the same ratio that labor
was depressed, capital was increased and
concentrated by he British protective pol
icy.
The evils CT the system in Great Bril-
tain were at length rendered iniolerabie,
and il has been abandoned. but not with
ont u severe struggle on the part of the
protected and favored classes 10 retain the
unjust advantages which they have so
long enjoyed. TWAS 70 be expected that
q similar struggle would be made bv the
same classes in Tie United States, when
|. ever al attempt was made TO modify or
abolish the same unjust system here
The protective policy had been in oper-
alton in the United States for a much
shorter perioJ, and its pernicious effects
were NOT, therefore, so clearly perceived
,oI C.If Euouvb I-u-oro- $50 E,ov,
OF these effects 10 induce its repeal.
Ii would he strange if, in the lace of the
example Of Great Britain, our principal
foreign customere, and Of the evils OF
system rendered manifest in that country
by long and painful experience. and IN
the face oil the immense advantages which
uEdcr ! more liberal commercial policy,
we are already deriving. and mus. conlin-
ne 10 derive by supplying her starving
population with food, the United States
should restore a policy which she has
been compelled 10 a5andon, and !hus dt-
minish her ability to purchase from US
{ The food and other articles which she she
so much needs, and We SO much desire TO
si sell.
BY the simultaneous abandonment Of
the protective policy by Great Britain and
the United States, new and important
markets have already been opened for our
agricultural and other products (; commerce
and navigation have received new i'm
pluse; labor ard trade have been released
from the artificial trammeIs which have
so long feitered Them and 10 4 great ex-
tent reciprocity, in the exchange Of com
modi,ies, has been introduced At the sane
time by both countries. aud greatly for
the benefit Of both. Great Britain has
been forced by the pressure Of circumslGn-
ces at home, TO abandon 4 policy which
has been upheld for ages, and 10 open her
markets for our immense surplus ofbrcad-
stuas and ii is confidently believed hat
other Powers Of Europe wii ultimately
see the wisdom. ii they be not compelled
by The pauPerisu! and suacrings OF their
crowded population, 10 pursue a similar
policy.
Our farmers are more deeply interested
in maintaining tie just and liberal policy
ofthe existing law than any oiher class
OF our citizens. They constitute S large
majority Of our population and it is well
known that when they prosper, all other
pursuits prosper also. they have here
talore not only received none Of the boun-
ties or favors Of government, but, by Tie
unequal operations Of The protective poll
cy. have been made, b. the burdens Of
taxation wltich 1t imposed 10 contribute
+ 10 the bOuntics which hayc enriched OH