The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-22

northern democracy incidental protection fuuda-
mental doctrine He neither the advocate OF free
trade nor of protection in itself, but as northern
democrat. he the advocate OF incidental pro-
lection in YOUR revenue laws. The Secretary of hs
treasury had laid down category, and had col
lated series Of facts sustain this category MIR Niles
thought thai the day of cstegores had gone by and tina;
e t, iooA up he hill in examination Of the classified
tion afforded nv them In his review he deliberately
the effect Of the reductions upon hooks paper,
silks hats rare seed and linseed oil copper sheathing
co,tons SIC all embraced in the industrial interests of
Connecticut He denounced the principle of reducing
the duties upon the manufactured tce and Of ncreas
ing them or imposing where they did not exist upon
the materials He denounced the reckless principle
want of principle in the Determinations OF the hilI
They destructive, runous and Enthusiastically the
of wise and prudent system of legislation Ar
hcles which require no protection are taxed 100 per
while articles that demand protection are reduced 70 40
30 or even 20 per what of determinations
these MIR President You put strong protection upon
tobacco; which IS staple articie-t s, oid ioSSs
awful Southern squirt TO 1t, sir. What
other articles protected What other articles 2
Patna es sir: pla'ins has Respectable protection
And SardiDes (prononncing the word as II it rhymed
articles don't know what they ale sir; but And sar.
dies pro;roted and they depend the protective
principle safdues likely to flourish Mr. Niles then
presented comparative estimate OF the revenue which
would be derived from this bill compared with the
revenue OF the bill of '4l In The ls45 the gross
impora'ions were III millions-tho gross up
wards OF $40 600 000the net 500 800 900 =
Upon tho same amount OF importatons, deductng the
free articles, your present hill a average Of 23h
per cent will ysld s230 600 OF gross revenue
about SIs ia las Of net for the next year But
you expect 10 increase your revenue by an inc of
importstioHS How How ara you going to effect this
object Instead or an Increase there will be dimnu
ton have er.at that there will be a
dminuuon Nov can you increase your importation
when your local business is at stand PROSTATE your
domestic Interests, aad whore ara your means to
buy Whore viii you get your money TO
purchase your foreign goods If your home bust.
ness is stopped sir This is business matter-f dis
turbs snd Alarms the minds OF business They
not politicians-ihsy not banking monoposts nor
bank presidents panic makers but they prudent
and sagscious man You viii destroy their business sir
and the pro.pect alarms them. And now will say sir,
that whatever eaIelesness Indifference protection
there may have been in framing this bill there certain
principles well defined all The way through standing
out so prominently to be above all accident There
is a design in it-there is evidently design in IT, You
are about to make great change, SRA change By le
giaon OF the interests of the people Do You think YOU
do 1t VIII you dare TO do 1t Do you dare to do
Do You dare 10 strike blow at the free labor of
county, shall not for wha-but can YOU dare TO
labor Is that oi,cct know not but this do
know, that am the advocate OF free labor Dare YOU
change the labor of the country is much the
destruction OF large cap tasts of small means
the artizans the mechanics the aborng Will on
change VIII transfer tito the ofthe south2
In the name oil free labor, protest against it, sir
oh no, say, shall not perhaps break them quite
down, we shall leave them sort of a subsistence Is
that 1t sir This in effect is the meaning of the bill
They say in England that have here an advantage
them in manufacturing because our wages are a
great deal higher Do you reduce the ages of
labor In Engla they at the starvation pont Ia
this your policy TO reduce onethrd the aborers pay
Do you mean try this experiment upon his back or
upon his stomach by reducing him TO onethird less of
clothing and food Is that your object, sir Would
you reduce our free labor to the starvation pont1 The
experiment. full of disaster and what will on gain pv
h2 Is il wise policy to diminish your manufactures
Win You gain thing by bringing society back to its
primitive state VIII you be content be mere lors
Of the soi-mere "hewers of wood and drawers of wa
ter for Gcat Britain Sir these into rests
will have il. our laws will be like a SPIDERS web in
your efforts to PROSTATE them Mr. Niles here
England and France with Spain, and the United States
with NeXco to show of nations
and fostering the arts those that merely
raj people No nation had been be
great and powerful without cultivation of the arts
The reason was plain he arts in addition to agrjcu
ture, gave employment 10 the whole population men
and women, boys and girls You must diversity your
nborthe more diversified it is the greater will be the
benefits derived from it. But will suppose that Won
pass this blil-what will it be II will he bill of pains
and penaltiesan act OF conscaon-an act of confsca
tons SIR What else VIII il be but act of conhsca
ton Take case in illustration Mr. Niles here sun
posed case of an iron manuactur in New York with
acapsl OF 5000 900 invested in his business He gets
ms coal IRON fennsy vania his iron from Massachu
setshe has several hundred employ ed-his estab
shment on the spot sustains village fourteen hun
dred souls suppose you break down his busness-and
he says this bill will kill him dead as if YOU were to
take his head of-how far short of an act of con
nscsion will this bill be in its effects unon hi.
iron interest They have relied in good faith upon
your assistance. How could any one suppose that
this domestic system was thus to be reyaIn,;oni,s cd
by bill OF pains and penalties-an act of condscation
Here your law by which the industry of the North is
ket for her coal Massachusetts another market for her
pig-iron you are all to go elsewhere for market-or
Viewing this bill IN this light let look back little
into the past r Niles accordingly cited the edict of
Nantes, by which the silk and wooen interests were
expelled from France. They went to Holland TO Bel
GUM, to England. France fell back half a century
The people she had exed established in England the
seeds oil that manufacturing power hich
ing the earth act of French persecution that
did it, sir To the argument that Great Britain was re-
duclng her duties upon imports and that this was an
example for MIR Niles said that England never egs
lated without reference its practical effects mon
her domestic interests she never dill legislae upon
mere dogmas caeSores, theories, o distractions Mir
Niles here gave some statistical estimates sho wing thar
whiie 70 me nions OF Europe, embracing population
oil l2s,oVVs, bFeat Britain only exported her msnu,e
lures TO the amount Of So 900 600 she exuorted
sli2O0 go 10 The United States in 1886, with a popula
ton OF Ia OO1Oo, aud that her ports her American
colonies exceeded all her exports the continent of
Europe, embracing population of las 900 900 This
was conclusive that tie nations of Europe had made il
an object keep independent of England by manufac
turing for themselves And yet you would increase
your revenue by stimulating Imports You cannot air
increase your imports without tenching upon your do,
nestle productions and subtrscting from them In 1886
your by low duties were swelled IN 10 tbr,y
six mlons-your imports to sles oso GOO % a n tor
three or four years after the grass fourished in the
saw Q, y0Ir c as really appeared as il some cpl
land II is folly and madness to stimulate impor.
srsr S our 0 saa h. was
uniformly exceeded imports. In 1885, our imports
were oooequal to two years well regulated i'm
land and France No, sir. Their exports are two 10
upon their imports Mr. Niles proceeded to con
slider the subject III its political aspects He denouuced
the assumption that the bill consistent
priaciies as understood in the North. 1t unwse
and inexpedent II brought 10 the test of prnc
pies IL had awful southern squint about ia terri
BILE squirting towards cotton tobacco daughter
all round) rhe bull sir. is entirely at war with the
principles OF the Northern democracy speak icr Con
necucnt-I speak for the NORTH speak for nv own
con,tituents-I shall foil them No doctrines like
these of this BILL upon the records the Northern
democracy / have always gone far as could
to surrender the interests OF my constituents and
the principles OF my party 1 brought to
stand, and cannot 60 further. There was a great deal
OF truth Ia the old adage that every should stand ON
Its own bottom but when you come to put northern
tubs on southern bottoms, fearful sir very fearful
they VIII not stand very steady (Geat laughter in the
Senate and In the gaeries) Mr. Niles then cited the
unfortunate example of a northern man with southern
principles as illustrated in the fate of MIR van Ruren a.
the late Baltimore Convention aud as proving ,ba, ,h
North must take care Of itself In addi,on a ,h p;
dent, the South had always had the control of the ,I
paper whose Office ii manufactures n,hI