Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-12-19

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ses and oeeurssions The favored 'clssses. who
under the unequal sod unjust system which has
been repealed have hefetofors realized large pso.
6ts, and many ofthem smassea large fostunss st
the expense Of the many who have been made
tributary 10 them, will havs no resson 70 com.
plain II they shall Be required to bear their just
proportion Of ths saSes heeessafy f0s The seppoft
Of government.
So f6r from n. Il will BE- perceived, BY an ex.
animation ef tlp existng law, that discsimina.l
tions In the rates OF duty imposed withia the re.
venus principle. have been retained in their q.
vor. The incidental aid against foreign compe-
ti,ions which they still enjoy gives them an sd.
vantage which no other pursuits possess: but Of
this none others will complan, because the duties
nue duties including freish,s and charges, which
the imrorier must pay before be can come In
eompeti'ion with the home manufacturer in our
mafkess, snount, on nearly all our leading bran.
eies Of manufacture, to more than one third Of
the value Of the imported article, and in some
eases 10 almost one half its value. !, ....,ts.
With such advantages, II 10 not doubted that
our domestic manufactures will continue to
prosper. realizing In well conducted establish.
mcnts even greater pro6:s than can be drivsd
from any other regular business. Indeed, so far
from requiring the protection Of even inciden.
iol rcvenue duties, our manufacturers in the sew.
eral leading branches Are extending their business
giving evidence efgrcat ingenuity and skin. and
Of their ability 10 compete, with increased pros.
pects Of success. for the open market Of the
world Domestic manufacturers, In the value
Of several millions Of dollars, which cannot find
reign countries. With such rates of duty %
those established by the existing law,i the sys.
TEN will probably be permanent and capitalists
" ho have made. or shall hereafter make, their
Investments in manufactures, will know upon
what 10 rely. ,ts.-a. st III
The country will be satiskcd with these rates
because the advantages which the manufactured
still enjoy result necessarily from the collection
Of revenue for the support Of government. High
protective duties, from their unjust operation
uron the masses THE people, cannot fail to give
rise TO extensive classification and complaint
and TO constant efforts 10 change or repeal them
rendering oil investments in manufacturers un.
certain and precarious. Lower and more rer.
maneni rates Of duty, At the same time that they
will yield 10 the manufacturer fair and remuneT.
ating profits, will secure him sgainst the danger
fail TO ruinously affect his Interests.
simultaneously with the relaxation of the res
,rictive policy by the United States. Great Bri
tain, from whose example we derive the system
has relaxed hers. She has modified her corn lawi
and reduced many other duties TO moderate re
venue rates. ARer sges OF experience, the states
men ofthat country have been constrained BY
. stern Lecessity. and by public opinion having
its deep foundation in the spfferings and wants o
| impoverished millions, Ia abandon 4 system III,
effect If which was 10 build up immense fortunel
! in the hands Of the few. and TO reduce the labor
ing millions to pauperism and misery. Nearly
in the same ratio that labor was depressed, espi
tai was increased and concentrated by the British
| protective policy. ...
The evils Of the system in Great Britsin wer,
! at length rendered iniolerable. and il has beel
! abandoned, but not without severe struggle oI
| the part the protected ard favored classes 4
retain the unjust advantage which they have .
long enjoyed. j was 20 be expected that . sim
liar struggle would be made by the came clssse
| in the United States, whenever an attempt va
.cade 10 modify or abolish the same unjus, system
here. The protective policy had been in opeIs
tion in the United States for q much shorter pc
riod, and its pernicious effects were not, there
fore. so clearly perceived and felt. Enough
however. was known oi these effects 10 induce il
repeal.
II would be strange n, in the face Of the exam
pie Of Great Britain, our principal foreign Gus
toners, and Of The evils Of system Tendere
manifest in that county BY long and painful FL
perience, and in the face Of the immense sdvsn
isees which. under more liberal comm ercis
policy, we are already deriving. and must cent?
nue TO derive. BY supplying her starving pornls
tion with food. The United States should restor
policy which she has been compelled 10 abar
don. and thus diminish her ability 10 pnrehas
from: us the food and other articles which she .
much needs, and We so much desire TO sell.
Ry the simultaneous abandonment Of the prs
teetive policy by Grrst Britain ard the Cniis
States. new and important markets have slread
been opened for our agricultural end other NJ,
ducts; commerce and navigstion have receive
. new impulse labor and trade have been selsl
sed from the artificial trammels y ~hith have q
long fetteTed them; and 10 great extent rreirr,
city. in the exchange Of commodities, has bee
introduced at the same time by both countries
and greatly for the benefit OF both.
Great Britain has BEEN forced, BY the pressuI
Of circumstances At home. 10 abandon q polio
which has been upheld for ages. snd 10 open h
markets for our immense surplus Of bresdstV6i
end il 10 confidently believed that other Power
OF Europe will ultimately see the " isdom. ifi The
be not compelled by the psuperism and snfe
ing Of their crowded population, TO Pnrsus sin
lar policy. .,fr..t. Ia s+8
maintaining the just aud liberal policy Of the e,
isiing law than any other class Of our citizen
They constitute . large majority Of our popu
tion; and il 10 we'll known that when they pro
per. all ether pursuits proper also. They hs'
heretofore not only received rnne Of the boul
ties or favoTs Of govefnmt nj, bui. BY the unequ
operations Of the protective policy. have bee
made. by the burdens Of taxation which il imr.
sed, 10 contribute 10 the bouniies which have e
rosehed oikers. .t..- 4-,-- a- ~.
when foreign % well a. home market
opened TO them, they Hust receive ~ they q
now renewing, increased prices for iheis pr
duets. They will find reader sale, sHd at he