The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-12-24

shall hereafle, mako, their rinveslments mpnu-
Iactures, will know upon what torely. The
country will be satisfied with these rates, be-
cause the advantages which the manufact,ir-
ers still enjoy reesul, necessarily from the
collection ofreseaue for tho support Of gov
eminent. Wxh protective duties, from their
unjust operation upca the masses Of the peo-
pie, caanot iail ,oglyo rice 10 extensive dis
satisfaction aud complaint. and 10 constant
Efforts 10 change or repeal them, rendering
an Investments IN manufactures uncertain
and psecarioas. Lower and more permanent
rates Of duty, at The same time that they will
yield 10 the manufacturer fair and renumer-
aling profits, viii secure him against the
danger Of frequent changes in the system
which cannot Gail to ruinously affect his in
tefesls.
simultaneously with the relaxation Of the
restrictive policy BY the United etates.----
Great Britain, from whose example we de-
rived the system, has relaxed hers. She
had modified her corn laws, and reduced
many Of her duties to moderate revenue
rates. After ages Of experiences, the states
men ofthat country have been constrained
by stern necessity, and public opinion hav-
ing its deep fouadatiOn in the sufferings and
wants Of impoverished millions, to abandon
a system the effect Of which was to build up
immense fortunes in the hands Of the few,
and toreduce the laboring millions 10 pau
persm and misery. Nearly in the same ra-
ito that labor was depressed, capital was in
creased and concentrated by the British pol
icy. .
The evils of the system in Great Britain
were at length rendered intolerable, and il
has been abandoned, but not without Sc
we're struggle on the part Of the protected
and favored classes to retain the unjust ad-
vantages which they have so long enjoyed -
II was TO be expected that u similar struggle
would be made by the same classes in the
United States, whenever an attempt was
made to modify or abolish the same unlusl
system here. The protective policy hae
been in operation in the U. 5. for mncl
shorter period and its pernicious effects were
not, therefore, SO clearly perceived and felt
Enough, however, was known Of these effects
to induce its repeal
1t would be strange if, in the faces the
example of Great Britain, our principal for.
egu customer, and Of the evils of system
rendered manifest in that country by long
sad painful experience, and in the face oi
the immense advantages which, under Q
more liberal commercial policy, we are al
ready deriving, and must continue to derive,
by supplying her starving population with
food, the U. s. should restore a policy which
shc has been compelled q abandon, and
thus diminish her ability 10 purchase from us
the food and other articles which she so much
needs, and we SO much desire 10 SELL BY
the simultaneous abandonment ofthe protec-
tive policy by Great Britain and the U. s.
new and important makets have already been
opened for our agricultural and other pro
ducts; commerce and navigation havo rcceiv
ed new Impulse; labor and trade have beer
released from the artificial trammels whicl
have so long fettered them; and to grea
extent reciprocity, in the exchange of com
modities, has been introduced at the same
time BY both countries, and greatly for the
lbenefit of both. Great Britain has been fore
ed, by the pressure ofcircumstances at home
to abandon policy which has been upheld
for ages and To open her markers for our i'm
mense surplus ofbreadstuffs; and il is conf
dentIy believed that other Powers OF Europe
will ultimately see the wisdom, IL they b.
not compelled by The pauperism and suffer
| ings Of their crowded population, to pursue I
similar policy.
Our farfners are more deeply interested
in maintaining the just and liberal policy oi
the existing law than any other class Of ou
citizens. They constitute large majorty
Of our population; andi lis well known tina
when they prosper, all other pursuits prospe
also. They have heretofore not only receiv
cd \! nono Of the bountes or favors Of govern
msnt, but by the unequal operations Of ihs
protective policy. have been made, by ths
burdens of,axation which II imposed, to cen
tribute to the bouniies which have enri Chef
ethers.
When foreign SO we'll as home marke
Is opeAed 10 them, they must receive, a
they are now receiving, increased prices TO
4 their products. They will find readie
sale, and At better prices, for their wheat
-four, rice, Indian coin, beef pork, lard, but
Ter, cheese and other articles. which the.
produce. The home market alone is made
ouate to enable them TO dispose of the i'm
mense surplus Of food and other articles
which they are capable Of producing, evel
ut the most reduced prices, for the manifes
reason that they cannot be consumed in M
4 country. The U. 8. can, from their immsns
Surplus, supply not only the heme demand
hut tie deficiencies Of food Of the who'll
world.
That the reduced production Of some Q
4 the chief articles Of food in Great Britain
/ and other parts Of Europe, may have contri