The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-03-24

South Carolina, with 4 less number of nco-
pie ma $50 Than they contained in ls4O,
II youi propose now TO enter uoo, Ithese
pursuits That are certain in their Operations TO
give employment. and that of profitable
KIND, 10 your people, and 10 create market
al nome Tor your agricultural products
what object can there DE in transferring our
workshops to Great Britain! The South
and west have every motive to give efficient
protection 10 The labor of The whole Union.
First, because those employed in the me-
chanical and manufacturing arts are the hest
customers for your agricultural products:
aud secondly, because YOU desire TO eprass
IN those departments Of labor yourselves
say. then, look well to this project now under
consideration at Washington, 10 change our
whole revenue system. There is one priuci-
pie upon which every Government and every
commercial community with which ! am ac-
quainted agree throughout the world; and
that IS, TO establish specific duties, or a tala-
tion Of their 01rn. Mr.. Walker has reversed
this decision, and recommends adj val, rem
duties ON an alleged valuation abroad. /
deem this feature in the bill a violation Of
sound principle, and such as must be con-
demned..by men Of all parties whose expert
ence and knowledge are of value. 1t is no
other in practice, than TO drive from our for
eign trade large number of honest impor-
ting merchants, and TO place their business in
the hands OF I'M c u 'ulous foreigners. Time
may reveal the truth of this prediction.
The President end his Secretary of the
reasury have stated that the operations Of
the present Tariff law oppressed the poor |
confess this assertion surprised nie, coming
from high functionaries of the Government,
1 I'm IA he ~ -
formation. l assume the responsibility Of
stating, that laborins man may be. and IS
clothed with American manufactures from
lbe crown Of his head to the sole of his foot,
aud that he as cheaply clothed as a aboring
man ia Great Britain, on any other mart Of
/ Europe, who wears the same comfortable
garments; ard that the revenue is raised
principally from articles consumed b, those
classes Of society. who are in easy recuniary
crcum' [ Inces. beg TO refer MIR. Walker TO
the reports from the customs and ask the ia
vOr OF him TO present them TO The President,
and he will there end the only Article on
which the rcor man is faxed to any extent,
IS sugar, and that cannot be deemed very o.
nerous when lie obtains his tea and cOffes
tree OF duty, and with Il favorable prospect,
II the present duty lie maintained, of very
soon bens Supplied from our own soil With
sugar, at price much below that now PAID.
ii is an error Of the President and Secretary
TO put forth statement that The tariff Of le42
Expresses the poor man-when the principal
part of the revenue ia derived rather from the
I luxuries, than the necessaries Of life.
When we hear from high sources of trans-
, ferring our workshops to Manchester. Bir-
minaham and Leeds, should be glad To
know il 1t be proposed TO transfer our intelli-
gent working men with them, and whether
| farmer IN Ohio can be made 10 believe that
these men will eat more of his beef ard pork
IN Old than in New England. This is a
strange doctrine, and seems to me quite anti
American. and are just such sentiments as
wcrc uttered by the old Tories previops to
the Revolutionary War.
here IS one other point TO which shall
alude in the Report of the Hon. Secretary.
tie says that Tie wages Of labor are lower
now. than previous to the Tariff of 1912. II
he means the wages Of labor in the manuiac-
turing portion Of the country. will state
fact which, think, completely illustrates The
Incorrectness Of his assertion
In the State Of Massac husctts the Insfitu-
lions for Savings are obliged by law to make
returns 10 the Legislature. In the annual
returns just published, fAd the following -