The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-09-19

ducts OF our industry, by excluding theirs, had
ceased to exist by the total abolition Of this false
dogma in England where 1t originated; that 10 have
persisted in such system of retaliation after the
cause had ceased would have been unworthy an
enlightened nation, even If il could have secured
selfish advantage 20 US at the expense Of common
Justice and national reciprocty bat that it is emf
nenty wise, expedient, and just when such a meas
not only secures a bond Of universal peace, by
commercial interehanges of free trade throughout
the world but insures TO the great predominant in
terest Of the people universal and consantly-in-
cTeasng market for the eXhaustess agricultural pro-
ducons Of the true home industry Of the .I0isriedH
farmer and at the same time, instead Of restricting
extends the market Of the manufacturer, by dmin-
ishing over production and TunOus home cOmpeti-
ton IN that branch Of industry, and vastly lnereas-
ing the disposition and ability Of the great agrlcu
tural south and west TO buy of the manufacturing
north and east.
"RsSOlpsd, That whatever may be the temporary
effect Ia the reduction Of the enormous present
profits Of the manufacturer, which could not last
even under tariff Of total prohibition, the real in
terests Of the manufacturer have been advanced by
the new tariff for the sensible that under the
forcing system ofhigh bountes by high tariff, had
that become the settled policy, the manufacturer had
greatly more to fear from home competition and over
production than from any foreign competition which
can reach him, with tariff that secures, directly
and incidentally standing protection of from thir
~ TO fifty per cent.
"ResOtUsd That if the wing doctrine be true, that
high tariff produces low prices, the manufacturer
ought to rejoice at the reduction of the tariff be-
cause, by the same rule, low tariff must produce
high prices,
Resolved, That if this wing doctrine is false, and
the reverse Is true, the proectonsts now insist
the conclusion 10 obvious that the falacy has here
totore been resorted 10 for other purpose than
delude the people into taxing themselves in order to
give bountes TO the manuiactuTers-And that II is
true that a high heUnnd ia
tax on the people, which compels the nineteen mil
hons who constitute the farmers, merchants, sea-
men, and aborers Of this country to pay exorbilant
prices for the exclusive benefit Of the seven hundred
thousand who constitute all the persons engaged in
manufactures In the United States Benefit too,
which really goes to the capitalist, and barely gives
subsistence TO the over-worked labOrer
"ResolUed, That with all the advantages Of skill,
ingenuity, perseverance,, economy and untiring in
dustry, which distinguish the American operative
over all Others II Is libel upon our national char
acter, which ought TO he repealed as an insult by
every Yankee mechanic, that we cannot compete
successfully with England France, Germany, or
the world, IN our own markets, unless they are
compelled TO sell their goods beside ours, with
tax which enhances the cost Of the foreign article
more than fifty per cent; and therefore those who
deny that hty per cent will protect American labor
against what they call European pauper labor, gross
y Islander the working men Of the United States,
and instead of being the exclusive protectors are
the sole reviers Of the bone and muscle the head
and brains Of the people.
"Rssolued, That we respect the frmness and in.
tegrity Of George NJ. Dallas in his casting vote in
favor Of the new tariff and that it places him in
position as honorable that in which the patriotic
George Clinton stood, when, president Of the
United States Senate, he gave his casting vote
against national bank
"RssOiUtd, That we hold to the integrity of the
Union established by the constitution and there
Va lpnFeratp Ia iiaunion in IA
attempts fanny party or class Of men TO stigmatze
and denounce one portion of the Union for It's do
mestic institutions, with which the constitution does
not interfere, and of the propriety Of which each
State is its own independent Judge.
"ResotUtd, That the federal party have always
been consistent in siding with the enemy against
their own country, in every war we have had to
wage since the revolution and therefore it is praise
rather than censure upon Mr.. Polk and his admin
strauon, that that party, in its headquarters here,
at least, denounce the Mexican war, and cannot re.
oice in the splendid victories of their country.
"RssoIpsd, That the insincery of the whig party
in deprecating war with Mexico, and the real wish
of their leaders to prevent peace lest they should
lose political capital, are manifest in the singular
course pursued by a distinguished senator from
Massachusetts, in talking the last session of Con-
gress TO an end IN order to prevent the passage of
bill to enable the President to make peace with
Mexico; and that the identity Of the modern wing
and old federal party is striking illustrated in this
incident by the fact, that in the Congress of the
year 1914 Mr. Gore, a federal senator from NJ ASA.
chusetts, who had denounced the war of 1912 as
worse than treason, vehemently opposed the send
ing Of commissioners to Client to negotiate a peace
tRssoived, That in the glorious measures of the
present Jetfersoninn democratic administration al
ready consummated, and those that are to follow.
and in the occasion Of the four young and vigorous
democratic States Of Florida and Texas, completed
and Iowa and Wisconsin about to follow, we hail
both the progress and the permanencv of democratic
principles and measures, and the election of demo-
cratic men to national Offices as the settled future
policy of this great republic; and that whatever may