The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-08-04

don his birds nests and his opium for sansa-
ges dried herring and tobacco; The hog and
hemmony Of the western squattsr will sxpel
the roast-beef and plum pudding Of old Eng
land; the Neapoltan lazzarone will loathe his
macaroni, and affect hoecake; the French
man turn from garlic and frogs and soupe
maigre. and cry for Weathers6eld onions and
Yankee baked beans; the West Indian will
reject the ethereal juices Of the plantain, the
pineapple, the breadfruit, the durion, and the
chirimoya, and feed on gross Goldfish and pc
tatoes the Russian will cease to guzzie the
the insipid quass, and henceforlh sip no bev-
erage but the pure Monon ,ahelal This is,
indeed somewhat poetical version Of the
Secre:ary's Vaccinations, hut il is every whit
as sane and as probable Truly, Mr.. Chair
man-
The earth hath bubbles, as the water hath.
And these are Of them
But there are some matter Of fact statistics
in the same paper. which, with the conse-
quences deduced from them, are not less re-
markable. That most worthless and unre-
liable ofdocuments, the census OF 1910, states
the nuEibCr of men employed in those de-
partments of mechanical art which are more
or less protected by the tariff Of IS42 at be-
tWCCn llICC llOOSttllu
Every man who has attended 10 the subject
per cent, Of our population, is entirely too
small. The Secretary, probably upon The
authority of this census, affirms that the
whole number Including the working classes
engaged in our maDufacturies) dcriring any
benefit from the tariff does not exceed 4OO,-
0O0 OF whom not more than 10000 have
haa hrntno info this hxrt hal tor
iff' In the opinion OF the Secretary, then,
no person derives any benefit from the pros
periIy ofa particular branch of industry, I'M
less he actually labors at it. But is this
reasoning correct2 Do not the decrepit pa
rents and helpless children do not the hus-
bands and the wives; do not the other Deepen
dent relatives ofthese laborers derive bene-
fit from that protection which furnishes en-
ployment to those weo feed them7 Does not
the farmer, who supplies the food to these la
borers and their families; does not the pro-
Queer, who grows the raw material. and the
carrier, who transports both the material and
the fabrck, also derive benefit from the sys-
TEN which employs them? Is not the agri
cuturrist benefited by the withdrawal Of
these 40O, 900 stout hands from the tillage
of the SOLE The same census states
the number Of men employed in commerce
and the f sheries at $4,000. According to
ministerial logic, therefore, there are but 95,-
900 persons who derive any benefit from
commerce and the fisheries, and yet the en-
courageme mt Of maritime commerce, which
employs, and of course, according 10 the
Secretary's showing, benefits only &c, 900
men, is one OF the gteat objects to be attained
by the ruin ofall the manufacturers and me-
chanics, with the millions who depend on
them for bread. The census does not state
the number of men employed in agriculture
but estimating it as laberers in other depart
meuts are estimated, il could not exceed
three, or at most four, millions. OF course
tho Secretary must hold, that none but these
three or four millions derive any benefit from
agriculture; and as not more than one-fourth
OF our population appear 10 be employed
at all, the necessary consequence is, that not
more than one fourth Of them derive benefit
from industry oil any sort. So preposterous
are the speculalions Of free trade political E.
economists
There is but one other point in the Secre-
tary's report that desire 10 notice. Il is the
great peace argument on page of that doc
umenl. Cotton is "a bond Of peace with for
eign nations,' because it furnishes profits
ABROAD TO thousand OF capitalists, and
wages 10 hundreds of thousands Of the work
ing classes all of whom would be deeply in
jured. by any disturbance growing oct of
state OF war, to the direct and adequate sup
ply OF the raw material The Secretary
estimates the value fthe cotton crop at S72,-
900, 900, and the value of the manufactured
cotton fabric at S5O4 100000 annually, and
states that fpe-si.rths of the cotton grown is
exported abroad. In order therefore, 10 pro-
bitiate the good will of these foreign cap
iialists' and working classes who now en-
Joy five-sixths ofths enormous profit, and 10
interest them still further in the preservation
OF peace, tbs Secretary argues that the A
merican cotton manufacturer ought to be sac
riiced, and the profit OF the remaining sixth,
which he now enjoys, transferred 10 the
European capitalist and laborer. The same
argument would prove that We ought 10
surrender the entire profits of our trade, our
fisheries, and even our agriculture, Ia Euro
pean merchants, and fishermen, and farmers.
Sir, peace is worth no srch sacrifice and he
has little of an American heart who is inhu-
enced by such craven arguments as This
The whole argument of those who have
framed and who advocate this bill is so pal
pably founded on the ruinof the manuiaciur-
ing and mechanical classes, that may spare
mySelt the IdDOr Il attempting 10 reIule Inc
idle fallacy that those interests, which have
just begun 10 thrive under legislative pro-
lection, are now able TO thrive without it, or
of exposing the hollowness and insincerity oil
those who profess to be friendly 10 those in
terests while laboring 10 uphold a party
pledged to overthrow them. For my own
part prefer to This hypocritical friendship
the open hostility which denounces us as
Iegalized plunderers; or even the jealousy
which. in fit of sickly spleen, professed TO
to find greater satisfaction in the prosperity
of Manchester and Liverpool than in the Vel
fare Of Lowell and Boston.
/ shall, then. assume, or leave it to others
TO prove, that the imposition Of duties not
lower than those OF 1912 is necessary for the
support of our growing manufactures, and
that the passage of the bill now under con-
sideration is designed for, and will accomplish
the prostration OF that interest; and | shall
con6ne the remainder Of my remarks to some
illustrations Of the value and importance Of
manufactures as a means of attaining the
great ends Of civil society, an element of ma
tional well-being and progress, and as espe-
ciaIIv commended to us BIZ our physical con-