The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-01


mencement OF the government three hundred and fifty mil
lions OF dollars have been paid into the treasury through the
been Obtained from all other OF and this,
not without much discomfort, and more than rebellion
This does prove indeed and is stated prove,
part OF the community has borne than its portion
Of the public burdens Bur i Is stated to show that the
believe that could would have done without COM
''rhe commerce of the country, far from being the
of congressional legislaon OF the
principal causes OF calling Congress itself and the govern
ment into existence"
But pray, hear Mr. Webster while descanting on the
negative benefit OF "a great manufacturing population
Most emphatcally did he dsapprove OF it IN 1920, and
surely our progress since, nation looking at our nat
ural growth well to exrnsc sources, furnishes no
ground for abandoning the opinion he had carefully
formed in 1920. Our population has vastly increased
since then, and it will hardly be denied that our
manufactures have also increased in more rapid
ratio The then, which Mr. Webster deprecated has
arrived than he anticipated-thanks to the hot
house and forcing system that he has been playing the part
of dry nurse to for many years hat are we to do
Shall we suffer our commerce and navigation to be sac
nfced for the sake opatng the manufacturing inter-
est Shall in order that they may push their insane
projects to the destruction OF this fright arm of the
try" well agriculture Shall we erect poor-houses
in every town and village, and dot the fair face of
country with eceptacles great azzarone houses for the
accommodation of the hordes of miserable victims of this
de- with the mere wreck of their physical energies left
moral powers all but gone, debased and degraded lame
and decrepd and boaed masses of disease every the
most hdeous and revolving form Ever and anon they
spewed out from the factories OF England i'll the man
have feeby described and surely, surely, it
not be desired by lover Of his country that such tao
system of poors rates herenO regiments of startling
tsans--no walking skeletons-no vid masses of human
ror and disgust know fill up the great social and
moral panorama of the crowded manufacturing districts
in England 1t is answer to this, TO say that the OPP
eratves of New England happy and contened that
they enjoy the comforts and many of the Injuries of life ;
and that part of the sad description have family at
tempted applies to them Granted it may be all true, but
extend the OF our manufactures, there would be
fewer of the comforts and less of the luxury they boast
Of among eastern friends Give them space and room
in every State OF the Uniongive them the entire con-
troll of the home market'-let everything be committed
to the embrace of the great CONSTRUCTOR OF our
tona system and speedily, very speedily you will see its
districts, too, would require armed cOnsabulary as
well troops of mounted Dragons, to keep them in
der and suppress riots rebellion amongst them But
let Mr. Webster speak in reference to this matter Few
and pointed his words and they furnish vast field
for reflection
"For his part, he did consider manufacturing
population benefit to be purchased with 50 much cost
Ha W6y nna in s ss OF % %" S not
recommend it 20 The great object of good govern
ments was individual happiness and this be general
required a something like an equality in condition H.,
considered that those epoymens which tended to make
less in number but perhaps more rich were not employ
mentS 1T TOR us to encourage by taxing other
featuring system, pushed At present it pro
badly true that the anuac turing capitals being generally
the capital now employed in commerce were also TO be
put into manuaetares would IN the end he should
capital and according to our experience, would be, there
FORE better managed'
In this extract have Mr.. Webster's carefully
sldered opinions relative to manufacturing population
and we will venture to say that he will admit, if
the system is extended its friends desire it should be
over the length and breadth of our country, we shall
have fewer OF those blooming paradises in the land than
his happy constituents now boast of in New England
Manufactures as we see elsewhere, they have their
dused blessings, have their scattered and curses
also! Dreaming enthusiasts may think, or wish TO
think, that will, in truth, be fairy land with u.s. with
the delightful music of the shuttle increasingly to egale
thing. such policy will be destructive Of the best in
terests of country if not finally subversive of
Liberties The rise and progress OF the American sys
tenn has caused deep dissatisfaction and heart bumings
enough in many parts of country, and these alto
gether owing all know, to its unhallowed
tons since 1916. 1t is the province Of prudent and
sagacious statesmen to quiet and allay the excitement
we have but too often witnessed in quarters where the
people have felt themselves deeply aggrevedand truly
soas repetition of such scenes only tends to weaken
bond Of union rendering people more Indifferent to
Its perpetuty, whilst they deem themselves plundered
and oppressed by their rulers, for the benefit of class
that CANNOT be sustained but at runous cost to the
country.
We cannot better close this article than by giving
other extract from the last able report of Mr. Secretary
in all its deeply important bearings, will fail to read it,
and carefully too. All may be assured that il merits
this; for 1t exceedingly pertinent to the matter OF
restrictive tariff Earnestly would we invite attention to
it, for il tallies completely with Mr. Websters admirable
reasoning in 1920 and 1924 At the same time, it demon
straes the aacy Of many OF his present arguments
behalf of the loom barons:
Experience is against the protective policy. In Eng
land, after long trial and runous results, it is abandoned
and here under the tariff of 1872 the prices OF breadsus
and provisions FELL and have risen with the reduction
OF duties and the opening of foreign market From long
peace Europe is becoming denscly populated that her
soil and more uncertain climate afford less adequate
supply OF food from to for her rapidly increasing
population Under system of low duties, and reciprocal
interchange of commodities ii will be the interest," only
of Great Britain but also of most OF the continent OF Europe
to take large supply Of food from but by aresting this
exchange OF their fabrics for our products becomes their
interest," and in fact necessity to look for and encourage
markets elsewhere and ALSO by extraordinary and
high governmental bounties, drive capital into agrcu
re there, supply the wants of their people, unable to
purchase products for which, by high duties de-
mand payment in specie. If receive the fabrics of Eu
in exchange for products ii will be their interest
to encourage and enlarge that commerce and it must
on rapidly nugmenting, until country becomes the
granar for Europe and export there OF food shall
a system of low duties With this enlargement of
exports will correspondent increase of inn
ports and great augmentation of the revenue of the
government and of the prosperity OF the people There
culture commerce, and navigation The increased num-
Der and prosperity OF those classes, constituting four
ftls of the whole people, will enable them greatly to
extend their pure hases and the manufacturers, by the in
in series of greater benefit than by destroying
the ability Of their customers, by excluding their products
from the foreign market, and deprivng them TO that
tent, OF the purchase at home abroad IL the
sbipbuilder constructs and the navigator freights
vesselst the farmer sells brcadufs and provisions,
and the planter cotton, and at better prcesi the
II the eamen increase in number, and receive better
gesif the working classes employed in with