New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-26

collection Of a. enormous Revenue from Customs,
wherewith 70 gorge a National Bank, sustain
gigantic scheme Of Internal improvements, &c.
The futiHty Of this pretence will be manifest %
any one who recollects the discussions Of 20, "a
and q. or who will turn 70 and look over them
II matters little 20 "a whether the Union does
or does not comprehend the difference between
importing such staples rs Nature forbid. our pro
docing advsntsgeousiy and importing those which
compete with and depre. our own branches Of
Industry, since the Country oomprehends u fully
Nor Do We care that the Union repeatedly begs
the whole question ia dispute, BY assuming that
the fact Of the Ilnoians raising Grain and Meat
almost exclusively proves that they are more
proftably employed thus than they would be if
enough Of them 20 fabricste their own plain
Cloths, Hats. Boots &c were attracted 10 those
pursuits. Our conviction Is undoubted that they
are much less so-thst though any one Of them.
durns state Of Free Trade, may obtain bis sp-
parel from the East for fewer pounds Of Corn or
Wheat thsn il would nor cost him # made Ia III.
nos vet u all, or most Of the Manufactures con-
samed West Of the Ohio were made there, they
would be sold az cheap they BOW are, and that
t~o-.hirds the present requisite Of Agricultural
labor would produce the wherewithsl % pay for
them-produce it IN good part in Fruits, Vegets-
bles, Fuel, sc. for which there can be bnt very
limited market at all in Illinois while the custom
ers Of her farmers mainly 1--we 1900 70 1900 miles
OF. 4 this OF course Is sheer nonsense DO The
Z aions conception bot we can survive that
We have never proposed any Protection by
I-s5as nefruaar tho IErsf ord sla ga -.-c-t b..
and The Union very ueedlessly asks why our
doctrine is not - sood for Tennessee sid Arksp-
sas as for Illinois Il 81 good, ard Tennessee is
one Of the States most pa'psbly interested 10 Pro
tection-one destined We trust, 70 speedy and
rapid advances in Manufacturing Ind0strv-ons
which W hope never after this Congress TO see
represented by a majority OF Members Of Congress
adverse 70 Protection.
We DO not care for Ire Union speaking OF our
reservations in favor Of Foreign Commerce IS
moe brought forward, &c. when every iota Was
fully inserted in our very first article on the sub
jet, and all that W have noe done IS = compel
II TO bring il forward. Nor 90 we care for its in
sisting thst Tea Coffee and Of course Mahogany.
Ito, Caoutchopc. Dye.Woo6s. Spices Tropical
Fruits, sc. &c. might be produced In this country
as easily as elsewhere, since it asserts that tbe
enforcement Of our doctrine would reduce our Au-
nusl Imports from One Hundred sad Fifty
to ess than Twenty Millions. The reader viii
judge Of these points without beng governed by
mere iterations Of a5s1rdty contradiction,
nonsense &c. But when the Organ imasines
q discrepancy between our support Of Protection
and our advocacy OF Internal Improvements it
simply shows bow little thought DC has bestowed
on the whole matter, The great end We aim M.
alike by Protection and BY Internal Improvement.
Is the dlmunf,op n the cost of erclaHges be'wosH
Pro3sca AMI Consumer Protection does this
by drawing them nearer together Internal lm-
provemeat does Il by greatly reducing the costof
transporting bulky products from one % ths other
There ia no discrepancy bot the most perfect CON
cord between them.