New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-18

on Protective Duties Wnicn review the Oiuriai
adiudges very labored effort yet foil Of IN
guarded omissions and on the whole an utter
failure That same 'lsbored effort, including the
reading OF the secretary's Report consumed the
better part Of an evening, after hard days work
10 another sphere Of duty which involved an al.
solute concentration Of regard 90 other themes
than those propounded by Mr.. Walker - much
for the 'lsbored effort We leave our readers
(who only have seen both sides to nudge Of the
utter failure and proceed to the 'uogusrded
admissions
F.o- J5e Z sa.nf erftcr
Here Of ih--e sdmssiOus ard upon rea-ing
cannot bot readers marx ne desperate sirs
tobrb- proiens 40 hisiry n the hands ofiis Leading
ex9ounders hss come silssi- The Tribune says
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far g. graassy p ei~,rs ana ssaHfia r. srf's
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Here The matter fairy Al last The end Proiec
lion A. IL the subssnual exiting snd stop
page Of mmerce u nh other nations ~ j. ole 90
cay that soppage u alone aimed 81 Tor surely Ihf nt
bpne viii deny that importation ard expectation being
parts Of he usDssct on Of exchange must is or
fyursh together II nation lakes our exports n A'y con
siderable measure, u must psy us with imports Inc pfppo
IN order 70 found and fo'ier by i ~ hesvy sNes
the consuming comnunity-hrarches 81 INDUSTRY "hcn
would Dot take root among Us iudivouA soor ere ei'
free 10 lake IL own nsurs direction ih~ i 10 he
paced by CODgrrss with The direct aim u making hlch
ard Roe pay dollars for his ~fes d dress IN
order hat bis neehb0r John Doe may fouhwh qli hs
coro.helds ard lake to stgroving There i legislative
wisdom for the Nineteenth Ceniury
But this 10 not snoi The worst 10 order 20 produce
this result Commerce 10 be broken down That great
branch Of industry already estsb shed among us which Is
not Improperly called commercial but which, In feet
ifes Itself through the whole communy-buiding ships
and buildng ciues, and giving Ranf1i employment to
mYnads hands 81 the form Of latOr which perth 10
the carrying usde Of the wordths great branch q indus
try 10 10 be soIpd broken up b. law, In order ihs men
msy thus be forced plant and and ,pn and hsm
nlef " II lef would lei
being prohtshiy engaged uptn something else THIS
just ihs-is now tho svOved aim o. Protection How
viii the country Ike this aim p"
Now the very article in which The UHi0n is
commenting and from which it clips the above
tract, expressly says:
"UndOubedy under Protective Tariff there would be
gradual falling Of IN the importation OF the particular arfc
protected until they would substantially he import
ed Buths Implies that the producers Of these articles viii
have become Of county, OF lie production hsye
fallen into The hands Of our own people, calling thousands
from the plOw, the WOODS and the boat 70 spin, weave
mske cast iron, construct machinery &c Se and Guy
or manufacturing population always consumes oouble OF
treble foreign Injuries articles Of tsse fancy &c that
equs numerous farming popu alton do-s-wages Deg
higher and the adoption Of their products 10 lheir own
and much less general Protects mnfh 81 YOU
pese, there icA aiSays be large cos ~ articles oHsed
ioct not produced rird Gnons 49, beosnse OF d.
yersi1es Of soil climate &c Only give our people employ
with fair recompeuse for their labor and we shs
import 100000 600 porh cfarfige' eh do not compete i
products and twenty-five per cent on these would
shOrd very fair revenue for economical Government
This paragraph with all intimation Of its aver.
ments, is utterly suppressed by The Union, which
leaves its readers in the full belief that we have
proposed the entire abolition and destruction OF
Commerce The chap that proved from the Bible
that There is God is entirely surpassed in
logical dextcrty and unscrupulousness by the
Presidents pettogeer
With this exposure, we should be more than
justified in declining all rthcr notice of The |
Unions criticism but since the Editor evidently |
fsncies he has made point III regard to internal |
and external Commerce. will endcavcr TO |
make another 'unguarded admission on that
head He thinks the demonstration that Free /
Trade between England and this country is disad |
yantagcous to us, and 10 the Laboring Class gen
orally, proyesas well that Free Trade between
Boston aud New Orleans is also pernicious Here /
he fails To observe the vital distinction between
an exchange Of the products OF different climates
and zones, naturally producing very different sta
pies, and exchanges between the people of differ |
ent continents living in essentially the lsti-
tudos. New England, by decree OF Nature can
supply New Orleans with large classes OF pro
ducts cheaper a. Q. with less ishosD than they ever
can be produced ia near New Orleans and the
same is true the other side. There IS nothing.
therefore, IN the FIRE edom OF trade between these
two cities inconsistent with the Protective Policy.
All then. says The Union. What do YOU
think OF Free Trade between Massachusetts and
Illinois why, Sirs. we believe the People OF
Illinois would be benefited this day and the pros
perty OF their State advanced, by some arrange
ment whereby the Home Production OF Boots and |
Shoes Hats plain Cotton and Woollen fabrics Sc.
IL. Italf th.tr
chascs OF these articles from the East-and we
believe also that the men and women who spin |
and weave, aud sew aud peg, and make zap gar
ments ia the Esst for Western markets would be-
far better Oft they aud their business were trans
ieued to hcalihiu aud eligible locations IN the
Great West There are branches CT Manufacture
requiring large concentrations OF capital ami ma
chinory aud world wide command OF markets
tor their. economical aud profitable prosecution.
which must Tor many years, Il not always, be con
fined TO the sesbosrd aud the ncighborhood of the
great ccntcrs at Commerce thore are others
which may bc more widely dilused bu, for which |
the Vests not yctrPe but il would ia our juds;-
ment, be great general good if the establishment
and diVersi6cation of Manufactures west Of Cleve-
land and Cincinnati could DC FASTENED and sus-
the People Of Illinois. who now bay the Cotton
fabrics OF New England at very low prices could
well afford to pay twenty per cen, higher money
prices ii these and all kindred manufactures
were produced in their midst-that the increased
demand for their labor and enhanced prices OF
whatever they would have to sell would far over.
balance the disparity IN the prices OF their fabrics
Such is our u0doubting conviction, by no means
hastily mstured. And while We do not propose
the imposition of Tarf by che West on the
fabrics OF the Esst-that being impraciicsble be.
tween different sections Of the same country-we
10 counsel, a. We long have counseled. the West.
em People - labor ior the same great end by the
only means open 10 their soCoptance-by en-
oouragng Manufacturers, mechanics and artisans
10 settle smong them-by giyins a decided pre-
ference to cloths wares, aud fabrics generally.
made on their own soil over those brought from
the Easi-snd by iavoring by all feasible and
practicable means the rapid and prosperous growth
OF Manufactures in their several States and neigh
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