Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1848-11-10
For the Dclalvare Republican.
TO THE CITIZENS OF DELAWARE.

TO THE CITIZENS OF DELAWARE.
The doctrine of free trade so much praolis-
ed and advocated by the leaders of the loco
foco party is an utter illusion. II is not 10 be
found in Europe, nor so long as the nations
thereof remain in their present divided condi-
ton, can It exist among them. Each provides
separately and distinctly for its own CONNER
cial interests regardless Of those others, no at
tempt having been made by them until lately,
10 act in this respect, in Federal capacity
II is far otherwise in these United States. Un-
der our Federal Government, il does exist in
reality among all the States that it embraces
Each State in the Union has the same COM
mercial rights and privileges that belong TO the
rest. What folly, then, 10 allow foreign ma
tons like commercial liberty, when they
will not reciprocate? But by the tariff law
of 1916, they have been allowed this Liberty
10 the great detriment OF our agricultural,
manufacturing, mechanical, and commercial
interests. The industrial pursuits oil all class
es of our citizens have indeed been deeply in
jured, by reducing so low the duties laid on
foreign imports IN the taiif law of 1912, as 10
admit Of The intrusion by foreigners OF the
products Of their labor TO such an amount in
our market, as 10 take il away in great mea-
sure, ION our own citizens. The consequence
has been that The balance OF trade has been
against tie United States. In 1S47 Two and a
half millions OF Dollars were exported 10 pay
in part this baance,-and in the present year
(l84S) between twelve and thirteen millions.
Many of our iron establishments have been
/ suspended or closed, besides cotton and wooden
, factories, and the operatives and la5orers Ills
: charged, because they could not be employed
, except al sacrifice. This is the character oil
the trade carried on at this time with Great
. Britain and other European natiOns-iree and
profitable 10 them, but not SO 10 our citizens
: impaired, and the country impoverished there.
I, blythe ingenuity of man could not have de-
vised fiscal system more unnatural, absurd
Z impolitic and unwise. And yet our locOlocO
osators and writers have the hardihoOd 10 pre-
claim it 10 be The reverse of all this when they
cannot but know its effects have been mos
If pernicious They want 10 make you, fellow
u citizens believe so, no, with the view Of pro
n moiing the public welfare, but for the purpose
g Of getting your votes to retain them in power
n and giving the emouments Of office.
ii Fellow citizens believe them not. Reflect 70
u yourselves and be not misled by their decep
!, tions. Vote not for Lewis Cass their Presiden
+, tial candidates. man who has been guilty o
: more teTgiyersations, and has received Tor hi
20 services by extras over and above what HI
IN was entitled 10, greater remuneration thai
s. any other public man in the United States eve
d) did. See the historical sketch Of his militar,
is and civil life drawn by Captain John Rogers O
lg the Army in letter addressed 10 Truema
err Smith, a member of Congress, and an adyc
A cate of General Taylor's election-to whom
Of large majority of American citizens, it is be