The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-03-14

toore Is the "height,' which NJ Walker
lays is now but a slight impairment 10 I'M
4 borts. Such would be the ultimate effects o.
\ free trade" on American Labor.
j The grea, object aud Office Of tariff is to
4 protect high and prosperous labor against the
& uinous effects of free competition WIKI low
A 5riceI and depressed labor. Low labor
4 wants no protection against high lobor, hui
line high must he protected against the low
i,c by FIRE COIL petition, be brought down 10 lis
4 level. This result follows just as certainly
4 as The removal Of a wall which separated tw"
4 Unequal bodies of water, would bring inc
( s,ne down to the level of the other. Proclaim
free trade.n open your ports 10 the pro1uc
HONS Of the pauper and serl labor oil Europe
I.yorkino for Ten cents day, ana what iol-
fhowsf in pours their goods. aud out p0urS
4 gour money; goods come in and money goes
k 5nt till il is all gone: then we must make
4 LIr own hats. shoes, aud clo:bing. or go WIN
I mi. And this is the way in which Mr. Walk
rr. his model PRESIDENT and the advocates
of Stree trade" would increase Tie wages,
and ~ omoie The comfort, education, and IN
reIligence" ofihc American peorle-by de
grading them to the condition. moral and
;JtpsicaL, and. in the end, the political c"ndi-
lion too, Of the paupers and slaves OF foreign
despots How could American ircemen live
on a shillinga day? How could they edu-
Gale their children. wh0 would be obliged TO
work from The cradle 10 the grave UNIT
ted to be free. they would become subjects
and slaves DepreSs one class and you oil
course elevate anofher-put down The many
and you build up the iew-firsi you establish
n n1ility. aud nexi king. ! submi would
not such he The tendency. if not The end OF
t.'tree trade" carried out 10 lis final results
Yet lhis is ''democrdry" the modern PRO
gressive Democracy" rs preached and Prac-
sliced by Polk and his party
But rhis is not ALL The duties levied on
fDrrirncrs Ia Drolect our lahoKing men, iurn-
ish nearly the whole revenue for the support
of q ,vrrnmrnt Blu. establish "lree trade.
aud Won not only release the foreigner and ms
,rnode from all taxation. but you transfer HE
burdens 10 your own impoverished pep
p.e-vou ap,unt swarms OF lax gaihrrers 20
/ h1rrass and plunder thenI-io sell their ils'
cnw and take the lasl bite oil bread from ihclr |
chillr"n, 20 support your wars, Your siahHih9
armies, tax-g7lhercrs, lords. princes ana
4 pensioners. Therevcnue collected from pro
tec,ive duties heretofore levied On foreign
7 goods WAS lclt ECt AZ sirdch, bul as Il
blessing and benefit in The projection and
prosperity they gave 10 the ailnnallndusiryj
but repeal these dates, paid by foreigners lnr
I she privilege nfsellingIheir gu"ds in our mar
Z bots, open y0ur ports, crush your labor. nun
4 date yoIr country with fore ign prodGcions'
ana ihrn resort Tor revenue 10 direct fa.rGti0n,
( and You convert blessing into bitter curse.
But thank God The remedy is in The hands of
the people leave Mr. Walker and free
! trade with the voters ':lhe 'iOiing Millions,
=, t1,a tbofr
NJ. Walker says. iii will soon beco me an
axiomi'ic truth, shat all tariffs are tax up
Oh lab " and wages"-pn American labor
n SIN Ill mistake; if he had said tax upon
foreign Labor, for The protection and encour-
ugemeat Of American labor, he would have
been right. This is small blundrr. He
will no doubt revise and correct il in his neXI
essay on the heaulies ol'.lree Trade"
B1l Mr.. Walker beasts that liz report OF
1915 uhishcd in England 10y order of Par
liimrui. ''acrrIcraied /! it did not produce
the rr?eal of The corn laws" This lie an
other biunirr. The corn laws were Only
su'peHdrd I'LL Mr. Walker repealed The obi
"ns anti British tariff OF 1872 That accom-
pishc,l. and the famine nvcr, the corn laws
90 into operation again on The LIST OF March,
thliag scale aud all But Mr.. Walker SAYS
h. has not only converted Great Britain hot
be has staggered all Europe. Hear him!
Hear him. France, Russia, Germany.
austria, Italy. PrussiH, Switzerland, Holland
PslgHm, Denmark. Sweden. and even Chi
na lave moved. or are ribrdting or pHpGr
'ng 10 NOE. IN i;ivnr OF the same great prln
cipr;" auulhcr hlnnGer. these nations, or
Irnst o. Them, so far from relaxing are IN
creasinr or Strengthening their protective
sy-lenl~, wherever their markets are likely
10 be invaded by furci.'n II anulaclures com
ing in comrcIiii0a WIKI their own. But who
told Mr. Walker Ihev were vibrating or pre-
paringto movo?" They may vibraic lil!e,
10 anrSe Nj. Walker. and indmce him 10 take
our duties of Their goods. and he has done
Ii. And what have they done Nothing
nothing Al all. They are vibrating" but
their tariff vibrations all go mp, instead OF
down, Nylhv they laugh al Mr.. Walkers
simp!i' iiv.
= But. anoye nil, beg you TO protect and
cherish your naiiunai industry 10 protect
anl -usiain il against the Efforts OF lis enc
rnirs. foreign and domestic to break il down.
Labor lies al the very foundation Of the ma
ional prosperity. Lnbcr, in every depart
men-in tac field, in ,he workshops. in The
hrtoreS-chcri<h it and preserve il as The
grcal element of your nn'ional wealth and
indeprnierce. When labor rrospers, all
other interests proSper-Nhen labor 10 de
pressed all other interests must suffer end
symnahiZe with il.
What is all other capital compared with the
capital Of labor Estimate your labor at one
tenth o your population, say two millions Of
iaboring men if they earn bet $50 per
year. thus is equal TO The Interests of CAPT
tai ot s. 0G0 per annum nj per cent. which,
multiplied by Two millions. the number o! la
6nrers, makes our labor capital equal 10 six
thousand millions of dollars; aud this is The
great element Of power and wealth and pros
periy that MIR. Walker would sacrifice and
degrade DO the wreiched condition Of Euro
pean labor, by his miserable policy Of free
irade'-comp=llng the Americans TO work
as cheapas they do in Europe, or give M
their markets and their money 10 foreigners.
As, Then. you value the virtue. liberty. and
independence of your country, hesrcch you
project and defend your labor from the ruins