The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-21

So much then for the effect of liberal policy upon the
agricultural and manufacturing interests before 70
FMS subject When they tell you the number OF persons
engaged in manufacture, they always take from the cen,
in man uacturng and mechanic industry the stone cut
masons ship carpenters, house cafpeners ~c' are
included in the total given do nos ihink q neoes
sary protect these by tariff lest they should import
cellars already dug, and chimneys already puu., Nor
need we fear that foreign labor will compete WIN our
W Se bsio1e o ,h.a Will happen win you build fewer
ships because you have lower goods 10 carry lei hey
reckon all these classes o. aooi pore s anu sS
send 10 the British provinces OF hats which we can send
to Buenos Ayres; and of coarse cottons which we can
send anywhere in the world, cheaper than England can
send them They have to bring these all in to swell up
the aggregate number, and then imagine them to eat
twice three times as much corn they really will
and then this industry to be protected is nothing
compared to the vast products of the great West.
perceive that this is dry discussion, and / will
therefore pass topic more, and then have done
How are commerce and the interests of navigario affect
ed by high OF low tariff Why. encourage manuac-
lures, the teemng west to produce millions upon
millions of bushels OF grain TOR the starving millions
the other side OF the Atlantic, and you have
employment and profitable employment, for vast
United States was million, Il has grown up to three
millions, than trebed IN eighteen years Is not
that growth worth encouraging! Do not discourage
the commerce OF this country; do not hang milestone
about its neck but give free scope, and that is all the
protection that asks This congressional district has
about 10000 tons Of shipping and every ton OF that
shipping has cost at least s. account OF duties
materials Of construction and outi-rnaklng an as-
gregate Of 100000 levied by the tariff and yet 1t sur
wives and prospers; but prosper it will more vigorously
if you would remove all restrictions.
Great Britain, oden times was the 'mlsress OF the
ocean" Her flag for thousand years had PRAYED !ae
battle and the breeze, so long she had only he Cdd
World TO contend with. She IS "mistress oil Inc seas no
longer: lAppause] Wha. is it that constitutes naval
strength! Il is the Oaken nbs 1t IS not the ships
They be built of the products OF your forests IN
very short time That which makes naval strength
is hardy tars bold and fearless, who dare beard the
RriIab linn IN hlN
for protecting labor Give your labor the mar kets OF
the world Give to the labor Of the hardy Yankee tar
the scope of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans [Cheers
II is your ars that make your naval strength And what
shall decide the number OF your seamen The amount
OF employment your country gives to them And who
restrictive tariff he that encourages FREE TRADE with
all the worldi [Cheers.]
Great Britain had mercantile marine vastly greater
went war, she cou take from her merchant SHIPS any
number Of seamen she might require in her navy. She
impressed them thing which has been DONE and
which fhope never will be done in this country. That
was the secret of her power We are going on in
reer of prosperity Never has navigation increased SO
much in any four years has in the present and the
hast year We are ncreas the amount OF our shipping
eleven per cent ayearmo,e than three times as fast as
our population increases We increasing fast that
within less Than foul years from the time when Lewis
Cass shall have his seat in the presidential chair
I the which s noner 81 yoar snee5
pausel-within four years from that day the mercantile
marine Of the United States tbs tonnage of the United
will be far beyond that of the British empire, including
all her islands and all her colonies [Renewed APP
pause .H
Then If there shall be war and no other nation is
pretended to be liable TO with excepting Great
Britain if there shall be war, the bloody Cross of St
George must vel and bow before u.s. upon whateye, sea
on all seas. So much for the side of the picture.
II it be necessary fght-and | hold it best to avoid
effeciuayn itbe necessary to fight, that is the posi-
tion IN which free trade places the American nation
We can have wars upon the land The serpent Of
Mexico will never lift up her head in defiance again
Canada would glad to sail under stars and stripes
this blessed day if we would receive her. We have no
enemies upon the American continent II we have any
be trivial if with any power excepting Great Britain
Over her power shall predomnae within four years
Now look al the other side OF the question Our wing
friends say That Cen Cass an able and excellent
They have nothing to say AGAINST ms private ME or pub
is too much inclined to war; we are tod tha the demo-
cratic party is the party of war and that we shall pc In
commercial affairs increases our navigation and strength
naval powers and Great Britain Is not quite as
ready to 60 to with since 1912 as she might have
been, because Of my friends from Gloucester and
Mabehead happened 10 meet some of her children, and
they gave Great Britain then touch of their quality
yon haSs Se q that
Close upon the heels Of the English mercantile marine
and increasing every day When our ships and sailors
than in 1912? The party, them that pursues liberal
Commercial policy that builds up navigation and
your sails when every sea- and your and stripes
to float in every port pursues the policy which makes
peace certain, because nobody will desire enemy 30
Strong as the United States will make herself.
On another ground we have less cause to fear With
whom do the people go to war! With their enemies
wal. Now, take the whg policy Of restriction 1t shuts
every man up within himself and every nation within
itself. We do not want TO sell your anything, or buy any,
thing of YOU is its spirit Keep yourselves 10 yourselves
and we will keep ourselves to ourselves That makes
enemies. Mountains nterposed, made enemes once but
the railroad that crosses the Alps and the railroad that
the Pyrenees will take away that cause OF war
Now, restrictions make enemies take away these and
we are friends TO the world and have enemies ii we
take the starving Irish population and feed them If we
take the operatives of Manchester and other English
manufacturing cities and strengthen their for labor
BY filling the bellies OF those unfortunate men, do you
think they will 90 to with who furnish the raw
material for their labor who furnish the clothing for
their backs and the food for their stomachs and stop
their own supplies When they find us every day bet
("Marblehead will keep them of.") "Free trade and
sailors rights" was what old Marblehead fought for in
the last Great Britain then denied us free trade
Great Britain has to her senses since. She tried
the prote con of labor, until it had starved thousands
and tens of thousands She proposes fair and free
exchanges of products with hers And say that
liberal and free exchange makes friends of all nations,
and makes war impossible
General Ca.s, then, is the of peace and not such
man OF peace my wing friends have coniured up,
who has spent all his life in the camp whose trade is
war; and who has been devoted to that trade that he
has not had time TO examine the constitution of the Uni