The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-23

Whs are the great .Frotsssasa" nssxaps
Not the Iaborng man, not the mechanic. not the op
erave" manufacturer They desire only 10 be let alone
and to be permitted to enjoy the just proceeds OF the
honest toll No is the Of wealth. the maionaivs
who is continually stunning Congress with his csmol
for protection" protection" is the word held out to the
ear, but monopoly is lis real meaning.
In noticing the various movements Of the monopolists
with view TO procure the repeal Of the present tariff
for change Of ad valorem to specific duties would be its
repeawe have observed that there have been labor
ing men among them. We have noticed the names Of
no mechanics nor have We that any operatives,
furnace men, coal-miners, were present The first
convention Of these monopolists was held at New
port Rhode Island, during the late fashionable
There were no men of toll among Its members. No
they were the self constituted arstocracy OF the
try They met one day in convention, and portrayed
their distressed condition and the necessity OF obtaining
relief from the governments and the next they figured
as sort OF fabricated arisocracy fictitious nobility.
Some Of them personated kings, dukes, some lords,
and some knights and gentlemen for which ransforma-
tons they were indebted 10 the tawdry neres loaned
them from the wardrobes Of our theatres Among these
distressed gentlemen who figured at the Newport con-
vention was Mr. Abbott Lawrence, the present minister
to England man worth his millions. whose immense
wealth has been derived almost exclusively from the sys-
tenn Of monopoly which long sat like an incubus upon
the country paralyzing its energies and sucking out the
life blood or The people But none Of Mr.. Lawrences
Operatives" were there Perhaps they hold to the
i'm that the government should take care OF the rich,
and the rich will take Of the poor" and there
fore satisfied if the government viii only take care Of
distressed Mr. Lawrence.
In the recent .'ron masters conventions" in Pennsyl
vania we have noted the absence OF the yorkng
people It's true the ronmaster there, dressed
in their broad cloths and clad in the textures Of foreign
looms, but no laboring men were among them. They
also represented the capitals they the distressed
objects who peousy pray the government charity
humby beg protection" which only means taking
money from the pockefsf The people and putting in
to their oun All their laborers left at home per-
suaded doubtless that il "he governmentwill take
Of the rich, the rich will take care Of the poor"
Now, is 1t not very remarkable that the only persons
who fill the country witDtheir camor for protection are
rich capitalists. prRcely" merchants wealthy nabobs,
who have their surplus money invested in spndles and
iron mines Such appears to be the fact And these
very men have the hardwood TO call upon Congress to
tax the people for their benefit when they actually
doing better business than any other great interest in
the country.
The following article from the Nashua IN. H) Ga
zetean able and sound democratic paper published in
the very midst Of the manufacturing corporations OF New
England pontedly exposes the hypocrisy Of the
slant howl Of those wofsh monoposs, who. in gorgng
themselves, would devour everybody else:
A Protective rARirr-The merchant princes Of Bos-
ton. and the wing party generally camorng
voclerously against the present tariff ruinous
manufactures. This cry is always upon their lips
Mr.. A. A. Lawrence, OF Boston, Of these "mer-
chant princess" has recently published article in
Hunts Merchants Magazine, which concusively shows
the dishonesty Of this cry He gives table OF TWEEN
tyssyen Of the manufacturing establishments in New Eng
land showing the annual dividends Of each company for
the last years BY this table, appears that the Nashua
Manufacturing Company, with capital OF 81 10000
have made annual dividends amounting In the WHOLE for
the ten years. wSU pcr orc Pes psS
on an average The Jackson Company, during the
period divided 1864 per cent, than l2k per
cent per anmu average From 1916 to 1919. during
the operation Of the pre- tariff former company
made divjen amounting in the whole 70 about IS per
cent, than 10 per per annum. The latter
company la divided, during the period about 42s
or more Than ~ pei cent per
NotwiihsandIg these exorbitint profits the wings
clsnoring Protection. The merchant princes" OF
Boston support the regal slendor In which hoy
i've without imposing more taxes urcn the people An
annual dividend OF g. TO- H. and IL per cent, will
sly the soracious these nabobs The Lawrences
the Appstos and others. have nade pncey fortunes by
upon the of the people ia the shape tariff
yet they satisfied What farmer would not be
conenled with such profits upon his labor and apita
Who that has money to loan mortgage would not be
satisfied with such recommending returnsf