The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-15

OUT Say fio"s wcic optc sehor
arliks" In many Of his sentiments especially far
regards the preservation OF the Union-we entirely CO.
incids and sorry to sec that ne falls INTO the same
errors in some particulars he attributes TO others. OF
making the subject Of protection 10 industry and the
tariff question Of craftsmanship in these excited and
dangerous times:
Protection TO American labor he said should DO made
party question OF any more Than the maintenance OF te
Unions but, alas this generation had lived 10 see BON
Arnold in this strain, proceeded TO lay bare The hump"g
prociy ireeraders tell ms enjoying
defective tariff, with It's fraudulent dd paforss instead
OF Just specific and home vauaonsand this was wanted
Capital could would always take OF ITSELF come
what would but the the case with labor de
question OF protection the manufacturing interests Of
this country question OF lille or death and statistical PROOF
what he said Our manu- lactaIers IN Rhode
Island and Masac huses had been Obliged to stop their
Wand were quenched-and where all was hustle and
tvty before there nothing but silence and desoa
manu- actufers ia distinction tconsued the speaGer)
which adds ustre the long pedigree Of labor. lap
lake of selftha If this Union broken up our
industrial interests would live unframed; Yes Eek
Israel survive the of Godony be the reproach OF
The time has when two contineences-in the
earlier days OF the republic thought 10 be impossibehe
destruction of American labor, and the destruction of the
ITSELF were staring US straight IN The face Nay one
lnady threatened In the blindness OF party STRIFE II we
6 ss a our
gous hands the graves Of its immortal signers we must
q applause Deceived by ,hs folly Of satanic ambition IS
he who seeks to rear monument Tor himself up from
strength wa, maxim older than fssop and one that is
acknowledged by the beafed spirits who responded to the
tanned. concluded Mr. Arnold so long indus
trial improved and protected-our country
will stand beacon Of light for ages hence guide tho
the path Of liberty and peace But fall,
oh who can dream OF the untold horrors which must
nightly prayer be- rRorEcrIoN 70 AMERICAN INDUSTRY AND
THE Union OF THE STATES. [Appause.'l
Now, who does perceive that. il such views
control the action OF Congress. would cast oil
the flames raging portions Of the country,
and speedily contribute the destruction of the gov
ernment' 1t is true the speaker does not specify what
he by "protection to industry" but easily
infer, from his remarks the condition Of the cotton and
iron manufactures, what be 1t is to restore and
augment the tariff these productions Can he be in
est in such proposition lor can he really believe the
tariff of 1916 affords these great interests actual pro-
lection and succor' Nothing be further from the
truth than to assert that they left unprotected by that
act OF the persons engaged in these pursuits de-
sire protection but they probably already enjoy
much consistent with the aid which is afforded all
the other branches Of business in the community.
Iii we'll known TO every intelligent in the
try that the great cause Of complaint at the South
the very vital spring OF nuiifoation in ls32-33-was
the unequal and runous discrimination made by exist
ing tariff laws in behalf OF these and other hun
bred interests That feeling still rervades the southern
States and now sumbers only because the recent policy
OF the government has been so far modified to
move much of the inequality which gave rise this dis
content Renew this obsolete policy of unequal pro,ec
ton and, with it, the attendant connections will reap
pear This is time for such experiment. and sin
cerey regret that such ideas should be entertained by so
intelligent man as Mr.. Arnold undoubtedly is The
cords OF the Union already stretched the utmost
degree of tension We trust in Heaven new elemen,
OF disruption is TO be cas-, into the struggle.
Let have time 10 breathe, TO calm the angry pas
sions and to take candid survey of the field OF strife
Let the operation OF the tariff OF 1886 il defective
in details, amend themguard against the @frauds
alleged-enorce its faithful operationpunsh rascal
y," and counterfeit British advantages by compelling
their merchants and manufacturers be honest in their
mporations. All these things practicable. Let our
house officers be the alert; let the Department
of the Treasury open its Argus eyes, and stretch forth
Briarean hands, and the foreign and knavees
will be promptly arrested Whatever reforms we need
are the execution and the provisions Of the tariff
law Here is the great point for the attention OF the ma
ton, and here much may be done withou, offending
jealousy encroacbng the principles Of justice and
sound policy.
We have a commentary on Mr.. Arnold's eremiad about
the exnguished forge fires Pennsylvania in the
election held in that State, which should admonish all
those who ap, join in this doefu chorus OF wall
ing how groundess their alarms The wings took
good care inform the people Of that State that the dem
ocratc party the patron of free trade while they
were the special guardians Of the rights Of protected
dustry" What is the RESULT The democrats every
where MISUNDERSTANDING in large iron manufacturing
Districts inAexible free trade democrats Do not
the people Of Pennsylvania understand their welfare
II they do they appear to be extremely well satisfied with
the present system of tariff laws il they do not
fess know not who is privileged to instruct them in
their own domestic concerns.
The time for special privileges and governmental mo-
nopoes, under the Of protection Of American in
dusry is passed away among the exploded theories Of
narrow minded politicians pretending to be statesmen
and never can be re.estabshed in this enlightened
ton. We have at last advanced 40 far in the path OF
Improvement leave the Of trade and indus
try as much possible to the control and guardianship
OF the great laws OF Nature. When obey them. all
is WELL harmonious, and wise We force trade
or industry by human enactmens, to flourish in oppos
ton to these mightier laws.