Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-06-06
The Duiy OF Pennsylvania.

name of the = Blind Giant" For many weary
years have her citizens toed unshrinkngly on,
| borne down with the burthens which an unwise
and selfish policy has laid upon her patient shoui-
| ders. Her great interests have been neglected,
and her voice senced by the clamor OF politicians
When her citizens asked that her strength should
no, be rendered poweIless, nor her rights yielded
| or sacrificed for party ends, there was none so
/ poor as do her seveIence" Her honest, toiling
sons could bear much, but to be treated with scorn
and coniumey, was beyond endurance. In their
majesty and might they rose at least, equal to the
issue and in ls4s declared, in language no longer
to be misunderstood, that they would be heard and
/ needed Those who had duped and wronged
! Penns ylvania were hurled from power: and into
| other hands she committed her destinles. The
dopmas of Free Trade no longer deluded her-the
power of its advocates, either TO frghlen or coax
her from her propriety was gone.
Gen Zachary Taylor was chosen President OF
the United States by the voice OF Pennsylvania.
In his hands she felt secure. His love Tor his
! Country was guarantee that her interests would
be guarded from Foreign encroachments Ills
| and her enemies denied that he was in favor OF
| protecting her manufactures, and her coal His
| friends had never been and could not now be de-
| ceiyed in him. His first official act proved that
they were right; it told in unmistakeable terms
/ that he owed debt to Pennsylvania for her conf
dence and support, that he would not soon forget.
i He called into his Cabinet of her most able
! and deserving Sons. William NJ. Meredith was
placed at the head Of the Treasury. In his first
! Message the stern old patriot proclaimed that he
would sustain that officer in any thing which
! would protect American Industry from competi-
,on with the labor Of the starved and oppressed
| paupers Of Foreign Lands.
| Pennsylvania's voice was heard and answered.
The day of her deiverance drew nigh The Ma
tonal Administration had at last taken her by the
hand and the defence of her interests was COM
mi,ted 10 her own Son. This opened 10 her a
brpbt prospect in the future: her star was in the
ascendant. Blu, alas darkness and gloom over
shadow il now.
! We think tina, the signs of the times indicate,
that ruthless hands engaged in unfastening the
! hold that Pennsylvania has upon the National Ad-
| mns,ra,ion This belief has caused the enquiry,
Wby is this An answer is at hand. Since the
| commencement of the American system until this
/ dav. j, has found no mole willing and efficient
! champion than the Hon. NJ. Meredith Tha.
! which. before was considered intricate, and diff
! fcult to explain or understand, he has made so
apparent that the feeblest capacity can compre-
hend and appreciate It,
The foes Of those interests have aroused all
their energies, and are using the appliances which
power and place can furnish, to PROSTATE not
merely the strength of our good old Common
wealth. but with her TO crush the National Ad-
minisration, and the system of Protection itself.
The false. and subtle argument, that I" the Tar
if ,cds tar on the consumer" was met by Mr.
Meredith shivered to atoms, and exploded. Feel
/ inc that TO him had been entrusted the guardian
ship of Pennsylvania interests, he exeried his
strength TO prove himself worthy of the trust. He
showed himself fully equal to the task. He has
complied and placed before the nation, in his "Re-
port on the Finances testmo-
nv that the Tariff for Protection does not increase
the price. TO the people who purchase and use. the
= tf1s,cfr tn frVt4Eh ho
furnishes tabular statements, from of which
showing the effect OF American competition in
the reduction of prices, we extract the following
important facts: Cut nails, (of which none were
imported) were supplied in 1635-36-'37, and '38
at cents per pound in 80 at l-S; in 40 at
5 l.2; in AZ, at "a; in '43 and "A at l-2 !;
in AS at 3-4; in '46-'47 and '48 at 1-2; and
in le49 a, cents per pound. Thus showing that
for IA years the price had gradually fallen. Sad
irons all imported prior to the Tariff Of l842, sold
at to cents per pound. When that act enabled
American Industry and ingenuity to enter the
market-from 1912 to 1S49-the price yearly de-
clined, from l-2 cents per pound to Ia. The
same result took place with axes, hollow ware,
screws, butt-hinges. pins, files, &c, clearly DEM
onstrating that our labor, protected not only
excludes the product of foreign labor, but tina, as
we perfect our machinery. and systematlse and
organise our plans of operation. our citizens are
furnished with the same articles at less price !;
while own deserving sons, as a just reward
for their toll, enjoy enduring competency. Sim
liar tables. in relation to the manufacture Of Cot
ton and Woollen Goods prove that the same re-
suit is true in that branch of industry.
Protection therefore, is no longer a doubtful
problem. The American people are made to see
and understand, their true interests. With such
advocate in the Treasury, Pennsylvania great
staples,-iron and coal, cannot long be neglec-
ted-nor her rights disregarded. Her enemies
feel that the right must triumph if her power with
the National Administration and the people is not
weakened or destroyed This is one Of the caus-
es of the assaults now made upon the Cabinet of
General Taylor, by its enemies.
There NAV be, and perhaps is one other cause
incident and cooperative with the preceding. A
few partisan patriots who went forward to spy
out the land" have returned with an evil report.
They sought, only the milk and honey which flow
from Office, and failing in that they join their sell
fish hands with our common enemy, against
deares. interests. Disappointed in their venal and
ambitious hopes, they with the enemy would strike
down our Administration though with it they bury
the brightest hopes Of Pennsylvania prosperity.
The :" noise and shouting" now heard would in
dcate that this is an auxiliary aid in the work Of
detraction.
In all soberness ask our citizens you
willing that our national strength shall be parali-
zed, and our glory dimmed because this or that
man. has, or has not. received official power from
the Administration How are your rights injuredi
II this Administration is nobly sustained are not