The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-11-07

price here TO the full extent of freight tariff and profits
II cannon DC imported except al loss la every instance
wheie inc price here and consequently the cost OF pro-
duonon' is me same or less than the price abroad the
FREIGHT renders il impossible import On all articles,
therefore, which We raise cheapy can buy
ABROAD, the Atlantic furnishes us as complete spro
tresiop 80 arlu OF 900 per cent? Tor II amounts
10 complete prohi5ii0n Of trade in that commodity
| All Inc legislation earth would be of avail in
raising the price OF such commodities produce
cheapy mere as we buy abroad There be pro
ieeon therefore on any business aoheh The nation can
proHfaoty pursue. Ii is a natural and eternal mposs
| blty. Those articles which the God OF Nature has
gwen you The capacity of producing cheaper than they
can De produced elsewhere the legitimate and only
foundation Tor foreign trade. These you can carry to
foreign nations, and sell profits. and others These,
therefore, are The profitable pursuits of American labor
and these cannot be proeced advanced in price by
congressman legislation. million of dollars tariff on
bale oil cotton, upon bushe OF corn, upon sack
OF wheat upon barrel of pork, any amount
oil any other product of American labor as cheap here
as elsewhere, would not add cent to its value Thus
barrier as enduring the Rocky mountains, and high
heaven, ileposes between the power of Congress
protect and the natural and profitable pursuits OF Amerl
can industry 1t CANNOT be done indirectly, by duties
upon imports II done al all, it must be by open grants
| and bounes. An argument against protective tariff
might well close with this demonstration OF the impossi-
biliy OF It's increasing n any degree the prices OF the
products OF the profitable classes OF American labor Ii
is however, necessary 60 further, and expose the
gaze OF the world tho hdeous lineaments Of that sys
TEN OF protection" which, like the "veiled Prophet OF
Khorassan requires only 10 be TO be abhorred.
Strange as may seem, after the demonstration given
above these profitable classes of productive industry
the foundation IN all countries upon which the sys
tenn of protection to the Improbable is erected. They
are, indeed, the life and soul OF the system" They
constitute its body. lis limbs, its heart its blood, ITS
In their relation to the high priests of the sys
/ tom fhPyS a4 IN in Tho ohtyay
i lvering his purse TO the robber. Their money, earned
by manly toll, is the vast treasury from which are drawn
the sums avished upon the favored and Improbable
classes of labor. These labor for lving-the other
i "Vrkier rapto" The unprotected labor of America
supports the government feeds aud equips the army and
navy pays presidents, judges, senator's
and hosts Of civil officers builds our churches schools
and colleges sustans the press, libraries and public
charities. In fine, religion science liberty, government
THE PROTECTED CLASSES sustained, defended
ard fed by the noble exerons the money the labor and
the blood of those classes who CANNOT be protected
Whilst these furnish with everything which suppors
and adorns civilized society, the others depend upon
plumber, violence, and the law Whilst these spread the
feast,
-"s"tite ho,yifeo lapsu, Dc n,ontibns adsHat
i H1rpyfG, ct ningnis quattunt ctangoribus alas:
\ DupuniQue dape', eohfaetnqae, omaia fgaaM
i Lnn,tpdo."
Let this startling truth be impressed on the democratic
mind and, like " a lre-be al midnight" il will strike
awaken them efectualy vision of death arouses
the hord memories Of conscience in dying man Yes
they shall sleep onger they shall behold The future
in lis triumphant philosophy stretching lis around
the children of toll. The iniquitous laws upon which
they have founded their hopes and which they have
reared their palaces shall be in pieces by the earth
quakes that shall shake the intellectual world The
only protection they shall have will be the
right the enjoyment OF the products OF their labor and
the glorious privilege, enjoyed by all citizens in the
Union, OF aspiring TO and holding such position in society
as virtuons energy and intellectual worth may win.
That this great truth may not be forgotten let eluci-
date it still further The only profitable employments
those which furnish their products cheaper the ma
ton than they be procured abroad" These cannot BE-
protected By duties imp ori because articles of this
class cannot be imported without certain loss On the
contrary, those articles which be purchased and
brought here for less than would cost to produce them
are the only articles which be imported with profit
The manufacture production OF these at greater cost
Than they could be procured elsewhere is obviously and
necessarily Improbable. You, in EVERY instance, lose
the difference between their cost and the less price
which you could purchase them This Improbable elass
of production The only class hiah CAN be protected by
duties on imp5rb.
The laborer who produces at less cos, than you could
buy elsewhere the nation the differences. aud dehes
competition Duties upon imports cannot bench, him.
He stands secure by the nature OF his pursuit II is
ridiculous offer him "such protection" as Il was i'm
pous and foolish for the enemy OF mank ind" 10 offer,
on the condition OF worship, the earth and its riches to
the Creator OF the Universe. God and Nature protect
him who abors benchciay for society. On the con-
rary those who cannot produce, except al greater cost
than you can buy elsewhere, lose TO the nation the diff
ference and are constantly alarmed al the bare mention
of competitor Th build all their hopes upon The laws
which barrieade their position, and live upon plumber
Ruin and bankruptcy appear more plainly before them AZ
nie gence Spreads and the hopes of the people in
crease of final delverance from their ihraion AT every
election aud at every session OF Congress their alarm
creases and their shreks and OF terror and denunc
alton pierce the air Their Poson in opposition TO Ma
lure and the interests OF society," deprives them Of true
e age, and they fall down--abicct eowards-and wor
ship the intellect that save them iron Their enemies
Hence the servy with which they obey the orders and
yield TO the demands Of their political leaders. Wha
matters IL 10 thea, that the constitution Of the great
public is in dangerl They live by lis inacons. Wha
matters IL to them If the ambitious leaders they have
chosen are plotting the destruction OF the best interests
and the liberty of the nation They must abide by their
contract and share in the spois Timh. Bringing. awn
ing they flock to do homage TO their leaders, and sweep
the dust from their pathways They cling as tcnaeiousy
TO them a dro ming TO the wreck IN the
ing surf Nor they destitute OF that main character
sc OF moral coward,ce and servity, but, with natural
n,olcncc, drive their dependents TO the polls, or from
: their employment .H#
Rather than endure this pes,ileniia atmosphere oil
can't ignorance, hypocrisy injustice insoence and ser
Witty, inpatient philosophy would prefer that the
truth should in hurricanes, and sweep the land oil
, Washington lie who knows its ultimate omnipotence