The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-07-15


of what purpose do they desire the duties 10 be laid
lbe duty upon every foreign article yended here enters
o .ne value q ~ ana acts as bounty ~ nons'pr
The pIont OF chosen few--and burden mol only
upon foreign capital and labor, but upon the great body
OF our consuming masses To increase the duty upon
any article Is TO raise the price Of II and Tor the very
ZANE reason, reduce the duty is TO lessen the price 10
all who consume the article: and therefore duty 10
protect native industry against foreign competition nd
eey taxes all classes oil society only the pampered
classes for whose unjust benefit the duty laid Thus
II cloth from abroad Is, without duty upon it, vended
here at 70 per yard. while 20 per yard asked for
The same sort oil cloth made here, the maker oil domes
nc cloth must before he get for his fabric the price
he has fixed upon it, have duty OF So per yard laid
upon the foreign cioih. He requires every body who
uses cloth, whether domestic foreign, to pay for il
two.hhs more than the cloth would bring il no duty
were lad As this duty would exclude The foreign cloth
and therefore bring no public revenue into he general
Golfers, The whole profits Of the duties would go into the
pockets OF the native poducers thus taxing the multi
ude 10 beggar The treasury, and to enrich few wealthy
already but never content with any gains however great
induce government 10 favor them at The expense Of
every body else The manufacturers declare that protective
duties are not wa tied To promote any sordd views Of
her own but TO protec, domestic labor from the cheaper
industry OF foreign States. But they really desired 10
reward deserving workmen, they could effect that object
without the intervention OF government: they could
raise their wages allow them portion of the profits
earned IN The factories, and even take partners
Their lucrative concerns the most worthy and effective
operatives. A course worthy and plainly condu
Give 10 the public veal would greatly elevate the labor
lug classes, bless theta with comfort and ease and repay
their patrons with lasting gratitude and augmented SER
vice Instead OF that il is the lot OF the operatives to labor
or scan,y and reluctant prices, while their gasping
ployers receive The recomlens and enjoy il all.
The duties which protect the domestic market diminish
imporlalons, and Tor the reason, exports, too for
nations cannot buy when they cannot sell "A narrow
policy in commercial pursuits Injuries The public revenue
interrupts the freedom OF lrade dlsurbs The harmony o
nations, aud gives to smngglers the lucrative traffic
which honesty deserves. No public laws should allow
then into constrained and artificial channels, greater
share of the active capital of country than would fol-
low those channels OF lis own accord. If any combina
on OF Jolly and injustice could arrest imponalions
by giving monopoly to such OF our citizens as would
furnish The articles we require, conhne capital and
abor 10 the domestic maket, it would greatly diminish
the amount OF our general income, derange business and
paraIyze the prosperity OF the country All per.
ceve the force OF these remarks who have taken the
trouble to estimate the business of this country, and TO
compute how much more we produce than posi-
bly, consume The products OF this country have been
lately valued at three thousand millions of dollars per
annum.' Such OF those products yearly exported
to foreign ports are only valued al hundred and fifty
millions OF DEMONSTRATING products of the annual
value of two thousand eight hundred and fifty millions
of dollars 70 be used at home To expect that this vast
surplus, daily increasing ever be probably consumed
among abSurd and ii desire II 10 20 abroad
should not provoke foreigners TO impose realiaory
s'rctons upon IT, II the rulers who governed Europe
had constantly within the last six years laid protective
duties upon the exported products OF this utIy what
unsleakable M srheis would have fallen many re-
| sons OF mank ind In that wlelched period of Euro
pean affairs which appalled, the continent, the profits
which earned by sending products and provisions
abroad. and the relief winch starving foreigners received
name and extended freedom OF trade winch both ccun-
tries had the l,dom to Had The al
loen duties been pad nton the brradssufs OF Europe
when tariff vi 1912 laid upon aIlclvs Of European
produce, breodsutf, would have gone ,hi;her IRON
Iot>, unless pce. had been gfeay reduced. OF
the prices m Europe had been greatly increased. Any
curlaimen OF our exports, and. much more, total TX
cuson Of them by puhlboTy duties. would have great
ly curtaed the prpnts OF iellowcZens, aud have
aggravated The dsies-es OF those aceu.. unoffendng
foreigners with whom we traded, ana whose labor and
/ capital ordinarily contribute supply our wants A
indeed, from either side of the Atlantic might have
gained sordid advantage from the general distress
But let mis- age OF progress and refinement decide whether
Il became CHRISTIAN people-wheiher II was tie duty
the policy OF Iuers-,o subject whole masses of wretch
ed and destitute beings 10 the horrors OF living death
Why should any citizens assert right and title to
I elusive avors All equal citizens have equal rights
and whenever government undertakes 10 resist this prin
clpe, and 10 bestow preference where fancled merit
points tie way, becomes II 10 recolec that there
other classes society who exceed in numbers and equal
ia importance those who appear 10 be the greatest favor
lies OF power. For instance, the teIs OF the SOIL the
farmers the planters and country gentlemen, hold stakes
in the welfare OF this country deep ans solid any
citizens possess They improve the country they in
the strength and value OF II IN every direction
they furnish subsistence 10 the human and sustain
industrial pursuits which would otherwise perish They
possess no knowledge, theory nor practice, which
they hesitate impart TO their neigh bors and fellow
citizens They assert no right TO exclude nvary IRON
abroad and exclusively 10 supply their country with the
productions of domestic labor and capital They never
TAIL sustain the honor OF their country in peace and in
war; and, If Patriotism shall desert us, her latest
footsteps will be upon their soil. They surely have
a right to expect then, that their useful industry which
supports all orders OF society and Their noble services,
which sustain the Slate, shall receive no i'll Judged der-
ment from rulers and awgvers who become their ser
wants. and who should honor and serve them with fa-
ness and fidelity. And the wonder s that they who own
the country and who able 10 control it, should ever
surrender the earnings of their labor and capital TO be
seized and devoned BY the graspng dynasty OF associ-
ated wealth The same concert and action among the
producing classes which the artin OF protection
Practise would eHectually prevent H.
Ii the right to favor particular classes be even con-
ceded still il the duty and policy OF rulers 10 prefer the
general welfare TO private gains The law oil social and
political compacs requires every individual to abstain
from injustice and to forego his private interest for the
this doctrine uphold injustice, and to promote sepa
rate prosperity at the general EXPENSE u, bya system OF
lucrative boun,ies and depressing burdens, rulers can
create what employ they please, destroy eompet.
ton regulate prices they had better assist the masses IN
Sc ling high and buying low. But the claimants OF priv.
ipge and favoliism this doctrine. and, 10 serve
themselves at the expense OF everybody else, would
arul conrvance 10 sucke manufacturers and TO dry.
nurse the nation.
Ii would console the sufferers from unjust restrictions
upon capa and labor IL their burdens were the only
evils which result from unwse legislation for the benefit
of particular classes But that generous consolation can
never come while fraud, revenge, oppression ana
issue from the prolific mother and usnp
the benevolent feelings which the great Author OF Ma
ture implanted within This kindred brood oil dis
turbng vices Matched in the hot bed OF protective du
Ties which act bountes at home and burdens abroad
The high duties OF any nation beget similar duties IN
every other nation with whom II trades One evil pece-
dent introduces many and retaliation IN the harsh
est forms The warlike ambition Of princes and gen
erals fatal to the repose OF mankind than
| the soirjt OF monopoly. IL has often set the gentle