New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-23
Protection-sIHvery-V irginia-The Rich
mend Whig.


Herculean task Of imbuing the present
conductor of the Richmond Wing (who-
ever he may be) with the ideas and Princis
Piles of gentlemen, and shall therefore
leave unnoticed his renewed drivel about
the Ethiopian O'Connell,' his pretended
apprehension that we might einberzle the
contributions sent to US in aid OF the de-
tense of Henry Long, &c. That Pretense
is false and fraudulent-the Editor OF The
Wing never felt any such apprehension
and his afiectation of it is the paltry device
of BLACKBOARD.
But, while his paper bears the honored
name on which the genius and statesman
ship of its founder has conferred such dis
tinction, which it has invested with such
influence, we shall not allow it to put forth
doctrines the very opposite of those
hitherto cherished by the Wing States
men and Patriots Of Virginia without ex-
posure and rebuke. Take, for instance
the following from his issue of the llthinst.
Orr remonsrsnee against the inconsistency OF appealing
Southern hgs for an increase OF Al Inc same
time that he appealing his Ebony associates TO fling
their coppers into thai very greasy white hat which adorns
his brow, has greatly graveed MI Greeley and ior me
frst time he begins to perceive that the South may reaae
bv constitutional means; that the wsges which be expects
mechanics Of the North depend upon the modification Of
the Tariff and that II he 6eates Long the slave owners
Of The sOuh may eonsgn some OF he operatives into the
When venured to intimate such an opinion, MI
Greeley gave his wel-worn intspenssbes an indignant
hitch and denounced for spprehended dcre1cons
| from the doctrines Of Protection A.,
YOU'D BIZ sfs ProectonWhch tha others
.ru "s.a e Pri'eIon As y mature Of our Sa''n ron
IN his Mr. Greeley says precisely what msy go down
verv well with bis wOOy headed bedeOws bat Is utterly
unounded fact Virginia. Tennessee and Georgia do
more Than others need Protection they do not need
so mucl many oherswe Of course except the pro-
lection Of their negroes from Mr. Greeley and bis sub
scrbers Virginia has on Iron interest which has nearly
peThed under the machin atoms OF Mr. Greeley and NE
followers In Congress, but she can live without u 5he
has tobacco, wheat corn coal salt and cattle she has
other resources; her manufacturing investment happly
for her Is The esst important For since the defeat Of Tue
Tariff by the Povso party ard ts continued jeopardy by
Mr. Greeley esisance Of the Compromise law, we have
reoced that Virginia has al stake upon the unset
tied and Ioercenary legislation OF Congress Tennessee
The chief growing State in the Union is equally indie
pendent Georgia Is now manufacturing coarse couons,
with more success than Lowell itself
Here the argument proceeds through
out on the assumption that the States
above named do not need Protection, be-
cause their Industry is mainly Agricultural
and scarcely at all Manufacturing. Now
that, we hold, is precisely the reason why
they do need Protection, and need it far
more than the States whose Industry is
already in good degree diversified and bal
anced. But oar opinion is only of conse-
quence in this connection because we
learned it (among others) from the great
and good men whom in her better days
Virginia, and more especially the WHIes
of Virginia, (among them the Richmond
Wing were delighted to honor. See the
following from President WAsHINGToN's
first Annual Address to Congress, Jan. 9Th,
1890;
"The safety and interest Of the People require
that they should promote such Manufactures as
tend to render them independent Of others for
essential, particularly for Military supplies
How does this square with the Wings
idea that the Protection and consequent
upholding of Manufactures is calculated
only or mainly to benefit those sections
which may have already embarked in that
! uCpoithAOAV Va AHNNSR
Hear again President WASHINGTON
in his last Annual Address, Dec, Z, 1896:
/ Congress have repeatedly, and not without
! success directed their attention to the encourage
! faent Of Manufactures. Thu object is Of too much
/ consequence not to insure a continuance OF their
efforts in every way which may appear eligible"
Consequence to whom! To those en-
gagged in Manufactures All. no that
view of the question can occur only to Vir-
ginians of narrower views and smaller
souls than the Father of his Country. 1t
was the interest of the whole People that
Washington sought to promote by the Ma
tional encouragement of Manufactures.
So in JEFFERsoN's Inaugural Address
to ''protect the Manufactures adapted to
our circumstances" is set forth as one of
1.-THE landmarks by which we are to guide
ourselves in all our proceedings. By continuing
to make these the rule Of our acton, we shall en-.
dear to our countrymen the true principles Of the
| Constitution, and promote a union of sentiment
and OF action equally suspicious TO their happi-
ness and their safety"
Who will pretend that the Sage of Mon
ticello intended, in urging the Protection of
Manufactures, las he continued to do in
successive Messages those of Dec. .,
1906, and Nov. 8, l8O8,) contemplated
the favoring of one section at the expense
Of others, or cared anything for the interest
of Manufacturers except as that interest
was clearly identified with the interest and
welfare of the whole People!
One of the most useful and honored
Statesmen and Wings whom Virginia
! ever sent IN ConCress vvss TgoNtAs Ne,V-