The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31

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Wings intend tn take. upon themselves
again the incubus Of High Tariff, we
lhave not the.meahs nf khowing. IF they
do. 1t will probably sink them, The
county is more than ever opposed to
high dutiss," - 1Jorrnal Of ,Commerce, ,s
The Journal mistakes the position Of
the Wings. hailthey wantlis not high
duties. but Protection. That end rnay
bo accomplished aud still leave the du;
ties, on the average, low The thing is OF
graduate and arrange them so as TO pro
iect our infant mahufacturesfr6m foreign
competition, and thus raise our country
out Of its present state of industrial de-
pendence and inferi1rity, y This howey
er, is not what the Journal wants, nor
what the British importers who patronize
it want Their gains are made by keep
ling the United States as far as possible
in the position Of English colonies Su
they loseno ooccasionfor sophisticating the
question and putting their opponents be-
fore the country in false light Fair;
Inessis not consistent with their purpose.
For the rest we are free to say that the
Wing party. as such. has not taken in
this matter So bold and precise a stand
as we could desire, They cling to the
OH notion Of revenue tariff. as though
after all, the custom houses we're prima.
Irily and essentially the best means ofsup.
porting the Government. II is true that
| Iinl this way they agree with the Free
Traders, whose Magnps Apollo Mr.,
EWakerl never dared in his official re.
ports at least to put the question on its
trge sroupd,g al a,,lE7,aps .laus ta.,t tH
| siNowlbe truth apPearsto nstobe thai
Ireyenge is a secondary, collateral, and
Icqmparatiyely nnimportaDt end of dplies
Tor imports, If it he the main eud, we
Esay down wlth-the whole cnncern as soon
as possible, and let us have some mare
eqnali and jtIster mode Of taxation! II
is only as the simplest and most effica,
cious means Of buiflingup, 'diversifyine
and refining own labor. aud raising
the nation'tomaturiry and independence
that tariff can be contended for, Why
Iih the very same number of the journal
from which we cut the above extract is a
lsentimenialap aplogy for The poverty Of oul
show at the Worlds Fair. Had we had
la judicious system Of Protection for the
; last few years. that little piece of Iheto
3 Iricywould have been unnecessary More
over it oughtto be understood that Pro
; lection is the shortest aud best way, tC
I Freeq Trade. %, What we first wan
I, is slindependence, the developement o
our own resources aud the maturity @
our avn powers. Then we can meet In,
world on equal terms aud fea, no com
petition. But il is absurd and unwise t.
put the child or thegr youth to cou
tend unaided against the full vigor Of I
giant. Yet such is the bastard 1poicN
urged upon.us under the name of Free
Trade IN Y Tribune, aa19 h7a"au
THE WulGs IN THE NoRrn.-Itis pleas
ing to observe, from signs that, cannot b.
delusive, lsays the New Hampshir,
Statesman Of July 1871 that Throughout
the Northern States there is q daily in
creasing idetermjpalione anon gst ,lh,
Whigs to suferno causes lougto distur'
that harmony withuutwhich political sue
cess is impossible. That there haye bee
, differences, and indeed -distra cliops. j
would be idle to deny; but even spme
what far off general electiun ntbe coun
Try, is essentially changing the face q
things, and When the tlaylfor action come
it is apparent all differences will be buI
led. With the example of foe again'
which 70 contend, always strong ip nun
bers, aud remarkably well united at tn
, very time. when, wilhou. union, dele'
would ,be probable, if not inevitable,
cannot ,be otherwise than that the Whip
ofthe North should be resolving to suft
no past differences losever the bonds b
A which they have so long been bount
a Every motive watch can have lnrce is u
D ging upon them the Importance OF hal
. mony.,, Their past cQualcts, theirpreset
b ascendeucy, their future welfare, are col
siderations so powerful as TO be produ'
u ing this result--a result, which could u,
8 be otherwise wheu such motives are OF
: Grating upon the deliberate conviction
n of great national party.
o The remarks Of The Concord paper "
:, believe are well applicable 10 the spir
and determination Of the Wings ofOhi
Perfect harmony, we believe, pervad,
3 the ranks of our brethren from border
}. border; with general determinatin
, rally on the old platform, tor the sake
the good cause, both as to National ar
}. State politics. " We have a good tlcke
a worthy ofenlire acceptation; land ~h
ever our political opponents may brit
= out, they are certainto be Locofocos-
" and the more notorious or notable Il
il character oftheir nominees, the more $
" licitous should our Whig brethren be {
4, thesuccess of the Wing candidates. %
J aIlis Of leading consequence to lhe ia
Is payers aud property. ty.hpHlers Of the Stat
4 that the revenue anl financial syste
\ NOW SO successfully IN progress in Obi
J. should rest undistufbed BY the enniiy
t, experiments. Of reckless demagogues
C such as are those who give tone 70 Il
= party Of our opponents. It is highly il
of portant that rational. strong conserv
J tive inAuepcebe exercised, at the offsta
ID under the sanctions of the New Consult
l. tion an instrument alTt0O potent for n