Washington telegraph., 1851-02-05
A CORRECT vlrw.-Tho Liverpool


dent Fllmofes message; and expresses
itself seusihly and warmly in relation to
his vieSs ON the Tariff, As this is
subject Of much interest, much talked
about, and but imperlecily understood
we will give, lor the purpose of refresh.
ing the memory aud keeping alive the
enquiry OF the reader portion OF the
message with the comments ol the Mali
thereon. The patriotic aud intelligent Of
both parties aim at the the same result
the good of the country but so far as re.
la,cs to the Tariii, in nothing do they SO
widely diller rs in the measures necessary
to accomplish it:
The Pfesiden. takes lucid view OF the
duties OF his government aud the first
aud foremost of these is, the duty OF
fostering aud encouraging the arts OF
domestic industry, in order that the state
may be euablpd to rely more upon lis own
rrada# 3ns aud manufactures ihan upon
the sNlll aud manufactures OF foreign
nations. But we must allow him to
spes 1 tor himself. lie gays:
j. "All experience has d.."nnstrated the
wisdom aud policy OF raising large pof.
tiol Of revenue, for the support oi gov
erment, from duties on goods imported
Til, power 10 levy those duties are un.
questionable, and its chief object. OF
coune. IS 10 replenish the treasury. But
il in doins this an incidental advantage
may be gained by encouraging the IN
dusly OF ont own citizens, Il Is opr duty
10 aaR ourWircS of that aaraHidge.
~ duty laid 6pon an article which
canuol be produced in this conn,fy-snch
as ten or eoilee-adds to the cost OF the
article. anl Is chiefly wholly paid by the
couslmef. Hut duiy laid upon an ar
licle etiel. may be produced here, stiln.
ulaics the skill aud industry Of our own
county to produce the same article,
which Is brought into the market IN com
petition with the foreign article. and the
imponsr Is thus compelled 10 reduce his
price to TINT Mt which the domestic af-
uele can be sold Mcsc5y ttroisiRg "a
put u he duty upon The I'toiaaff of
il,e tBaisH a,tioir. The continuance oi
this pferezs creates the skill, aud invites
the eagtsl. which firmly enables Us 10
produce lie article much ekaIef aiaa
| Il o8al2 barf bnfa procured tioai absoaa,
thereby hguehdng both the producer and
the consumer at home. The eonse.
auence q lhis IS, that the arlizan aud the
agrieullWist are brought together. each
affords .aady market iof the produce Of
the oIhei. the whole country becomes,
am the abiiitV 10 produce erery nnnes-
MTy j tge feHttcrs ns Independent ui
irdf as rel as Ia peace.
In THESE Two short passages, Mr.. Fill
more assers n principle OF eternal truth,
aud dashes into atoms nll the books tina,
have been written on political economy
within ihe last Thirty years. He shows
that the Loms ARTICLES -, aud must be,
the cheapest article IN the 'ong fun.-
/ The iannrr who sells his corn 10 his
'G.iIhhof and accepts IN payment hl-
nrighbor, home made wares gets high
cf price for his corn than he would re-
cplye II hu were To- export IL; so. on the
other hauj, would the manufacturer OBJ
tain a higher price for his wares from the
farmer lilan he coull obtain abroad. We
mean a high pSioc Only IN a relative
sense, lot IL would neither be a high mol
low price, but fur price both TO tho
manufacturer aud the farmer.
The President draws n distinctive linf
between articles which can, aud ariiclc'
which cannot be the natural productions
Of any given country. For instance. he
says we cannot grow ten or coffee, there
tore il Is our duty to import them, aud
tax them according TO the financial cir
cum.inLces Of the state. On this rule o.
reasoning he inicrs That cotton goods
non aud leather wares, and other mann
iarlurrs. can be made a. cheap, nomnally
aud cheaper IN reality, in America thar
in Europe. The only difference, at hrst
sight, or at the commencement OF ,h'
experiment. Is the scarcity OF the ahnn
daaco OF capital But MI Fillmore
knows that labor is capital. and the ia'
upon foreign labor encourages domestic
labor aud produces capital.
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