The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-04-21

are sage oracles, and we shall expect something
from them.
'.Protection and the Far nsr."
Under the above caption, we fin in the Last
Tribune, long article upon the ubject OF the
Tariff. What the writer is ende,ivoriny to ret
at, is hard to tell. He neither advocates. nor
dsclaims high, or a evenue tariff, tariff for
the country, or for district Of tAs> e.-~A-y--
one for the whole people, or class of the PEG
pie. The ruling desire seems to nave been, to
say great deal in general, and nothing IN par
ticular, about the tariff. The writer talks flu
emily about Loeefoco deceptions and n6surdittes,
and the necessity Of manufacturing establish
ments in the country, and especially in the West.
The writer, it seems, would have his readers
infer, that Democrats are opposed 10 all manu-
featuring in the country. He certainly never
made greater mistake. Democrats are not
opposed to manufacturing, but they are opposed
to legslatIng the hard earned substance Of the
| masses, into the capacious and Unsuitable pock
cts Of a few wealthy naBobs. They are oppos.
ed to perverting the Legislation Of a government
designed to confer equal benefits upon all, to
the special protection of class. They view
any oppression Of the labor Of the country,
| whether for omestic or foreign aggrand cement,
as unjust and odious. Aud they are Taught to
believe that economy should be observed IN adj
ministering the vernm. n, and that he ght,
est possible tax up IN the industry Of the
try, which will defray the expenses Of the gov
eminent, confers the highest benefit upon the
people. The fact that the democratic party is
opposed to q high tar Fl, affords no justification
for setting it down as opposed to manufacturing
As well might you affirm. that because person
is opposed to the form of a particular law, or
measure, that therefore he is opposed abstractly,
to that law, or that measure-that because he
10 opposed to a precise form Of adminis ering
baptism, that therefore he is opposed to all bap.
tism. This would be reducing opinion to a
mere nonentity-a substance to a shadow. The
policy Of the democratic party has always been
opposed to legislation, which dscrimina'es be
tween classes and trades-which cpnfers be
ne6,s upon one class of community, to the ex
clusion and prejudice Of others.
But let us quote few lines from the Tribune
..Ordinarlv, the American farmer must rely
upon American consumption almost exciusvr.
ly. Excep ing cases OF emergency, famine
and the like, the European market for our bread
stuffs is Of NJ account. Now, Home NJ ,nu,ac
lures produce Home Consumption Of this ant
every other product of the farm. They ,urnisl
a market always at hand, and always reliable
The gross exports of the domestic production
of the United States, for 1851, were $l7o, SAG,
SIS. The gross imports Of the country, wer.
$2l5, 725 ,995. Exhibiting excess Of import.
over exports Of $37, ] ~, 440-less, by some MI
lions, than the amount required to defray the FIX
; penses Of the government. And yet We are tol,
by this writer in the Tribune, that the industry
of our country receives no encouraged ent iron
abroad.
From a table Of comparisons Of exports ant
imports, at the port of New York, between tn.
months Of January, February, and March, o
1851 and 1852, recently published in the New
York Herald we find an increase in the value
Of exports, of So, S43, 257, and decrease in tn.
value of imports, of 81 9.i9,4l7-makng an a 9
gregate in our favor, on the foreign trade Of tina
port, in the first quarter of the present year
compared with the last. of $7,7s2,6 74. shoul.
the remaining three quarters exhibit similar re
suits, we shall be in far better condition at tn,
close Of the present year, than we were at thu
close Of the last. And again we told, tina
the indu try Of our country receives no encour
agement from abroad.
Look, too, at the wonderful reduction in tn
price of iron, from what it commanded in lS4l
under that model tariff of the Wing party. RAJ
Road iron can be bought now for little NOR
than one half what it commanded at that time
and still afford a healthy trade to the iron mon
gers Of Pennsylvania. And yet, this astute pc
litical economist of the Tribune, would have u
believe, that the industry of our country is doom
ed to irretrlevable ruin. He says, home manu-
features produce home consumption, and al,oau
furnish reliable market at hand. Really, h
must be wise above his years. When would h
expect, under his own system of legislation,
such contingency was possible, to see tn
, manufacturers Of this country consume the pro
, auctions f.he country This, we had supposed
was more rural, than a manufacturing coun
try-that its immense extent of territory wa
better adapted to agriculture, than to any othe
branch Of industry. But let US quote again frou
the article Of our neighber:
elbow long shall this country continue de
pendent upon foreign market for those pro
auctions which may be obtained at home, ane
at prices equally reasonable? Just as long as tn.
people continue Locntnco policy, that policy
which consists in deception. and lives mainly
upon the vain imaginings Of Free Trade"
Here the acknowledgment is made, that on,
people can manufacture as cheap as those from
abroad. If this be the case, then why so tena
ciousy insist upon increased protection It is
only multiplying the burdens Of the consumer
But let US quote another passage, little fur.
ther down in the same article:
"That to effect he apparent saving Of ten cents.
| an American farmer has contributed to the clos.
ing of American mines, and to the reduction of
emigration hitherto the closing Of our factories
| and furnaces-to the increase OF competition in
the cultivation of the soil, and that, too, at the
identical moment when the necessity for tina,
| cultivation is rapidly diminishing +"
Here it appears again, that the industry of the
country is declining to premature decay. The
Manufacturer must receive additional protec ion
to insure his vitality, and protect the farmer
from ruin.
In one place he proclaims that we can manu-
facture cheap as those from abroad; and in
| another, he informs US, that notwithstanding
frugal SYSTEM Of protection, the industry of our
country is rapidly going to decay.
Really, the logic of our neighbor is insupport-
able.
TWe notice in late number Of the Va,
Rockingham Register the names Of thirty secen
candidates for office. We were however una.
BILE to see more than one (*) star at The bottom
| OF the various announce ments-that of Can't.
VIM C. Jennings, WIN we doubt not will be the
| ne xt Clerk Of the Circuit Court of that rood
old county. IL is fact that men who don't
| IN ha