The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-12


Of 1872 being restored, and the low tariff Of lS4o
being repealed in the event of the wbig candidate
beipg elected The Wall street journal tells us that
the latter has been Che utter ruin Of the Aueri-
can manufacturer and it draws terrible picture
OF "the consequences" under four heads, Of which
the first Is as folloss:-
First the hundreds Of Thousands Of sbor~s who under
the tariff OF lS42 would have been employed in the Work
shops and and in coal aud iron mioes re
csSipp large and consuming at high prices all the
surplus produce farmers could raise nov them
,elycs oi 10 the soil for sab isiepce-tnus
greatly increasing the agricultural produce Of me coun
y at the time that the number Of purchasers ana
consumers IL greatly decreased
If this be true, then, instead of an evil, great
benefit has resulted to the community from the
charge. The happiness ofhuman beings imprisoned
in factories cannot compare with the happiness OF
the farmer and the agricultural la ,orer, who never
know what ply steal want who enjoy the cheerful
light and the pure air Of heaven, eat wholesome
food made sweet by outdoor exercise, and with OK
uberant health and strength possess conscious
ness of freedom to which population herded to-
getber in large cities utter strangers Bat to
draw men from such life, to toll and drudge worse
than galley slaves, in coal and iron mines 10 dark
ness and amidst the most noxious fumes, for the
purpose OF making a few capitalists rich, and then
to call this accumulation Of wealth national pros
peIty is the most preposterous idea that was ever
uttered by man 1t is most impudent at
tempt to snake the worse appear the better
reason - to put bitter for sweet, and darkness
for light and it Is an insult to the understand
ing Of the people. It is telling them that they
were not born free and equal" to the capitalist
and that they have right to life liberty, and the
pursuit Of happiuess," but that they were born for
the happiness of manufacturers and nopolists,
though their liberty and lives should be sacri-
feed Contrast the population in the agri,uitu-
raj districts with the miserable appearance Of q
very large proportion Of the ricketty population in
large cities, especially those who are 'immured
within the walls Of factories Their food and their
habitations are unwholesome; they have no relaxa
tion; and pleasures, except occasional excesses
interrupt the monotony Of their sefvitude; no time
is eft for their own instruction, or for the educa
ton of their children; domestic or social enjoy
nent is not for them-it is almost wise in them to
degrade and brutalize themselves by the intoxi
eating draught, to escape from the feeling of their
misery While their own wants and distresses are
hourly increasing, they zee society sinking, as il.
were, beneath the weight Of Tvs material opulence
The wealth they create is not for them-on the
COL trary prices fall, the bubble of speculation
bursts, they are thrown out Of employment and
reduced to all the sufferings and privations Of ex
treme restitution.
In England, where this system Of accommodating
wealth has been carried out to perfection, the
quences are frightful. In recent number Of the
| Morning Chronicle, we find that Journal call the
serious attention of the government and the coun-
try to the rapid progress Of the crime of procuring
abortion and iDfanticide in the of married
women, arising from extreme poverty, and juries
appear to be SO sensible of the extenuatiDg cause
of these crimes and their frequent,
that they will not find the accused guilty, and the
Chyonicie sounds the note Of alarm for the conse
quences of "the dangerous impunity at present
accorded to child murder /" g Some explicit avowal,
| the editor adds, sis needed on the part Of the
law, that infan,icde must and shall be checked An
example must be made" And this is the result Of the
system of universal competition, the effort always
to produce more, and always cheaper-a system that
the Courier wants to stimulate in this country by
the application of high tariff. 1t says those en-
ployed in workshops and manufactured, and in con
and iron mines, would receive large wages, and CON
sumo at high prices all the surplus produce of oul
farmers. Their wages would not be raised one cent
for the gripping manufacturer would put in his o~I
pocket the tax upon the consumer levied by the
tariff and the workman would not derive the slight
est benefit, but, according to the Courier would be
worse of, inasmuch as the prices Of provisions would
| be higher.
The Courier says that the number of consumers
of agIicu ural produce is greatly decreased by the
tariff of 1916. We should wish to know by whs,
arithmetical process he arrives at that conclusion
There many mouths, whether the population
i I'D in IN
We rather think that it will be found there is O
greater amount of food consumed in the latter case
for the producers will take care of themselves and
get enough to eat, which is more than can be sale
of our factory population. In country like thia
where boundless soil may be said to be almos
free 10 all, We want agriculturists more than man
ufacturers, ard more benefit is conferred upon the
country by the clearing and the cultivation of the
soil than in any other way. This principle is re-
cognized by the government of the country, who
have given to the Illinois Railroad Company two
apd-a. half millions of of land at 81 % per
acre, for reserying to itself the alternate Sec
lions, it charges double that Tor them to other
purchasers, because they are made valuable by the
adjoining land being settled-thus proving that the
more agricultural lator is brought to the land, the
better tor the farmers already settled on it, Ac-
cordiDg to the COprsr's logic the effect would be
| the reverse.
Besides, to q certain extent agriculturists are
manufaoturers-they spin their own wool, and EN-.
ploy themselves i'll other domestic manufactures,
curing the winter months The cultivation Of the
soil is the foundation of all wealth and national
bsppiness-it is the base Of the social pyramid
The Courier would reverse the order, and make
manufactures the foundation and agriculture se,on
dairy. BY his system, wealth accumulates, whiIs
men decay" BY the opposite system, men flourish
while wealth is distributed; and that is tho
grand distinction between this country aud the
wretched nations Of the Old World, whose example
the COWiu would have us initiate.
Princes may nourish may fade
breath can maize them o breath has msde;
But bold peasaotry, their country's pride.
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