Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-11-26
REFueE on THE pRMAaoGUR.

AAAA bAL Vi III III ~ AhOhNLs
There IS one thing in public economy
that a Couuine Locoloeo will neyer learn,
aud that is be true principles Of revenue
and finance. We ought to say, perhaps,
that be win neEel be induced TO overlook
the interests Of party fr enosgh to adopt
true principles. The Locofoco-thesha sham
Dement'S a demagogue, a mere pafti-
Eau, who always prefels party 10 country,
present success TO future prosperity or
g,estBess, either Of party OF country. He
canAot afford to be honest 70 the people
BE is working for himself. and must have
his pay. He is a non producer--liyes on
the labor Of Others, aud must havs place,
or starye. Hence bis business is TO mis-
represent his opponents, to impeaeh their
motives aud attack their measures. He
has nothing TO do with building up, for he
has nothing topFotectin common with the
mau oflbnSnsss. He can pull down, but
never ventures on a structure Of his own,
lest be may have rsiumed upon him bis
own policy. Having no confidence in
others, he distrusts every one not Of bis
own clique, aud thinks every man as big
a rogue as bimself. The masses he treats
as an ignorant herd, as bis property, from
whom he draws support to his party and
money to his purse.
We have been led to the above remarks
by an mticle in the Statesman ofthis morn
ing. That paper takes exception to the
opinion Of a cotempoary who iuclines to
the belief that, for the purpose Of revenue,
duty on tea aud coffee would be less ad
vautageous to the country than a duty on
sugar and iron. Hear the StateSmaR's
profound reasoning on pnblic economy.
"The only increase to be paid by the
consumer upon the tea and coffee, will be
the amount Of the increased duty, aud this
the people pay into their own Golfers, while
in order To obtain the same amount Of ex.
ira revenue uron iron and sugar, the peo-
/ pie must pay a much larger amount to
the iron men of Pennsylvania and the su-
gar planters of Louisiana"
A man of plain common sense, with no
sinister puspcse in view, would suppose that
a duty on any article, considered by ITSELF
was to be measured by its per centum, its
amount. A specific duty of twenty per
cent on iron or tea supposing that both
articles were of exclusive foreign produc
tion--would be a tax to just that amount
on the consumer for the support Of the
Government. This is the position of the
,Stateman; grant it, But, says this pro.
found reasoner, iron is produced at home,
and in addition to heduty on it. ''the peo.
! pie must pay a much larger 0aRoant to the
iron men Of Pennsylvania" Why mast
they: Certainly not, unless the duty in.
creases the price to "a much larger amount"
than the consumer before paid for the same
article. To determine this poiut we must
refer to experience In other branches of in
dusiry; where labor is bestowed on the
raw material Of domestic growth or pro.
duction. And here as in tie prominent
instance Of cotton manufacture, we fud the
facts all against this unsupported assump
! ton.
| Bat suppose it should increase the price
Iorron temporarily? The increase would
be the enchanced price Of labor, and would
90 into the pockets of the laborer, The
profits of capital would be less than when
employed in brokerage and bin shaving,
and would be less and less as labor should
grow in strength from the profs of EN-.
ployment. AT all events, the price paid
Tor labor would be paid 20 our own peo-
! pie, who just now need employment and
in turn would le returned to the pockets
of the grower ofbreadstufs and meats con-
sumed by the laborer. This, too, has been
demonstrated by experience.
But all this is lost upon the genuine Lo-
cofOco, who prefers present party success
to future national and individual prosper.
ity. Hence the appeal. as in the STATES
man, to the exploded theory ofa duty on
the foreign manufactured article being a
tax on domestic labor, instead Of tax on
the foreign labor employed in its produc
ton. lr. v r.
Be it understood, however, that we are
not theadvocates of a high protective ar
if. We believe in free labor, and we also
believe in free trade after the manner of the
English system. When our Southern
Aristocracy shall SO modify the "Demo'
cratic" policy as to entertain the rights of
trade and labor. in conjunction, wo shallbe
happy to- 60 with them.-'0. 5. Jour
nal. .4 .t f.-r. .l5 a'
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