The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-21

With anxious for the profits of The manuacfurer he
of his industry either taxed very lightly not at all but
all ba be sells is protected by duties which the
toiling millions taxed to pay.
The people of this country not only pay sixyodd MIL
lions of taxes to the federal government but as my col
league Mr. MLIsoSl estimates much more in the form
the OF this extravagan federal government 70
the direct Of the States aud you already have sum
for the annual cost of The whole machinery Of repub
ean system which nearly equals the expenses Of the mon
archy of England in times Of peace after deducting tho
charges of its debt And when to this add the indirect
tribute to the manufacturing interest doubt whether class
legislation and tyranny have not taxed American labor
with heavier hand Man the modern arsocrAcy Of Eng
land presses upon British industry the support Of Its
court brilliant with the hereditary splendors OF thousand
of It's army which quarter Of the globe s for
egn and Of its navy that bears the ensgns of It's domn
between provinces vsser than the Caesars ruled
And now, sir when the general prosperity and the re-
suits Of the wse legislation OF l846 permit to reduce
these taxes your Committee of Ways and Means seeks
only the way to asten them more securely upon the peo
Pile need not carry the inquiry far to discover the rea
From third TO halt of your entire revenue IS
raised by wooens cottons iron and sugarart
icles of universal consumption and used far more largely
IN proportion by the poor than the rich Upon all these
articles the chairman of the Ways and Means COMMITTEES
main aims the in its full integrity. But do him njus-
tice he makes exception One reduction he Is willing
10 make he agrees that the may buy sugar for
his coffee little cheaper than heretofore Yes, sir,
he has surveyed the wide country over for something to
reduce the taYes he will touch the manufactures
Of New Eugisnd the iron of Pennsylvania but down
10 the far Southwest the coast Of Louisiana be fixes
his desires upon pet anp OF the South 70 sacrnce ior
the befeft of the Northeast.
Mr.. CAMPBELL. Of Ohio How about wool, great
staple product of my own State?
Mr.. GARNETT True, he puts the wool Of his own
ate down to the rate with sugar But It is only
another boon to his IDOL that agraepng and in
saable manufacturing interest It has fed upon agricui
tura laborers for than generation, and still IT 10
greedy like the daughters of the horsseech, Its cry rs
STILL "Givel give"
charge Of sectopalism in my action this subject
Mr.. GARNETT. Sir, when that gentleman, and those
who think with him. egsatng for the benefit Of Glasses
and manufacturing capitalists let them remember that
largest Of all classes the laboring poor When the poor
constituent of such rises in the morning
and looks through the window that admits the light o.
heaven his cabin let him recollect that light 10 stht
taxed heavily by his representative when he had
24oooo0o Of remit When he puts on his coarse
cotton Shirt end draws about him the woolen coat that
TO shield him from the blasts OF northwestern winter
let him bear mind that his representative had
900 release but not dime would he aoate
the tribute upon these nccessaries OF life When ne
goss forth his daily work. whether he turns the sod o
the prairie with his plough Ia the forge the anvil rings
with his sturdy blows let him again remember that ae
tools of industry the plough which he guides and the
hammer which he wieds, still pay the same heavy taxes
while his representative had these 900 TO repeal
Aud this is tho tariff which the gentleman seriously pro-
poses for our acceptance Sir fsuah be the creed Of tho
party of which the gentleman is distinguished eader,
take that they cannot long maintain their hold upon e
Nj. CAMPBELL OF Ohio For the benefit Of the repub-
can party, lc. say that am not recognised belleve
as enc OF lis leaders. gs ssS " ss IN
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blight spot about that gentleman, and am glad to
hear sagacity is justified Since that party does
recognise him. he stands by himself and ies me warn
him TO get quick he can, of the nncomiorfaolo
position which he bas placed himself both in regard 70
his party relations and his tariff scheme Laughter Inc
doca OF the democratic fold still open him. but he
must first #sfh himself times in the waters OF Jor-
dan Much laughter. w
Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ohio. II the gentleman will go back
to tie principles OF Washington and Jefferson and Madi
sonthe great leaders of the democracy in its purer days
+ will stand with him. , A
Mr.. GARNETr. Oh! am very willing to 60 back 70 70
those principles. Washingon tariff was from seven to
ten per Let the gentleman propos. that and prom
ise him he shall many this side OF the House
Mr.. CAMPBELL Of Ohio. In $780, when the hrst tariff
was made approved by Washington and voted for in Con-
gress by all the leading statesmen from Virginia. u de-
clared that its object was protection ,,,
! Mr. GARNETT. / am very willing that the gentleman
should ask questions but hope he will not consume
my time by discussion.
| remarked in the commencement Of my speech tnss
unjust and the OF TINS
ennent yet that there was in the mode Of coec.ng i
revenues something still worse and now asK wnat
classes and what sections ere to bs benefited y
ance abatement OF taxation, and u would never
with ssed but the general burden is the special boun
ty assume what is almost axiomatc that protection
consists ia increasing price of the foreign article by
duy 10 point which the domestic producer Wiling
10 SELL He produce or sell as cheapy as the ior
egner SO he esks government TO interfere ana levy us
taxes so as to orcs 70 pay his price no
was willing 10 sell at the foreign price, he would need no
protection he 1t only because ne demands ngner
/ price. Il ,c
Now sir agricultural labor is unproterted ana 90 y
much of the mechanical industry OF the couRlv nTe,
then does the benefit of this protection chiefly 60
whom is the great mass OF American industry taxed
stated before that one-thiid OF your entire reve
nue. ia levied upon wooens cottons and iron IN l var
Gus FORMS and invite your attention to the localities OF
these afactures shown in the census OF 1850 fsI
there are the manufactures of cotton, amounting 70
sss1s4 OF these New England alone made $4,000 0oO,
Il sneak in round numbers and New York. New Jersey,
i and Pennsy yvania Sl0000000 more leaving less tnsn
$40 in ali the Of the Union or course the
bounty OF protection in this case Is as unequay ds'rou
i ted the manufactures. NJ . -. - 49,,
The inequality is still. greater in woolens Out Of total
manufacture valued 43 207b45, some $2oOoeooo were
ia New England and 600 were manufactured norn
and the Ohio river and in the States have efore
great bounty the interests Of that ever
favored section Tue slave States manufactured onv ABOUT
4 SL500,000.
i What are the facts as TO wrought iron The product
was $22 6sSO00 New England, New York. Pennsylvania,
and New Jersey produce $900o000 of that amount The
States produced S7000o00 worth OF cast iron OUT
Of thu whole product-$25 600 000and with Oho, sew
eniy-eieht per cent Of the pig iron.
bounes all in small section Of the Union The
South gets te advantage, and the Northwest de-
rivs little advantage from the system oho comes In
but small slice and agree that the gentleman from
Ohio the cnairman of the COMMITTEES OF ways ana Means
strangely dsneresed when he taxes the LABOR OF All tne
rest of Union for the almost exclusive emoument VI
New England and Penusy lvania IN {. n
In looking these statistics thing strikes me ror
all these of woolena coons and IRON there
only four thousand nine hundred and hty-three es
tablishments employing altogether, men, women and
children hundred and nneyone Thousand eight hum
dred and twenty hands And the number OF owners
though given must Of course be greatly less than OF