American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-09-16

On Saturday evening last the Douglas
Democracy met for .hs purpose Of hearing
their Iavofiie spsater, Dr. olds, make
his promised :" Douglas DsmoeFstic "
speech. The meeting was we'll attended
The Doctor. boiling over with Locoioco /
patriotism. IS Is bis party with polisiesl
vsrmi1, without policy, integrity. or soy |
thing but an infamous desire TO mislsad
ihe people, aad wslloW 10 the fat puFohas-
I'd BY the sale Of their principles. ii
With few modi6csiiOns snd sddilicns.
his speech was the same stereoiyprd re-
hash he has rung inibe ears Of the old whig
party in vain for the last fifteen years. His
same we'll known shaliow Wanting Of
"Democralic policy"-his same puerile
ard Intellectual charges on "home protec-
tion.' His same weak assaults with bis
email potatoe pop,gun upon River and
Harbor improvements" his charge Of
"AboIilionism.'' bis jug Of returns" bis
"pltent back action rotary seif.supporting
hens nest, " his "Sismese Twins. bis ",o-
matoe" anecdots. his Sunday in New Or
leans" were al repeated with as much
complacency as though he = I'D no. disgust
ed the respectable portion Of bis audience
Thousand times before with the same soft,
simple things.
His Tarilf, argument was simply ridicu.
ious, /, Opposed to the protective system:
he was in favor Of q. tariff for revenue"
audacious, enough to assert, that the con-
sumer suffered by the former; he was too
near sighted to see thet II his reasoning
we're correct, be would have to pay the lat.
ter and thus have the burthen Of govern
ment 10 ,heaE.. II toe consumer pays the
Ihigh tariff. he likewise pays the low one
IL be supports the goSetnment in Que In
stance. he does in the olheI.
Is tie Bpcter then 10 iaVorof ywriuging
fromthe t'laborer. 'the ;iwidow. "& the ''or-
phan. " OhiO's proportion Of the one hundred
million squandered and frittered away .by
James Buchanan id the ,last twelve, ,niOuulsI
IL he in favor Of ,Gpmpeliing the "dsa'
Q consumer" for whom he affects to have SC
: much sympathy J to bear the weight anc
burthen of goverDmenl?r, n !. ~
Breathe calmly Doctor, ,Pid yourl con
n science be at ease; we mean to profer NJ
It such charge against yod. we have only ia
ken his position to show the bareiface'
II Inconsistency Of your positiou--the ,gla
J ring fsllscy Of your reasoning. ln neithe
j. event would the consumer have more tina
o his Just proportion to pay. and you know il
e Let us examine this question Of pfotec
ton. Let us break the spell, pierce th
j. veil. and test its principles.
80 Nc rational man will contend that will
20 out protection, our manufactures could OF
- crate an hour. The inequality Of The priS
"' of European aud American labor, the 81
I'd psriori.y o British manufacturing faclIitle
s, their vast run Of patronage, the fosteriu
h. protection OF their laws, give them an al
=, vantage aud superiority irresistible. al
p" that cannot. without protection, be cOnte
~ ded with.
he Will it be insisted that the proprietors
its the "Daily Commercial" with hal! or OF
,e fourth their patronage, could publish the
paper as cheap as they do to-dayg Al
no will it be disputed that with four tim
tie their present patronage, they could do
much cheaper and more proftabIy. A
II. ply this reasoning. then, to our maOutA
~ tories, give them the business. incea'
" their patronage, secure their inVeslmen
ue ptoteet them from the advantages OF pa
per labor" aud they will be able to II
rm nish you with better article ata rHduc
4, price. YoG will thus furnish home M
ket for your produce. give employ ment
D. yoat own citizens and open the vast a
ST. inexhaus,able mines Of coal and iron Il
now sleep vaIGeless In your hills.
ads The "Ffree T,ade policy" lis Gle
must inevitably result in the overthr
-, and utter destruction of oar tnanufacturi
M ,%o interests, and with itS overthrow. ruin a
'nu ~ starvation are brought to our doors.
my close our furnaces. the forge and loom
,ss m silenced, We deprive our citizens, OF
do ployment, and turn beggars into the wp
od I We max. useless our mineral yealIh and
sd sound of the spade and pick H,e from
ave hill sides forever. We destroy our. in
en- peudeuce as Nation. making ourselves
ba, pendent upon Europe by creating a n
Tn;. nopoly in her favor. af S..
aw. The effects of such o monopoly
IN known to all. The past is full Of mis-
q in resulting from it. The want Of suffic
,ha protaction is seen and felt to-day.
or present financial crisis. the bankrupt I
dilion ofou government, the scarcit
currency, and the consequent deprecia
CA in the value Of property, all bear the
Add mistakable marks Of insufficient pro 'ePt
atu- Our country is drained Of its gold
J. of silver to pay for the excess Of our impc
for tons. Our citizens are turned out Of
;o.l ploymeut and stripped Of their flesh
iva blood" that the serfs and paapers of /
IS 7 tain may be supported.
Mt Of But the Doctor contends that we des
our produce Market and ''cripple
tibo agricultural int, ests," BY the protec
onII system. This Of all apparent truths, is
1 fallacious and absurd. aGJil
just Europe furnishes us with most Of
inter- imports. while she offars us market
/, he but very small prop portiou Of our exp
. . A total prohibition then, in regard to I
/. y. articles that may be produced at b
eeA' which however. we do not contend
" to would deprive as Of but small propo
OF our for'ign trade
''u'' It is clear that the only markss,we ca
ly on eithe in Eurqpe.or elsewhere, is
NJ which they themselves are unable to
bova ply. and the only innre So Of such ma
i l.