New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-07
PROTECTION vs. DIsuNIoN,

The monopolists are becoming rampant in Penn
syIvania. Not satisfied with the stupendous priv
Ileges accorded them by the Government they clamo
for more, They are as insatiate as they are impu
dent--as grasping as they are INSCRIPTIONS No
content with eyyiug large sums annually upon th
productive industry of other sections which neithe
have nor ask for any protection, and which rely ex
eusvely upon their own skill and labor for support
they demand still yaster largesses, to be wrung from
others, to prop up their own bastard system, aut
threaten if their requirements are not granted Thu
| most dreful consequences to the Union. Here is
specimen Of Pennsylvania protective logic, and as i
comes from the chief organ of the present dominant
patty in that State, it ought to be read attentivey
We quote from the Philadelphia Press Of late date
! What we demand is our necessity, your interest
| as much as our own. If we thought otherwise We
would break the bond that unites US. We would not
be bound to system Of ruin for all the recoectons
Of the Revelation, all the Joint hopors and gores of
the Union, and all the prophecies Of grandeur that
rest upon it.
Ehere are one or more points involved in the above
which we propose to advert to briefly. In the first
place it is plainly admitted that the already protected
labor of Pennsylvania is inadequate to the support Of
Pennsylvania and that more protection, still more
odious monopoly, is q downright necessity If
this be the case the Pennsyvanians had better emf.
CRATE to some region more favored by nature 1t is
not only absurd, but it is wrong for them to attempt
to remain where they are. And as necessity
for more protection admitted fact according to
the Philadelphia Press, what would they do if the
rights and immunities they enjoy to the detri.
ment of their neighbors, were withdrawn not i'm
possible event, by any means it is true we do not
believe they are as bad off as the Press represents
themwe hold to the belief that they could sustain
themselves without any tariff at ALL to say nothing Of
an increased tariffbut if they cannot, LET them en-
counter the lot which is meted out to the unprotected
classes. Gen. Jackson said that those who traded
on borrowed capital ought to break" It NAV be
said, with at least equal justice, that system or sys
TENS Of labor which require more exorbitant tariffs
than the Key Stone State now has the benefit of.
ought to sink
After admitting the imminent NECESSITY, that OK.
lists in Pennsylvania that the people of other States
aud the labor and capital Of other States sbouId ba
taxed still heavier for the support of their eeayinp
systems, the Philadelphia Press proceeds to b4ster
and to threaten dissolution Of the Union in case
their demands are not complied with. This II
strikes us, is alike inconsistent and preposterons
Admitting a terrible necessity" under which thew
labor, and demanding relief from those who are
NV
stances, with power to comply or reuse-borders it
seems to u.s. on the ridiculous, if not the contempt.
ible. If the Press thought the enlarged protection
lmperatveEy required would not be granted it would,
without remorse OF conscience or any feeling ofpatri
otism, "break the bond that untes usn-the North
and the South 1t would not be bound to a systeD,
OF ruin for all the recolections of the Revelation ali
the joint honors and gores Of the Union aud all the
prophecies of grandeur that rest upon it,
That's specimen Of rather tall talking, /" to use
to come from the renowned Quaker CITY.
where the streets run at right angles, and where
everything is SO clean, trim and precise, that 4
stranger would suppose that none Of the denfzens
ever allowed themselves to be deluded into a pas
sion.
But, let US analyze it q little What does it all !
AMOUNT to, if the Philadelphia Press is to be consider
ID a criterion upon which to base Judgment? WIN
hat Pennsylvania cares nothing about the confed.
raey-nothng for "al the recollectons Of the Reyo.
ation nothing for a the joint honors and rlories
I the Unon'-and nothing for call the prophecies
grandeur that rest upon it"-tnless she can make
aoney out Of tunless her labor is to be hugely nro
ected by Federal legislation at the expense and tn
be serious damage Of, the labor Of unprotected az
ons That is the gist Of the whole matter, II re-.
Dives itself into calculation Of dollars and cents
othing more nor less.
70 take another view Of the case, and truthful
ne at that we believe the idea Of the Press would
nd q responsive echo in most of the Northern
tates' pennsylvania, says the Press is willing to
break the bond that unites US, if she cant obtain
lore protectton-that is, obtain more plumber from
ne South All the Eastern and Middle States wouIa
robably let Us go on the same terms and if we didn't
loye quickly, would most likely give us a kick to
clip us along But, as long as we can be robbed bv
'ritfs as long as our labor can be made subservient
Northern labor, and as long as our cotton, sugar,
'oacco, ETC., can be so arranged, as they are nov
contribute more to the wealth and prosperity Of the
orth than they do to the States which raise them
1ey will not let 60 on any conditions, if thew
an help it, Fortunately, they haven't the power to
reyent Us from doing as we please in the premises
lst now but how long this state Of things will exist
altogether prOblematica
South Carolina once threatened to 90 ont of tbe
'non because of the exorbitance ofthe tariff Penn
7lYania is prepared, according to the PhiadeIpbia
ress, to smash up the conederaey if she can't make
already exorbitant tariff still more exorbftant
opth Carolina was indignant because she thought
le was being plundered. PENNSYLVANIA is enraGad
ecanse she cannot be allowed to plumber her sisters
ithout limit There was show of reason and ustiee
the one side. There is none on the other.