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made quarterly.
\ JuAIcteus Tariff.
We are Of that class who believe that the
real, prompt, effective and permanent RENE
y for the present state Of affairs throughout
The country may be applied by Congress in
he enactment Of judieious Tariff for the
encouragement and protection Of home in
dustry. This was the policy Of tho fathers
Of the country, and it covered the land with
blessings and benefits, and the resort at this
time to the practical and patriotic policy Of
our fathers is dictated by every principle Of
sound philosophy. The question 10 one
which ID not necessarily party question for
1t has been endorsed by all the great names
OF the country, and the policy was only aban-
donsd in Difference to the disunion denuncia-
lions Of John c. Calhoun, of South Caro-.
lima.
Below we publish the famous letter OF |
General Jackson, written in 1924, in advo |
cscy Of . Protective Tariff, and an extract
from his second message to Congress, on the
same subject. We commend the views and
arguments Of jackson especially to our DEM
ocratc friends. In the letter they will fnd
arguments in favor Of the policy Of protect
ing home industry, and in the extract from
the message, arguments and authority for
the Constitutionalisy Of the policy.
(Fyom Kiiss' Register, june IL, 1924 Vol n. PAGE
oRE. JACKSON TO DR.. COLEMAN.
WAsuTNcroS CRY, April &c, 1924.
SIn-l have had the honor this day to re-
oeivs your letter Of the 2ist inst, and with
oandor shall reply TO it. My name has been
brought before the nation by the people them
sslvss, without any agency OF mine; for |
wish Il never to be forgotten that have new
" solicited ONCE nor, when called upon by
the constitutional authorities, have ever de-
clined where ] conceived my services could
be beneficial to my country. But, Is nv
name has been brought before the nation for
the first Office in the gift Of the people, it 10
incumbent on me, when asked frankly, to de-
clare my opinion upon any political national
question pending before, and about which the
country feels IN interest.
You ask nv opinion on the tariff an
swer that am in favor OF iudicous exam
ination and revision Of il; and 40 far az the
tariff bill before US embraces the design of
fostering, protecting, and preserving within
ourselves the means OF national defence and
Independence, particularly in a state of war,
would advocate and support it. The expe-
rience OF the late war ought 10 teach as a
lesson, and one never to be forgotten. liz
our liberty and republican form OF govern
meut, procured for us by our revolutionary
fsthers, are worth the blood and treasure at
which they were obtained, it surely is our du !.
ty to protect and defend them. Can there be
an American patriot, who saw the privations
dangers, and difficulties experienced for the
want OF the proper means Of defence during
the last war, who would be willing again to
have the safety Of our country, il embroil-
ed, or to rest it for defence upon the precs-
rious means OF national resources to be de-
rived from commerce in state of war with
maritime Power who might destroy that
commerce to prevent US obtaining the means
OF defence, and thereby subdue usp hope
there 10 not; and il there is, am sure that
ne does not deserve to enjoy the blessings Of
freedom. Heaven smiled upon and gave us
liberty and independence and national de-
fence. IL We omit or rsfuse to use the gifts
which he has extended to us, We deserve not
the continuation Of his blessings. He has
erals, with lead iron, and copper, and given
Us climates and soil for the growing of hemp
and wool. These being the grand materials
OF our rational defence, thsy ought to have
extended to them adequate and fair protec-
ton, that our manufacturers and laborers
may be placed in fair competition with
those OF Europe, and that we may have with
! in our country supply OF those leading and
important articles so essential ia war Be-
yond this, look ut the tariff with an eve to
the proper distribution Of labor and revenue.
and with view to discharge our national
debt. am one OF those who do not believe
that national debt 10 q national blessing,
but rather curse 10 republic, inasmuch as
it 10 calculated to raise around the admins
tration moneyed aristocracy dangerous to
the liberties OF the country. This tariff
mean = judicious one-possesses more fanci-
ed than real danger. | will ask, What 10
the real situation Of the agriculturalist p
Where has the American farmer market for
his surplus productf Except for cotton, he
has neither foreign or home market. Does
not this clearly prove, when there 10 no mar
ket either at home or abroad, that there is
too much labor employed in agriculture, and
that the channels for labor should be multi
plisdf Common sense points out ut once the
remedy.
Draw from agriculture the superabundant
labor; employ it in mechanism and manu-
features thereby creating home mark ct Tor
your breadslufs, and distributing labor TO
the most profitable sccosns and benefits to
the country. Take from agriculture in the
United Strtes six hundred thousand men,
women and children, and you will at once
give home for more breadstuffs than all
Europe now furnishes us. la short, cir, we
have been too long subject 10 the policy OF
the British merchants. X is time that We
should hecom. little more America mis- ed
and instead Of feeding the panpers and labor
ers Of England, feed cur own; or else, in q
short time, by continuing our present policy,
We should NIL be rendered paupers our
selves.
Il 10, therefore, my opinion that careful
and judicious tariff is much wanted TO nav
our national debt, and atfyrd US the means Of
that defence within ourselves on which the
satisfy Of our country and liberty depends !;
and last, though not least, give proper dis.
! tribution TO our labor, which must prove BEN
s6cial to the happiness, Independence, and
wealth OF the community.
This u . short outline OF my opinions,
eeoefnliy, on the subject Of your inquiry ,