New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-23


might be fedi In Philadelphia they did not AJAX
for aims but they did impore the csptass 70 advance
the cans by which the machine shop and the forge
not 10, continue TO manufacture goods for which there
was DO d. msbd and that tho American market had
been given over by orr Government 70 the foreign ad
veTsaries Of our industry and prosperity.
But let us return 1s4l. The terrible depression Of
the country could DO longer be borne. But how was
il TO be remsdi.dl Was not this sof ring the act OF
God Could man have averted or remedy caami,ies
40 wide. presd and dire Let zee; there was one
thing our Government could do; t could modify the
tariff by al abdoDDg the ad raLorem system, and es
tabkhpg spt cifc duties with free trade list OF ray
naierisb. This it DID, end gave the country the
tariff Of 1870. Now, mark the change In l840, We
produced go 900 tups of IoD and under the influence
Of that tariff which went into effect about e first Of
January, le43, we produced, in is4I Iooon TINS Of
nor Under the inf renee ef Free Trade ad uatoTe
tariff Of 1888 from 1884 1872, our iron product in
cress but 90 600 tups while, have already said,
urder bs specific duties of the tariff Of l8i2 oetweeD
that year AID ls48 1t very mary quadrupled And 10
the rame brief period the American consumption OF
cotton by her manufactures was largely more than
doubled The condition Of the country was no longer
that of 1837ano 1870 Our people were blessed above
all Others, the ADM, alton and envy OF The world:
TIE n inc again gave forth it's ~eslth OF coal AMI
iron sturdy labor tashioped us raw material into
machinery and articles Of daily use The productive
power Of the Country increased with d rapldty uh-
known. The Moth was consuming, with increasing
volume, tb0 prOLuCtb OF tnc DOubu anu VOSsj win"
the planter and the farmer were clotbet with the
products Of Amer industry, and their laoors hgnt-
eped and profits increased by the agen Gus implements
nVsnted and col structed by their ~ Four
shoIt years had converted the despair OF millions int
eaoress and Joy and over the whole land grateful
6earrs gave than ks God that tie ass hsd fallen 10
them IN pleasant plaies" But, woIkngmen OF D..
Lous the demsgogues will Tell you th>t these duties
are land for the projection OF the manufacturer ana
that they sdd 10 far the price of every thing you
buy. Now, If this were 10, would maintain that You
had better pay little for the things you bought,
if steady employment aud good wages Were guaranteed
10 you than know the fact that such articles as you
need are cheap but be unable TO buy them be ause you
have DO " ork, and Of course no wages. Bf sucn ID
not the fact protection leads TO competnou; con-
petition leads he exercle OF ingenuity, tr AIMED skd
and economy in productions and oar eApe hence On ier
every Tariff has been that the result OF just defense
of American genius energy and industry, has been TO
CHI spen the price Of articles upon which they are en-
poy ed. A little while ago We used clumsy EnSltsh
screwp but under the Influence Of the tariff OF lo4@,
they are driven our market, and you boy atlower
rats better articles England gave you of the
kind III der that Tariff n4Is were protec ed, and you
buy them now, of American make, better hah
the English article, and al not much more than one
half hat they used TO coet you. SO o. edge TOOLS,
surgical inst uments and smo every iron arce that
ents 70 into architectural buring uses. 80 with the
articles of ladies' wear while the people OF their ss-
ter States prosperous able " consume what they
need and pay for what they consume, Pennsylvania,
Englsi d, viii be found abuDdanuy able 10 compete
with the cheapest countries in the world In producing
those fabrics for the produc on Of which the machinery
aud skill already exit They may not be able 10 make
progrrss ano embra, new branches OF industry bat
thai ks TO the bepe6cent influence of the Protective
la, IFS of 1898 and 1892 they ak but the prosperity of
their fellow czeDs and sister STATES 70 make them
pr sperous, snd enable them to go on IN an advancing
career of property and political power.
The tariff of 40 was supplahted by that of As
nnr ha int ctar ha /
and shall more folly show you every Interest OF the
country prOspered. Never YVES change made under
more auspic circumstances and there Is vrtue IN
al taOrtm free trade, then ought the career of our
country from 1916 u 1860, TO be one OF unexamped
growth and prosperity, for in 1886 the pottp rot cre
ed extraordinary demand for the products OF our
fields and added enormously to the wealth ana power
Of the country by forced immigration Shortly after
this too, California began " yield her golden treas
Now Legins, SAID the free trader The great era
of American property and progress; Oar trade Is
free and uDsbackleo. The 6elds OF Ireland make no
return for toe abors of her peasants The seeds they
plant perish. England ard Europe suffer with the n,
ana Ans ri. must feed the world Our grain and our
cotton al all make The world tributary 10 u.s. and give
us all her best products; while the gold OF California
shaJl furnith an undoubted circulating medium ads-
auaie TO the wants Of an increasing, expanding, aud
prosperous people. Ours shall be the money csnGer VI
he world, aid the white sails OF our commerce sha
hAdow every sea. Have these prophecies been fu
flied men Of ST. Louisl MOL Ave you prosperous
now No. rO.l Is labor plenty and wages nil
MOL Is money plenty, and is interest low Mol
Has lard increased III value, and the Ice OF I'm
products gone upl Cries of 4" No Ii this be 80
With YOU how be be with tn. rest OF tho coan
Try love my native SSte OF Pennsy lyanis with al
The dey oton of proud and loyal con. never ella
Der Ler noun aus, or psss Gay III her beautiful Pas
torsl valleys, never course or orofs her noble rivers,
or late her agricultural or mineral wealth. that
Go not feel prsnder that am her s)n. YET mea of
Missouri when look upon the map Of my country, or
of The world and ask my self whether there Is upon
the whole earth ate XII CD M or empire that III the
far future shall equal her. hns tus one-yoW own
belO, ed Missouri.
There stands Pennsylvania, proud of her position,
r. sting as she does upon the great lakes the navgable
waters of the Chesapeake, Delaware, add one Of the
noble tributaries OF The mat site river thai ayes your
shores but even more proud shan hers ID your more
central position. You lie midway between two oce, ns,
on the highway Of the wo Ids future trade. As Pson
sylyaDia 10 uDdeIaid with coal, iroD and znc your
Ian teens with COAL iron, aid lead and the river that
bounds your city carries 70 the gulf the waters Of hity
odd thousaLd miles Of water-course and power, more
than tw enty thousand miles Of viii have beeu SUP
jecttd 10 navigation by steam. Those oceans, nov
distant are uust u0der the sdDiolstr alton Of A0ra-
ham Lincoln and by the vote OF Francis Is. BAR ap-
plauss TO be commercially unit. By the highway of
tie future OF tbe world the Pacific Railroad.
But TO hat use do you put your vast resources VI
what avail If your iron mountain lie Is true that yod
export few tuns OF 1t TO Cin'inuat Annually 10 De
wrought into EDGED Oos, tor noticing else, believe,
but TO bras about IT. Laughter And well
may you boast of il, for IT ia Natu es unequaled
git 10 your city and her And 10 the vide void
there is lot cry at should grow rapidly, or be
more prosperous than ST. Louis, render labor
ing population more prosperous and happy, would sne
but her right to avail herse of the wealth with
which heaven has endowed her. But your city 10 not
now prosperous; your iron works stand Idle furnish
but little employ ment; money among the people is
scarce, wages low, interest high aud thousands OF
your people unemployed. Why does not free trade,
If the assertions of Id ends be true, work out its
benefcent results in your midst Under the tariff Of
ls42, stagnstion, such you now endure, was IN
no .p au iltf rests prosp-red have already SHOWN
raninlu the of i.nn AID