The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-09-22

means to buy it: and as for him and his
starving family it might as well have re-
manned in the country where it was grown
How does my friend from Georgia and
| those who concur with him IN the policy of
| free trade, expect to advance the interests or
relieve the wants of the toling millions,
about whose distresses and expressions under
the protective policy they SO eloouen,ly
deelaim F! How do they propose to benefit
the fonr hundred thousand destitute poor in
the city OF New York. referred to by the
Senator from Georgia by their free trade
policy! When You take off all the duties
on foreign merchandise, and thereby. if it
should so happen, reduce the prices OF them.
does that relieve their distreSses or promote
then comfort! Unfortunately, their cond-
ton would remain precisely the same, fer they
have no means TO buy clothing at any price.
nor will they ever be able to improve their
condition until they shall find employment
by which they can first put money in their
pockets. Nor is this the doom of the poor
ana idle about the large cities alone, but Of
the thousands dispersed over the country,
VINO, either from taste or habit prefer the
eXcitemcns and the assnciat ions of the town
and village, or of mechanical labor, to the
solitary cmrloymenls Of the farm or the
country. But wise protective policy looks
beyond the supply of such cmployments as
VIII Iaise the condition Of the lAboring man
aoo'e want: 1t asplres to give him the option
OF employment at such wages as will enable
HIM to build "A house. to educate his children,
ana % clothe his wife and daughters in
manner conlormable to the natural and
beconing pride Of an American freeman.
mat is the true way to relieve the wants and
Ia fl,t ~ t,,,1
and there is no other way.
THE TRUE POLICY AND IT'S RESULTS.
What is the true dolicy Of this country g.
10 encourage and protect. by all constitution.
al anG just means, its internal trade and in
dns'ry to promote the division of labor and
the diversity Of industrial pursuits: to pro-
vide congemal and protila bic einyloyn ent, as
lar as practicable, for the whole population.
Let all the arts Of production and civilization
be cherished by Discriminating patronage
Let the flame ard smoke of the smelling fur.
mace he seen rising from every hill and noun
tain side, and from every valley where nature
has stored her mineral wealth. Let beautiful
villages spring up along the line of our rail
ways, great and small, and dot over all the
interior: and III OF around all of them, let the
stately factory appear with its busy ham of
looms and spindes; and hard BY the great
k>hops be found in which that sort of
machines are made that produce the wealth
OF England. Let the drausht stacks of the
foundry diversity the scene. and the stroke of
the big furge.hammcr, reducing the crude
metal TO the desired forms. he heard nor let
the decent school house be forgotten: and
hrst and above all. let the tall church spire
ascend, pointing to Heaven. In word, let
domestic industry and the manufacturing arts
be encouraged and sustained. so that agricul.
tire may find its SureSt mail ct at home. and
be relieved of the foreign dependence and nuc-
luations to which it is now subjected.
Thus the producers and the consumers of
agricultural products will lie brought together
The producers of the raw material and the
manufacturer who fashions it into thousand
forms. for use or ornament will be placed side
by side. So Jefferson, with all his original
prcjndiccs, at last advised. Washington and
Hamilton. and the Adamses also favored this
policy: so did Madison and Monroe and So
did LowndeS aud Calhoun in 1916, 10th of
them advocating and voting for the tariff of
that year, which was strongly protective IN all
ofltS features. Even Gen. jackson with a.,
his wild notions about credit and commerce,
was still too practical a statesman not TO see
and acknowledge that Il such manufacturers
as are necessary to make nation indepcn.
dent OF foreign supplies in time Of war ought
to be encouraged. In fact all those who in
their day have rendered their names lllustr,-
Gus IN the annals Of this country by their
civil or military services have. at some period
OF their lives. favored this policy. The Illus
trious names Of Clay and Webster will occur
to every one. without any mention from me,
as champions of this great Americ lean policy.