, 1866-02-02


called ire trade agtatton which hea been stirred
up by New York importers, and conducted mainly
hithsfto BY he "a ,ane psfsona Who during tue w!
TO the Union. although We have followed the agita-
ton With attention. II has not appeared necessary
Us 70 fafto orpose t5stenn 50 omanfestlr against
development OF the natural wealth Of the country,
apainsi the interests Of the taner and The working
MAJ and I he adoption o. vh6h st 'he Present tane
al debt. Immense iueteasa Of The internal with
direct ta1auou, the min Of the country aud mainly
bic ihat j; 'hoaid csn issor Wiz 20 pracesi na
tfon ae tho Amer7can people,
0ur New York correspondent uusheathed his
Of tree trade and against protective tstlif; aud
our correspondent and for hfs Ideas Of pol,iicai
without protect; and mh1la ne protest against hts
.lewe 1t becomes our duty to dedne cur position On
.nis aasson %,s1s5y acknowledging has we Do
the subject with our correspondent
Congress to levy and collect la1cs, duies aud .m-
general defence and welfare Of The United States.
The lesJing Of duties on imports Is consequently
designated by the Constitution as one Of the means
whereby the expenses of the Government arc to b
The following y ths twelfth plank Of the Repub-
4Th1t while providing forsthe support Of the
policy requires such an adjustment Of these 1posis
interests Of sDc whole country: and nc commend
that policy OF national exchanges Nhtch secures to
the WORKING men liberal Wages. to agriculture nc.
an adequate reward for their skill hbor and enter.
pr1.e aad to The pat3on commercial prosperity and
1his plank Of tho Republican platform has fustt-
6ea its existence throughout the was, tor We owe
to it mainly The prosperity In which the country
>9lees st !he sna Of one of the greatest and most
that plank fol the fact that our manufactures are
thriving, that workinGmen are making good wages;
ron 1eet tszson ii houses 80 snd iS
sha re are enabled TO pay tie interest On our debt
cd enssa ss @ n Ps5 es5 S. we
lafed to deceive The unwarr. So does Democracy"
What triend Of tue fsecdoaa, Via. fseSd Of Of H.
rights ot mankind md Of the equality OF an men,
would bc deceived ~ cFc1 thai name to connect
the nanae Of :. .DemouscsT =
We adhere to The plank isom the Republican
platform cited above, just much today az ever
end with cren nore tcnac1ty, becautc the country
II To-day butdeued with debt OF wh1eh we had no
conception in iseo and to pay ths interest thereon
besides our internal reEenue and the duftes on for
etsn imports. We IRE for this policy now, IL order
ID and in order thsl ihc present Internal reTcnue
taxes nay be diminished as eoon a. possible.
Al The present moment ftee trade would have OK
present taIi, either IL whole Or N paf;, would ne
cettiia an enormous tnerahe Of The internal ta1es
and. without doubt. give rs direct TAXATION on real
0nr correspondent thinks that Is tho workrnen Ia
tAc'cntton and Roolen Elills could easily perceive
that they Themselves der-e no beneff from tho
The whole advantage q ii cnures 10 lhe stockholders
Of the New E1rland factories, who mike large pro-
s ont or their labor" This sentcuca Is only part
erat share Of the profits zoe. Into the pockets
0i 1he manufacturers. As our correspondent sayt,
they arc getting t" eDty-hve, thlrfJ-vc and as high
Nth The remark how escr, that there ereaf pro3ts
have been made, not only by zeason Of The tasin.
but mcc particularly ny reason OF their havtne
BY feafop Of the great demand Tor cotton and wooen
fabrics ior the army and the great scarcity ofeo.ton
And The woskinsnan who instead OF making
dollar day eatus three dollars, Dow earns two hnn.
dred per cent more than he wonid II the uanufac-
ture{ in:tead Of making 6ity PET cent xa* only
aklng ass pe. ssGt: a, # t. saa The labo
~hcn the tnrlf Il high and protective To b. sure
he mrzf, but even u he had to PAY hundred per
te'ier ID than Il he could cam but dollar or TX
shiIlinss pcr day., hut ihls II not all. suppose
led here fire Of duty, the eact which would thereby
be GRATED In out income from customs duties
would l:aye to be made up In come why, and toe
most natural, 1HQ fnuee0 t1e 9lIy way 10 Ill H.
would be 10 increase the taz,tion on domestic man
u:actures, and the natural consequence woald te
thst the American m1nutac.uret would have to
etop, to discharge hs !sbotcrs, that wa..es would
sink down 10 fht minimum. and yet the laborer
wonld have 10 pay about as high aa n present for
such cotton and ~oollen fabrics he snight need.
We can Aseurc our correspondent TINT the people
81 the West hare no idea Of paying trlhuta to thc
4Czeedy fpeculaI ors' Of Inc New England States
on the co1trnsJ. can assusc him that nc here ut
The West are determined to build large factories
e1r ae we'll from the Essle1n >ptcutntors, fton
our own raflro.d monopollsis.
The objection Of lhc decentralization caused bJ
smuggling, prove. 100 much. and. therefore, it
proves nothinc 1t ALL 1t Is sn afgu1nent equally
fpplftub}e to every system Of taxation. II Ia the
fatue arrumcnt nsed bE the temperance people
whcu they wanted 10 bantsh alt spirituous liquors,
because some few people will always drink 10 e.
cess, and thereby become dempralred.
ali eomraIitons Of this corntry with Austtia,
F1unce Of ENGLAND, and especially under oaf
pIerent peculiar circumstance. We do not
envy Austria, her financial condition con.id.
+ ered We do not envy Prussi1 With Let
/ starring St!eafan wtaEess, nor do we. tn
ro1nt of TACT, envy any raft Of Europe
By t~asou Of tho condition Of the working tassses
there We desire to see the wealth Of our owt
country developed We desire to rec The lahosing
We desire to see the farmer get the highest POSI-
hie }uce for bis produce, cycn at tho rick Of havfag
ali manufacturers, from New England to Oregon
i. and California. ret rich. And We VIII even admit
tb2t It vpu1d please us more to our ossn nanu-
factmcts get tch than to have the same wealth 70
,Iptu the pockets OF Enehsh. French or Ffnsstan
manufacturers and New York iobbc1s and I'M