, 1866-01-16

profitable, vhy don't the Free Trade Learuers |
exhibit little worldly wisdom, and make 800 l
10 800 Per cent . year on their money by In |
ycstinE It in some manufacturing enterprise?
objects. The field Is broad, the duor Is open,
The profits i" fabulous.n and sudden fortune a
cure thing-1r Mr. Eastman'a Statements ere
.rue.
/ asserted fhst the present tariff Is the best
revenue tariff this country ever had, and cited
in proof, that 1t was yielding thres ttmts IS
much revenue IS the ~ democratic" low tariff
when the war began. l contend that the
tariff which yields the larget revenue on The
smalLst importation Of foreign manu- facturfs, Is
the tariff best calculated to support the Coy
American mechanics and farmers. But the
Leagucrs hold the converse Of this proposition.
The present tariff produces $50 ,00o, 600 of
revenue On an importation OF sS6o. cor, 900 per
annum.
The Ieaguezs would so chop 1t down that it
would require an importation Of eight hun
dred TO thousand millions to yield as much
revenue as Ia now being received Into the
treasury. They would rob tho American me-
chanica OF four or five hundred millions
worth Of Their present profitable employment.
and they would deprive the farmers Of half
their present splendid home market for every
agricultural product, under the same plea.
They would cut down the price Of the farm
ers' crops and live stock one,half and
es tn eel to sss eoans3 9h' e. .s9S sef
subsistence, hundreds OF Thousands OF
| people now living In the towns, to compete
In farming and 10 help glut the market with
unstable products. As the county could
not pay for this enormous importation Of for
eign goods for more than year, financial
from the deraugement Of business, the dis.
charge Of mechanics and the. closing up Of
workshops. Thefeupon, importations would
fall of for want Of ability to pay,
and the revenue would dsy up to
the Buchanan standard, Of 1fty or
10 an unanswered question I put TO Messrs.
source do you propose to reimburse the Ma
tional Treasury for tho loss Of one hundred
millions Of gold revenue! Tho only reply 7
get Is, that The "ffee trade league s not 50:
to raisc reTenuei" I submit that this Is d
very pucrile answer to an Important inquiry.
The leaguers, It would seem, have no pro.
grammc, except to pull down, dcrange md
destroy existing prosperity s'tI} s, The soul o.
lie Is the. father Of the free trade
scheme, to undermine and ruin
The industry Of the North; and he furnished
tho specious prete1ts for II. BIS disciples
: have added nothing to his platform Ok to hi
. humbuggtng catch.phrsses, such as ."taxin9
the few for the benefit OF the many ~ "leav
. Ing people free to buy In the cheapest marke
and sell In the dcarest;n and "prpmotinI
, unrestricted commercial intercourse with al
! nations" These were CRlhoun's pct phrases
afterwards pa1Toted oter the country. an'
q now again going the rounds
h But fiptiinr himself hard pressed on tue In
!, cvitable effect OF low tariff On the revenue
AIr. Eastman thinks It is g 'very mortityin
: confession u that 20 much revenue is needed t
IS support . Republican Administration when
u Democratic Administr could get alon
!. On fifty or sixty millions a year. Trul
astonishing, indeed Especially when It Is It
:. membered that that model Democsatic RI
IL eime, In addition to Its income from the 10,
Tariff and public land sales, borrowed twent
E. or thirty millions year to pRteh ont Its final
70 c1al deficits and defalcatous, and bozrowe
E the money at ten to twelve per cent intercl
=. and added It to the public debt. And whe
Il voted out of power, that same party mao
war on the Republic, aiming at Il
total destruction, which cost the countl
~ three thousand millions TO suppress the OF
Is mud prevent the other, the interest on whie
,r debt when all the bills are settled, will
i. S160,00o, ,0D per aRuum. And then there vi
N be q considerable army and navy to mninta
- for ths purpose Of preventing the reeonstEuc
h cd and wlite-washed Democrats fro
y Government; there will be heavy pensit
i. list to par 10 our manned heroes, and for Il
~ support or the widows, orphans and mothe
Of soldiers who perished in the struggle vii
81 the Democrats" rebellion, besides all Il
l. other expenses Of the Government
or provide for, including n sinking fu,
te 10 pay OF the National debt; a,
,o yet Ia the face Of all these costly gifts fro
~ the " democratic " party, this brilliant you'
n Lacquer can't comprehend how so much r.
IN enne is required to support the Governmcr
re seeing thtt the pure md patriotic " den,
-. | cratic - BuchanAn admfnisfr ration got AIOl
~ comfortably, With fifty millions year!
have the gentleman now "holedhi It Is n
10 necessary to purtue him nny further.
e- PROTECTION,