, 1866-01-23

For months their paid agents have been
travelling over tho country. pzcpa11n. the
way for their scheme in Congress bY manu-
factuEing locai sentiment on their side. These
Eame paid agents nre now cougregated In
Washington, crowding the Hobbies, and bc.
sicging the committee rooms- To complete
their machinery for controlling public opfn-
Ion, they have only to rule tie Associated
Press dispatches, and that We may daily ex-
pect they will do.
Protection" however, does advise tho
establishment Of cotton manufactories In tho
Northwest With all my heart I wish the
pioneers IN the enterprise good speed But
they Will not succeed In Consequence Of q
protective tariff. New England Is tie reser-
votr Of capital In the United States; there Is
all the skilled labor; asers Is located The mo-
ed, and ID most instances, successfully,
to break down slmilar enterprises In other
sections. 1t is not forgotten that tho New
England Screw Company, by throwing their
manufacture on the narketat or under, cost,
ruined new enterprise Of that description Ia
ths nts5os of Nsw Ygr thsn oought hs th
street, and broke ta pieces the machinery.
Any legislation that tends to add to the power
OF the manufacturing monopolles In the East,
operates tn1nrious1y upon manufacturing In
forests in other localities. aud embarrasscs
N The sdaes e f tss aSei S S dasat
this movement with educated readers, by
charging that the ignorant and humble are
Included In this plan OF amclioratlou, Is char
acterdstic rather than damaging. II the poorer
classes arc to be benefited, 50 also are the
well-to-do and the educated. Indeed, all the
books that arc worth reading on this
subject, produced either In this country
protectlonist theories, and It Is difficult to
comprehend how ono can be reasonably intel
lisent on this subject, and not take the side of
free trade. No reformer need fear ridicule
whose actions are inspired by the teachings Of
IN England, BY Bastait ind others IN Francc,
By Claiming, silns Wright, Wayland, and
William Cullen Bryant In the United States.
Whether have succeeded in rendering autl
professionals doctrines more acceptable to
any IN the Republican party, who before op-
posed then, cannot say; but dare affirm Tint
whose sympathies and convictions arc my
own, respond heartily to my utterances on
this subject. The Republican purity was
originally FORMED BY union OF free soil Whfgs
and anti-NebEaska Democrats. Since the
commencement Of the recent troubles III 1869,
probably more than tlfty Thousand Democrats
have joined the Republican party In Illinois
alone, eagerly coalcscing with this party to
destroy slavery and put down the rebellion,
These htty thousand Democrats, inside the
Republican organization, pretesi agai"a in
cooperating proteetioaist principles in tss parry
creed. Those who do not now respect their
honest conyictions against high protective
dutles, may yet, unless they heed tho warning
In season, learn to respect their num6ers. an
glad to be able TO say, however, that the Re:
publican party Is moi, and never has been, In
any way committed to the protective policy /
| ai1d II Is too late to decorate the banners Of
the party With strips from the old clothes Of
! defunct WhIgs- |
It was the opinion Of DeTocqucEinc that
the temptation In our country to impose une.
quail taxation. was quito as likely 10 lead to
conflict and dfsmc1ubcrMcnt Us tho existence
Of slavery, or any other evil that could be
forcseen. Let our rr1ers steer clear Of this
evil; and 10 that end, let them oblItcratc the
protective features Of the tariff, and adjust
The burdens Of taxation With nice equality TO
all men and industries and sections. Those
who would take from the consumer and give
10 the producer, more than Is Just, would
FRANCIS A. EASTMAN.