, 1866-02-10
Review of Col. Fosters Address
by Protection"

ntfl Der Nft4-
That, whatever may be The raie OF impost whether
high or iowr On foreign manufactures, the American
manufacturer levtes a similar impost on his Gus.
TONER and puts It in his pocket hereby swtndl,0e
the Government and rubotng the peopie-whtcht Is
error number fo,r:..
That, consequently, the tariff should be yery low.
30 as 10 afford the manufacturer tho smallest poe
bic chance to keep hts head hbove water, and that
the Internal ta1es domestic manufactures should
be as high. or little higher In order 10 prevent the
American manufacturer from making too much
proht-whleh Is error number 1pe-
Th8t the present tariff tnsy be characte,tzcd as =
''mischieEous piece Of 1egiaIation, which dscS,mi
mates iu favor OF particular industries 70 the ex-
silent OF diminiehtn9 revenuc by prohibiting i'm.
operation" which Ia error number IT,
That II IS always better to purchase commodity
Id foreign country than to mske IL nj home. pro-
viued you ON get ii any cheaper, ard, IN order 10
enable the foreigner to nnderself the American ma
chsuc, all duties should ha repealed or reduced to
about the same ~ the domestic excise, which u
error number sete1-
That the whole community viii psofpe. betfci1 md
grow rich iaster BY purchasing an artic1cs abroad
that can be seemingly produced cheaper thsn at
home, and that II 10 no advantage 10 maintain usu.
uactures, or 10 paron1ae branches OF home indnt1y
that cannot produce as cheaply as the workshops oi
Europe bnt the better coures IS. to pu11 down the
bar.iers and LET them be drowned ont by a flood oI
foreign competition, and thereafter transfee those
workshops to Europe that formerly existed IN ou,
midst, which IL error number eigh.
ico'. Foster "hedees" against this conclusion,
however, by asserting that our manufactures would
m, be rIt,n1nished " the dnr,e. ,ge,a ,snnvad
,.as.S.e ~ ~. s...,a. - s,,-,'.. u''eo ;
peesuse' ~ lie nsueS' Jug 1p'Lauae ase
posts duties, and consequently would atlll be ale
10 60 On with their business after being deprived ii
The psessnt tariff. But Ibis L begeiae the que;.
ing % M amy Or nssy olders du.p he "a, 1aas o. Mbap ~
cot,un mil, my ndkc during he cotton tamire.
All ia. i exceptional I'D abaof1aal. snd erds viii
COP co % of cotton. @1 A'''A '' p9us''D " 'D' s''o
: sASrrAc1Du1yo OPEN IN .1,.
p,.,.rss..,,..n,ts r. oa.s ~ - ~ ~ ~ s,.s" As...
There i 10 no9epdy o! Il sny noIe th.a = iaf1a.
hs
ezteniNesy E ~, ~ IN Il. l have nesss @ BEEN able 70
get ine nee ttauess 10 loeK lhat simple
ptope9stuo1 I'D !" ,,,. toe %ee' ineJ dodge Il
nIst, that iatming ID the West IS nnptoaiable and
ansoeana'sy ~, temnngsn; ofanseo; e. Iney arn.
eg; pa1, fs ~
eaaanxe tae pfonLs o. me tWo dassee-Wes1ern
ane,e - s1q Wh e. IT. pIopose
tsn n Enr 70 .he ta and T., te
t9st statesmanlike: "a ls It good horse sense'
Neigh, .ainly The true course to pursue l., to mn
have sosae of shoss BIZ proats " hear 10 much
abont. -..-..
n. a ~ pfoteehye a1ta = more needed by tha
turing induit tJ estab1ished On solid fonntat1pnt,
And ptedit t6at the Eastern STATES Will ask for
reduction OF the tarsn he!ore the West does.
or-sr,ov
.,xo.,,n,.. v-..ss. eu-staos. --,
yru fnolsnd xrstss ~ ~ ~ ,nilct,. nq y. ns II
fesonet. =. ! ~ n,.,r,r ,,,.. " nee t.ade
n tsiEInr vita he 1rad,r " ,ansfsst1,es. nIa ss
NV EnE.nd Sites. iha; ibe1 aoni s04 o. me the
mere 9s;E 1afG tIasy " Rsss,1y willing to h37s d
Iens m ies1her ~ ~ ~. ,he ana Moo!
more 10 esF rom Westera eompefition Il I'm m.aaIae e
t ne ,tai,ed n, H. Tor w ysas Longer The
e.ien.i,eS . T. supply t6sis own wants and ID
essnsa.sL ,,, ..La y 5n'p Rooos Eat iot ihey nave
Aea.n1 % .s.as & N me- essennas 0! PRO.
I'D cheaper fuel to create steam power They
ne,nIe y th Ess wh h.ee - ta1r M tne
to sna ~. 3rs1s,..,S Mnu ", @ ~ toeir
E,ansa ~ II m ~, LYLE 1AnSes g5eat
n1pt1fsr. ta,,T nnf, tbs1 ,,et I'LL neeos
.bn "a r. ;s ua r.. ~ FL Ge! nsne ssiao'
moderaf . p1 ne wns9 an fe, aoag We
- T. T. X usr r,.nn,aetrE. t VII ASea
fst ahont ihe I,rfH Scv%i " Ihc hsSa a.sa ~
ne 1fat too,,er or iater ,no.t NJ fhe Ne,r Enn.rS
manufacturers would be Obliged to ppfi Nd
etaket and strike for the West, 6riu4in,
better II located In the nidat of their customer
With bread. meat and seae'ables. Ea~ mateltals,
goal md wafer power. eheap nd abundant AZ about
eomio1taels homes sna estsblI.hsd on.!ne:s tast
1esentea tnoatsnas q aaG S eap Of sew Eng
iand nom makmg zee una ~, ne M1sstasfp2'
snsyi ~ af! ~ = "a 1 & 10
emnalK AlEeiy u u mau1eesufanE, - 1ne manniactu"
!efn nna ai!tSu1 q tne EAst Noo1G naSe no thotce
iheir customer, nd Il Illinois wonH moi 70 to
yaseschufetts for eass!n,eres, blankets, calscoer
tnos :; I'D ~ xeu
'Df sae@s 3a ne that ,ht. sr cover, The rbo,c
s,ss ;ns as ;s1sh,t xs r.,
Chieaen Ieseurs IN donknys al ,hem.e,1ee ~
nd tnst jbe5 afe encared Ia the 3ne s,onabIe an
1',T rpo1,rt.1 G1 Tt1Trs ~ v.p,or. ,,,r.-u,,x
il comparing he relative prodts Of Wes.era ssri-
nTrsenfs 1r * fninss1ne s1stisnc. Col' 1os'es
aWe wi, eelert Ino1s ~ tvpical Of IN sctcu)tu,st
h ins G n
etaris an ifIfnnts fsr1neE 1hen he .ees ,h
iauon and the value Of lie annual produet Of 11das
IN in there ,hfr Stafes rnntrsste a. ths ecc.nn,
stood tn 1660 ~ S@S "'~ 'A'>
Population Value.
9'no x,Ms6sS@S ,s 5 9
Peaas, isansa.. aSsSSnS
,T9is el7es + saeh inhabisat of nlino,s asons
$3.50. 10 eaeh fnhabltant ot Massachusetts S2al 50
70 sach inhaolsant q fennt tyh1nia x1D. Now, ts
II for the ntere-t OF llhnoie 10 maintain system OF
lcE1sanon which. while 1t deprec2ates the value OF
her oun producta, largely enhances the value OF
those of Hassachusetts and Pennsylvania
Here y tncontroyczuhe proof On ny side from
.sfFee Traaer.'' ! could AK for nothing better.
demonstrates the financial folly OF people depend-
Ing On agdcnltpte, ignoring manufactures md
shipptng their bscaassnas and FEW materials
abroad 70 be exchanged Tor manufactured comuod-
ties Of distant States or naIons Instead Of bringing
' 1e M Ga, 10 sae so1 ana "o.K
~ tTrnr",t st;nn hnfh Vnss II 5smSnst 1s,.s tne
sIoct;nr h1nnGe, thst T,t,n14 rnmm,t ,Ihn derofe
thcir encr.,ies to f6cd rsisfn1 and ienend
Oh - dee trade" md The. English ma.xet
for their cereals, 10 make them rich. For, bear
in mind that the products oi 1ndu9try IN the three
States pamed werp The results Of 1850 before The
low arm oi 1851, which yielded but isEty mil,on.
yesr Of revenue There was no "Mornn thrill
ia operation to "IobH 1llino&s.. We were enjoying
al the benefits and blessings Of the LeaEness sys-
TEN. Every man waa selling his Products in "lhe
dearest market md huying IN the cheapest Trade
was nnobstrueted by "pFotectiEe " iAsifs; tFans.
pbrtation Was reasonably cheap. We bad fall
ewing ii ihe yannted woIId'a markets, crJinE lot
cur bread. We had no uattUnal debt worth talking