, 1866-02-26

ally mndc by unsupported assertion
and an exaggerated rhetoric, shall give
the proper attention. observe that be o
Jects to the use Of tho word "robbery ~ In Il
discussion, and quotes the dictionary to sho
that robbery is only pcrpetrated when DC
soual violence is used, and where the par,
robbed is put in bodily peril conclud
therefore, that he prefers the word larceny.
should have no objection to using the wo,
larceny instead OF robbery, but apprcheu
the public are not In the habit of drawn
such nice legal distinctions, and that nobod
supposes that he Is put in bodily peril whe
his property Is taken away from him by
protective tariff, and half OF It given to som
body else, and the other half thrown into II
sea- AST1-MosoroLr.
! CHATTER III.
1ns,rersto Fauaeics continued,
u That Free Trade is "Calhoun doema.
period when South Carolina nulliaed. lie
article on John c. Calhoun in North America
He1nttc, October, 1851 Daniel Webster Nm
Ffee Trader up to about the period Ehc]
Calhoun changed his coat, viz, 1888. M
NGbstcr,s first great speech in fsI4 was umc
qgiroeally in taror Of Free Trade. When, /,
lSss, he became Protectionlst, be was care
ful to say that he became SC, not becanse Pm
lection vas right. but because it was odyan
'aceons to New England. Andrew jackson
was ut first Ptotectionist, aud subscauentl,
a Flee Trader. It makes no difference. ex
sept 70 generation Of mimics, who was 70,
| free Irada forty years agu, and who wa
against It: It is the boast Of this generation
that they have Improved somewhat upou thu
! work Of their ancestors. What We have ia
| deal With Is not SO much the doiues of ouI
ancestors, ns their reasons for their doIngs.
dogma"
4. When the argument runs out, the next
best thing is to call names. If the Demo.
cratic party are allowed to appropriate ffee
| trade as their exclusive party capital, it will
become as potent IN their hands Is Zee soil
1 and free labor we're in the hands Of their an.
ponents Grant that trade is right In itself. aud
.trfc trade viii be voted up In free country.
Just as surely as Stare trade was voted down.
As Protection means compelling men to
trade where they wonfd not, If left to their
own choice, why is not daix trade q good
name for its
II. That We should lesislste to secure
balance Of trade iu our favor,
4. Balance Of Trade means making our ex-
ports exceed our imports-that Is, sending
abroad more than We get back The easiest
amount Of our products Into mid. ocean every
year, and throw them overheard. Then our
exports would exceed our imports. Take MI
illustration which ind In recent New York
publication; "Mr. Jones, New York
merchant. ships to Liverpool cargo Of pro-
dncc, value S4o,oO0, and entered at that on
Cnstom-honse books. This produce, after
paying all charges, he sells at q clear net
profit offre Thousand dollars, and the new cap
ital OF S35,euO he Invests In 8 cargo of British
merchandise, and this value Ia duly entered
Al our tnstom-house on the return Of the
ship: Now, according to the Balance Of
Trade theory, the country ia IS 600 worse OH
for JONES' speculation, since he has imported
that amount more than he has exported.
This result eeens rather puzxling to q plain
man. Jones has made 5000 clearly enough,
but who In the country has lost It, or how Is
tee country wo,ss e, ott for having $500 more
"Bul, i" say the Balancc-of -of.Ttade wiseacrcs,
"h1 tariff 90 that Jones can't bring any
goods back, and then he will have to bring
gold" But Jones does not want gold. He
wants his profit Of s. 600, and be knows there
Is no profit in taking ont wheat and bringing
50 Jones can bring no goods back You ston
his trade he takes out no more wheat, and
lie brings back neither goods nor gold.
-, +. That Protection isn creed of the Rcpub-
iican party.
4. It was neser made SO by any declaration
Of the party in Its national convention. In
lation was adopted, pledgine the party to
support the best method Of developing rs
tiona1 industry. Those who believe that
system, which depzives thirty-one millions Of
consumers Of the fruits OF their industry,
Is not good system for develop
70 for come other system, and at The same
time indorse the platform. Il the platform
had meant Protection srhy didn't Il seY 30 :
But the platform Of 1850 was superseded by
that Of 1861, which, in the It'll resolution,
calls for "a j4a syaten of taration,'' which
certainly + not system whieh taxes one
branch Of industry for the benefit of another.
IL. When viii they {the American iarmcrs}
learn that the nation which exports its aeri-
cultural products exports ita soIl-that the
Of manure In the form Of bread
stutts vii sooner or later pass the country
through Gods Court Of Bankruptcy ~ +.
T,fIune, Feb. a, 1855
L.. BIZ parity Of reasoning every farmer
should havc law to compel the buyers OF |
Ills products to consume them on his own |
acres, and Illinois should prohibit the sending |
under heavy penalties, because s'the exporta-
tion of - Bah what nonsensel
j.: That there is struggle between us and |
the British for the possession Of our own mar
scts; that Free Trade will beat us out OF
them, and let the British into possession
that Profession will beat the British ont, and
leave the Americans in possession; aud that
n1l here who advocate Free Trade take lie
side Of the British In this contest, and 60
against their country. +. Tribune, Ftb.
u, 1HG.
i. The sewing girl Is told that she must pay
liz pence more for thread, that Connecticut
company may make $40 per cent profit BY
md all this By way Of patriotism and keeping
he British out Of our markets. Why will not
protect the sewing Etrle Is not
Ter industry American Industry Letting
he sewing girl have thread for four cents q
pool il .'going against your country" Com
Yelling her 10 pay. ten cents Is projecting
'o1nc industry, and bcntiue the Britishl
Hhen will the people learn that they ore
million times more numerous than the thread
makers, and that all that goes into the posk.
is Of the hitter, under Euise Of protecting
'olnc industry" comes out Of their industry,
which Is also home Industry
market for farmers' products would be all
hattcred to pieces. The prices Of yegeta-
lies, poultry, eggs, butter, cheese, hay, frntt,
resh meats, garden stuff, IN short everything
hat would mot bear transportation to Europe,
would BECOME unsaleanlc, or, Il saleable,
tnde. .'-"L IT," in Chicago Tribune, Feb.
i. Tint state Of things has been reached
lready, and re are certainly not now enjoy
ng system Free T1ade.
16. That I g peT cent protection robs the
'ou1d rob them Of eNo. .oo0, 900. and pei
eut would rob them Of go 600 000.-Ibid
4. Certainly; bnt people hare choice
fhethcr they will be robbed Of all they have,
r only q part.
ay smother American whatcrer It may cost
rrnlrtra fnrr3yrnffif fhat fAielr hn1 |
o the range Of American industry and go
arther and declare that he can not purchase
uch things abroad, no matter how seemingly !
heap, without losing money by the transac-
Ion, IN the long run; because every such
urchakc weakens the home market md tends
peeah Of Joseph iuedN, Feb. 2 1S66.
4. / hold by the same logic that an Ameri-
IN can afford to stop up a spring from
'hlch he gets his water and pay another
mesican whatever 1t may cost 10 dig well.
FELL digging fairly belongs TO the range Of
merican industry. ! 60 further and deelare
nut he cannot get wafer ont OF spring, no
latter how seemingly cheap, without losing
loney By the transaction in the long run, be-
luse every paIlful1 taken ont Of The spring
!nds to depress labor and shorten employ
lent fgo further and declare that sewingma-
hines and patent reapers and power presses
nd to rcheapen labor and shorten employ,
E tor labor, II every shirt had TO be made by
and, and every spear of grain cut with q
ckle, and every newspaper printed with an
ld-laA1ioned Washington press, one sneet at
''mf! BASED The non whole R5isteetTs sn,a1d andsS
c must obey. Perhaps we do; but If do,
obey q lttls more cheerfully toward tho
zen Of America--American c{ttxens-those !
no nave cast their lot here-who helped to | I