The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-03

make into cider which sold for 81 per barrel
just about the cost of picking and making
whereas, they can now be sold from the or
ohard for ten times their value while Europe
made our cloth and wares. SO, measurably
of vegetables, etc. etc.
Have we, or have we not, squarely met the
Worlds "argument ~
Now let the World face the doctrines of
the fathers Of Democracy, VIII
Thomas Jefferson, in hs second Annual
Message December Is, 1902, says
ITO cultivate peace, and maiutaln commerce
and navigation in their lawful enterprises; to
foster our fisheries nurseries Of navigation,
and and protect the manufactures adapted to our
the landmarks by which we are to guide our,
selves i'm all our proceedings. BY continuing
to make these the rule of our action, we snail
endear to our countrymen the true principles
of the Constitution, and promote a union of
sentiment sil and of action equally auspicious to
their happiness and safety.
That Mr. Jefferson meant by protection pre-
cisey what we do, is proved by his Message
of December 2, 1906, when, anticipating the
payment of our debt and surplus of revenue,
he asks:-
'"To what other objects shall these surplices
be appropriated, and the whole surplus afIer the
entire discharge of the public debt? Snail we
suppress the lmpost, and give that advantage
10 foreign over domestic manu- fac .ures?"
So, in his last Annual Message November
8, 1909, Mr.. jefferson says
"The situation into which we have Thus INV
foreign hostile policy been forced, has co M
PEELED us TO apply a portion of our Industry and
capital TO Internal manufactures and improve
ments. The extent of this conversion is daily
Increasing; and little doubt remains that the
establishments formed and forming WILL under
the auspices of cheaper materials and subsist
ence, the freedom of labor from taxation with
US, emu OF protecting duties and prohibitions,
become permanent"
Sophistry cannot make this language mean
anything else than what it has always been
understood to mean--a full Endorsement of the
policy of protection
James Madison bore so large a part in the
Convention of 1877 that he has been called by
admiring Democrats "The Father of the Con-
stitution." His Messages abound in argu-
ments and recommendations like those Just
quoted from those of his predecessor In his
Special Message of February 20, 1915, an
nouncing the Treaty of Ghent, he says
"But there is no subject that can enter with
greater force and merit in the deliberations
OF Congress than cnnsi Grafton of the means
required TO preserve and promote the mauufac-
lures which have sprung into existence aud
aJtalneu an unparalleled growth and maturity,
during the period of the European wars. This
source of national Independence aud wealth
anxlously recommend, therefore, to the prompt
and constant guardianship of Congress-"
In his next Annual Message (December 5.
lSl5), Mr.. Madison thus confronts one of the
IVOrtd'S favOrite theories:-
In adjusting the duties on imports to the
object of revenue, the influence of the tariff ON
manufactures will necessarily present Itself for
consideration. However wise the theory may
be which leaves to the sagacity and Interest of
individuals the application of their industry
and resources, there are in tntS as in all other
cases, EXCEPTIONS to the general rule Besides
the condition which the theory itself implies OF
reciprocal adoption by other nations, expert
ence teaches that 50 many circumstances must
turing establishments, especially of the more
complicated kinds, that country may long
remain without them, although sufficiently adj
Yanced, and in some respects even peculiarly
fitted, for carrying them on with success"
Mr.. Madison's last Message, and nearly all
| OF Mr.. Monroe's profer lucid and cOgent argu-
ments in support of the policy Of protecting
! home manufactures by discriminating duties
on their imported rivals but we can only refer
to them. Nor will we harrow up the feelings
! of the World by compelling it to bungle
through another attempt to explain away
General Jackson's famous letter to DR.. Cole
man, taking the broadest possible ground in
| favor of protecting home manufactures as the
surest and best way to provide markets for
/ the products of agriculture. We prefer to ask
| its attention to the views of the earliest and
most illustrious leader of the Democracy of
our own State, Governor George Clinton, who,
in his Message of 1855, urges the impolicy
and peril of depending on foreign nations for
an article so indispensable to national security
as iron; and in that of l7SS returns to the
subject as follows:--
1.-The profuse use OF luxuries brought from
abroad drains us of our wealth, and is the
]
! ties proceed. would, therefore. submit to the
wisdom OF the Legislature the proprety of
/ limiting the consumption of foreign articles by
encouraging the manufacture of our own pro-
ductions, as far as may be consistent with our
situation ana a due regard to beneficial COM
| merce."
The Messages of Governor Daniel D. Tomp-
kins abound in such avowals of sentiment as
the following from that of February 2, 1Sl6:-
| at is a proposition too plain TO require any
observation TO enforce il, that no nation can be
really and substantially independent which
relies on any other for its essential supplies OF
clothing, The maintenance OF our manufac-
lures Is, in my view, of deep interest to tue
present and future prosperity of our country
and l confidently recommend them to your
patronage and protection"
We might quote abundantly to the same
effect from the Messages of De Witt Clinton,
William l.. Marcy, ETC., with the responsive
reports and votes of successive Democratic
Legislatures; but need we The lawyer whom
the Judge attempted to silence explained that
he was not arguing against the correctness of
his Honors decision, but only showing what
stupendOus fool old Blackstone was. We close
with the single question, If free trade is so
manifestly, incontrovertibly wise and benef-
! cent, how came these great men to be so blind
and besotted, especially since there was no
! great manufacturing interest in their day to
| bewilder and mislead them?
! The Imperial Prisoners OF the Mexican
Liberals.
From the Herald.