The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-02
WIN PAYS 4

hSu We EShu iu lOIelku JOuInalb
rs we not unfrequently do, long,
enthusiastic, nay, glowing, accounts
Of the pageantrJ IN which the rul-
ers, potentntes and dignitaries Of
Europe are accustomed 10 indulge
when we see elaborate descriptions
Of ecclesiastical festivals and grand
ceremonial occasions when we
hear about royal receptions, corona
tions, juDketings, royal marriages,
royal births, royal christenings, and
funerals,-the first question which
arises in our minds, as we try to re.
alize the pOmp, the tinselry, the gilt
ter Rad the ridiculous tom-foolery
of all these things, is this Who
pdysP
We mover read n prophecy of
thorough paced American Protect
lonist, in which he tells us that, If
the laws which no wants are enact.
ed, manufacturers of iron, ofsllk, Of
cotton and wool, will spring up in
multitudes all over tho land that
villages will be improvised IN q day;
that cities will be built that manu-
Gacturers will roll in wealth, and
that all the protected classes will
flourish ike 50 many green bay
trees, without feeling akin to that
excited by the royal and priostry
pagcaptTy which we have describ.
ed and the old question which,
here, rs IN the older countries, un-
dcTlies all schemes Of civil power
Who paYs2-comes up uEbidden in
our minds. Villages do not arise,
cities aro not built, manufactures
do not spring up, manufacturers 10
not grow rich, protected classes do
not spread themselves IN purple and
hre linen, unless some body pays.
Who, in that case, fools the bill3-
That's the question the protection
Ist declines to answer. Like tho
noble, like king, like the priests of
the old world, when he is asked, he
goes off into platltudes about the
wealth and prosperity Of the counr
try, the necessity for the diversifica.
ton Of national industry, and INTO
a long array Of lying figures. But
we, in favor of simple government
and Of the rights Of man, want to
know,-Who paysP Hero is an
iron mill, the owner of which, like
W. b. Ogden. is rolling in woa!th /;
here is protected maker of shovcls
like Oakcs Ames here is q protec-
ted calico maker, like Senator
Sprngde hcre is Il protected weav-
or of woollens, like Harris of Woon-
socket; here aro your protected
classes generally, who ure still.
speading themselves, But wo are
not sllenced by their prosperity
the question still is-Who pays p
Protection IL o bounty. If 1t is
not the protected classes do not
want it. lift is, WHO pays.
We know who pays. As ar Old
World, so here. The men who
toil-the men who produce-pay.
A farmer who can buy his iron, II
suffered to seek the market Of his
choice, at half the prico asked here
for an inferior protected article, is
put under tribute, by the tariff,
just as etfcctually and just as need
lessly ns the foreign farmer IS mado
TO pay the royal pageantry of those
who keep his noso 10 the grindstone,
hunkeyisn may flou rish. Tho 10.
borcr pays; the mechanic pays
the man living on fixed income pays
all men, except the protected olas-
ses pay. All are in tho position Of
the crowds who watch the royal pa
geants IN European cities, and have
holy water and holy blessings
shOwered upon them by the robbers
as they pass. That's the very OBJ
ject OF protection-to make some
body pay two prices for the thing
protected. Hence protection rs rob
berry. 1t robs in the name of na-
tional industry, as the kings and
mobiles rob IN tho name Of national
securities and order and just al
the false priests rob in The name o.
religion. In one case as IN the 9th
er,the robbery Is by a class from al
other classes-it Is somebody else'I
hand in your pocket clutchin & a
what you have earned. And that
in spite of all the lying, oil sophi-
SINS, all the clap trap, buncomb'
and humbug, is all there iS to it,
1t is roObery-downright, utter, un
mItigated and bare faced robbery J.