, 1869-05-30
sOPHIsMS OF THE PROTECTIVE
- POLICY.

sKcoSp BKRIKA
77rn.lattd 1ar Tie Chicago Tribune J}pm Tie F,seh
~ r. Easttat
TO ARTISANS AND WoRKNES.
Many papers have attacked me before you
Will you not read my deletc,.
an not 1usplciouA When a man writes or
epcaks, believe thai he thtnka what he sa5A
What II the question: To ASCERTAIN which Is
the more advantageous for you, restriction OF lib
eEty.
believe that Is liberty; they believe it Is re.
st1csion; 1t II &c: each one to prove his thesis.
#as Il necessary to tnsluuatc that We asethe
agents OF Ena}A1d.
Ton will see hoT easy rccrttplna,ton would be
on this ground.
We ar, tbey ssy, agents Of the English, because
Fome Of us have used the English words meeting,
frrf- -:rnde7f
And DO not they uss the ~on1s d,araaes and
tudgfsf
We initiate Golden and the English democracy
Do not they parody Beut1nek nntl the British A.
tsto1seTf
We borrow trom per,d.oas Albion the doctrine
OF liberty.
10 nos they borrow from her the sopnisns Of
protection.
We follow the commercial Impulse Of Bordeaux
and the South.
Do not they sesve the greed Of LILLE, aud the
Manufacturing So1h7
We favor the secret designs OF the ministry,
which deares to turn public attention from The
protective policy.
Do not they favor the y,ews Of the Custom House
onneers Who gain more then anybody else by this
protective rtstmsf
So you see TINT we did not isuore this war Of
epithet1, We should not he without weapoca
lint that IL not the point In issue.
The question which shall not lose eight Of Is
this:
FhirA u bitter for the norttno-eass<a " Be }ree or
MT fa le frfe to ttlrehase trpm dl7odd1
Worknen, they Say to you, AT you are free to
buy from abroad these things which you NOW
make yourselves, you will no longer make them.
You VIII be without work, without wages md
without bread 1t ia then for your OWL good that
your liberty he restricted
This objection recIrs IN ali fornA They say,
for instance, All VIC ciothc ourselves with Eng
llsh cloth, II we make our rlowshascs with Eng
nsh iron, II we cut our bread with English knives,
| II we wipe our hands With E0gAsh napkins What
| will become Of tho French workmcn-whas viii
become Of the nationdl laeorf"
Tell ne, workmcn, II . man stood On he pIer Al
] Boulogre, and said to cvcIy Eugl!shman who
landed: II you will give nc those EugtiAh boots.
III give you this French Int; or, II You viii LET
| TIE hare this English horse, I will let Jou have
this French carriage; or, Arc you willing to e1-
! change this D1rntngham machine for this Paris
clock o., again. Docs II sut Juu 70 barter your
| Newcastle coal for this Champagne wine. Ixsk
/ you whether, s1tppoNug this mnn makes his pro-
posals with average Judgment, It can be said thai
cur national 1otsr, taken IA q whole, would be
Affected By it9
Would It be more 10 Il there were twenty Of
these people e7e,tng to exchange services ut
Boulogne tnstead OF one; II d million barterB wcrc
l made Instead Of fonr; and II the Intervention Of
merchants and money WAS called on 10 facilitate
them md multiply them infinitely:
Now, let one eounsry huy Of another nj
WhoiesAle 10 sell agaln Mt rrraI1 OK al
retail to seunsaiu At Wholesale, II vii. always be
found, II the matter Is followed ont TO the end,
that eonsnefre c:Tsts cr Gtudt ba5kfr " products
for produets, ef settiees % AeTttceA Ii, then one
terttr does not injure tho nctioral labor sincc 1t
lmp1ics u much national lator aie<u as J5ort.,n
Labcr Fee<irtd, hundred million Of them cannot
hurt the country.
But, you will say, where Ii the advantage: The
advantage copststs Id making better use OF the
resources Of each country, 70 that the FAME
amount Of Labor gives more satisfaction and we'll
being everywhere.
There arc come who employ singular tactics
against ynu. They begin ty admitting the supe.
t1ostty Of freedom oTer the prohtoit1ve system
doubtless In order that they may not have 10 de-
| tenu thtIpte!7es on TINT ground.
Next they remark that In going from ono sys
tenn 10 unolher there will be semr di,rfacsu:tat o
labor+
Then they Illatc upon the sutertnss which, &C
corlng to themselves, this d:,pLsetn.eat ms
causc- They cIaggcEote and huit'lfy them: lhel
make Of them the principal subject u discussion
they preseut them NJ the exclusive and 9e1init,
result OF reform. and thus tfy 10 cct!s: you undo
tho standard Of monopoly.
These tactics have been employed In the ser
Vice Of all abuses and must lraukly admit on.
Of thQec reforms which arc most useful 10 the pco
pie. lou will understand why.
When an abuse exists every thing al1angts l:scl
upon t.
Human exis,ences connec, themselves with Il
Others with those, then still Others, and this form
! great edifce.
10 you ratse your hand aentnst It: Each on
protests; and notice this particularly. these pc.
| sons who protest always seem ut the first gia1c
to be night, because It II caster to show the d!so
der which must accompany the reform than III
! | or1ler which will follow IT,.
> The friends Of The abuse cite fa1:icular Ii
stances: they name the persons aud thrtE worI
: men who will he disturbed, while tho poor tcy
Of q rcformer can only refer to tho rrh<rci goa
( winch must iuseusih!y dlruAc itself among Il
= massca THIS docs not haye the effect whica It
other h:ls
J. Thus, eurposing It Is q question Of abolishlr
slavery: Unhappy people, they cay 10 II
|. ctlored mtn. "who will feed you: The tnast
distributes LcrgiEss, hut liz n'so distributes +
uuns.'
II Is NOT seen that It Is not tho nastc; who fec
the slave, but bis own labor which feeds both hit
sclf nla master.
When the converts Of Spain were reforn,c
they FALL 10 Tie teezars, 'WheEc Will yol i:
Lso,tl and clothing: The A'iiot Is your pro,
dcncc. Ii 1t Eut vclJ convenient to arplS
him 2.
And The t+esars zaid: "That Is true. II !,
:.tbo, goes, We Sec whnt nc lose, bui We 10 Il
Sec What Will CONC In tts place
They do not notice that II the convent ! 81
aims they lived On Them, 50 that tho people h
more to give them thzn to receive from them
Thus, worInen, monopoly tupesccpttely pt
taxes On your shoulders, aud then Furnishes :!
With the proceeds
Your false friends say to you: II tncrr WAS
monopoly, vito would furnish voc work:
You answer: This IL true, this Is true. 7
,aber which The nonopoll1ts procure rs Is ccrsa
The promises OF liberty arc uncertain,
For you do not sec that they nEsi take tuor
from yoo and then give you hack part O! IL
ypur lAbos.
Do yon ask who viii furnish yo1 work: WI
you will e1ve each other work. With the NOR
which viii no longer DC taken ftom yous the sh
maker Will dress better, and will make wofk
the tailor. The tailor Will have new shoes ofsen
and keep the shoemaker employed. go It wC1
with all occupations
They SAY that with freedom there viii be fey
workmen IN the uunes md tho milia
lido not belIese Il But U this docs happen
Ia nsekaari7v because there Ntl Lc re1e L
freely In the open air.
For It. Is they say, these mines and spiuu
uni1fs can be sustained only hE the aid Of taxet
posed on f1trJtndy for their beneos, these Il
once abolished, eresyc.,IY Will be Ulorc conl,
labor OF each one
E1cusc me II l.nscr :. this demonstration
have so Etrata dcsize 10 hee you On tas I'D
liberty.
In France capital invested IN mannfaett
ktycs, I suppose, nve per cent profit Bat hc1
ind | Acuuor, who Las oua h1n1rel thousand In
So tnEested Ia nsauufActogy, on which he loses
an- rer cent. Tho dtIercnoa between the ioss
~ ~ gain Il ten thonrand franca VIA, do they
ths They assess upon Juu litue tax OF ten thous
3ne Irsncx, which Is given 10 AondoE, and you do
q notice y for Il II ter3 akillfully tisgntsed
~ " not the t2I Eatnegc1 who comes 10 ask you
pazt OF the s.1, but ycu pay II 70 NoaaoE.
9, II manufacturer. every time you bug your hatch
.Me yoar irovels AMI your plaoea- Then they sa
1o yeu: II you do NOD pay this tax, Monaor can '
no Iouser. and his employees, John md Ja1
ai1- witt bc without labor. II ills tax ms remit
gEr. | would YOU not ret work yourselves. and On
In { ,,r arronns sfne
III III And, laen, Re easy when Moneor his no To-
tho | ,nls casy method Of obtaining n.s pzud: By
can | be will use his wits to turn hia loss into 1
aud John md Jsne4 viii not be dlEln18scd- Z
=. 70 ali viii Be rrunt f"r al
lozn fou VII QcfsSt. pe9Eas'ss *AaAs' ~ ~
stand th4t xl,e1 The reform, there VIII bc in
un- | cru4 more WORK Than before, but n the q
~o- while John and 1ares will ce On the street Vt
M Towh.cn a.swcy:
Fus.. When employment changeS ta