New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-31

works OF GOd With these remarks in view, am pre-
SSocSdiy; That IL. protection aud encouragement Of
pr ndntfaeHreS is essential 10 national prosperity ~,
Manufacturing establishments, by the lntrOuueuo O
M the while they save the and
wages OF increased population Ihey aHOru
also to classes OF the com9 S Sa into action the d.
yersy of talents with which God mas tp9VAe4 ge2 S
lsy open 10 the active nlnu % icitnSents IN in
OF employment and more poWeIIui inelenentS w. IN
dustry But the vital utility OF manufactures CONSISTS n
bandman near and steady home market and by dimin
fishing the competition Of exported produce III IOIelgn
HIM the advantage OF two markets instead OF one :
The home market steady one, and the foreign market
the entire surplus product Of great agricultural nation
In the meantime instead OF aulckening the INDUSTRY Se
augmentng che OF other nations, we sumuate
aud augment the capital Of our own nation =.
National industry Is national wealth faat potSt
portion of the population Of nation e9nsu.s neG mgn
prosperity But this can be accomplished SO enect
ally by no means as by making the manufacturers OF
the the customers Of the farmer and the
the customers Of the manufacturer II we would De III
dependent in reality OF other nations we must eHCouI
age agriculture, by the steady demand OF nome
market and secure within ourselves the CAPITA msh
results from the manufacture OF our own raw masrlH
The foreign market always preoarOns ana iton
the yicssAtndeS OF peace and war; peny anu a.
well rOn restrictions upon imports endess!y varied oy
nations TO protect from foreign orp naIions
exert an efclent legislation own substance and
per cent such state Of uncertainty and subsection to
foreign caprice no naton ought 20 eeouro ~ Ine ~
often excluded from Its accustomed market and our supply
of imports made necessary by habit comes 20 u6 at
enhanced prices and finds us with Our produce r0tung
upon our hands aud without the means OF parchase.
i might continue these citations indefinitely;
but my end is attained if have clearly exhibited the
spirit in which the foundations of our Protective
policy were laid the liberal and comprehensive
aims of its authors and champions. They were
mainly farmers or the representatives OF farming
constituencies; yet they never sought to build up
Agriculture on the downfall Of any other producing
Interest They did not place the industry wherewith
they were most Immediately connected IN antago-
nism to any other they realized that the thrift OF
each was identified with the well-being of all.
THE AMERICAN SYsTEM-as they proudly and
happily named twas a system of enhght-
ened thoughtful, and generous consideration
for every Home interest and industry-a system
which recognized in the prosperity and growth of
Manufactures the assurance of constant ample mar
kets and fair prices for the products of our Agricu
tuTe with steady employment at living rates for our
Shipping and heathful activity, with liberal profits
and infrequent bankruptcies for our Commerce If
they erred-as l am confident they did not-they
erred not through envy OF meanness, or narrow.
sordd conceptions Of National policy but in obedi-
ence TO the dictates of a statesmanshp broad as our
country's horizon The principles they enunciated
were of universal application, and their sympathies
though more Immediately contemplating our own
people, embraced and comprehended all human kind