New-York tribune., 1870-10-21

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.ho. Tor te minor sry ones can In most cases
ne procured at home with equal facility. Nothing Is
wanting 10 destroy foreign competition but Me WooD
prorion OF tho Government and the public spirit o the
country High duties and prob ibn0 provisions, applied
10 6oreign productions afford the most efficient eneon-
aqemenf 10 mdnufacfures and these measures hp-
pertain to me legitimate functions Of the National Coo
e:np,ent much may be done by the State Govern
ment by liberal accommodations by judicious ekemp-
tions and by whole weight OF Its influence; ana
much may be accomplished by the public spirit OF
the community For persuaded that II every citi-
zen who adopts the fabrics OF other nations would ser
ousy consider that not only paying taxes for the
OF foreign Governments but that he participates
I'm undermining one of tho main pillars Of productive
industry he would initiate the honorable preference
which you this day evinced In favor OF American
manufactures"
From Cor DE WITT CLINToS's Message, Noc T. 1870.
"Aieulture must look for its principal and solid en-
coura0ement 10 The home markell and this Will I've I'M
proved by the general augmentation Of our population,
and especially by the increase Of that portion OF which
ia not engaged in the cultivation OF the earth The man
uraeturing in res and that numerous class OF the COM
munity which will be employed In the inland carrying
trade and the dealers in the sale, purchase ana ex-
change OF commodities must contribute fhe most ee
friends of Agriculture. The fluctuations OF harVess III
the different pars OF the United States, and the diner
ences of productions will frequently produce facilities IN
the way OF reciprocal supply and the necessities Oh E
rope will almost always create in greater or less degree
demand for staple articles"
From Coz DE WITT CLIsros's Message Jan. J. 1924
The excess of the products OF the soil beyond the con-
sumption OF the agricultural interest must either nhu
sale In the homo the foreign markets. or be lost 10
the propetors TO rely upon foreign markets Is to ex
nose ourseyes TO the caprces Of foreign policy and 10
commit primary interests TO the guardianship ol i'a
nations We must therefore consult the substantial ana
permanent prosperity Of Agriculture, by proVdng Ior
tho domestic consumption OF Its productions; ana 's
can only be accomplished by the dense population OF
manufacturing towns and commercial cities; and 1t s
indeed highly satisfactory to witness tho growing pros
pery the manufacturing interest after the pow "hcn
il received the termination OF tho late war; IN is
fabrics its consumptons and all its operations 1t smu-
lates agricultural industry, by purchasing It's prouuc
tons and administering TO its accommodations And, as
the superabundance OF the products OF agriculture ana
manufactures must create materials of foreign com.
merce 1t that all these great departments OF
human industry dependent on each other, ana are
closely connected in promoting the general prosperity
nation purely agricultural which derives the faDrics
OF art from foreign supplies will almost always Dc poor
Commerce. in order to be beneficial, ought 10 export
more than it Imports and the general state OF our coun
try emphatcay nculcates the necessity OF nrenchinS
ourseyes I'm our own resources Of culvatng the crea
tive powers OF domestic industry and OF banshng those
excesses OF luxury and extravaganza, which arc the
bane Of individual happiness and republican virtue
From Co.. VIM l.. MARoY's Message, jan l. 1893.
manufactures branch ofindustry eminently CON
nected with prosperity and at this time an ooect OF
peculiar socitude large portion Of our constituents
The principle giving and protection to
them was recognized in OF the first acts OF Congress
passed after adoption OF the Constitution OF the o
ed States The representatives OF all the states III INC
councils Of the nation have at one period OF anOther
given their sanction to this principles and, down 10 te
present period it has entered into and inhuencedth inc
policy of the Federal Government, The extent 10 winch
it should carried has often been in dispute; Dut ,ho
rghtful authority to encourage and protect mahuluc
lures either directly incidentally has not until within
a recent period seriously questioned by any consd-
erabe portion OF the people Of the United States am
persuaded there nothing in the operation Of this pfn-
cple In OF wise and prudent legislatlon that
conflicts with the objects for which our federal compact
was formed, or that imposes unequal and oppressive
burdens the people OF one section OF the country as
the necessary Of the benefits
others II this principle has been rhsapped and in
furious effects have thereby resulted the proper remedy
for them doe. not require abandonment OF It,"
Silas Wright, who is also claimed above as
the peer of Gov. Hoffman. was not Governor
at any time when the Tariff question was
| agitated; but he was in fun accord with Martin
| Van Buren when that statesman voted, as
Senator from our State along with Gen. jack
| son. for the Tariff of 1S24-the first Tariff ever
passed ercluSirey for Protection without regard
| to Revenue. In 1928, Wright uas in Congress.
as well as Van Buren, and both of them voted
for the still higher Tariff of that year-framed
and passed avowedly with view to Protec-
lection, and to that alone. Messrs. Michael Hoh-
man, Jonas EARL, jr., John Magee, and other
magnates of New-York Democracy. were also
members of that Congress, and all voted for
that Protective Tariff. In 1912, Silas Wright
was again member. and again he voted for
the Protective Tariff passed that year.
Reader! were George Clinton, Daniel ID. TOmp-
kins, De Witt Clinton, William l.. Marcy and
Silas Wright, champions of a policy which is
"simply robbery of the PeOpleW The charge
is made against them by the supporters of
John Il. Hoffman. Judge ye between the
illustrious dead and their living defamers