The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-01-07
happened, would Mr.. volo. or any

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and effect? rather think rot.
Now, Mr.. Volo. if your rabbit
has not been caught by the dog, |
! arm positive that the animal is so
badly demoralized, worried, and
so essentially used up, that as
rabbit, it don't amount to much.
Mr.. Volo regales the readers of
the Palladium with the difnilion
of the word Tariff, just as il this,
any more than all his waste OF
words on the Presidential cam
paigns, had the remotest bearing
on his tariff notions. And here
again insist as matter of histo
ny, that duties on imports, &c,
were resorted to, as a means OF
revenue long before Tariffs exist
ed. % But whether the word Tariff
took its origin from the name Of a
town on the bleak hills Of Gibralter,
or the ever vernai plains of South
ern India! is altogether imma-
terial to the question involved in
tue unsupported assertion al the
head of my article, to which asser-
ton l respectfully invite Mr.. Volo
TO address his attention. There
fore, in his own language the ire
levancy 20 the question at issue,
in all Mr.. VOlo has, said, remains
for ever settled beyond dispute.
Let US not multiply side issues
unnecessarily. And while he is
devoting himself to the subject
straight, will he please answer how
it is that thousands of foreign la
borers-mechanics - are fockin o
yearly to our shores Why don't
they go to Canada, that favored
land of Free Trade Nay more.
Why is it that Canadian iaborers
arc constantly immigrating to the
States, as we are reliably Informed
they are? Is it that being swim
died and "hlack Mailed, have such
attractive charms as TO allure this
tide OF immi grants :? ! suppose
go. Let MIR. Volo inform the la
borers and mechanics hereabouts
what splendid wages are paid tC
their class in the old country, what
luxuriousI?I living they enjoy[?I
and how happy[2l poverty renders
them, Let the farmers be inform
ed that in 1869, when they had s
very large surplus, England tool
much less of that than usual, fol
the reason that it was not needed
Let the farmers understand how i
is that a varying and precarious
foreign market, from 5000 to TO-,
COO miles off is better than de
mand near home, thus saving tt
them the cost of transportation
waste = insurance commission
&c, which swallow up the create
part OF the value Of what the,
raise.
In the year 1869, as compares
with 1860, there was in round mum
bers fifteen millions of dollar
worth Of say twenty different an
leading articles of manufacture
less exported from the Unite
States, but during the same yea
there was produced and consume
at home near four hundred an
sixty one millions Of dollars wortf
more than in 1860, result attrit
utable in good part to our high an
wholesome tariff. No higher how
ever, when viewed in relation t
the magnitude of our debt and th
revenue to be raised, than sever.
proceeding tariffs. That ther
may be some few inequalities in til
details of our present tariff neet
ing readjusting. experience ma
show to be true. But the gre;
protective feature l hope will ne
, er be abandoned in all article
competing with either our labt
or our productions-whether N
chanical or cerial.
AS stated in my former articl
we need foreign capital to deyelo
our resources as well IS foreie
labor. We need every variety +,
manufacturing industries to gil
employment to the mechanic al
OF the same time furnish a constar
uniform market at home for ii
farmers products. NoLo.