The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-02-16


How closely shall it approximate D.
This whole theory is based on the idea
OF the non payment of the national
debt, or else It is for deception alone
closely experimenting fraud Iii is
contrary to the wisdom of the greatest
Statesmen OF all ages. .J. ,.i,;c,
On nJanuary IA, 1882, Henry Clay laid
upon the table Of the lower House of
Congress resolution in these words:
Resolved: That the existing duties
upon articles imported from foreign
countries and not looming into sompe-
tition with similar articles. made or
produced within the United States
ought to be forthwith abolished, er-
cept the duties upon wines and silks,
and that they ought to be reduced, and
that the committee on finance be in,
structed to: report bill accordingly,
Miles Register, Jan. IA, 1882. : "a
This idea Of admitting as nearly free
as possible the articles we cannot pro.
duce excepting Injuries, and of levy
ing duty upon those we canl produce,
was supported by the wise men Of the
days when Clay and Webster and jack
son iived-but their wisdom seems as
folly when mouthed over by modern
statesmen and advocates offree trade.
CONSTITUTIONAL.
The gentleman says that any tar iff
save and except for revenue is unccn n,
stitutional! This fact is not SO start,
ling nor so sad as the fact that Clay
and Webster, Jackson, Adams, Frank,
lin, Madison, and host Of the fathers
Of the republic lived and legislated and
died in ignorance Of the fact that a
tariff aaording protection was uneon-
stitutional. '. 1870 ri
franklin wrote to Humphry Mar
shall in 1871 advocating projection,
anG said: 1
Every manufacture encouraged incur
country makes part ofa market for pro.
vislons.within ourselves, and saves 50
much money to the country, asI mast
otherwise oe exported to pay for NAM
ufactures he supplies. Y 1t
seems therefore the interest of al our
farmers and owners of lands to encour-i
age our growing manufactures in pref
erence to foreign ones" 4 Z
In 1915 Thomas jefferson ~rcsa to
Mr. j. b. Say a; strong letter in sayor
ofprotecton, aud even talked of pro-
hibitory duties. lie said, among 9TH
er things d" ,s
'rhe prohibitory duties we lay on
all articles of foreign manufactures
which prudence requires US to estab--
lish at home, with the .patesetic de-
termination Of every citizen.to use no
foreign article which can be made
within ourselves, without regard TO
prices, secures US against the relapse
into a foreign dependency" And he
further says: Experience has taught
me that manufactures are now as nee
essary to our independents as to our
comfort" .alpie- Z
James Madison said Ia 1926 "a
further evidence in support Of the CON,
stitutional power to protect and foster
manufactures by regulations of trade
An evidence that ought itself to seb-
tie the questiou-is the uniform prac-
teal sanction given to the power by
the general government for nearly
forty years. With a concurrence or
acquiescence of every State government
throughout the same period; and. it
may be added, through all the vicissi-
tudes Of party which marked that
period"
Daniel Webster, in speechin Buff
falo, in 1888, said:
MY, sentiments, gentlemen, on the
tariff question, are generally we'll
known. In my opinion, just and a
leading object in the whole system:.i is
the encouragement and protection Of
American manual, labor, / confess
that every days experience convinces
me more and more of the high propri-.
ETY. of regarding this.object Our gov
ernment is made for all, not few
Its Objects to promote the greatest good
Of the whole; and this ought. to bekept
constantly in view in its administra-
tion. The far greater number Of
those who maintain the government
belong to what may be called the in
dustrial or productive classes of the
community. With us,ilabor is ..nots
depressed, ignorant, and unintelligent,
on the contrary, it is active, spirited,
enterprising, seeking its own rewards,
and laying up for its own competanee
and its own support The motive to
labor is the great stimulus to our
whole society; and no system is wise
or just which does not afford this stim-
ulus as far as it may.
"The protection of American labor
against the injurious competition Of
foreign labor, so far, at least, as re-
spects general handicraft Productions.
is known historically to have been cue
end designed to be obtained by estsB-
fishing the Constitution; and this Oh
ject and the constitutional power to
accomplish il, ought ever to be sur
rendered or compromised in any de-
gree" .,.,
Itis to be regretted that these men
do not live to-day, or that the distin--
guished constitutional lawyers Of to-
day had not been born d half century
earlier. jackson. for whose name The
Senator processes great reverence, said
in 1924, in letter to DR.. Colman:
"You ask my opin ion on the tariff.
| answer, that am in favor Of judi
cions examination and revision of it
and so far as the tariff bill before as
embraces the design Of tostering pno>
lection and preserring within our-
selves the means of national defeni 10
and independence, particularly in a
state of war, ioould advocate and su, o.
port it, \ y Draw from agr i
culture tho supsrabundant labor. & m
ploy it in mechanism and manuf ac-
lures. thereby creating home ma rket
for your breadstuAS and distribr lting
labor to the most profitable ac' count
and benefits to the country. -