New-York tribune., 1871-10-10

we'll known and thoroughly understood' Laaos
once proverbal for their terility. now vase Asu
howiips Wilderness. Cities once world p'
wealth and luxury and splondor, now the lurnns VI
thu Redouin robber or the den Of the hyoaAs Evey-
where the reirn of want and desolatiou ana oecsy,
Iook At India. the land Of barbaric pearl ana soe,
the land where the poor pagan Vioums " D,,,,s- Iii
snnidlty and cruelty are done to death oy 'no n"n
through the pressure Of sheer hnnsef hmos. n', 49,
other wear. This IA the record OF whss sr'usn frv0
frade has done. 1t 10 . dark and dsmning oae We
ask You, -countrymen, Is 1t not moro 'nan suA
Acient to satisfy you ss 70 the course u oonou
rn.ah ~ or,bt 10 uursue with regard to It, and
which we are about to proceed most respeosioy so
indicated -
Refore doing 10 we shall ask you to compare tho
condition of tho American. or oven Of the French
raonlA with that Of those who have the misfortune
n Axist-for life it can hardly be called-in the
lsnds We have Just named. We win also AJAX You 70
rrmamber that under the slave-masters rVlA which
prevailed In this country up to the Late gsefous war,
we had slight taste, and bitteyDne, Of English
Free Trade. 1t one Of the pet doctrines Of the
Southern chivalry. Too sristocratc 10 make "mud-
sills" of themselves by the doing Of honest work.
they were wholly dependent on their slaves.
who knew nothing Of manufacture, and were
only fit for the rudest kinds Of agricul-
tural labor. Froe Trade with England fitted
nicely in here. Owing to the fact that
tho people OF the Old Country had been driven of
their own soil, by an aristocratic lsndocracy they
were and are compelled either to go int tho poor
house or work at the smallest wages. Hence. the
British manufscturer-having only to pay half as
much for the making Of the same article "a his
American compettor--oould supply nearly every
want of the Southern save-owners some 40 or 80 per
Oh tha tiyaN
So chivalry, and the Democratic party with it, went
in for Free Trade. And with what RESULT A ruin
| ous one. a. usual Before the administration OF
| James Buchanan came to an end the Government OF
| the United States could scarcely succeed In Dor
| rowing money ON any terms certainly not ior
| less than 70 per cent. policy Of Protection has
since prevailed and now imperfect as that protec-
ton was the Secretary or tho Treasury can get all
| the money he wants at little more than per cent.
| Under the Free Trade rule Of Davis and Buchanan
| the wages of the workingnian were 80 cents day
large proportion of which, in many districts bad to
be taken out in store goods. To-day in Eew-York.
nnder the Protection Administration of President
Grant the wages of the laborer is % day, all paid
in cash and even in the mining and lumber districts
of the country it is not less than 81 TO-
Fellow-countrymen and friends, your numbers In
this country are great. Hitherto you have acted
and we are convinced in perfect sincerity-for the
interest of others. Is it not now time for you to
look to your ownf OF men fit for labor among the
extensive and diversified interests OF the country, in
field and Workshop, on road and river, in city and
hamlet, you are probably over rather than under
million Of individuals That is a tremendous power.
Are you about to WELD it for your own advancement
and elevation, or for your own degradation and do
structioni English Free Trade means the one-Pro-
lection TO American Industry secures the other Out
&c of ar QrA
working men, who earn an honorable subsistence by
honest toll This is disgrace. 1t is on the con-
trary, one of your highest distinctions. We have
told you the truth-a thing which in the English |
manufactured literature Of America you have very
few opportunities to hear We urge and entreat you
to look to your own interests and to protect your
selves. Do you ask us how you are to do It'll By |
casting your ballots for those and only those, who
by vote and speech and every other legitimate nfu-
ence insist on full national legislative protection for
American industry. 1t is not necessary to form
new party. Our purpose can be most efectuaIy ac-
complished by examining the claims of all parties,
and giving our whole support to that one which is
most true to American interests, to our interests.
This is the work we have got to do-"to give the
preference Of our votes to such candidates for the
National and State Legislatures, and for all other
places of public trust and influence as will give
an honest and earnest support to the pr1nci-
pie of Protection for native industry" To
others the protection of our cOuntrys
industry may be merely matter of interest-Of loss
to be endured, of profit to be gained. To you 1t
is vital 1t is either life or death. There can be
little dOubt that not few of your number occasion
ally find it task sufficiently difficult to meet with
your present wages all the legitimate demands that
are made upon you to maintain your family, to give
them proper education, and to make becoming
fo1lo Xorh hor fn
do all this on 80 day. English Free Trade will
speedily force you to do it with 81. Are you ready
for the task If not, stand by the cause and the
friends of American industry. And organize in
every Ward in every Assembly and Congress district
in every village and city and State of this great
Union.
Fellow -countrymen although far from the green
land Of your fathers, you are lrishmen still. True
and loyal to the land of your adoption, hearts
still turn with fOndest yesrnngs to the land OF your
birth The fetters Of the tyrant still upon her
limbs The Niobe Of the nations she still weeps
comforted for her lost children, as she sits by the
moaning sea- Is II to be forever thus English Free
Trade answers YES" 1t bids you to pour the wealth
Of America into the Golfers Of England. 1t bids you I
to lay the markets Of the world offering at her
feet. Are you ready to obey the behesti If so you
make the power Of England practically perpetual,
ahu AenVoh the u1etAhJ VI uelanu oue VI uopelcs5
degradation and despair. For trade ia money and
money s power. 1t means fleets and armies 1t can
purchase Emperors and Kings and Cabinets; yes,
and demsgogues into the bargain. II can mold ma
tions to its mammon will Are you, can you, be 30
inssne az to support thiss Protection 10 it's anti
dOte, that Protection which your national enemies
are unable even to name without o curse or Q
jeer. Give them large dose of It, for it not only
serves and you, but it is also ready and all
powerful weapon to strike down your hereditary
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