New-York tribune., 1880-10-29
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OF NAruRAIIZED CITIZENS TO THEII TRUE INTER
Esrs-GENFRAL HANcOCK's UNsPEAKARLE iG-
NoRAYCE or TIE ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL
ECONOMY AND or AMERICAN HISTORY.
To the Edff0r Of Thc Tribune.
SIR In my previous brief remarks upon the aD
solute necessity of a protective tariff. alluded
to a priva,e letter from me when IN Europe. to
Colonel lie Grand B. Cannon. portions of which
were read by the Hon. David B. Mellish ON the moor
of the House of Representatives, as part OF his
speech on the tariff In that letter said
Gold being the standard OF value and the medun OF
exchange between nations WIN Whch 10 Inihe ny tii
difference IN trade, II follows, Of necessity h"t ,r i M
ton which nabltuay imports more ~ value; tnah ils
exports must. ultimately, part with all lls god 10 'hs
II this be So then the United States, if we would
protect our people in the enjoyment of the pros
perify with which they are blessed must, by tarIh
OF duties on imports prevent the introduction OF
foreign fabrics to an extent which would render us
a debtor instead of a creditor nation.
Free trade and specie payments. az IL h termed,
are absolutely Incompatible because. any material
reduction of our tariff would cause an Immediate
influx of foreign fabrlcs-the product Of the pauper
labor of Europe, and of England in particular
which would render largely debtor nation,
take from Us every ounce Of gold in the country,
force our industrious and skilled millions, now III
workshops. back upon the soil TO become producers
I
free intelligent and well paid laborers, to the same
condition of want and pauperism which character
ICES the farm laborer Of England and his equally
sdualid and necessitous brethren In her manufac-
turing districts.
We must never forget that Sir Robert Peel when
demanding a repeal Of the Corn Laws. was asked on
the floor of Parliament, how that measure would
benefit the people Of England. while 1t would so
greatly reduce the National income, promptly re-
sponded-hat IL woud reduce the price OF
labor in the manufacturing districts to the full ex-
tent that it reduced the price of bread! And when
called on to explain, he stated. that the British man
ufacturer recognized no fixed price of abor that it
was regulated solely by that amount which would
purchase sufficient food TO keep together the BODY
and soul N the operatives that the repeal OF the
Corn Laws would reduce the price Of labor IN the
manufacturing districts to the full extent of such
abandoned duties because the rule would still be-
to pay rs wages only sufficient to keep the opera
ttve's body and soul tOgctherj and then England
might put at defiance the tariffs of the world. and
still force her goods into every country where there
was n demand for them He was right. Parlia-
ment recognized his wisdom and repealed the Corn
Laws: and since then. all English statesmen and
all English writers. and few free-trade fanatics
in this country are insisting upon the beauties OF
| free trade
We tried il by Mr. Clay's compromise with Cal
horn in $50. by gradual annual reduction OF the
| tanff in order To prevent nuillhcation, ana In
obedience to the demand Of the slave power; and
what was the RESULT That gradual annual reduc-
tion Of our tariff of 1923. rapidly extnguished the
fires of ity-seven Of then ffty-eght blast fur
naces: and it closed the doors Of our cotton and
| wooen factories and sent their inmates and all the
! Inmates Of Our workshops and mines, back to the
soil to become producers instead of consumers I'M
! iii wheat in the West could not command 20 cents
per bushel aud our farmers and laDOrers were
/ RAPIDLY becoming paupers, except In the one article
| Of food The day labOrer walked our streets Deg
ging for employment at any price. to save his wife
| and little ones from starvation. Then arose from
| every State and county and town and from every
hamlet and farm throughout the land. the cry
| of universal Distress and demand Tor
tgr;T for protecton! And for whom did that cry
| demand protection For the manufacturers No,
they had virtually ceased to be but for the farmer
and farm-iaborer-the mechanic, and the great
mass of the people of the Unted States and their
| demand was heard Such q tariff of duties was
then imposed upon the pauper labor OF Europe as
reonened our workshops and manufacturers and
filled them with the surplus labOrers whom Tree
trade had cast upon tho soil aud they once again
became consumers instead of producers; and iur-
uished our farmers wthi n home market at e.
munerating prices-worth TO them more than all the
| markets Of the world. except in recent very ex-
ceptiOnll years.
Let not the present generation forget the ex-
perieuce Of their fathers than forty years ago.
II ls the province of an intelligent and educated
people 10 learn wisdom from tho teachings OF the
past and our past. unmIstakaby prociams Thai
a tariff for protection. Is absolutely necessary Tor
the Independence of tie Nation and the prosperity
| Of our people.
BLINDSESs OF NATURALIZTD CITIZENS.
And vet the laborng men of this cItY-I mean the
ordinary dav-iaborers nineteen-twenteths of whom
are foralgners-in gross ignorance Of their In
terosts-nnIte themselves to the Democratic party
which is pledged If 1t come into power. TO do away
with our protective tar II aud substitute a tlrh for
/ revenue onlvl WHAT brought these men TO our
shores What, but the desire 70 better their condi-
! tion bv gong % a country where labor is IN do
rnand and is fairly remunerIted1 And behold
they no sooner reach here than. lured by the
| specIous term Democracy they unite themselves
10 that party and at the coming election. will as
body vote 10 do away with our tarltt for the pro-
lection of labor. aud build mp for themselves here,
/ the system of paupor labor which drove Them
tr,u the land of their nationality to our more
prosperous country. They came to US wrctched
/ and halfstarved paupcrs; and no sooner are
tbcv cared for out of our abundance than in their
ignorance they unite to destroy the sources of their
nrosDertv and just so certainly as they succeed IN
/ placing IN power the men PLEDGED to destroy the
tariff for the protection OF labor. 81 certain Is IT,
that they who now receive remunera i've wages, Will
be reduced to the same state II quIsipaupsrsm from
which they led to partaJe of our prosperity. L tasy
alone. were made to suffer by their tjlly and r'ck-
less Ignorance II would b3 WELL but unfortunately
! in thus ruiniug Themselves, they bring do|l rum
uDon our people who have 10 generously gwen
them happy homes and an abundance OF all the
necessares of life. They havo been accustomed
| TO want and 10 paupersm ana are prepared to en-
counter it again just punishment Tor their Ioily
| but NOT so our people and when the latter. ind
/ t- o.. ti,o ,,iJ.t of their prOsperity and