Setters o ni an tt qmblican.
Thursday, May 27, 1S52.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Jacob Hoffman, oi JJerks county.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL,
A. E. Brown, James Pollock.
Samuel A. Purviancc.
REPRESENTATIVE.
1. William F. Hughes,
2. James Tntqnair,
3. John W. Stokes,
1. John P. Vcnee,
5. Spencer Mclhaine,
G. James W. Fuller,
7. James Penrose,
8. John Shadier,
J. Jacob Man-hall,
10. Oharles P. Waller,
11 Davis Alton,
12. M. C. Mcrcur,
13. Ner Middlc&uarlh.
M. James H. Cainpbell,
15. James 1). Paxlon,
10. James K. Davidson,
17. Dr. John McCullock,
18. Ralph Dr.tke,
10. Sohn Linion,
20. Archibald Robertson,
21. Thomas J. Digham,
22. Lewis L. Lord
23. Christian Meyers,
21. Dornian Phelps,
Whig SSale Couvciiiioia.
At a meeting of the Whig State Central
committee, held at Ilarrisburg on Tuesday,
the 4th inst, it was resolved that the Dele-
gates to the late Whig State Convention be
remie.ted to assemble in Philadelphia on the
NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE next, at 9
o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of nominating thoritics for protection against her rebcl
a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court, . . . .. . ,
to till the vae
saucy occasioned by ihc death
of the IIoq. Richard Coulter.
J. TAGGART, Chairman
C. Thompson Jones, Secretary.
Locofoco Meeting. .
The meeting of our Locofoco friends
held at the Court Ilouse, in this place,
on Monday evening last, was rather poorly
attended. J. II. Eylenberger, Esq., was
called upon to preside, and Eesolutions
friendly to James Buchanan forPresideut,
and approbatoryofWm.Bigler,as Govern
or, were passed. During the absence of the
Committee, the assemblage was addressed
by Hon. M. M. Dimmick. The usual
committees to hold Delegate Elections iu
the fall, were also appointed.
JKSf We call the attention of the read
er to the card of John. II. Melick, in
serted in the llepublican of to-day. His
house is large and well adapted for a Ho
tel, and visitors will find the accommoda
tions of a very superior order.
Go (ley's Lady's Book.
The June number of this 3Iagazine is
already out, and a beautiful one it is too.
'Friendship's Offering," and the "Dcbar-
& dour's First Love," are truly well execu
ted engravings and the reading matter
excellent.
" The Massachusetts Teacher' for
May has been received. This work, which
should be in the hands of erery teacher and
friend of education in our country, is edited
ly a committee of the 1 Massachusetts Teach
ers Association.1 It contains much valuable
information, both in the theory and practice
of teaching. It is published monthly for 1
a year, by fcamuel Loohdge, 10 Devonshire
street, Boston.
41'J lies upon our table.
CONyE.VTS.
Sir Roger de Coverly,
The Naturalist in Jamaica,
Physical Constitution of the Sun,
Jjord Holland's "Domestic" Reminiscences,
Mediaeval Hymjns,
Cruskshanks1 Comic Almanac,
Edgar Poe,
Foreign Refugees in London,
American Ships,
Prison Scene during the Reign of Terror,
Ice, Snow, &c.
Poetry: The Stepmother,
Short Articles: Harper & Dickens
Literary Circles of London ; Rising iu the
World Where does Wood come from Vi-
lality of Seeds Origin of the Eskimos
Question for the Bench and the Bar Thun
der of Wnterfalls A Parsee Lady Dissipa
tion.
A glance at the above will show the reader
its quality. Well may it be called the best
ATntrjirmp rf nnr rvmntrv nnnrnvorl nc Jt line
. . . rr . it rJ
been by such men as btorv, Kent, and J. Qf
Adams. It is published weekly by E. Lit-
Itell &. Co. Boston. Terms: Six Dollars a
: a year. 1'rospectus win oe puDiisncu next
: week.
2tSad Accident. Elizabeth Jane,
i daughter of Mr. Thomas Smiley, aged
about two years, fell into his spring on '
; Monday last, and was drowned:
A Convention of Mechanices, 'we learn
from the Scieniiic American, met at
i Rochester on the 20th inst., to take meas
ures for the establishment of a People's
College, to be entirely free from sectional
influences. The obiect of the Collere is
a complete and thorough education for
the sons and daughters of working-men
inenofoil. It is designed to make
the College, iu part,, self-supporting, and
to teach science and art in a true and
profitable manner. Engineering and
machine making will be taught, as far as
it is practicable it is intendeduhat prac-
lical mechanics, in combination with sci-
ence, shall be thoroughly drilled into the sixity sheep which Mr. Jewett, of Yer
students. This-will ive it an advantage mont, has just imported from Spain, liave
for reaLpractical life over many Colleges arrivedj in charge of a Spanish shepherd.
in our land.
, . Gov. Boutwell has vetoed the Maine law
"m massed by the liugielature of Mass. !
fullest from California.
New York, May 17. The" steamship
' Illinois, with the California mails to the
! 18th ult, 325 passengers, and $1,252,
300 in gold dust on freight, and 250,000
' in the hands of passengers, arrived here
' this morning, at an early hour. ,
J The Panama Railroad is progressing,
and will be opened within five -miles of
I Gorgona during the present mouth.
A piece of pure gold, weighing 300
ounces, was recently found near Soclora.
"The Fugitive Slave bill has passed both!
branches of the State Legislature, and
the Senate has passed a .bill to give the
public printing to the lewest bidder.
There has been marked improvement
in all kinds of business throughout the ! ican Congress had rejected the treaty with . beginning of the public business, a curi
gtate. ! extraordinary .unanimity. Only two men j ous question might arise as to the proba-
Two men, charged with the commission j i the two Ilouses had voted for it. The , ble length of time requisite for the full
of a theft, were recently taken from the Mexican people are as unanimously op- ' transaction of it. We know not any rule
authorities of Coloma, by a
mob, and
hung. The papers contain notices of sev
crafothcr acts of mob violence.
Accounts from the Society Islands rep
resent that the revolt there is progressing,
and that Queen Pomare had applied to
j the English, American and French au-
1UU3 "jeci, uud an uecnueu.
ihe weather at ban JJraucisco has been
extremely hot.
General Anderson, formerly of Ten
nessee, has been .appointed to a vacant
seat on the bench of the Supreme Court.
Eleven hundred Chinese emigrants
landed at San Francisco, during the last
fortnight.
A line of electric telegraph is about be
ing constructed from San Francisco to
Marysville.
The steamer Sierra Nevada has brought
San Francisco dates to the 18th of April.
The news was brought down to Panama
by the steamer Northerner, which brought
at the same time $1,520,000 in gold.
The Sierra Nevada brought on nearly
3400,000 in gold dust.
At the manicipal election at Sacramen
to, on the 5th ult. the Whigs carried eve
rything. A recent arrival as San Francisco
brought several gentlemen with slaves
one with 12, another 6, another 7, anoth-
er o
, and so on. Of course, they expect
to hold them in the free State by the
strong hand, as the organic law makes
the bondmen frcethe moment their feet
press the soil of California.
By a copy of the Panama Star, of the
oth instant, we have the information that :
xt v p . -
of a treaty with the State of Ecuador,
made in 1832, have felt themselves obli- j
I
irated to assist that State
against
the !
machinations of Florcs and all others aiding
and abetting him in his entcrprsie, and
l All AllO UiUVl UlJlUt UI1U
i r i i i
accordingly proclaimed ;
, a. r i
volun tary or forced, of
the President has
lor a loan, either
two millions oi dollars, and called tor a
11 1 11 1
force of 20 000 men to serve with arms,
to assist the sister republic. This is con- .
sidereu to amount to a declaration or war
against both Peru and Chili, which States
are accused of fitting out vessels for the
assisstancc of Flores.
Foreign Itvs.
By the arrival of the Africa at New
York, we have Liverpool dates to the ISth
inst.
The report that Meagher, the Irish ex
ile, had escaped, was false.
A " Crystal Palaco" is about to be
erected in Paris
Lord John Ilussell stated in the Ilouse
of Commons that there is no reason what
ever to apprehend hostile intentions on
the part of France toward's England.
The anniversary of Emperor Napoleons
death was commemorated in Paris on the
5th instant with great pomp, closing with
a grand banquet. Paris is crowded with
strangers, attracted thither to witness the
b 1
' trio Tfr nr tin Mini I (urninnsnnn ivna
of admission, to witness the .ceremony of
distributing tlfe eagles to the troops have
been issued.
The 'rumor is still un that the troons
on this occasio make a formal re
qucst of the Presidcnt t0 the titlc
0f Emperor.
The Cotton and Gram , market? were
without change.
f TWO DAYS LATER By the arriv
al of the Humboldt, at New York, we
have news two days later. - The cotton
and grain markets remained without niat-
erial change. No news of importance
from England.
Iu France it was anticipated that a
; proclamation would be issued on the 10th
: establishing the Empire notwithstanding
the President's former declarations that
, he would not assume that position,
j The Emperor of Austria is soon to be
, married to a Princess of Saxony.
Choice Sheep. One hundred and
Mr. Jewett paid 824,000 for the flock.
Thorc was one buck which cost S900,nd
would shear twenty -four pounds of wool. J
fP1. T T..t:.il PlrtriTrnnf inn I
JQy XU12 JJUUUlUtU illlUllt" uuuri-uwuu
wilbmeetvat Baltimore -on Tuesday next,
fhe-lst of June. "
Trouble Willi Mexico.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald states that our Minister
to Mexico, Mr. It. P. Letcher, has ad
dressed to theMexican$Govcrnnient, a
communication declaring that that govern
ment must confirm theTehuautepee treaty,
recognizing the validity oi me uaray
grant, and that no other . arrangement
would tor a moment be listcneu to.
. This warlike communication is said to
have produced, as it well might, no little
, alarm in the Mexican cabinet. llieiUex-
' posed to the treaty or rather' the Garay
grant as their Beprcsentatives in con-
gress. "
The " Garay grant," which is the sub
ject of controversy, is oue of great niagni-
tuue so great tnat it is wonaeriui tuat
the Mexican government should have been
so imprudent as to make it. It was made
in 1842, and conveyed to a Mexican citi
zen named Garay and his assigns, the
right to construct a rairoad across the
Isthmus of TYhuantepce, to connect the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and also the
lands on both sides of the road, to the width
of ten leagues, for the purpose of coloniza
tion. By the terms of the grant, the con
struction or the road was to begin, by a
certain day. This time has since expired
but was extended when Salas was m pow
er in Mexico. Garay sold his right to
the English house of Manning & Mcintosh
and they transferred it to Mr. Hargous
an American citizen, now residing in New
York. Others, citizens of the United
States, have become associates -with Mr.
Hargous, and all the rights granted by
Mexico are at this day held by citizens of
the United States, united in N. Orleans
in a company known as the Tehuautepec
Railroad Co. of N. Orleans. The com
pany, within the extended time allowed
by- Mexico, began the work in good faith.
They sent a large scientific party under
Major Barnard, of the United States
Engineers, with passports for protection,
issuea oy iviexican authority, ana tnat
party has made a survey. About the
time their survey was completed, fhey
were ordered out of the country.
Meanwhile a treaty had been negotia
ted between our government and that of
Mexico, confirming this Garay grant,
which treaty the Mexican Congress re
fuses to confirm. It is stated that some
time ago, Mr. Letuhcr wrote to Mr. Ben
jamin, the President of the Tehuantepec
Co., requesting him to come to Mexico
. 1 ., , ,
and try to arrange the matter, by a ban
uoni"s 11 eruara f l ni auu 1 ecePun ,a
?ew grant for a right of way alone. Mr.
Kiini mmn rlit rn-ir rrr filial iiln I nfrthnf
juu i u. ti j. in uiu iivu iai ojotijiiVi
now demands that the Mexican govern
ment shall acknowledge the Garay grant
1.1 1 nil f 1
and the claims of the company formed
, ,T .. , -.. J
under it, in the United Mates,
'
Outt Country. In 1702, the corner
stone of the present capitol at Washington
was laid. At that time, General Wash
ington, in whose honor the new seat of
government was named, officiated. Fifty
eight .years afterwards, viz: on the 4th of
July, 1851, the corner stone of an exten
sion of the buildings was laid, and the
Sccreatry of the State made an address,
in the course of which he presented a
sketch of the comparative condition of our
country at the two periods. 1
Then we had fifteen States, now we
have thirty-one.
Then our whole population was three
millions, nowjjffis twenty-three:
Then Boston had 18j000 people, now
it has 130,000.
Philadelphia had 42,000, now it has
409,000.
' New York had 33.000, now it has 515,-!
000.
Then our exports were 831
they are now 8151,000,000.
The area of our territory was then
800,000 square miles, it is now3,300,
000. Then we had no railroads, now we have
8,500 miles, of railroad.
Then we had no telegraph, now we
have 12.000 miles of it.
Then we had' 200, post-offices, now we
have 21,000.
The revenue from postage then was
8100,000. Now it is 85,090,000.
Mongrel TIarriaffe in Alabama.
By a curious omission in the statute
of Alabama, relating to marriages, it ap-j
I
pears that marriages between whites and celebrated Venitian Countess, nowresid
blacks are lawful in the Stato. Licenses ' ing in Paris, fonns a fruitful 'subject for
are directed to be issued to authorize mar- ; scandal ihthe salons of Ic beau made.
riages 'between any free persons in the j She is a lady of surpassing personal at
State' not any free "white' person. The tractions, and is said to have been mar
question was raised only last session, in 1 "eoto an England nobleman at the age
Montgomery county, where a free negro ?f fiffceen bufc her spouse soon supposed
man applied for a Iscense to marry a white . w characteristio of -the ,ftf
girl, and the officer, taking counsel, war sunny Italy and obtained a, divorce
obliged to issue it. The penalties for re-1 At present she is almost twenty-five and
fusal are very severe. Tlie omission of whatever doubt there mav exist rnsnpoflnr.
the word was evidently an inadvertence, !
but the 'letter of the law is plain. The j
rare case of an application for such a li- !
cense has disUlosGd .thcdefcct, and it will '
probably be omcuxlcd. j
What Congress is Doing.
Almost the only ,new business of the.
pfitVweek,',says the National Ihtelligen
cer;'oyesterray, "has been the proposition,
-intone House, to adjourn for a few days
to alltfw the adaption of the Legislative
Chamber to the summer heat, before the
main business of the session begins ; and
'even into the consideration of such a mat
ter as that the interest of the Presidential
question found its way, an'd prevented a
decision, upon it."
Congress, it will be noted, is now in
the sixth month ,of its session, and it is
just preparing, it would, seem, for begin-
incr the. main business of the session. If
it requires six months to get fairly at a
of three adequate to the solution of tins
proposition. When the business of ma
king Presidential candidates shall be fin-
ished the country may then perhaps ex-
pect some .attention to its own.
Prolif.ic. Isaac Nathan, a negro,
now 67 years of age, born a slave to J ohn
Cochran, sen.-, of Middletown, Del., was
first married, or what he says was consid
ered among the colored people as matri
mony, at the age of 17 and has multiplied
and replenished the earth as follows : 14
children by the first wife, 4 boys and 10
girls twins twice ; 14 children by. the
second wife, all girls twins twice j 23
children by the third wife, 6 boys and 17
girls twins five times, making in all 51.
These children all reside in New Castle
county,
ton.
eight of whom are
in Wilming-
Democracy and Abolitionism.
Mr. Chase, the Abolition Democratic
Senator from Ohio, now in full commu
nion with both the Abolition party and
the Democratic party, is exerting himself,
by correspondence and other means, to
keep up the coalition between these two
parties in that State in view of the next
Presidential election. Mr. Sumner and
Mr. Kantoul, the Abolition Democratic
Senator and Representative from Massa
chusetts, are doing all in their power to
keep up the coalition between the same
parties of that State. And the Wilmots
of "Pennsylvania, and the Preston Kings,
Van Burcns, &c, of New York, are labor
ing day and night to accomplish a similar
purpose there. Yet in the South, where
Democracy opposed, with a nearly unbro
ken front the adoption of the Compromise,
Democracy claims to be as a national par
ity perfectly free from all Abolition alli
ances.
Tito Chances of Life.
Anion" the interesting facts developed ' Peiin standard, with a view to obviate the cities are full of young women, unemploy
the recent census, are some in relation j D,eceS3ity fo Protective Tariff. Shall ed or most meagerly paid, who would
xl , , , , ' they succeed is a momentous question nn(l abundant Avork and good wages it
They are based upon returns from the
State of Maryland, and a comparson.ifith
previous ones. The calculation it is unne
cessary to explain, but the result is actable
from which we gather the following illus
tration: 10,!368 infants are born on the same
day and enter upon life simultaneously.
Of these, 1243 never reach the anniversa-
ry of their bjrth. 9,025 commence the j
second year, but the proportion of deaths ;
still continues to be so great, that at the '
end of the third only 8.183. or about :
- CM . . ' ' .
four-ntths of the original number, survive.
i3ut during the tourth year, the system
seems to acquire more strength, and thc
number of deaths rapidly decreases. It
0 :v , ,
f'OeS On rlOfimjlSlllfr nnf.il twnnfv.ftnn flin 1
commencement of maturity and the per-
of manhood ; 6,302 have reached it.
Twenty years more and the ranks are
thinned. Only 4,727, or less than half of
those who entered life fifty-five years ago '
a i
are fett. And now death comes more
c . ,
frequently. Every year the ratio of mor-
tality increases, and at seventy there aro
not a thousand survivors. A scattered
few live on to the closo of thn nf.nrv nnrl
j,
to the age of one hundred and six, the
drama is ended. The last man is dead.
An intrigue, which is carried on at pre
sent, between Louis Napoleon, and a
the existence of the intricrue. it sppms fn
be a certain fact, that the mostablv writ-
ten communications Louis Napoleon has
issued to his government have emanated
from her
pen.
inn nr ninrtinor. nnnirh i : nntnit -.-vk . - - , . . xi. ii a i i.
-bv ujyuu before the operation, the young lady's jaw wu- olur ay, ailu empiuyuieiu .mei um-
000 000 v ixu negan to pain her, and the tormation en-, r-v- -r - -
,uuujuuu i , , . , i o x ; tracted. The Ci far-makers. Glass-blow-
" : """" U" U1 r .Uai I raPldly untU lfc s removed ;shc era. Pino-iuaker Fur-dressers. &e. &c.
i nil in iut i in rr.ir-mm nnm r tiiA vi s-vmi s-j x
-j m ( v wvrAAAWtJj UWV UiViiUlUU SU 110 Till
Minnesota. A correspondent of the
Albany Itegister, writing from Monnesota,
says :
'It is a singular fact that the ordinary
field birds and songsters, so common in
old settlements, and also the honey-bee,
unknown here before, have migrated hith
er with civilized man. The Indians say
that the rattlesnakes follow in his wake
also. But be that as it may, while they
are numerous further down the Mississp
pi, they have not yet made their debut in
this locality. In the neighboorhood of
Sauk ltapids, 'however, some have boon
killed, where, it is said, they were ner
seen till recently.
Divorce in Oincinnti. We have be
fore noticed the rage for divorce which
prevails in Cincinnati, and. the frequency
and ease with which it is obtained
Our
former account was that twelve divorces
were wanted in one week: the latest in-
telligence-from Cincinnati, however, in
forms us that thirteen were "iast week
o - -
granted in one day. It will soon be hard
to tell which will carry the day in Cincin
nati, the divorce or the pork trade.
Calomel is said to be an infallible re
medy for the bite of a mad dog. Cleanse
the wound as soon as possible with soft
water and castile soap, then apply a plas
ter of mercurial ointment.
Lioxv Wages.
A letter in the New York Courier, al
luding to a market day in Cambridge,
England, and the crowd it brought to
town, says :
"Some of those with whom I conversed
told me that they were farm hands, and
complained of the want of employment, ' developenient and diversification of our
stating that when they could get work, National industry. It has already crush
they seldom earned ovr seven shillings ' ed the production of Raw Silk in this
per week, and that-did not support their country and" nearly paralyzed the Silk
families ; and at this season, when they Manufacture, both so vigorous and hope
have but little or nothing to do, it is with ful but a few years ago. No country in
difficulty that they manage to live. A the world is better adapted by nature i
shilling a day is the usual wages, and not the growth and manufacture of Silk than
one of every jive luis constant employment large portions of our own ; our consuuip
at tiat miserable pittance, during the win- tion of silk is immense and rapidly exten
tcr. One man told me he had not eaten ding, and the Labor required in this branch
a piece of meat for four months, and liv- of industry may in great part be perform
ed on oatmeal bread, cheese and ale. cd by aged, decrepit persons and young
He did not have a healthy look, nor cau children, who are now reluctantly idle
it be expected that he would, under such and burthensome because they can find
a regimen. The wealthy student or nothing to do. We might produce Thir
contended tradesman jays but little at- ty Millions' worth of Silk per annum
teution to the starving rustic, and while without diminishing the production of our
enjoying the superfluities of life, never present staples to one half that extent.
dreams that his rural neighbors are suf- By naturalizing the Silk Culture and
fering for the common necessaries of ex- manufacture, we should insure the train
istence, and although called freemen, are ing of tens of thousands of children to in-
m reality the veriest slaves. Cambridge,
Jf a market day, presents a contrast of
poverty and wealth not to be forgotten."
$ How would American Laborers like to
be on a par with these miserable Slaves
of the Money Power of England X It is
the policy of the Locofoco partj', with
u ten cent Jimmy" at their head to bring
wages in this country down to the Euro
! to ever v man who thinks flmf, LiWprs
have a right to live as men, and not as
starving and degraded serfs.
1
Succcssfssl removal of au.Osseous
Tumor from the Under Jaw.
We were yesterday shown, by Dr.
Swayze, the large bony tumor which he
i. t e
-m
. . , . , , T ,ni vocations previously unknown here or
young lady of this borough. It was formed almost desertC(l. we speak not now of
i in and upon the posterior part of the un-
dor ;aw immediately at the base of tlfe
Goronoid process; bein" perhaps, the very
laracst dei)0sit of ivon, tak.
a. I T.
. uwiu uiu iuuum i anj puisuu. xi is
full thc sizc of a viQ01is es and ,vei!rhs
more than two of thc largest size teeth
In shapo it is rou h and irrc-ular, of a
w fiftn f(1n " f tl
, hard, dense texture of a yellowish htic.
-i i . r n
anu peautiruiiy oeset with pearly white
globules of tooth enamel. Two months
g in the mean time indescribable
painr
We were shown at
the same time, a-
mong many other specimens, a remarka-
b.lc casc ot'.tlie exfpliation of 11 lurSe Por"
i.: c ii. : i.: 1. j
c c o L
ago, from a gentleman of Sussex county,
N. j. Wo arc also informed by Dr.
Swayze, that, in the large and valuable
collection of morbid formations in the
Museum of the Baltimore College of Den-
,1 - r
Dental Exostosis more than a fourth as
largo, and none of the same beautiful and
remarkable appearance, as the one he
now has, and which may be seen at any
time -at his office. The removal of such
an irregular formation of bono must havo
been a painful operation, but the lady
learning the necessity of having it re
moved fiefore any more was caused to the
jaw, led her to submit to the operation
with much resignation.
Dr. Swayze is but yet a young man,
but his knowledge of the science of Den
tal Surgery, seems only equal to tho care
and skill with which he operates. Bas
ton Whig.
Tho Southern Era notice the marriage
of Mr. John H. Strange to Miss Elizabeth
A. Strange, all of Albermale county, Ya.
An Qxohange thinks that it is very strange
but says, no doubt the next event will be
a little stra'nscr ' v
Why Change the Tariff!
This question is often asked by men
who love tranquility and are not familiar
with the practical influences, in general
and in detail, of our fiscal and commer
cial regulations. They are anxious to con
cede something for peace sake, and there
fore would like an agreement for stabili
ty on the basis of the present Tariff as a
half-and-half measure, neither consistent
ly affirming the doctrines of Protection
nor those of Free Trade, but embodying
something of each. We answer that
cannot acquiesce in the present Tariff a.s
a finality, for the following among 'other
reasons.
1. Because under its auspices the Coun
try is now sinking rapidly and very deep
ly in debt. Our easy Money Market
caused by the present choice of our for
eign creditors to invest their balance here
rather than draw them in specie, (from
which they could only obtain lower in
terest in Europe than they are now se-
I curing here byinvestment in Public Stocks,
railroad i5onus, mortgages, xc.,i are
Mortgages, &c.,)
subjecting us to the payment of heavy
sums annually in interest and exposing
us to the chances the almost certainty, of
a terrible revulsion, if we should go on
' fifty years as we are now going, the Coin-
mercial and Feudal Aristocracy of .Eu
rope would at the end be receiving in
comes from this country barely less gi
gantia than those they now draw from the
over-taxed, bayonet-governed, priest-ridden,
pauperized Millions of Europe. But
the present system cannot work smoothly
for fifty years, nor anything near it. It
tends directly to disruptions, convulsions,
explosions : and a commercial crisis or
panic, no matter where it may begin, will
be sure to fall with double force and des
olating consequences here. .Unless we
mean to sail blindly and passively into
i the very jaws of destruction, we must pre
; pare for a storm.
'I. Because our present lariu is power-
, fully adverse in its operation to the due
dusuy, efficiency and virtue, who, in its
absence, will grow up to indolence, inoa-
pacity, destitution and vice. And this is
but one among many branches of industry,
now foreign to us, which a true and be-
neficent National Policy would naturalize,
Nurture and develop on our own soil, t
the signal and lasting advantage of every
department of Productive Labor. Our
our Tariff were so adiusted as to seciuv
the productions at home of articles now
m r 1 1 1.1 1
; lavishly imported, which migiit De maue
j here aS cheaply (that is, with as little la-
bor) as anywhere else.
1 We do not speak from theory but from
experience. The Tariff of 1842- gave
immediate employment and good wages
to thousands after thousands of workmen
flip urndnpfioiis of Tmn nnrl Rihrlps. t.
which the term Manufactures is most corn-
luomV thouSh "accurately restricted.
Ihe production ot Glass btarch Cutlery,
. 1 .ins' 1 r,Pes .a a.n 1lmmt7 01 artI.Ci.es
-which up to that time had been mainlv
: imported opened new avenues to iudepen-
cncc to laborers who for months had
ione 1jttlor n?fchinS- T1
: ?urs (or 1JtGr.s c
o
ocr aha rF miiii'
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in this country by that Tariff. Since its
! overthrow, the tendency has been exactly
can bear witness to this.
3. Because the injur thus done to cer
tain branches of industry extends gradu
ally, though slowly and not always pal
pably, to all. The Mason, Carpenter and
Plasterer found ready employment and
good wages all over the land, in erecting
the new factories and workshops required
by the creation or rapid expansion of
manufacturing pursuits after 1842. La
bor in every existing employment found
relief and benefit from the constant draw
ing off of workmen to the newly opened
vocations as opportunity was afforded and
better prospects invited ; now the tenden
cy is exactly reversed. Men are being
driven back from the successively crippled
pursuits into thoso still active for which
they are less fitted. The effect on em
ployment and wages is very obvious.
4. Because the present Tariff discrimi
nates in some instances against American
and in favor of Foreign Labor. For in
stance : it charges thirty per cent, on im
ported Wood of all kinds, but udmits that
same Wool, when fabricated into Blank
ets, at twenty per cent, and other manu
factures at twenty per cent. It charges
thirty per cent, on Hemp of Russia, but
admits thatN8ame Hemp, when manufac
tured by British labor into Cables and
Cordage at twenty-five per cent. Sd with
several other descriptions of staples and
manufactures. And for this discrimina
tion against American Industry we can-