I might easily consmnk the day in reading frot the fathers Whose names are cited by Jackson in support of his position on this great question. The authority of their teaching is all one way. Their opinions are simply links in a strong and harmonious chain of argument. from the very beginning of the Governsuent. in favor of so shaping the collection of revenue under a tariff as to encourage home manufactories and protect them from competition with the low wages and pauper labor of Europe. The first law ever framed in this Government on the subject of a tariff. enacted July 4.1789. by tie very men who had just completed the Constitution itself. was prefaced by the following preamble: Whareas. It is necessary for the support of Government. for the disclrgo of the debts of the United States. and the encouragement and protection of mannfactures. that duties be laid on goods. wares. and merchandise.
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Europeans are associated with low wages and pauper labor.