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1 ' v " ' lTHB'T R UT n u ti I riEt h it :- U BlC.GO OD-90 ' Co. lb.'. fr- S5v? iiX rR acts mrm f From I. pimpltleiteif'MhSK it Bofc t5vventlfd, Aii 1 addreft to the ; ' Je of NewEhgland;' figned -AlgiHitoa J I? Sidney aiiix attributed to: the ! pen of Gmvni!, GiHdEti Volt Mailer Getw . .vIt U faid thalbulF profperity 'and hp finet 'ought not to be interrupted to try. f i a political experiment-S-nor hate they been Mhe ?riwireT interrfttt''f nd, vai far ' -her depend on fofeisn concerns, deftroy. ,ei by foreign power ; and thef experi.. I s . v-f ment was tried to reltore ' them 1 hot at t:$Sli their hazard, f Every aa V goTernaie'Hi, r:''erf improrement in art,(cience8i and 5, , the ordinary purfuitt of life : and 'every j:-irori a open new iraae . u an eipciw I ; ment. So was the fettlement of thiscoun. : tryVandfo wai yourf confederation, the " declaration of independence, and the con- j ftitotion. 3 ''?''h'?X : 1 V. What it thVibuHc' opi6Ctton;iroai4, ( -. "; liave purfued Would they confent to F pay tribute .rributft 1.7 from whom i -America f 1 to whom f,. England f pltu . impoffible 1 .You fettled thia "queftion - rn you were colonies, at the edge of the liedian Sabre, and the Indian tomahawk, , . . nd the mouth of the Britifh cannon. You .3 '. . were then few, poor and infantile j with i - ' ; . out arms, without refources, and without 7 a government, v And on What queftion ? whether you (hciuld pay , tribute ; of fix , ; cents on a 'pound of tea a luxury of : foreign growth, i It was the prinCip!et not ,, the tax, that rouled your palBons, called t,' your hidden energies into aQion, and In ;' view cf the aftonilhed world, led yod to It ' - triumph over " the mod . powerful nation j:v then on earth.' And will you now, anume a .rous, powerful ptople, whh the beft go 1 t tcrnraenr, replete with refourcti ft arms, - -v whenever yo wifh to fell a Cirgo of your -own produces to aa European power, pay Y ' , tnbufe for permillion ? " ' If yon would not -then pay it for a fin?l luxury of Ada,1 i -Cv .will yoo bow on all the produQi ef A- Wtica 1 k Oa your cotton its full Ta'ue,' and one fifth on all other articles r-, ' s If yon will I tCt up to the principVi that govern yon t at Uie lots of your and your country's honor and independence. Save as much at you 'no. At England's law (lands, yon have to pay, going and re. v turning, double freight and doable char ' gea. ' You convey your produQs, and the j' - return cargo, to Eacland land and ftort I y them 1 py fiorage, lightage, wharfage, U j tribute and then, and then only you may '' . reload your veffd and fail tor :he dedined port. Tf ou had better petition hii Gracious , - MaJcOy, in tender regard to the ef and f " 'happiaefrof bis American fubjeCU.to tp.; t po-nt proper officers at hit ports and bar I , ' tors in thefe United Srates to receive your ' (not our) contributions and to allow you - to fil direct to the ports ef deQinanon. fJ - The favtnr will be great in money, and y J. greater in fceluigs 1 and his majefty may I ' triot the requel.if hit tidewairers, whir. fngetf, baker, viQuallers deputy COtlec. 1ov, tavern and (lore Irrpen, alarmed at ' the lof,of proSrv, do not objcQ. -1 ab . folve'the oppoCia froa the xtrA diltant . 4 thought of ittcb baieofft. In conjuaaion "' wiih Hie republicans they hare voted , Thai the Onbed Statu cannot without - a fjctifics cf tf eit r'gKti, bonou and in. . ' cepe nit nee. fuVriir to the lite rMiQi cf . t Great Biiiaia and France What then - ttmilni f War or intermediary mtjfarra. ' blj tiinciral objefl li, to convince yoaj 4 j leteod reaiohaile doubt thittns oat wo. gvernmrnt mrtitl gmral enfideoft , f ; tSat it ever la btrn, and (t attentit t (6 4" therijthtsofcommerrei that It is your y iotftr 4, tt w! as tour dwy, ft yield it 'evrrv fupfoiti and thit the fepartiuo j , fJrw.JiflMacd frvii Se O'hrf flUfS wotfid tea cert vfty trtmiruie id the tuia f that pari cf the naffon. . , , i'l6td Pg 10 eUcJ.lt thete points', k Wvnete ultkisNtonriJir iof a moment the ttiee fifat",-n of vftifuhwe, f .commerce and manfaSjures. : J$ef w fiftera, Aimculturel th neatflVealtb ftrebgth,; and virtue ; without , her com merce cannot exnt, and manutattureican not : flourifli v without her,..in modera7f not in an:ient .days, noiiatioa has 'be. come great and powerful, except Holland, and the circumllances which , led to her profperityj have long ceafed to exift;;i5 The wealth of the farmer is fixed it cannot be removed .or deftroyed .It is ifible it is tangible t, it poffetfes'in in-; herent power of prpducing wealth j and it forever remains a corner (tone ana pillar, of national fecurity. ., 17hia : emplsyment gives: health and energy t. he ,.kflws no country, other than his own t and Wnd the manufacturer are ever, at Uir pofts, ready to defend rhen.a4pn.;; '"Vv ?': The wealth of the merchant, as, well as himfelf, may be hereto day, to morrow In Europe. ITiey may . be withdrawn the moment they are the! oft wanted. V This weaTth U' fleeting and tranfitory. dachas no country, no home It feeks all climatvs,1 and for all it has nearly an equal refpeCt, labouring only for fe If multiplication. ut( agriculture flouriOies . tnoft , when com nitre is most aclive : and the manufaclu-' rer thrives better when aided by both, than when deprived of either. v: t .The principal of the four reafon which induced the formation of our conftitution wai to give life to commerce, and through' it to derive a revenue. . , 7 , A V - Recur to th period between peace and the prelent government-. Uid not the' .comniercul ftites, enrich themtelvs at the expence of the agricultural Di4 not Maryland efieatbe vital teurce af Vif ginia 7 Did not New York and MaiHu chufetti lay North Carolina, Jerfey, Con ' neclicur, and. Vermont under confribu (ton f Did the farmer thnver or wis liisT vif.je marked with a Anile of conjent I , . . If our commerce V annihilated, will not' the period of agricultural difcomtnts and delpondeucy return I , - . ; . , If it be .transferred to a foreign powrr, will not that power, in imitation . of , the commercial ftatei, enrich herfelf at this nation's expence I , V " . , rhe national benefits of our manufac tures are apparent, and political conCdeu tions thould induce, as to fofter. tfvem-( They depend forthanr fucccfi, not left oa commercs, than on agriculture. Com merce fupplies the manufatlurrr with capiulf .with nw materials, vends his wares and manolaclures in different coua trks, and b different, parts of the fame country, and teturoa to the artift hU profit and reward, 1 . , . , That foch is the cpin'wa of tlie manu. fafturer is eviffent from his eQaWifhing hjmfclf, almofl .tukiverfaUy, within the reach of narigatbc, and in the comtterci al parts of the country, in, or near towns i llie cotreOneCi of bis opinion is proved by thffjU. la 1803, tut wttbiltading the bfarcy of oat manufsQurett our Bin chants vended in foreign countries two millions feftfl hundred tod Ctven thoufaAd dotlsrs worth ni Ameticin manufaclares, to produce, which, eight hundred and tghteeo iboufanJ doQais worth of fortiga ou;cfts were oJrd ( , T ' No man cf nfleOba will deny the wlf. dom of profrelHrrly aiding our manafc tattt, by laws prohibiting 1)4 Introdacttoa of foch articles as our citizens can fur-ply at a reafoflable price, of impoling facia dai'rsa wiU give them decided aivaa. tape . Nor wul this operate uti.!)y 10 this bjury of the merchant when k Ukrt bom him aa article ef irrpftt, It f -infixi aa snie'e of cipon to a fors gi ctrantiy.of to a diHtot part of hit owo. and the tlaviga will be grade! and aJmoA Irtpercrplb. Th menlunt may lura ,his capiiaU4.a i,Srra ommrtcial channel. . j , Bat great sal loidea chaD'H are tfaa grws to all rtmomms, a4 tbr ttftirk ap'Wt i h a&ktaul fvtce 19 a t'pt'.ic. f.'otU-g it mote tficuH thaa loforce the people of a pr6fefilon or sv fetion,'to Jibaadon a favorite purfuif. and to'aflume ne; which tfiey deteft, and in which they are' hot (killed;'-':' T0t;mjiie pwlfiMe for a tyrant to ef eft It, by 'fcourging hif nation with a rod of irot. rThis eapon does not belong to a free'' government flfyjltXV'Ti;' I come now to fpeak of that wtereft, In which the greateft portion of four prof perity ia atftake I mean commerce ; 1 tin i iti tnoft extehfive fenfe, it includes "the bternal traffic, which is enrried 6n between citizens of the fame (late or na V tion, or different Rates, by purchafe or ex change, Mwellas that ihtrrcourfe which it carried on between different nations and countries by navigation.. The former iaf ufually called internal trade, the latter for eign commerce. " V"f. X-'k;'"'' The former is calculated by ecoaomifts, to be frdm five to twelve, times as exten five as t he' latter, vajry'ing its proportioa aci cording to the xfent of foreign enterprifi;. This internal trade is aflifted hj its free dom from taxation, by the a&jvirv of for eign commerce, and by occaDonal bounties granted by ftates for the Culture of parti cular articles. It ought to be ftimulated by public, improved roads, canals, and bridges, and by every thing which facili tates internal intrrcoufe between the fea b ard and the country, and different parts ,-jf the interior. " . . : ' " S Nothbg rsTnote certain, than that as you increafe the fafety of internal tranfpor-' tation, and leuea irs expences, you in creafe the value - of each, man's farm open an additional country to market, ex tend the amount of your product for fo reign commerce, & enlarge the means of acquiring the comfortr and elegancies of life-Nor is it lefs clear that by internal im - ? movements the national domalnTmight be rfcreafed in Value, a fum equal to the re ceffary expenditure fo that by a judicious, and liberal plan, the facilities of imercourfe might be f umifhed to the- interior, even without the bconventence of a temporary advance. - When to Jiefe coufiderations is added one ri higher importance the a maJgamatatioa of local interefltand feelings which thefe iroproremcntt would produce, wi out injuring the rights of date fore; reignties, is it not matter' of deep regret, that notwithftanding the repeated attempts of the PreGdent to induce' an a tt cm ion to this fubjeel, no one fiep mould have been t.krn Wh is eafier jhnt by a rule which (hall do equal judict to each (latek to effrQ thefe neccuary and all important improvements I ; 1 ' . ' And la It not worthy of feriout rtSecTJon, that whi.ij more than twenty eighr millions of dollartharc been advanced to aid fo reign ccmmerce,'ia which five fix bs of the aari-m htve only an indirect and partial be. ncfit, not one cent hat been advanced to aid the farming irrrereft directly,' il hooh it would indirectly (ire an equal' aid to commerce f " Fc w men entertain a hlghcj opimon than I do of the vilue of foreign commerce it produced befoie the revolution a great por tion of the cap'u at that enabled us to carry thiou;h 1 he flrogge. It generated thvt frl rit of hardy e.itcrpr'.xe, which aided by our nautical aVi I,ferely innoied the trade of the enemy, and furp'ied this nation with many articles of the first ntcedj'. It encouraged that lote of liberty, and inde pefdence of thought and action, uhlch emioendy otributeJ to oar becoming 4 anion , . " , , It has Grace fciv-a life snd (jwtt to sgrl al'tii, tajfcJ the value of our lands, and furr.Uhe aa ef tnfite Amerkaa capful, eqaal, ard bdted fepcrior, to the demands ol our whole commerce A capital which may tOnRitut a fund for the fupport of the Biilon ia the dy of re futy NoiIJng f) tnnte unfou&tfrd thin the fa('lkm that Anxtican commetce U in delned to lUirfe 1 1) ttyeife U the fact, to the amoaot ol maoy miUloei. Lng land's pretended balance embraces all tho inXoIvencies and ' -bankruptcies of fixty -years and BritiCh merchants have more r of American capital than fufficieat to pay -Britifb demanda.. ' ',.' .. It has furnifhed fundi," for the msft of bar batiks, infurances, turnpikes, bridges,' and caoali,;i5i2 ' -.To this-it ha been, principally owing that New England has atrired- to her pre tent ftate of improvement and wealth. In New England it is coeval with her exiiU ence T he revolution and Conftitution- " both found you highly commeicial ; In that character you became parties to both' a , compacts of civil government, and your -right to a realonable fupport in your fa vorite purfuU is as clearly and fully gua- -ranteed, asjsto arty Other fclafs in (ociety, its pur fu its and inteteftsl ihii.- m r In further confidering the right of ihia ' . commerce to the countenance and protec".' tion of aoverament. iti dirifion into cfiiTes ' more correct oecuion. , -u - Firft. The carrying trade.,',' y N . r It U that commerce where the merchant fenda his veflel with a cargo of our pro ducts or commercial capifa! to any foreign port, and ' brings in return the merchau dife of that port, defined for foreign con." fumption, or ia fuch" quantities as exceed -the demands of our market and after it has beeo incorporated with the body of our meichandile, it is fent to another fo-; reign port for f.!e. Often it is extended ftiil further after leaving our ports, it dif-. pofct of its cargo at the port of its. firft dedination 1 procures another. 'fells it at a '. third, and fooni tilt finally it returns home enriched with thecomnietie of many cour. tr es. It alwsya exifta in a limited extent 1 . but its profits are principally derived troov a date of warfare among the great natrons ' of Europe. . , , . r .'. '. t From.it this nation derives the follow bg benefits. r. 1(1. Aa annual increafe of wealth drawn In time of war from foreign couo tiet, equal'to from ten to twenty mUlioua . ef dollars. ' , .. - ; r., : -.- ' 8d . A more perfect knowledge of the , commerce of the world, from which our merchants arc enabled to make more cor rect calculations b favor of our neccllary foreign commerce. '. . ' v ' ; Si. The increafe of our navigation our fea Ben and their OalL ', 4th. A reduction of price, effected by the furplui quantities on hand, of from -twenty to fotty per cent on many of tha ' articles for home confumptioa. ' 5 h. An bcome to the public coffe'i, exctuCve of the eapenditprt koccafioos, equal ia time of war between foreign na. tions, to about our twelfth of our rereoue. ThU U a tax actually defrayed by other -Couoitiei, and u the only revenue that ,is not even.uaJly paid by ihe feo of this , nation..; ' . . n4 trade merits the atte&uoo of go. veroment, audits ferviccs by the appebt ment oi oeceffary agents, by aegocianont, and by an enforcement of the law of na- , tiors aa far U practicable but U the vital ' intertill of no c.afi of citizens, and con- fequently of no fectioa art tnrotved in ir, its maintenance is not to be expected at ' the expence of war. . ... -aiecondly. Neccffary foreign totnmeice, , This embraces the eiport of. our pro. dacla, and the importation cf fuch articlei of foteiga growth and mnafaAurt as -connibu e to our neceffiiiet, comfoer, and happlnrCa. . This commerce can never ie luncodeicd tot aoy conCderab time en . dvr ay poITible pixumAancei -It is tHV o. tial toour frofptriy and hapjinr, tai " even to our independence. It m fairly guararnevd lo the comirrttul ir.icrtnf and ftt anafl.daJina nnht oduce Cva. arqoerCcS the mod difaSrout . .Torrfa this commerce in the rrtfent S.te of the word, uoulj mj ta if.1 tode'Und 1 this oauwo ticr-d. thrre fir) .n it 1
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