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TtO' ih lief culeno ; la's t-to. y cluar-' HVtru at-,.-IVh'mstyhrb;t SjX !' tucs.i! ' f r Iia, the tas!s 'va.strsve3 .hlm-- ' .'f'be1' do; "nt't-li tinri'aaiiriT Troon the-' I! jrrnu: -'ef'rt : " Ttctlif .exposure- of theiVwtv rot' t lfio.n(-si j & c:, II a ".rsiada". 1 6 ."itcii)' plaint '." lie cansr hvto ta cumplaia vTm on hV wia-hed t!f.i wnT-.to 'ooVcr.e or:? -'deJreJ i!m n siii.uij to :; t liinu tie crave J r,o 0' p , -j, c r o-u r Foe tl u.a4 .in"p t'ja c e " to 1 n re r i r e Hrwtin'That wa tha eo g!6ryhe: .naft 'jrer c ra vc : lls !csi rc J r si d;st"ir4:;tion i-x-' .'tyhvrU ' sclaned tiihiV prcitioj.;. ;";Ie -? l!aS- lie' v .. ' alle.to' pSi-ftrm p r;hpi"j -his'-du-' -ty-ha ! .iti m ej cry pri vi leg due- to : his ; pra Jj r.bw and to the Ul; no IfoWer': should : trarr;!uca h: j' rights, '. ;; 'c.;, ,': Ua was old,- and grown 're in trt service .r f country-iC'th.at c.; .iry could lo,- bee 'fill: iy tVeaticg oi sn!Jicr .a 3Tss'Jha - trcit t!cir warriors -wUh r.eglpcf,' bt('s it il. lin; to pub'mlt 'to n. : treariei.t but ,th3 vir. t!.? jpn't'riotii?,, tl.a brave-..Vm-J never th'.ts- rf'iy the semens- of tl ; wlo t have , 'p-ow-i grtr in tjc rservieo.".of . tl.fcicountf y. belong to my couqtry, born vear aftef her tirth day. , llr dfehra'ibu u-. I-nfJepen-1. ; dcncKrWas Alh if July, ' n7G("a'raJ rn blrih :.J Jay.-TCU-h ,March', .1377; 1 liare 'row.oiith 'tjer growth; ' an J itvhh femnt qpe'iVTat her: prvsperityij I hav$ .trength8ed-::wlih;,ber . Kirengdu 1 Though' old and grey; iii lhe- st-r-; - vice of myi country r I have' Jbet-il adverired X fnhc petvsp'persin one called th? ynton, . 1 have becn,S!igmatizt d as an ofinder-i-and a matter of course aUvtriisod iaAhe Federal Union'. By them l.bavo Coco accused 'fat:' yiolater. of thelaha of my coutry.;; For you, my old bofiher ipWiersv t wto sa-y; -hetliei tnest.uunzs are inw or taisai. . v iiytncr :or . jno 1 am jq arrii-iu d before a. General Court Ma rtiay or tj '. : rt turned to my coin, "riiand. If the iaUr;j ahall be'cratBfu-4ui ' if your senso of propriety Willi not.alloW you thus to I with meand-yao deCiutj.uiuV I ) im Jo ba arraigned, T smoe rely ) trut : th'aX . ; upwrt tbe banks of tha .Ilio Grande where iuc wimcasesaiif aro now acuveiy engageo t'J!f t'tfonce of our ronimon country s liberties i amid (beral Gouri Mafiial may i canven 4 ' "r ed.M ';::b . :"' . ': : :' "': - jf '."' ; b : ':r ':': tl ' t ., -v I, ha ?e Ftvctt jou the substance t he Gen eral's address Vand-hit-' -lapgwige; ;os' far;--al ';Vmyrccolloctions,1aveabied; to do : so. ,t. That f have not- attai-ned .; rr feci ? a cpara-liyij .fv ;":need 'not'-turprrse 'yoUjwhobKiy'w:-'''. bowi little ;'";.' Jua,m -ftecust'oincd.lo repotting 1sp'ecbea'fjt--A fie r.the. delivery ori'lh'a'ddrcs'-.tbe'Court was clcarc j.' " 1 f Speech orHr Barriris'crfvb .fbtbiAe Siil i$' M&'diftf ike Buiies-xm''IhpoHk floukB op Repbes'etatives Jcly.1,:184G, I , b . Mr. Barringer satdthat'he waa at all times ,very -Hrersg to enter ujVoO'ihe arena of regular debito in this fiouae. Ills, experienrphete jmu eaiuueu jum.iua tnose who were most freqijently desi rous "of occupy iug f (hd 'floor :',K-wvreqotrejga.fde4...et;tba'iM(wC .fluent ia merabersvof .thisrbs(lybbe was esncciallv relueiabl tu adJiPs tPsa fiimmiiiPB I . at !fis stage of, an. exhausted debate." But j ; , b'tlie, subject was drop' ot ih gravest intportanca; i : it was called by sonje :ibo grwl iguesifo&vt Xl:h$''dzy;-.-: llrf b'ad.ii()m? ;viewS on this sqii ; r j-'Ct,' which is.' regarded As so deeply interest ' lS to evrry-sectiim'of tbo UnWo; and, eyeryl ; bsb class of the people of this nation;'' which he ; . V desired to present iMbisvcum:i!iitee ln'nd.4t : ;: : tbe'puhlic.bf He was uit w. the unLaunAte. rpusitiurk of ;hy geiitlejjnan ,wb. had: just ad dressed.'.''-the -cotriojittjej,'- (If.mnion-,. Tennessee,) aiid who spcrrfed, sj g really em; . barraswed in tha etTor 'to'' reconcile' tiie'dif. , fgn'nen of : his tKimicrauc, Triends in ibis : iloiise. . lie hud i nwthiog A ay t ihir ;.'fpiarrsv wn;cn -seem to tnreafen such serious V coltifciorts in their : rank$, butwbicb , :he. .a " , saiisfied would beb?ale4 by 'the pripere2"iru' k ana appliances, if it be necessary to pass ibis. bill. lie was, well aware pf jhe-facilities h;s : D-'tnocrctic friends, always possessed if) re. . conci ling thir apareot c3' aoTneiiines real ' differences; a no ho, counted b nothfng'.' as ' ir ..' ' the fate of the bill bt.fore ibe cornmitiee from the ' exciting collisions of opinion which., on t ' -, . the" Surface onJy,' indicate such violent - disruption among the members of the party ; '";oii the' final vntc.on';h;vgret measure." Oe t-" bad no such unp!ea?aqt " tajik lo perform., oft b "bis siwcof he Houeir tie ad pet conflicts of opinion to leeoncil- ' On this side wb shalf present very ipearry-sjiiurnbroken x;pbaJanxon il : the final vots. ; f B uthe did nut meaiito make '"' "party speech, and thoiyb his views on this .: f Question d(illyred materis'lly from.n!;,!ield - by a mnj rity'' of Ka vriemocratic'' party in " " this. lous'e, :w 'Co V.borgj'ttzej (he w;aS g!ad :--ltd say ftot;:hbj','c'ofl;hati.'''pr;y.,)':i! he freely accorded .logcnilrmcu n Jywcalin 'he other ' b ' i:4ff uiteasvniqh.'.ihones'ry in: t)it'ir'-c6'nvic.r; . ,:, tions san(pyrp9ses..$i5.Ue'x!a.i.inrd.: fo.r,hinv ecu. ;i.4 f The lu bills 'no before the committee; '" '':'.fyCluiJmanb;a";'we;!i.'.tht cOnnnohlv' called , : .'M ry&I c'lOty UtiU,uaa.t he'.ubstitdrtf otlered by "J i.:lhe -genUeamo- foam': New -Tot 8 , f Mib''fliinp, b .. rrfur d t); p.rppose ;f mi B,;.changc. i if,! h e 'whole .fiscal. rjH('.;for;: tho:,;;, ;: degree. !uut''tcfign.ise.4iie:piriei;je: protect 100 to A mericanuoxlestry ,?'(ajnd ; this, loo, wherever itis .dopey-in its tnost 'ojimis form,) yet rorrii n ? to lis asthey da onder 1 4 Ue sanction of ihi Execuj.lvC message of Decern hi r 1 a s a n d i he 0 fa ei al fepo rt of the Sec ret ab xy of tbd.-Tieasury.'and based 'as they are on jho doctrines ' cp that .famuosy repOH, ,b h has . received trch conside rr'tjoa.. both . V country .end "Ergjand, especially m ' v-tei i -ea.rlicftvorgan-iti.ni toyih'VprV0nt iftie ;; ' : cha czs yxH 'rad'ua : but" j mmed ,,"t P s weep.:. ' in. ridical"' :-JWy 'Ihrgh''iri;!'6orne!!i"ht! r.'Oepr' 1 J ;i r f a r - -rv v. :1 jisci irontratiicttan. itnr s u p po r,! e d by " ' 1 ; ff'pl Vhff pcrt-f 1 ; U i Uy "t Vrsei.i. t i j :o?::- We4 foV '15 J'i.. !' i';.io'dhurb a;:poJlc" 'wi:-L'h jls.'-rc;-. -.' ; . T ";trn st ant '. a pp r o b 2 i i i n ' "' c f ' 1 " (4 tit. 4h.; fjt tjici Jaiiiii J-' pract ice i. '? r, Li pro s: per e d , ti & w $. a w e 4 n -: - e c I .i I " d e f e re tic c .a rjdtr pc ci; . 'Tli : m its t, ;. "I c pcruiire- rea'sbfli-, j fuynyJ cij ; ,::,.!'.,. ; ratio its -ufdbso late' national fodepcn.der,.vt eroon.s.ir.it&b'i-ha -tiecessitv f 'ah early adv j!ibn:of'-ihebprindp!..:of, a'fVrr. and. "Waso-rftb'e ''encnuragemcnt ' W ddracsttc i odd it ry, "Th pre it mUe ..of-1 be eecond "' act p a. s c d b y , : j I j e . ,C r at -' ..Co.ng ress'V, d ec ! a- r r d .. t ba t 4 H' b c r ca s . i I i i tif cess a ry . .for btl a upivoi t e inc.'. avernijient,. lbr-..Ci4::;c!'cJw'rge :,of-.:thC it Lis ot the U.: ,s,;b'ah'd. t.hq encourage4e'd:; and'proteclion of rna'ou c;a.'- -'.:.:'thatt-; duties ,be' laid "Cm-goods, ...wares-., 4$$. : merclraqdise 1m ported ,4 cc,:':.;Thi9'boct; ?m$9 ; approved and signed;., on. .the:. 4th of July,; i"J83V:.by, George 'Vashiagle n, tbii Father of his Coun t rV ; and' voted for by J jn? j RJ ad i son , t be a bk-st a rid best expoxthdcV ' .. fob '-const it u-t io'o . On the will jef-January 179(Geti. .Vt .h. 'iob?Vait used'vtiie' following .-iansuage :'ia his first ac'tiVai; badiiress to" Copgress: "Tho 'safety .-'aaC. l-ntprest or the people require -.that the? & hu!d..roBn6l,8 f ich . manufactures: as tend to re ne'er 'them independent of others for vssentiali' I eepeciay military '-s'uppHear - rt lia. Jl njs ;iai ofu rcss uu 1110 iimui, ber.-1703. Geo. Wnshi2ton. in continuation of the :,sarii( policy ho had always supported and urged before Gongr'ess, used4belollowing lahgua ge; - f ' Congress has 'Repeatedly t and4 not Wiihout sbjeecs, -directed their attentipn to: ifie ? eneuufasrment of manufactures:- Thfj olj.ci isbof too 'much'' consequenee Opt. U ebsure-a; ACUinuanceyftfy VheiT "cfTorts bib e v.c r y ' w ay ; W hich sh all j appea t e 1 i gible". u j ' ' . -The foltowirjjj is an,e'stract' of the message .jdbMr,, Je0eru to Congtesj :on the l5ih :IecerobfirytlS02: - , . ;'To cutvj vale peace J.iniri'tain- coratnerce and navigation irt their lawful enterprises; to fU3ter.our fisheries as nurseries for naviga tion, B'ndb' for.;' the ; iiwniire'etv' lft'.. and M 'protect lhe?fahtfqtliirs; vm pted- to our cr cuuiMahcey to, preserve ifie 1 faith of the "ni uyn by an exKet I dlschiaTge of it debts ' and contract;: expend tho public ioney . wjih the sanae'-'careandyconyysjy'Ve practise with our o w (I' and impose onu r ci tizens no o,n necessa. ry burdens to ierp in jafl things r wiHiln bar .consiitution'al powers , atd cherish tbe.l?eder' a.l Union asfihe only rock oT 'safetyi these, ii . - .i . i. j ' ' i. l.. ...i.rL leihiW-ClUZt-ns, ap; liio lauuinajKs uy wuivu Ave areo guide ourselves in all our proccea lb. in; his. tfcdssage bfth1:5t.h;Nyvember8n; Mn Madissry says:: -b-: ; -Sj--'i f ,' b'i A h h tin gli; 'other, objects; 'will p,ress:;iwqfe immediate! v on -vour dvUberittions .. a Portipn ,:ftt the trryjWaRU Li'or ;c.;:;.,;i,,iry apd it.ab.b; iL;;i ..prciedt.lhe eno'tua4.yof a'peopto stripped !i&he3'ibo c ar.s i lutlc' r. a I b'fn'ns- 'Vf YrceiGv-1. ft their- sight' . tt prole tibe' r " w aiiad uy' ef'nr t'htWef ' wbic!ic have s'a tor iliveda-fJ , c t 'd tS "cobriercct' the most t tbC 'Snd dekrue 'H,eiof them'canDoi but be Well bestowed on the just and sound policy of securing to our tfn vfliktures tbei success they have attained 'a jtd stiliare attaihtbgi undtir the impulse of. causes not perm4nt?.nt -aodb ibjurl :'navigatiori; nbe fair extgot of wfiich is at present abridged by. the 'jineqbal-egiilatbnli, : .pffqre:gn. 4,Gover.nj ment'sA1 Besido the reasonableness of .aitng our ; mtmufaMiirei from; sa.cri Sees Vw c ha ngerof -c;trum'st:a't'migH.t'' bring upon them, thfnaiidnai :intereslVeuires that trlth veapeqttu siich inaterials at; least S; belong to "pur defence find primary wants, we spouia" not t bi left irj state of unnecessary dependence external sttiplic'f. ' I )"'' v. ?-"b" ; -I'--ib : ' on "'. Mr. Madlswn- never- failed to-: enforce sim ilar se ot imenlHjO ti: the conside ra tion of Con. gre4'sind Tht corftry wlw; never fit opportune ty presented Jiseli". Islialj cot bdetajir the cominit'tee ly f u r t he r extracts f row that bd is t i ng uished sou ree; 1 r. f Jl oh r oe f disti ngui shb 4 for hi deon'ri-Jta the best 'interests p.fi His counYry jiri hi- inaugural .address expresses himselfb thus; ;-..":;b-J bb.; f-i':-.: -.i''!r' f ''Oufmanufaeuiref wirt likewise rcqaire the sytemaiib: and fostering earn of-Government.. Pussessirrg, ;aaj .ftp Uo,: all -the raw ma ter tal3 , the f r u il ' o f ott r 'ow hoil . and ' i n-' duslry; we .oTaglit'npttp dppend inthe degree j-h have dono,-,o.ii "supplies, "froth other coun tries'; while we. arc thus dependantV the sud den event e!:iya r,i &osi'it)ght..an(s unexpected.. .cannot Ciil' tO plutTgu'us into the most serrous 5;tneuUies ai.; ' lmpsrtanr,. ten, tnat- tne capital which 4 ncrurish.es-our tnanufattures sltould bkdoMCstic- in its "influence , .as itsid l&reoce fie that, case," instead of exhadsting, as it ,m:y do. l&fbfe'igiC bancj, would'be felt advantageously' in agriculture! Mind every dthr. branch of .industry.': .; . bb 4f '" y. On the 3 J December j 1817, in bis message to'Congksf' Mr Monroe said: b f-. 'Our manufacttirea win rjequre 4he -conb sfant attentiph b of Congrt-s, .The capital employed in them : is considerable, and ; the kno ledge required yip the machinery and fabric of the most diefuibmanufactures is of great value .Their resfriPaJiM, which depends da 'due eniioitrmgement s. cennectcd with llie A'1 'interest of-the'Batioa.'b.i '. I his seiond , annual, message he uses thk languagy b;;;:; ' ''..:!;. !: v- :?b -- , ' Il cannot :ba :bdubt&d;tbal t'be inore complete; pur itoemal re s6iirccs,y and the' feast;. depRdiaii'iWRj are6a foreign Powers for overv national as well as dortieslfc pur pose, thesreatar t.a f more stable wi I- be iripulinc; (Vle"iU'yb .Ey'the , increase o.ptir do must rc ma nyiacrun -a r , w 1 u 1 n a u e m a n a to r tlie vr.u'de "materia s be increased; atijl thus- will ihu; depepdeiicoif .4he; oyei;al;pa:rts'-;Cb the Urii.n"on" each btnber, and Ithe trentb ot tl e: 'kJ'aio if!' i tsei l!ie ropuy ti'ora bly a' ugr'nlb edb'' ' b" -b '" tt m ';:b.::""b ::!: " :. LVcin i n btj' liii "rt 31 g'sr n' ti: 6 jpecetn.'' her, 1822y he ,x ': ;s .StU.fwu b mi" ' t t 'e' abstract .doctrifies 10 ,favot;.pfbBtirestricea, OTrameree (provided all nations5 would con. cur in rt and tt'wita not JftreTv id belnterfunt- eaihol:he'"ex rimiedi Ltherd", are. otheT-tron rea-soosapidicablo. .J.o '.oiiC;bsituatiqri- ia'nd.reii vt I o be : .: with ptbeV idnrntr ies ; wb ic h , i rri pos e on os tbe')bUgatlbn tii ihtrish purt:nnbfaZturc'.? ;:r-'-.GctiyjacS3;ia ; npeateeiy recognised, and, enforced tlie ;$ame si'Teon's of public pi-! Icyi-.-; Iq ia :fws$ti c-f' thg''-7th,''DeCe'm'bf ry ib30, -be. e'mpTos ifia tbllowuig eninbatic.an'd in J Ooaniwcrableargtinic'i: ;b ,i j b : . . ; V'-';;'b-;'-.:''-.;''Vb-:t b?v-V' -''::;-'' ;. "-- -.'i; b-.":-'. y'.. - t':Aft tJX- v ? -ii IvvyS.! 'rVVi" i-v iy ."b "b' I ;-ib- J' - : - ' ' :-:;:''; ;bi:f;--;t-'b4y '&. t' Jl lA b b S:v:b,.-y l-J ' ... """ ' Ji r t'..3 r F-:, yt 'il,. a;.. ot c. ' .Lr.rj ';l' . : . ;.. ',.. I it; t v , ..::,; c-v -til- l ) I , ; ; C r c r-1 C j v-rr ,i : .v,u ircbTvTrs, I. f Tr Vat ion': reittivo ta the s'BiJ;.,. r.," liiTiP; thus tr.iirt.'y .;ast J., fro,,i it$'C:;..: :st iho rhua e.fcjsjit.lK lbs p'trji'-.r .oiroiect:otJ dce c.;. ."cx'istaa'ib ?m: .in J , o i: cucntly ,' it "it 'be rct'posaessed.b .t1 i Oeotrai ' Govqt&n'ieni:, tive fbii"cy 'W'lilch'rnigkt'bd'adp'pittlJty fordn nations.'! Tbia" surely'' cahtjrbt te tasd. Tb is n cli; p e c table '. po e r ,b xltm bu r r e n d s r t d by the,iatcst- 'xttupl- w iibii; (tie :U'z?p, pf the authority qrt the subject,, cxp fesiy delega ted to',CbngrcEs:H-" la ihii couc'uf :un !' :cm ctmfirnr&tn wc'j-.tv'-. he'tspi;hloas ?f rrc'i . t r d e at s W k si ii t on-. Jefi&rso n X 1 J a 'ilm n . a r J f ; ' in roe, jwho. a are . each':' lepetc(fy-1 -tcl Tecomi constititrpn, '.as by, tha-.crJAm. pfapfi$e'ot' Conro.s the "cozitixued acquiescence of the State?,?bd the general ,im ler&ianiiTZ ef, 'tk J CUP if. ';)".:. V ; .'. VV " 'C..-- V sbf'. 1 wSI not refer to the votes of .Gen. Jack son' and other of the leading tareer3en-: of the opposite party in Jyu$ o.f the act of ,1624; nor to h"? recarkalle lelteff pf ... April ;2J lSHvou tbit ribect,' to Dr. GoIcmaQ,; of' my own iiativc ,.ate. I could cit line upon tine, and .extract ' uport. exjra'cty frohtb' thoi solemnly recorded arid expressed opinions of lha Vreatf'siatraroen of all oariies in our Cou: try,-and.at all limes m 'pur -.'history,1' '-to kho.v 1 both the tigll and duty of Cwr.gr ess tq proper casesb tcf give a fair and , reatnabla eneou- raiment . 10 Amencan lauor; t ue senu menti, have tjuoted are thebpinione of those who have bad the. r Meet confidence of tfie country t-an J especially cf the '.- jr"!h. Thotcutb is, . M r. Chairman, that no it-si-debt ot f?arty, Whig or I)emocatic.FcderaI .or ilepublican, had omitted when . in; power to '.tnaintain.' bjth' th6 co.nitiUitiqnaKty ' .r "d expedieniry of the doctrine'; coatended fpr.by our sideiof the tIouse''lt.as''':phiefe-le "ment of success io theelectQn pf Gen. Jack, son. .. It had 'ttever jbeen''di4pu"td bin a, Preai, degfia! message until thd tvnqal communicia tivf of the president in Plcerfjoer last. Efrf n Mr. Polk admitted ir -or .tsrt least desired -it, to be understood that he was in favor of the doctrine up to that period;- -'. You' all ' r'emen ber, $ir, bbis celebrbited Knne letter,' whieh kwaf made 40 assume( all the hue' of the chameleon, and which has been .& seVe-rely commented on in this debate.. K Very gentle man, from ibV great Democratic State of Pennsylvania who?has yet taken p'art in this 'cfiscusidn has a bnitted that Mr. Folkbcoufd 'iii'otiaye;gtt4entthe.;pte.';;0f that. . SfaU" but fo r , the belief p reduced by, that iette r that .he .was in favor of the tariff,; and I was even a better tariff man than Mr Ciaf. rwill pot allude y sir, to tne '".bTiter: 'frWiMhtcbU Tfear that great State is destioed.to reap from:' tbc GGception which has: .been. : so skilfully practised upon her corfflding, people.; 1 vl bt i The gentleman from htentucky (Mr. Tib- batts) ijas here publicly admitted that 'Mrv. Polk could not have received the votes of the Westeri States except fbrbthe ;. belief bthaCh6! fecoirnfised ih canstiiutkrnatitv and exriedi- cy 'of incidental" protectioa bwithinUhe revenue fnnge, ana 01 aiscrirntnaiioQ to pro tect all the great interests bof the country. Pven in i he inaugural address -of the Prcsi. dent of the j 4th of ' MarchV'lSlbwe have the strongest rt'Cognition of ; the power to legislate With a view,, id the encouragement of the gren incTusLrial pursuit of the country- ile-8aii:1 : '. i - ' : :b.,' " ', ' 4-it! 'kk ' -t-X-'t :; : M The po wer to fy n nd collect' taxes , duties, ;ihposts, and e'xeises w,as an in dpehealile one lo bo conferred on the Fedcr' ral Government,, which, without, it, would possess oe cneans of providing , for its dvyn support.- In executing" this power by leVy ing a tariflof dutfes dor the; support of Gov ernmvihl,,theb'raising o revenue should be' the object , and protection thte' j o'ciVeot. '4 i-Tb reverse tlrrs- principle, and make Wotection iiie oojepf. anu revenue ine ; mcioeni, wou.ia be to ihCict m.dnffest'injusiice uponb all other than'MhO,; protected :int6re?ts In levying dunefor revenue, - it is doubQess proper to .make such discriminations, y within. thd bre-J yenuebpnnciplejas4' will afford ' ' incidental prdtection i our home interests Within the 'revenue limit there w - a discretion bto discriminate, beyond that limit bthe rightful exercise 6if the power is no'tconedd;,, : ': Mr. Chairman ishall notb multiply, as I could,' authorities -oa this suhjecC:: If would be. an anoinalyv if the; 'Government ' cVij, hit have, thi i i pdispensable po wt-rb , 1 J V-6uld be suicidal; -Wivhout its just e'xerCis'Vw.e Should not be aai independent people. . , It was one of the chief objects of our seperation from the mother country, whosa. policy had been -so in imicallotbe development of our resources, and wbw.desired to restrain us from the povr er to manufacture even a hobnail id the col onies. (Jft wax incorporated in v.our federal constitution, "end has been sanctioned by the practice of every Administration, under tvery diversiiy of party. Even now large ooViion .f tbe r,seei.Ja.nt .pdrty in this . House will' not b..;t tb-i it is, iu any sense the test ofprjy allegibr ci..; ?i nd " even "express. Uheir amaze ment at it;,:,.-'::?ie of those -who bu!d: politib c al.-cocam.u n i o nb w ith them on':- ef-be it' 'Subjects'.' jLod'yefyt-Mr. Clia 5 r rii a n , ' af te r . -0 II : th ii "jy eig! 1 1 of arguanect and piecudeot and practice, gen ilerBen throughovjt this debate on the bother Side, 'have been horrified and biartltd.at the idea of the least discrimination, even within the', revenue 'ira'nge;; In favarpf the 'e5sential t ne r et -of .thesis at io m ' 0 ,i " i s rep r$sem ed ', ej'-. special ly,byw)me;'c'l'. our opp'onentsi ro; .t'. Vir- gin-Iand jAlabami ,-aa a.-oodernvial, tion .'of the plainest prdvis; :is of the constituben.- It is. - no new 'thing;' Wrr'Vtf Icgislatq!.? fbrbilw'1' "ptotection; of paritcc!!ir''i'niercst'sj,''w hSn'-; their p resevfuftHr at fi d -a dv a n c?eme ft t - a r e'-c 0 a ii bit ed W th the' gene ral v el fa pi of 1 1 : o- . ft iti 00 .' :; ;. XXy hat auihortty,,haydl)urbn.avjgy;ion'ia, L :en: pai :":!?;',. What rigM.had..we lo gi.ve'.a prtfer-eaceb-id.'the! whole coast! agl i"b tb!N tsieru taH ' sli'ppi'n 'wtthfuut ' regard. t o" the'b-rates' of trans'po.jtai.ioa oflb-red ,.'by" forcira r'yssels? The cdnsvhttio'na.litVi'or wisdorp-'of tbctgi Jaws' lias never been questioned. ; Is r4iit tlds a yio. larion of the principles so pr.ioudy - urged bv geatfemen Here? . js this, bwyijhg -where We" corldtbuV 'cheapest!" One it not. cri vnur p ri Dciples j 'an 'Odious g'rindiftg monopoly "j 1 i'j ' in favbr of .a set Vf bloated parse-proud A meVi." ' ;whiUroy collenue, ; now before rm ! (Mr b 4 y'Ty-: b )''. '' b'-, -.y'-.-1 : j-; -'i-;.'.--!,- ftjt-'x -'' ,; -.bbTiV ;; ''--: '.b'.bfby-;:- b'b-' ;b-b0-'b'',';b.'r'b?.: "brbb-;,v br..;i?'b:b1'b !:b';'.- 'ft, - :yv '':" !:yb'::b':bt;bb:: -yb.w-'.'b"'-y:i:.bK:i.yi--b:V'-'; b':; .'; w j. ' : b b .: '' AtSX ' : V.-.'b -;S-:;rit.:i1;! bv-:b:!1'Cb! jf-lv r: c: a .r u . t: . r a - . r 1 T-.iV '.jr'that 1 1 1 ..;,.. -ry -j. : ic.it :--V, ,.;t 1 t:;ii1 C,;..V.- i " " ;bc t ir : rc t'- of !, a c ' ' . : i a t a r i IT :ST ;b ys. fc a t b irKt'W h- doilrt&o ittm tl en .t..f'f "i ueir'n Li ; r: 's 1 at .1 i b n c d. -by t he- p ri it c i f c r a p -ticlJ ,of ,: fib tf ti vto ; . repubjica. n prac: j n..Uvh; -( such atarbbas tU'been rctconciftcnd-.-... ; .over a.r.i:'6y.cr.gnjn;t Jd t!i2 rnessagiof fur;:; best .Prtsi.de 'hs.'r&d 'a'd vocated 'e.ai vit t pally prom is : ' - i:: r. 'br;il a J b " '' ci- Mr, I'olk h!oi, elf-vi .l.aru;b.fii:ii.ch,' ifUle 'it ippdeea'dcu lips .-t. foreign iraparts fr tba pecesa.ry rev. to sup; rt on c;c i w.:;b :"'!' aduCtoiVlrativrf of fhi Got vfn -netit as" it "rbv: e!Jf c, " . t II bd sa R rrt!'" ef.&. ?j ustc'4'.io..its, details a. ta favour a j us t a a J- ft';.! so :. "i b !. e , t u o ii r a i'n 'e o t i ft f vti r of ,6,k the. p-cat-'inieresta ol'-agricutture,' com-; isierce tr.a nufactu'rci.'i ti4 the. m.echanitS arli; V" t'b;ti;revea-j2 should fee' the objoct,' !ni'tiont ahbald bo .tba'-in ei-Jcnl.". I '&it discrim. , you Do- irar will'.Wnduct'tba' 'aff'irof- tbU'greai -na. i " '-si: cces s,f ully. on: a'oy . c u nt ra ry doctrine i. i&iiU the nve.ll-.fstab'isbei reT.u:iaoafy priii: cipl's. ..i-V;bicn r fKcfathers con'iended; tbij-' is necessary tor tse prosperity oj ine greai in tere'f. "i of ;the' people; .irid.in'sb'bpeuaable to us' as a I'f'p'Cd 'rdependerifr jru-v'.' An tariff v f e. 1 1 o -tort .e'mast rhave.:'" Th . Govern mei4: ,; w(ist t ipporte'l v o- .influential Araerican .slatcsa, m baa ever, seriously. dv clared hi "Jself in favor of diretj, taxes as a pettxsntat -system of cejiue lime of peatelXiW cannot : icly on loans'" or ;Treas ury notes far ya. .pcrma rs cht ravenue. The objection's b to. these cr ; obvious. r ; A b taritj on uuties ot: tareiTa i ; orts -mut 'tncrclure be la';.; bvvcV:dutic ba'vd been laid; from' 1789 Idthis day; and; Ur, ' I pic bet . tlut whatever may be tbo I r.a of this I !, pro 'p'oilni ar revdlution ia tbc; whole fuvneial system of' our counuy, ..experience wiiicon tinue t point out beaten track of Cur falters- as the best ccarse for es to pursue. We shall soon get' tired? of tl,; t-nttied ex periment I am not' for any 1 use 1 stimb .ulus to ir istry, and 1 adn : true pol icy, requires that Ugislative p. Lion should bo confined, ia a wise uiscrur.ination, toj uch producnoM.es ur stiuatiun, capital, and resources Cnabld' u$ . to make success. fully to urtly ihe watits of' the. country. ; ; Oa tbeSOth': of August y-1842,; Congress passed the, tariff, law now ic. force. This bij prpjposes Jo', repeal , it. t Is ; this'j propose t "change right! . Nothipg caiib b more'perni ciouj to tbe labor and capital vf the country than this vacillating policy thia constant iCuctyatidn.bot'h tn the trade of the country and, the revenues of the Government. . I Ho ,not : pretend to say that trTet act, of 1842 is perfcf; or thai it should .beVJike the laws of the : Medes; and Persianvunalterable.b If it baitn perfect -f it douxleaIs,. kt it be amend cd in such pariiculars as expeiience thiy haye indicafed as necessa ryy Let it; be i amended in aprdaer way ) and" onbthorough 'examina tion, and; h&tbat the instance and. upon the statements' of. British importer and their agents!. : The-regulation otaTa tiff of duties is-'oecesari.''JcbmpU-cate!d'.iat)d "one;of ;;great difScultyj ifU-ai'-que'stio-tt & jacte &n& de tails, ik ramifying- itheraselytJs through: every interest of society. j jWe ; never Have, and in a country liko ours, of . such diversified pur. 'u''.13 '!ao -thtferesis i.!we'-:;never:' canpass!; any general tariff : la'whlch will give satisfaction courseis to come'asbnear this eno! as possible. I have freely admitted' that the existing law might bo . wisely' amended.- I should like to sefe that indispensable necessary of iif,rv 'madfl' tiitv- fr. " Thf dilif'an'(l f miriimnrti on coarse aomesiics migni oeowenea, u cot entirely -abolished;! and on; aw cotton"; tfie duty, which1- was onfce important ? but noSv useless might well be: abolished altogether. Uy -this bcourea'bwe i' should wrest from the bands .of' demagogues instruments By .which they are constantly trying k deceive tbo peo pie; , THere arc other, instances iti which th act of 1842 may wtll be aniended and the free list might bo increased. But in he main, that law had'operated well; and, after all, ;ex perience .was the best teacher;. it isiworth all you theories, b The act; of -1042; bad cotri- pletely, refuted the predictions of ' its- enemies and fully realifed tbe.bcst 'hope of its friendx. Under its operation, the country was prosper ous." .Under what circumstances had thai -act been passecll I need iot 'dwell on what all inast so well ; remetviber. The object of f that- la w,.was to raise a sinking revenue; to restore the public credit j io pay the: pulilic dtbts.and Hab i 1 i tiesf ;an d I a st ' though not SeaWt, 1 1 g i ve i ncide nial' :pf otecjum Ho i iiicrcits' essential lo our n a tionalv? el fa re a e u l nde pe 0 dencR, -To, wards the cloe of ;ho c- c-ration .of the -ccle- brated ''Compromise act 01 183,' the expand tures ConsVacl.y exceeded bur" income.;. JBven befee the ri-d .ciion had reocbud ' the. lowest point of tweiny . r cc;;t, it bad utterly failed to produce thb rucssarir revenues Thh' fact is admitted by the mortis lira free tie !'..- men Yet gehtemeJner'.for.rlnunt;"-tot grain. ally , but suddenly to the. same system. . bAV'ho can believe that the bill , before U3 "will raisa suIScient jevenua for the, wants of; tho Gov ernment? Curtail vour xoenses: abandon your magnifict-nt scheme of InternaUrnprave rnsnts, passed 'by this Democratic HwuJe", uru der the nama -of the narbnr and river .bill; reduce -your annual expenditure to : seventeen. millions, and perlpsi th.a an: average! ol twenty five to thirjiy pcr ; cent! ad valorem my pro suflicient: ', ;' :"But, b; r , does a ny!one here believe thai this 'reduction ';! b? brought about? lyWe-.'"ioust': -legislate lit an t;A:.::;!.UTg :.'.e. Gov.' (,..' ...i-un . ...j led s ia te 'of things. .The expen dj l u r e s ernmcnt, instead ot betnTCVif tct omy td seventeen vjiii'ions a year, r on' tm" average1 to near t wetiiy sk "rn It has ;topd .at; that rale '. for years "pasi.V '.it J HI. beiocreaaedybTbe' '&co,uisilio9: of; T'exas .and tbe estaLHti merit of new. terriloriar Gay. s.- ernraen-is,;.i.o: most; expensive appendages of J Vr ;GdvernmentV and the necessa ryh h rce. men't';of ':"your;atmy .'and navy,' wb!' enhance our expeodiciires..:"-: :Th'ey will be!.:frbm! tw'en ty e-i.i.;rt;J'd;ib6rty":-rr;ib'ions per a h&i. 11." ;:T"f do' not ;;k.br..attate bfbwttrybuTof a''; 'peace j esiabbob rtbcnt-;'Tli-e; getlema n bfrom ' -New I Yotk ( " : 1 IIt;xG'Er.r'08p) ti'amonfctra:' ' J . 'i uy a most;searchii:f ,.b ?' " th.at!'-this ... . r v-v.' bM,:"?rtawuM1,-,'iuu? neti, renun, liate of :a;b:a0d Win time fr'Wflr.bbdJ.oW''fc! wetooolv iheGefi- cit?: Shall we -reaott- to Joan.;!a'od Treasury Botes' t (ear ihey will, sooq '?agaiitr become fashionable. ;' With ; the- aid; ot the Little Tariff Bi!l,M? it is Caldpied U 1841 Or a it : ta;.; .) well t e !i".!;-J to raj... 'I::-T I11'-'., b' riij-t: niiU giiicrM ri-ni 'ir j u-i i !t--.: 'b ,",, . I'U'iiCO;- (f j ;..- !' '' b - V " , ti, ta -."!- nil-tatt nv'-ti'Mt; Co;.--j-;!;'. , ....-; u4 bbaryj 'fttjfuiir. Cf'ib u i ib-'j "v CtC;t'lf" tbe'. CiuV'-T'i'HtiP":"''! i i ib n t"i f J S 4 'J ' r c s 1 o red- il ' : : v . " ' c J t ; f ' ' ,r! ' point I-J , -'.ohur, -U iU-'it Ifl, tiiu:.st i ba kt d ! r '"itkk"'ia, j;' Congress' p 'the. whole I Kw - vHif Ki"emiiK hi s. an ! )-i.ddic'd bb;:vub''iri tvei'y j tfi.p' world"' iihb$l a :btiiier''? '. ' i 'i ' of" 1-542 had of :,iiecesi' rwis icvHiue . tYS r-. s r'--rr !'i;-say .the use they rates.t'f.'thai " ' : . e h'v , I j.twvf 1 nu R'.atldard. ' Thi rr p. rKi' ifa ''.'rJ,'i':i'. What do;-cenl!emen mean by these.. t JhtiCfhraitif-t:- it'ithe amount needed f .fa r -. . 're; v en u o-r at' " 7t..i:t a; f Va iy ! : .";.. U r doe ItltoV- fluctuate; ..witb tb'f atatiiTo.f fcthe m: ion a nd t fje ncce asn ics . of t r. puli ac -a , r t,j . It ilui;uecesSan?y;.orend pp.iU atal oi or; a amuani' inpeace" Biiott". :;r irrti'me'.of .waj; Tlie're IfcVtherefdrei no' such-thing a a' a fixed 'revenue! eta n dardi:-;; Hi.-; $icrt-taf i . Walker t crtktbat it is-.twenty perenLj VTe bave t' d lht', o.r ot I we bad ; oppjroac,-J it, nt u tiinevtdo"?;b. . t ""ry lafgea"nd''x"""-" i';..;it. whence got twenty-five per 1 the GtiVernmCt v ous crists'bUndtr .. a L a v e r a ire ne 1 1 r e x e i . , ir. iiri'porta;iccs were crirmt.t- i-'dj proved in the scale as far as Areyen, ne fa il c d a. rt d ! in'jthamost rehl . tti!ifi84t;ih- 'r.i-i- is Irom twenty s,t twentv'weven mthi ios of Holla rsahout sudi. cient to'answer the wants pf the Gov rm cnt inordinary timt:k-b But ; Mr. Crrrr.an'yi.t is "objected to the ex iiu ng ; laWlha jts! ope rt t ion is most injurious to the consuming portion f the Community, esp? b lly to the farrnng ard nlanting ihterests; lb ; the people have' to' I of all Jhey have lo t ! plunder and injustice; pockets of the ma t( ". eyerv one jo the Tr . raises he prieeof all and low e ts , the pr.ee t nai it ia ia system of .d that il piits into the urers twjo dollars for ,y- fifty four millions twenty severt millions Thii rVirefct-ntation. Tta enrich them n in the national coib . whi-h in truth is- r. . dc-c I a in ak j snnpposed to tne tact of ibe.jse, is based -on me idea that every tarifTof ddties is beceisarily h tax; 4 and that, in all a?e3 this tax'ia t aid by tlie consumer.; '.Now, llr,'';-" 'utterly,!'-ny ; 4bis pos'itionb; It may be lruo os a general. 'rule, out it not only nas many excrpuons, but inere are many cases where it is decidedly opposed fo the truth. Od those articles from which we derived the greatest rWl of! our revenue ihe. duty did iiot raiio theprice andWas not a tax to the consumeVf bfcaose nearly enough of the nYticlea : Were produced SO .-meet: the demands of consumption withouj; fesortto tbo reign . siipply.? "Domestic con petit ion was induced and lowcrepb the price. Whenthe hrticla is. not oiade at home in stifiicicnt quan tities io anwer our deminds thejduty was' often divided between trie consdtjnCr and pro ducer or Importer, in "which case tb foreign importer pays a part pf the fx fbr he;pnvi. lege of selling io our market.' Where we do not make the . article at al!;bibd !w hole duty was -stricUy a tax,' and p-iid lyjie-ctffl'ssurrte'r. Prices- depend upon the great A a1 niHtt)f supply M nd demand,: and :rf, 4 lite ability jf thepewple to coftsume.i'';: ea .'this. bs jici i' Every) body .i'floWj "ihat;; the prices ''pfyjilw: leading a Article of Icobvsumptfon a. re. blower; 'tha n'hey '.;:were":!'at and before'ihe passageof the act of J 842. ; t It is an admit ted ;.. fact';Bu!'geotlejrWea'' U- '"-owing to. improved machinery and;bOiler:; causes r What has bjrnproveU miciperyund given new iimpolsebt? mau(acturbg skill but the policy we advocate? bb'b'' :'b bb'-'b'b? " : inregard to the prices .6f a 2 nic n lura! pro. duceyespeeiailynof that great iilap'e cottiin it was we)il known 1 thai bmere wJa Kreat ovt-rr : production.. " . '. . -'- M r-Bl'rt said lie 'thought vn j Clb h b ;. My Honorable friend irom ISno h. Ca rolina is mistaken. bbThis fact:was so:w I kfeownVand so fully admitted, thata convent di! had bc-c-n called in the Siouth -talake iritobiorrsideTatior: the means of diverting labor from the .enhure of cotton into some bther;'ir..hiannci', that a bet ter price might be : oairipd 'Sciri ilhercsidue which was raiseoV I It; ha !bb ?pa "said that if WO would consent to reduce theis flft.wtf should fi nd ( a ma rke t fo r ou r ; surplus gr ieul to rab pro b ductionns'. ; I wih, firthaltne: ropes" w hich a rb so fondly indulged, on this.su'. ij-ct -could be realixed. f Much has been prom- s6d from the .abolition of the Britrbh corti faw bit i po. ible that the new system Vf-Bntisf )e'jtslib tioa may so work as lo afford us a market for a.amall pofti pf : that surplus but .'sir. .u ,r4 . - uouui. ne. aggregate aricultdraf prod s U the country amounted in value!r6"betWecD 'tight' and! nine, hundred millions of dollars par annumi bf this vast amount about ne-balf;was conspmed by, the produce rsyour owii ; populatiao;b the- other half sought a market:; And where was' that market to-b,found?b!Undoubtedlybthe f chief iiiuti aiioom?, in ine consumption by no ri. producers1 of agricultural rlroduce who are engaged m other pursuits. ; -.b he M hole a mount of our exports' last year was about niaety-nine millions of dollars, 'This !is a: bout ihe-average per annum:; O th the sfap'e drticles of coltori, tobacco, 'and rice con: t luemore' t hah six t y m ill ibnk o( dolla r a nd ma nufacturcd a rticles: makefu.. a nothpr suiti Of thirteen;: millions. bbThej Jba Hnce ; of iitue more m a; twenty. n.ve milrinsJi "made op of every other artic!e;!exported.y!Thefaci "i 011 .o ,"Sip"fi : an ,ii.reign ; mar kts fbr sale on6 twentieth part bfj the Surplus F' ooucuoos 01 otr larmers. Wet import al- rnrist a s - rn u'cb'. las; tiab expOr 1 , not w.hhxta nd; ng o-up..vaM. surplus.;;, ;VV import en ' 'otton; as well as beefjlhamswboV potiSoes;. .EJdt, sir, this small amount ofirnporisbis lihe rncre incident ' &f.rtrad! flna!---c"oWrrje'rc:iBii'; is vnr export of tbo produce of qup fa rns, excepl 'of.the'''ihr.eegrea!t';:rticSe!sw fiohed..!" 'The' fore)g!jha'8"never!yea ;bl.:n;'iNhd ; tVar,.; n.eyer.r.;w'Rl!:;bey'-porbtru' ; Aiarket,' fof h r f-5. 3 8t uilk' .- a nd bo mvi&!inii.'' ' ft'' in oripoo-ste r... i ; l!i:--;'--i-."::i',Hf".f , (" ;.i iturat r)rodu,:tmnB. We mDst; tefis at rn b-Tpn-ce to.the';;woridas;''is:::8!nd not as. we . ...I have it 10' 'hft,s(f.The.re i:,ad slucht'tbiag ireo tradei and. never wil be. as .ions as V.ind remain sel5,h!andbGbvferniraeots"re, quire to be suppotted bVoneyy lPj-ee trade; f try," is ; a j mere bubble? it is not fa 'be found on earth; except bantong iur owri : overeiga States, of tills: Uri too .bi'abhat'fbeauiifujl but combined, aif, cooiplieated systern of f mary in onttl'-whic'h " ilo nctt the admiration; of ;ou 'to supple that fbreigd countries: situated 'dmit free, she -exacts about X 5, G90Ql .by sttiey are; can everl furniA-ari.i outlet for om sugar alone 5,1 00,00t;: a od, from'.'.;'. f. ' . 'tbe four fiacdred 'mjlitin4-'sWplui!bf odif airib manufactured goods,1 the whole "amount jof ; t b; fbi- Cb wrftrtn ' suppose u ,u r. , .1 l - ;? '.' at Ur".. i: purc.;.!i-.r.tb,.,t? '"'J("M St ;ij'hr'r IPurrofcta inJ b.i; j,--J : h-v iSa' .4,, , i' tf t";f : "'j" :. in t.:.-.: lor oi hers,. iJoci jibbj. t,, : . !,l..b jj. ; fjr her wheat. . and. 'f.v.j.r. at ' deicrij'.Uont' ''! s' ; n'7w;T.f ".at ,-'itwa many! None in FnrtsiaT ;. i :i ibe L ; .j man comimons?.b- N'a:e:' in 1 tlf ' Tvit k -y V y. . V ill pol'tbe'w 1 f ;'l fii I. tb 5. lb aek '&.. irtcet out - nikrtf ar. l wobbi ihev i..,., . TO Say. llutbin-f pf'lbf :' -nr.b' CaC;'-'; freight-, i. 'ij ,u'f j" bf in 'iv't f ; .,c:,i:,t ,t' 3:cndi( Ka j,--a.to a, kttl ry . uepuuiic slH tu'.b'ov t (! ri'K v . i. v t r c. . s.M.a ta compqf . w'b'-tbem -'in : the bBniVislj'- iC!S; ',- Urr'1' '-r'i"'-. ' e.ra :it ' pin? milito n i fth-njaa rc I, u.s of Europe t ;ct tb ' booti , to much : 'dvsi rr d . b? sons ; ntlerr.cn,- ofblling thr-ipnoilucts el'roaf i . i; . '--v 7'- iu1a cot ucricr-q labor in farci-n mart, , r r. , qiStl lerriu ot.COm-?Utlon. with tl.rm. 1 1 d jc 1 ti cost to m '! I r' a ' bushel tor' instance"., ('-' -"' ' "-n!irt Jq l.'hto'.i.-''. tJ U aaid aout' trdrlv'-cnts i ' - ." '. .rf.'lVJb-'!.:-:;''''" "'urt ihe'.,- f u . "' v',-V'.1' '' -centsto rtt-'iti- y -ew ''lork,a;,. v...cnc'etii:fer ?fB l,U41 r' -'crpool. , When deposed on- b tiio wharf at Liverpool it crv. --v. i':(" leatusevccty cents. . rAri ! - cVerv I boJyknowsthaba buslHl-.cf .wUaWrom' xW' ' great grain. grqwinz' countiv '.- .f .Ah n,.! i can bttlaid dowo on that ame wharf at Ts.; " i erpool rororty.ccnts.. ', Wheat " wai now ttV I jng in the Liverpool market, at a time- 1 great scarcity 6rt"M6da-demand.t 'fifty c , : ' P? bvk : Are gentlemen so dement ! as ; to. hope to canete io the British or any o;h. er fereign mariet with moo wha were com.-": pejledyf.-om .the -necessities of tlu ir pne'-ion tojabor for sixpence, per dav?; It is't1 . . ' ' f obviously s--, iljat'l can.,8carcely brir- rny.-l self to believe Uiatrnikraen are eri: . in the- declnratiori of. ilif-ir hopes about t t4 foreign marks for our .forming prodti. ' However: this mry be, I hope ncVVr o the day when uvge in tW free rU()b shall come drn btthai e-n;l. ' Ay: ue n. i tally diOrent fafc frnib.?e At bo h.habil the shores of ij,(b ii,Jiic-;.nJ i:;tk Our policy is tiyeltiote jU: l.&tk ' cWti.-, 'fl'O men wha f..,! Ui ou, fi-jd and wdrksh.pi ' are" not dtbVrffcd mwU ign raht Uuta, but welMnforimd a ad high spirited frefnien, wha ' . cocstitute each jrn ui J.r l.imsolf; a portion of I the sovereigniil lat).i; ; God iforbid that'' their industry t-hould be .placed; on the' lama leveli by any eof circumstai.eei; with, the pauper-labor, '.of me a,- .Wlwvwork; barely p to live, and live but: to be 'dogroded! Tha contact Would be detiructive to!'Arairicsn ;a. dusiry, and fatal to'the.'lhc $ pirit 6f liberty hsejf.-- ''bb':.y,:b b.b ,;;.:; U'Vj-b. I"-) ;..;., i : Mr. Chalrmilnyjt is argued-"that Webrricsr reduce our tarifl became Cngnd i! reducing ft hers.; It is tr-uli.tbat ooWms larticks she is ; b -lowering and pia aortic taking off', be - duties.: ?-b But, sir, is ahyj fair T-iprociiy proposed by ;? ' England to uS? And'witlrwhat view has her : i eceht policy Uen dictitd?b b Why has her 1 ; duty been jafcciS .off ,of cotton?' j' Only '"for. iba ; pu rpose ; ofb ' bp njf G 1 ti ng ; he r ma n ufa c t urcs'.--"-' ' :! Tbt-re-. was : a tiAi'e .hei !,Engla nd bst ruggfei b- f 'with ao abiding hpc to supply herself Xwith b aw cotton, indl.'pend(-nilvI of, our aid. She b pad made a strdnuorw effort lb grow cottobj ';' iri herowo'Ew fodia irosses1o'ris. -and Vnt.r.'b--' : tamed sanguine hopes if - getting it in Egypt; tluih projects.,;fiicd. bb Pa r aj. bong iti'rrie the imposed high du'irci on ihe 'raw; material anil prohibitory duiies on ih manufactured artf- cietfom.tniscouniry. 'liut she has diacoverel that sflie cannot -dj without' Aimerican cottoo, . that instead of 'being substdiarv ondbdewft. A. k '' '- I ' teriaJ, we' had - be come w holly irfcfepcryft nt of b fb her; and from ijie subordinaie of a oloniafb,f. dependent we biVRriiep intd .'the- rank of comfetitor, amj have ; in fact become her', b most forrmubTe! riv;l.Iu, the !rninufaC:ure '"b.b of coars. cotto.ns, built up'!under .tl t pylicy bb we have puraued, we.t?n; CoimpetDwith herb )n tlvfe m irkets ofbthr worldr Bv the aboli. b - tion ;of the dutylshe hns extended-' 'protection v f her own manufactures in ' this .content.- And.'s us to bef ediction ofithe duty eri b'readstbfli andi.roviiiVns.'b I ' auv man sV ; simple as to suppose En:land has done ihit-' merely' to lenefil us, r in.-ponseouence t( b -wii.i inourat-.K oi-irrc--iraqef iii-lvct us- not cherish o greatbahd fatal aQelusioii. All nations are cse fit mlUr t1fitK n'nA-et- tal' nation's m the w orld Enalaftil is and 8 . 1,7,3 uvu, ine, most so. ' one lias jaken off iier duiies oa provisions ian'ly; be--b cause sne was-compelled to do it by the ne cesfsiies of heretsrving population', and that ' her manufacturfes miglu.ConUaue to draw the . health of life. The- same policy will induce herto put them on again whenever her ia'-'v tercsl requires it. Besides all these consider atipnf of self interest, England is m najbst re-;. .spects much in advance of -other nations' to irianufacturing skill .and capital j! and she is iu the.fortunate position' of being able lo. invite Others into rivalry with her, without, irjury, to her interests. Her policy" has always' heretofore been restrictivei but; she would'" be willing to-morrow lo 'entef the list in the ircpracticable'schemps of free trade with the world, il other miiocs' would consent,' simply because her past "policy has prepared her for it without tbe feaif of detriment from others, . And again y-si ry; the. financial system of ! i vsruui or, lam is rssLuuajijf ujiiereui irom ao inapplicable to ours. : We derive bur irfcoma i1 chiefly if not alniost entirely, froYn cuslomst she obtains but one half of hei from that source. 4 ine average an nuail revenue of England is about X50,00l),00(fc of this sum.. the derived, in 1842, frorn excises JCH,-' 500,000, from stamp duties X7l000,O0O, asd ' ; from land tax 4,700,000, mating a ractioa r more "than half of tho whulo baum. T Are; we 'to imitatfi her.ex'a'mple'Ia' these wdiV I- ous laaies. rrom Ilea and coflfce: which wii i England does not to" a half per cent., hile we collecif tbe llary gest part of our revenue from' that source.:' Let gentlemen 'Jock into the facts before they ' call on u to follow in the fdoteps of! a na ' Islates, not to -torn fit otb-" ; tion thai always Je ers, but to promote land aecurelhcriown sel- " fish policy and .interests. ''"' -V: ''.-j'b':-'f ".-.'...'' b . As to the importdhce of the home market. , of which so mucn has been said, in this bate, I do not attacH so much Value to!, $ M ' amount ' . b (. i t i 'b ;;i -"'C '. 1 J t ; e i i. U ''1 A -: 4- bb
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Aug. 21, 1846, edition 1
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