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A-'i r sn urn 'A ,i'Mii,,fl?"i''s,f Trl3J I, LEwW, Esreaa-tss PssrsiiTsa. T CABSLISA: rSWtastt IX MOB4L1 ! VKLLEtTC At tUtSICst tt lASSr ST B SIBIS Ol'tll aSMB v AftCTaS- V k , fTHSER DOLLARS A TAR-.ia aaH. 4 - TO 4. ST. RALEIGH, IV. C . WEDNESDAY SEP t, I4 , , . t r l ,i t . i ... i i rnr in " 1 ' r ' " wr Tit m r ni nrni m n 1 1 inf 'TffiT . 1 1 ifnTiiw iiriiiwiiri,i iummrn x jii immoroji-Ti fpTr1"""' r r " yrry r i irp t , Mn ljm, jt 1 1 j l-i-r w: ' mf -it mjjiiiuw ,.ul. iluww wjmi iLijjwjjjijJLio iwuut i. ji. .jujuii u. ' , MR. HAYWOOD'S ADDRESS. A Ptovli tf North Carolina : I hare never appeared before the public, by nyaelf or otherwise to write down an accusation againtt me, but have hitherto ehoaen to bear anjuet rebuke in aileace, end rely pun time, and my manner of life, to eonaign to oblivion the' whiiperinga of the envious and the ealunmiee nf the nalig nant. I do not afloat to ceuoeaU that a de parture from ihia rale gives mo mach pain; ' and I am penuaded that if many of my , ft lend did not think that it a duty I owe to the people not to remain . ailent, umter the recent censure of Irensied partisans, I should leave it, as far as concerns me, to ray known character, and the aelf-deaytaf net which has provoked it, to vindicate the patriotism and purity of my motives; re. poem; confidently upon tbo discernment . andjuilgmant of an intelligent paUio, in . view of the simple facts as they occurred nd not Uoubtinj that so soon s4 tho occa- stow had paased by, and there was no Ion ' ter a neee-'sity fat oveiftvjn''oilherfvywliii' it might have been supposed, were more timid in their purpose, and no chance to deceive the people at the North Carolina elections, by unscrupulous libel against me, mj assailants would cease from the!. dirty work," and bad men, who measure the motive ol the virtuous, by a siasxtanl of morals which vice has et acted in their wa bosoms, would go hunting- after same trevh victim to gratify their ignoble malice. But I come before yon thislim to speak of myself, col of others, and to defend my own faithfulness, vet to expose their de .eigne; and I think mysell happy that I have tho honest people of North Carolina ti judge my cause. I iflvote no sywpa t'iy, I ask no compassion, and I thank God I need them not . But with the proud coh t-'tousarrs of one who has dared to do his doty as servsnt of the republic, amidst 'wingers and trials such as, I trust, are not to grow common in our government, I ataudJkCoW 'dehce reepecu and approbation of ill good men more especially of those belonging to the democratic party. I feel and know this dar. mnd I wilt prove even to my n : mtes, that in my ststion as senator, and in retirint fron U. I incurred bo. guilt-!, deceived no one 1 betrayed no party I mado no sacrifice oi your interests, and no surrender of yoor rights, none at alt, di rectly nor indirectly. And they who have , charged hf cpntrsryt with all who, from any, motive, personul or political, have giv. en to it their a'hl ami coumcaaiice, did ber false witness." . It is trueithaton the 25th of July, a few momenta before the vote wa expected to have been taken on the new tariff bill ol 18lt3, (improperly called "McKay'a biH,") I resigned my seat as a senator in Congress, into the hands oi North Carolina, to whom it belonged; believing that h was my duly to do it, sooner than cast my vote against my own conscience, for a law that 1 could not approve, and knowing that il was my perfect light to do it and that I wjuld be but exercising that right m preeiee accor dance with the last written doctrine of the legislature and of the party who elected me. In this only have 1 offended; and in manly sincerity, but with that plainness of speech which the humblest man in tho com aa unity will be able to understand fat him. self, I proceed to Isy before you my ex planation.1' ' t " 1 r The subject of tho tariff, and the system of Jaws by which taxes are imposed and coll ctd for tho nse of tbo general govt eminent throaghoat tho Union, Is one of deep importance, but of much mtrlcaey and great difficulty in its judicious arrange menu Boon after taking mr seat in the Senate of tho Uuiled States, (in pecemlter, 184. I lor one felt what any men when he irst goes into Congress directly from private life will be apt to experience, and that was, a 'lack of necesssrjr knowledge and information upon it. With an anxbi Uoa to Warn my duty ass legislator tot tliis great repablie, and a lied determina. lion to pursue n aiierwsrua, i nimtuinmj frr my whote mind to the study and con sideration of this tariff system, well know ing that upon It depended, io a good de gtee, tho chief opttations in eommercs, agrioullaro, , sad msnufaetures, ia other 8'iates as wetl ss mis. During the Irst session: of the last Congres and after bar ing devoted nearly all of my time for some months to this study. . 1 hoped I bad made . myself auslifi'd, and my poliiicat asaocistes behoved mo ft. to bo eoosulted aad oun telled with, in oar united efforts to arrange A tariff with instics to " all seeti'ws; and artth ratirs aafeiv'to tha business. DrosneT' . ity; hsrmony, paaca, and wdspoauenoef no uoion,' . Aawumn ui iimb nrain bo done, was to declare that the Union cannot, be preserved, and the cause of fret rovernment had failed. . , , , ..The democratic senators in paiticulsr, concurring as we dul. tnen, and no . bow, with a few .exceptions at tho north, in i sentiment of opposition 14 tho tariffof 1S43, desired to see it changed' "That act was believed to ' W extreme In fu prntettive, character, and therefore unequal andunsat- isfactorr to larsa sections of tho .Cinon; snd out aim was, to modify k by the near est aosviblo approach to that happy mean between the extreme opinions of each as demand a total abandonment of all protec- . two on one bacd, and uf those who , insist hpoQ pcotectioa at a primary ' object, 6a ia mIi.,. ,, I ii.a Ba itouhi that thia is the - i j only foundation upon which wise and just legislation can be based, when interests really conflicting are to be affected by' the action of the general government. Confer' encea with each other, snd with tho chair man of the Committee of Ways And Means of the House of " Representatives, THr. McKar.1 were freauentlv held, as to the best mode of altering and reforming the tariff of 1812. The more eminent men of the democratic "party in the Senate, and leading statesmen from different sections of the Union in Congress, took part in the deliberations and investigation which pre ceded and arcompanied the formation of what waa then called and known as "Mc Kay's bill and report,' vis: in March, 1844. In the councils whence that bill proceeded, I had the honor to be admitted si an humble and unpretending participa tor, so that I knew, and it cannot bo denied, that quiio at! the democratic senators from the sooth and westi and vary nearly every one from tho not In and east, asvented to or acquiesced in it. It formed a subject of congratulation, I remember. alnoAgat the members or the party front kit lections at. that time. 1841.) that the opinions and views of democrats in the national councils had been thus brought to harmonise in what was thought to bo a reasonable, pra dent, practical measure ol legislation upon this subject; which seemed likely to put at rest and settle tho tsriff tiispote. ''Unfor tunately, it did not pass the House ot Rep resentatives: I will not stop to state the eaaee. ' But, notwithstaiulinrks tomporarv defeat ia that body, the democratic party at once pot themselves before the people of. tho Union upon that bill as a common plat form, and it wss promulgated a the.r nvo posed scheme of reforming the tariff act ef 1849. "McKay's report" of 1844 wss published aad sent forth as the trne and auiliehiio iaterpretation of their view in regard to the change we were afterwards to insist upon. 8o I anosrstood iat the time, snd ever sines, and so hae I constantly tleclared. The bill was aamed after its u- airf dvMtB;-f Mr. McK"av.l a statesrasn of North Carolira a otliern man and s dessocrst My own opinions ia hs favor weva freely expressed in all my intercoarvo wnn your and they were not unknown in any quartet. The demoerstie r)ifst in North Carolina, without exeepiot apptauueu h; me democratic party geaieus ly approved oil tlirouhou our limits. If there was a single one of them who did not. I era yet to ' loam the tact. Hundreds if not thouaamw tho tey. partyL. hs mm Siatr gave their approving voice ia iu fa vor. . Our elections . in 1844 aad in 1S4J, all of them, were conducted . upon that basis, so fr as tha tariff question entered into them at all. Every uMi;igent rasn in tho nation knows the feci that the mil cloe. tians of 1844, and thoso la lbs spring of 184S. throai-ltout the UniteU Stales. , for members to ins present juwngres were ------ - . - - - - tarried on, if not upon the same basis, with , a knowledge of that bill and report. The uorili saw m it a pledge or tho south and west that we did not mean to oppress and ; break down tho labor sod industry of, the, . a .a . 1 , . nona snoeasiiine soutnaaw m x a tea' snnaboencessioa., ta ,tbeuu,o . I t. . J -. i - - I . I practical ity .niur, wie pwpie jrvery waero ssw n it the hope for mod. rule legislation, and the prospect, of a permanent arrange- roent ot a quesuon tnat nau been agiUtingf -mr rountry is invoivca in an ex- the nation for a quarter of a ceaturj; and if, pensive" war, and the wisest among - you your memory still serves you, with a'.reetd Pnnot foresee' its close. ' ' We have a large lection of any of the speeches pf out candi-! srmy Invading' Mexico; and a Urge nsy dales for the last legislature or the preseutfh her eossts," along ; the Pacini; Ocean Congress made, in North. Carolina only a and in the'tJttlf of Mexico.' The sum year ago, 1 beg to know "wbellier it was. already appropriated by; Congress for the not uniformly proclaimed that all true ilem-i ocrnu were going in favor, of McKay's, And what let me ask. wss the result of. II thikl In the north, at ws'I as the south bill" ol 1S441 . Uesr , in - mind tnat llie . expenmeniai nnu nw Tevcnue "McKay b'dC' ot J844 sand the . McKy "P m t ' goT Certainly bill of 1846 agree in nothing but the namu, Cmgress knew, ' tbatrnd, therefore, as I will show you heresfter. ithonied J a loan often million-,' st and west, lbs elections to tbo present Con- bly be one for -ten millions tnore T-i-gress ended favorably to the democratic j Wdl 'it product revenue enough to pay party. . A democratic majority of more j oae-aojT of the 'appropriations T ' ! ' sm than sixty 'were returned to the House ofi qois sure it will not. Its advocates did n ' i'i ... i ; m. : :n a, .u nepreseiiwiiTca. , am same puijr iicmj a majority ia the Senste. And a democratic President,' nominated aft-r'the "ScKay bill" of 1844 bad b-en framed snd spproy-llbo mil h lli nartV. wss eleeteil bv th sntM ol i States ia the north sswell ss the south; a wsr lasts, and for such a period of time af southern and a western President whom , tf as tho war expenses eontinatr k will we could not nave , elected witnout ine votes of northern States. 0 course I can not undertake to affirm, as a fact, that the northern States which voted or the nemo. , cratic party were induced to do it by Mc Kay's bill and report of 1844. ' But this I know, and will say. that it wss put forth a a political peace-offering upon the tariff. snd Jnatoae aortnera people at once rained to the sopport of the party in numbers largely beyond thoso which 'had thereto fore supported it, and that h was expected by us when that offering was nude that it would conciliate the northern oemoeraie; and 1 havo no doubts that it enlisted the support of thousands who would aot have sustained the oartv without k , Nowi then. I nut it to the eonseienee of tbo Deoole of North Csrol'ma who I know love all their! country,', north, south, east and west whether. Under such circumstances, I wss bound to violate my sense of duty, and. contrsry alike to this party-pledge and to my own sober judgment as a senator to assent to en act which violated out and out the-McKsy bill' of 1844, alien There wal no pablic emevrency to require aV and i ..... - . . Inn Balionel exieency so excuse rt. sna lBa when I did most eonfideady' believe that the' neW tariff1 act of" the present Congress was in itself unwise and roll ot mischier to the republic. Wss it my duty to yotf, or w ine aemocratic party or North Carolina, Id hate done that? And had I no right to resign and retire from itr Was I bound to hold on to my office, and put up the pre leaded excuse that the democrats of North Carolina had changed their minds, and repudiated "McKay's bill" of 1811, for a new snd different measure in 1840? -or that the people desired mc to pass ths lat ter, when, forsooth, I did nt know the fact to be so, and in my lieait 1 did not believe Itf So far from Its being the case. I more than doubt whether thousands of ynu have not taken it for rranled, or been led to be lieve, down to thi day, that the "McKay blir of 1844 was the same thine that is called so in 1840; whereas they are as dif ferent as light is from darkness. No, my constituents never required; such things sf me. " 5. Believe me, I do dot tnetttt to bring into question- the course of otliflr democratic senatort whtf condemned .thoct; aiid' yei. gave it their vote. It is my right to state that there were not a few of them who did that. Neither do I mean by this to assail my friend Mr. McKay. Far from it. 1'hey are my friends personally and politi cally, and in taking a different' view of their duty, they rnfarto wtogi and in- iiuicuuiiig my owtt conduct, I intend not to arraign theirs. Whilst I hsve pursued the light of my conscience, they have followed theirs. In questions of conscience II must be conceded that Goo is the judge, and every matt must stand r fall according as each believes for himself. 8o that not n'rrqoeutly theit are cases where men in the same circumstances may act different ly, and vet both be guiltless. lint Wtt.il I have said upon the history and purpose of the "McKay bill" of IS44 did not form alt of my objection to the new tarifTof 1816, improperly named "Mc Kay's bill; snd which I sbalUJ for tlie sake oldIf iinTnati ine --rapcriineoiai wriil. ; my opinions snai oa latu oetora r you wi:hnut disguise, and you shall see whether, when taken incomiexion snth aft b,r:n?fe a rv and Improper abuudonment of the re( McKay bill of 1844, tbey do not show -tltai , iii my hostility to the experimental tariff. I wss faithful to you and my country and true to myseir snd my party. FortQnately fr me, those opinions, so fer es th'y Jookad tWwarvl. ta liml consequences, on the harmony oftliepartr, or the welfare of the republic, 1 am no Ion r r under the necessity of snpnortin? bv labored arguments. For good or evil, tlie -w has passed.1 , If it should be r-ea'e(l or moil i tied at tbe next sessibrt, that will be f Itself a complete vindication of my oppomiion to it at ine presenu u tt snoutd - - , , . .-.- be permitted to remain in force in the form 1 was required to vote upon it, then time will soon determine whether my opinion of it wii right or wrong. I abide the re suit withcut lesryet, iff" know myself, without a wish to see evil Come of it, mere y for the like of 1 1 liming hereafter on 'toM M.l.l.n.a tr ii " '1 ' ' ' ' . -t i iiii . , Tliese. then, were my opinions, ss they are now- "4 4" ' ' ' 1 ,' ' ' ' government expenuiiures oi me nfCM year, exceeds tirrV atr.LMNS of dollars.' Wni sum- not, wy we were passinjr this tariff; an "t best-- act tf the next session win prob win uu hiuvi, Wherefore, if tliis experimrnt works - as weM as its warmest friends have predicted, government will fall in debt twenty-five millions IFtlS rnsCSIT VeiV. HO MMI-V as the be the same thing. But if thoexperiment works as illy as its more violent opponents have said of iu why then it will tisrdiy go stall. i thmic the train lies between them. It will work, bat h' will work badly; and work rou deeply in debt; and if it should be adhered to- without alteration,'' tho public debt will bo increased, not muek short of TBis-.MUxsoas the rst year aud l oan seeno honest wsy to prevent Us -yearly in- crease, except by a resort to lirect taxes, . . Direct taxes aught to i be our very last rshiru ' Pablie debt is sn evil that 1 abhor more tbaa ever si ace I was a member of Coamsst and therefore k waa the coocla sioa of aty naiad, that this tariff experiment one at not -to- be tried, aad cettointy not at tins narlieulsr lime, i The' acts or a uor rress wLichr went to uiminisn ine re venae, bat to increase tho .expenditure, did, not seem to bo oonsirtest with prudence in say stoverontcBt, mora especially ia time , of war. The taritr system, aeoortua in my judgment, wat a most onfit subject for party exper-.menuj aad, at mo tune ot a yearly expenditure of fifty U lion of did Isrs, snd of a foreign wsr, such experiments amounted to fparty rssboese TMbe : wsr should end tooa, still the government here, we knew, 'expected to terminate it by : treaty for pesce and a new territory, vtjt: California. No honest country would lake ine territory without psying the owner for ii, sou a are would, Mexico cannot yield it upon any other terms. Hencem was. that whetherwe were to have 'peace or war with Meiicoi we needed much more money to carry oothe .government. When, the plainest rules of arithmetic snd common sense thus compelled me to withhold my support from a tariff experi ment, lobe made now, at theexpease ef ine nation s credit, how eouldl hesitate! Second The tariff ol 1843 ouzhi to have been modified, but not by an act wich re duced the duties ss early sslhe 1st Decern ber. In all steal alterations of the tariff di miniahlne 'duties, the f eductions ou?ht to bo made upon Teasonable mrtiee to the people; whose property snd business will be affected by them. In that ease, there may, be inconvenience to some, but it does not brmi down ruin upon so many innocent people. Not giving time infant, factories are destroyed by the baud of legislation, and the older and more malum establish moult, ate .compelled to diminish their operatiooa forthwith, and consequently to discharge a number of their Uborers and reduce the waves of all. the laborers safer inore lhan the owners; because" tbey are less able to bear it. The sudden loss of work will be to many Of them ami their families a loss of food sud raiment, and that which the law-maker is commanded to pray for his "daily bread'' be would be thus rudely taking by law from, the work ingman of his country. And ttie experi mental tariff set was the more objections b la. inasmuch a many of our cououymen the northern Trers. who are to suffer under it-Vill put out of , employment iu the begiitniog of winter, when other rm ployinent will be obuined with great difA colly; and at the north, the poor, without liUkot saul wUliootwageB-. eHeonnter a 'de gree o suflVriog, itt that inelemeat season which we -have no just conception' of at Uie soulb. You must see ii, before yoii eao fully appreciate it. Also, a sudden atleraiioo of Urn tariff, roust, oi necessity, disturb the home market of our manufae- urersrooal dieear. - and mechantcsraad involve hundreds snd thousands in losses to some, rum to outers, and suffering .to inanv. . , , . . ,, , - , ..,. . Enon a bad tariff law, then, should not be repealed so as to fell down too hastily. wueu its gradual sbrogstton would create less inconvenience to the aovernment. and its sudden change may oppress the poor, t no injustice to any secuon. I be sov- rument outlit to have comntssion on all the people, and pamcularl y anon tha la. Uorinj classes. Tbo manufacturers at tho uutlh are not sJl"AbboU Lawrences," whose fortune has been the theme of so many tariff , speeches. The compromise tariff act, under General Jackson, in 18$). reduc ed ike duties gradually and periodieally for nine years u gave nine years : notice." Am txptwntntal tariff will reduce all the duties upon only four months' notice!, The Utter Whs harnlw ct ucl, unj it legisUiroa liarsbtotut wealthy, cruet to tho laborer. snd uniust to both; and the geaeral wel fare did not requira U. ; , l ' i' I hud. r llie;, mdertemleat treasury, of lisoit a great caange; Uie warelieusms: act. i i . . " another; snd the experimental tariff, the greatest of the w ali,--tili,. when taken together, work an entire revolution of our financial system.: , One st s time thy might have been iiiiroduoed more safely, some of them wisely,., But by being so nearly uni ted, as lliey wijlbs, in the time of their commencement, it is calculated to exeile apprehension and alarm To put them into simultaneous operation, was, - indeed, s political movement of psny, too violent sud too potent for good. . It will effect sit the business of toe people most injuri ously t and, with-a gove rnment expenditure of fifty millions, snd. a revenue under wenty millions, the government itself, may be crushsd under their combined op eration,. To attempt it. when the nation was st wsr abroad, and ths government was in the money market, or soon expected there, as a borrower: at home, clearly- ap peared to my mind to be unwisely jeopar ting pablie credit and - private conoth-nce. Kevoktiona are seldom- reforms and er tatnly reforms need not always bs rejrolu Hons.- One, must reasonably . fear that, without a ailraele; soch strong meuu res, acting wltli their, combined powers sr ainst Uie existing order of things in the country, may creaie a revulsion in trade, pecuniary Uiiret, hard times, popular excilementa. snd sectionsl agitation, preceding another contest far tha presidency, and do nobody any good, but a few political airitalora snd rich speculators. : , 1 thooghl they would go very tr towards nroducinf an overthrow of the democratic party, if. they did not entirely accomplish it. These consequen ces were loo natural not to be apprehended, and tho last mentioned result war openly predicted ay some, snd probably anticipa led by others! of ray own polileal friends. who yet rated for the experiments! tariff byl,, 'without porevina? vf it Unless should be repealed or malei tally modified; its eoasceaeDose now, belong to tbe tie velopments of the future; so I need not illustrate the grounds of my 'eonvinioe by mmater ' statements. Let Umo - test Its Wrwataaa, q t,,j,,!. vV 4w-1-. ' Fourth. In none of the tsrlff sets of he Ufited Slates in former years was . tho m d us try of our own conn by burdened by the discriminations made agaiatt horns msnu factdres. eTheir policy waa to build up, and not to " destroy to protect and 'not to oppress, No so the experimental tariff. And is It itot a mistake Id suppose that the republicsu people of North Carolina were at ally lime hostile to those sets merely be cause they were "protective?' , Our hos tility was aimed at the extent at the thinr itself at extreme proiertioni not protection , per tti Wih bcre and there an individual exception (for republicans in thoso days were aiioweu wumerj I boldly affirm that , this was the republican , doctrine of our State; sud the people will, know it io u true, wnen t reminti uiem tnat it wss precisely the point of our dispute with the nullifier. They were against protection out and out. We. the ftckaant roniiKII. can party oi nor,ni t-arouna, in particular, went for incMeittgl proteciipn toseree proteciimi. by a 'judicious tat iff." They were for declaring the tariff-of, 1838 and IS33 unconstitutional, and nvllifyihg It because H; proteriH manuftiCtures. ,.Ve . . '".r- inoognt u was unjust, oecauso the protee- tion was extreme, out not unconsilluunnal, and that the "Union must be preserved."- What tbe n-puMicaa party of North Caro lina thought then, I thought, and spoke, and wr0.te4. - And cominffuroWn to more recent avaata. let me ss'y, that McKay's bill of 1844 waa a tariff of incidental protection, which vmi and I, and all ths democrats in Congress from North Csrolina, appraVtd and , stis tainnd, and the people of oar party, , in North Carolina, nowhere opposed last year, snd the press of the party defended up to the 'nstiguraiion and sfierwaids, . and even down 10 the day of the report .from the present Secretary of the - Treasury, - Care ful study, longer experience,., and closer examination, have Confirmed me in the faith of those tims, sanctioned, as ii waa, by the authority of the 'adminiatioSs of rt'utfunrton. ami Jrfferton. and Mailiton. ami iitJWwi puUlwsas: and Southern rrestdents, Is consistency tressontJl piity- .be a. misfor tune to me thbt I. Was unable to chanira deny my faitlu -, fo avoid- miarepreaenta tioii. t give you uis words ot those wise and eminent pstrioijc; men. : JTear . Wash ington; . - .t i-..;,,. -.( Extract of a speech of Oeorge WasblDStso, fn. ' 1 A - .1 T . I 1. . . . wwi ias ubiwu outlet, to vooires. jsaaarv t, me. ' .. . VJL free people ought Rot -only ta bo arm ed, but disciplined, to which end a uniform and well-digesel plan is requisite! and their Safety and interest require -that the'v should promote such manufaetoriei as tend to render them Independent of others, for essential, particularly military, supplies, i The advancement of agriculture, com merea,and jnanrtfachtrti, aO proper mmnt, tvui not, mm, neea recommenda tion." , In accordance with this general, recom mendation, tho House of ReprestnUlives passed a resolution directing the SecreUry of the Treasury (Mr. flsmillonj to, report 10 them upon the subject of manufactures, and particularly at to the means of Oiomo ling such as would tend to render the Uni ted Slates independent " ol foreign hatmns for military1 and' other , essential ' supplies; snd his report wss Sdbmtlted in December, 1791, wherein he sald,' ' ' 1 "The expediency of manufactures m thV United States, a Inch was not Ions' since deemed very questionable, appears St this ime to oe preity generally admitted." P. ; - y - " '.-;- "r! And again he ssiil: ' ' '.' ' "A question h been mido 'concerning the constitutional right of the government of Uie United Slates to apply ! this snecies of encouragement, to msnufaetures, but there is certainly no good foundation for surh a qitesthW IVI36. x -'--- V' - Ana again, be sstdi - ---- , V, - v,"; Il ia not uncommon to meet with sn opinion, tha',' though the , promoting of msnalat;tnres may be tbe interest ol a part of the Union, it is eootiary to , that of an other pan.. "Tie northern and southern regions are sometimes represented at hsv Oigaarerse interests in uus respect, I nose are ealled manufacturing, these agiiciiltural gtates; end a species of opposition isimsg- ined ttf subsist between the manuftcluring and sgricultarst interests. "?'7, '"' Z "Idestofa contrariety of interests be tween the northern and southern interests of the Union are, in the main, as unfounded as they are mischievons-.The diversity of circumsiaiices on wnicn ucn contrsneiy is usually predicated, : authorizes a directly contrsry conclusion. Mutual wants con stitute one of the strongest links ol political connexion? sndlhe exl-nfof these liesrs a natural proportion to the diversity in the mesns of mwuar siipplyT Surgeslions of o vyouvvympienon pre ever 10. oe ue plored,as unfriendly to tbe steady 'pvrsuil of one greet commoQ cause, and to the per fect harmony or all its parts. P 131. (See State Papers, Finances, vol. 1, pages 123. 134. snd 130.1 c - These are the doctrines of Wsshineton. 1 iv 1,:-. . wi i.. uu vi 1, miiuiiuii nuwuiisirauoo, Am MOW bear Wsshinoinn aaaSnt " ' ' a.rci 01 a spescn sc uro. wasliuixlon, rrssklent efth United ftut, la Conrtess, December T, "Congress have reiMteilly. and riot with out success, directed their-attention to the eneauraretnent of manufaetureo. - The ob ject is of too mack eenseqnenee not to In- . . .t ml .-t , . uiv nniHwontc of ineir enona in every way which shall appear eligible. 1 . Hear. Jeffersoal Iss qsm! ' Burad tt a SMssaim freat Temas Jeflaraoo, raw . Msot of Um Uakstl euws, to CSogresa, RaVsM v.80. .rlH "The sbspentioa eh our foreign tott merce, produced by the injustice of the brlligerant powers, (of Ctrope.) and the consequent losses sad sacrifices of. our elU ' ixens, sre subjects of just eaacern, . Tha; . situation into, which we have, that bectt forced haa impolled us to apply -a portion of our industry and capital tojnterhsl man- uiacturesnd improvemeau. Tbe extent ol this Conversion is dsily ioeieasing, and little doubt remaina that tha,eetabliabmente formed snd forming willjNinder the sttL ces of cheaper materials and aubsistencer the rreedom; of labor from, taxation with as, and of raoTBCTiMO mtiim Ajb a raoaias- ? Ttotts, become peimanenuV,- j 5, W near Madison! 1 . .? nM-';'" Etlraet sf a sMsesgo rVeai iamee MadUea, - Pre " ' oeaitiMViNtod8iaUje JnitiI1mv - Alt hough oilier "tubjectt will presa ttors) immedisiuly en your- delibsUiiona. -a- aori tion of them cannot but be t well beatawr.l ' on the jttst and sound policy . of eacariag to our manufacturers the success they havsl r attained, and ara-atill attaining,- itomc' degree, tinder the impulse of causes bot permanent .- ; -,- ,ywtt-1 " VUfeiiuea tbo rreasooablflbese f - saviaf - our manufactures from sacrineea whkh a change of circumstances might bring on them, the national Jnjeresv teauirea thatii with retpect to such articles st ieaal as bo long to our defence and our primary wants; wa suoum not do leitM m aaneeeesary.do, pendeneo on external supplies.'? t Extract efa aiissags from Janwa MadMoa, riur1' itonl sftbs tiattml talss.ss Coagstaa Dsosmh ' f'la sdiusling tha 4utU$ on inmotlt fav the object of revenue; the Influence of 'tha- tariff en manufachirtt will necessarily prei" sent Itself for coneideratien. However wise the theory may . ?t wh IrAleatfea-Jlftib.; m&L gaaitjr. and in te rest cit indisiduala- the ap pHeawonF or tneir- tnousTry anor Tasxrapj f 1! . . 1 . , .. --. . there sre in this, as Id oUet casess i axeea.v, . ions to the general .rule, e Beaides-'ihe eonduionvwliich -tha thaory-itself iiwpliesr ot a leeiprocat adoption by other nations, 1 , experience, leaches 'hat so many ciroum-t. fiances must eoncar io introdaeing and) maturmg' j maaufecuirkig ; esUblithments ' -espetiallyof the more, complicated kinds,-1 that a country may remain long without them, aSthough .euffieiently' advanced, andu... in some respeeui wen peculiarly '- fitted, foT carying tbsntupn. with success.: Under ' circumstances riving a powerful Impulse to , manufacturing industry, -it, haa, mads avid mong us a progress, and exhibited an effl- . Cieocy which justify the belief thst wiuVi t protection not snore than it duo to 'theit enterprUing cUixeru whoeo iittertittiar tooumt fake. M- will become. r.-mt aw mtr f - day, not wily safe against occasional com-; belitions from abroad, bat a soorce -of do.( mostio wealth, aid even of external com a merro. la selecting -the branches ! mora U especially entitled to the miblie patroaagev a prsfereare it obviously elslmed by eueb ss will .relieve the United Suiea' from dependence on foreign, supplies, ever, subv'l jeel to casual failures, for arlirlee aectsssry - for tbe public, defence, or connecUid With tlie primsry wsnts of individuals. It will t, bean additional recommendation of par- . tioular manufactttres.vwbers tha mauirials!i of them are -extensively' drawn- Iron' oaf" sgriculture, and eonaeqasnUy impart, and ensure to that great fund f national proe" perity anainuepenoenee aaeaoowrgemerit - wnicu cannot tali to oe rewarueu.rr tslraet ef a Msssaea from laatss Mearee, Preaidsat ' of tha Uuit4 Hiatss, te Caavaasi . Deesatser .T-l 1st. "h is deemed of tisat iraportsnce , o give encouragement te our domesiie man ufaeturers. In what manner tlie evrle which have been adverted to may, be- remedied, and how far it majbe prsctksbte in othef u respecu to atrord to tbeia jurther enomr-t-r sgement, paying due regard to the- other great intereais of the aatioo, is. submitted 4 -to the wisdom of Congress." Citraet at a msssagii frnm JatcaMeaoe,Frasiaaot ot lbs United BtaUa, le CongraasPoeasjiWr 3, t IStV . - ' - . , ; 1. . '. Prom the best Information that I have . been' able to obtain, it appears, that our' manufactores7 though' depressed immediv ately after the peace, have, considerably meressed. and are still increasing, under ft the' encouragement givon them by the tariff ,x ' is ...II.....L ... 1 - e...:.r...l I 01 1010, aim uj iuuicijiisiii laws, oaiiicu t- 1.- .t.. . j 1 am, woiici hibt uv ine . ausir OKI uw-1 r , - trine in lavor 01 unresiriciea commerce, . provided sll nations would conctr in it, and . it was not liable to be Interrupted by war' which hs 'neveroeeured, and cannot bt.T expected, that there are otlierstrong reasons applicable to our 'situation and relations ,t with other Countries, which impose on us t the obligation to theriih anituitain our' j , manufacturti. ;" Satisfied however,',! Iike j wise am, that llis Interest of every part of.,, our Union, even of those most bene filled by ;J manufactures,- requires 'that this subject ) should be touched with tbe greatest csution, , siid a critical knowledge of the effect to be . produced' by thr slightest ebahge. " ,On,(, lull consideration of the subject in all' its ',, relations, ' 1 1 am persuaded . that a further , augmentation may now be made of the do ' ' lies on certain foreign articles, in " favor of t : our own, and without affecting iaiorioutly . Extract of a mssssse from Jsaws Msavoe, Preaident t oT ths UniWd Slates, to Ceagrtaa, Pseemlwr 1, , 1838. . . V "Having communicated my views to V i I -I t TftV-if- ! t - - V-
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