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the expediency of reviving and continuing in
force for a limited time an Act passed the 11th
May, 1820, extending the time allowed for the
redemption of land sold for direct taxes, in cer-
tain cases, or of otherwise granting relief to the
owners of the land, where it has been purchased
on behalf of the United States."
Mr. WooD suggested, that the motion of the
Gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Lathrop) was
not sufficiently broad to cover the object in view.
His (Mr. W.'s) attention was drawn to the sub-
ject, and he had drafted the following motion,
intending to have himself proposed it :
" Resolved, That the expediency of extending
the time for the redemption of land sold for the
direct taxes, under the several A cts, passed
Aug. 2, 1813, Jan. 9, ISIS, and March 5, 1816,
and which have been purchased on behalf of the
United States, be referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means."—Mr. W. hoped that both
Would be laid on the table for inspection and
consideration. Mr. Lathrop assented, and the
Resolutions were respectively ordered to lie on
the table.
The PRESIDENT'S Message, on the motion of
Mr. SAWYER, was taken up, is a Committee of
the whole, on the State of the Union.—Mr.
T tyLon, of New York, in the Chair.
A Resolution, proposed by Mr. MoortE, of
Pa, to prevent duels among persons employed
in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service of the
United States, was adopted, when the House

adjourned.
Mr. MONROE, in his Speech on the opening of
thF Session of Congress, observes, that " it may
fairly be presumed, that, under the protection
given to domestic manufactures by the existing
Jaws, we (the United States) shall become, at
Po distant period, a manufacturing country, on
an extensive scale." This anticipated result
PePends on more than one circumstance. Are
the existing duties sufficiently high to operate as
as a protection,—that is, do they in effect exclude
foreign manufactures from competition with do-
Mestic manufactures in the markets of the Union
That they do not, is obvious from the extraor-
dinary shipments of British manufactures which
are now making for American ports ; and, even
of tha importation duties were such as to pre-
f to
ent the
ures regularin introduction of foreign manu-
factures consumption of the United
States, Would it be possible to prevent smuggling
on so ext,e' A
•-•'Letl a coast as that which the United
Lat"s possess ? Even if the total exclusion of
lareign manufactures could be effected, do the
Americans possess the requisite capital and skill,
the spirit of manufacturing enterprise and the
habits of manufacturing associations, for giving,
under an exclusive system, a sufficiently sudden
hnPetus to manufactures for the supply of the
Population, and in such abundance as to induce
them to submit patiently to the protective pro-
cess ? If not, the privations to which the people
mus 4 be subjected will render the scheme abor-
tive, either by inducing smuggling under all ha-
zards, or by the discontents of the population
c?mPelliner the Government to abandon the pro-
tective system.
We readily agree with Mr. MoNnoE that the
United States contain the raw materials of manu-
factures,
and that they possess the capacity of in-
creasing them to an unlimited amount ; and we,
f°r our part, should not be sorry to see their ca-
Pabilities employed, even to the full extent which
thePreaident anticipates. Certain it is, that if
Great Britain were to compete v;ith them after
they shall have adopted " every improvement cal-
culated to lessen the demand for and the price
(re;-'~'art) of labour," she could derive any thing
but advantage from the continuance of the corn-
Mercial intercourse. We have already experienced
l thi •
s country, to a sufficiently appalling extent,
Me consequences of the reduced value of labour,
114 the frightful amount of pauperism, and the
Iszetchedness and demoralization of a large mass
.or the working classes. We are not disposed to
he-envious of the Americans, if they choose, un-
instructed by our errors, to pursue the same
coarse. An attempt at competition would only
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injurious to both parties,—to us in exacting
4111 further sacrifices of ill-requited labour from
the
mass of our population,—and to them, by
Irresistibly depressing the value of their industry
below the standard at which it is equivalent to the
attainment of the comforts of life.
'here is nothing produced by the United
tlt4tes with which we cannot be furnished by our
lie beautiful Colonies. It is our obvious po-
Y) therefore, to protect and foster them, by
Rivih
eiti"g a preference to their prod ucts over those
lie United States, in the same manner, and on
same principle, that the United States give
tir°,tection and preference to their own inanufac-
Dt s over ours. By pursuing this policy thei
of the United States will not be injuret.
(41r c Inpetition ; while, on the other hand

we shall speedily open markets within our own
empire much more extensive than those which
any or all foreign countries present to us,—and
markets infinitely more valuable, since by equi-
table exchange, instead of unjust rivalry and in-
jurious competition, every class of our people, in
every part of our dominions, kill be enabled to
obtain a fair return for their industry.