Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-08
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.


ton Pdtrtot about the o,'6iion of the Supreme
Court Of the United Stdtes bat are ready at all
fimesto dojusfice to the ability Of its editor On
qnsst,sNs q p9i,tieai economy, its riers are un-
commonly luminous and profound. To raise ma
nutactures IN hot-bed. seems to be the
order Of the day. lie 90 ourselues the pleasure
81 ertrdctias from Tie Patriot the foiio.cisg
ingenious essays on that sn1ecf.-Enquirer.1
PETITION OFTH. MANUFACTURERS.
NO. 1.
The Petition of the Manufacturers.
praying the President of the Urited States
to make All early call of Congress, is as
singular an instrument, both as 10 It's cha
raeter and objects. as any, we believe. that
our history can furnish. The people of
these states owe not a little TO lie manu-
tacturers Tor having so kindly taken The
stale oil their affairs Into consideration
the agricultural and commercial classes
especially are under the heaviest obliya-
tons to them for this disinterested and
patriotic movement for in their petition
1t would seem that the relief OF trade and
agriculture, as well as manufactures. is
embraced within their cure or panucea for
all present ills. An alteration Of The tariff
Is the mighty instrument by which this
relief Is 10 be effecied-this is TO work out
our redemption, TO arrest the export of
our specie, to stay our ruiRous importa-
tons, to raise the value Of landed estate
and the products Of the sell, 10 revive our
dropping manUfactures-in short to make
us truly great and independent people
Happy discovery Ingenious application
OF those new principles to enrich the com.
mohwealth that the manufacturers have
been latterly iaboring TO develop!
But II is impos> IDLE to suppose them
serious in asserting it To be within the
t,0w tn. A.,
| results. Ii they spoke in sober Serious
ness, then must they imagine that BODY
endued with species of magic, aud ca
pable of altering the laws of trade. Can
we have made so little progress in the
knowledge OF just principles! Or do the
manufacturers slirewdly suppose that
now Is The happy moment, when the
country is laboring unGer d paralysis i'm
relation 10 trade, and the products of our
SOIL are so heavy of sale, for them 10 car
ry iheirpoint by a bold and timely coup de
main! They have been preparing the PEG.
Pile for this stroke of theirs by "a series o {
essays which have been published in mos,
of our newspapers. They have been en-
deavoring TO argue them into conviction
that the protection of the manufa turing
Interests, by heavy duties OH foreign Ia
brics, and IN some Cases BY their abso-
lutte PROHIBITION, are the only means 10
save us from ruin and bankruptcy thai
The excess of our imports over our exports
from Great Britain lays Us under perpetu-
al tribute To her 4; that our specie must
go from us IN an uninterrupted stream 10
discharge tins balance OF trade hat our
products will perish Oh our hands, unless
se open for them domestic market. Ii
Is impossible TO glance at these arguments
without smile of ridicule. Can tile
mannfaciurcrs suppose their readers no
Oetter acquainted with the e}emenis Of tho
scirnce OF political economy, than 10 be-
lieye these among the rest OF their weak
and untenable iINpOrhesrs Do not those
who have observation and but little re-
Election know that the drain OF our money
has been caused By its comparative redun-
dance and cheapness, and that as soon as
IL quantity is reduced and ITS value rails
ed that II will no longer be exported ?Do
we want 10 be Told That the general rise of
prices has made our produce too high Tor
exportation, but at ruinous losses, and
that our specie, having become from lis
relative cheapness more an object Of ex-
port, II has Obeyed the laws OF trade aud
been carried 10 those markets where il
could be exchanged for foreign produce
and goods with profit Aud does not
common sense teach lis, that when these
causes are reversed, the effects will also
be reversed Shall We not see specie
flowing in instead Of flowing out, when
our products have fallen TO that price
which wiIlrender it an object 10 exchange
| specie for them? To suppose that We
shall be constantly aud permanently ex-
bausted of our specie, is 10 argue in a
strange ignorance of the principles of
commerce. Ii is TO imagine that after
our currency has Improved IN value, and
our products fallen ia price, our mer-
chants, contrary TO the disiaies of inter
| est, will continue 10 export The dearer IN.
| stead OF Tile cheaper commodity.
| But that dreadful phantom--the balance
| Of trade, is conjured up on every occasion
| TO terriiy, and pressed as all auxiliary in
| the argument. No nation has reason.
| however. TO dread what is called the ba-
| lance ef trade, as long as lis currency is
| not rendered loo cheap, and its produce
too dear. Goods will he paid Tor in pro
| duce, and not IN money, unless money
| should be tooredundani IN the importing
| country. Agricultural countries are not
| tue only ones that are subject 10 a drain
| OF specie, because they are not The only
ones in which money becomes redundant
| and comparatively cheap. II is an idle
| rear, therefore, tldt unless we become
manufacturers, We shall have 10 submit
TO perpetual drains Of our cash. We shall
shortly resume the argument. and coDsi-
der the question in some OF lis other as
poets. Charleston Patriot.
no. IL.
| Our manufactures we're forced into ex-
istence during war. They were nursed
| by circumstances entIreIS artificial and
1 cd a "A
iress, and when our agricultural interest
was at IL lowest siaie--when war had cut
off our foreign supplies of goods, aud
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