Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-11-02


in the city of Philadelphia, on the 2ist of Aug.
last. 1t is hoped the Importance of the subJeet
of which it treats, will insure its attentive PEI
! rusal.
MEMORIAL.
To the Senate and House Of Representa-
| ties Of the United States, IN Congress
assembled.
+ The memorial of the subscribers re-
specially sheweth, that the policy hither-
TO pursued in this country, which has ex
posed most of our manufacturers, whose
productions are excluded fsaas nearly all
the markets in Europe, TO an unayailing
struggle with the manufacturers OF all
that quarter Of the world, and likewise oil
Hindostap, has been the principal cause
OF the present calamtous state of affairs;
whereby industry, the source and parent
OF the power, prosperity and happiness Of
nations, has been paralyzed the wealth
of our country, which ought to invigorate
its agriculture, manufactures. trade and
commerce, been drained TO foster the in
dustfy and support the governments Of
foreign nations; considerable portion OF
our farmers, manufacturers, merchants and
traders, reduced to, and others lettering
on the verge Of bankruptcy; Whereby, IL
a word, state of decrepitude and decay
has been produced, in the short space Of
three or four years, of which history at
fords few examples, in the same space OF
time, during season Of peace, and with
out any of those great natural calamities
which interrupt the happiness Of nations.
When your memerialists examine the
policy of Europe, (that portion Of the globe
from whence sound lessons Of political
economy are deriyed) they find, that the
system pursued in this country is 10 direct
hostility TO that of every wise nation
there. All of them sedulousiy guard the
interests of their manufactures, as one of
The main sources Of their wealth. They
either restrain by prohibitory duties, or
prevent by absolute prohibitions, the i'm
portation Of such important articles as
their own subjects can manufacture.
We are persuaded, that sound policy
dictates TO all legislative bodies, particu.
larly those of young nations, carefully to
review the systems pursued in other coun-
tries; TO trace their effects on the welfare
OF the people on whom they operate, and
to shun those which destroy the industry,
enfeeble the strength, and impair the re.
sources, Of the respective nations; and,
on the other hand, to adopt, as nearly as
may be, such as have fostered their indus
frx1 ~ IoSr ct,
sources.
The limits Of memorial prevent US
from entering into detail on the tariff OF
different nations. We cannot, however,
in justice TO the public interest, omit to
touch slightly on some of the prominent
features Of the protecting system pursued
in other countries, whose statesmen are
certainly moi inferior to ours in intellectual
attachments, and whose examples and
opinions should not be lightly rejected.
We shall confne ourselves chiefly TO four,
Great Britain, France, Austria and Russia.
Other nations, as Prussia, Holland, Den
mark, &c. pursue system marked with
similar characteristic features.
Great Britain prohibits, even from her
own dependencies, calicoes. manufactures
of gold, silver or metal; laces, ribands,
silk goods, &c. &c. And her protecting
duties are SO high, as, in most cases, to
be equivalent to prohibition. The duty
Oh hats is about seven dollars and half
each, and on woolien cloths seven dollars
and half per yard. There are above sixty
articles, including manufactures of brass,
copper, carriages, thread stockings, clocks,
&c. subject to fifty-nine per cent; china
and earthenware, shawls, &c. pay seventy
nine; cotton manufactures, cotton stock
ings, caps, thread and linen sails, pay
eighty-fve; glass manufactures generally
one hundred and fourteen; skins or furs,
tanned, tawed, or curried, and articles
made of leather, or whereof leather is the
article of chief value, one hundred and
forty-two per cent.
So minute is her attention to this grand
point, that linen, when chequered or stri-
ped, painted or stained, is subject to one
hundred aud forty-two per cent duty but
only to sixty-three when not chequered
or striped. The object is to secure 10 her
own subjects the profits of the staining,
printing, &c.
Great Britain expended many hundred
millions Of pounds sterling to. replace the
Bourbon family on the thrones Of France
and Spain, and Of course had high claims
on the gratitude Of both monarchs. YET
the paramount duty Of justice to his SUBJ
;acta Gained the ascendaucv over orat,
tude to his friends, in the councils of Louis
IXVIlE. One Of the earliest measures Of
bis administration was the PRONUNCIATION
Of tariff, whereby above two hundred diff.
cso,,. ort;clae ;orInd;n0 all the rcoef So