Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-04-30

ITS utmost limits by her protecting policy i'm the
creation OF wealth, and in placing the rest of the
world under tribute to her Observation-Disclosures
the condition OF England would be better with
out pa'ipers, IT. in other respects it remained the
same. But, her Observation-Disclosures, the poor
system has the salutary effect of an eoualzina
corrective of the tendency to the concentration
of riches, produced by the genius other political
institutions, and by her prgi,ibitory system.
But, is it true that England is convinced OF
the impolicy of the probibitory system, and dcsi-
rous TO abandon il What proof have we TO
That effect! We are asked to reject the evil
dence, deduciblc from the settled and steady
practice of England, and to take lessons in a
school of philosophical writer's, whose visianary
theories are no where adopted; or, if adoptcd
bring with them inevitable distress, impoverish-
ment, and ruin. Let us hear the testimony OF
an illustrious parsonage, entitled To the greatest
attention, because he speeks after full exper,-
ment of the unrestrictve system, made in his own
empire. hope shall give no offence in quo
ting from publication issued from &C the mint
of Philadelphia ;" from work of Mr.. Cary oi
whom seize, with great pleasure, the occasion
to say, that he merits the public gratitude, for
the dsinterested diligence with whichhe has col
lected large mass of highly useful facts, and
for the clear and convincing reasoning with
which he generally illustrates them. The EN-
peror of Russia, in March 1929, after about two
years. trial of the free system, says through
Count Nesselrode:
'sTo praauce happy effects, the principles of
commercial freedom must he generally adopted
The state ,ohiclt adopts, ,ctiist othersrejecf them
must condemn its o,oa industrya, and commerce to
pay ruiaous tribute 10 those Of otte, nations. -
/ "From circulation exempt from restraint,
and the facility afforded by reciprocal exchanges
almost all the governments at first resolved to
seek the means of repairing the evil which Eu-
rope had been doomed to suffer- but experience
and more correct ca ,calations, because ey toere
made fon. certain data, and upon the results, al
ready knolcn, Of The peace that had Just taken
place, forced them soon to adhere to The y,,oJ,ibi
tory system.
'England preserved hers. Austria remained
faitdtulto tie rule that she had laid do,rn. 10
guard herself against the ''ioalship Of foreign
Industry. Fnasace, ,oitt the same oie,os, adopted
the most rigorous measures ofprecaution. And
Prussia published q nctc tariff in October last,
,clsich proues that size found 1t impossible not to
.tolio,p The example Of tie rest Of Europe"
SIN proportion as the prollibitory system is
extended and rendered pefect in other countries,
the state which P,~sues contrary system, makes,
from day 10 day sacrifices more ertensire and
more considerable. 4 < y IL offers a continual
encouragemeatto the manufactures of ot,e7. co,.,,-
tries; and its o,on manufactures perish in tho
struggle which they are, az yet, unable to main
tain.
g 1t is with the most lively feelings of regret
we acknowledge it is our own proper expert
ence which enables us to trace this picture.
TIE euits ,ghich IL details hare been realized an
Russia and Poland, since the conclusion of the
act Of he7-19 December, 1918. AGRIcuLTuRr
wITHauTA MAnNET, INDUSTRY WITHOUT PRO-
TEcTIoN, LANoUIsH AND DECLINE. SPECIE IS
EXPORTED, AND THE MOST SOLID COMMERCIAL
HOUSES ARE SHAKEN. The public prosperity
would soon feel the wound on private fortunes,
if new regulations did not promptly change
the actual state of affairs"
F" Ecents hare rroued that our agriculture and
orr Commerce, as ,ceU as our anufncturing In
dustry are not only pardlysed, bit brought to
the brink Of 7'tin.n
The example of Spain has been properly re-
ferred to, as atfordhg striking proof of the Ca
lamities which attend state that abandons the
care ofits own internal industry. Her prosperi-
ty was greatest, when the arts, brought there
by the Moors, hourished most in that kingdom.
Then she received from England her wool, and
returned in the manufactured state; andIhen
England was least prosperous. The two nations
have reversed conditions. Spain, after the dis
covery of America, yielding to an inordinate
passion for the gold of the Indies, sought
in their mines that wealth which might
have been better created at home. Can the
remarkable difference in the state ofthe prosperi-
ty of the two countries, be otherwise explained,
by the opposite systems which they pursued ?
England, by sedulous attention to her home in
dustry supplied the means of an advantageous
commerce with her colonies. Spain, by an utter
neglect of her domestic resources, confided alto
gcther in those which she derived from her colo
MES, and presents an instance Of the greatest
adversely. Her colonies were infinitely more
valuable than those of England and if she had
adopted a similar policy, is it unreasonable to
suppose that, in wealth and power, she would
have surpassed that of England, L think the
honorable gentleman from Virginia does great
injustice TO the Catholic religion, III specifying
that as one of the leading causes Of the decline
Of Spain. 1t is religion entitled to great res
pect and there is nothing in its character in
compatible with the highest degree of national
prospsity, Is not France, the most polished
in many other respects the most distinguished
state of Christendom, Catbolic' Is not Flanders
the most populous part of Europe, also Catholic
Are the Catholic parts of Switzerland and OF
Germany less prosperous than those which are
Protestant?
10. The next objection of the honorable gen
tlenan from Virginia, which l shall briefly no
ticc, is that the manufacturing system is adverse
to the genius of our government, in its teuden-
cy to the accumulation of large capitals in a few
hands; in the corruption of the public morals
which is alledgcd TO the incident to it and in
the subsequent danger to the public liberty.
The first part of the objection would apply tc
every lucrative Business, to commerce, &c
planning, and to tue learned professions. WouIC
the gentleman Introduce the system of Lycur.
gus5 tf his principles be correct, it should be
extended to any and every vocation which hat
similar tendency. The enormous fortunes il
our country-the nabobs of the land-baye beer
chiefly made by the profitable pursuit of tina
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