Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-24

lars. To support Ave hundIpd Hestrra men |?
Mr.. CLAY rose, and said, Ae would answer
the gentleman with pieas0se. In the first
place, his li>n. friend had entirely mistaken
his argument. What said, was, that il was
desirable there shon!d hc competition, not
betwe-n American and American, hut be-
tween ia. American manufacture and the
Scotch manufactures. He srIually misias-
en- IN his fact. He said, believe, in u Former
speech that there WAS bui one factory at COX
ten bagg'ng in NIL kentucky. Herr Mr..
Ben explained that he had said, that III
1879 there was hut onr, according ,eihe re-
rot: of tbe Census Of Manufactures, and tina,
in a langu,rhins cond,inn.l Yes, continued
Mr. CLAy,in a most langnishng condition, and
why For wan, of The protection of pa
rental government. But now there are, 7
believe, ten, certainly not less than eight, in
4 single village, in Kentucky. Th" gentleman
Is equally mistaken rs 10 the number uf hands
employed. 1, is calculated tlia; one able-ho-
died ,nan can make 1000 yards ofheinp-
tn Begging in unc year. The largest of the
establishments refer t,, has about one hun
dred bands, and il made ] 90 900 wards o fhag-
g'ng, aod 10000 yards OF baling rope in q,
year. Here is The datum on which tire ho-
n"rabic gentleman can make calculations for
himself. fW es
Bot compare the arguments of the two last
gentleinen. One tells us that 500 hands will
make enough ofthe articitto supply the whole
the Uni'ed States the otker tells us that
the whole United States cannot make enough
to supply the Southern States. When these
gentlemen shall reconcile. these two state
mcnts, we shall have something more salts
factory to go upon. But, being up, I claim
permission TO make some reply To arguments
1dduced by others. The Gentleman from
oouth CaroliDa. who never speaks without
illuminating his subject hegap, By saying,
that The present IS purely "a sectional question
between two portions nftbe Union, and Con-
gress IS called ~ ACT as umpire between them
Eel ihe gentleman ptOfrsses 10 be in favor OF
some degree uf protection heinE extended to
some branches Of manufacture. But if he APP
plies this species Of argUme7. 10 other of the
articles enumerated ia the hill, it will destroy
Them each 10 succession. There i. rot an AZ
uc'ein Il ii-ai DOES aai principally affect some
Emitted district al ;h- Unir. Doe important
article Is iron bu! that affects only Prunsyl-
vania, aud NV Jersey, land, Thick heard
aiaiDt sound likr asking protection for it. ;from
4 part "f pfrginin.j Onr nf the honorable
gentlemen presented petition from Virginia,
tiast year niSo,) and, when Ibis article comes
up,he viii tell us that this is Question between
III" United States and Pennsylvania, and " G.
must be umpires so with cotton and so with
w
shau have the Union versus kentucky-tbe
I'm on versus Pennsylr ania-and SO ON. till
every item is destroyed ny umpirage
But myIdea is, that the happiness Of a nation
is the happiness of the several parts that COM
pose 1t that The protection of the several
parts oil Il nation, is the protection of the Ma :
ton
did not say that this manufacture required
no capital or sfiIl-but only comparatively
none. Iknnw il must have buildings to shell
Ter tue hands employed, looms To weave, and
implements to SPIN. But these are all no
th'ng IN comparison 10 what is required in o.
iher branches of manufactures. Where slaves
are used. The capital is chiefly in slaves and
hemp.
The gentleman from Louisiana asks, why
ms manufacture canuot snbsist of itself? I'll
ifll theGentieman. IL is because doubly pro.
ttcteu and bountied industry can put down
Industry that has neither bounty nor protec-
non. Britain protects her manufactures nav
she Is not content with protectinG-she super
adds to al bounty 20 encourage him. ard
purposely to enable him to PROSTATE the To-
reign manufacture, even in his own market
This rs the reason The honorable gentle
man from South Carolina, has laid down a
froposilon To which assent, but with some
qualifications. He says no government can
guard trade against flnctuaton. This is trae
10 general; bur government can guard il a.
HalUst all such fluctuations rs are the result Of
legisiatioD IN other countries; against such
Overwhelming fluctuations as are purDosely
'occasioEeu ny the acts of other governments
with hostile design. We do not ask, we ne
yer thought of asking, protection against our
Own citizens. II is against the foreign manu-
'acturer, protected, encouraged, aided, boun-
tied, by foreign government. A steady
markets. equally desirable To the maker and
Tue consumer OF the article. With this, the
manufactures cao make some sort of calcula-
ton t" guide him but not If he is TO gnard
against the acts Of the whole universe of hos
tile governments. II is only within the circle
oil our own glorious republic that lie asks or
seeks 10 have his market made secure and
10 tnis extent his request can be granted him.
Cotton growers have had 10 pay so and GO
cents yard for baggng. Now, from a
Charleston price current, it appears the price
is 90 a GO. Are not such appalling fiuct uaiions
as this, produced by the cupidty of foreign
nonppoIists, 10 be deprecated alike by planter
aud manufacturer
Mr.. Clay said the question before Congress
was, whether the country shall submit To "A
Scotch monopoly, or shall raise up an Ameri-
can competition Surely the cotton grow
ers would be the better for having two instead
OF one TO supply them. He would put case.
Surprising one American manufacturer. or
ono village or iowu, bad, till now enIoyed lhe
undisturbed monopoly of this article, (some-
times raising it On the planter To GO cents a
yaId,) and 1t was now proposed To admit some
other town into the trade for nmEeiition -
would not Southern gentlemen listen TO the
proposal? Woald they not hail il with ioy !?
and will they b. Indifferent to il because .he.
new competitor is inAnerica and the old i'm
Dundee! Or, can the that gentlemen will be-
indifferent because tie competitor resides ia