Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-04-27

IN support d un .iH,erieah SYSTEM for the pro
teeiion ef .lRerican Industry.

Our agricultural is our greatest Interest,"
l. "rShi ever 10 he predominant Ailuthers
SD uid bend 10 IT, Aud in considering What
10 iur us ad,antage,, We should contem plate il
Ia all is varieties, OF planting, farming, and
SiazIrS. Can we do nuthing tn nyisurate il :
noihDS To correct the errors of the past, and
ID brighten the still ~ ore unpromisins pros
poets which lie fore us We have seen,
tank, The causes of the disiressvs of the
country. We have seen, that an exclusive
dependence upon The foreign market must
lead to still severcr distress, to iDpovcris-
ineot, tn ruin. We must thea change some
what our course. Wemust give a new direc-
ts"n IL some por 'Ju 81 our industry. We
must speedily adopt grnui ne American poll
"y SIM CHI rlshing the foreign market, let
us create also hume market, Ia give further
&c pc 10 the Coz sumption of he produce of
American :ndI>try. Let us couu,eract the
policy of !ur ncrs, and it,draw the sup
port when We uOw give 10 their Industry, aud
stimulate that of oar own country. II should
% PROMINENT object with wise Legislators,
to multiply the vOcaiOns aud extend the bu-
slness OF society, as faras ii can be- done, BY
ihe prutrc'iOn OF our interests 1T home against
lne itJirous effects - foreign legislaiion.-
suppose we we're nat of fishermen, or Of
sA ppers, la TIE exclusion of every other Occu-
. on, and the legislature had the power to
Introduce the pursuits OF agriculture and man
"lact"res, would not our happiness be promut-
Ell by an exertion of lis authority All the
existing empioyments of Sncie,y-the learned
Observation-Disclosures agriculture, are now
OVERLOOKING. We stand in each others way.
hence the want of employment. Hence tie
eager pursuit after public stations " hich |
ta.e before glanced at. J have been again.
AMI again shocked, during this session, nv in
sta ces of solicitation fe. places, before the va
cancies existed. The pulse of incunbents,
Wh" hnppen To be takes Ill, is not marked
NJ IA more anxrty 10y the attending phy sici
aus, Than by those who desire Ia succeed
them, though with very opposite feelings
Oar Old friend, The iailhiul sentinel who has
s'HUd so lonE at our door, aud the gaiiantry
" whose patriotism deserves To be noticed
because II was displayed when that virtue was
most rare and most wau'ed, on a memorable
occasion, IN tins unfortunate city, hecam,
iHdisp ii SOME weeks ago The fr.t
lnteiiiGrnce which | had at his dangerous
illness, was by an a pcation for his uny acattd
piace FASTENED TO assure myself of lherxten
OF his danger, and was happy 10 find that the
eagerness of succession outstripped the pro-
Srtss ot disease. By creating u new and ex-
tsnsire h' slpess, then, we should not only give
employ nent TO those who want il, and augment
." Nnm ofnationai wealth, by all that this
new business would create, but we should
meior'te The condition of those who are now
engaged IN existing emplnyments. In Eu-
foi.e, naiiic lirly in Great Britain their large
s'anulhS armies, la Sc navies, large even on
tirr peace arrangement, their established
church, afford 10 their population employ
m'h's, winch, IN that respect, the happier con-
stlutiOn OF our government does not tolerate
btt IN IA very limited degree. The peace es-
t'biIshmrnts Of our army and our navy, are
extremely small. and hope ever will b. We
nave no established church, and trust never
snah hate. Ia proportion the enter.
hf'Se al our Citizens, IN public empiu ynents
is circumseIihed should we excite and inyigo-
rate II in private pursuits.
4 Tie G. eatIon ola home market is not only
necessary to procure for our agriculture a
JUST reward OfUs labOurs, bat il is inriispensa-
nle To obtain supply Of our necessary wants
III we cannot sell, we cannot buy. That por-
ZION OF our population land we have seen that
IT Is not less than fUur-fii,hs) which makes
comparatively nothing that foreigners will
BUY, has nothing To make purchases with
irom foreigners. IL is IN vain that we are told
ol The amount of our exports supplied by the
planting interest. They may enable the plant
lug interest TO supply all its wants but they
prinS no ability 10 the Interests not planting
unless, which cannot be pretended, the plant
ing interest was an adequate vent for the sur
plus Prnduce Ofthe labOur of all other inter
ests. Ii ~ IN vain 10 tantaIize us with the
greater cheapuess of foreign fabrics. There
must be an ability to purchase, if an article BE-
obtained, whatever may he the price, high or
tow, at which it was sold. Aud cheap ari-
Gle Is as much beyond the grasp ofhm who
hiS no means To buy, a high one. Even If
1t were irue that the American manufacturer
would supply consumption at dearrr rates, il
Is better ~ have his fabrics than the unattaina-
ole foreign fabrics because il is better To be-
III supplied than not supplied at all. A coarse
coal, which will communicate warmth aud
cover nakedness, is better than no coat The
superiority Of the home market results Ist,
from IFS steadiness and comparative certainty
at all times ID, from the creation of recipro-
cal interests Sd, from its greater security
and, lastly, from an ultimate and not distant
augmentation of consumption land cOnse-
quently of cOmfort) from increased quantity
and reduced prices. But this home market
mighty desirable as it is, ran only be created
and cherished by the PR0rECTGoN of our own
legislation against the inevitable prOstratiOn Of
our industry which mast ensue from the ac-
u0n 0fFoREIGN policy and legislation. The
effect and the value Of this domestic care of
our own interests will be obvious from few
facts and considerations. Let us suppose that
matt million OF persons are now etnployed
abroad IN fhbrlcating for our consumption
those articles, of which by the operation oil
this bill "A supply is Intended to be provided
within ourselves. That half a million of per-
sous are, IN Effect sub4istcd by us hut their
actual means of subsistence AFRO drawn from
foreign agriculture If we could transport
them to this country, aud incorporate them
~ me mass Ut Our own population, there
would instantly arise demand for an amount
OF provisions equal to that " hich would he re-