Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-04-15
The British treaty. What a contrast TO

NE SCcBe- DStotc ~,
The next popular hobby is the 'Iar'H.,
II il ,,id thai the descending occupan'
and The ascending aspirant are DOM hf"y
mounted upon this hobby II SO, 'n,"h'
Notwithstanding present appearances, 'aey
will soon fiud the nseives once more ptos.
trats in the dust. II is not possio'e lnal
the present scheme for iaritf can oe pop,
ular long. lis, as conceive, the most
unwise. unjust, unequal, oppressive, IN
sulting. and arbitrary measure, ever pre-
sented to my consideration Tue pre-
text. Tor il, too, appear to me TO be fi'msy'
v;s,ooary. uuiounded and many o! them
ridiculous. When we hear Of a bill TO a
mend theeeveral acts imposing duties on
imports we naturally look to the I'M
proyemem OF the revenue. But MT
Chairman frankly says, This IS not a re-
| venue bill. No, 1t most certainly IS not.
| II. FIRST destructive Influence is 10 be ex
er,ee> on the revenue; and II would adora
great consolation II it were 20 be txerteo
on nothing else. it is, then, bill 10 dis
ruise-it has false title But its friends,
=, if really unconscious o. the mischief
they are doing. as they must be presuneu,
TO be, boldly come out, and frankly tei'
what lis real objects are, aud what are Tue
means relied upu, IL effect those OBJECTS
They say, it IS bill to encourage domes,
tic manufactures, and 10 promote na'ional
} industry; and the means are to eoerce Inc
sale o. these domestic manufactures upon
the consumer. This coercion IS to be ell
iected by prohibiting foreign manuiac-
lures Having then The objects and the
means, il is easy 10 strip the bill OF Its
false title, and give il its true oGe. II
should be entitled "A bill 10 pick the poe
kets OF a great portion OF the community.
and put the plumber into the pockets OF
small portion thereof, for the purpose OF
encouraging l1.t small portion to promote
national industry, or the Industry OF the
great portion OF the nation thus plumber.
ed What an anamOly ct ends and
neansl-inslead, then, OF its being re.
venue hill, as lis title would import, it
lurns oa,, when stripped of its disguise,
10 be literally pick pocket bill , This
most extraordinary bill proposes 10 take
money out Of one citizens pocket, apd
put IT INTO another's pocket. when the
right OF the property OF each is equally
entitled TO the protection OF the govern
ment IL proposes to vary the dIslrlbu.
ton Of great portion OF the proceeds OF
the labor q. the country-to dersnge the
present aslurs. employment OF great
portion oil the capital oil the country, and
TO force II into new and artificial channels,
&c. &C. Is it possible 10 concelv. OF more
despotic measures than these? / could
ask, MIR Speaker, and Mr. Chairman, al
ways with due respect and Consideration,
i whence the derivation OF this sovereign,
despotic, uncontrolled power? will not
i pin them down 10 searCh ior II IN the con.
! sttuiIon 1 conceive the visionary, Ia.
4. naticai, ercssS1De democracy OF The Coun
try, has thrown of even all decent respect
! to that instrument. But, would ask
/ them. whence the legitimate derivation OF
that power 10y any government, founded
upon the natural rights of man, sud pro-
J tossing to derive all It's powers from mans
consider well whether taking money out
o one mans pocket, lei the disguise be
what 1t may, and putting it into the poe
ket OF another, without any consideration
tor public service rendered, is not this a
most pa pable violation of the natural right
CT properly! Whether, therefore, lis ex.
ercis Is not most palpable usurpatIon!
would still more urgently beg them 10
pause litlle, and look back upon the at
iairs OF mankind, aud then determine,
whether almost all the past add present
suferings Of the many by the com5na.
tipns OF the tew, have not arisen from this
very usurpation 10 some form or other? |
would ask ibem, whether the very excess
Of haIr oh A nj
practicable? would ask them, whether
their schemes are not unequal, oppressive,
and insulting 10 large uDiled sections Of
the County! ana whether they will not
be, aud ought not u be, Counleracled!
would ask them to consider well whe ther
the oppressed and iDsulted states have not
the mos. ample means 10 heir power OF
successful, retaliation? would ask them
10 consider well the American character,
j. determine, whether ii ever did, or ever
will brock insult or oppression, whether
inflicted by the eleCtlOneerlng, protesting
democrat, or by the stern, sovereign suto-
Graz? would ask them to consider well the
power OF the states over persons and
things, when once domiciliated WITHIN
their jurisdiction; aud, Whether an inter.
nal. capi.alIUn, and excise, may not be
made to counleryaii the effects OF arbitrary
external imposts? would ask them,
Whether they do not see, and feel, that
the arbitrary preferences gii en 10 the ma
nuiactarIng interests, will not render both
tbs manufacturer aud his goods odIous 10
the piauder-d anu oppressed? and Whe-
tier the goods ought not, and will not,
most justly AID righ,eously, be thrown
back upon the manufacturer? | would
ask them, Whether the money taken from
The pockets OF the many, will not End lis
, way inlo the pockets OF lLe actual MANI.
tacluring operator, the Journeymang Or
will not become located IN The pockets
ul Inc. employer, the whether
he he the manufacturer or LAWYER or