Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-12-18
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derived from any single commodity. TIL. Yen s,.a
has done, fret, by working il up for bey o-n
! upon the largest scale, and next nv m.kin,.
suoserVe the Interests of her foreign trade She b.
-"' =" over ai seas wherever market oneneds
u"' enemy oseK again to us, TO be bought pnJer
fhs enhancements OF her osvn labor at price. forr
and five fold those which she has maid mo g., - :,
commerce upon the iesms attssted by surb fac,s
c'hho' oe pronounced just, between The mar,
eS, me conviction Is deeply entertained Ira.
'o oes' interests OF the nation point to the ex
pedenry OF ieviewing and CORRECTING sneci.s -
commercial intercourse so UNEQUAL 1, -,
applicable TO suhjon that the woollen co,,o.
ana IRON goods, imported from all oiher rat, -
,he world during the years indicated. arr f5nn5 =,
De OUT ABOUT ohe-sixth part of the value of those
oo'sned from the country who's. laws fall vim
eu'cts OF exclusion, or with such dispro,o,rio,,
uuues upon the produce of the United States.
| not only the articles mentioned. but m6,a',h..
might be mentioned 'i'V'e ma
Inc complete establishment of American Manu-
lectures IN wool, cotton, iron, and hemp IL r.
neVed 10 he OF very high moment 70 The ,a,ia
an the principal raw MAZE rals for CARVING tb.r,
on are at hand, or could be commando rhs
SIKH Tor ImpartinG excellence TO them. wonII
come al the proper time. There vvouId b. -
want OF iaoor; 10 which an abundant water-no,ye,
as well as artificial machinery, woulI ,vsrr 30.
oe lending It's assistance Capital would he foun,
Tor Investment, in them. If their ss,ahli.bmsn, hv
me immediate protection of the iaw- should. a,
articles. for
cess on OF years keep it up, q true forecast L,ot
ing TO the future rather than adsptine ali Il. -
cuiations to the existing hour wouLl NOT bes;f.,
10 embrace The protecting policy Nations tb,,
would found schemes of solid ard durable al
vantage must be ready to do SO at the peril OF
honal, rs OF individual, superioritv AMI dis,;r,;
10 ony cheap ~ not the only, or, alwsya. the
chief good. II is for legislators who nav. 10
ueai WIN the practical Interests of mankind, TO
give TO abstract propositions abe nece.satv Iini
iallons. Considerations higher than tboss ~
present mercantile gain, have often s,vayede ~,
councils OF nations: of nations whose wisdom s,
'h's respect we oSsht not lightly TO impuen. anv
more than we can at all question their LONG me-
emInence IN property. Need il be said tH.,
--I s4'nu hau her laws TO protect her tonnage for
more than century, during all which time enc
n'Sht nave employed the tonnage of olbtr STATE.
al price much below that at which sbe bu;lr
and used her own? Need it be added. wba, r.x1,,.
TO her maritime and commercial sway have flow
~ rom her Tesoiute perseverance in those tawss
~ iced 1t be sad that France, conspicuous for pos
1--we as Tor progressive riches, and comforts sn5
power, still excludes from her territotv fah,ics
that might trench upon the Gus ON of he, o,vr,
WORKSHOPS IN branches OF labor and art believed
20 oe eonducive TO the ma ional resources, whilst
they confer also the means OF individual ibr,f,
shall the many laws Of these two ereat S,.,.s4
al periods when they wereIaying tie foundatf6r.
OF their manufacturing industry, be recounteJ al
tending to foster II by Inducements The most ar
e"s'"us-ia"s' 10 The essential nriaciPIe Of which
they SIM, IN 70 many instances, systematicauv
adhere! Shall call TO reeolle clfop as,e,iat,s
The ordnance OF NJ. Calonne which invi,sd -,
N'"Hse ar'ihceIs rom all nations, allowing ths,,
equal privileges With ,hoas they enjoyed IN their
Ha we countries, and granting them an in, ,uni,c
from duties on the importation Of the mat,,;,i
used in heir manufactured nav n,o,e-a,.
nG them and their worlSmen from all pe,sonaI a.,
otheE taxes! These, with analogous ijlustratinas
az numel Gus as applicable, will he Iorborne al
100 familiar 10 be recapi,ula'ed. The ptoteciSnz
laws 10 our own tonnsge, our own coasting ttade
our owl fisheries, still in force, and which 6,.,
raised Up the PROSTATE navigator oftbe u. 6 ate
may supsrseds Other references. Theae show
how he fathers OF the Republic were awake IN
ihe wisdom OF other times and other nations.
showing how to make II ther own. Their re.
'o'Ied opinions ATTEST that they equally
aw"ks to The principle of encouraging manufac.
tu'ss IN thebroadesl sen-e. II hey did no ctry il
latthef INTO ITactice, il is because prorer tis
ctmn'Iion saw, in the circumstan, es OF ibat esfl
day whether a. REGARDED he state Of the world rom
without, or our own Interval condition no s,Iffi.
cent motive for giving 10 the principle a mora
extended application. But il this species of In
Gus'fy should not be pfematurely gone into so
neither ought the laws TO neglect II too long
excellence is OF slow growth. Rarely is " qaick.
OF sronlaneous In The material, any more than Ira
The moral r old. Time is on agent indigperssBta
OF the manufacturing arts. They are complex; they
ae diihculi They are to be learned only by sa :.
ees, throughout long course of application ana
Efforts, a. mind is evolved by etucs tion-insfitd
lone Tor promoting which. The laws. In the wiss.,
countiios, csreTul 10 found and 10 nurture
When therefore, nei'her ptucity of population or
ni means any longer hold as reasons for u OF cult
V"tns thsse arts amongst US, and when those .ex.
ter"al circumstances have passed away which dew
nearly all OF cur population into commerce or
mo hn'bsndfy, the period for permsnently fxjTs
hem AZ an integral interest In the Stale seerns
i"ii TO fave arrived. Whilst we reposc in fam
guilty the stH-on ~ attspicious for entering stTsc-
;"aly upon The work of establishing those speci-
ally recommended Should war happen, il il no.
easy TO sste The augmented resources with which
we Should meet IT. eSigenCIes, with these nspu(ae.
mres hpunshing IN perfection; any more than ~
portray The Inconvenience which we should kgosz
In Their absence. IL Is. therefore, ON tbe con-
neNI.n OF heir 'uceess with The leading infefsIsog
tbe State, ~ peace or wsr, lha, the convicfionJs
felt that il would be expeIien 10 secure tbeir cue.
ces4,even az tl's sacrifice OF cheapness 10 fhs ig-
div 3ual ru'ch ser
But 20 such cor Sequence Il 70 be sppfbended.
u ., were aqyesfion OF fosf'ring manufactures for
which The circumstances OF the county yield net
the alundant fscihiss, A. with Englsnd, when
Sire fcs.std by her own laws Ter own tonnage
ihan indeed, coui1 auccess be accom- plished onlv
~ udsflits forcing, 10 be followed BY lnlsfrita
monoJ oily in pfice. Such is manfestly not iha
case Manufactures Of fine cot'ons, Of vvoolena
oi aim, an descriptions, Of iron articles and If
those rom hemp, have already srnVed Al a poict
10 the United ststs, .iusiiiying tie eoncasion thar
ome adlii onsi encouragement rom Corstess il
'iot- wanting 20 hx ihsm upon lasting and pro