American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-12-21

These nos,tons are demonstrated by facts which
are eyerv day presenting themselves to our view,
and are within the reach OF every man who Is VII
limo to bestow fair and candid examination upon
the subject. For manv years past, wnen the aSii-
cultural products of the middle. eastern anu west
ern States have been excluded from foreign mar
kets that treat interest has been indebted IN
great measure to our infant manufactures, Tor me
limited prosperity it has enjoyed IL the experience
of the last ten years has taught US any one 'ess"h
more impressively than another, IT IS the vast IN
portanee aud utility Of home market" the most
important of all markets"-in the language OF Al.
am Smith-a market secure from the caprice, the
iealousies, or the designing policy OF foreigners
subject to no control but our own. anu dispensing
its benefits at our own doors Whether we regard
the planter, the farmer, or the manufacturer, the
mari et within our own borders and under our own
control, should be the primary object OF Legislative
care and cultivation Protect the manufacturer,
and nothing more is necessary; this home market
will arise, and restore to the producers OF grain
and the growers of wool, those prosperous days
which have long since passed away. Almost des-
ttute Of market abroad, and inadequatey tos-
tered at home it is certain, that the agriculture OF
a large portion Of this country. and especially
that which concerns the gram and wool growing
interests, is greatly depressed.
The languishing condition of these two great
interests, induced the assemblage, at Harrisburg
in Pennsylvana during the last summer, OF a con
yention composed Of enlightened citizens, repre-
senting the agricultural and manufacturing inter-
ests of fourteen States of this confederacy. 1t en-
tiers not into the scope or design Of this memorial
to vndcate the principle upon which that conven-
ton assembled. Your memorlaliss may be per-
mited however. to remark, that they ksow OF no
principle which forbids the public and voluntary
assembage of the citizens OF any State, or Of any
number Of States, to deliberate peaceably upon
matters connected with their own lawful pursuits,
and to petition the constituted authorities Of the
nation, in a respectful manner, for remedy OF ex-
sting evils The idea that it was an attempt TO
oyerawe dictate to the legal authorities, IS I'M
worthy of serious consideration. Their proceed
ngs were in the face Of day, and their acts will
stand the test Of the most fastidious criticism.
, Their petition is a respectful appeal to the wisdom
and patriotism OF congress; its prayer has neither
been enforced by menaces, nor will an uniavorable
result, produce aught but submission to the public
will. Your memorialists are among those who es-
innate the cost of this Union at its proper value
they have ever priced its blessings too highly to
countenance any attempt, however remote, to
weaken or impair its strength, or to give way 70
impotcnt menaces or threats Of dissolution for
ry disappointment, frivolous otherwise, which
NAV cross their path. They witnessed with salts
faction the assemblage OF the Harrisburg Conyen-
tion--as measure which was demanded by the
interests Of the farmers and manufacturers OF this
country; which was calculated, in the absence Of
all other adequate means for the purpose, to collect
such body Of accurate and practical information in
relation to these interests has yet been OBJ
talned and as would enable congress to legslatc up
Oh tie subject with advantages they never before
possessed Thclabors ofthis patriotic and enlighten-
ell body are before the pnblic and have realized
cry tain he thp FIR nj fhp u,pa.
sure, of its value and importance. They have shed
flood oilight upon the resources and interests Of
this great country, which show almost to demon
sratinn, that the protection OF American industry
is not a sectional but national concern that it is
not only compatible with. but that il Is the sub
stratum. the foundation OF all interests.
Your memorialists having submitted these gene
raj remarks upon the character aud objects of the
convention at Harrisburg, in which they partcipa.
ted by their representatives., beg leave, in aid
Of their labors respectfully to offer few brief
suggestions in reference to particular branches OF
industry which come Immediately within the sphere
OF their own observation. They allude to the man
utactures of wool and OF cotton.
Large establishments are employed and great
capitals invested in these manufactures, ia the
district OF country wherein your menorialists re
side. In reference to the woollen manufacture,
they have 10 lament, that, hitherto, NO adequate
protection whatever has been extended to it,
The establishments engaged in that manufacture,
are merely struggling for existence, in ae hore
Of better days, which experience has abunlantly
shown can never arrive, but through the interpo-
son of congress. It is susceptible Of proof, that
without speedy legislative aid, some Of the most
important and extensive establishments in this Vi
cinty will be abandoned, from an utter inability
to contend with the fluctuations Of market, sub
iect almost exclusively to foreign control 1t is
m hnpn rri III hnt tl,.t, A. ,
ded to be extended to this branch of manufactures
by the act Of 1924, has been frustrated by the eva
sons OF the designing ard the legislative policy Of
Enc land and It womb seem to be but haIe instice