The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-07-19

the ilustrious lawyer, legislator, and States-
man Of the West, he did less than each Of
his two immediate predecessors had done /;
he offered him seat in the Cabinet, which
Mr.. Clay, now ripe in years and in fame,
accepted And when the bitter resent
ments of bafiled cupidity and disappointed
ambition shall have passed away, the whole
people will, as We believe a majority does
now recognize the justice Of remark of
the good Lafayette. 1T will be-" said ho
"a subject Of congratuation 70 the friends
ofllberty in both hemisphere, that Henry
Clay is placed first in the Cabinet Of North.
America"
Mr. Clay in every situation has stood pre-
eminent. He bears the clearest insignia
of natures nobility. In any country or
time he would have been character for
history, or Us Napoleon expressed it one
Of Plntarch's men" In Greece he wOnid
have been a Thcmislocles, in Rome Il Ca
mlllus, in Great Britain, IA Chatham. in
our Republic he is unquestionobly, magma,
attera, SPEs.
Wool Growers and Manufacturers Meeting,
lately held in this town.
From the Providence American.
aft is pleasing to find that the people so
generally understand the policy which thor
government ought to pursue; that they dis
play so much zeal in favor Of TINT policy
and n zeal so enlightened. There is no
fear now but that policy will DC adopted,
aud hereafter be steadily pursued. That
policy is, to extend to all the means Of in
du4try, and To make that industry profta.
bic to all; and then it will be certain that
industry will be cxer,cd by all. For eve
rs one is dcsirous OF bet,criug his conii.
ton in life, and II he has the means or DO
ng it before him he viii avail himself u.
those means. The effect Of such a polio :
Is aslonlshugly Ercai upon the prosperity
Of any country : It VIII ou'strip and leave
far behind any other by which thot policy
is not pursued. AniAlc population will al.
WAYS keep country stationary aud poor
however rich the soil OF thnt country may
be: and if their industry is not made profit.
able. they will he idie: whereas au indus
trlous people will make Il country prospc
rous aud happy, however torblGd'ng by ma
ture it may be; and industry madc protita
bic will make any people industrious.
" But can Il government by lis policy
multiply the means Of industry? ? and aAo
by its policy, to the prolitableness of tha
industry? For this haa been doubied; II /.
the opinion Of some political economists
and those, too, Of great name, that nation
Al industry should be left to direct itself
that this is the true national policy; that IN
dividual sagacity and indivldull enterpri2r
loft entirely to themselves, will do bette
| without the aid Of government than viii
-; that its aid is no aid, '6ui rather prelu
| lice. This think to be false reasoning
but from PROMISES. however, which a.
! true. II is true that industry and it, kind
! that pursuit and It's kind, should be left on
! tlrely free TO the choice of each individual
for he is better Judge than govcrnmcn
can be in this matter: there is no lnstructo
! like self interest. So far industry shoul,
be left to regulate itself; but the error lie
N the inference, that industry so left, vii
| become more productive, or, Al least, q
productive, az the policy of the govern
mert could make It. Now the productive
ness oilnlustry may be affected nv causes
not at all in the control OF the individual
! and which arc in the control of the govern
mont. 1t is here and herein, that the pol
icy of the government may operate, an
with the happicst effect. The productive
ness oil industry depends upon the demon,
and the market for its products As i,
this. the policy Of the government can d,
! but little abroad but at home it can do
great deal. Abroad government can d
| little more than protect the person of it.
citizen, and vindicatc his rights when VIC
| lated; as 10 demand and market abroad, go
vcrnmont can do nothing, or next to noiA
| ing; but at home it can create u market
and create the industry, by giving to j
the supply of that market; then the markc
insures profit, profit insurcs plenty, an'
p' ln,v insurcsCheapness. The more OK
tensWc the country, and the more nume
rous the population, the more efectual u,
policy may be made. The field for its op
Grafton in this country is, and is becoming
immense; it is world in Itself, embracing
or capable Of embracing. all its produc
uons. The useful arts, here. too, howev
or multiplied. however extended and per
footed, can never fan to find n supply o
their material, and that in the greatest n
bun1ancc: nature has such range wthr
our limits, and is so rich and so various. II
is hardly too much to say, that If our coun
try was detached from all the other coun
tries of the world; if il were surrounded by
high impossible wall, preventing all e.
grsss and ingress; still 1T would BE- capable
of becoming OF itself and BY itself, a land
ofplenty IN nll things; in every thing ne.
ccssary, every thing convenient. every
thing desirable; SO various aud boundleSs
are It's capacities.
The objection rat is made to the pur.
suit Of tins policy; the only one that is
plausible. and that is but plausible. is.
that it would tend to diminish foreign com.
morce aud thereby wonld diminish tie pub
lc revenue; and thereby would induce d.