American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-07-17
tw0WEks BILL,
From the UEit,d States Ca,oa
TO THE HON. JAMES BUCHANAN


your speech, upon which you seen, In t,lo
pride. performing dots to your const,' "'i'
in style highly honorable to Yourself, in ari
your reasons for voting against tie woollen En-
propose to 80 into an examination Of some os
arguments to show. that YOU either did mt n. !u'
stand your subject. or that UNDERSTANDING .'us "
have wiliully n.srcpresenetd il. o"! J"
II understand the meaning Of protcrtin. A..
rican manufactures, II is TO secure to ,be@m n'
own market. by excluding from It the manuia," "s
Of foreign nations. particularly in all artlcles u
can be as well and as cheap.y produced athom.
the labor Of our own citizens. And before /
coed to examine your argument, assert vib",
fear Of proof to the contrary. that no nation on e,u
can produce wool. cheaper than the Cnted s,s'
and HAT tie capital. skill and industry ufo,rem'
try. has been nov 50 long employed in thq n.,,.
lacture of woollen cloths. that It our own ma,lot
secured 10 US. we can make them Of Tie rnmr.,
and midding qualities at the present time in ,uE
Gent quantities to supply the consumers as cheanv
as they can be made IN any other country. End,rl
not excepted. sir. ain 1 dealer in wonen. sni
have been manufacturer Of them. and kn0w H.
truth Of what now state should have no ls,y,
shat the poor man, whom you 80 eoquenty Le,c,;h,
as having been. by the provisions Of tie wooirc,
bill, about TO be taxed much more than the rch
!. 10 cover his naktdness and shrd bin. lron, ii,
blast I say should have no fears hat he wonIi
have 10 pay more Tor these purposes. If Conprc,
should pass law that 10, ward OF lurcgn won
en clo,h should come into tie country.-E,clpl,
the foreign competition 10 wooen cloths. and N.
same thing WI happen that has happened in ever,
other article. tie home market for which Ma, bca
secured to our own citizens, viz. that they are bet
ter and cheaper made. and the demand fully .un
piled. Among them name, hats, shoes and bpDs
nail-. class and glassware. coarse irunmonrqry
chemicals, white lead, and coarse cottons. YOu
calculations as to the prices the consumer would
have bad to pay, had the woollen bill passed, place
YOU completely TN tie horns OF the dilemma. th..
you did not under stand your subject or as lave
before stated, Milhly misrepresentcd IT, Had thai
bill become law. the mail et would have Teen
secured to the American aAulaotuIe for all wool
lens below the first minimum, and neal al! Those
from one minimum to tie other. Precisely at lie
Tour points Of iurty cents, one and bali dla's,
two and half and four dollars. Wooden clltlis,
wauld have paid on importation the sae dlt, l,eg
now pay. Yet greater encouragement Woulu have
been gwen 10 tie American tarnei ana manutlc.
turer. b, securn our MAJ ket for 70 nany Mooleus.
as are comprised ii the qualities slt!tin what arc
cal led the mnmuns. Those who are acquainted
with commerce and manufactures. Know flat il
would have been impossible tGl fngla of Sbc
is our great comEetitor) 10 have delayed ear mar.
ket a, she NOW does and il is demand and sngfig
that regulate commercial prices. and hat s ioi
seem to suppose the price at which the article can
be produced. Neither country can supply Y, at
present prices. and the question is. viii y9n run
the American manufdc turcr, luse forty or fifty nil.
lions Of dollars to the country, and trust ent~'y
40 the iluctuating prices and prscarioas supplies
,nlr l,,, 1T .tp.A
trust to 4 Wholesome domestic competition To re.
duco the prce, within reasonable profit. giving
at tie same time life and activity 10 TIE Hcchanc,
the farmer and the merchant.
There are some reasons which will always clpr.
ate to keep our market ovcrstockcd with British
woolens, unless our protecting duties eSclade
them. manufacturer makes one hundred piece;
OF cloth at q less price per yard than he can make
seventy live. there is less waste in the maerla''
his oycrsocis and buildings are the same and me
English manufacturers finding the great reIuc'
lance there Is ~ give protection to tliase ol tas
country, and the halfway measures constantly
pursued. calculate that With the assistance OF
Mcssis Cambrclcng, iIoyne, Hamilton and Nc
DnLc, not 10 say Yourself ard others, they will be
able to ruin the uoollon manufacturers OF tNe
United States, and having their own market vel
secured to them bv the exclusion u all Other "
tons they Will continue TO keep this country i"oa'
ed with their goods even at a considerable sacrifice
You may doubt tbs assersion, but can assure yol
that they have we'll nigh succeeded il running
even the Nav England Corporations, against whl's
You seeln in your zeal for Pennsylvania interests
to have taken SO nnwarrantable dislike. ihe,e
great monopolzers, as you are pleased to siye
them, have invested their capital in woolen mills
and machinery, which il you choose you can now
n y Nal fhni ~. nd GhOiiI
your southern friends succeed in preventing Jug
passage Of a bill Tor their relief, aided By Great
Britain yuu will succeed il their entire ruin. YOU
ought % SNOW, that things cannot remain IN thclF
present state; our market must be secured !"
our own farmers and manufacturers, Or the new
England capital and that Of pcnnsy lvania too WIZ
be lost; and all your fine calculations Will men
avail nothing 10 your constituents.
dwell so long Oh Ms part OF your argument uf'