Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-12

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Vow LET man Of common sense a ~, S,v from
No the hest customers, ,hose who VIII ouy ,lo,n
IS or those who only buy cotton, ana VIZ" rr,T
Ill manufactures, that is-who buy one-!ou!.n' c
,nd cell tbreefour,hs. have omitted, auu.s, m
crs;ohrs. commissions, SC. but they WI" ~ al
yary the principie. Think deeply oil ,t'a', au S;
80 ~ waterfall is but fourth Of the value u gu
.r,;cle. and England refuses TO take our o'eau p
stuff for the other lhree-fourths. But 'he Il
rican system will provide Us customers ,,, t
will take all we have to SELL in payment ioi ~"
,ice Of labor bestowed on manufacture In h
riss insist that the American System WIN i
.,n,.h and permanently enrich the Southern {
n;o,,,nr;st That it is system OF naiiohai {
rpo,neri,v, in which no portion oil ,he ohlo"
PHI nar,ake more literally than the Planters OF
9Th Carolina; and add, with some ieeihs
81 ride tha, their native country Will tAuS ,i'e
hishtr '"e "'s- OLD 76
meme, of Thomas jefferson TO Beniami" aaslin.
| 'l''''" MoSrlcELLo, Jan 9, 1916:
Won tell me I am quoted by those VINO "ish
., cont;,ue our dependence Oh England ior
,,anufactures. There was time wheh iii,S"'
80 been 60 quoted with more candor. Du''
within the thirty years which have sihce e,a
sed how are circumstances chahSeu
were then in peace-our iha' Pehu.nl psa,,oo
mong nations was acknowledged. ~ ",a
, which offered the raw na'er'al' III 49,
{ for the same materials after receNl"g INC '@S
. touch OF industry, was worthy tne altens'on
y vi nat;ons II was expected, that those espe-
o;,liv n whom m anufacturing industry was I'M
\ nortant. would cherish the friendship OF such
customers BY every favor, and particularly cu',
p ,iyate their peace by every act OF justice anu
:. friendship. Under this prospect, the question:
>, seemed legitimate, which such an immensi'!
p of uninpro, ed land, counting The hand OF nus
bandrv. the induiry Of agriculture, or mat o,
- ,nonuEae,ures, would add most to the natlonai
~ wealth. And the doubtofthe utility OF hmeri-
~, can manufac lures entertained on thls eoi'
- sideraton chiefly, that 10 the labor Oh tne nus
is bandman vast addition is MADE ny tne SPIN
,h taneous energies OF the earth on which II Is EN-
,e ployed. For one grain OF wheat co,i'lhie.
ted 10 the earth, she renderes 20, SO, ana even
y! so fold. whereas the labor of the manufacture
nc fails in most instances vastly below THIS proht
~ Pounds of flax in his hands, yields but penny
w. WEIGHTS oflace. This exchange too, laboriou
no &C i1 might seem, what field did 1t promise
AN for The OCCUPATION of the ocean-what nurse
49, ~ e., that class of citizens who were to eGer
49, else and maintain our equal rights on that eie
-. nenti This was the state of things IN 1888
when the notes on Virginia were hrst puohsi
his ed, when the ocean being open 10 all nation
ere and their common rights OH II being a' Mo"
ledged & exercised under regulations sahGlo,
v,s ed by the assent and usage OF ALL twas 'ous'
NV that the doubt might claim some considerable
Md But who in 1885, could ioresee me f"Pia ~
he nrayity which was to render the close Oh VI
me- Century a disgrace to he history oil clvllize
"A 7 snciety2 WHO could have imagined .hat u
~o...ss.s.sss','of non,raDic en- men e. az
yer setting at defiance all those laws established
on 'he Author OF nature between nation and NJ
al toh, as between man and man, would cove
De, earlh and sea with robberies and piracies mere
una IN, ~ because strong enough to do it with tempo
NY RAJ IMMUNITY; and that under this disbandmer
- 81 nations from social order, we should hay
re- been despolled of a thousand ships. and bay
an, thousands OF our citizens reduced 10 Al,er;n
de slavery? And all this has taken place. TN
British lnterdicled to our vessels all barbor
ol the globe, without having first proceeded L
some one OF hers there paid a tribute PRO
PoF'iohed 10 the cargo, and obtained licens,
10 proceed to the mort Of destination. Yb,
-, french declared them to be law full prize if the,
bn had tonched at the port, or be visited by sbr
is OF the enemy's nation. Thus were we comnlete
he eA<luded from the ocean. Compare this state
q. Vi 'hiIss WIN that OF S5 and say whether opin
,e luis i'Ended In the circumstances of that day
ea, DC iaifiy applied to those CT the present
we nave experienced what we did not then
, - "e'e eAists Doth proHIgacy and
D, power enough to exclude US from ,b,. 6slJ or
q interchange with other nations: Moi IN 10 ;'a.
e peadent f0r The comforts efG, ace must 6,6,;roI.
o mem ourselves. We must no,c place the 1,oou.
:, J0efurer 6y The side ofMs Agricuiuyisi The for.
u 'ner question is suppressed, or rather assumes
ne" form. The grand inquiry now is, s6av
we mare our o'on comforts, o, go wahoui Them NJ
me 0H EN- foreign nai'on2 lie therefore Who
IS now against domestic manufactures, must be
,or reducing US either 10 dependence on lint M.
l'0" or DC Clothed in skins, and to live like Wild
1ea''s 10 dehs and cavcrns. am proud to saw,
am ,, 10. one q r4ese Experience has now taught
me INA, manufactures are now as necess,ro 70
our Independence as TO our comfor,~',,ya ~ ~
NOSE who qote me as Of different onn;o,
VIII Keep pace with me in purchasing no,bino
'ofeiSh, where an equivalent of domestic f,hr;se
can DC obtained, without regard 10 difference or
price, II VIII not be our fault If we do mo, h.ys