Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-08-09
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Mon 0f these states A series ct Legislation
commencing With Il. has steadily purs ued that
object, ~ protecting the productions a indus.
try ~ home, from wlstever NAV come 10 m.
jure Il frm abroad rhis American system.
l~scoeval With The American Unlon Il Is q
main part OF its foundation LISA main spring
OF its prosperity. Take the British navigation
act, winch sprung from the iustry lous Of the
Ii lush commonwealth, It is one OF Tie stran-
gesi and most striking features Of our repuoli
can government Ii like the Union Iself, il
presses more severely oa one part OF cur cam
mon country than another, its polcy--extraor
d,nary Fecen, suggestions seem 10 reader IT
necessary 20 add, much less It's eon~s,ituuoRalr
,y--~ere never called 20 question I'll Of late.
agriculture, navigation aud commerce., have
never ceased TO req ire. have never ceased to
reee W protection. They have always been
qua ded oy dat,es and peusitIes, against for.
eIgn invasion When YER this subject has
been treated IN Coagre $ both Us constitution.
ally and policy have been conceded The
votes OF the late much lamented Mr.. Lowndrs,
ind OF the present vice president OF he United
states with those OF many osber 5 a,esmen OF
The South. are recorded IN their favor. so
strong vas the sentiment for commercial ceun.
t~eractipn (and w0tt refinement Can distinguish
nanuisetu EST that the act excluding the Bri.
tish West India trade was adopted BY an almost
unsnimoos vote OF BIO b houses OF Congress.
Amen nent citizen lately elected governor
OF an influential scate he's succeeded to convince
The legislature OF shat state. that il nay qnes
ton the rigli as well a the wisdom of Con-
! gress, 10 concern its IL with manufactures
With all the Difference due 10 thai enlightened
and patrot,e commonwealth, as citizens OF
Pennsylvania, we respec fully submit that the
benefits OF the Onion itself might as well be de
med. We hold it 10 BE- the constltut ,on4i OBJ
ltsation of the Amer can government, to es.
tab'ish and preserve manufactures. as mach as
commerce, or agriculture; TO protect the In.
ddstry Of the workshop as much a. that % he
counting bous and to encourage all the means
ofa peoples prosperity. We deny that ours
would b. a government at all without suea q
power. We hold il TO be physically ippossI-
bic, not merely constitutionsiiy wrong, to dis
JON agriculture, and manufactures,
anc We nave endeavored to show, that the only
plan OF procuring. or preserving. industrious
aud profitable occupation At home, is to pro.
tect 1t from incu' SION from abroad. We d EN-
ourselves N these views the true friends OF
We see IT ianguishing TO- want of
the ailn'ent OF manufactures, and agriculture
suffering for want ofboth. We propose means
to revive and improve them altogether, and we
CONSIDER IT as constitutional a duty of the gene
- EaN1 tb|c~ hbNHHe aEAhboi
tore gn attacks as 10 repel a hostile invasion
from our shores.
" fs asceriained that FIVE millions worth OF
American cottons and woiiens sre now snnusl.
y sold IN Philadelphia A single commercial
house exported last year seven hundr d thou.
sand wards OF domestic cottons to a single port
IN Mexico alone. There are about four thou-
sand five hundred. looms in Philadelphia and
ITS suburbs, manufacturing cotton stripes.
CHECKS. and tlckings. using large Quantities of
indigo, dye woods. and other valuable mercan-
tue materials, and making upwards of fifteen
millions ofysrds per snnum. The rapid in
crease OF permanent population and habitation,
enhancing all the properly. advancing the pros
perity Of PhIadeiphia and pittsburg incIuilng
export trade, are unquestionably sscribed to
the great increase Of their manufactures.
These though iocslzed are national interests,
when the government may diftuse throughout
this sate and the United States they are
obviously the Interests of ard agri.
culture. as well as Of manufacture. Every in
dsvidusl 10 the United States 10 interested in
them They cement the union. II is sstimat
ed that at least one hundred and fifty thousand
oales OF Gotten from the southern states are
now annually consumed in the manufacturing
states Coarse cottons after . few yesrs pro
lection are So well 6 atllshed that every one
pays less than halt for tais article OF universal
~co0sunption. and for tina, reduced price gets
It much better IN quality. Americas msnufsc
tured cotton goods are a principal article Of ex
port Dollars are oh AIMED f-r them from Mex.
le" and Peru. And II IS the PLAIN interest of
toe planting states 10 increase the faculty OF the
fs'in'ng ana manusacr turing stat s. thu 10 take
from them their raw procure, a, much less ex
pense than It can be sent 10 Europe. and 20 re.
ceiVe payment Tor them IN he manufactured
articles, and the Mexican dollars procured in
return.
Ii IS a common and a lamentsble error, too
prevalent IN this country, thar to protect man
utaetures as proposed. is to Cypress and res
trct agriculture ana commerce. So far from
il, manufacturers afforded a markei, fir the
wool, hsx, hemp, skins, bides, taliow, hair, and
other productions Ut agriculture. while agricai
ture and the earth supplied the beef and other
meats, bread stuffs. vegetables. cheese and
timber, one third of the sugar, three tourths of
the spIrituous liquors, and ninety nine parts in
q hundred OF the tobacco, consumed by manu-
features. II is not extravsgant to assert tina
the market, which nanufaetu es afford to sgri
culture, tor provisions. drinks and raw materi
ais. - much greater, than that afforded by all
other occupations.
As respects commerce, there are perhaps,
many more OF our Citizens, and much more Of
our eapi'si engaged in it. than can be support
go ey u, under present circumsi ances, while a
proper deveiopement of our resources would
enable IL 10 support many more than al present.
The ruin OF SO many old and opalent firms
snce the late war, is to be thus accounted tor.
The II ihgence OF the New England mer
chants. Is proved BY their withc rawiag So much
capital from and employing il in