Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-07

sjl other vessels, so cents per ION. op
same subject Congress has leglsia'ea, son5
ing the same principle, in i7so, lfsS'
1912 and 1916. .,ure Of
Amongst: other articles, Inc maNs.a,r-l
which has thus been from lime 10 L.
aged by duties, are, boots, shoes' : lass
ness. carria ges, hats, paper anu = a.,;.,ss thus
".-sa Is that Of coarse cottons. DDS
Iasos;n,ion Of goods was made so cheap IN IN
az ~ ~ Enrope. that the household manaiae-
.o,,on cloth was almost suspehotu..
~, ,hev were so badly fabricated, that W",n.
10, ,ycre oomiaally cheap, they Were 'e'n,
lar Having the raw material, oeiievius W. We
noJ ,yso The skin TO manufacture ina. KIM y
naads consulting the domestic interest OIL III.
sssonle. the general welfare Of the country anu
not the revenue only, the government oe.etun"
cd 10 Law so high a duty, as greatly 10 oiseou,,
aoe their importation, and TO encourages a"u.
rro,ee,',,be home manufacture. loefiec.uis
pph;ect thew supposed the first cost oil the co''o"
Goods IN he much higher than 1t really "as' g
then they levied a high duty on that suPPoSse
cost ,r;-
A. IN The third fact,-there is the most 'r-
,rnnh,n, evidence of1he success winch nas ~
tended the efforts OF Government 10 susan" 7
era, branches Of manufacture Can His.ory F'u'
duce anv parallel to the rapidi'y WIN M"
our Navy and marine grew up a''er'"c "
ures .lken by Government to give a Prc,e,e.
% The building and use of our own Sesseis. a.
they not equal if no, superior 10 'hose % az;
other country The articles oil boots, shoes' 'au
dies harness, carriages, bats, paper, a'"ouh.
,.s will no, claim for them a superiority. !e.
,hsrs ;s an abundant supply, and Of good and
subs,sn,ial quality. Window glass, ore OF Inc
,ro,ec,ee articles, is now sold by retail Tor a
hon, one half of what was the wholesale price
before the protecting duties were laid. Wea''
recollec, how the counters aud shelves oil our
merchant. were loaded previous TO the tarlh oil
1916 with the cotton goods called India co''ohS
or humhums. We recollect also, that as soon
az the supply then Oh hand wasconsqmea' .ha'
Dissertation Of goods ceased TO make us appear
ancc. ThecottonL factories then began 10 mui
,inly in the Eastern States. The prices oil their
fabrics were at frs, high, but the effect or tne
protecting duties, so increased the nuinoer d
factories and The compe,itinn, that the prices
were reduced, and the supply soon exceeded
,he demands: and a, this day we have the most
abundant, supply ofsuperior quality, and OF lex
ceedinply cheap cotton cloths-nay we export
a considerable quantity, and come IN success'oi
composition win foreign fabrics IN other eou"-
,r;rs So tina; the millions OF dollars we annn-
ally expend, for plain white, striped, and check
cd COTTON cloths. are now received by our own.
citizens And can it he a subject Of regret 10
an enlightened American, that his fellow CHI
Gems of The South enjoy the profits o! raising &
those of the Eas1,ha en.Gi-9r -ss%nfac.n ~
the cotton that clothes himseii ana MS 'a"''y!
T, ;s also worthy Of remark that the same crv
which has now been raised against the wooilcn
hill. was raised agains, the duty laid in 1916 on
coarse co,tons. The cry was, tina, the poorer
classes of the people used these goods, and 1t
would be a TAX on the poor;-buIfhe effect ISL
che aper supply Of better cotton cloths to both
poor and rich.
Seeing then that the facts we have stated are
oT indubitable verify, how is it TO be accounted
for tina, Virginia, now denounces aud protests
against a policy, which has hcen coe'al with
the povernment-which has been uniformly
pursued-a policy which has redounded 10 the
safety, to the wealth, and TO The general welfare
of the nations! She denounces the policy as be-
ing Unconstitutional, unwise, unjust, unequal
and oppressive" This 10. be sure is a very
broad denunciation for the present rulers oil the
~"arcient dominion" to use against the policy,
which has not only been sanctioned, but recon-.
mendeG bv The most illustrious citizens she ev-
err could boast-her Washingt N, her Jefferson,
her Madison, and her Munroe, who have adj
ministered the executive department OF the Fed
erai Go,ernmen, for thirty-two, out OF thirty
seven years Of its existence. These worthirs
have all, in the most explicit manner, given
their sanction TO the policy Of approaching duties;
wherefore then this extraordinary solicilude, al
this time, so siiae, and TO check the spirit oil
manufacturing industry?
How can we discriminate between the priD-
ciple of protecting and encouraging, 'by du-
ties, the building of ships, from that OF pro-
,ectirg and encouraging the manufacture OF
cloth, the manufacture Of sugar, or the raising
of cotlon? When the higher tonnage duty on
foreign vessels was laid, its acknowledged OBJ
iect was to protect and encourage the building,
or the manufacture Of shipping at home. Al
that time i, was perfectly well known,th a great
profits would accrue TO the ship builders, ship
owners, and seamen, s. that those profits would
principally result to The Eastern section Of the
Union Bu in those days OF pure patriotism,
the test Of public measures was diferen, with
the politicians Of the ancient dominion. The
test of a measure thea, was its general utility
will it rebound 10 the interest OF the American
family? viii il promote the general welfare? s
not whether it will result more to the benefit Of
one state than another.