The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-12-19

Tuesday evening, the ! lth instant, at o'clock
r. M and that the Committee be instructed
then TO report.
TUESDAY EvEvING, Dec II.
Met agreeably to adjournment, and, in the
absence Of Judge Strong, Hon Nathaniel r.
Denny was called TO the Chair
The Committee, appointed at the last meet
ing, TO prepare and report Memorial and Res
olutions, submitted for consideration the fol-
lowing Memorial
TO the Hon. The Senate and House Of Repre-
seltatioes ia CoagreSs assen,bled
our Memorialsts, citizens of the County of
Worcester IN the Commonwealth OF Massachu-
sets, influenced by motives Of one common
interest, beg leave to invite the renewed at
tentlon OF your honorable body TO the Woollen
business Of the Country Inhabitants of
District, both Agricultural and Manufacturing
~ an eminent degree, experience alone has
been sufficient to teach us the influence that
these respective departments of industry have
constantly exerted one upon the othef.-
through every event this reciprocal influence
mas been felt and every vicissitude of for
tune has made their mutual interest more and
more apparent Observation and experience
have, in truth, spoken in a tone too audible and
Impressive to be stifled by The voice Of theory
or speculation
But N no relation is this connection more
senslby felt and deeply realized than in that
which exists between the Farmer and Manu-
faeturer of Wool The decline of this branch
OF Manufacture, while it ditninishes the home
market IN general sinks vast amount of cap
llal and agricultural labor embarked in the pro
duction OF the raw material Wetherefore ap-
peal TO your honorable body to protect the
Woollen Manufacturer from the fluctuations Of
desperate foreign competition. and to save
the Flocks of the Farmer from abandonment
and ruin.
The Manufacturer of Wool seeks no nlonopo-
y, aud he asks none The protection, which
he minimum square yard duty has afforded to
the Manufacturers Of Cotton, he claims as due
to him. His humble pretonsions aspire to no
higher place in the affections or regard of his
country, than those who labor at the common
handicraf trades Of the country,-tbe shoe
maker. or Halter.
The Manufacturer Of Wool seeks only to re-
pose under the shade Of the same enlightened
policy that has hitherto protected and fostered
the commerce and navigation of the country
from their youth up. We do not complain
that millions have been expended in Navy,
for the protection of Commerce, or that the
Fisheries have been fostered by bountics, and
allowances. The retaliatory and counterval-
ing duties imposed by Congress on French and
British navigation, at different periods of our
history, were worthy the spirit Of a wise and
magnanimous Government: and evinced Just
solicitude for the protection of our national
interests
We also appeal to your honorable BODY. in
behalf of the Farmer, who. anticipating success
to the Manufacture of Wool has extended his
Hocks to meet its demands. We are conscious
that the fate of the Wool Grower attends that
OF the Manufacturer: without protection to
the latter, none can be afforded to the f,riAer
The farmer, however in asking a well regulat-
ed duty on his Wool, claims no unprecedented
favor at your hands The protection iorded
to other great staple commodities Of Agricul-
tnre, by duties, is greater than he asks for his
Wool. He win be content to enjoy, with his
brethren of the south, a protection even as
beneficial ds that on their Cotton ar Rice, with
out presuming to aspire to such an eminent
degree OF favor, the Planters of Tobacco or
the Sugar Cane, who protected by duty
of sogeaty fire. or one hundred per cent.
Goverument was instituted. not for one
class, but t,r the CONNIE good for the protec-
ton, safety, prosperity and happiness of all the
people" Equal protection alike is due to al
branches of domestic Industry and when it is
denied, your Memorialists bold to say,
that the object for which Government was in
sttuted is defeated.
Your Memorialists, in making this appeal.
are not dictated by spirit of selhshness alone,
or actuated by motives ofpersonal favor, or in
dlvidual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. In preferring their
request, they are not conscious of asking :.
boon inconsistent with the coed Of the whole
country. The Royal Governments of Europe
do not withhold from their subjects the protec-
ton we ask 70 secure to their subjects the
fruits of their hard-earned industry, is with
them .1atter of national policy We cannot
believe that our Republican Government is
less able, or those who represent it are less Wig
liant and willing to promote the glory and pros
perty OF a free people
Is not the eighty or an hundred millions OF
capital, invested in the Woollen Business. q
matter of national moment and concern? Is
! not the policy Of protection as apparent here
as in other branches ofdomestc industry? We
need but recur to our last war for an answer
| How painful, how Illuminating to every feeling
son Of America, the recollection of the priva-
tons and suferings enduredby our soldiers for
( the want ofclothes and blankets National In
dependence is a blessing and should be the
! pride and boast Of every American CITIZEN
/ But the policy that places our comforts and
conVeniences, and even our physical necessi-
/ ties, at the mercy of foreign supply, is an 10.
! noaInious dependence that no form of govern
/ ment, however excellent, can alleviate or con.
/ ceal
4 What does England receive of the product,
of the Northern or Western States in exchange
/ for her Manufactures Nothing, Except il
cases of necessity when supply cannot be oh
tanned from her own dependencies. She ha.
I shut us out of her colonial ports she prohibits
/ our lumber, bread-stuifs, and provisions In
deed we have no products that will be taken
/ for her Manufactures Where is the wisdom
Of the policy, that thus permits our citizens to
( be borne down and impoverished 6y a trade
/ in which there is no reciprocity, no exchange
! Why should the regulation Of our markets be
/ Tins transferred to FOREIGN hands ?
/ Your Memorial;sts are not disposed to dwell
on the distress of the Growers and Manufao-
\ turers of Wool, or to portray, with an embel-
1 lished hand, picture of their embarrassment
mote lively than'the reality The iuctuaiion;
1 of foreign competition have obliged the Man.
ufacturer Of Wool to make great and une2am-
I pied sacrifices. The large inportations Of
I Woollons while they have reduced the value
4 Of the American fabric, have had correspond