The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-07-19

| BY our own experience. and that OF all oth-
er countries. This policy, partially adoPt'
ed as it has been, has increased, ana IS
greatly increasing our exports our I'M
| ports have had the same progressive IN
crease and so has our public revenue,
Look at the tables of orr commerce, end
you will see this to be the fact. book at the
| foreign ommerce Of England ,howimmense
| it is. Yet il is almost entirely sup ported
| by their exports: which exports, are Gre
ated almost entirely By themselves wlthln
themselves. Strike off the exports when
are created by themselves within them-
selves. and you reduce their foreign com
mcrce to a baggatelle not worth naming
Our merchants therefore are as Directly
interested in this policy as any one CLASS
ofour fellow citizens; for besides augment
ing almost infinitely to the n, the me ANS OF
their foreign commerce It Is opening 10
them new commerce almost INFINITELY
greater than tho foreign mean the DO
mestic comemrce. Great rs the foreign
commerce Of Great Britain is, their domes-
TIC is greater as fifteen 10 one, and our 90
mestic commerce, by the necessary elect
of this policy, would come much TO exceed
thn, proportion compared with our foreign.
The public revenue too instead OF ial'lng
off by this policy, would 60 on increasing
by it and besides defraying the annual
charges Of the government and paying OIL
the public debt would soon leave u sur
plus TO. every object Of national improve
meut.
But the benefit Of this policy, will be
greatest as Il ought "a be to the FARMER;
4 for the great capital, and by far the great
est of the country is its land and this pol
icy would bring this countless capital into
full ACTIVITY, and into state 81 the utmost
possible profit. This will he the necessary
effect of the immense market, which this
policy will create within ourselves, for ev-
cry species Of agricultural production.
This might be demonstrated would the
time pcrnt, by detail Of the process OF
It's npccssurr operation, tending rapidly to
I this roault. H. might he demonstrated toe
By is result IN other countries particu.
larly in that Of Great Britain. The annual
RENAL Of their lands s equal now to the
whole fec simple value Of them prior To
her adoption Of this policy; and the same
rapid rise in the market value Of onr lands
would be e,4 effect here. Jhls result | con
ceivc to be susceptible OF perfect demon
strstion
The design orthn meeting at Harrisburg,
=. to unite all the friends Of that policy in
as slopNrl:i :ioorc especially for two objects,
fpr which il - now more especially want
ed ramrly the manufacture of wOolipns
, and The growth Of wool. These are great
, objects OF nstionai industry aud ere wor
, thv of all The anxiety which they haVe eX-
cited. They are now lnnguishing and
l.. must perish. without the immediate inter
position # titis policy TO snye them. And
. | if they I'll. moro than an hundred millions
nf captq now invested in them viii be
iDst :snl this loss is nothing 10 the millions
- We lose by foregoing these sources Of IN.
tional wealth; these are incalculablc And
r. for what object DO ,~o inlict land = we ie'
!, fuse this pohcy We 20 irhictJ this loss up
. on our fellow citizens aud upon our coun-
: try? ? Why iur tbs objyct-to give the
: foreigner the market of our country. TIC
r favor foreign industry we leave our own to
! perish; we fotego great future and al.
: most h0uud'css market for ourselves, ond
J witLin ourselves 70 give our present mar
s ket. to other people o. othor countries I'VE
keep our own country from growing rich
that others may grow rich by lis al the eX'
pcnsc of onrs. Aud what nre wc to gc'
!, by these sacrifices To our whole country
and 10 every individual oft? Why this
we nre n cot worse goods Mt a higher
1 price, We nrC 10 rCt the privilege Of pay
ing tribute TO foreign countries; and o
! making oar own poor IS well as tributary
y this we ere 10 ret. Yes, this is the incvi
y table consequence; worse goods at higher
4 prices. If We will not secure the market O
. our country to our own citizens; and the
: national industry instead ofadvancing, viii
. become stationary if rot retrograGe.
For one thereof. feel myself much o.
. higed 20 tho spirited citizens Of PennSyl-
:, vania who have projected this meeting a.
t llar, ishurg its object has my hearty ap-
t probation and will have elsewhere as vel
/ as hero. MI the little support in my power
. tn give IT, believing it as do, to be an ob
. jcct involving the vital interest Of our com.
, mon country"
, Mr.. Chv reached his homo near Lexington
on the 9-th ulimo. A ,iondd public dinner
is annouuccd TO be given him.
-o<c--
. SUNDAY SCHOOI..--Wc were present
{ on Sunday afternoon last at the examination
of the Protestant Episcopal sabbath School
Society, in this town. This School has been
established about nine years, and Ike every
other institution Of similar kind has been
productive Of much good since its establish.
mcrt. II consists now or about eighty scho.
lars, composed Of children OF almost every
clGss-thc rich and the poor The sxnmina-
ton afforded tho highest satisfaction to all
present. The correctness Of their reading,
reciiing, ard or,hogrnphy. gave ample evi.
dence Of diligence and attention on their part.
which is truly worthy of emulation--and re-