Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-23

Resolved, That the following gentlemen to-
..,h.r win the chairman and secretaries, be
anpointed delegates TO attend the National
Cnnyention. to be held at Harrisburg on the
so,h of July, viz:
EIeazer Lord, Peter Sharpe and Efiaghsm
Lawrence, of the first district.
lanes Talmadge, Robert Dennistop and Alb.
raham n. Schenck, Of the second dls!riet.
Jacob r. Van Rensselaer,, Samuel VI. h"p-
kins and George Tibbits, OF the third district
Samuel Young, David Russei a"a N''"a'a
Reese, of the fourth district.
Ebenezer B. Sherman, John b. iates anu J.
Brown, of the Fifth district.
Alyan Stewart, Peter S. Smith and George
Nc Clure, Of the sixth district.
Victory Birdseye, Enos I. Throop and Fran
els Granger, Of the seventh district.
Elisha b. Strox Philip Church & Cyrenius
Chaplin, Of the lh district; >
Resolved, tn the laws of Congress Lave,
from the first, assumed the principle, that re.
venue is so to be levid as shall most encourage,
ar least impede, the various branches OF com
mcrce aud Of internal industry; that inns prln'
chile m az be and ought 10 be carried out to 3
more full and extended application; and that to
enact laws in disregard OF these interests would
be an undue exercise OF power.
Resolved, That the laws OF the United States
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navigation, manufactures and planters, against
The Exclusions, monoplies, regulations & boun.
ties of other nations, have been the main source
of whatever prosperity this country has enjoy
ed.
Resolved, That this convention disclaim eve
nv idea of supporting sectional or partial int.
rest Of anv kind; that we claim the benefits OF 4
| common interest with the merchant and the
| plapter, and the reciprocities which tend to &C.
ment our union with the West and the South;
that we ought TO maintain no interest adverse
10 them; and that we advocate no measures but
such as we believe are calculated to make our
national independence more perfect, and 10 add
to the common good Of our common country.
Resolved, That the commercial intercourse
between this country and others, subjects US TO
a disadvantage in the competition with nations
which are older, more improved, and more
wealthy than ourseves-that this inequality
drains our resources as fast as they are created,
and keeps us comparatively poor; and that we
ough, to have the benefit of such system as
shall give US an equal chance in the race OF i'm
provement, of prosperity, and OF national pow
err and glory.
Resolved, That Agriculture, Manufactures
and Commerce are social pursuits, and flourish
best in the society Of each other; and that equal
protection by the government Is due to each
Resolved, That as wool and the woollen trade
were the principal foundation Of the prosperity,
first Of the Netherlands, and afterwards Of Eng
land, SO the people Of the northern and middle
states ought TO look TO the same article as an
unfaiIng source Of wealth to their agricultural,
manufacturing and commercial interests.
!, Resolved, That whilst we cheerfully submit
to laws which when directly or indirectly pro-
mote the interests Of the whole community
whilst we approve Of the protection which the
government has afforded to the protection Of
sugar; whilst the protection 10 the manufacture
oil co11on, me s'aPio ssow,h sf large southern
, territory, produces an annual home market for
more than $4,000 bales of that article, and
thereby prevents that great surplus from re-
ducing in the foreign market the exchangable
value OF the whole crop, We cannot but regret
the zeal with which portion of our southern
brethren oppose protection to other essential
interests, embracing vastly greater territory and
population
Resolved, That whilst we approve Of the IL
beral expenditures which are annually making
out OF he national treasury for the protection
OF commerce by maintaining navy, suppress
ing piracy, and supporting ambassadors in To-
reign countries, we regret that so little has
been done by government to promote the inte
rests OF agriculture, and create home market
Ia the northern, middle and western states,-in-
terests which vitality affect three.fourths Of GU.
population.
Resolved, That lnasmuch as the staple aeri-
cultural products of the south, to wit, cotton,
tobacco and rice, are admitted into the ports of
Europe without competition in their produc-
ton, in that par. Of the world; and while both
competition and prohibitory laws operate 10
exclude from European market the bread
stufs, provisions and manufactures of the nor
therh' middle and western states, we deem it
unkind in our southern brethren to opnose The
passage Of laws which are calculated to create
a home market for our agricultural productions
and TO promote our national wealth and pros.
perity.
Resolved, That to encourage the growth and
manufacture OF wool, would afford a great re-
liei TO the depressed condition Of our aericul.
'urai interests, by attracting a much larger
portion OF our capital and labour to the growth
and manufacture of,hat article, and by creating
a, home market for the surplus productions Of