Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-19
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For the PHI cnix Gazette.
To the Representatives. from Virginia in
the Congress Of United States.


GENTLEMEN: Another objection urged against
the fsrther extension Of the protecting system,
is, that il will destroy our commerce and nari-
CATION, and diminish our revenue. II by tins
is meant, that i, will Gu, off The excess OF our
imooria,ions over our explorations, dispense
with that portion Of our navigation deriving
employment from this excess, and take from
the revenue so much as is now paid out OF the
capital instt ad Of the income of the country,
must beg leave to doubt, whether It will be do
ing US any very great dissersics.
Virginia, Gas | have shown in previous
number annually imports aud consumes, Of
foreign products, Ss,ooc,ooo more than she
paws for by her exports; and Is, OF course, SO
far annually reducing her actual capital II she
were an entirely independent State, would any
measure, putting stop TO this rejection. be
deemed unwise, merely because i, involved a
diminution Of her imports and her navigation,
and of the revenue Of her government? Would
il not, on the contrary, be viewed as mt ASSURE
of prudent and mt cessary rstreuchmenT
But our own experience, as well as that oil
Grea. Britain, has demonstrated, th-t the pros
lection Of domestic industry, instead Of dimin-
ishine, actually contributes to the increase Of
commerce, Of ma ,igaion, and OF resenue; Tor
while, on the one hand, 1t excludes the specin>
article protected, il creates, on the other, de-
maud Tor great variety of new articles and
f,,r;sbe. in the increasing wealth Of the eoan-
900. ,t- mean, ef rs---s:cy;-o - i--'
.ovsrru, projection, her domestic eAIN''' Us.
e. slA6 900, 900 in 1914. 10 sSl $1,000
Issl, Being an increase OF S6e,ooo,o'o ID II
Gears. or S6,ooo,ooo per annum.
In The United Safes our domestic exports
for he two years preceding the 'ar'h oil 'e24'
r,iz 1922 aud 1925, amounted t. S97,o2s'48s'
L.,s,s under the operation oil that 'ar'H III
1903 and 6, they amounted to 1l2o,ooo'4'''
hs;rg an increase Of upwards oil oll'"oo''"o
arrum. The product Of the customs too,
in these several years, was as follows:
In 1892, sH',os''ol
1898, lsVo''4'o
,o,z 2O,09S7lS
,s,e 23.525.475
,,d our tonnage, which wSs in 1928, 1896 sos,
ros. in 1925 TO l,423.lll Whence then the
;d,. an,rehrnsion, that the protect ting system
necessarily involves The destruction oil COM
MERGE, navigation and revenue!
Bu, our frieuds from the cotton growing
s,.,.s comnIain. that however the system may
o,.r,,e for our benefit, its adoption Will DE at
tended with very great risk 10 them, and may
ros.;bI, lose them a ma, ket for the whole a.
moun, Of their produce (S27, 100000 now ex-
nor,ed to Europe. s ould such result AZ
t,an, occur. it would doubtless be mater o'
very sincere regre, 10 every part OF the Union
Bu, submit 1t to the candor and hberaIi'y oil
those most deeply concerned, whether the mere
a,nrehrns,on of such effect on two millions
of our population, ought 10 be expected TO de-
ter the remaining seven millions from adopting
measures, not merely calculated 10 promote
their prosperity, bu; absolutely essential &c
some of them from destruction!
Our Southern friends export S27,ooo,ooo o
domestic produce, and consume, in return, a
bou, s. 900 900 of foreign importa,ions. We
on he contrary, II mean al the rest OF tn
Union) consume $4,000, 900 Of foreign com
modi,ies, while We are re,eptrd by foreign re
gulations from exporting, in paymen, for them
more than $4,000, 900 And vet we are urged
nav required, as ma,,er of justice, and some
times Under the heaviest Cenunciaiions agains
the Union itself, 10 continue This ruinous trad,
this enormous and unequal Consumption, in OF
der that cotton, and indigo, and rice, may
sure Of finding q marke, in Europe.
Blu, a little reflection, ii seems TO me, woul
satisfy the cotton growers themselves, that the
are not less interested than We are, in MAINTAIN
ing ami encouraging the manufactures Of ,he
own country. Great Britain now furnishe
,he prin, ipal marke, for their cotton. So lon
As IT'S ma nufaoiure con,inses 10 be to her, as
present, source Of most enormous profit, All