The Litchfield County post., 1828-12-11

proSrFlbce WltD equal ukOur. the btiiklef
 lumber and lisr stock Ufihr same poriion and also of the northern and eastern part of our Union. It refuses even the rice Of the somIh. unless aggravated. with charge of duty upOUl the Northern carrier who brings it to Ihem.- But the cotton, indispensable for their looms, they will receive almost duty free, tO weav, it into a fabFick for our own wear. tO the de structiOnsOf our own manufactures, which they are unal,!e thus tO undeFstll. Is the self protecting energy of this natiIO so helpless that there exists, in the p0htical institutions of our country, n0 power to cOunteract the bias of this foreign legislation! that the grow CTS nf grain must submit to this exclusion from the foreign markets of their produce that the shippers must dismantle lhcIr shiI,s, the trade of the north stagnate at the wharves and the manufacturers starVe at their looms, while the whole people shall pay tribute tO foreign industry to he clad in foreign garb- that the congress of the Union are impOtent to restore the balance in favour of native in, dnstry destroyed ny the statutes of another realm ? More just and generous sentiments will. | trust, prevail. If the tariff adopted at the last session of Congress shall he found by experience. to bear progressively upon the interests Of any one section of the Union, it ought to he, and I cannot doubt will be, SD modified as to alleviate its hnrden. To the voice ofiust complaint from any portion of their rconstituents,the representatives of the States and people will never turn away their ears. But so long as the duty of the foreign shall operate Onlyas bounty upon the do- mestic article-whiIe the planter. and the merchant, and the shepherd, and the husband
 man, shall he found thriving in their respect i've occupations under the duties imposed fur the protection ofdomestic manufactures, they will not repine at the prosperity shared with themselves by their fellow Citizens of other professions, nor denounce as violations of the Constitution the deliberate acts of Congress to shield from the wrongs Offoreign laws the native industry of the Union. While the ta riff of the last session of Congress was a sub tl+ct of legislative deliberation, it was foretold ny some of its opposers that one of its nfces= sary consequences would be te impalr the re- venue. It is yet too soon t" prouonnce, with l confidence, that this prediction was erroneous. The obstruction of one avenue of trade not unfr+quently opens an issue to another. The consequence Ofthe tariff sill he to increase the exportation, and to diminIsh the importa- ton of some specific articles But hy the gen tral law Oi trade, the increase of expOrtatiOn of one article will be fol owed by an increased importation of others, the duties upon which will supply the deficiencies. which the dimin- ished importation would otherwise occasion. The effect Oftaxalion upon revenue can sell dom be fOresean with certainty. It must a. bide the test of fexperience. As yet no symp- toms ofdiminuti"n are perceptibe in the re- ceipts Ofthe treasury. As yet. little addition of cost has ever been experienced upon the articles burdeDed with heavier duties by the last tariff. The domestic manufacturer sup plies the same or a kindred article at dimin ished price. and the consumer pays the same tribute to the iabOur of his own country man. which he must otherw ise have paid to indus try and tOil of foreigners.
 The tariff of the last session Was in it's de- tails, not acceptable to the great interests of a.
 ny portion "f the Union, not even tO the inter est which It was specially intended to sub
 serve. Its object was to balance the burdens upon native industry by the operation of for
 rlgn laws; but not to aggravatr the burdens of one section the Union by the relief af
 fOrded to another. To the great principle sanctioned by that act. one of those upon hich the constitution was first laid, | hope and trust the authorities Oftht Udion W il ad- heres But if any of the duties imposed by the act only relieve the manufacturer by az gravatiug the burden of the planter, let a re
 isal of its prov is,ons, enlightened by expert tDcp of its effects, h. directed to rt tain those which impart protection |" natl. e.industry. & remove or supply the place of those which only alleviate one great interest ny the dr preston of another.
 The United States of America, and the in habitants of every State of which they composed, are each of ;hrm Sovereign Pow CTS. The legislative authority of the whole is exercised by Congress under authority granted them in the comnon constitutions The legislative authority Ofthe whule is exef cisrd ny assemblies deriving their authority from the Constitution of the State. Each is sovereign within its own province. The distri- button of power between them prepossesses these authorities will move in harmony with each other. The members of the State and General Governments are all under oath to support both, and allegiance is due to one and to the other. The case of a conflict between these two powers has not been supposed; nor has any provision been made for il in our in stitutiOns; as virtuous nation of ancient times existed more than five centuries ithout law fol the punishment of the crime of parri- eide. ..s rs#
 More than once, however, in the progress of our history. have the people and the Leg islatureS OfOne or more states, in moments of excitement, been instigated to this conflict and the means of effecting the impulse have been allegations that the act of Congress to be raSisteA Wpre nncOnsfitnfinnal sHhe npnnl.