Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-12-09

the profits of agriculture iA
western portions of our IIn y
and temporary. 1t NAV c a~a
single year. 1t may be, a. ANY
experienced in the reyoln,;a %
the first Of several scantv S Sas
sion. We may consider i y
the approaching year, it b s.'I
of large amount to the valus
and that it will produce = o "
crease of importations. ~ Iva
confidently be foreseen, tbs,
1899 will equal, and probaSis
of 1928, and will afford IL:
tinguishing ten millions rn ny
cipal of the publick debt '''
This new element of n,,.
part of our agricultural in5dna,,l
cupied in producing the first y
subsistence, is of the mostsIa
ter to the feelings of patrios'
ing from a cause which bum,'
with concern, the sufferinaa
distant lands, it yields a c On
ton that this scarcity is in na''
table to us. That it comes 4
sation of him who ordaiur
and goodness, and who ne,
only as an instrument Of IN
from contributing to this scar
cy will be applied only to the
its severity /; and that in pOunl
the abundance of our own AL
plies which will partially re,'
those who are in need, we 4
reduce our stores, and add /.
our own bread, so as in some
ticipate in the wants which
good fortune of our country I,
The great interest of an
commercial, and manufactur,.
so linked in union together M
nent cause of prosperity to on.
operate without extending IL
the others. All these inter-
under the protecting power h
tive authority and the dute,
sentative bodies are to coDciA
harmony together. So far as
taxation is to raise a revenue /
ing the debts, and defrayine 4
the community, it should as I'M
suit the burden with equal bsnl
proportion with their ability !
without oppression. But the !
one nation is sometimes inteu|
to bear heavily upon the inter
That legislation, adapted, as II
be, to the special interests Ofj
will often press most uneOu|
several component interess
bours. Thus, the Legislation !
ain, when, as has recently \
adapted to the depression Of |
will naturally abound withng|
terdict upon the productions l
industry of the other which d
tition with its own; and will n
agement, perhaps, even bound
material of the other State, Vi
produce itself, and which is 4
use of its manufactures, conpI
markets of the world with It'd
mercial rival. Such is the I'd
mercial Legislation of Grea
bcurS uPou-our interests. Il
interdlcting duties, all impur|
in time of approaching faminel
staple productions of our Mid
ern States /; it proscribes, wild
the bulkier lumber and live stO.|
portion, and also Of the NORTH
ern part of our Union. ItrsiI
rice of the South, unless asru
charge of duty upon the Non
who brings it to them. Bet i
dispensable for their looms, lie
almost duty free, to weave il
for our own wear, to the destr
own manufactures, which the
thus to undersell. Is the !
energy of this nation.so help;
exists, in the political instIl
country, no power to counlerl
this foreign legislation? that
grain must submit to this excl
foreign markets of their prod
shippers must dismantle theirs
of the North stagnate at the
the manufacturers starve at
while the whole people shall
foreign industry to be clad ms
that the Congress of the Unlo
to restore the balance in favo
dustry, destroyed by the statu
realm? More just and more
timents will, | trust, prevail
adopted at the last session Of
be found by experience 10 be-
upon the interests of any one
Union, it ought to be, and ! Il
so modified as to alleviate it;
the voice of just complaint RI
of their constituents, the Rep
the States and the People v
away their ears. But so long
the foreign shall operate ont
upon the domestick article
er, and the merchant, and the
the husbandman, shall be fOu
their occupations under the
for the protection of dome
lures, they will not repine
perity shared with themselve
low citizens of other PROBES
nounce as violations of the @
deliberate acts of Congress
the wrongs of foreign laws
dustry of the Union. VIII
the last session of Congress
of legislative deliberation, it
some Of its opnosers that one