Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-01-02
Ven. IF.--No. 81.

.ian"seiar oaoe eaIaHshcd to lie proper limit Of
iIcse -pl scope enough VIII rcntn to- e,gn CON
.oEco -iagr Cg'suoait:e HAT ~ come inc denaud.
The "-'.'d for others :e' 81 !a increase q. inciea-
ing 'sc=h ut home cniiges t.e capacity 10 urcoute
10, ., aad appropriateness The ARTIFICIAL desires that
c'-Eo ;asn. ~ cath u huuc Increase, as MAJ
EuiH 1>iiuE iaor increasCs Roucy, as REPRESENTA-
"c".,a mast increase caJh year that witnesses
an increase IN the amount Of consunlaLie goods
mus witness Il pToportionate increase in the ries
dunn necessary to circulate them. These are
"Hits 100 Curious 10 BE dwell upon, and too inn
Toaai to n"tooa! prosperity obe drogaIded in p1ac4
tee. amongst thc branches of home industry desety-
10 sut stcnrc shelter clothing aud defence. It is
INTENDED oe tho pfesc0t occesiua, respectfully 10 c-
cHhnc' - The c"nsidcratCn OF Con@css AS chasing.
under o"o OF o;.er Of these primary leads, tue exre.
uency % increasing the present ducs--
!. Upon woollen goods, ard forcgn woo
: non fine COTTON goods
.. tpot- lar iroE;
:; N"cu hemp.
The 'ne that has PASSED since the ta.iG of 1896 hi.
been sufficient 10 Show, That the duties fixed hy il
r'H these articles, are not adequate the measure
Of success in producing them home which thcir car.
"''ai Importance merits chanec, tlEce 1924. in
The Laws o! Great Britain ~ gard TO hose first named
has also rendered almost ahoitivc the isious OF
lie tariff in their ayo". Il belongs tie purpose ~
tis report which loC;s to the oncon:a e,ncut of tic,
national industry III preference to any lbat to eien
here 10 state thai Tor period OF S. successive aaS,
ending with 1896, tie value Of wooieu goods and
cotton goods imported; into the United States from the
country just named, cNcett5 Que bundled millions q
dp!laTs; AM tie vaiue Of iron. Cntcun moI,s.---
During no- q these Yeas the Ivoc!!es exported frcr,
dat countiy 10 tbs exceeded Tie aaolri o! lSosc
ported 10 lie whote Of Europe put tcg ether FOR
TIC means o! exchange against UI foreign
manufactures so great, the United States have had
tlrne principal STRIPES Of their sol" wheat doar
to"aCCo. ana cotton. The first % these, tie
uy has by h"r Laws, positively iIua!iY excluded
d"1'nG the same period Of years ftom consumption
within her Gon'i'ons. The second siIo las admitted,
under duty OF more than six hundred &c. cent TIL:
third Size las received with little scguplc. She lss
known bow convert il INFO means ct wealth I, her
oWn Industrious people greater tha had ever before
in her whole annals, been derived from any sjp,ie
rOn,Iu,iity.
Tl,s she has Done first by working it mp for Der
acme use urnn tie Largest scale and next, by making
II suhse:vc ;c nIetest NJ her foreign trade. She has
sent II over al seas. wherever marker upened Int
chiefly back again - 10 he bought under Tie en-
laacements Of her labor, prices four and
i've lid Ihose which she paid Ia for il. Commerce.
upon The terms auestod upon such facts cannot ia
pronounced jest rs between the parties The convic-
Uon !sG"cPy entertained. that q best intereas of tie
naio" point 70 tie expectancy u reviewing correc.
ting species OF commcrc'ai intercourse uncGua.--
ua: Ac epp'caUle T. 5Jon, !!al the ,vooen cotton
end iiun goods, imported from AL other parts Of tho
void, dHT"g thC years indicated, found 20 Eo
INT "iaa. o0c akin pat 81 he Ya!uc Of those obtained
jon lie country whose lars AL wi!h edits OF T.
coH az "I;h such dsr'opOriicnaie tn'ics uPon ike
% -.ucp ,'.s rtri Sta'es: no, oUIy he articles
no"uuacl. In. T.o;c that might b. mentioned
he coapc'e establishment o! american inaaursc--
tu' - wool, Gotten, non, aHd Temp believed ta
De q r-ii 'b ?ctucni 30 q raic0 tie rrirci-
pa. materials FOR carry ing them on are al hand ar
caa.i &c commanded. The skin for irpaTtiug excel
lrn@e TO Them "o":d Gene al the proper time There
you'd be- war, oG hor; fch abundant :.ater
pa"e", vel artificial machinery. would eyetv
7herc be lending - assistance. Capital would 81,
.'und 10: inyostmont them II their establishments
hy The Immediate U';C'iJn e the laus, should ar
Grst, raise the al tie aIt;crs and for snccsssinr,
Of years, keep up, :o.ccas' locking TO the ~,
'"re rather then adapting al is calculations the
existing hour, 'Fauid not hesitate to embrace tie r,'
teet"g policy. Na6ons that woui1 found schemes og
solid and durable advantage, must be ready 70 DO s.,
o" hc pcri 81 temporary PrYa;i0n. IL Is the great
term al national, OF iGiiN dual srrriory and dis.
unviioH. 70 buy cheap Is not tic ONLY or ALWAYS III,
chef coed II IS for legislators, who fave 10 deaf
win tho practical interests OF inaI.ad to give 10 a-
straCt pr"po-i'ci'7 lhc necessary ,aiiaiiuus.
Considerations, higher t!an those present ,nercanv
tic gam, have often swaycd the couuses of naos.s:---
o' naous whose oHi, III dis ospeCi, ought not
lightly tO impCEn. auy mare dian can al all cues
un their long pre- cIGiucncc in prosperity. Need il
be said that Eun'ara had her laws protect her tom
mage for move than a century; during all wbci time
81" might lave employ Cd DE ontmge Of oilcr States
~ glco mitch heio" That II Which she built and sci
her uvu? Need be ,dicd shat results 20 bgr mast
':rs snd commercial s'@"y have lu,red fran Ter reso.
ipc perseverance, in those laws, Need be said thai
France conspicuous for positive as for NJ aatpssy ri
es, and comforts, and gogcr snI excludes from her
territory inbTCs that night trench upon the custom Of
her own workshops, in btancigs Of labor and ae be-
c@"d 70 he con3acivc n lc r@oDai resources Willis
t'r, confer. also thc mems Of Individual thrift S'a!
ine n'en' law Hi these t"G rrcnt States, at period
whcn thc} wee l1lTT foundations ri ;iCir raai!fcf-
ring ndUstr tc RECRUITED. ~! Tending &. foster il b,
inducements The cGiracirus- laws 10 io csseri
'al principle Of 'yhtc! ;hcy ssh in 90 many nstauccs
Systematically adhere Sbai, We cal TO recollection
especially, ibe ordinance Of NJ t'a'onne which ,nve,s
20 france aHiGCcts Gom al nations al'omipr t,crD
equal privileges w,h t"sr hcy enjoyed IN dor native
countries, and granting sm inimunssy i,~n duties
or 'ao Importation 90 o materials uaed IN Ncir mans
uiac'urce; nay e. cnIyuG tct ard heir work
men FROM all personal or og.cr taxcs, These with
. analogous illustrations rupnrous rs applicable
viii be iobOruc. too familiar 20 io rccapulated
The protecting laws to our own tonnage, our uwI,
chasing trace, fisheries, still Nv force. and
winch first raised up tho PROSTATE navigation Of the
United States t1ay srrorccdc ether references These
show how the Father ~ tho Kcriphs were afrake to
the wisdom Of other times ard other nations knowing
ho" TO make n their own. Their recorded upigous
attest That they we're equally awake the principle
o! encouraging manufactures in TIE broodcst sense.
u they did moi carry II farther into practice il is be-