Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-12-04

upon the productions OF the sell or IA
dustry Of the other which come IN com
petition with its own, and viii present
encouragement, perhaps, even bounty,
to the raw material OF the other state,
which il cannot produce itself, and which
ia essential for the use Of lis manufac-
lures, competitor. in the markets Of the
world with those of the commercial rival
Such is the state Of the commercial le-
eisIation o. G.. b. as it bears upon our
interests II excludes, with intsrdicting
duties, all importation {except in time
of approaching famine) Of the great sta
DIE productions of our Middle aud Wes-
tern States; il prescribes, with equal
rigor, the bulkisr lumber and live stock
of the same portion, and also Of the
Northern and Eastern part Of our Onion.
II refuses even the rice of the South,
unless aggravated with charge of duty
upon the Northern carrier who brings it
10 them. But the cotton, indispensable
for their looms, they will receive almost
duty free, to weave il into a fabric for
our own wear, to the destruction of our
own manufactures, which they are ena'
bed thus to underSell. Is the self pro-
tecting energy of this nation so helpless
that there exists, 10 the political institu-
tons of our country, no pswer TO coun .
teract the bins OF this foreign legislation?
that the growers of grain must submit to
this exclusion from the foreign markets
of their produce; that the shippers must
disman.Ie their ships, the trade of the
North stsgnste at the wharves, and the
manufactures stsrve al their looms while
the Whole people shall pay tribute to for
eign Industry to be clad in = foreign garb;
that the Congress OF the Union are i'm
potan, to restore The balance in favor of
native industry destroyed by the statues
Of another realm? More just and more
generous sentiments, will, trust, pre-
vail. IT the tariff adopted at the last SEES
sion of Congress shall be found by expe.
rience to bear progressively upon the
interests Of any one section ofthe Union,
it ought 10 be, and cannot doubt will
be. so modified as to alleviate its burden.
To the voice of just complaint from any
portion of their constituents, the Repre-
senta,iyes of The States and People will
never turn away their ears. Butso long
as The duty Of the foreign shall operate
only as a bounty upon the domestic arti-
Gle - ahiie the planter, and the merchant,
ard the shepherd, and the husbandman,
shall be found thriving in their occupa-
tions under he duties imposed for the
protection of domestic manufactures,
they wilt NOT fepine at the prosperity
shared with themselves by their fellow
citizens Of other professions, not de-
uounce, "a violations Of the Constitution,
the deliberate acts of Congress tn shield
from the wrongs nt foreign laws the
native industry Of the Union. While the
tafltf of the last session al Congress was
subject Of leg slatiye elaboration, ii
was Forstold by some og its apposers that
one Of rs necessary consequences would
be to in,pair the revenue. ftis yet too
soen to pronounce, with confidence. that
this prediction was erronsous.--Ehee OBJ.
sfruction of one avenue Of trade not I'M
frequently opens an issue to another.
}he consequence OF the tariff will be to
increase the expectation, and to diminish
the importation OF some specific articles.
But bg the general law Of trade, The in
crease of exportation Of one article will
be followed by au increased importation
sf others, the duties spon which will
supply the DEFICIENCIES, which the dimin-
isbed importation would otherwise occA-
sion. The effect of taxation upon reven.
ne can seldom be foreseen with certain
ty. II must abide the test of experience.
AS yet no symptoms of diminution are
pereeptible in the receipts Of the Trea-
suty.-As yet, little addition of cost has
even been experienced upon the articles
burthened with heavier duties by the last
tariff, The domestic manufactures sup
plies the same or kindi ed article at a
diminished price, ana the consumer pays
the same tribute to the labour of his own
countrymsa. which he must otherwise
have paid 10 foreign industry and toll.
The tariff Of the last session was, in its
details, not acceptable to the great inter-
est of any portion Of the Union, not even
10 the interest which il was specially in
tended to subssrve. It's object was to
balance the burdens upon native indus
try imposed by the operation of foreign
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