Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-20

less than ten years, prove most 10 tneir aa'ah-
,age Examine the resources o' ms country
i,s variety Of soil and climate, capable oil pro-
ducIng in any Gaantity, ali kinds ot Ma'ert"is,
either for manufacturing or for the supper, o.
life, consider, also, the genius ana unri'aiIro
enterprise gifts citizens; compare al! these pow
ers with the like possessed by Eng'ahd or any
other country, and the CONFUSION lrfeshuo'!
follows, that the manufactures OF ms land
whether encouraged o, not by legislative enact
III, MS, will in time, be exported 10 every mar
kes in the world, 10 lie diminution, and, per
haps in some instances, TO the exclusion Il
those in England This confident expectation
is brought up to support the policy OF non-re-
sric,ion, or self encouragemn; bur think 1t
is good argument 10 the contrary, Tor the
greater the surely of gaining this desirable end,
the less the risk in spending time and ploP'rty
10 bring it about; and he sooner thi, Is done
the sooner shall We be reaping the greatest ma
,ional advantage, that which has produt ed TO
Eneland all her wealth and power; OF which it
will DC no small qualification to deprive her by
honorable competition.
1t is true, that those Manufactures which
come under tn" restrictions, VIII cost consum>
ers more. for short time, than az prescott
bu, the object 10 be.ob'aned, places TINS IN
crease of price, far above The narrow basis OF
individual or sectional interest, and renders 1t
the same as a direct investment, oY every PR
son III the union, in great national Work, o'
which the manufacturer is merely the hired Ia
borer, and from which NAV be safely expected
return of an hundr d foId-hecause The re"
strIcling of lmporralalions canscrrtanly nave
no las,i ny inlu, nee over The price OF home
c,rt bp
merely to give them I starring impulse; Tree
and unlimited competition, the sure destruction
of he monopolzing prncip!e,will invariably
re gula,e the price bv the cos OF production;
and this must unqutstionabiy be reduced r"p-
idv 10 its minimum, by the extensive invest
ment of capital: and lis attendant faculties IN
all labour saving operations. Fur hermore,
The skill of our own connrymen VIII not only
be perfected, but we NAV rely on receiving
many Of the be,, workmen from Europe, who
will hasten here as soon as are in stua-
ion 10 give them constant employment. In
truth, they will be for ed here Ivy The conse-
ouent decrease of their business at home.
Thus shall we possess every means to degree
never yet equalled by any nation IT procuring
cheap goods Where, then, will be the bug"
bear OF monopoly? Truly where II is now, IN
non existence. unless we apply The term TO the
endless benefit occurring to all persons, as u
were from the little Investments which they
have made almost impercepubly In this case,
it will be na,lcnal monopoly, every opponent
Of which must o. COURSE be lost 10 the good Of
his country Who VIII not pay FIVE shil'Ings
mure for a coat nov, when he knows by that
mears, he will get on, a few years hence cheap
er. by as many dollars?
But the greatest advantage to agricullurisls
will be in the wide, constant anG convenient
III arket, which will be opened to them for the
princ,p ! part Of their produce. Besides, II i,
very p rtsin, that this mea,nrc cannot sensiby
.lIse. sasisr arodlee Which g9rs L. e4changs for
| tons Of the South, Cotton, Rice, and Tobacco
these will always find foreign purchasers, even
il those from whom we refuse 10 lake manu-
fac ,ured ar icles in return; for one plain rea
son: III y cannot get supply from other parts
Of the world a, as low ralc.-Hence the dou-
bic advantage Ia the SOU herners; who without
dis urbing their foreign markets, will secure
one a, home, &c. be clothed BY their ncig ,bors,
for considerably less than they now pay to
strangers. In a word, the cou"rry will gain
all The benefits IF uuilmi,ed division Of Iabour,
SO necessary 10 national YEA h, without the
participation of her countries. Move our
manufactories from Europc to our own towns,
and we shall reserve 10 our own use that por-
ton which is now 80 esgarly pockcied by E."
glIshmen aud Others. | imagine that he IN
te lisrnl men Of the South will not always be
blinded by visionary fears IF inrad d rights,
and oppose tn il own intercs and the IL in
trres, Of the nation, in vain attempts 10 avoid
what can never exist.