Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-02
Re0,a,As om e Boslo,. Courier, rrollln OF .-eor,l

A''"'@'"S TON Ne Boston Courier lco,i6 y Of oe,p,
p , peruSai.
~. 10 PROVIDE and to oar own househod,o sd :,
,hey do nv, s % me And 1t is but small thing, when
ns o esA a,hs but mere employment, to give them the
OF employment foreign ma.,uactufers
fc, Of @ "a .e DAY are at variance with every kindly
@ VI our hae1c and would build their theories upo, the
rum OF those affections and duties which hold the ls,s o
civil LIE together ~ ~ -'U = s'''' VI
hese quotations stand at the close of an article in
Bell Weekly Messenger OF April 8 the writef of
which endGavors TO account for the 5ietress IN ,b
Manufacturing districts of Great Britain and which
ne Goes not Scrpie to ascribe mainly ;thouoh not on
,,mmeiy TO the Free Trade System of Mr Husksson.
l ne distress is not confined to the manufacturers
pat Is acknowledged to exist in all branches of adj
ne articles OF national produce principally ,yronuht
are liCn lead, and "copper" those most abundantv i'm
ported are colonial prodnce, foreign spirits Wine,
&C. and III all these trades it is said v;,out ono
single exception, great embarrassment exists"
we nave been frequently and sneeringlv foil with
~ t'.es or oUr years that the advocate of the Anne
,ca'i were welded to the antquated and ex-
piooed notions OF political economists whose,
were raise anu had been proved so bv the exncr;rro
Oh oreat Britain, and Mr.. IIuskisson, with his now
scheme OF commercial philosophy has baan 81
most "ofshipped and adored by the anttarif' wri
tefs ana orators of oar country The urnrc IN ~ :
same DeI Weekly Messenger lave on more tI,,'1
ole OCCASION furnished arguments and illustrations
ior The Free-T rde advocates OF this country 70 rnv
~ SECOND hahc that 1t was inexpedient and ahsuri
ioF our government TO pass laws for the F
manufacturers and wool growers and tia, ali hrob
ts OF trade ictt 10 themselves would ,Ian
Sc'wes. 1t seems that the weekly oracIc, Of Mr.
De" nave round out that tue Free Trade System has
not produced all the ADVANTAGES eyncted frIn, its ~
Grafton. BY the fostering care OF th, onvnrnI,apt
lhey say, silk grew UP TO be leadnr 1nnnui,c,nrn
anu almost staple Of NATURAL industry and weai,h
Il we uiu not eXpor! SO much vi the manufactured
commodity, our home consunption thou,rh con{;na
to fifteen millions, was larger than the c9T,Ir.i0'
OF the thirty millions of our ne;oLbors nnt M
manufacture has encountered a wo!ul and ,ucv,c.
Yea change; and IN the bitterness OF regret these ven
tienen ask, Whence is il: for il 1.-THE e;rl- ~
grew up under prohibition statutcs and L3 :;
spite OF the intcrioppg OF the snugg!er to yyho,,
Sucn PFohlOitions are always savory tenllatiou
Lh no less OF ulwi.lingness and sorrow thew fur
n'sli arepiy 70 their own question: aud this il IS
4e ''ep SchGe,s q coalrCiaL ,iasapfy has iar,eg Tho
seene,-ior no did the Fes 1rade system 2 ~
amongst us by The repeal Of tie protecting statutes han ,
The Genius Of Political Economy like the Geuiis o. I
SessG armed win all the instruments OF destruction as tes
had not the sy"+ IL m IL nad Fesece and famine if Il
"S much mischief Us II armed with al Llrce.
NOW we are Wiling, for once, to do what our op
pol'cl's Ha'e oisen done--uSc the testimony Of our
enemy 10 establish our own tavorite doctrines Gy-
cry posIion advanced by the writers in Bell in rote
renee 10 the trade Of Great Britain applies viii,
great propntty to the cotton aud wollcn ,nanufac
lures OF our own country. The argument is indeed
stronger m regard to our cottoAs and wollens for
tle raw materials ere native products-fbc raw,
SIX is imported for the British manufacturers Trnder
nst ana reasonable protection laws I'VE do not ask
,or Proeo'tgry statutes) the cotton and the woi!en
trade may flourish Sin spite Of the neropinos of tie
snugglcr;" but let the Genius of The free Tysde
system (most absurdly called) Of the Boston Anti
tariff Report ard the South Corojna Doliticai como
mlsts once gain the ascendency III our nat1ona lerz
lafure' and 1t will, indeed, lie the Genius of Evil.
arm SeI with all the instruments of dcstructicn the
peStIIehce ana The tanne, if not the sword 10 ovcr
throw the tor.orn manufacturers. Nor would the
manufacturers De alone the sufferers There is NOT
merchant noI slip-owier in the nation WHO would
not deporc the day wien our protecting laws should
De repealed. Destroy the cotton and wolen manu-
iactuFers OF New England, and tell US, ye Worship
PerS OF the Genius Of Free Trade. We spouters at
caucusses against the ''cupidity of manufacturers
e sP@SneTs of jurisdictions upon Rush and Clay and
ehster' how much of the shipping of Boston conld
find employment. We repeat the Sentiment os o,,r
motto-lt tie first principle of policy to proyide
ana to care Tor our own household-tu feed to clohe
and sustain them; The advocates of different pocv
are at variance with every kindly feeling of our mn
tre ana would build their theories upon the ruin Of
civil life topether ~ - '"~'' "