Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-21

portance 10 the risng generation and pasterity
and with the hope that some aher pens may
iend their and in so good cause.-The. Cause Of
Learning--of Virtue-an of Liberty
PaILoM
Sept. 10th, 1929.
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TIE TARiFF-N0. 3.
MIR. Jefferson's Report on the Fisheries in
1875, is believed TO BE- one of the ablest STATE
Papers ia existence. We shall make "A few
summary extracts from il, showing the policy
which England pursued towards us. aud the
measures Mr.. Jefferson recommended To Cnn-
press, as retalia,ory. lie informs us, that. nj
the commencement Of the revolution. we had
upwards OF 80 vessels and more than 1000
men engaged in the fisheries that. during the
war the business being suspended, aud Eng
land eager 10 monopoIse, encouraged her peo.
pie engaged N that pursuit by bouuIies aud
every other means they could devise and
when peace was restored they levied "A dutv ri
So per ton, on our oils aud added Oh their
own IA bpnnty 1t about nina doiiars, making
a diiIrl ence oi 81 dollars per ton in favor OF
her own. This measure excluded all our con-
moo oils from her ports aud our fishermen.
thu deprived ut a market, were lett without
the means Of subsistence. Indeed, ihey we're
prpparing - scCep, Of the insia,Ion given
them. in 1856 by England 10 place I'm,
selves under me- guidance, where they would
find 4 rea L. ns ket for their products. an the
same bounty aud remuseraion wih those oil
her own subjects. Frame saw the danger vi
permitting many thousands oil The best std
men N he world 10 be transferred Ia power
already TOO strong, aud who would carry NJ
them "a art almost exclusively their own. Al
hls crisss, LAFAYETTE wrote To ston, TO DIS
suade The ifs tetmen rom Their purpose unti
he rou Al ascertain what France wouid do I
Them. la the mean time a vessel had arrived
from Halifax take oil those WHO we're really
10 90 Two f,nilles had gone On board, and
others were preparing 10 do %, when The letter
arrived aud prevented the rest ifom going on
board, and me yess returned 20 HALIFAX.
HE fr nch GoVernmtnt repeated the duies
on ipfeign oils, aud opened market for all a.
fhprs h uaiu inmed aiely avalied herself Of
ave opportunity aud GRABBED her people, by
al2h h,ua les aud ndenin fcaiians, To under
soil Tie Ameri ans IN the freuch mar kets, a1d
J pouring Ia all their Pr ducts with tie Anefl'
cans soon BlHttei tue markets al ~ very 10"
price Therefore, (says Mr.. Jefferson) our
pHope, having 10 compete with foreigners, sup
ported bv kauu'ies and indemnlfcations, nrr
tusdy euttIeG 60 TIE AID of govern ment in their
Bs eeations without which they are nnahs 10
Q 90 ne hem md he recommends "a remission
of dutics o. those articles used IN her calling,
+pd also Cnuntervailing duties. Eng Land, ito
was opr rrircipal competitor, While imposing
duty Of 1872 per ton 90 Our oils, WIS brIng ng
her INTO our ports 10 be- re-shippcd, trapdn-
J. MY, under our flag, for otter ports. whtieh
cnud not enter under hef own. Her mex step
was, without any change IN the Law. II give II
a neN constfuc'ien. winch pIohlb'ted Oh sp.r-
mace6 uis, in America bottoms hut, beng
met upon heir own principles, they lost n"
lime IN constrIing the Law nace again, hni
our oll- werr AGAIN recnivrd uudrr the t"fner
dn ips Of So per ton. This IS British magma
nimify, o highly ex,uIled 10y the knghl o.
Roanoke the SOuth tafolina Cooper, the Hart
ford Convention, aud other mNiliar'es, who
are cmuIou, of ibbon nom the Cont of
St. james. Mr.. ] llr,sop, however. differs
from these Magii, aud give it A. his deliberate
opinion, thai the measur OF Englnnd ough' 10
be retaated , AMI, through his Interyentio on,
not only the interests of The fishermen have
been thus secured, 5nt bounlIts ia addition
Heresn Wers odded by Congress, and ssed
into law which WAS supported aud c"nlInu-
ell ~ Mr jefferson under his administration.
Add are not farmers aud mPch4nIcs equally rs
necessary and uselel 10 "a nation as fishermen
MIR J. f-tson thought all classes were eniitlcd
to protection Russia, Prussia and England,
severally, encourage at kind OF mechanical tu-
siness by premiums, bountes and indemnhca-
y
them Successlully to stand up against the man
1ctnrcs Of all otnrr countries. in addition
10 hIeh restrictive system, with many Probi-
aiton VIII ch undoubtedly is the bfsilpolicy
ina any country can pursue IN order 10 he
come Independent and happy.
Bat. here is another view of the subject in
avor OF encouraging manufactures, hat goes
10 remove an objection which has heretofore
been esteemed neon royeriibte, because no
u .a,si as
to substaniate or inyalidate II. Mr.. Colqu-
honn, " no ranks among the most eminent STA
lIstical writers Of Europe, has lately given a
liable, showing he whole populatipn contained
in eyley county in England, with the number
of the off nders in each county, and also oi tile
pauperS, accompanied with the following re
marks: From this statement II appears that,
contrary 10 the generally received opinion, the
number Of paupers in the counties which are
chiefly agricultural, greatly exceed those IN
the counties wherr manufactures prevail In
the former # these. the pauprrs are about IA
per cent. of the population in the latter only
The number of criminals 10 also consileIa
BIZ greater IN the agricultural counties but n
little reflection " III enable US In account for
this state "A things Idleness is a. much the
parent OF poverty and guilt as industry il OF
independence aud virtue. In the agricultural
districts there is a great portion OF the labor "i
women entirely lost, and much greater sill
of The younger people, and also OF the old AMI
in firm, who in manufactures, can maintain
ihemselvfs several years after they are unable
to wark IA m aud where the popnafion
is very dense, this is great annual saving To
each county" THIS furnishes another strong
argument IN favor OF the American system.
PLAIN SENSE.
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