Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-23
IN .4poiogy for the United States of .qmericu.
Printed a, Liverpool. in Pamrhsctl

the bar of public opinion necessarily Interested and
prepared for its condeunation these partc decla
i'ers accisc aud pronounce l"dg ncnt with athe Sc
Crity enjoyed by the clergy, who from their pulps,
ton isse their polenical aud political rcscripts with
vat fear OF contradiction; this is state OF discussion
calculated to generate errors, the evil consequences
Of which will, in the present state of the world attach
10 the pcorlc who cherish them.
The las, number OF the Edinburgh Review
tanls an Article manifesto against the American
Earitf, written III style which seeius require il
most probably obtains, implicit credit from the pco
pie oil this country. Nevertheless, tie article III
question may appear 10 the American people, Us
formed of inaPp!cuble common place arguments,
set with the appearance of new but obvious truths,
fchectng discrcdit upon those who are deemed TO
have had neither disccrnUient common sense
discover them.
:merlca is advised TO shane her course BIZ those
general principles originally founded upon the busis
Of all nations having free commercial intercourse
:. The world before them, where to choose" Ameri
"A happens to think that such course lcr part ,
MET by systems o selfish cXpGd!cEcy the part Of
other nations, would not rebound TO her advauta. "a;
that the Contrary, the adoption of ti,. ar:iiicu!
system of Europe is To the equilibrium and
ssunIc natural relative position with respect to her
former customers.
The reviewers gallop over fhc course upon infer
F'ccs dIAwn from premises which do not exist: tl,oy
talk OF bird re where no bridge Is he seen; and
While they acknowlcdg" AMI tcplorc the prlIirY OK
ample OF Engfand, they propose to meet tho second
I<:taliatory acts OF Anecica by further aggression
Upon her trade, thus saactionng aud acknowledging
Is.
ride and condemn III others aud, III the spirit 81 Mr..
Canning, having the last blow as we'll az the first:
style OF British reasoning very general III this cnun-
try when England is concerned. During the late
war, tue usual justification offered for imprcssinc
American ciiizcps from under their uNli Guu and
thousands of miles without the Jurisdiction OF English
] iw, was but we lose sailors" This was CON
sidercd trium plant rcuta, ion OF ali arguments tend
ing to question the rights Of England violate ma
tonal sovereignty personal security and to transfer
She nconvenicuces of her voluntary bellgrrent
ton to neutral people In the present day il is con-
fdered that the interests of colonies, any de-
terminate interest want of the British Empire,
I'm uuanswcrab!c justification of am restrictions i'm
posed by England Upon the commerce of other rIl-
lions, it never being allowed that those nations arc
To have any Just interest to proyie for In similar
way, OF, what Is more important, that they are to
tse The necessity OF maintaining tue moral feeling of
their country by. resisting hostile commercial ug-
grdssous, which 1t Is stretch Of mag nation 10
suppose would, by suferancc, go increasing to
the extnguishment of commerce ITSELF by tie rapa-
CITY of those who stand i'll most need Of it.
The Americans are told that they misappy CAPT.
tal anu labor that agriculture should be their sole
object; that they have no business will. mapnflctu-
res, &c. In reply, it may be asked On the part OF
the American pcople-docs i, appear that there is
any deficiency il, the quantity of labor and capital at
Present employed in their agriculture? Do they moi
produce sufficient food for TIER consImptior
and the supply of all other markets to which they
Nave access! Would not; therefore, the accession OF
ihe people and capital at present otherwise occupied
together with the annual increase Of souls to
agricultural pursuits, be the destruction of capital
aud Asapplication of labor instead Of their profitable
employment? Congress was aware that an increas-
ing surplus OF produce would in time lover the price
of labor, and that the peasant would prefer the fac
tory to the plough when fou. fell to los. per barrel
But did no; think it prudent to wait for aud undergo
al the facilitating consequences Of TIE process
Jftiey have outstepped the point CO necessary pro-
lection to the gradual ealtht increase Of nanu!ac-
turing establishments this is error IN means, and
not principle, and will be corrccteJ unless,
indeed the tarilf is intended to manifest retaaturv
power in the United States in order to bring back
ether natious to OF Il common interest. a.
ncrca, twenty-eight years ago, before the country
gentlemen of England and the hdagos of Spain and
Portugal sought for high rents through monopoly
exported more grain and flour than she does now
with double the population and quantity OF land I'M
der cultivation Domestic manufacturing, fostered
Ivy protection, has taken OF the former surplus with
Size increased produce, and tended create those
villages, towns, and cities, which form the conccn-
trsted strength, the intelligence The points dappui
of countries and which cannot exist TO sufficient eX-
Cent without local employment, nome CSnsuup,ion
had expenditure in detail. WhJn foreign interest
Are spoken Of in this country, the changes arc runr
upon the tallacies Of the balance Of trade, &c. and
amongst other absurdtiGs modern professor OF po-
tcal economy has asserted, that the entire landed
income Of one country may be expended III other
countries without pre- uiice TO that from which ii Is
Drawn. The French armies lave, according 10 this
notable rcaaoning been mach hbc!lcd; contributions
winch they eNdCtCd roni conquered countries, could
not differ Ill their consequences from rents abstract
I'd forever. This pew light shows ireland, THE
Country i'll qucstiun) in tnc situation OF w est
lydia f5lend, inhabited by few oyersccrs and many
Slaves, whose situation is aineorate4l, who de
rive nothing but bare subsistence from the produce
Df their soil and labor. however great lis value. The
PLANTER Feycls III Bath or London, tntcics city
iEadesrngn with his expenditure, and susiaiUs AL
those middle classes necessary to the strength and
civilization of countries, while the poor slaves at Il
distance, who produced al, iniu.Ding ticr ahis
Of potatOcs'
Can stronger injtauc1 of the ntccssLy OF pro-
i.etron and local expenditure, Tor ncpant nanuic-
lures be adduced than this Ireland, in which
from its dense unemployed population and conse-
Oifent low wages manufactures might have been ex.
ccicd TO Aourish' So jar Groim ireland ucGnirinr
new manufactures, although in possession Of Eng
si machinery, NC, she Is every day dcsrjJilcd by
EuraId orpart Of the only nann3lLmTn Sic NAV hr