Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1829-01-03
PROVIDENCE, ATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1899.

al tho mechanic arts which supply the other primary
wants OF The community. The time has been, when
many OF these were derived from a foreign source,
and some ofthem might relapse into that dependence,
were the eDcour .emen { TO the fabrication OF them
at home Withdrawn. But, ~ all foreign sources
must be Liable to interruptions too inc convenient to
BIO hazardej, a proviient policy would favor an in
tcrnal and independent source, as a reasonable excep-
ton to the general rule Of consulting cheapness
alone.
advanced in Tho prerequisites for a particular branch
Of manufactures, that this. If once brought into cx's-
tenco, would support itsel; and yet, unless aided in
its nascent aid infant state, by public encourage
inent and a confidence in public protection, might
remain, II not altogether, for q long time unsitempt-
ed, or attempted without success. Is not oar cation
manu- iactore u fair example! However favored by
ala advantageous command Of tho raw material, and
a mach merry which dispen3es in so extraordinary .
proportion with manual labor, /, is quite probable,
that without The Impulse given by q war emitting oil
breign supplies, aud tho patronage Of an early tariff,
1t might not even yet have established itself; and
pretty cer;ain, chat IL would be TAT SHIRT OF the pros
porous condi ion which enables it tn face, 10 iors,gn
markets, The fabrics ola nation that dehes aii other
competitors. The number must 10 small, that would
now pronounce this manufacturing boon mol 10 have
been cheaply purchased by tho tariff which uursed II
Into is present maturity.
D. Should il happen, AZ has been suspected, 10
be an object, though MT ofa foreign government IT.
sell, oil Its great manufacturing capitalists, TO sran-
gle in the cradle the infant manufactures OF Az sx.
lensive customer, or an antici lated rival, II would
surely, in such \ case, he incumbent on the suffer
ing party, 50 far 10 make an exception 10 the " let
alone" policy, as to parry the evil by opposite reg
ulaIions Of its foreign commerce.
3. Ii il q common objcciiontJ tie public encour-
agement o { particular branches Of Industry, that 1t
calls of laborcrs from other branches found to be
more profitable and the objection IL in general 4
weighty one. but il loses that character in proper
tion. to the efec, Of tho encouragement in attracting
ok iliul. laborsrs from abroad. Something OF this sort
has already taken place among sursslvss. ara much
more Of il Is in prospect; AND. - lar as II has taken
or may take place, it forms AZ exception 70 tho gss.
sial policy in question. '
The history of manufactures in Great Britain, the
greatest manufacturing nation IN the world, informs
us that the woollen branch, ill Of late her greatest
branch, owed both its original aud subsequent
growlhs TO prosecuted exiles. from the Netherlands;
and that her silk manufactures, now a huurishing
and favorite branch, were nut less indebted to emf.
grants flying from the prosecuting cdicts Of France.
IAnderson's History Of comnercc.1
1t appears, indeed, from the general history OF
manufacturing industry, that tic prompt and success
full introduction OF It into new situations. has been
the result Of emigralions from coun,ries in which
manufactures had gradually grown mp to a prosper
Gus state, as into Italy on the fail OF the Greek en-
pire from Italy into Spain and Flanders, oh the
loss Of liberty in Florence, and other cities; and
| from Flanders AID France, into England as above
no,iccd.-[Franklin's Canada pamphlet
In the selection Of cases here made, as exccp.
tions to the % 10, alont" Theory, none have been
| included which were deemed cou,rove'tiblc. And
il I have viewed them, or a part OF them only, in
,hoir true light, they show, what vas to DO shown,
that the power granted to Congress 10 encourage
domestic products by regulations Of foreign trade,
was properly granted, inasmuch as the power is, in
effect, confined to that body, ami may, who. exer'
ciscd with 4 sound legislative discre ton, provide
| tho hottcr far Tho sAlety aud DfosDerity oil the Ma
tI0n.
With great esteem and regard.
JAMES MADISON.
JOSEPH T.. CABELL, Esq.