Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-07-27
THE VsRGANIAN.
,yNCHBURG, JULY 81, 1929.
poIicv ofprotecIing Manufactures.

VPft aDle essay
vos on the policy of protecting Domestic
Manufactures, is contained in our columns this
.,;,r Tn. reputed writer is Professor
r,cts, of the University of Virginia, formerly
., this Town. He places the subject, we tn lax,
:; vsrv fair point OF view, by showing where
:, hath Tariffites and, Anti-iarIiiiies have er-
red in pushing their respective theories too
q, While the Arguments OF those who con-
..,I far The free trade" principle. il adopted,
,vould NECESSARILY lead to the removal OF all,
oveo the slightest, restrictions, on the pfoduc.
,;ons and fabrics Of foreign countries, aud
,.race the foreigner by the side of our own clt'-
.aos IN the other hand, the doctrines of the
res,rctionsts if carrid to the length which
many of the advocates OF heavy duties on i'm
,o,ts have recommended, would lead to a sys-
com of entire exclusion aud prohibition. In
this as in most other matters, we apprehend
that the true and safe policy OF all countries
lies between the two extremes. Neither re-
move all restrictions, nor impose such duties as
will amount to a prohibition. This case may
be fairly illustrated by the policy of individuals
fol, after all, we are of opinion, that nations
NAV derive from individual cases, lessons in p"-
,itical economy far more just in their application
& more useful in their results than from all the
oages of learned lore which have been devoted
% the examination and calculation ofthe true
principles of the science. For example
49, farm a laIp6
farm, and raises a much greater quantity OF the
products of the earth than are necessary tor
home consumption: the latter devoies his time
and labor 20 the manufacture OF cloths,
and other necessaries which farmers are com
PEELED to purchase. Suppose, however that b
not only demanded tina, A should furnish hlm
with his agricultural products al far price
but should, in addition, impose heavy charge
for permitting A to cross bis Threshold Would
not A be most consummate Ounce IL ne con
senied to pay this additional charge, without
demanding an equivalent from for taking his
manufactures in exchange And if b pertna.
cinusly refused to consent TO this fair & reel pro.
cal demand of A, would it not be the policy OF
A, dictated by a sense of wrong inflicted upon
him by his neig hbor, as well as by the law OF
selfpreseryation, 10 divert a portion of the
labor which had been hitherto employed in pro-
ducing more of the fruits of the earth than were
necessary for home consumption, to the manu-
featuring Of fabrics which he had been compel
led to purchase on such unfair aud unequal
terms Ii seems TO us that such is the common
sense view of the subeci-however it may con-
fict with the theories and speculations oil Ad
am Smith and his disciples of the I" free trade
school, IL this be The correct view, is il moi
the policy aye, aud the imperIous duty, like
wise,-of the United States, al this time, to
protect her manufactures by the imposition OF
heavy duties on British fabrics We are in the
situation of A, producing more from the soil
than we can consume at home, which must rot
III our barns and fields if we cannot find a for
eign or create a home market. Great Britain
is the overbearing B, who acts towards us as If
she were comforting mighty favor when she
consents to take our bread-stnffs TO feed her
starving population-who absolutely shuts her
door in our face when by" grinding the faces
of her poor" they are barely enabled to keep
soul and body toge,her-and who imposes the
most burdensome duties even on articles of our
produce which she cannot raise herself This is
our principal foreign market, which, subject o
SO many and such great fluctuations, depending
on the caprice and the interests of Great Brit.
ltuuu hac Ennt md will couinua m Lan
our merchants and farmers in state of inquie-
tude and uncertainty, aud sabec them TO great
risk and frequently to inevitable and ruinous
losses. Under these circumstances, ace must
create home market, by diver,ing portion Of
the labor which has been hitherto employed in
agricultural pursuits, to the manufacturing of
such articles as shall place us on an equal foot.
ing with our adversary, which, as an indie
pendent people, we of right ought to be-"
In the course of the Nos. the publication of
which we have commenced this morning, il is
clearly shown that the Southern States possess
every element of a great manufacturing PEG ..
pie; and the principal argument heretofore ur.
ged against this assumption, 10 wit, the unprof-
itableneSs of slave labor in such pursuits, is very
Satisfactorily refuied. Wehope thatthe arguments
brought forward will be carefully examined and
deliberately 4 candidIy weigh ed by the farmers
10 whose interests they so emph atical, refer.
Al IS clear that strong effort will be made at
Tie next session of Congress- supported, too,
" all the weight of Executive influence, to
repeal the system of protecting duties, AUD to
'0ueduce again that policy of the free trade
advocates which means nothing more nor less
man this, that zoe are TO afford an open market
tut Inc fabrics OF the = great VIC rk-shop of the
"ofid' as Great Britain has been aptly styled
while she is 10 impose such duties, amounting