Delaware gazette and American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1837, 1830-12-14
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before az after the purchase Of the lndian
lands; nor can this Government add to or
diminish II.
May we net hope, therefore, that all
good citizens, and none more zealousl than
those who think the lntlisns oppressed BY
subsection to the laws Of the St,tes, will
unite in attempting to open the eyes OF those
children OF the forest to their true condition,
and by a speedy removal, to relieve them
from the evils, real or imaginary, present or
prospective, with which they be supposed
10 be threatened.
= Among the numerous cases Of congratu-
lation, the condition Of oar npot reVenue
deserves special mention, inasmuch as it
promises the means Of extinRuishing the
public debt sooner than W. anticipated, aud
furnishes strong illustration ct the prA,-
teal effects Of the present tariff upon our
commercial interests.
The object Of the tariff is objected to by
somc as unconstitutional x it is considered
by almost all as defective in many Of its
parts
iie n0serto impose duties or;gi aly be
sonReI To the 4ryelsl Sta es. htF.h Ia al.
just those DUTIES With view tn the encourage.
rent Ut domestic bi1uchss Of industry |, so
completely Incidental TO that pnweF, that .tis
difficult 20 Suppose the exi,tence OF the one
wlihVut the other. The SiaieS ha,e delega,.
ed iheiF xh0io au hurry over supports To the
General Government, NIthOut limitation OF re.
atrieiion, saving the very ineousiderabe resefya.
zion RELAXING to their inspection laHs = lhis
au'ho'lsy having thus entirely passed from tho
siaieu, the gut i1 exercise II iOI the purpose
OF ptOteciion dneE moi eJisi IN EN-, and, c0n'p
queRiiJs Il bs not p0sStBsed by the General
- an. Al
cal systsm v onld thus ~ esent the anomaly ol
= people Htripped OF the tight III Ets'er their
own iiisns'fy, aad 10 co,in,eraet the mas, Vel
fish and Destructive policy which might be
sdnptsd BY tOreign nations. This surely can.
not be The csse this indispensable pDwer,
shus surrendered by the States, pBilst be within
the SeDpe OF The authority ON the shbirct ez.
presaly delegated 10 Congress.
Ia tlila cnnclusi1n, al, confirm ed as well b.
che opiniuHs OF Presidents Washington, fetlrr. |
son, Madison, and MObr0r, Nh0 have esch re-.
peRtedly recommended tus exoicMe ii this
right under tie Constitution, az by the mi.
form practice of Congress, the continued &c
quisscenoe ofihe States, aud the general IN.
dsFGand ng 0t the people.
The difficulties ~ mnre eTpedienl adjust.
nent ofthe present iarif, aiihouEh great, a,0
fer from being insnrmnnntabi'. SoAe are M.
willing 90 improve any OF ia paris, becauye
they would destroy the 1hole WiheFs tear tD
touch the objectionable parts, lest thOse they
apPrO'e shonh be iropartlizetl. am petS,iad /,
eai THAT the advocates OF these cUnlliciInl
views 90 injustice to the American peUpir,
and to their Representatives The general in-
teren isthe inierea, Ut each and'mt cni iitlsncrl
rs entire. that. 10 ensure The AhUpiiOn ii such
efthe tariff a, the general iater.
cal seqNFes, II Is only necessary that that III
sered shnul h- nnlrrs'oad
II is an infrmity Of our nature to mingle
our interests and prejudiceS with the opera
lion Of our reasoning powers, and attribute
10 the objects Of our likes and dislkes quail
lies they do not possess, and effects they can
not produce. The effects Of the present tai
rift sre doubtless overrated, both in its evils
and in its advantages. BY one class of rea-
loners, the reduced price OF cotton anil other
agricultural products is aseribed wholly toits
and by another, reduced the price
Il manufactured articles. The probability
b, shat neither pinionapproachcs the truth,
md that both are induced BY that influence
81 interests Il prejudicea 10 which have re-
lerred. The decrease of prices extends
throughout the commercial world, elnbrac.
ing not only the raw material and the nalu-
lactured article, but provisions and hands,
. esN S~NfSN A+--sNt N'RNaSAoiNg bN 0NNINl dHu
more peryading than the tariff Of the United
States. II may, in measure, be attributable
10 the increased value OF tile precious metals, 4
produced by diminution OF the supply, and
m increase in the demand while commerce.
has rapidly extended itaelf, and population
has augmented. Tie supply of gold and sill
yer, the general medium Of exchange, has
been greatly interrupted by civil commissions
IN the countries from which they are princi-
pslly drawn a part of the effect, too, is
doubtless owing to an increase Of operatives
and Improvements in machinery. Bat, on
the whole, X is questionable whether the re.
dNetion in the price Of lands, produce, sad
has oeen greater than the ap-
preesation Of ths standard value.
while the chief object Of duties should be
ysEsnae, hey may be so adjusted as TO en-
courage manufactures. In this adjustment,
hcwsver. itisthe duty Of the Government to
be guided BY the general good. Objects of
national importance, alone, ought to be pro-
aes,ed; Of these the productions Of our soil,
sur mines, and our workshops, essential TO
ssAti0nal' defence, occupy the first rank.
RlsafeEes sshsr spssies p{ domestic indus.