Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-01-27

Congress, and the Committee presume It TO
be the doctrine of the message. But il VIII
net stand The test of experiment Prior TO
the late war, the coarse muslms consumed III
the Uaitsd States, were imported lrou India,
and cost The consumer about ttcsntg fire cents
the yard. BY the war the supply was cut OF
our cotton mills began to move, aud par.
tial supply was furnished. ~ its close, when
the India cettens were again imported, most
Of these esta etish7nents were ruined. By the
tarid OF 1918. establishing what was called
the ninialua duty on coarse cottonS, The
home market was ellectually secured 10 cur
home manufacturers. Under its fostering in-
iluenee they have ilonrished ana m1,hpi,ed
and such have been onr improvements Ia ssill,
and lsbsrs, sad saach,oery, that the eonsam
or, instead OF paying f'senfy .tire cents. now
purchases at komc a much better article for
eiaht cents the yard Large expectations of
them are made 10 foreign countries They
are carried to India. China, and South Anne
RIGA, where they are sold TO advantage But
suppose the protecting duty withdrawn, and
the American manufacturer lett TO "compcte
with iereigD labor on equal terms" Admit
the cottohs OF India, England, and Scotland,
ard what would be The effect? Within two
years not single cotton mill in the United
States would be in molten. The immense
capital invested in them. amounting 10 many
millions, would be utterly sunk 10 the coun-
| try, and their owners nlerably ruined
And whyo Not because we cannot make
goods as cheap as IN Manchester aud elias.
Cow, but because war would be woged by
British capital against American eapltui--a
war Of determination. Such war has been
waged upon every article o. American indus
/ try, whenever the protecting duty has been
| inadequate, or the law extending the duty go
isamee that mercantile cupidty and the Gun
ning of foreign manufacturers could eYade 1T.
| There is another rule laid down by the
President which the Committee lave thought
proper to examine. II is contained in the
expression that COLLECTS OF national impor-
lance alone ought to Be projected The
Committee viii moi here enter Into discus
sion OF the question whether Congress NAV
not protect objects iocaI in character The
States, IN their original independence before
the adoption oi the Constitution, could have
used the power Of imposing duties Cd imports
Tor the express purpose Of protecting local Oh
ieefs, according TO the doctrine entertained
by the President, in whieh the Committee
| fully concur The several States no longer
possess that power. Where is itp Whare has
! it tledP On what shelf is il laid? The Go
vcTnment OF the tnloo possesses il, or it has
become "extiuct." IL an object did pres >nt
itself, purely local in its character. ard It's
protection was demanded by lbs prosperity
and happiness OF a siagle State, and ths
could be best done, or done only, by tie De-
( legated power iror, the States 10 impose du-
tues Oh Imports, II should be well considered,
before Congress rejected a proposition Tor
that purpose. The discussion oil this suhjsct,
at this time, is not intended. Ii may, howe.
yer, be intiIaated, that il is the duty u tie
General Government to protect every State,
County, and fown in the Union, frcm inya-
sion. The Govcrnpent Of the Union is hoaad
10 protect every inch oil our soil FROM hostile
bayoaet. 1t has equal pOleer to protect every
finger of domestic industry against foreign
coz etition. Let it be firmly exercised. 1t
matters but little 10 real national indepen-
aence, whether foreign guns or foreign labor
conquers 10. However iEis may be consid-
cred, il is fully believed by tho Committee,
that the present tariff, taken together, or in
the minutest detail, is national IN its cDaJae-
ter, although the language OF tic President
may seem to imply, that, Ia this resi- ect, il is
defective. He has also told US, in his Mes-
sage, that sit is On iniiTmity OF our nature,
to ialngie our interests and pfejudiees, with
the operation OF our reasoning powers, and
attribute to The objects OF cur likes and dis
likes, qualities they do not possess, and effects
they cannot produce" that our deliberations
on this interesting subject should be lnluen-
ced .by paTtzan conflicts," and should not
be made subseryient "to tia short sighted
views of factien.n The Committee have
due regard both to the admonition and the
sentiments expressed by the President; and
they aiso entertain most ardent hope, that
our fellow. citizens .i.i keepa steady, search
ing eye on every movement Of political anibi
ton, IN whatever quarter OF our country il
may appear. IL may speak well and pleas
andy 10 the public ear, in favor Of a national
protecting system, and yet, with calm, fair,
honest looking countenance, scatter such mys-
FERROUS, yet captivating doubts, as to The val-
ue oil It's diliereat provisions. that ''smal mi
noritiesr may be taught how to form "com
binalion" to overthrow IT.
Whas gives national Importance to an OBJ
ieet, reproduction OF domestic Industry lfoac
is its nstlonaiiinportance discovered Whence
deriyed--by what principle decided' Isl the
place Of production in the United States, that
imparts to it the character of national I'M
portanee?" Must production be found Ia ef-
cry narrow subdivision OF the country Must
lit, of necessity, be "generai, not tocats"-
Should the answer be IN the affirmative, the
concentrated wisdom OF the nation would ne
yer provide protecting tafH. Cur various
soils, our different climates, our diversified
objects of industry, would present an impas-
sable barrier against The adoption OF any sss-