Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-02-04

= :! Io"ieu inc encoura cement and protection of man
lures with the support Of government and the
atScnarge of the national debt. Gen Washington,
III Dec' 1876, had used the following language:
congress nave repeatedly, and without sue,
cess directed their attention to the encouragement of
manufactures The object is of too much copse-
qucnce not To ensure continuance of their efforts
IN every way which shall appear eligible. As a gen
cruz rue manufactures on public account iueX
peuIchI but where the state of things in a country
E''fs nI,Ie nope that certain branches of nanulac
.ure VIII, Tor great length of time obtain, when
lc:c are OF nature essential to the furnishing and
egnppng 9" the public force in time OF war; arc not
csto'Siinlents Tor producing them on public account
10 the extent OF the ordinary demand for the pubc
service, recommended b. strong considerations of
r"tIGnd Poilcy as an exception to the general rule?
ought our country TO remain, in such cases depend
i iu.e.rupcd?D - -,.-' - 100 - 'e
Mr. Jefferson, in 1903, less than two wears after
the repeal OF the salt duty pressed upon Congress
The necessity OF protecting duties as The onv ,no.ns
OF rendering our manufactures permanent in tho fol-
lowing strong and decisive terms:
Inc suppression OF our foreign commerce. p1od,
cen ny the injustice of The hcgerent powers, and
he consequent losses and sacrifices of orr ions
are SUBJECTS of just cohcern The situati,n INTO
winch we have thus been forced has ,npnlIci ~ -
oppy PORTION OF our industry and capital t. Internal
manufacturers anal Improvement. The eyiert of ths
conversion is daily Increasing and little dorb, RI
mains, i'iht the establishments formed and formnr
vii ""GeF me nus2lces OF cheaper materials and
subsistence the freedom Of labor from Taxation vt
u.s. al" OIL protecting duties and prohilo IS become
! permanent - -'r
! The same gentleman in 1916, when unconpcctod
WIN the government, and ndu!gng in retired and
calm review of the policy Of the coun nv with oil ,,
ardent devotion TO the liberty independence and
Pe''y OF the American people, whichs so strongly
"'.aracterzed him through life, poured forth his feel
as follows e':J1'''h I>"s''h'
we have experienced what VIC did not then believe.
mere exists both proficiency and power enough to
exclude us from the field of Interchange with 0the-
natons that TO be independent for the comforts of
hte, we must fabricate them ourselves We must
oM pace the manufacturer by the side of the agr
cu,luf%iS'. The former question is suppressed: or
s'''Si assumes n new form The grand enquiry now
tS -, '",. we make our own comforts go without
l'ie'n at the VIII OF foreign nation: He therefore
VINO Is now against domestic manufacturers must he
LOT reducing us ehero dependence on that nation
VI oe ciothed IN skins and to live like wild beasts in
these - ' ''O' 0''e "
Mr. Madison's frequent exhor,a:to7s 10 protect and
foster the several branches of Manufacture which bsJ
= oeen recently instituted extended ~. the l,,,dlIe
Il eXeruons of his fellow citizens are r,,,,a-r,,-
5 from Smong them The following are selected:
%,rac from Mr. M"disons message of Nov 90 H. 1909
III tne cultivation of the materials and the exten
Sioh OF useful manufactures, more especiallv IN FIN
d general application to household fabrics we behold
$ rape dm'nuton of our dependence on foreign sun
e luton IN our pursuits Id habits is in no slight deere
y consequence of those npoltic and arbitrary eicr
i ny winch the contending nations in endesvornc ca
IS o! the' TO obstruc trade with the her have en- e.
) abridged our means of procuring the prodncors 49,,
manufactures, of which our own are now tak;pr h,
r. place. " '>''o 'l'
In ms message of the 18th FEB. 1915, he uses the
IF following earnest language: "
G There is subject which ca, enter ,rJ, ,..,. .
r3 me aeiioeratIons of Congress than consd-
manufactures which have sprun. into existence and -,
tanned an unparalleled maturity throughout rhe mi.
tee states during the period of the European wars
ms source OF national independence and wealth 7
anXousiy recommend, therefore, to the Dromnt on,I
constant guardianship Of CONGRESS- "''N
Mr. Monroe, equally devoted to the great interests
OF the Republic, and earnestly DESTROYS of placing
, "'e american people beyond the reach of forern
= control, as TO the necessares and comforts re I;So
pressed the subject upon Congress, terms the most
Extract from Mr.. Monroes Message Of March d 100,
ut cannot be doubted, that the moro comnlate o,,r
/ internal resources and the less dependent we are ~,
'oregn p,wers, for any national as well as domestic
purpose the greater and stable will be the nun
y c ehcy' By the increase of domestic manufactures
VIII the demand for the raw materials at home he IN
creased and thus will the dependence OF the severa
parts OF our union each other and the s;renr,L >,
lie ''"'on itself, be ProPortonably augmented'
Again in his message of Dec. Cd, 1925. he gave
- , C!.'cT uiiS impression recommend review nj
'he i"r't Tor the purpose of afrording such addi-
'onai protection to those articles which we are Dre
i pared to manufacture or which are more -.
d QIr country
+ rs to the capacity of the T. States to supply il.
J. own demand of Salt. the Memorial strikinrIy pre
= '1'''' '"c 'dSIHcss Of ms capacity.
'fbo abolition Of ono half Of the duty On G,,c;,r
= SAT- could not have resulted from any supposed IN
caPacny OF the country to produce an adcdGate sun
Ply ioi no nation possesses so great n variety n
= ihc%hGusiibic sources. Two thousand miles Of cons,
+ IS washed by brine yielding busbol of snl, from
- $50 gallons Of wa'cr. The saline s -;ct ~ ,
:, interior stretches from Lake Onondarn. in Now
4 OH 20 Saline I2kc in Louisiana following in #.
= general course the Appalachian range and cxtcn,iinr
- 10 breadth Of upwards of one hundred miles from
4 INC western base OF This chain of mountains. AZ
various places throughout this vast district The sour
y c'S OF INC salt have been penetrated at great ~
PsuSe' ana manufactures commensurate 10 the exton.
% Popua:ion and the wants Of the couptrv Layo
o'ch carried on with water varying in strenarb from
r. 'oTIy'nYe 10 ionr hnpdrcd gallons to the busIel
" on The western border Of the preat vaiI,v ce tt
'S'SSPpl' this important mineral Is still more obn-
can't presenting isc at additional points 10 sIr,cs,
every explorer OF that interesting rcrjoD And ,bo
Inc LAKE OF Louisiana; tho salt sprDra Of O1n-
CM'a: those OF The Illinois branch NJ ihg Art,rss.
ICONS Shines on The Missouri: Lockbart's ON ~
''moyhe nc almost saturated brine Of the NcosL,.
ana me masses OF salt brought from the sonrccs f
IhG Arkansas OF pure quality, strongly affcst tho
value and importance Of retaining in tho hands IF