Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-07
ALEXANDRIA. DC.
MONDAY MORNING.. soYElrgEBz 70,

The following article from the New ",
American expresses our Views fully, and u.'
exactly our own ideas OF The recent Conye,,,.
in Philadelphia and New York:
The results Of the recent Ffrr trad. aud r.
observation-disclosures dih'nu. in thur ,bi "n
and conc!us ions-cannnt fan to prod ace ~, !S
good. On tie one hand. We sha'I see M, The -'a
of free. trade, 50 consUnant as Il seems to ne n'
all our institutions, enforced aud applied. BY =.
common hand. 10 the situation. resources -
wants Of the United States; on tie other uo . ]"'
have an immense. aud, a. We are tli,,o,od.
think, an unsuitable mass OF facts. gathernJf'"
a thousand different sources,-showlns ,hS o,.
ration of the tariff system, - dses,ed and a..
arranged BY an able committee, and spread has,.
the nation with all the aids of eloquence and !,
cere conviction. Such papers, or rather yolnro,
for they will amount TO THAT'S will tbu, =
produced, cannot be without influence upon H.,
decision which ere Ion" mist be made. 4, ,ob,..
un:.: ;ad 20 villa, extent, the prnciplc Of prm''
ting DOMESTIC manufactures shall be- por,im =,
the settled policy of The country Consress a."
he called upon 10 determine, before ,napy v.,,
whether for the saae of assuring home Industry
will b. irdispensaby necessary to raise 2 rove,
tie far beyond the wants IF The government,
become source Of perpetual. eyer.recurrir.
corrupt sQgabhlcs as 20 its distribution; orvbe,f
er some middle ground mry not be found, vljI
in so aprorronlng the ln,es as to satisfy the 4,
mands OF the Treasury. will have the effect h,,l
of fulfilling the just claims Of lhr Manufacture,
| and of aleyatins the burdens OF The Consume,
A compromise is all that can be hoped: and fl,,
compromise NAV lie grcatl, facilitated ,ccrlsjnlr
its exp"dieucy or inexpehiency will be shown
by the facts and details which these Convention.
will collect and make public.
We may hope. too, that the feelings vlic5pn
vailed IN the assembly in this city will qy,srd
themselves throughout the country. and lat
when the Tariff question is discussed. it ui i
treated Of without harshness or acrimony beaee
those who differ in opinion. This was, 10 are
markabe degree, eSemplted in The eondgc' AID
language, and IN the Address Of the Tart Con
ventiOn. Their own views we're asserted AID
maintained; but the right Of others TO differ from
them,- right which, theoretically. none deny
and few, very few. di,puants practically adnlt
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peached. was felt, aud the exercise Of that ri.t,
was respected On several occasions, wlG
language that night be construed to reflect ar,,
ly upon the proceedings Of the Philadelphia Co.
veution was inadvertently uttered it vas imG.,
diately qualified or explained away. As bOdyy,
certainly, in business-like habits in thorough az.
quaintance with details and familiarity with fact,
bearing upon the operation of the Protecting Sr
tenn, as we'll as in the ability Of arranging and
stating those facts with force and ciearness, III.
Convention here was quite remarkable. le
speakers. for the most part. were practical mel
themselves engaged IN manufactures, and cOn"1
SAINT, generally, not on Y with the interests and
wants OF their own particular branch, but sit:
the condition and exigencies OF the manufaciur
ing interest at large. Their presiding officer
Mr. Wilkins. of Pennsylvania, va. prompt
clear, and well accustomed to the forms Of PR
cceding, and thus materially aided the deiIben'
tions over which lie presided with much personal
dignity. We again repeat our conviction i''f
from the deliberations and reports OF this and iN'
Philadelphia Convention GOOD must arise.