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

their protection are taxes on the eon.uinerj
and that every man who wears a coat pays
the duty imposed into the pockets oil the
manufacturer The Committee VIII not 80
into any tfain'of reasoning TO show MS iailacy.
They will merely advert to few iactsj ana
they congratulate the friends OF the Ameri-
can System, that the memory OF every nBn
in the nation eau furnish abundant evidence
that IN all cases where the material IS iound
at home, and the protecting duty has been
adequate, the domestic article becomes cheap
er price, end improved N quality Cotton
goods furnish a striking example oil tbs truth,
and every lnan who wears a cotton shifI
knows H. The article of nails furnishes ano-
theF proof, as is well known to every man
who build house. The Committee migst
euumerate hundreds Of articles, such as hats,
caps, shoes. boots, and cheese, 10 sustain
then--but they know it would nc suparfln-
GUS The tax is not paid, because the art
cles are not imported. The duty secures the
market 10 the home manufacturer; and do
nestic competition among the manufacturers
reduces the cost to the lowest possible price,
while, al the same time, It improves the quail
ity Tbs is the PLAN truth OF the matter;
and it is now so well understood by the great
mass Of the nation, that the American Sys-
tenn will not be surrendered nor abandoned,
so long as the people elect their own rulers
II has taken deep roGt IN our sol--the tree is
ilourlshing, its branches have extended far
and wide, aud the people Will lrown indig
nantly upon every effort TO wlther It's ieai, or
TO blast its fruit.
The President having, in the proper exer-
else OF his d.ty, submitted to Congress hIs
views Of the Tariff, and these having been
referred to the Committee on Manufactures,
1t became the Committee to give them can
did and respectful consideration. This they
have endeavoIed to 10. Being representa-
tIves Of the people, they have no apology 10
| make for the freedom vii, which the oP'n-
ions Of the Chief Magistrate. on this interest
| ing and delicate subject, have been examla-
ed.
In framing the Tariff, they believe that the
acknowledged principles OF the Constitute
have been applied a. faithfully as Wash
ington, Jefferson, Madison, and Mouroe,'
could have desired: that the present Tariff,
| although it may be defective in parts, is ad
jostsd on principles which those great states
snen appros wed. Fad they been employed 70
consider its details, and ADAPT them TO the
present condition Of our couatry, and the
world, and their united wisdom had been
| exerted. every one might have discovered
| system, all Of them would, most cheeriully,
| have given Il their powerful and hearty sup
| port They under stood the "in6rmity OF our
nature" too well, to designate single inter
est, and trust it to single consideration. They
would have made all interests that required
protection come forth together, stand side by
| side, and then provide system, by which all
| could be mutually sustained
The Committee are satisfied that the pro
visions Of the existing Tariff are national IN
! their character; that no interest, which ii has
! undertaken TO protect, is "too mmute;" that
| 1t contains no evidence Of attempts 'to force
manufactures for which the country is not
ripe" OF sufficient Importance to require re
vision; that ono comforts ei Lie are taxed I'M
! necessarily high with proper regard to re-
veaue and projections; that the Glow prices
| of manufactured articles" have rs. been
caused by the "cGcrcased value of the pre-
| ciods metalE," for the precious metals were
never before SO abundant and cheap in the
| United States, but, that tbs low prices OF
! manufactured articles are caused in a great
degree, by the existing Tariff, which has
made the labor, skill, and enterprise, Of eur
people and vast supply for consumption to
| the stores Of the world
The Committee fully believe that the pre-
| ScHl general prosperity OIL Inc country Is
mainly to be attributed to the protecting sys-
fem, aud il our fellow citizoEs can retain full
faith and Conscience, that our Government
will firmly execute ITS repeated and solemn
promises; that il viii maintain the high as
surance of support which our people have a
night to demand from its dignity and honor,
their prosperity will be daily ami more rapid
ly protaoted, and the resources of our coun-
( thy more and more amply developed.
| The Committee repeat that they cannot
concur in the opinion Of the President that
in framing protecting Tariff, each interest
should be presented "sinsly for deliberatien, !"
without any reference TO a geaeral System
by such rule, it is believed, that no protect
ing system could ever have been adopted,
and by its influence, it is strongly apprehend-
ed, none can stand. The fears of the COM
mittee are the more explicitly declared. he
cause enemies of the system have, in a man
ner that cannot be misunderstood, exposed
their plan Of operations 1t is 70 present each
object "sinGly'' for elaboration, and conquer
the whole system in detail,
The Committee have thus presented to the
House their undsguised and undssembled
opinions on the subject referred "with the
4 freedom and candor which they considered
the occasion for their expression required
They believe that the Tariff, having been 50
recently revised, any attempt to change its
provisions, at this time, would spread alarm
among the great interests of our country
shake confidence in the plighted faith of go
yernment destroy the snDnoSed weIl-(ounned