Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-11-03

| On the production and manufacture Of
wool.
On the production and manufacture of
cotton.
On II c culture of silk, hemp, and 9TH
er agricultural materials used in the
manufactures Of the country, &c.
These resolutions were adopted.
On Friday, the committees upon the
above named subjects were announced,
and several important subjects were pro-
posed and discussed. Mr. Cary, of
Penn. moved that Il committee be ap-
pointed to report on the charge made u
gainst the protective sy stem, of encourag-
ing smuggling. Mr.. Shaw, of Mass. OPP
posed the motion 1t was beneath the
dignity of this body, he said, to act upon
every idle charge made against the A
merican system, by its enemies. The
notice thus given to such charges con-
ferrcd upon them the only dignity they
possessed.
Mr. Buel, of the standing committee,
reported, that committee of correspon-
| dence and statistics; that committee be
appointed to report upon the currency of
the country, as affected by the tariff; and
a committee to report on the culture, pre-
! paration, &c. of vegetables, &c. which
was adopted. The Convention then ad-
! journed to | o'clock, on Saturday, to
! give the various committees opportunity
I to prepare their reports.
On Saturday morning the Convention
met at o'clock, when Mr. A. III. Eve
ret, from the Committee appointed to
prepare Memorial to Congress, rcpor-
. ted, in substance, that it was ineXpe-
dicnt for them to draft the Memorial at
the present time, inasmuch as they will
necessarily require the information to be
collected by other committees, to be US
cd in framing the proposed Memorial
1t is likewise suggested by the Commit
tee, that it may be eXpedient for them to
defer the drafting of the said Memorial,
until after the Standing Committee oflhe
late Free Trade Memorial shall have
prepared the Memorial with which they
are charged Under these circumstan- :
ccs, the Committee ask to be allowed to
prepare the Memorial on behalf of this
convention, after it shall have adjourned.
A motion was made to rccommt this
report, with instructions to proceed forth
with with the Memorial, that it may be
presented to, and sanctioned by the con-
ventiOn, before its rising This motion
! produced an animated debate, which las
ted upwards of an hour. The motion
was negatlvcd.
/ A motion to lay the report on the ta-
BILE, was then made and lost, by a dcci-
! ded vote.
/ The report was at length adopted.
I Several reports from Committees were
presented, and several Committees ap-
pointed, when the Convention adjourned
to hold an afternoon session.
In the afternoon, MIR. Forward moved
that it be recommended to the friends of
American Industry, in all parts of the u.
5. to collect statistical facts, and remit
them to the members Of this Convention
for public ation-the gentleman supper.
ted his motion in a speech of some length,
and with weighty arguments, and was
! finally carried.
Il But little else was done before the con-
vention adjourned till Monday morning
I at 8 O'clock.
! Monday, Oct. 31st.
The President called the Convention
to order about half past o'clock. AT
ter the Journal of Saturday had been
read, the Secretary desired the members
| to correct any errors on the Secretary 3
list of members, and information concern
ing the deleg ates who have not appeared.
! The committee on the address reported
long address, by their Chairman, Mr..
Ingersoll of Philadelphia. 1t was ad-
dressed to the People of the U. States.
! The New-York American Advocate
says
7 1.-The Address of the Ncw-York Con-
. vention comprising manuscrip pit Of one
, hundred pages, was one of the most able,
lucid, and clear eXpositlons of the consti-
tutionality and expediency OF the protec-
tive system that has ever been presented
for public consideration. The facts it
contains are such as cannot fail to spread
! throughout the Union such information,
as must awaken all to the great magni-
tude of the interests involved, while the
arguments deduced from them, must car
ry conviction to every rejecting mind,
that proper distribution OF the various
employments to which the present state
of society naturally invites, the capital,
! skill and industry of this nation can only
! be arrived at thro' the medium of laws,
protecting us from the interference Of our
rivals with the home market.
! The argument OH the constituticnality
of the various Tariff laws enacted from
the foundation OF our Republic, under our
happy Constitution, are conclusive. The
Sessions room was crowded, and altho'