Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-29

tito Manchester manufacturer with his ton cent
cnico' conl' possibly do him, with his calico at
Tue same qInhiy ut twenty cent?, if there was
u" domestic production of Nh. United SiateS
'n"' r""id Nc exchanged in England Tor the Tor
m"r IT would be rs Impossible, SIR, Tor the
man oil Manchester Ia ing lis goods into com
Pru'on Nth those vt the m'n ot hiaSshchuSelts,
ns II would fur tho ha irries of Irpoli 10 be
brought 10 bear successfully on the fortress Ut
O'd Point Comfor,,
IL the Southern STATES were sunk by an earth |,
quake, or IL couou, tobacrc, AMI rice, were /
stricken from the list uf natural productions by |
some revolution i'm The laws of nature, is there
ahy man here so utterly ,gnornn, of the laws OF
commerce, ms 4" suppose that the twenty cent
calico of Massachusetts would require my pro-
lection against the ten cent calico OF England Z!
They never coul he brought into compel ton
In what manner, and for what purpose would
the birmingham aud Manchester manufacturers
hriuy their goods into the market of the United
states, and what would they obtain in exchange
Tor them Gentlemen will find this very puz-
ztinS inquiry. With "A view ioexcitc nation
al preJndices against the nations OF Europe with
whom we trade, and particularly against Eng
land, the most valuable of all our u.ton,ers, il
Is said that our bread stuilS excluded hy their
corn laws, and that of the Svast amount at our
annual exports TO those countries from which,
we receive manufactures, Tho productions of the
northern States amount to mere baga,elle.
Now, sir, il England aud France, and tho o.
Their manufacturing nations Of Europe, will not
States, besee,h gentlemen to inform me how
the northern States can require protection against
the manufactures of these nations What high
FrProtecuon can they desire against foreign man
niacturcs than that whch arises from tho want
of the means of paying for them?
Sir, IL has Often struck me, ms one Of tho most
arrnut CT those delisions that sometimes come
over communities Of mcn that tho northern
S'a'c' shoaid atternpt TO Justify the exclusion of
English manufactures upon the ground d..
ti+I-
~ OF the protecting system. 1t is
..ut because England excludes American pro-
ductons, but because she admits them almost
free Of duty, that the northern manufacturers
demand protection. This system is not design
Ell to do SO very absurd a thing as to prevenl
those from purchasing English manufactures
who have not the means Of paying for them but
Vt Is designed 10 prevent those from purcla ing
who have the means of paying for them, To pro-
mote the interest of those who have not.
um prepared To maintain, before any trib,i-
nal Of New England farmers that can DO orsan-
zed, that if England would agree to receive the
grain OF the United States under moderate re-
venue duty it would he impossible for New Eng
land TO carry on with Old Eng'an a commerce
consisting of an exchange of tie agricultural pro-
dUctions of the former for the manufactures OF
the latter. When II Is known that The price of
agricultural labor Is much higher iu the northern
States than IL Is in any part of the Europe al
world, does any ono suppose that grain can he
produced ny SucD TABOR, sent ABROAD under q rev.
cnue duty in forci IN ports, exchanged for foreign
Manufactures aud that these can be brongh ut III
TO the United states under another revenue du-
IS, and sold cheap domestic manufa fac lures?
No, sir, if England were to abolish her COZ n
laws Tomorrow, such trade could not be car
ried on. The northern manufactures could still
make goods, cheaper than the northern farmer
could purchase them abroad And it is not
I'll the former comes in competition Will. efficient
agricultural labor, operating at twelve and Il
I.if
valuable staples of the earth, that he fnds il con-
Venieni to have his rival put down b. act Of Con
gress.
speak OF what know experimcntnlly, when
i say, that II the planters of South Carolina
were compelled 10 pay fifty cents Il day for the
labor they employ on their plantations, they
could not afford 10 produce cotton for less than
20 or 81 cents pound. IL should attempt 10
cultivate il at The present. prices, by such labor
my whole capital would be exhausted, and
should be utterly insov cnt in less than ten wears
Them sir ii is obvious enough that it is the cheap
labor of the southern States, and not the cheap
labor of furei gu countries, against which this cx
terminating Of prohibition is wased by
the whole copfcdeTacy Of manufacturing inter
essts.
will now bring the conduct and the claims Of
our anniversaries to a lest by which every Christ
ian combatant should be wiling TO be tried. ]
will OILY ask that they do unto othrrs what they
would that others'ohouil do unto thom. A great
ton. Now, in order 10 SEQ where The rus mid
die ground lies, upon which the contcndng par
ties should meet will first show you what are
the two extremes
The manufacturers contend that high protect
ig duties shall nc oyvu, 1os ;!!.oS 1o..SG, a;v;i
he productions Of the southern planters. This
is one extreme. | will state the opposite
extreme, which precisely corresponds with it.
Suppose, then, that the planters of The south
were to alleSe that they labored under great is
advantages in exchanging their staples for
ulactures thai they had 10 go INFO fore gn COun-
tries, pay heavy expenses ia sending their staples
abroad, aud in bringing back the manufactures
Ubtafned for them from all which expenses the
domestic manufacturers were fortunately exemp-
ted, having their customers almost at their ow d
doors. And suppose, further, that, to counter
vail these disadvantages, AMI to encourage Anne
riCau commerce, they were invoke the Gov
erument to permit them 10 import foreign manu-
features free of duty while protecting excise
aduty of forty per cent. should be levied for their
Wheneht, upon all the domestic manufactures ;hai
came IN con pc itiOn with their imports this
would he demanding precisely the same proec-
ton against the manufacturers which the man
nfacturers now demand and enjoy against them.
I defy any ono to draw sound distinction be-
tween Ihom. How, then, would the nauufact-
urers stand affected Ivy having the role, which
they have so lc"g applied to others, applied to
themselves
All ihcis MdUUfacturrs that come in conpeti-
ton with imports would have to pay into the
Treasury duty Of forty per cent. To- eucour-
rye and protect tie planting aud exporting in-
dUsfrg Of the South. Would this TO in any res
pect, more unjust than the present protecting
system 4? Would il he H., pcrfPct counter.