Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-07-03

ness visited tho ngricuI,ursts that they refuse to
take the harvests that ara lying ready for their
grasPl When wore they known to omit taking
amy thing they couli, either of their own or
Of their neighborsl Not cabin hoy at Whit
hy but may have formed some dim conception,
that, u land is not cultivated, il is because |,
will not puy. His betters It the dinner will be
ready TO Inform him. that the way to make IL
pay Is TO bud somebody from whom u take the
difference Ivy force"
Another spocious and imposing argument, which
has been successfully used in favor of the protecting
SYSTEM is, that it will increase the national indie
pendence. This, like the notion of paying tribuh,
TO foreign industry, addresses itself to the preudi-
ccs 81 patriotism, and passes current without
nation. In what does the Independence of
ton consist3 In cutting Oft all commercial inter.
course with the rest of the world? If SO, accord
ing to the fOrcible illustration OF friend and col
league OF mine, (Mr Davis Robinson Crusoe, with
his goat SKINS was the most independent nation in
the world. But. sir, this idea il strictly feudal-
IL originated with the military governments OF the
barons, when war was the vocation of rulers, and
Piunder the trade OF nations These petty military
despotisms very naturally regarded foreign CON-
merce as public enemy, because of its pacific ton
dency. Their maxim "delende cot CARTHAGE"
BonaPartc too, the greatest of all the military des.
pots that ever lived who never surpassed in the
profound sagacity with which he looked out into
tho springs Of human action, and adapted his means
to his ends, expressed it az his opinion, that, if
litical economist, would reduce it to atoms. And
well might he say SO; and we'll might the Emperor
Alexander hold the same opinion. 1t 10 wise and
consistent in military despot to cut off all CONNER.
clai intercourse, by restrictions for free trade with
att nations OF earth, would nfaibly destroy the
very aliment of war. 1t is the golden chain of peace
destined, firmly believe, to bind mankind togeth.
| or in harmony.
If all civilized nations were united bv the ten
thousand lgaments of unrestricted commerce.
we should soon reach the happy period when wars
would cease to desolate the earth. No minister,
however bold, would dare to- involve his country in
war OF ambition. His head would DO the forfeit
No community on earth would endure the privatons
OF war under such circumstance but from an i'm
porous necessity The doctrine of free trade, sir
Is the true Christianity of nations each
other az brethren whereas the doctrine of restric
tion violates the spirit and the peceps of gospel
In regarding and treating all nations enemies even
In time OF peace 1t is both authoritarian, and
| ti-social.
Free trade is the great doctrine of political refor
nation in modern times; it is to the commerce and
the social condition of nations what the reformation
oil Lutner was to tho Christian religion The whole
Christian world at time believed that the free
dom OF religious opinions. and the privilege of eve
| ry man who worship God i'll his own way, would be
utterly subversive Of Christianity itself. How diff.
ferent has boen the experience OF the world! The
freedom OF dscussion and the variety of religious
sects each independent of the other placed the
Christian church upon an everlasting foundation :
and SO, BIT. would the freedom of trade place the
prosperity OF nations upon a similar basis. should
regard II as the proudest monument that we could
erect to The glory OF this Republic. the chosen hab
itation or freedom, to set an example this SUBJ
Ject to the other nations of the earth 1t would
stand, sir, beacon light on tue great ocean of
human affairs, to conduct all nations tho haven
OF prosperity. Yes, sir, let US plant the tree of
tree trade and water it, that its branches may
| tenoeu TO the uttermost extremlIes OF the earth,
and the Christian and the phanthropist will ioy.
FULLY concur In anticipating the blessed period when
beneath its fruitful and refreshing shade, "the ma
lions OF the earth may pitch their in peace"
In the report of the Committee on Manufactures,
there Is a distinct allusiOn to a state of things
which the author OF the report supposes be with
In the scope OF probability, and to which will, for
few moments call the attention of the Commit.
tee lie says, in reference to tho excitement in the
South "Natons, like individuals. are subject to
grievous and perilous diseases OF the imagination
| Again-"ln the midst of the comfort and weli.be
ing with which we are surrounded, it is impossible
to conceal from ourselves, that there il fostering
sore OF discomfort, If not deeprooted disaifec,on
to the Union, rapidly rpening into purposes and
projects which will shake the Union to its tounda
tIou."
In referring to tho argument, which affirms the
great inequality of the burthens imposed ON the
south, he says: "the first that obtrudes II.
self ON the mind, upon the statement of this argu.
ment Isl that it strikes directly the heart of the
| Union Itself 1t presents two great, transccndent,
opposite, and ireconcileable interests in deadly los
tii.ty to each other" Again-'In this view of the
SUBJECT tho interest OF the south is identified with the
foreign rival and competitor of the northern manu-.
facturer against him; and for his ruin the southern
Plan'er and BRITISH manufacturer colled gued.-
How strange the association! How deeply It con.
hicts with the whole history OF revolutionary
war! What satire it speaks all our Institutions!
| suppose the common lie TO be dissolved, wha.
| would be tho relation then substituting between
| themiFHN Gould 1t be otherwise, than that their
irreconcileable and opposite interests should speed
| ~ fret and kindle into war, and then how would
their relations standl Must not the weaker par,y
on which side soeSer it might fail, fly for
| 10 foreign power Nay, there not elements
In the very nature of the ITSELF which must
drive the planter nation to Grea; Britain for ALI.
! ancs, and would not alliance be another name for
protection?"&*s*
| 1.-The committee would simply suggest to those
VINO deny the power of this confederated Govern.
men to protect by the energy and the resources of
the whole nation, great and comprehensive but not
universal interest, that there is such an interest
most deeply their own, protected by the constitu.
ton and laws OF the United States and efeetually
protected by them alone" These remarks are TOO
PLAIN, Mr.. Chairman, to be Inexperienced, and it
IS IN vain to disguise from ourselves the reality of
our present condition. 1t would be the weakness
OF childhood to suppose that looming evcnts' can
DO ooviated by closing our eyes upon them. But,
SIR, while trust in God that the catastrophe ia
when Ieferenceis hero distinctly made, will nevoI
occur cannot but remind the majority that the re-
sponsbil'ty will be placed at their doors by the
judgment OF the world and of after ages, if such
should be the result of this unhappy controversy
Lot those who discourse eoquently on the mani
told advantages of the Union, address themsel ve.
to that majority who may now hold in their ha nds
the destlnles OF that Union. The minority are az
utterly powerless here, this question, as if they
had no representative this floor and it now on
ly remains for them TO make this last solemn appea
TO the justice of their BRETHREN and, will add 70
the prudence OF their oppressors No man can place
higher estimate than do upon this Union, while
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