Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-05

| cotton fabrics.
| General iIAyNE said that he did not mean that
inc increase OF ono hundred and fifty millions To
| the amount of our exports, would be of cotton
alone, but of other articlcsl
| What Other driciesi Ayr cultural produce
bread Stuiis, beef and pork! &c. Where shall we
find markets for them! Whither shall wo go! To
,rhnt country whose ports not hermeiically
scaled against their admSsionl Break down the
nome market, and you without resource. Do
stroy all other interests in the country Tor the I'M
ag'nary purpose of advancing the cotton planting
interest, and you iniiict positive INJURY without
the smallest practical benefit to the cotton planter
Loud Charleston, the whole South, when all
o'her markets arc prostratcd, or shut against the
reception OF the surplus Of our farmers, receive
That surplus? Would they buy more than they
might want for their own consumption Could
'hey md markets which other parts OF the Union
could non Would gentlemen force tho irccmcn
OF ALL North of james river, East and West, like
the miserable slave OH the Sabbath day, to- repair
to Charleston, with turkey under his arm, or
pack upon his back, and beg the clerk of some
English or Scotch merchant, living in his gorgeous
palace, or rolling in his splendid coach in the
streets, to exchange his struck" for bit OF fan
mel to cover his naked wife and children No. l
am sure that do no moro than justice to their
hearts, when believe that they would reject what
believe to be- tho inevitable effects of their policy
5. But, it is contcndcd in the last place, that the
south cannot, from physical, and other causes,
gage In the manufacturing arts. j deny the pre-.
misses, and deny the conclusion. deny the fact
OF inability, and if it existed, deny the copclu-
sion that we must, therefore, break down our ma
nuiacturcs, and noursh those of foreign countries
The South possesses, in an extraordinary degree,
TWO OF the most important elements of manufac,
turing lndustry-water power and labor. The
former gives to our whole country most decided
advantage over Great Britain. But n single cx-
pertinent, stated by the gentleman from South
| Carolina, in which faithess slave put the torch
to manufacturing establishment, has discouraged
similar enterprises We have, in kentucky, the
r,,,f,.> g
thchi, anc almost exclusively, employ them in
ny oil our hemp manufactures. A ncighbor of
'ihe' one OF cur most opnent and respectable cit.
izehS, mas had one, two, if not three, maRufacto-
RES Durnt by ncendiarios; but he pcrsevcred,
and his perseverance, has been rewarded with
wealth. We found that it was less expensive to
keep night watches, than TO pay premiums for in
surance, and we employed thom.
Let 1t be supposed, however, that the South
cannot manufacture; must those parts OF the u
Mon which can, be therefore prcvonfed2 Must
we support those of foreign countries7 / am sure
tiat injustice would be done to tho generous and
patriotic nature of South Carolina, il it were be-
licved that she cnvied repned at the success of
other portions OF the Union in branches Of indus
| try to which she might happen not TO be adapted.
throughout her whole career she has been liberal,
national high minded.
| The friends of the American System have been
reminded, by the honorable gentleman from Ma
ryland, General SMrn) that they are the majority
and he has admonished them to exercise their pow
or in moderation. Tho majority ought never to
tratnpie upon the feelings violate the Just rights
OF the minority They ought never to triumph
over the fallen, nor TO make any but u temperate
and equitable use fthcr power. But these coun-
! sells come with ill grace from tho gentleman
| from Maryland. lie, too, is member of a ND
iJOrity--a political majority. And how has the
administration of that ma ority exercised their pow
er in this country? Recall to your recollection
the fourth of March, 1929 when the lank, lean,
fanlished forms, from fen and Forest and the four
nnD rtn nff he IT,,,o
halls Of patronage; stcalng,3by EVENINGS twi
light, into the apartments of the Presden{'s ma :
sion, cried out, with CHASTITY faces, and in sepul-
chral tones: Give us bread, Give us treasury
pap! Give us reward! Engand's bard was
mistaken; ghosts will sometimes come, called or
uncalled Go TO the families who were driven
from the employmcnts on which they DEEPEN
dent for subsistence, in consequence of their excr-
else Of the dearest right of freemen. Go to the
mothers, whilst hugging TO their bosoms their
starving children, Go to the fathers, who, after
being disqualified, by long public service, for any
other business were stripped of their humble places
and then sought, by the minons Of authority, TO
be strIpt Of all that was left thcm-their good
namcs-and ask, what mercy was shown to theili
AS for myself born in the midst of the Revolution
the first air that I brcathed on my native sell
OF Virginia, having been that of liberty and indie
pendence, / never expected Justice, nor desired
mercy at their hands: and the wrath, and de-
fy the oppression of power!
| regret, Mr.. President, that one topic has,
think, unnecessarily been introduced into this de-
bate allude to the charge brought against the
manufacturing system, as tavoring the growth OF
arIstocracy. Ii it true would gentlemen
prefer supporting foreign accumulations of wealth,
by that desert ption of industry, rather than in
their own country? But is it correct? The Joint
stock companies of the North, as | understand
them, are nothing more than associations, some
times of hundreds, by means of which tho small
earnings of many brought into i common
stock, and the associates, obtaining corporate priv
leges, are enabled to prosecute, under super
, intending head, their business to better advan-
: tago. Nothing can be essentially democrat
c or better devised to councrpoisc the influence
Of individual wealth. In Kentucky, almost every
mandatory known to me, is in the hands OF en-
terprlsng and sclf-made men, who nave acquired
whatever wealth they possess by patient and dill
gent labor. Comparisons odIous, and, but in
, defence, would not be made by me But is there
more tendency to aristocracy, in mandatory,
supporting hundreds of freemen, in a cotton
plantation, with its not less slaves,
sustaining, perhaps, only two white families
= that of the master and the overseer?
| pass, with pleasure, from tin 8 disagrecahlo top
&c. to two general propositions which cover the en-
3 tire ground of debate. Tho first is that, under
the operation of the American System, the objects
II which it protects and fosters are brough, to thu
l. consumer at cheaper prices than they command
ed prior to its introduction, or than they wou
n command if it did not exist If that be true
n ought not the country to be contented and salts
a he'd with the System. unless the second proposition
f which mean presently also to consider, is un
D tour%ed? And that is that the tendency Of tn
g System, ia to sustain, and that it has upheld, tn
prices of all our agricultural and other produce
. including cotton.
l. (To BE coNTINUEpA
s. INA EyksNS' Fortunate Office
, AIWoVs nmnDO tho pri1oS