The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-07-17

nim travelling through the Country
Perehed on every stump making lona
Speeches and calling on the People e
elect him to Office. No Sir! we find him
watching over the great Interests Of hii
Country. Sir 1 have departed from thu
subject in Point. I have given YOU
view OF our Western Farmer I will now
call your attention to the Population
that constitutes large Manufacturind
Community we find in all large Maui
ufacturing Countries Poor Ignorant
and dependant population but little bet
ter than Slaves they are rung in and GU
of the Factory by their task Masters
and such time allowed then as may sui
their Lords and Masters; they possess
none of the Spirit of Freemen which the
Independant Farmer does, / am now
speaking of England; this Country 81
il Is too young and TOO thinIy peopIed
and the. price Of Labor too high to be-
come great Manufacturing People we
must be patient and wait until our. pop
ulation becomes more dense, we must
not compare this Country as to the en-
ploy of our Labor with that of England !
here the Farmer has to pay from $40 to
Ola per month for his Labor and in En-
gland not more than A or e5 and in our
Factories,we have to give from 81 TO 81
pr. day to induce the labourers to leave|
other branches Of labor to 60 to the fac
tory. In England.we find that after every
productive branch Of labor is filed and
the army and navy, there is still n large
Of unproductive labor, which
10 taken into Factories. When thisl Coun-
try becomes so thickly populated then
Factories ill flourish, and not before
and the more the Government under
takes &c Foster and protect them the
more Injury they do, had there never
been any protection from Government.
the Factory Interest in this Country
would this day have been on a more
sure and solid Foundation, they are now
killedby :heir own competitor. We heard
no complaint AZ to the Manufacturing
in this Country until 1924 all that were
concerned in them were doing well and
making Money, but were not satisfied
by doing well. but wanted to do better,
and what has been the result of the
Governments protection it has induced
hundreds Of inexperienced Men to &C.
into it and they have over done the.
If they had wanted to have
made the system profitable they ought
to have added to their petition to Con-
gress for every Man Woman and Child
to have been compelled to wear six
shirts at time and every other carmen,
in the same proportion, and then they
would not have KEEP. pace wi The In.
crease Of the Manufactured article, we
are told that our own Market cannot be
kept unless we have these protective
Duties kept on. Whenever you under
take to put a pint of WINTER Into half
pint vioI il wiH ram over, and so. it is
with the Factory system, whenever yo,,
make more cloth than the Consumption
requires il will lay on hand aud only
tend 10 ruin the owner. SIR until our
Country can Manufacture her goods
with reasonable protection from Gov
ernment Of from 10 to Is per. cen: ad
valorem with the expense Of transporia-
ton Of the raw Material TO Europe aud
the retrnnsportationo Of The Manufactured
article back to this Country with a
charge Of Freight Insurance Commits
sions and many other charges which oil
tend as n protection to oar Manufactu-.
rers in this Country. In this Country
we have the raw Material at our doors,
we have NO Freight to pay on the raw
or t'.e Manufactured article
we have our own Market with ali these
we ought to compete with
the Foreign Manufacturers. Wasitnot for
The price Of Labor all which shows we
are too young people to become q
great Manufacturing Country until our
population becomes more Dense.
/ am not q little surprised to see a
gentleman of your great experience and
immense wealth and one whom Nature
has dons 90 much for and one who has
adorned our National Halls and carried
within its walls that experience ands ound
sense aud there stood forth az one
Of her ablest Statesmen and Advo-
Gates should be in favor of a System
70 ruinous to the best Interest of our
Country. am 10th to believe it is self
Interest that operates against your good
Judgement. and will not think SO. for
We are commended by the Good Book
% have Charity for all Men. ! wish
vour views were "a correct on the sub
ect Of the protective Policy as you are
,n the great Political Controversy which
,gitates the Country. On this subject you
zee with clear and unclouded view in
leciding between the ambitious Dem
lgogue striving for Power against the
will Of the People, and one that has
illed the Measure Of his Country's Glo-
y both in the Field, and as her Chief
and one who has conducted
Ter Diplomatic Concerns with great