The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-03-14

at is hoped that this method would allav the
heat that some people have shown, 10: DESTROYING
the iron works on the plantations, and pulling
down all their FORCES taking away, in a violent
manner, their estates and properties-preventinr
the husbandmen from getting their ploughshares
carts, and other utensils, mended destroying the
manufacture OF ship building, by deprving them of
the liberty Of making bolts, spikes, and other
thlngs proper for carrying on that work, by which
article returns a:e made for purchasing wool
len manufactures-Pages 81, SO, 49,"
such IS the picture of colonists dependent upon
the mother country for their necessary supplies,
drawn by writer who was not among the number
OF those who desired to dehar them the means of
building vessel, erecting a forge, or mending
ploughshare, but who was willing to promote their
growth and prosperity, far as consistent
with the paramount interests of the manufacture
ing or parent State.
"2. The adyapf ges to Great Britain from keep
ing the coonists eependent her for their essen
tial supplies.
IF we examine int the circumstances of the
inhabitants of our plantations and our own, it will
appear that not one fourth part of their product
rebounds to their profit for, out of all that
comes here, they only carry back clothia- and
other accommodations for their families - '-s
twhich ! Of The merchandise and manufacture of
Afterv raoseig- ssy this system tends TO concern
trate all te surplus Gf acquisition over absolute
expenditure, in England, he says
All these advantages we receive by the pIanta
Mons, besides the mortgages the planters es-
tates, and the high interest they pay u.s. which 10
very considerable j; and therefore very great ca,e
ought to be taken, IN regulating all affairs of the
colonsts, that the planters be not put under too
many difficulties, but encouraged to 90 on cheer
fully.
New England, and the northern colonies have
not commodities and products enough to send ma
IN return for purchasing their necessary clothing
but are under very great difficulties and therefore
any ordinary sort sell with them. And when thew
have grown out of fashion with u.s. thew are ne,v
fashioned enough there"
Sir, cannot go on with this disgusting detail.
Their refuse goods; their old shop-keepers their
cast of clothes, good enough for us Was there
ever scheme more artfuy devised by which the
energies and faculties of one People should he
kept down and rendered subservient TO the pride.
and the pomp, and the power of another The
system then proposed differs only from that which
Is now recommended, in one particular; that was
intended obe enforced by power, this would not be
less eifectually executed by the force of circum-
stances A gentleman in Boston, (Mr Lee) the
agent OF the Free Trade Convention, from whose
exhaustless mint there is a constant issue of re.
ports, seems to envy the blessed condition of de-
pendent Canada, when compared to the oppressed
state of this Union and it is a fair inferen
rom the view which he presents that he would
nave US to hasten back to the golden DAYS of that
colonial bondage, which is so well DENOTED in the
! "orE from which | have been quoting. Mr.. Lee
eAhiots TWO tabular statements, in one of which
nv PcseHts tne higH uuleS winch he represents to
be paid in the ports of the United States. and in
the other, those which paid in Canada General.
~ doout Two per cent al 'alOrem. But did it not
occur 10 MN that the duties levied in Canada are
Paiu ch'ehy on BRUSH manufactures, articles
passing from one to another part of a common em-
pre-, and that, to present parallel case in the
United States, be ought to have shown that impor-
tatIons made into one State from another which
are now tree are subject to the same or higher du-
ties than are paid in Canada
MIR
p;a" .t CONSIDERATION OF Inc arguments ;91,o
saiet .he protective system and an lnqt'iy IN
aes pi"eucai operation, especially on the co'oH
meet Tie 9fgnnent iaffy rSrSSee Correction OF
nav statement of it, if necessary. 1t is alleged that
-1.~~ststen operates preiudically to the cotton
staple that We eau not sell TO Great Britain I'M
less we buy from her that the import duty is
equivalent to an export duty, and falls upon the
cotton grower; that South Carolina pays dispro-
Portionate quota OF the public revenue; that an
abandonment OF the protective policy would lead
| to an augmentation Of our exports of an amount
not less than one hundred and fifty millions of dol
lars ana hnaIly, That the Southcannot partake of
me advantages OF manufacturing, If there be any.
Let US examine these various propositions in de-
taI.
l. hat that the foreign demand for cotton is di.
minlshed and that we ca Anot sell to Great Brit
am unless we buy from her. The demand of both
our great ioreign customers is constantly and an
nnaiy increasing 1t Is true, that the ratio of the
increase may not be equal to that of production
but this is owing to the fact that the power of pro
duclng The raw material is much greater, and is
therefore constantly in advance of the power of
consumption. single TACT Will illustrate. The
average produce oil laborers engaged in the culti-
vatlon ot cotton may be estimated at five bales, or
hiteen hundred weight to the hand. Surprising the
annual average consumption OF each individual who
uses cotton cloth to be five pounds, one hand can
produce enough OF the raw material to cothe three
hundred.
The argument comprehends two errors, one of
TACT and the other o!principle. 1t that we
do not in fact purchase of G. Britain What is the
true state OF the case There certain, but
very few articles which it is thought sound policy
requires that we should manufacture at home, and
on these the tariff operates. But, with respect to
all the rest and much the larger number of articles
of taste, fashion, or utility, they subject to no
other than revenue duties, and freely introduce
ed. nave before me from the Treasury state
mentor our imports from England Scotland and Ire
land, including ten years preceding the last and
three quarters OF the last year, from which it will
appear that, although there are some fluctuations in
the amount OF the different years the largest amount
imported in any one year has been since the tariff
of 1874, and that the last years Importation when
the returns OF the fourth quarter shall be received,
will probably be the greatest in the whole term of
eleven years
Now, ifit be admitted that there is a less amount
of the protected articles imported from Great Brit
ain, she NAV be, and probably is, compensated for
the deficiency by the increased consumption in
America of the articles of her industry not falling
within the scope Of the policy of our protection
The establishment OF manufactures among us 'ex-
cites the creation OF wealth, and this gives new
powers of consumption. which are gratihed by the
! purchase Of foreign objects. poor nation can