Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-03-28
WHOLE NO. 1856.

efilntht, nave InNest'u lHtiT capital IH
manufacturing establishments, that such
tariff is demanded by considerations
affecting the Independence and security
of the nation, in times Of commotion, and
affecting its resources, and the resour-
ces, enjoyments, comforts, and nccessi-
lies OF IFS individual citizens in all times,
that The great and paramount class of
proprietors and culivatois Of the soil in
every State, the whole class Of laborers,
whether deriving the means ftheir sub
sstence from mechanical or other daily
toil-the whole class of employers and
employed, who are engaged in a sound
and profitable commerce, interior and
exterior, foreign or domesiic--casses
which mainly constitute the population
and strength of the republic, her means
OF advancement in peace, and her hope
of defence in war-all these, and the
millions who compose them, whether con-
sidered in classes, or singIy as indvid-
uals, have a deep, a fixed, and absorl-
ing interest in the preservation Of the
protection now extended to the national
industry; an interest in respect to which
the interests Of the owners and conduc-
tors Of manufacturing establishments also
requiring that protection, are interme-
diate, subsidiary, and subservient.
"Resolred, That vacilating policy,
in the regulation oftrade and intercourse
with foreign nations, is destructive to all
branches of our national industry.
"Resolred, That the effect OF frequent
alterations of the tariff laws is to distract
and paralyze the enterprise of the mer-
chant, to destroy the stability ofthe mar
kets for the agriculturist, and bring ruin
upon the manufacturer.
"Resolred, That all branches Of our
national industry have been arranged,
contracts made, voyages projected, and
business commenced, under the belief
I and expectation that the tariff Of the last
session of Congress was framed and SOL
emnly enacted after mature deliberaton,
and that reliance could be placed upon
the stability Of these measures of the
y Government
i "Resolred, That, without counter
vailing policy in the regulation of trade
with foreign nations, all branches Of our
industry will be paraIyzed, as was the
case before the adoption Of the consti~
tution OF the United States.
! "Resolred, That the Senators from this
\ State in Congress be instructed, and the
Representatives be requested, to use their
exertions and influence to prevent any
abandonmen whatever OF the prote ctIve
policy; and also to prevent such reduc-
ton Of the protection now extended by
t law 10 the productions of the soil, mines,
=, If, Of hn / VTn,t
D as has been proposed to Congress at the
: present session thereof, and is embraced
T. in the bill now pending before that body,
n as reported by the Committee Of Ways
+. and Means.
: "RcsOired, That copy of these re-
n solutions be certified by the Secretary,
{ and forthwith transmitted to our Senators
= and Representatives in Congress.
g "HOuSe Of Representatives., Jan. 10Th,
Y 1833.-Voted, unanimously.
e "In Senote.-Read the same day, and
: unanimously concurred."
= protest against this measure, because, =,
# like that which has been stricken out of
: the bill, to make room for its insertion, it
n proposes to provide for the ,cants of Gov
It ernment, but does not propose to make
9 any provision for the wants of the nation.
. 1t calls on the people for money to feed
r that Government, and, at the same time +,
4, takes away that protection Of their Ia
: bors, by which the people have hitherto
d been enabled 10 feed themselves. n OF
e less than one million, seven hundred anG
e fifteen thousand free white working men
are annually employed in the agrcultu-
raj, mechanic, and manufacturing labor
: of the Eastern, Northern, and Western
y. States of this Union. That part of these
q men thus employed in mechanic and
II manufacturing labor, depend on that part,
, of them employed in agricultural labor,
s. in the same and other States, for mar
oi ket of their fabrics, and supply in re-
al turn of food; of corr, wheat, -four, beef,
Sc pork, and other provisions, amounting an
g nually, to more than S27 ,00o,0 900. They
IN also look to them, and to other producers
C. in MANY OF the States, for further mar
10 ket of like fabrics; and expect, in ex'.
& change, the products Of their lands and
mines, equal to $4,000, 900 in amount
j. annually. Those employed in the farm
,, ing and mineral labors Of these States
5. look to such as are engaged in these me-
y chanic and manufacturing labors, for this
g market for their products; and therein
a for their supply, by this exchange o.
}, those various manufactured fabrics an
ut nuslly to this great amount.
v, BY the destruction OF this mechanic
'e and manufacturing labor, men employed