Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-07-30

whose wealth now oyerilows that country
and flows to all parts of the world.
The true secret then producing national
wealth, is TO devise and employ the ways and
means Of calling into activity all the labor of
the community, and to the extent of its ca
pacity. What are those ways aud means?--
The solution Of this problem is not difficult;
but the difficulty is, in persuadng TO the
adoption Of these ways and means---the in
teicst of the nation weighs 80 little with those
who will look only at the interest of that pur-
suit in which they themselves are engaged,
and directly and personally interested-and
who will not see their interest in the interest
Of the whole community; though nothing is
more demonstrable than-that what is for the
interest Of tho whole, is for the interest of
the parts and of every part of which the
whole is made up.
These ways and means are simply such us
will make labor proGtable-profitable to the
laborer, profitable to the employer. When
this is done, the object is accomplished; the
mine is opened and principle is then at
work within, which will evolve of course its
countless riches. How is labor to be made
proiitablc--proftable to the laborer-proiita-
BILE to the employer? Simply by creating a
demand and market for the products of la
Dor. GLOW is this to be effected? Simply
by giving the home market to the home indus
Try. This system has been partially adopted
by the country, and so far its contributions to
the national wealth have been wonderfully
great; but this system is now to be abandon
ed, and the foreigner is to be admitted to our
home market upon an equal footing with our
own citizens-so far as it can be done with
out abandoning all duties on imports; and to
favor the foreigner, these are to be reduced
to the minimum of revenue required by our
civil list expenses. Thus il is proposed to
deprive our laborers of employment, in order
to give employment to the laborers Of foreign
countries; to starvc our own people in order
to feed the people of other countries-to de
prive this country of the means of accumua-
ting and increasing its national wealth, in or
der to give to other countries greater means
Of accumulating and increasing their nation
al wealth. That such is the object of the
reigning dynasty, the proofs arc ample. Ia
ney, as Secretary of the Treasury, in che of
his communications to Congress, under the
sanction Of Jackson, stated that the idea was
now abandoned, of raising revenue on the
imports, save with the single view Of cover
ing the civil list expenses of the Govorn-
ment, or of retaining any duties with view
to the protection of the home industry. He
stated, distinctly and pontedly, that this idea
was now generally given up-shc wing clearly
what was intended to be the policy Of this
administration. That this is intended to be the
policy Of the Van Burcn administration, il
such n calamity is TO befal this country, is
evident, among other indications, from the
toasts at the late Livingston Dinner in New
York. There, FREE TRADE, in capitals, was
a prominent toast, and drank with cnthusi-
asm and by those who are to make up and
to support that ndministralion.--So tha,
wholesome principle Of giving the home mar.
ket 10 the home industry, which would give
competency and comfort to the laborcr, that
is, to The great body of our population and
would give uncxampled power and wealth to
the nation, is to be abandoned blurred
done away with-rootcd out of the land. The
axe is to be laid to the foot Of that goodIy
and fruitful tree--fruitful Of such perennial
abundant crops ofpublic & private blessings
and the Jackson party hero would have us to
send Representatives to Congress who would
WELD that axe, and give the fatal blow, though
this State is more deeply Interested, and
more injnriousy to be affected by it, than
any other in the Union, in proportion to its
territory and numbers. Yes, you will sec
Pearcc and Sprague, if elected, with the 9th.
er Vandals who will then have possession oi
the capitol, laying waste with a ruthless and
barbarian hand, all that constituted the proud
hopes and animatlng prospects Of our coun.
try;-you will see them upholding that des-
potism in the Executive, which has troddcr
down with its iron foot the Constitution, ant
with that the Liberties of your country;-you
will sec them upholding that system Of cor
ruption, by which that dcspotis,n has beer
established, and is to be supported; you
will sec them making ignorant and savage
warfare upon all the means of developing the
resources of our country: and for making he,
great, and glorious, and happy;-you will sec
her Eagle which was soaring, g. born to soal
to the heavens, brought down oy them to the
earth with his wings clippcd. and fycd thcrc