Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-02-27

of the broken spirited lsborer Of Europe
but this will not secure the Home market
The English capitalist can send his goods to
our markets st less expense even for trnns
portaiion snd freight, than many of our own
manufscturens--snd every yard he sells not
only takes the place Of the same smount of
domestic goods, but he requires his pay in
money (ihe life blood of business) The in.
dividusls who purchase goods are as ready
10 buy the Foreign as the American. ut the
same price snd therefore the foreigner Is
ne likely to sell the same amount of goods In
our markets, that the American mannfa cturer
esn,-.the American consequently finds
his goods lelt on hand, and diminishes the
production Of them accordingly; but just in
proportion as his are Withdrawn from market
the foreign goods are forced in their place
until the domestic ore finally ~ arly excluded
The Planters Of the South now supply
nearly all the cotton manufactured in Englsnd,
snd they now raise quite as much as is wan
ted.-Suppose FIVE other countries were to
raise an equal amount OF cotton with them.
selves. and likewise ship it to England
would the planters Of the South be sure OF n
sale for their crop of cotton, from the clrcum-
stance that they could sell il as cheap az
others? Or is il not probable N oil sold at
the same price. the Southern Planters would
be able 10 dispose Of one sixth part of their
crop only ?-They would then be- in the
situation Of the manufacturers OF this country
without protective duIies to a sufficient ex
tent to insure them the home market under
ell the fluctuations incident TO trsde.-En.
gland protects her home market-whch Is
probably worth ten times 10 hcr mnnufoc-
tnrers-the gum OF all the markets IN the
world besides,-thls being the case IN all
manufacturing countries, so much does bns'-
ness that employs all classes add to the gene
raj wealth. England receives but a very few
ofour staple prodncts-not enough to pay Tor
one third Of the amount of manufactures we
now use. al the present reduced prices
should we not then protect our home market
and thus enable our labourers, our farmers.
and our mechanics, To purchase their clothing
by the products OF their farms their shops
and the price OF their labour, especially as
we require oil the proceeds Of our exports
for other "comforts," as our table OF imports
clearly show.-Wha then il we depend upon
foreign countries for our manufactures; we
OF course could not pay for the amount we
now use-but would that enable Ms To mann
fucturs them for urselves?-No! we should
soon come to the state that other nations have
come to that do not protect their industry
We should in great M ssure do without the
comforts ofhfc fur the want 0f sblIity to Pur-
chase thsm.-For our clothing the great body
OF the people, would have TO return TO the
old mode Of domestic manufacture by
which, as before stated. 700 persons did the
work Of two Of the present day. Practical
men will see this must be the result of the
Abandonment OF the protective system, how
ever il froy be ridiculcd ty hair.brnlncd lheo'
rlsts. like many now holdiog consp'cuous pla-
ces in " The Co, ncils Of the nstion."-To EN- |
ploy labor saving machincry to any cxtentre-
quires a combination If Capital and Industry,
which will soon bs broken up without stea-
dy & sure market at some price or otl'er for th'
articles made. And if our markets are
opened 10 foreigners while theirs in turn are
closcd to us. we shall be precisely. las far as
II relates 10 our nanufac,ures) IN the situation
Of two hostile ciiiss-The one strongly wal
led and defended at every pent--,he other
entirely exposed and destitute of defence
open to the ircursions Of their protected
enemy ut all points, and at any moment, and
subjected 20 continual harr lssings;o or like 'wo
farmers, whose estates are separated only by
public highway.-Fnrmer Thrifty has en-
closed his farm and cfirctually prevented the
incursons Of his Reighbor's cattle.-Farmer
Easy allows his to remain open nnd exposed.
Former Thrifty turns his sheep and young
cattle into the highways as often rs he sees
the grass on his neighbors farm rising to y
green bite which Is no sooner eaten off
than he ngair takes them into his own en-
closure, where they are entirely protected By
sufficient fences to prevent q retaliation OF
Farmer Easy's starving cattle.
This. ] presume. is Mr.. Van Bnren's idea
OF the true system" or Free trade espc-
cially ss il would be imposing heavy bur
dens" on Farmer Easy To oblye him to fence
his farn.-Should our ilus,rious chief Magis-
trals, when passing that way, compare the
appearance Of Farmer ThrIGy's cattle with
that Of his neighbour Easys he would, judg
ing from some foreign us well as home ex-
psrieDcc Of tho writer. have pretty tolerabe
idea of the comfortable appearance Of the
great body Of the people of country whose
industry is protected, md also, those Of their
neighbors who are in The full enjoyment Of a
free hadc-all the advantages Of which are
rcaped by one side only, as in the case OF
Farmer Thrifty.
The opposers Of the Tariff at the south
say they would have their goods cheaper,
were it not for the Tariff The writer has
shewn that they now get nearly nine times
~ many goods of their own countrymen for
the same quantity of cotton as they formerly
received from fore igncrs-and be il RENE m.
bered their own countrymen have been drl
ven into the business of manufacturing by the
south. They were opposed to the system.
until circumstances had compelled them to
invest their capital in manufactures, which
they have now done, and it has become the
business Of the north to manufacture the cot
ton as much as il is the business Of the south
To rase it. And now when the manufacturer
has reduced the price of the cost Of manufac-
ture TO 81 cents for 6 yards willis they for
meTly received before the Tariff 30 cts. for
the manufacture Of yards, say 81 cents now.
instead of 32A then, and at the sams time
hive advanced the planters cotton 50 per
cent in price, 10 and behold the friends of the
planter who first originated the Tariff, turn
upon the manufacturer and call him "a pi |
rate" Since the CONNIE nccnen Of the
manufacturing Of cotton in the United States,
the improvements in machinery have made
greater advances in one year than il had
done before in ten. IN England there was
more labor than employment. and on that &C.
count II was extremely difficult to Introduce
labor saving machinery-snd the discourage
men, thrown upon It's introduction, palsied
the inventive genus Of the people. The