Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-29
From the Pennsylvania CoursnL
ENGLAND AND AMERICA,

:, The following article which copy from tn
Boston Atlas, is eminently deserving of the serou
c, attention Of every in the country, who desire
n to witness its permanent prosperity, or who feel
x disposed 10 contribute his exerlions TO make tn
Nation really independent Of foreign lands Tn
Is subject is one OF the mos, vital importance, an
e must ere long DC again acted upon 10y the Repre-
Is senta'vss ofthe People in Congress. We ask Al
men to give IL an attentive perusal:
!. "The entire overthrow of the advocates of a re
duetion ot the rates of duties imported grains II
IL Great Britain, teaches American LEGISLATORS a les
" son they cannot disregard without fatal bndnes
h 10 the interest of our own country. The advocate
n OF free trade would do well TO stop, and ask them
5 selves what country is to gain by admitting IN,
products Of other countries into a formidable anc
most injurious competitor with our own, while
there is no reciprocal favor rendered to our owr
$ Productions, aud while their ports are seduousy
1 guarded against all vessels with imports from 4
; mertca' Shall we throw omen our ports to the
manufactures of England, Germany end France
Shall we admit English beoadcoths-French boots
French hatS-Germhn saddlery, and hundreds OF
other articles, the low OF which will drive thou.
, SANDS OF Americans from employment, while pro
hiOtoEy du'y shuts out the products of our asrcul-
turef France taxes our tobacco at enormous
rate, and is calling Am ,rica unsraefu because
VIC have !lIt a Cuty of twenty per ccntum upon
her manufactured silks. And Eng land is constantly
urging upon America the advantages from free trade
while she never prnctises as she breaches. IL Is
worse than folly, now 10 speculate upon the ady an
tsges deriyabo from universal free trade through
out the word. IL is sufficient that nothing of thu
kind does exist, and that there no prospect that il
ever will exist. The only queStG TO ask ourselves
IS, shall We by attempting tins Utopln scheme OF
an absolute free trade I've unjust TO our own coun-
try, while we have no return from any other :
Shall we rum the man acturer and the producer for
an imaginary benefit TO iew--a benefit that will
soon cease 10 be realized, for what certainty is there
IN such unequal contest, that even commerce rrd
the carrying trade will long remain m our hands
T.fE Ap,tf t,h. u. d
grain, and then there will he object for some cor.
responding iteraI'y on our side. Blu; of this there
| is no prospecr.
Blu, England has hut recently refused to take our
! grain upon even fixed anu moderate duty, the on
! " condition upon which permanent national trade
can exist, and the only means whereby she can hone
10 retain the United ales MAJ ket for her man.
/ u:lctuteS. She has eNIRcCi her determination to
| persist IN her own corn laws as they now stand
/ and the only alternative have lett under such
! Circumstances, Is 10 c.csc our accounts with her
and 10 become instead OF being a. now, one of nor
best CUSTOMERS henceiorward, a rival manufacturer
both at home and abroad. This alternative l. a
necessary ons.-For II the products Of our soil are
| not suffered 10 be taken m payment (Or imported
manufactured goods OF Europe, how shall we be
enabled TO make payments We are necessarily
driven to make them Tor ourselves when We cannot
\ afford 20 bay.
Corn is nearly totally excluded, while the day is
| rapidly approaching wnsn cotton, rice and every
other product Of the American sO,i will follow IN II,
course. As the trade will then stand with gard
It will be Of utter dependence. England IswiI-
| ling TO sell TO Us, but unwilling to buy from US
| The only pOssIb TORN of trade, in the meantime
| between such parties exchanging unequally, mus
be one of large and IN reasIng credits, such AS ours
has long been th Engla and and sucH as il must he
again, It trade widely re established under
! the existing state Of things. Bot OF such enarsed
restoration there Is much room Tor doubt. There is
dIsitust ami Discrimination on both sides. Eng Hand
now reasons, she mas lately acted, most unWIse-
| ~, win regard TO the present crisis, OF which she
| herself was the moving cause.
But even It Eng and should hereafter rcyenf and
should establish our trade UPON equal and lus'
basis, what inducement is there to u.s. her injured
debtors, 10 SO easily forget All forgivel Ought W.
not, ~ justice 10 ourselves seek market where
they are not exposed 4 runous and sc s caprce2
| And where can we better DO so than in The dones
TIC exchanges of oar own country
Feelings like these, are just and natural and
exist widely throughout the country, and sooner or
| later England will be- and should be made 10 feel
| them IN a decided form, OF national pClcy-sgch as
| shall hasten ch nge, and Zee US from our depend
enee upon foreign countries, by making profitable
| 10 ourselves the national Industry. This change
lew can witness with sl'prs=, for It is natural, we
might almost say the necessary result OF the recent
financial course pursued 10y Eng and, OF her pre-
sent determination TO hold To the exclusion ot
! American corn. Such policy, while at The same
/ time she ~uhholds her iong accustomed American
credits, Bol only awakens such inclination, but at
the same time renders some countervang policy in
| eyl,ab,e.
| Self defence will nov compel u., henceforward,
10 let Ens and mad n America rival instead Of
customer: a rvaI, TOO, not only ~ supplying her
o~n home consumption, but as meeting the English
manufacturer every port, anticipating hi n in eve
~ foreign demand, end IN spite OF Iaferiorlty Of
capital c0ntrIyng 10 dndeTsell him 10 every market
and IN every form OF manufacture, though supe-
rIor industry. enterprise, and economy Of labor.
| What vii, be the eventual result of such compet-
ton IN foreign markets, we may even now Judge.
For we know well, that wherever the American
capital and skill have already taken Lrm hold Of
any inuiaciure, whether iosercd IN !; by our own
laws, iustsred II by those of England the
American Manufacturer has driven or Is driving his
English rival out OF every open foreign matks; md
+ we doubt not, IN many articles, at this present mo-
nent couid successfully criye him from his own
In the cOdser coOns, for instance and some OF the
: hardware, America IS nov allie TO underse the
manufacturers at Manchester and Birmingham at
Their own Coofsi and can pu; up, she is putting
up, machinery their mills and locomotives on
, their railways, cheaper and better than the best
|, English establishments now afford 10 DO the
same work, and that under all the disadyBnnges of
iresht. II such, them be the result OF incidental
/, competition between the two manufacturers what
will It be when awakened by national iealousy
sharpened 10y all the zeal Of individual rivalry and
? aided by the acknow lodged superiority Of Ameri-
1 can mechanical ilCnl The result vii. be little
less, 10 low years after their establishment than
complete transfer Of rs presen. manufacturing mo-
nopoIy from England 70 America, ana with /, not
{ small but large share to that very surplus ca.
\ Plta they now husband carefully
+ The Editor q the Boston Courier, the veteran
g.. Buckingham, offers The following reasons why he
T cannot unite in the magnificent homage about to
he paid 10 the French Prince at the "Cradle Of Ii
berry Boston Journal!
"Tbe Pnnce de Jolnvi,Is is expected to he IN our
n city right speedily and, as will be seen bya notice
D IN another column, large number Of our citizens
propose 10 dance ut FIneJil Hall in honor Of the
occasOn.-We had an invitation TO ute m the in.
ilidi0ry arrangements for the ball but hard work
age, indifference TO such vaniies and poueTiy have
prevented our cooperation. How could we our
joints suiiened by the cold Of sixty winters and our
pockets as empty as the head Of the sprI,htricst
young fellow that ever ca, pigeon wing unite IN
this testimonial Of p9i,iohc respect or intruds into
the presence with wife and daughters clad IN
nine penny calico OF American manufacture Or
how could we present 0rssitn such scene Of cost.
iY iesilvy and meet fice 70 face some friend whose
good nature 70 us~ard may have cost him more
g than we shall ever be able 10 pay p"
from tho Boston Mu-r1nuis Journal.
0 PRWcE ~ JoWvILLE arrived IN this city this
j morning from New York and the Ball NJ Faneuil
3D. and Quincy Halls viii be given this svening-tbe
dancing TO commence OF 5 o'clock. We learn from
the Atlas, that "Faneu Hall has been covered With
a q new md elastic floor, adapted to dancing. The
n Hal IS oru1mcntcd with elegant and pceuIinrIy
8 appropriate decorations. The Flags OF aiI the Ma.
. tons are tnsCiu.ly arranged, and the tr color of
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