Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-29

~ COMWTICTIT TTNlT.l
!, ta1td NJ once; but when cate ed on the cours
We t"u"d Gtca Britain, with a capial the ctOwJ
o' centuries, guarding her own m utaclurCs 10y eve
~ pos>loie legislative device, sttcng mag the
| ne power At home, and covering her domcS
1 40" Ny the stro"s arm OF Guycrnm,n IA ever
! 'isn where II could come IN competition with that 4
''e'SneTs Engaged IN the same occupations. UuJc
| fHch circumstance, would gentlemen preach TO u
the theories q; free trade IL WIS vain to say tina
'apitai and Industry would ever hpw INTO the chan
| neS OF manufacturing production OF themselves
| unhided by the pToieGtinn ot esislitior; without
governmental protection IN their ineptnt stages
| m'nutociutors never could exist Our sol might be
iuly opened and cultivated and large redundant
Population might grow mp upon our soil. vet these
extra hands never could become manufacturers
unesS under the safeguard OF legal protection. And
why Because the moment they should commence
any branch OF domestic manufacture, the foreign
capitalist, whose capital was invested ~ that man
| ut'cturc, md Who had heretofore supplied our own
market. would put rh his who e strength 20 crush
the infant rival, and crushed II must We unless the
| arm Of Government interviewed To shield II. The
natural resources oi the United Suites were Amos,
! bound css, uey had, indeed. Just begun TO be ex-
poret. Extend'ns through range Of every cmg &c,
our country presented every variety Of soil and SIT
unuon; our mount'ns were richly stored with the
most valuable minerals; our valleys and our pi ,ins
were covered SIjh every plant pleasant u the eye
or good Tor foot, staple products vt the highest
commsrcit Importance abourdGd on every side;
yet strange 10 tel, with land Ike this IN pos
! amp c, foreigners could come to shores, take
from Us the raw mateTni, carry across the ocean
manufacture II into a thousand useful forms, derive
all the psoh, Of such manufacture, and return it to
us without taking scarcely any thing of ours IN
turn.
| MIR NJ. wanted to see m end put 10 such state
| of things; he wanted 10 see the day when, under
the protecting arms OF the Government, extended
over every branch Of our own domestic industry,
land here he knew the danger Of running his head
all Ia,
produced TO meet the wants OF this nation should
| be produced HERE-upOn her own soil. The home
m'rket vas the hes; Of all markets. When we
| battered with foreigners, portion of the profit
perhaps the larger portion, went into the pocket Of
the foreigner. Bot ii we traded with our own PEG
PIE, the profit wa. American, all round. II we
traded with an Englishman, half the profit went to
Eng and; but when man ut the South traded with
his brother IN New England, America GOT the " 10 Ne
soluble the amount WAS made and saved 10 the
nation.
Az, but how would all this interfere with the
compromise ac7 And what was the compromise
ac,l ltwasa sv passed IN 1888, fixing uniform
duty of tsen;y per cent on all imports after GER
tam day, hut very generously leaving Il in the
power o; Congress TO iN the rate higher or lower,
it the necessities OF the Gorernmcn, should reouir,
or perm {, according 10 the excess or the depletion
OF the Treasury. Why much sensIbilty was
exhibited 10 conreNon with this law MIR NJ. had
never been able to underS and. For his part
even II the law had contained no such saving clause
no such reserve OF poScr 10 the Cove umcut to
vary The rate Of duty, he should deny is authority
IA toto rule 10 bind The cgsia ION of Congress
tie denied the power OF any one Congress to clO,he
law OF ITS enactment wiki q Constitutional sane
ION anG sacredness for all future time. A. a 'cm-
porary eNpsdient-as means OF soo'hin. and a.
laying political and sectional evaporation, il ui. hi
be No very vel; Il nigh; even have been wise for
the time then present South Carolina held toward
the Genera. Government an attitude almost Of
open hostility; and the Executive OF ina, dty-than
whom, IN popularity and IN power, there never maj
lived a greater upon sar,h-hat pu: MS hand upon
his sword and threatened 10 turn is edge upon The
South. Great men, on either side, were iient fed
with the controversy, and ITS progress had lnvoved
he whole country m a state Of hIsn and alarming
exaspeTatoR. IL was feared by good and " ss men
that the peace Of the Union might be endangered;
and under such an omnous lUUrture Of cIrcums' o.
ceS this compromise bill become law. A. area-
sure OF policy, preventive Of evil, it was wise
n,dessng The tines. Blu, to meet rs ar i5if Gay n
lSi2, and tel Us that law passed m 1888 mas row
er 10 bind this Government - a.. eternity as
cnmpact-as an organic, iu0tawCul. iIw-SaS 10
advance q proposition 20 UaicH Mr. NJ never vou.d
Weld his assent. He never would recognise the
power ofthat act 10 bind tie Congress o. the UNI
ted States. According to the fluctuations OF crcum
stances, OIL poIcy--yrs, even Of public opinion
',oue-that ,'w was remarkable; the power OF Con
sress TO ra?sa. !: "a, Iudspu,aJe.
Mr.. ", 4 d not say tina; he w5s in fiyor or law
! ing tu,us beyond the amount required i'Ir revenue.
| or the mere purpose r' protection. The prnuriety
Of that WAS cshar.nic question; and much mi. ~
he sad, and had been sad. on both sides The
J power 20 regulate commerce had been absolutely,
: and Internationally cnEnted TO this Gsuerai Nv
. eminent. And when We would no are what com
meroe wHs, We mus; refer TO the Universal sentj-
meuis OF the nations Of ihe earth. And why gran'
power 10 "regI'aie''It! The history OF the World
would prove tEli the most ariGous s:rugr Is had
al ages taken place reference To t. auI that the
sword mad often been Drawn 70 settle the conrny.r-
". the ir r1s's Of he Constitution were vel 4c-
T qIantei " tn The history ~ the past; and when
Z prepirng frame Of organic aw for lhIs young
'his n1sccn' ratIOn-icr free people, a ps0p e Of
vast commercial r:sources-ihs long visa OF future
grandeur power, and wealth, the fruit OF successful
Industry, rose before their view, and with a wise
tore cast they userGd this provision ne means IN
. | armIus the Government with power. % resIs, the
attacks OF foreign rivalry; and The Government must
nave been pow srlGss withou II. But for .ais and
Great BriIao woYd al this day be the regulator al
, the commerce of this nation. Nothing could have
prevented or resisted It. And ,hus, 'hg most I'M or
tant OF all our great natonl. Interests would have
bee IN the hands and iect To the wI. and pcl-
. sure, oi foreign Government.
Fin ore u those Commercial revolutions which
ha0 go c''en occurred 10 the history OF the word
y % should 20 uapr,n thft Greet BI.aia should -.t
some country % furnish her with the sttp.es OF me
II Southern States on better terms uln thew ,1.-
should aHc open irrusrscfn better and : rtclne,
supply a. cotton, 'nr eX'w pie Su rs not only 10 be
H''t 10 me- i'" va O. Ter OK n looms, b. actual
. ily 60 bi &, Ga urdsrs D. IA s. States In tho
. \ Uon.un mI.ktt-H she should lie aB.s 10 sunni
= tre flc;orss OF New England with cheaper enr,gn
mi equal qualify, he rather imagined the doctrine.
. II Southern gentlemen this filpr would be- Ii,.
tie changed, tas they had BIO en- charged severe, time,
p here U'Dr,) On. how tlsy 10 would then boz 10
prove that Il vas tho duty Of Government 10 nrO
rec our home industry, Yes should BRIAN ever
become independent OF TINS try for her suppty
and should ever meet with such g.or lus success
20 pod ice cheaper than our Iu'hern States ~
quickly wnnid Southern philosophers discover J., 10
ue tie easiest thing no the world, o prove a.. the
industry Of he South should be protected ~ Gov
ernme q Mr. NJ. woe himself from the Sou,h. Us
came from slave ate; and he supposed b.. should.
IN that case, be tod by his NOrEsfn lrined, "This
WON'T d.: We can gs; cotton As good and cheaper
from England: We must have free trade. We must
= 70 where W en- buy The cheapest. Il YOU conpsl
US D buy co ton IN the SIu hern States you Tux us
, unlus.ly Tor their benefit; never will submit 10
. H." And what would he dol Admit thrir doc
LrInei No. RE "Ou answer IN I'm, "No zen. .emer.
the South must not be left 70 perish. She c1Dsr
totes glorious part Of this great COnfedsrs ey.
Her lands must no, be left 10 run 10 waste syes
must not be left 900 1.euess. har gpuu,rn.n must
. not be broken down emf ruined. No: you shall
q my o. hDme-yOu must re, your cotton from
! Charleston, md Savannah, nd Mobile. Ygu.bau
not break one n'il this Union, 20 ihrOR al The ID 10
y fits your business Inlo the hands Of foreign ma
ton That Vas What he would say u New
a England 90 such S.. And h Southern rcp.
= temsn you consider u sound reasOnIn, then INV
=, was u moi equally SOUND now3
IL Now their cry was, "Lst US aIou,-'s,u ID, buy
n where We ON buy chCap,st-yOu force us a. buy
,. from home m1fKe, when we prefer make
- oWonl-y1u violate ifra trade-ygu tax us for the