Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-07-01

Of colonial vassaage and dependence
our fathers nobIy spurned? Indepen-
dence does not consist merely in the ab.
sence of legal ties end written obiea
tons, having no fealty or service 10 ren.
der in the most sublime declarations"
or exactly poised Constitutions Its re
source for all lis real and substantial
blessings is in its power and ability to
protect, defend, produce and enjoy all
The essentials Of national safely. sub.
sis,ence, and advancement Would the
United States be independent, standing
still for centuries in separate national
ity, like the Chinese, and have to buy
safety for millions from a few foreign
regiments? Or, like Spain and Portu-
gal, have all their internal regulations
subject 10 the caprice or dictation Of
foreign courts? Surely not! Equally
dependent must we become with these
degraded nations, and by the same pro.
cess five are not independent Of for
eign supplies, But an attempt has been
sometimes made, to advocate the protec,
tlon and production Of certain classes Of
articles as more essential for defence
than Others, having the latter exposed
to all the witheriDg influence Of Free
Trade" This has been done with the
most sinister purpose Of detaching from
the true and general interests Of the
whole Union that portion Of our people
engaged in the manufacture Of metal.
Besides the crying injustice Of such par
tia and unequal laws, in a country
whose boast is freedom and equality,
why attempt that which is equally un-
just, as impractcable, in a country Of
such extensive and diversified interests
as ours? No distinction in principle ex-
lists between the productions of iron anG
wool, cotton and silk; each has capital
invested, labor employed, experience
attained; all are equally entitled to en-
couragement and protection. But ifyou
, narrow down the policy to mater iaI
alone Of national defence, there is in
reason no difference. or all the arti-
cles enumerated as proper for protec
= ton, that for which you petition stands
| at the head, both in the eyes of the
| Government, and Of the friends Of the
system; and this view is sanctioned by
, experience. 1t may also be used as a
, safe example Of the universal applica
r tion and general benefit OF the principle
throughout our wide borders. Take,
n for the sake of illustration, the country y
r for an hundred miles around VOC, and
!. it's preduclons, manufactures, their use
! and expectation. This district is un
f equalIed, in my view, in The whole
Union; for saubrity Of climate, variety
y OF production, and fertility Of soil, in any
equal erea. Reaching, as it would, into
4 parts Of three Of the largest States in
, the Union, It is peculiarly adapted TO the
n production and manufacture Of articles
essential to our Independence, safety
, and comfort, both individually and col
a leclively. Iron and coal abound, laying
II almost in alternate strata, TO invite al
> the manufacturers Of metal. Salt II
a, found in sufficient quantities for home
m consumption, and some for exportation
y and needs but protection to make US in
NJ dependent Of Importation The riches
% Of all green fields are covered witt
va sheep, whose fleeces ore Of the fines
n texture, and you have focks upon
n thousand hills; while the streams de
vs scending therefrom are converted, b.
a. skill and ingenuity into the cheapes
). power for the manufacture OF the va
"a rous productions Of those verdant hills
at And the most "beautiIuI Of rivers" eX
,d pands its placid bosom to receive ant
transport The result Of your labors, aIte
c they have been carried to the higher
10 state OF perfection, And that lessor
=, which our inhabitants first learned, an
~, have longest practised, needs only to b
dc applied 10 all their productions. Th
40 same practical principle which led
ar the conversion Of wheat into superfn
iol flour has every thing TO recommend tn
b same process in the enhancement OF tn
In. value Of iron, cotton, wool, and silk
10 equally adapted to, and produced by
N this beautiful region Of country, Th
nv employment OF labor. the diversity Off
n, application, the creation Of better mai
on ket for produce, and diffusion Of comCoj
N, and subsistence to all classes and cond
for tions, would be the happy result. AT
re- would not the "general welfare al
nv common defence" be promoted A
of admit that iron steel, and lead are Q
do sential to both, and that it would he a
ne. surd TO import muskets and cannon
,ta war or the implements Of agricuItu
md IN time Of peace. Are not tents al
ao. blankets, shoes and hats as essential
.liy q soldier as are sworls and guns!'
in. Surely; and ii is as much a mark of d
II. penderce and Of humIiaing inferiorl
Ia. in a nation to import the one as Il
ces orher-to say nothing Of the gan'ie
= nd admission made by it, of want Of II