Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-08-04
YuR THE viRoINIAS.
W.. .leftrson RS. he Prefecture System.

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Of jefferson vol ? page 26s. find positively assert
al in relation u this very SUBJECT. thai whlie lie MI.
Jecrson seemed - have LOST much q h's burner Pf'9o
dice against manufactures and manufacturers no one fas
,noyy ,pposea 10 TIE measures pursued tg Ter lftenos
for their encouragement or e6s h'efe seso'e Do" y
their isjus,ice and tnpehey"
This is ciache but there Is Ut more decisive ties
timopy from the pen oi Mr.. jefferson himself In let
ter TO Mr. Madison, dated February H. ie-o moi long
befe bis DEATH Mr.. jefferson, IN explaining his pecu
nisry embarrassment. uses the following language:
but the long succession Of s,unied crnps, Of reduced
prices the general prosira,ion Of the Turning business
under lercs for TIE support q naatdcfartis &c hare
kent agriculture in state II affect depression. (See
same vol, page iee)
This, BE- II remembered was written in 1886, while
the protective tariff Of 1924 in full blast aud in Oh
vous alnslon TO that very measure Gould any thihg
be more emphatic!
In addition To all his an intelligent friend informs me
that he heard Mr. jefferson declare lis OWN table that
those who gor OF National Bank. Internal I'm
provements by the Federal Government and Iiotec
tire Tariff were the legitimate descendants OF the old
Federal party!
| am familiar with the extracts yru have published
fro Mr. Jeierson's Messages; but those recommends
ss.f predica,ej upon the assumed fact, that IN
Eeqnence of the piratica deprcdations Of Britain and
trrance upon orr commerce, I'VE must make our own
comforts, g without the n" Bal their Expectations
have long since ceased flats perfectly
upon every ocean, under the stripes and stars the
Republic; markets glulied with foreign products
Mr. Jefferson all this, and therefore at the close OF
his life, was. formerly, a Free Trade man. The
foundation being removed, the superstrnciure OF
fell to the ground FREE TRADE.
Rockhidgs. july q. 1872.
ei- The Republican viii please copy.
REMARKS.
II we are in error correspondent supposes, in
quoting Mr. jefferson in favor oi protective tariff ii is
manifest that il is Mr. Jelersou's own fault, hot ours
Ifhe had written any thing in favor Of that policy
it would not be in our power 10 quote him.
Mr.. jefferson, while Secretary Of State, made his
celebrated Report Navigation, in which he broadly
asserted the protective principle by insisting on reel
procity in trade between Ia and other nations car
dinal feature of national pllcyio be enforced. II
need be. by refaliaory a~s-moetine, IN his own eN
pressise language high duties with high duties. and
prohibition with prui ,'aon" Tie primary ohect Of
tho Imposition Of reialatory duties, aware,
would not be for the protection # aptactpes, although
tina, would be It's Inevitable Incidental encet-lut the
specific and ayowed design of he adoption of such poll
cy would be the protection of III articles of domestic
production in favor Of witch those retaatury duties
should be imposed. So that. long age as l793 Mr.
jefferson had taken position, i'll reference to our
nerc.a intercourse with fsiso nations, which placed
him necessarily among the advocates OF protective du
les.-1hethor those laos designed 10 frotect the
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for example, retaatgry duty were laid on French fab
rics, for the purpose ereing the abolition of the monop
oily by the operation Of which the sales Of American TO
baeco supposed To be materially less than if free trade
were permitted the object d tita duty would be the d
rect protection Of the tloacco arewcr-Or We were To
insist upau tic abolition d the British laws under
the penalty Of imposing heavier duties on her manuac-
lures. the object would be tho prraelon Of the grain
grsseror, if the Addition Of the discriminating duty
Imposed both by Great Baia and France up n cot
tln from the United States demanded under the
penalty, the design would be the protection of the
cjtten l}aalerja the dut} ot per pound,
ab1ut J0pcr cent. imposed al an early period in our
il1nal history up the in riaon # raw cotton from
broad. induced b, similar motive. And where,
ASK is The plWor found 10 protect the cldtira'ion, which
docs mol also anthorz usterrotfc III ffftet,Rt oco
t1u! Where does Cob Irtni authority protect tuaac
ard grain, which does not enl race wool. and iron and
every other conceivable element Of wealth whether
drawn iron the bosyin the earth or fabricated by hu
ar3
But let down to later period In 1859 we
fad MIR. Jefferson writing in the following language, to
MI Thomas lepcr, of PhladeipAia
~ hare lately ihc,deacd The encouragement IF manu-
tactWes 10 the eris,d u o,ca coasRnp tia al least
N all articles q mhich raise The rnlc material On
alarm OF Chinese policy, destruction ot commerce. sc.
That is to say. the iran which make must mol De
wrought here lno plDnghs, aNes hoes &c. order thar
the snip owner may have the prot nf carrying to u
rope and bringing II back IN manufactured iorn IT,
alter manufacturing materials for Cur own
USE 'efe would not be surplus produce sufficient to
employ due proportion N carrying it market and
exchanging II iur those articles ut which we have not
the raw material Yet this absurd hue and cry has con
tribu,ed 10 ederaze New ENGLAND. Their doctrine |
goes 10 the sacrificing agriculture and fdct,tS
conhefce--io the calling our people from the interior
country 10 The sea shore erchans, and
vert ms great agricultural cnnr, into city OF Amster
Dam But trust Tie eooj q or coinry ,cW
Nat It's greatest prosperity dpeads due balance Le
toeea agriculture. MANUFACTURER and conaa'ce, and not
IN tins prourberan navigation which has kept IN hot
water from the commencement Of our Government, and
is now engaging MS in war;
So It would that ''c0nmerce +" and not manifac
lures, was in 1909 the sntc Of 'jcdrat' idolary ana
ptrepublican reprobaon Commerce. and not manu- |
lectures, contributed TO Jedera'i.e New England -
The Yankees were then roapng abundant harvest Of
wealth, not by their looms and spudes, for they had
ne,-butb by their commercial enterprze and activity
our flag being borne by them every sea which
they might carry the products of their land or from
which they could pfuluce articles lie consumed at
home Mr. Jtt1crsun's embargo and non-inlercourse !
laws and the of 1879 interrupted, and to great
extent destroyed this golden age of commercial pros
perily," the return Of which constantly invoked by
thu nj