New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-04-16

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( from the United States which they can raise III
| their own do,ninions, and to compel Us as tar az
possible TO receive our manufactured articles from
| them This is not a new system with that nation.
bu, has been pracrsed assiduously for re last ce'-
urv lis orr gin was Just about century ago When
that government in order protect the iron Hlanii-
fac,urers a, home declared peaal offence, sub
| ectisg the offender fine of S2oO and IinPri'
.onmcnt in the discretion of the conr TO erect aSy
hammer sliting-nil or forge for making iron
| in the American Colonies. And By this and SINH
! lar acts They kept the enterprise OF this country
when in its colonial state subservIent TO that n ing
! DON Shortly previous TO the revolutionary war
as they could not raise indigo and rice III GREAT
| Britain, they used all their exertlons TO promote
| their growth in the Colonies, now forming the
United States But when those Colonias separated
from the mother counlry, Great Britain, through
the East India Company directed her attention to
! Asia in order to cut off those articles from t!ls
country Of indigo. the totalimpor's into Great
| Britain in 1892 were 495.l0l pounds. OF which
ONLY Isl ? 6 pounds came from the United States.
| and ONLY 81 535 pounds from Asia. In 788 tie
total i'm ports of tina, article amounted 10 2,Os6.9l
pounds, of which ,060. l54 pounds were received
| from this country, and 622, 60 pounds from ASIA
| In Nav 1892 the directors OF the East India
] Company first announced to the British Govern
nent the success OF their attempt 10 make the lnl
| go Of India surpass that OF America, and to ex-
clude it from the English market; AID now indigo
has ceased to be raised in the United States And
what great loss sustained here III tins single
article Of commerce by the Southern States, by de.
pending upon foreign market for It's consnnp-
ton The same policy i. now being pursued with
reference to rice which will ere many years be also
excluded from the English market, By reason of
the great supply which that country will obtain from
| their East India Colonies. The same remark i
also applicable to the great Southern staple of
cotton and the day is close at hand, when the
English manufacturer will prescribe his own low
price to the Southern planter, orreiu5c TO take his
product. That this event is near spring, IL
evident from the well established fact that tie
cotton crop Of the East Indies in 1874 is more
than the entire cotton crop of the United States
in 1927, and more thun total exports IN any
year prior to 1852, being estimated at 500, 900
bales, and showing an increase rapid than az
any time in the United States since its introduce
ton into that Country. These facts should con-
vince ol Southern friends that within the short
period Of five ak years they must prepare 10
grow cotton at four or five pound or tam
their attention To some thing else
Its to this course OF policy on the part OF Great
Britain that the Southern planters should looH
ed attempt on the part Of the North TO destroy or,
;iiectit. If they are wise thcyw anticipate the
inevitable result Of that policy and by voting for
tariff, amounting il necessary, To exclusion OF
British manu- u: turcd goods ron1hc United States,
build up home market in our own country. which
| would more than consume all the cotton ard other
products which they raise, and Il, better prices
than they ever again hope to get abroad, and
leave England to her selfish system, and to look
to here Colonies for Il market for her manuiact-
uresZ his is the=truc American System, one
which I'll portions of common country are
equally interested in sustaining; for it would cna
bic neutrality-suspicious. find cmployment.
and our agrculturis, market fer their produce
and all within ourzown borders, not subject to the
fluctuations OF forci On market, to the capricc
of a foreign government; and it would do more
probnbly than almost any other measure TO settle
and arrange the currency ot=our land. 1t has to
recommend it to our most favorable consideration.
the fact that it is experiment: but has been
faithfully tried with great success 1t IS the
now pursued by the Gcrmanic@ States, and the
suit among them for the last seven years has been
glorious Us it will be here if we have only the
sense to practise it. There has built up
towns in the forests, and renovated cities fast 60
ing to dccay-aiortled employment to thousands
of their ctizeRs and enabled those to live in com
ioil WIZ telblt hilcW W S''l plV-
visions from day to day Sufficient for the stay of
life and opened n home market for all the pro-
ducts of the earth raised by their farmers and az
torded an additional stimulus to that pursuit And
this policy has been successful in its results in
Germany, where it has almost entirely excluded
English manufactures from very extensive dis
lrict of country, previously supplied alone from
that source, that Prussia has within the last three
years adopted the same system. Why, then, with
such experience before Us, should kes-
tate in adopting system which will tend TO make
our country truly independent, prosperous and
happy. And yet strange us il may seem, with all
this knowledge before US. we have q strong party
who are now power in this State, opposed 10 the
introduction of such course o! policy in the Unit
ed States.
They seem 10 forget that the wealth of a nation
consists in It's products, and IT'S strength in the
number OF its industrious inilabtans-and that it
is with nations. rs with Individuals they never
can be prosperous unless they earn more than they
cSpend. Wctrust, however, that Notwithstanding
all the opposition this s,ent measure may meet, it
will ultimately prevail; and we believe that the
public mind, South as well as North is fast becorp-
ing enlightened on this subject and in relation TO
Its oyerpowering importance compared withlny
other system OF policy attempted il this connuv
In mentioning the American System, we feel tha,
associated with tin the mind of every citizen, is
the name OF HENRY CLAY-a name spoken with
accents of gratitude OF all who have truly the in
terests of their country al heart. To his great tai
cnts and exertions ill=hs cause of the nation. We
owe the attention which the subject has excited
through out the land. Whilew canno. disguise
the regret which We feel on the occasion OF his re-
tircipcnt from his aduoIs duties in the Senate Of
the United States, are satisfied that hc carries
with him tho thanks of a grateful people. and
their wishes for his future happiness; and tina, u
kind Providence may sustain and preserve him. to
render such further services for lis country us it
may have III store for him.