The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-03

,ho,es ,Lpa Il vas soie "a receive DE
loslaite parental esrs y Fosru'nsnl,
go n hid fsurk IA reris bfmly ute
tle stl. rnd ti,ainfd ) him luAnfieai
slUN,h; and 81 Ibis PHliCy. steadily per
sutd. she had risen 10 her present nsiign-
a smsresh I'D EFrsmess.
Rpl ore segs ezhoHed 70 lhrow apfn
epr ppIls 10 81 he ueEld; He acre 10
wsIr. ne he PErdUels Of every foreign
ns,ion. 10 rsseire 81 lhsy shcse 70 ssfe,
lille u the tame tine thfy excluded,
nilL HslrhlEl. BuslsfPing Jealousy. rsf-
" enc q cor predlcass wherever il'ry
hsd any similar ones Of lhsif ewn 70 ios-
Ger. This uas . Plss.y sys,smo OF free
frede! America has staple. iur sxsm
PIE. which she would sxchspRs with
Great Britain Tor British manslseiuresi
kul Britain hsrmsiieslly seals hes port
against IL. snd us are ssIll 10 60 and buy
Of her. sld call il I. free trade" The
theory OF these political philosophers
night come nearer The ruth had all ma
Iians. in The race OF commercial rivalry.
slarhd 81 onee; but when ne entered
on the course. ve found Great Brilsin.
with . capital The ero~lh Of centuries.
guarding her own msnufscsvres BY every
possible lteis:sIise device. strengthening
the arm Of Der prOwsr a home. and corr
srirg her domestic lsbar BY The strong
arm Of Government. in every case whsre
u rovld rome in competition wilh that of
foreigners snesged in Ihs sane oecupa-
lions. Under such circumstances. would
gsn,lemen preach 10 rs The theories "
Tree Hsdsl II MAS vain 10 say that es-
pilsl end Industry wo1ld ever naw IN
10 The channels Of manufacturing pEoduc-
non Of ihtmsels e.. unslJed BY the pro-
leriiob OF lesislslion; with eovernmenlsl
prnsenon IN their incipienlstsges. manu-
lsriuus neser could exist. Our soil
might be fully opened and cultivated.
and large redundant population nigh.
grow up upon our soil; yel these extra
hards never could become manufacturers
unless under The safeguard 81 legal pro.
ieclion. And Why! Because ihe mo-
mrnI they sould commence sny branch Of
domestic manufacture. The foreign capt
lsllsI, Ml,ose capital was invested in that
manalaclure. and Who bad heretofore
supplied our own market. would put lonh
his Nhule Strength 10 crush The infant
rival. and crushed il must be. unless The
arm ol Government inIertened 10 shisld
a. The natural resources cf the Unned
States were almost bonndless; ihey had.
indeed. just begun 10 be explored. Ex
tending Though range Of every climate.
our country presented every variety Of
soil ard situation; our mountains we're
richly siortd with the most vslusble
mIuersl.; our valleys and ouur plains con.
,eIed with every plant plesssnliO The rye
or good Tor food; staple products Of The
highest commercial imporlanre abound
on every eide; yei. strange 10 tell. with
. land Ike this in our possession. and .
population increasing beyond al example
foreigners could come 10 our shores. lake
from Us the raw material. carry IL across
The &C, an. manufacture II into thousand
useful lorms, derive all The profit &c snch
manufacture. and reinrn il 10 US without
taxing scarcely any ,hlns VI ours IN re-.
Turn.
Mr.. M. wanted 10 see an end 10 such
= slate Of hing; be wsn,rd 10 see The
day when, unCer The Protecting arm ol
tie Government, extended over every
branch Of our own domestic industry.
land here he knew The dargrr of running
his head against the " cnmpromise sci. y
al tina, cuulj be produced 20 meet The
wants Of this nation should be produced
here-upon her own soil. The home
msrktiNas he best nf all markets. Wh.n
ne barIcred wIh foreigners. a portion d
the profit. eIhaps the larger portion. went
inlo the pocket Of The foreigner. But il
we trade wllh our own people, The profit
vas .9msrirnn. oil round. II We traded
with an Eagllshman, half The profit wsnl
10 England. tot when man Of The Sunih
lrsded with his brother 10 New England,
America got the hole-Jovble the
amour, was made and sssed 10 The ma
ton.
AS, but how would oil this interfere
with the compromise ac,i And What
Was the compromise sc,i II was Law
passed IN 1893, fixing . uniform duty Of
twenty per ceni. on al imports after q
certain day, but very generously leaving
Il IN the Power Of Congress 10 Ok lie
rate higher or lower, if the necessities oI
the Government, should require OF permit.
according 10 The excess or tie depletion
81 the Treasury. Why so much sensi
billy was exhibited 10 connection with
this Law Mr. NJ. bad never been able Ia
understand. For bis own part. even il
The law had continued no such saving
clause. no such reserve Of power 10 The
Government to vary The rate Of duty, he
should deny its authority in TOTO as rule
70 bind The legisl,Iiop Of Congress. lie
denied The power u any one Congress ID
elo,he law Of its enactment with q con.
siI'utionsl sanction and sscredntss iot al
futDra time Az