Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-11-05
Political.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
Mr.. JEFFERSON'S OPINIONS.

wv tdTlus TOT iuS.dUct.. U!S tN:lfF ~ ~
'ramln.nv Society of New Y rk, III 1870
!. t''rh' re- can lN. no question ,D The mi.
:. oi' every tru.. American. TINT they III,
: seriously To the policy whic', plants II
: mana.:.turer aud the bu>l,anlsnan sc
; bv sd. AMI establishes, q. the door
;. every one. that cxch.Dg. Of labor wlic
: we have hitherto sought in J:a,am co.,r
. tries N vain
Now, the New York Express does ne
. advert 10 III circumstances under wi,lc
this sen,imen, vas avowed. We wcr
then in sn anomalous afi;u:t in regard 4
EnH'and. All ,i,. comm rcial relation
witt, that 2rea! commercial power wer
disturbed We wer. ev..n ada,p.ing can,
nnrycia! rcs'rictiOn ns q measure of duresl
andsns substitute for war M wonder
then. that Mr.. J. turned to our internal re
sources. asa m-an~ Of supplying ~ witt
'"t ign gntyIs. rnis was one c,msilcra
tion. Another vast at Mr ]. does no
even al l'lde IN his letter Of l8O8 tca l:cav,
tariff law. "a ;he means of encouraging
} domestic manufactures. The poi;cy .
r'antin& the m m.nufacurer bs tn. side Il
the husbandman, might have been pro
moted by individual exer,i.ls. wi,hou,
t.e n'erposi,ion Of :i,e governments. 4
gain-,he policy of tariff had no, lAen
been dev ped. Its gross par,iaIity te
one portion Of the Union, where capital
was more abundant and labor more cAsap
md its proportionnfe burthen on the
southern states. had not been brourh,
home to our business and bosoms. |'ur
what said Mr Jefferson At another period
nt his tile, when experience had shed It,
1hyhts an t'essons upon The Impressions y.
She tariff sys:eni )a'cs are IA her i'm
portant il, such questions. The express
gives us the sayings Of 1908 --but what
said he uno'her period ni his iii.2-
We quote from nn article which has u D.
reared in the Globe. from the pen OF u
gentlemen ot Rvckbridge county, July
2lst:
An advocate Of free tra,e in principle,
Mr.. Jefferson held free trade doc! rilses
With as ew qualifications as most ether
disciples et' ,ha. S .hno H. was decided
Iy opposed to the protective tariff u 1924;
aud we're he now upo, earth, he would
hurl his most indignant and scorn.i,i
wrath agains. those who, perver'ing his
o;,htlons, are attempting by the nf1u.Ecc
OF his gr-a' mama. 10 sustain u system Of
policy winch ne scoult.d and d-issled =
Upon 'i sahjec, brg leave to .nh,n,
the following conclusive testimony from
Fuckers Lille ol' Jefferson, sol. ii, page.
367:
'''ef're this question Che tariff ques.
~ had ~ "A,
M interests h,.l been developed To t'r.
pubIic ,nind. Mf J.tfersnn received "a let
Ter from B..,j.min Au,,n. OF MassacIlu
set's, in which, a.npng other ,htngs, he
tells Hr Jefferson that he '"as quoted by
those whs wlshe 10 cou'il,ue our Deepen
deuce Oh England Tor manu'ar,nres'-
luiing To the passage in his notes, in
winch Ike discoun,enancrs the policy OF
establishing tna,l n,nc,orirs in Virginia.
Q tins letter he gave Il reply. tina, las
been triu1nphantly quoted by the sup
porterS Of 'he tariff. They have, how
ever. given TO i y force and etF;.r, which
II will mol jasdy bear: Tor, while. he sean
Ell tu have lost mach o. lis tur,ner pre-.
jndice against manufactures AMI mana.
tnc'u,ers np one Wus H,re OrposeJ io III
measures pursued by th~ir .f,nn1s fr
,r encDnruy meAt, er tcas ~ re Ntnsib.y
6"fh \, ihstr ,hj,tsl,rr nna mpo'j y
''isu, vim, SAID Mr. Jefferson himself
nt,er the tarir question had been ,uliN
discussed. and wh.r the pfoleciv i've tariff
., 1874 VAS i'll foil bla>i? la a letter 10
Mr. Madi>un. dated February n 1896, u
few months before Bls death. n account
ing inr hts ..TcUu!ary ADVERTISEMENTS.
MI. Jefferson uses the following Ian.
guag:
tut tho long succession of stuntci
cr"ps; or reduced prices: The grnrr0l
lrostran.,n ., lAe f.rm.ns Business, undrr
hr'rs f,rthr snpp,Tt + ihr ntonMtaciarsrs.
value III our paper medium. hare kept
ogr'cutsre ~ q sac y JnIjsciarprf.slom.
See sa'nr vol. p 4u3.
Bessdes all hts, an intelligent friend
informs anr that lac heard vir Jefferson
decla,e al hi- table, tha, those Who advn-
cal national bank. internal improve
ments by tho federal g,'vernsnrnt, and u
protective tariff, we're the leglmn,e des-
cendan,s OF the n,i lederal parry "
4aga."-We find The lolnw my speak
ing rrsnlnlc nee IN that excellent paper,
the Natch.z Free Trader, Of .he 9TH INST
extracted from Mr. JeActson's correspn.l-
deuce:
..cuitiyators Of the earth are lhs mos,
valuable clI.z-ns. they are the most
vigorous, :h4 mos. independent. The most
viriuous, and they are tied 10 their cnun-
try and wcn,ied TO lis liberty aud inter
1ss. by the most lasting bonds AZ long,
Il. ,etore AS they Car, tin.i employmen, III
This me. would no, convert them in,o
mariners. artisans. ar any thing else
Bat once ci'izens find emp yn+nt is this
line they conlnus IA ii, ill their nnn,-
hers. and. o, course their pfulnctiuns
become too great for the demand, lu'h
internal aud foreign l'his is not the
case yet, nnu probably will not bs inr q
co.'s uerable ils. As suol Us it is, l!ls
surplus II hands must br turned to some.
thing else. should then, perhaps. wish
10 turn them to the sen in ressrrn-e to
l,'.. ulacur.s, bee...u .. comparing the
q ,art.ler> ot tho ,w,' classes. tind the
'0r.ner the ,l,osi valuable citizen > i
10 : any States Rights Republican bs.',
lievs that, as soon as Mr.. Jefferson saw
tn Parl'a' ani unjust working OF this ma
chime ilAr Ms StMn nS ~. ~ u, fhnf Ma