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situtlon were we'll acquainted with
the history Of the past; and when pre-.
pairing frame Of organic law for this
young, this nsscent nation-for a Tree
people, people Of vast commercial re.
sources-the long vislas Of future gran.
deur, power, and wealth, the fruit OF
successful industry. rose before their
view, and with wise forecast they in.
serted thislproviSion as a means OF arm.
ing the Government with power 10 re.
sist the attacks Of foreign rivalry; and
the Governmen; must have been pow =
erIess without it, But for this, and 6
Britain would at this day have been the
regulator of the commerce oflhis nation.
Nothing could have prevented or resis.
ted it. And thus, the most important
Of all our great national interests would
have been in 4 hands, and subject to
the will and pleasure oil Foreign Gov
ernment.
IL in one OF the commercial revolutions
which had so often occurred in the his
tory Of the world, it should so happen
that Great Britain should get some coun-
try 10 furnish her with the staples Of the
Southern States on better terms than
they can should so open for herself a
better & cheaper supply OF cotton, for ex.
ample, az not on y TO be able 10 meet the
wantoi her own looms, but actually bring
it here and undetsel those States in The
American market If she should be able
to supply the factories Of New England
with cheaper cotton and equal quality,
he rather imagined the doctrines Of
Southern gentlemen on this floor would
be little changed, las they had been
changed several times heretofore) Oh,
how easy it would then be to prove that
it was the duty Of Government 10 pro-
tecl our home industry Yes: should
Great Britain ever become independent
Of this country for her supPly;& should
ever meet with such glorious success as
to produce it cheaper than our Southern
States, how quickly would Southern
philosophers discover it TO be the easiest
thing in the world 10 prove that the in.
dustry ofthe South should be protected
by Government! Mr.. NJ. was himseI
from the South He came from,a slave
State: and he supposed he should, in
that case. be told by his nolbern friends,
This won't do: we can get cotton as
as good and cheaper from England: we
must have free trade: we must go where
we can buy the cheapest. II you com.
pei US to buy cotton in the Southern
States, you lax US unjustly for their ben.
eft: we never will submit to it," And
what would he dof Admit their doc.
trinei No. He would answer then,
"No gentlemen: the South must not be
left to perish. She constitutes a gori
ous part Of this Con(ederacy. Her lands
must not be left to run TO waste; her
slaves must not be left in idIeness; her
gentlemen must not be broken down and
ruined. No; you shall buy at home
you must get your cotton from Charles
ton, and Savannah, and Mobile. You
shall not break one'half oil this Union,
10 throw all the profits Of your business
into the hands of foreign nation,"-
That was what he would say TO New
England in such a case. And if South
ern gentlemen would consider it sound
reasoning then, why was it not equally
sound now?
Now their cry was, "Let US alone
let US buy where we can buy cheapest
you force US to buy from a home market
when we prefer market abroad-you
violate free trade-you tax US Tor the
benefit Of the Yankee mRnufactures.'-
That was now the argument-that was
now the Southern doctrine and the
Southern policy, And Mr. NJ. said he
thought he had gone good way 10 say
that, admitting their position to be cor.
rect, he was willing to Ego the whole
hog" and compel New England 10 pro.
tect their cotton. But such was not the
true doctrine Of protection. The Yam
KEGS, owing to their peruiar national
character and condition, were as well
calculated TO become q manufacturing
people as any in the world, and they
could furnish to the South whatever the
South needed on better terms than any
body else; and protection extended TO
them was merely protecting private and
domestic capital against the hostile pol
icy of Foreign Governments. Manu(ac-
lures, fthey we're to flourish, must at
first be nourished, guarded, courted, fon
died during their childhood. Mr.. NJ.
would here assert that there never had
been a nation on earth which had sue
ceeded in establishing manufactures
among its people without making their
protection the business OF their legieIa.
tion, and part Of their us.',lonal policy.
England bad, at his day, the finest
marine perhaps "a the world. And look
al her celebrated "Navigation Act" a
law IN ~nIch, with most jealous anxiety
she lOsln IA 4 tho ;ntaraet oC hor pWn ma.