Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-12

Il "SuthS III favor OF the COMPROMISE act
NC e'sfu ms eonsidetaton- that during the Iorme
eotnon OF the pttiod covered by that act the manu-
'eurers enjoyed high protection; and il on sht To ~
."n',nueo, that during the latter portion the proIu
| t, "nsn' nave their share. Yet. notwithstanSin
ms projection OF manufacturer, revenue poured int
ne reasnry IN such torrents that, Z, Get rid Of !,
| congress was compelled TO deposi,c i, with th
| STATES. IL protection destroys revenue, how cam
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Another illustration of this prncip'c will be faun
IN inc case oil sik. Previous to the late cx,re scs
son, imported silk paid very small duty; now
pays ~ per cent. Here is protection to a eertsi,
extent afforded to this species of manufactures. ami
put u to my friend from South Csrolin, 10 saw
whe'hee he believes that that % per cent duty wi:
o''"s no additional revenue in the Treasury. Wi
they date not. ' "N
Take any article now paving S per cent. AMI
raise the duty TO 90, and what will hc the effsc,
Inc cuty Is increased four fold; but is the reyenu,
o tn,s article diminished in the same proportioni
Wlii 1t be diminished a, ALI No il will be incrcas
ed. The amount imported NAV I've 1;n;n;shsd I'm,
the revenue will he augmented. 90 further and
""n.ain .net outy IN given case may amount "a
proh'hiuon ot that arc Q, and still the revenue
on INC Th"'e may he increased by that very inca
sure. Inc prohibsuon Of that article may induce
our own citizens TO 20 into tho manufacture orthc
article and this species OF manufacture may operate
az an incentive TO industry. By prohibiiin. the i'm.
po'''uoh OF thatntticle, new resources may be de.
hHPitbtu ana new sources oil
wealth opened, which, by producinc .enernl pro,
per''y, would enable the great mass OF the prorle
20 purchase more OF other importations and so on
inc whole increase the revenue OF the country.
W""'' 'heN, becomes of the senileman's position,
'hat wherc protection commences revenue ceases
But my friend from South Carolina represents
the parties IN this controversy To be tho manufsc
iurerS rtrsus the people OF the United States; and
ne refers TO the late census TO show. that while our
whole population is 100000, the manufacturers
~ the UniedS ates amour, Ia only 79I, OOn Here
are 100000 against Il, 100000 Bn, does no,
every ons see that this mode OF stating III. case is
unta'' Are the 1000, 600 al laboreis, Does It
that number include women aud children infancy
and Nsc, the l,me the blind. the sick and the dvinS
while the ,OO are all laborcrs in the visor ard
activity OF lic1 Us such comparison n fair one1
Surely not. But uniaif it is the gentleman gce
even iurihcr, ana conends that 79i 900 too larce
Tor inc operatives have no interest IN manufacturers
ana ought not to be counted. Such is the position
OF the gentleman.
Now. sir, ! m intan that the laborers or orer,-
Ives have direct interest in manufactures as direct
ms the owners ihonsc'vrS. When from, any cnuse
there Is si'gnation in business and the m,nuf,c.
tured procuc' accumulates, is dsroscd of nj n r.
duced price, who suffers Not the hands c,,nl,r-
ed, but the owners The owners of a cotton q,
~oeuen mil frequently run their mills without any
proh Tor months IN succession rather than ,,ism;s.
their hands. The first loss always falls unon IN.
owners But the gentleman says that the vases Of
INC opsra'ives are regulated, not by PROTECTION hn
.W Ine rave oil wages siven other labor around
ms may ec, u certain extent trus. lar, ,Lo c,r
verse Of this is equally true The lnhor.rs sn,r,,-
Ell IN manufactures generally t,ken Cro,, ,b, 40,
ricntural class, aud the withdrawal of them from
aSrcntnr' pur'uiis tel DIS 20 increase the price Of
~. III NAV pursuit. But my friend has told us
Sha' Ile VINO nunber engaged IN manufactures was
lcsS than uOOOO and bees he mean Ia in,ir,,s
SuV,uuo citizens are worthy Of no consider,,ion Z,
"hHe inc gentleman is unwilling to protec, 500 900
''o'Fots' engaged IN manufactures he is n s,ro. q
a lac . N sNt,r
gentleman reminds me that he has NOT ask.d s.
any protection tor commerce. No no has no, ,rJ
tor the plain reason, that commerce is nI,e,Jy 80
,ee1o0' projected more perfectly than manufactures
nNe eve. peen' but all the gentleman's speeches
snow mat he IS strenuous adyocat for con,m.rro
ana Shnt number, demand, is engaged m thar mr.
suit Inc same census givesl u 600 as the whole
NUMBER engaged IN commerce; ard If thes, deserve
our consideration, why no: those engaged in manu-
lectures seeing they are more han six times ne
numerous. Bot confess have but little con6J.nc.
IN the sats'lcs connected with the census That
document represeEs the whole number engaged in
manufactures 10 my own State To oe IS 600 Nor
sir, by official returns made by the assessors nj br
several towns n the Secretary of State in Massa-
chusetis, IN 1857, the whole number engaged in
manufactures was III 900, and in this numIer were
not included these sged in many kinds of house
mold manufactures, such as braidns straw p1lm
single State.
But we have been told by the cen,lem1n firm,
South Carolina that the parties in this suit, were
the manufacturers against the people. The man.
uiaciurers against the people. Who are the man
utaciurers but part Of the psope7 The people
and the whole people, have an interest in the SUE
cess OF the manufacturer. The commercial inter.
est IS intimately connected with .he manufacturing.
o say nothing Of the imports ofthe raw materials
the exports Of manufactured articles make nn i'm
poant item IN our commerce, being bout one tenth
oi the whole amount There were during the nnst
year, exported from the United States manui,c.
lures TO he amount OF Si2, sec, 900 an amour,
larger than the two great staples. tobacco and rice
Manufactures not only give employment to our for.
eign commerce, but they foster our coasting trade
by giving employment TO large number of our
vessels There Is no natural hostility between con-,
meIee and manufactures but, on the contrary, thew
nave one ana the same interest. That policy
which encourages enterprise, which deve!opes The re-
sources and increases the wealth of the country
increases our commercial prosperity.
In IKE manner agriculture has direct interest
IN discriminating duties. IL seems TO be taken for
granted that all protection is given TO manufncures
and none agriculture. But i, Is no, so. MANI
OF tic products of the soil are now eninyinr mo-
lection greater bv far than most OF the tn,nnf,c-
'ured articles. Potatoes, oats, wheat, -four indigo
cotton, PORK, ard, hams, beef. butter, cheese, fax
heinp wool. &c, ore now enjoying high de gree of
protection. The potatoes Of Maine are protected
To the amount Of ten cents per bushel. Repeal mi,
Duty and how long would the potatoes of Tim,
State be found in Boston, New York, or Bali
'"Oit! lWiheClh'cv would they be suppnn'pd
by the potatoes Of Nova Scutin: and even now von
md the two competing for the same market have
inormnron Tint can be relied upon, that there
were imported into the city of Boston alone. during
the ye1r ISL, 1913 bushels Of foreign po,n
toes Take the article Of cheese; Il is sold at the
North for from seven to ten cents rcr pound, and
u enjoys a protection of nine cents per mound
i'2 M some 100 per cent. This article is made
IN Pennsylvania, Ohio, and ". York. rs well
as IN New England. Remove the duty, and
the cheese Of England and Germnny wound come
into our senbonrd cities, and drive tho domestic mr.
tlc'c from the market, or greatly reduce the price
My symplthies nto with the ngriculturis,s Their
calling, nt once the most ancient, healthy and hon.
orahle, Il the foundation of every o her And If |
believed that tnr destructive of their interest,
! would abandon it altogether.
Bot the great value Of manufactures 10 the FIR
mer u the market which they omen fer his produce
Where would the South and West find q market
tor Their yellow corn" Of which the gentleman
from Virginia (Nr Wiscl so frequently speaks, If
We had no manufactures in the North aud Eas,7
The ports Of Gren, Britain nte shut against the com
t1e wheat, tho flour, Of tho great gfnin-g growing
states These great staples, together with the rice
OF the South and the pork OF Ohio, find their best
market at the North. among our manufacturers
There were mpor ed into the city If Boston alone
during the year las past, 900 900 bushels o. corn
the product Of tho South and West, while the auan
uty raised in The State amounted 10 only 500 600
bushels. The flour brought into the same e,v.
amounted to 100000 barrels ard the rice to 30 600
CASKS a smell portion Of this was sent into New
Hampshire; but much greater amount was brought
IN through other channels, and consumed in the
State. ] can then address myself to the ptoin.
growing interest IN every pnrt the House and sny
10 them, Tho subject IL ono in which you have vi
ial corcern and II you know your own interest n a
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