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ever done; & what had been the result
Has there not been other grea! CONNER
cial cities in Europe besides London
and had there not been great manuiac
turing embellishments in Europe before
Eog'and owned aoyi Yet by steadily
perSeyerng in one Iine Of wise prolcc
tive policy, those naughty islanders
whom Bonapare characterized as "a
nation Of shopkeepers" had at one time
we'll nigh ongrossed to themselves the
commerce and manufactures Of the
world. All nations were madO stipen'
diary % her. 1t was her unvarylnP
maxim never TO buy anything she could
make. She was for manufacturing
every thing, ay, and for raising the raw
material also where she could do it,
Hence it was that she had grown to such
a stupeBdous height, and seemed endea'
voring to stretch her arms and enciIcIe
the globe itself in the embrace Of her
power.
the question of protection Mr. NJ con.
sidered as virtually the question of ma
tional independence. Without this, Eng
land would keep US dependant upon her
forever
Mr.. NJ. said he was no enemy 10
Southern labor when advocating the
protection OF the labor Of the NORTH
He never for his part, had been able TO
look upon the people Of the North as
the natural enemies of the people Of the
cotton growing regions OF the South
He know that Southern men called Ihem
"Yankees;" but they were Americans,
our brethren and fellow citizens. With
some Southern people the term 'fan-
kee" waa bu: another name Tor "ene-
N.Y." But who had she'd the first blood
in our struggle for freedoml The first
trigger that had been drawn in this land
in resistance Of British tyranny had
been drawn by a Yankee finger; and
they had followed out the feeling and
acted on the same principle from that
time to this. The policy OF The coun
try had repeatedly shifted, but the New
England man had conformed himself to
its several changes. and had thrlVen un-
der them all. He had worked SO hard
and lived 40 economically, and conduc-
ted his business so prudenlly, that the
could not crush him, do
" hat il would and lis course has look
ed very much as if it was intended 10
accomplish that very end. New Eng
land had at one time possessed a great
and dourishIng commerce. Our neu-
rraIity during the convulsions Of Europe
threw the carrying trade into her hands,
and it proved a rich harvest to her
But at last this enIeFprising Yankee
was at once prourated; his profits cea
sed and his ships were left to rot at the
wharves Well what did be doR Des
pairP No; you did not catch the New
England man despairing. The country
al that time had no manufactures. he
the idea Of attempting 10 sup
ply the want; and from very small AMI
feeble beginnings the system OF New
manufactures grew and pros
pered under q war 10 which the New
had been utterly opposed y
At length peace came, and it found the
Yankee growing fat On his manuiac'
lures. (But here, said Mr.. NJ. lei III
not be understood | agreed with him
about the war; oh, MOI | was a war
man; Lord forbid that any body should
think me oiherwise0 But peace came
and there was system Of manufactures.
The jealousy OF Great Britain al once
nwoke; she saw rising riva! and pre-.
pared at once 10 destroy it. The man
ulactures asked the protection Of Gov
ornment. But then was instantly heard
the cry now so loudly raised. Our own
labor must be crushed; it must be absn.
doned 10 its fate; it would be the very
essence oftyranny 10 protect the infant
against the attack Of a full grown and
powerful rival; for it is part Of the
State Rights doctrine to withhold the
aid Of the Government in any
shape, under any circumstances.
Oh! exclaimed Mr.. NJ, irl should live
10 see day when all things that are nee
ded for human use aud comfort shall he
produced, and bought and sold within
these United S,ateS-when all our min -
shall have been opened, all our rich
mountains explored and covered with
sheep walks for the use Of our own man.
featuring stablishments--w when every
American citizen, let aim eat, and wear,
and consume, and use whatever he de-
slres TO make MIN happy, shall find it
81 here--here upon our own soil, with
in Sur own boundary! Then, though
the wrath Of God should be let loose up
on the nations of the old world though
Europe should reel and trembIe beneath
his blows, and Brltain's fast anchored
isle should go down, & sink in the nigh
ty deep, and we remain so unmoved, so
self.supplied, as not 10 feel the loss
this th;s would be- To me the very re.