Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-01-15

lmoei jealous anxiety, she fosiered the interest
e her own naval architecture against tina, of all oil
Il er nations. So obvious, 80 palpable was the be
EFT TO her of such a policy, that even Adam SIM
r himself, the great advocate Of free trade and
$ kindred doctrines. even he was compelled TO a
. nit that the policy Of that act was sound, ar
8 went 10 make Britain the first maritime nation
f the world. Yet her carrying trade might ha,
D been conducted on cheaper terms in Dutch DO
toms; bu, she was wisely content to pay tn,
small additional difference for the sake Of lnsu
ing permanent greatness, and making her marin
the envy End admiration of the world. This wa
the course of Great Britain. So she had eve
J done; and what had been the result? Had Their
not been other great commercial cities IN Europ
besides London? and had there not been grea
manufacturing establishments in Europe befor
Engiane owned any? Yet, BY steadily perseve
ring in one line of wise protective policy, thos
naughty islanders whom, Banaparte characterize
as "a nation of shopkeepers' had at one time wei
nigh epgrossed to themselves the commerce an,
manufactures of the world. All nations wer,
made stipendiarv to her. 1t was her unvaryin!
maxim never to bay any thing she could MAKE
She was for manufacturing every thing, ay, ant
for raising the raw material also where she coul,
do II. Hence il was that she had grown to sucl
a stupendous height, and seemed endeavoring Il
stretch her arms and encircle the globe itself il
the embrace Of her power.
The question Of protection, Mr.. NJ. considered
as virtually the question Of national %indepen
dence. Without this, England wonld keep US de
pendent upon her forever.
MIR. Nj. said he was no enemy TO Southern la.
Dor 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 grow
ing regions of the South. He knew that South
ern men called them .Yankees;'' but they were
Americans, our brethren and fel.ow-ci,,zens.-
With some Southern people the term Yankee"
was not but another ma ne for "enemy." But who
had shed the first blood in our struggle for free
dom? The first trigger that ever had been drawn
in this land in resistance Of British tyranny had
been drawn by a Yankee finger; and they had
followed ont the feeling and acted on the same
principle from that time to this. The policy of
the country had repeatedly shifted, but the New
England man had conformed himself to its several
changes, and had thriven under them oil. He
had worked SO hard and lived so economically,
and conducted his business so pruden,ly, that the
Government could not crush him, do what it
would; and its course had sometimes looked very
much as II 1t was intended TO accomplish that We
~ end. New England had at one time possessed
q great and fourishing commerce. Our neutral
ity during the commissions Of Europe threw the
carrying trade into her hands, and il proved a rich
harvest TO her. But at last this Government had
itself gone 10 war, and all this trade Of the en-
,erprlsing Yankee was AT once pros,rated; his
profits ceased, and his ships were left to rot a,
the wharves. We'll, what did he do? Despair?
No; you did no, catch the New England man de-
spairing. The country had at that day no manu-.
features. He conceived the idea Of attempting
to supply tho want: and from very small and fec
BILE beginnings the system Of New England man.
grew up and prospered under a war to
which the New Highlander had been utterly OPP.
posed.
Al length peace came, and it found the Yankee
growing fat on his manufactures. (But here,
said Mr.. NJ. let il not be understood ! agreed
with him about the war; oh nc; | was a war man;
the Lord forbid that any body should think me
IA laugh But pence came, and
there was a system OF manufactures. The jeal-
ousy Of Great Britain at once awoke; she saw
a rising rival. and prepared TO destroy it. Toe
manufactures asked The protection of Govern.
ment. But then was instantly heard The same
cry now so loudly raised. Our own labor mus,
be crushed; it must be abandoned TO its fate; il
would be the very essence OF tyranny 10 protect
the infant against the attack of the full grown
and powerful rival; for i. is a part Of the State
rights doctrine to withhold The protecting aid of
Government IN any shape, under any cifcuinstan-
Oh! exclaimed Mr.. nj. il / should live TO see
the day when all things that are needed for hu.
man use and comfort shall be produced, and
ard sold within these United States
when all our mines shall have been opened, all
our rich mountains explored and covered with
walks for The use of our own manufac,ur.
ing establis Standardization every American cItI.
zen, let him eat, and wear, and consume, and use
he desires TO make him happy, shall find
il all here-here upon our own soil, within our
boundary. Then, though The wrath of God
should be lie, loose upon the nations Of the aorid
Europe should reel md tremble beneath
blows, and Bri,ain's fast anchored isle should
20 down, and sink ia the mighty deep, and we re-
main so unmoved. so self supplied, as not to feel
he loss--,his. this would be, to me, the very re-
Of American independence and ~prosperi-
y. But this country is moi and never can be
'ruly independent, SO long as our own labor and
,ur own capital are left unprotected. Never: SO
ong as i, is the darling object Of our Government
10 crush the industry and dash down all the en-
terprise of those i, should protect and foster.
If to hold that, is advocating a protective ta-