The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-26

and a. Jr,ier resort directed them 10 my drefs
| not having w,rn any thing but American fabric 10
| several years. All to no purpose-every proiesse
| GOOD must come through the medium of a tax ant
that tax paid by who by the labor of the WORKING
man indirectly exacted from him-theres the seefe
again But the tariff taking patriot did not say 'na
thought say it. II is not from any obJectoh U
trade and commerce, Mr.. Chairman, thai "ea
American manufacture exclusively, for am as scnsl
BILE Of their value any one but perceiseu Jus" :,
nv region of Ohio we were buying too much ana sell
ing too little the State heavily IN debt the Pape
money delusion impOverishing US rapidly ana .n'
true money gold and silver, disapp' aring anu ma
nothing but the real retrenchment and reform, anu
general PRACTICAL say practical emPhauoan
coura cement of home industry and MANUFACTURE
would reesablish our prosperity and lay iounaa'on
for paving our State debt. Such cons'c'ion a'nons
other local considerations, induces me To wear h"o
rican fabric in preference to foreign, ana nave peep
irving to turn the attention OF others TO Tor some
time think your tariff la ring plans in tnis House
will assist, for my neighbors, Democrat ana wing
hate sly taxes even in the way OF friendship.
| have been recommending to them IN homely
phrase, to sell more and buy less and az genera
proposition and earnest of patriotic purpose preie,
own manufactures to foreign ones not through tne
false and partial and Oppressive medium OF discrimi-
mating protective tariffs though, but through Tue
public sentimental action of PATRIOTISM, anu pIuoeh'
self preservation. Avoiding the affected manuiactu'-
ing zeal of designing cliques, insinuatIng
the expansive determination of wearing their own,
which their interests and prosperity and general wei
fare demands and perseveIe in 1t, anu their oanAs
that are honest will be able sustain themselves they
will have the currency of reality, and will thrive ana
prosper to their hearts content.
And what NAV the freemen Of Ohio say To theiI
General Government They may say" You can
put this oppressive indirect tax law upon US put we
will nuIlify its operation by rejecting the goods-we
will defeat the same principle that our oreiathes
did the tea you may import them and tarh tnen',
but we will not buy them through the virtue OF our
powerful free will which shall no, be mpinged upon
by any tortuous proceeding whatever, we VIII not
submit TO your partial indirect abor-oppressing TAX,
come in what manner or under what pre,ext It may
for we will produce and tlade and buy, and give ana
take and manufacture for ourselves as we please.
Not in any spri Of selfshness though, but OF hlsh
purpose towards a good currency and consequent
prosperity" This will be the laudable detemnat n,
and tone and action Of Ohio, and she will be safe
from calculating influences of section, and class and
sinister desgn-she will command fair play.
That Ohio has ample capacities and resources for ma
when properly employed, you shall have
case in point. We have an enterprslng, money
acquiring little quaker friend, they would rather
be called, in my neghborhood, within two miles OF
me- who has got an extensive mandatory of hannes
in full opera ion He makes all colors and kinds to a
extent transports them every where, and
is evidently driving successful business lie Is
air of comfort and prosperity, that displays tangible
proof Of his manufacturing success and energy % pur-
suit an encouraging evidence of the value of such
kind of enterprise nd thrift in Ohio when there is
stable conduct it. Mr. Street, the proprietor,
has said any thing to me about protection, and
believe him TO be too shrewd to stir much in the
question, but, {" let well enough alone" may be
mistaken, but | think so. Now why how is this
pr osperous result? will tell you the secret of its
foundation. Our friend Fed, we faniliarly call
him, judiciously employs his capital among the raw
materia--in a wool -growing region-there it is
with cheap fuel--coa and woOd--cheap
living, good air and water intelligence, industry en-
ergy, and perseverance,, the results in all simi
cases, commensurate with the means JudciOusly
applied. And like causes and circumstances produce
like results all the Union and have them all
in their natural positions if we would only use them
However, that our Indebtedness and other
untoward condition will oblse buy less offoregn
sfe is 10 dt at And a." s pS1 g. views s
amazed Mr. Chairman at tbs fatality that seems have
got over some gentlemen in supposing that all we
have got to do to pass this tariff tax bill and col
lect under its operations from tn labor Of the coun-
try some thirty millions of dollars year. Now my
opinion is that will not be able to collect the halt
of it, for the People can not and will not buy the
taxables it notwithstanding like it. But tax,
tax tax is the order Of the daytax and get in debt
tax indirectly, and get in debt in anticipation and ul-
tmately leave posterity to pay it. How magnani-
nous Tax, borrow, and spend, is the maxim that
is to lead US to prosperity charming prospect
truly And yet TO see in this bewilderment those OF
that region which cannot possibly be advanaged by
this taxing, borrowing, debtng impolicy, through
any one of its particulars, is rather puzzle. al
ude to the South. And will suggest, respectfully
a few words in the way of admonition to Southern
gentlemen on this floor (trusting they will the
object in the goodwill sense in which it intended
in connexion with this tariff tax bill, having heard
some whisperings Of little hankering that way
wrong perhaps, but it is best to be cautious. Cotton
manufacturing has commenced in the South, and viii
no doubt succeed and become prosperous but |, fol
one, hope, at least that it will not engender discrm
mating tariff propensites; for, if it should, it would
deserve to be swept off by tornado, spindles and
looms and all. have been warning my Southern
friends, since have been in Congress-, not to be re-
lying implicitly their staples-yet fear they are
incorrigibe-but to use the advantages that climate
affords them, by going into the variety Of such agr
cultural products forbidden to less favored re
gons Of the Union. Their own interests, and the
duty they owe that Union, demand from them such
industrial action. England is not only cherishng the
cotton culture in the East Indies but has com
menced the tobacco culture in Jamaica it is true
you say she cannot compete in the culture of The
former with you but that remains to be tried nc
matter-let her present condition be warning
against oppressive tariff schemes. Her monopoiizne
policy of protective tariffs, and retaliating duties
and laws, and prohibitions, and excuses and Gus
toms, and bounties, and taxing restrictions recol
ing rapidly upon herself; she has retaliated and
stricted her continental neghbors into her successful
rivals; France, Switzerland, Germany, and Prussia
well as ourselves, are at present bidding fair t.
compete with her to her defeat everywhere in cotoI
manufacture, and progressing into woollen and hard
ware. To retrieve her errors, maintain her power
and avert the fate that awaits every departure from
truth and justice, however slow it may be in coming
she is calling into requstion every tortuous schem
she can invent to sustain her supremacy, ant
retard the advance of her whom she considers he
rival of rivals, through her republican energies
But will she succeedi If we are true to ourseve
and loyal to the Union, unquestionably not. Grea
truths are now flashing upon the American People
that forming themselves into halo of lgh
which will shield them from all the insidious polio,
that men nations devise to retard their prog
in prosperity, independence, and rightfu power
But have depressed beyond what intended, on
meant to warn you against the distorted temptation
of greedy discriminating tariff schemes, and eav
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