Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-07-28
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SECOND SESSION.
DEB}iE O.N7TfE TlRlFF
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

dcrsoud 10 sa, that h, uaspung to present bret histor
cal synoIsis Of The past condition OF the country durns
thr,e several eras which might propor, enough be de
nominated the rustic the commercial and the manaf,c
lufiue cas All that had been said by thegrnteman from
South Carulna Mr. pFkpNs) IN favor OF fire trade ana
drrctaxatun carried back Mr. 5 thoughts Ia the frs
of these oas extending llan 1888 10 80 Thu Pcnplt
of the med States were then as ilce as they are nN
the earth was tie same the natural products Of The conn
Try and the intellect 81 It's inhabitants wire all msl What
the, are now aud vet the country bclnp without GOOD
Government nahnp hut Distress DISGUST and universal
complaints prevailed We mad then too the cheapest
Government IA thu world; we had der taxation in all
lis hlesedness. and no other TAXATION aud nle was
pfecf, free and vel the country was filled with prnu
I, and universal misery We had no claihinf no fur
atarr no costly buildings 40 shlps no army. no tnud
cations. no arms. No credit General dsrunten aud diff
6culty iled The land Yet we had all those Times which
gentlemen insisted were alone Wanting Il, make ibis
country the happos IN tho uofd-lce trade and direct
TAXATION
Under This state of thinos Madison and few others
met al Annapolis and devised Ilr us "A rood t,oyom
mcnt
Hoe ended the first III rustic era of American .or,
the era ul fee Trade
Then came the second under the Federal Co,stitn
ton The very first acts Of the new Government v,re
acts Of Protection direct protection Nolbu,r m your
ineidrnta protection. nothr nj yonr tamil far
alone. but acts directly aud nynwrdly far rra,e.,,n
They passcd thu .vanlou acts and the
arls Ii So happened that the wars Of Enron, br,noh
out our cnmu,,rr iua nrccoclons ,r,v,h ,nJ rendered
tins ssr,na en- which he had ,r,,,nat,l il, c,,,,
cial an era OF sp 81 abundant and "a es, ob,,,ue1
were the rrh returns .f a .ucer.e commerce that II
would have been f3lly oton AWAY capital into upnninc
tnrinr pursuits. hut I'm. siale ii limos could not nly,,4
+ last. and with the NgrotlS . commenced
The third and last err, the or, -, manufactures Few,
then prtscnt could rocleet as well Mr. the dread
lu distress encountered IN that conflict (,n Tie ,ya, +
every iing thai naflnn onohl II have Our tn,na
were without blankeI4 ia cover them, and al,af viii
oui ammunition II E.l H.. ..,-aav The ,5nnno,d.,
used - sn,, ofih, hottest orton5 of Tina, ,,,s -
wr,k -. t,n,l,, ., i, a,,, bo,,,,, nm, t,,. ,l no
British of nearly onc l.fof tbpcnlire r,aiye mc,s,r
of STRENGTH We had mnSLets hui vcrvmany of tber,
were without hnts I'm. .t,tc rtbinose.,, n, n.,,I
IN the Growth fnonulfct,,es winch u ~, Gre,ln,,y
s,cne' y The pnbli neccsif, rhrn ane tbc t,,ifr II
Ilsl6 ,.n,lrmen Of Tho = nth frced lL,, tar1 unon
the North II WAS thcr own work 'Thcn f,llow,d The
tarn of IS2 ,yhic, WASH SORT oi connromise betvrrn
the Northern and Central Stoics on one sie and ,L
S,uth ON the otbpr A. ia Penney lynui, she had ay.vs
been pushed backwards and forwards and bpc,ed nhtut
fbet,e,n the ,,vo ovroncs .f,bo rnn the North and
tho Sonib alternately thr,,,,rin, her with = d.ao,ii,
r the mon II she ,fsed Ia tnlIo,y ther lend onJ sh
yenoralIy d., E,ll,,y. "a tina, in fact trro Wa IN The
Middle States a b " at five or six milln4 of ,f.rm,n
who had I'M, Gitle n,cncnIrnt influence If il,lr vn
Lnf were olue,s rin,rad with Nutlrrn ar S,uhrrurn
iel,r,tcs and Ieadrs Nr>t came the tsr,not Is9S
which was forced hy the E,st upou the Souh wiIh le
assistance Of the Middle States and ,nono n,bcrs with
that Of Mr. himself For tbnt nct he .es NOW road,
10 make some oionrtncnt by ovr,oino thai # wa,
rNtrayaoant lauph The nulidcntipn. or. a. he
preicrr,d la call IT, The ullGGeoton war ,usue1 and
then canc the compromise nci If s}}. and s we IA.
Sod on
Thus we had had nineteen years of protection. and