Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-03-05
HOME LEAGUE.

In another column viii be found n call for a meeting To
take into consideration the pfopnety OF forming a Home
LeasIe il tljs city nud the surrounding country. The OBJ
Jet of the association VIII be to advocate and sustain u
national po'icy for the promotion Of the general intcrs-ts Of
Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, Finance and every
department Of American enterprise and industry, inAepen-
den. Of zactiona. influences. partizan legislation, and tenn
poas.ng experiments. Al taat Is wanted nov, Is a proper
discriminating duty. and colatervaIiog restrictions. The
aepiorable situation Of The country demands this, and all
eyes are turned toHards Congress where it is eNPsc;ed the
Subject viii be taken up at ihis session, and perhaps tho
roughly discussed Indiana Is not less Interested n the
sia5eat Than IS any other STATE IN the Union, and her re-
pre,entatives should be instructed - exed t5elc eIorts 70
o5tain Ito enactment Of such measures as viii eolntervajI
the duties or foreign nations with whsn we traaIc. On
shIs subject II has oset tru'y said: s'Unless something IL
done ia behalf Of OF. domestic interests to defend them A.
gainst the injurious influences Of foreign policy, our far
mefe mast expect to see tie home market for their produce
made worse. while the foreign inlrkes will become no more
accessible than at present; the mechanic must ioak to see
himself superseded by British and German agents who
Will undefseli him al his own door; and there j. scarcely a
branch Of productive industry among U.s. in this part Of tho
Union, which viii not suffer from the indifference and neg
let Of tie governmental such Indifference and neglect
shall be suffered to PrevaiI.''
There is no such thing as free trade, while the ports Of
Europe are closed to the products Of our country. II free
trade could re obtain wlth the principal governments II
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successfully compete " i'm the paper labor Of nonsrchial
s7yernmeats; bat they VIII not admit il, We are therefore
compelled 10 act upoa the defensive. All know that every
dollar imported into this country from England II goods Of
any kind, over the amount Of produce exported by Us, has
70 Be- paid TO British capitalists IN gold or silver. The sf
feeg Of TINS Is e~xempihed by the man VINO every year
spends one hundred dollars more than he makes We hare
been buying millions mare than we have sol, tae effect of
which Is now NANTES, to every man.
Way should the farmer buy mercnan35ze from fore saers
nao 4II nos lake h. produces in exchange, when he can
buy the same articls manufactured in this country, and at
the same time have a good market fer as rrstlseR
Our object i simply to call attention 70 ths notice in an
o.her Column Of or paper. Let Us meet together a Amer
lean cielzrns-as men sagsge5 IN one common cause, one
common ietsres.-tae prosperity Of our country and Of o1sT-
sslre+, Let Us cherish ire true American fseling-let "a be
a - should =, independent, aat 10 longer 81 e., 70 the
legislation Of foreza governments. Let us pledge our
sesees 10 encourage American industry o: any and Of all
k5aas Let eur motto 5s Ii pro,eetto" f HoHe L459t
sud De promotion q Re-iproea! Commerce"