Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-03-19

" properly encouraged, ere Jay competent o
furnish. To check inis growing evil, applications
were made bv petitions, to some Of the State Lee
gisla:ures. These guardians oi the people, in Sc
verai OF The States, interposed their authority
laws were. by them, enacted. with the view of
subduing. or al least diminishing, the rage for for.
eign, and of encouraging Domestic manufactures;
but the event hath clearly demonstrated to al
ranks Of men. that no effectual provision could
reasonably be expected, until ono uniform, eff
Gent government should perga6e this wide exten
ded country. The happy period having now ar
rived, when The United States were placed in u
new situat!on, when the adoption Of the Genera!
Government gives one sovereign Legislature the
sole and crc!usire power Of iay ing duties upon i'm
ports, your petitioners rejoice q. the prospect this
affords them, that America, freed from the com
me:cial shackles which have SO lor bound her,
viii see and preserve her true interest, becoming
dependent IN fact, as well as in name; and they
confidently hope that the encouragement and pro-
lection of American Manufactures will claim tn G
earliest attention Of the Supreme Legislature of
the nation, as II IS a Universally acknowledge
truth, that the United States contain, within their
limits, resources amply sufficient 10 enable them
to become a great manufacturing country, and on
ly want The patronage and support OF a wlse and
energetic Government"
Tho New York memorial says. ITO your homo
rabie body. the Mechanics and Manufacturers of
New York look up with confidence, convinced that
as the united voice of America has furnished YOU
win the means 50 your EnoNIeCge OF our com
mon wants, has given You tie spiIit TO unbind our
letters and rescue our country from disgrace and
ruin The Boston Pc titioHs declare, THAT the
great decrease Of American Manufactures, and
almost total slagna:ion of American ship building,
urge us 10 apply to the sovereign Legislature OF
these States, for their assistance TO promote these
Important branches SO essential to our national
wealth and prosperity. 1t is with regret we OBJ
serve the resources Of this country exhausted for
foreign lGx1cles, our wealth extended for various
articles which could be manufactured among our
selves, and our navigation subject to the most Sc
we're restrictions IN many foreign ports"
1t nowhere appears that the statesmen Of that
peTiod-tresh from The labors of the Constitution
deemed themselves incompetent to afford relief,
or fndnigcd a peevIsh complaint, that the people
expected too much from their rulers. Oh The
contrary, these petitions seem to have been
promptly met, in a kind of parental temper. The
act of July 4ih, 1889, laying duties on impor,a.
Whereas. It IS necessary for the support of
Government, for the discharge of tho debts of
the United States. and the encouragement and
protection of american Manufactures, that duties
be laid Sc.
The shipping interest received from the same
Congress the most stimulating encouragement
The act Of July, 1879, imposing duties on Ton
mage. provides with regard to vessels entered in
the United States, that there shall be imposed on
American bnilt, owned by a citizen of the United
'tdit~s q u y 81 iiC idttb ~ SfL CCIb tt' soD- ~
American built, owned wholly. or 10 part by for
eigners, a duty at the rate of thirty cents per ton:
and on all foreign vessels at the rate of FIFTY
cents per ton. Any foreign vessels employed in
conveying coastwise the produce or manufacture
Of the United States, is subject at each entry, TO
q duty of fiitv cents per ton.
The mad wars int which Europe was rapidly
plunged. gave n turn towards commerce. but more
especially towards agricultural pursuits, whose
reward was instant and ample. We became pur-
vevors fer those who had not yet learned that the
only rational use of gunpowder IS 10 blast rocks
along the route Of a canal or rail road. Oar far
mers might indeed, be sad TO belong to the com
miSsariat OF every army ia Europe. 1t would be
tedious and painful 10 follow ont the melancholy
change which a long peace in Europe has effect
ed, or to dwell on the ~frichtful thought, that a
Christian people, amidst devout ,hankfulness TO
God for abundant harvests, should be tempted TO
mingIe a prayer for war. pestilence or famine, up
on other regions, as indispensable 10 impair, value
TO their own labors. Enough has been shown 10
put at rest The assertion SO often unblushingly
made, that the jealous guardia nship Of this Gov
eminent over the industry of the country. IS a
new-!angied heresy Of modern times. got Cp IN
defiance Of the theory and practice oftbe trainers
of the Constitution.
Resolred, That in our opinion, the policy
which, in The language Of Mr.. Jefferson, ..places
the manufacturer along side of the agricultural
Is'." Is the only one which can secure to the far
rner a steady demand and reward Tor his labor
He may, at distant intervals. snatch great profits
during a season of war or other calamity in for
eign lands, bat his only safe and permanent rolf
ance must be on the busy and prosperous com
munity around him. And all experience has
shewn tina; wherever manufactures flourish the
cultivator of the soil is correspondingly protected
IN the ability OF customers TO buy and to pay for
whatever he produces. Both of these greatIute-
rests are thereby placed, in a measure. beyond
those ruInous f1uctuaiions-that alternate rise and
tall OF profits and wages-to which the industry
of every country is subject, tina, looks altogether
to its 'r1de with foreigners,
Resolred, That al this critical moment. when
Congress IS called upon to re adjust The Tariff.
we know Of no safer rule Of action than tina. sug-