Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-03-19
From the Pittsburgh Daily Advocate Extra
TARIFF w e..

was held at the Court House on inc afternoon OF
Saturday, the Jth Of February, to iako into con
sideration the subject Of n protectire Tariff.
The Hon. UARMAR DENNY called the meeting
to order by moving that the HON. WILLIAM
WILKINS, be President of the meeting, which
motion being put TO the meeting was carried, Nom.
COZ. Messrs. WILLIAM BELL, JSo FREEMAN and
X. C.. TOWNSEND were chosen Wee Pfestdcnts;
and Join Harper. and William j. Lorard were
appointed Secretaries.
The suhje It Of the meeting having been sta
ted by the President, on motion of the Hon. Rich
ard Blddlc, n committee Of FIVE wore appointed 20
draft resolutions expressive Of The sense OF the
meeting. The President made choice Of the fol-
lowing gentlemen. BlddIe, James
Thompson, Lewis Peterson, +. Mulvany ond A
Murphy.
The committee having retired for a short time,
in their absence, tho Hon. Human Denny being
called upon addressed the meeting.
The committee then Through their Chairman,
Mr.. Bddic,) reported the following resolutions,
which were adopted with acclaInation as the sen
timeni ut ,he meeting.
Rcsoircl, That we regard with the livelcst
Satisfaction the Convention held yesterday, repre-
senting, as it did, the agricultural, As we'll as The
manufacturing and mechanical interests. HE
time has. IuGccd, arrived when all are forced to
acknowledge that the fortunes of a'iare insePara-
bv blended; that no class is untouched by The
suilerings Of another; ana that the social industry
cann0, long remain paralyZed IN any ono part
without distress and imminent hazard 20 tho whole.
We pledge our best cxeriIous to carry out the
work so nuspIcIousiy begun by the people of Ale
ghnny county, and to cooperate heartily III every
effrt 10 arouse Tho public councils TO prompt and
vigorous action.
Resolred, That the grea: truth-of mutual de-
pendeuce--whIch has been forced upon all elias
ses IN this community, is IN our opinion, not less
applicable, on n large scale, to the whole Union.
We must otherwise be ever at the mercy Of for
rtup Iaal,na & ar mr. All the DrndnrtE nt the
United States, with Il single exception, are prac
iically excluded from the English market, towards
which an exhausIing drain of The precious metals
IL steadily directed. The language OF General
Jackson when "A candidate for the Presidency, -
strictly applicable to tho present times. "''!at
IS The real situation Of the Agricui,uralisl2 Whore
has the American farmer a market Tor his surplus
producrst Except for cotton he has neither q
foreign nor n home market. 1t Is time that we
should become "A ilile more Americanized, and
instead Of feeding the paupers ana Iabnrer5 OF Eng
land, feed our own, or else IN a short time, by
continuing our present policy We shall be render
cd paupers ourseIves." The South, or n portion
OF II, denies to the majority the right ct redress,
50 long as Liverpool remains open 10 our Cotton.
Yet even setti~hness (aport from sympaihy for
the rest of the Uaion) has now discovered that
the Efforts Of England 10 escape from Tins partial
relaxation of her hnbitual policy, are about to be
crowned with success. l. is undenIable that In
dia, under eager and bount'iul encouragement
and with the ati OF experienced oyersecrs, RtiuFed
from the United States, Is about to supply the
whole demand at So cheap n rate IS TO DEFY com
petition. The ti!ndo0, with his Torsoi 81 rice.
may be got 10 work nj lower wages. ami approach
nearer 10 the pom, at actual starvation than even
the English pauper. AT the earliest possible mo-
ment IL Will he seen that England Is not more TOD
erant Of an American bale of Cotton than of an
Ameican bnrrcl Of Four. 1t will be driven from
that market and he no longer worthy OF %cultiva-
t,nn i,S, os ipHITn tho tprmar SfIDip nj Slnth
Carolina. disappeared from her fields after the
English Government had fostered into existence
The cheaper article Of Bengal and Madras Way
then should our brethren Of the South exhibit
this anxiety to break up the Domestic Market?
That which is already her best and safest,
and will pr0be bly, soon he her oDiv customery-
That market where she is not merely tolerated
with reluctance aud for present convenience, but
the secure eni ayment OF which will DC guaran
toed by enduring ties of interest and 81 mpathy.
RcsoIred. That Pennsylvania, On her escape
from colonial vassalLge, adopted the Protective
Policy, and zealously carried it cut SO long as she
retained the power of regulating her m
Thus we find that on the ooh September. 1888,
m Act Of Assembly was passed bearing this
iiiie. Act 10 encourage and protect the Man
utactures of this State. by laying additional du-
ties on the importation Of certain manufactures
tchici interfere Nth them" This Act was follow
cd Up by others Of similar import on 9th De
cember. l1S5. and Slh April, 1856. and finally
by the Act OF 29th of March, l4SS, entitled
broa0ly, AN Act to encourage and protect the
manufactures nt this State But il was alleged
that the separate action Of State Legislatures
couid not cope offectually with tho quick and
subtle movements of foreign powers. Mr.. Joffcr-
son who was sent abroad 10 negotiate CONNER
cIaI Treaties, holds this language in n letter, ia.
ted fth May, l1S6: They (he Eng'ish) &C
knowledged Our trade important TO them. bu, they
think We cannot prevent our countrymcn from
bringing 1t into their laps. A conviction of this.
determining them 10 make no terms Of Commerce
with us. They say they will pocket orr carrying
trade as well as their own. Our overtures of
commercial arrangements have been treated with
q derIsion which shows their firm persuasion that
We shall never unite TO suppress their commerce
or even TO impede it."