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

OF Encouragement 10 american Manufactures, IN
the mode here conte mplated, but whether we shall
Withdraw the protection heretofore extended.
Wo deprecate such u course, not merely as fatal
10 manufactures, but as aimed al the best inter
ests OF the whole community. However the
vast capital engaged IN Foreign Manufactures
may consent TO temporary sacrifices IN the effort
TO break down our establishments, we shall soon
sec the ancient spirit revive when a monopoly OF
our market is secured. Whilst we were Coon>
ISIS, a petition from Birmingham and Worcester
vas presented 10 The House Of commons and is
found on the Journals of that body complaining
Of the progress of the Iron manufactures amongst
the New Englanders, and declaring that .'uniess
their sitting mills are destroyed and also some
stop put TO their manufacturing, our trade must
soon be utterly ruined, and great numbers Of peo-
pie employed IN the making and manufacturing
of Iron, will be unavoidably deprived of the means
Of their subsistence"
Accordingly, the British Parliament passed a
statute, found now in our Law Libraries Croft
nead's statutes at large) The tenth section Of which
provides that 'no mill or other engine for Sitting
or rolling of iron, or any plating forge or tllt ham
mer, or any furnace for making steel, shall be e.
rected or continued; and every such Mill, Engine,
Forge or Furnace shall be deemed A COMMON NUl-
sANcB, TO be aba,ed by the Governor or the Com
rnander in Chief of the Forces, within thirty days
after information given"
The feeling which dictated this enactment Is
yet alive: keen. vigilant, insatlate. But 1t seeks
lis purpose no longer through naughty legislation,
20 be carried out by the Commlnaer in Chief OF
his malesty's forces. There IS an end of that.
|, resorts now to tho circulation Of pamphlets q.
bout Free Trade. This is The substitute for force.
England prepares his doctrine for expectation 10
foreign markets, out takes care never TO put II IN
practice at home. We arc reminded OF certain
Oh her commodities on which Is inscribed, ''pre-
MUM for expoEiation,' whilst on the other end
Of the package wo read "dcaih to re-land." She
SonIc farit in trashy apic,v ord I oCt,ync m
poli'ica! Economy. this scheme so promotiVe Of
her interests when adopted by other nations, but
wo TO the English statesman who shall IRELAND
and apply i, TO tho Flour and Tobacco of these
United States! To do SO were felony without
benefit of Clergy. Tho doctrine of universal
Free trade is like the doctrine of universal Peace.
No one refuses, in the abstract, his assen, TO the
sublime truths of this last mentioned theory
The heart warns TO them. But when 1t Is pro-
posed TO submit to every aggression and outrage
sec the error of his ways, and become a convert
to the peace party. we know and feel that such a
doctrine Is Impracticabie whether il lnculcnte
non>resisiance 10 a hostile Tariff or TO the seizure
OF our territory or the Arostook.
Resolred, That the public thanks are due TO
the Board Of Trade for lis enlightened and indie
fatjgueable zeal in promoting the best interests
of this community.
Ga motion Of Wilson McCandless, Esq, it was
Rcsolrcd, That the proceedings Of this meet
ing be signed by the President, Wee Presidents,
and Secretaries. and copies of the satae be for
wnrdcd 10 tho Pennsylvania delegation 10 Con
gress; and that copies be also forwarded 10 our
Senator and Representatives in the State Legis-
lature.
On motion, it was further
Resolred, That the proceedings o! this meet
ing be published in the newspapers Of this Coun-
try, friendly 10 a Protective Tariff.
WILLIAM WILKINS, President.
W,rII,u RErv
john FREEMAN, Vice Presidents.
r.. G.. TOWNSEND,
JOHN HARPER, -
VIM. J. HOWARD,
LITERARY PRorERTy.-That glorious poe, Mil
ton. sold ihe most magnificent work in The Eng
lish Language, paradise LOST" for the SUN Of
f. sterling, with conditional SIT puiaiions fer f13
more! Defoe sold his manuscript Of 'RobInson
Crusoe'' for f32s. Cd! Buchan's domestic
Medicine,'' which wherever the English Ian
guaee is spoken, yields a handsome revenue TO
any printer who chooses to put It 10 rress, was
purchased in manuscript for fl0! The novel
.Evelina,' which has been read Tor the lasttwen-
ly years In England and America, with a degree
Of avidlty only egnalled by the productions of Sir
Walter Scott, Welded the fair auihoress but five
guineas!
Severe and pinching want compelled Chatter
ton to sell several Of his productions for a crust of
bread each! After his burial-a very shabby one,
by the way-lhere was found a memorandum
among his papers, stating that "by the death Of
the Lord Mayor of London a political essay
which he had penned but had been stopped IN It's
publications, he was to have received a small sum
from a celebrated bookseller. HIS account stands
thus:
Lost. by the Mayors death, on this
Essay. FL lis. Cd.
Gained, however, in Elegies and
Essays thereon, . D u I
The balance in his favor stands
thus; on his own record, and uu-
der his own signature: -
am glad he is dead, by f3 I3s. Cd.
". o. Picayune.
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