Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-09
SPEECH or MR SUMMERS.
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in each and every particular. would occupy more
time ,hsa can devote TO lie introduction. ! will
sddacs the evidence in part and for the rest, APP
poSi 10 the legislative records Of the eouniry-tne
tfent, but truthful witnesses OF the past
At the second session of the hrsi Congress, IN
Jsauary, 1890, General Washington, IN his add
dtess, says:
rhe safety anil Of the people require TIA, they
indepesdcnio Of ohsisfor essentials, particularly for mill
tsry supplies"
In conformity to this recommendation, Congo Is
called upon Mr. Hamilton, then Secretary of the
Treasury, for "a proper plan, plans, for the en-
coursgement and promotion Of such manufactures
as will tend to render the United States ndepend-
ent OF other nations for essentials, particularly for
military supplies"
In response to this reference, MIR Hamilton made
a report, from which offer the following extract,
and which, so far as am aware, has not been re-
ierred TO by any gentleman who has preceded me:
az Europe will take the products soil
upon consistent with interests the natural 10
Inedy 10 oconfraei fast as OssSe rasfs ofAsr.
.,s,s ~ ,esnsens sonpsoIlns ,sc ""%peoa OF for.
sign with domestic abres Increased Of prices Is
with every successful manufaciurc When domestic
In the prosecution OF competent number OF persons,h
Invariably becomes cheaper being nee from tho heavy
,ltes il can be Afforded and, coriinxy, seldom or
falls be sold cheaper In process OF ine than
Internal connection which taxes place. soon does away
every tnns nc I az M Sn, ~ ~ o, ~,
80 the capital employed THIS accords with The reason
the Interest OF community with view eventual
and economy encourage the growth Of
'asni ofPnee mxsf erays6e 'een eompn'nea BY oper-
Hsaaeni reduction Of IT,"
For the benefit Of those who are accustomed to
con slider the opinions of MIR Hamilton as tinged
too much by tho errors Of the federal school in po
htics place in jax'aposi,ion with the part Of his
report which have read, an extract from the re-
port of his great rival the head OF the democracy OF
IT l. - III.
year afterwards, the state aud condition OF the
fisheries. he is speaking Of the Disadvantages un.
der which this interest was then laboring. de
says;
$50 these disadvantages adj Intellectual duuos the
importation OF foreign fish. In justification of these last,
Ills urged that the foreign sh received in exchange io
The produce n S Of TO which may DC Ans
ecved exchange, and that Agriculture has too many
win rest therefore, with the wisdom OF the legislature
decide whether Prohi6On shall NOT be oPpos.d q
-Gtons whether and which, OF the naval aud other
he 6f% Of or bounty and Ss1s
compensated By creating niGrkeis at hsnie."
Bu', Me Chairman, will furnish the sanction Of
MIR Jefersons opinions, to the policy of discri.
minsting and countervaing duties, still moro strong
~ expressed in his report foreign commerce in
Dece mber, 1898. Speaking OF this policy, he re-
marks:
'when nation imposes high duties on our productions
or prohibits them altogether may be proper us 10
the by theirs burdcnng excluding those
OF the kind selecting such manufac,
lures We take rsm themin greatest quantity which
NJ the time, could soonest fur1sh or
obtain, from other countries; imposing them duties
lighter al FIRST but heavier and heavier Afterwards other
channels OF supply onen such duties having the effect
OF indirect encouragement TO domestic manufactures OF
self into these states where cheaper subsistence equal
laws and vento his wares, free OF duty, may him
would be In the OF the State Governments
operate essentially, by opening the OF
lpi eingt hafn
literally 10 artists in those particular branches OF
facture for which their soil climate population and other
crcumstanees them and fostering The pc
cous Efforts and progress OF household manufacture by
by the local Information and
abuse BY their presence and attentions The expressions
on our agriculture, In foreign ports would thus be
the occasion for relieving it from dependence the
manufactures, and population at home 4"
That Mr. Jefferson entertained the same opinion
alter he reached the Presidency which he so forci-
bly, expressed while Secretary OF State under Gen.
Washington, will be seen by an examination of his
various messages to Congress. | will detain the
committee with few extracts only.
In his message of 1906, he employs the following
nnguagt:
when both OF these branches revenue shall in this
ounalaiion Of money in the Treasury beyond
ments Of public debt which permitted by
topay. They cannot, then, without
edto by The public creditors be applied 10 the eKngush
venues inc mos dosraole OF al OiJccsi nor u peace
continues, will they be wanting for any other existing pur
oher objects shall these be SppropISte
and the whole surplus mpos after the entire discharge
purposes Of shall call for hem Shall supDr,
e impos aud gre that advantage Jor-gn orer do
'ncstie manufacturer"
Again: IN his last message, OF 1908, he leaves
this as III, closing charge OF his administration;
The suspension OF our foreign commerce. produced by
ses and sacTfcos OF Our eizens are obtecIs nss
The situation which thus been forced
pnal to internal msnufaeiuIes improvements. fhe
euent Of this conversion is sally increasing md itlc
danbtremains that the establishments ormcdand forming
will under the auspices Of cheaper materials and
the freedom Of labor from with u.s. and OF
prohibitions and protecting dulles, become permanent
But, sir, after MIR JtlTerson had finished his DO
lilical course, and, from the shady retirement Of
Monticello, could look down with philosophc calm
ness upon the asated ocean &C public opinion, he
preserved and expressed the same sentiments. His
letter to Benjamin Austin, dated January g. 1916.
has already been adveried TO by gentlemen who
have anticipated me in lis But MIR Jefferson
has been so long and so much relief on as autho-i
~ against the protective policy, and his opinions
have exerted, and still continue 10 exert, SO strong
nm influence IN many portions Of the country, md
especially in Virginia, that l shall be excused in
presenting short extract from that letter.
Mr. Austin had written him from Boston, inform
ing him that his (Mr Js) opinions, as given in his
NOES on Virginia, written IN l7S5, were quoted by
'the friends Of England" to show that MIR J.
thought the workshops of Europe were most pro
per to furnish articles Of manufacture TO the cli-
"
red that, in his opinion, "the manufactures Of this
country we're not proper objects for Congressionl
pursuit.
Mr. Jefferson replies: "There was a time when
| mi ,ht have been quoted with more caador-
Bot within the thirty years which have since eaps-
ed, how are circumstances changed7 He then goes
describe the changed condition Of things, after
which he thus proceeds:
Compare this state Of lngs with that Of 1885, and say
whether opinion founded n the circumstances OF that
be fairly applied those Of have
experienced what did not then belevc-that
IN prongacy and power enough exclude us from
pondent for the comforts Of fe fabTcute them
Ourselves"
agricultural. The former question Is suppressed,
thor form. the grand inquiry now IT, shall
make own comforts, go without hcin At The will
% foreign nation He therefore, who is against
that nation, or be clothed IN skins TO live Ike
wild beasts IN dens and cavcrns am proud 10 say am
one Oi them Experience has taught that manu-
AcuIes necessary our iudependcnce as N
opinion will keep pace with me purchasing nothing for.
eigu where equivalant Of domestic fabric can be Oh
famed without regard 10 difference of price, will be
our fault we DO not have supply a. home equal 10 our
demand and wrest that weapon Of distress the hand
which has 80 long wantonly welded It,"
think, Mr. Chairman, | have shown that the
great apostle Of democracy cannot be quoted as ai-
Ihorty, opposed TO the position which have assum
ed, and the policy | advocate. Bot, SIR let US pro.
ce,d " q our historical review. pass now % III,
administration Of MIR JefTcrson's successor in IN,
presidential Office, the wise and vir'uous Madison
whose prccepts would heed, and whose eIimpe
would iain follow, at an humbls distance in prefer.
ence TO any Of the illusrious citizens who have fill
Ell and adorned that most exalted place, save only