Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-01-19

dence has not meted our blessings with sllnied
and SHARING hand. new avenues Of wealth are daily
being opened IN difssen: parts Of the country; The
side of population is stiIl rolling 10 the setting
sun, your people are still willing 70 work, and
YET a midnight gloom hangs over the country
WHY j. ,hisf The answer is, first. the country for
the last fteen years has been in the crucibe Of ex
pertinent, at one time inflated like balloon, and
cut loose from its mooring. without weight bal
Last become the prey of every shifting wind
and then at another time, to use a vulgar express
sion, 'as lai IS a founder Ii the above is con-
lous, il certainly is not so than The coun-
try, under General Jaekson's Pet Back system
and its present deporable condition. 10 tue secoh"
place we have no national currency, and ere with
out a sufficient "Proteetive system" that grand
artery through which the life's blood Of me pros
peiity Of this country nusi How rnsNe 'ne
declaration boldly, that unless you establish me
Protective System in this country, you may nhaNe
Sui. Treasures, Exchequers, National Banks, or
az, otber moaied institutions which you may de-
vi.s and your currency will not be worth pinch
Of snuff Experience has taught this 'luto' ana 1t
s time the people seeing IT, No man ought
TO be fool enough TO follow after any party after
he has witnessed the total fiure Of their mea.
aires aud experiments. Let each and every man
run vi. mind back and commence with the gov
ernment and come ~ to this day and examine the
periods Of permanent prosperity aad calemitou+
distress in the moneyed affairs Of the country aud
see if the existence OF the Tariff and National
Bank have mo-, invariably produced the former, and
Our country and cur government peculiar, and
require peculiar laws and systems. I he oppo-
nents of the Protective System IRE constantly
quoting for our Instruction. the Anticipated potions
of Adam Smith, Say, and other speculative Eu-
iopean Political Economists, and epdeayoring
make their views applicable to our county, when
in fact they have more applicability to the in
terrsts, wants, soil or resources Of our country
than has the lingo OF the Chaetaw Indian to Tho
full understanding and beauty Of the Ems fish Ian
guage. Il seems TO me, and think it must also
to the minds Of all who will eonteu rlate the mat
calmly, that the permanent prosperity o. our
county is nothing more than plain matter Of
common sense, and am persuaded it would be
much better for the untry if Congress contained
little more practical common sense, and less
metsphysicks. The country is sick of genius, aud
have never known the remedy and proper apPli
cation of little adversely, with grain or two Of
z
fects Of i. The country now is in such d"nna,
that nns; eirher have taxation or protection,
and ask Your readers which they prefer Ihave
merely written tbs article Mr. Editor an in.
roduetory series which proPose publishing
in your paper win sour permission, in which !
shall from week TO week, as leisure pcrmns, lay
the most mareriel parts Of Nj. keunedy's able
gutnent beule your readers.
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