The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-01-12


me lion. J.. p. Kennedy his pub
N.aed : Lener 10 bis Constituents on
~ PaSeiple and vaias eflhs Pr0leclise
srs,eu,.'' fram which We exirseI he fel.
,.fssr concluding rcmsFkE
klier i'll, Se TSSy Inquire what has
Ii, Sud, gained since The Government
....siss Inc policy which she has rscon-
mradeas For almost % years, We have
III he nearest approximation 10 free
,,.se which has ever been attempted hy
80 na,ioa. One half or al OR imporss
lac been actually free. We have had
!, ,oanage duties; they were repealed In
lsao. We hare opeaed reciprocal free
5sm cf navigation 70 more ihan ons.half
af,he nations with which we trade. The
aptlss fppcn such commodities = paid
anya have been sinking. year alter year,
awards The lowest revenue standard; in
I'D. ,hey had fallen below lhsi standard,
.nd lie Government has. FOR some years
nss,. been without adequate revenue 10
nee, IL expenses. Whas has been the ef.
Iee,ofsil these apr0remenfs--as. ndele
renee 10 the free-lrade theory We must
= cal lheml might answer in one word
bankruptcy.
aGlrsysiem has been lntrinsically mis-
ehieyious, unpatriolic, IN. American. We
lave stimulated and encouraged foreign
labor 10 excess; we have refused 10 en-
F outraged American, lest il might inter.
f.re with lhe foreign. We have used all
our arr 10 make market for European
oocratives. We have declined 70 do Tins
fayor for our own. Our policy seems
% have two leading objects:
.Firsi. The increase Of foreign manufac
lures.
"secOnd. The increase of the cullisa.
lion OF cotton.
"The consequence which has followed
eur tndeayors i. that both are oyerdone.
Our markets have been glutled with TO-
reign merchandise; our Cotton fields have
been oyerslocLed. The producers on
both sides have been losers, Goods have
fallen 10 an unprecedented point OF de-
PRESTON: cotton has shared the same fate
We suffer in each direction from excess
siye production. Our policy has sysiema,
tically eramped all other American pro-
ducts, They have but few markets al,
lowed them abroad; and we have adopted
measures 10 deny them a market al home
by aiming d blow al our manufactures
Thus VIC have injured both agrieuliur'
and mechanical ART. Commerce eoul'
No, but share in these disasters, nor coul'
the currency possibly escape disorder AM
depreciation. These are the results o
our ten wears Of free trade; these the fruit
Of that political philosophy which ha
been enforced upon the nation by all IN
talent, influence, and zeal Of the South.
"The act ofthe last session, ! trusi
Is The herald Of better state oil thing:
The influence Of that act has not yet be
gun 10 be felt, We have been too deer
" stricken by The embarassmenis oil IN
late system TO make aquick recovery. II
now, belole that ACT has exercised lis r
medal efficacy, we are threatenened VIII
It's repeal and return to all the inlatu;
tons cr our former policy.
"When is this war upon labor 10 ccas'
This is question to be answered BY Il
workingmen themselves. The means
Terminating il in are their hands; they ha'
the casting vote. They have permits
themselves TO be divided by the arts
politicians, and large and active Pc
ton Of their body have been found,
times, enlisted IN support Of the pcli
against which this letter is intended TO
monstrate. Surely the experience
have lately had is sufficient TO convin
them Of the necessity ola charge. I've
sure to afiirm!hat we shall never see
prosperity ofIthe country put upon s.
foundation until we adopt system
measures which shall effectively prot
our home industry. We have a wo
of our own; let MS have system oil
own. Upon this question there ou'
10 be no eauivocal opinion. Those W
are in favor ofthe protective system
by thatImean system resting on stron
foundations than the incidental supp
Of American industry should take IL
stand politically upon it. They sho
be known from their adversarles; sho
maintain their cause at the ballot b
maintain il as great paramount primer
worth struggling for, and not 10 be oos'
ed or lost in smaller party divisions:
we take our stand upon this grou"d
cannot hut nrava;l Succeeding in
fundamental measure, we shall proc
with better heart and better hopes to
remaining great questions oil cure
and credit which await our care"
A late number OF the Portland Al
tlser contained the following article III
Il ply to the complaints Of the Virginia 7
ses on The subject of the case OF the
l.atimer. recen;lv liberated in Boston