The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-10-11
MR.. WEBS rER'S SPEECH AT
ROCHESTER HIS VIEWS
OF PROTECTION"

Or PRO &c lON.
In the course of his speech Mr.. Webster
said-
81 do not propose gentlemen. TO enter
upon the debateahle ground of Protective
Tariff, but | will say-for | think it. and
why not speak it p cries of " Bravo
and " Say IT," say it'll do say it,
gentleman. That the Agriculture of our couu
Try is the great matter which demands the
protection of our Government. Ii is mis-
homer TO speak of the Protection Of our
Manufactures 1t is the Protection of Ag-
rieuiture that is wanted. [Great cheering. I
Ii is TO furnish TO our agricultural products
market-a home market-a large mara
ket. have many frie lds in Massachusetts
whose capital is invested in Manufactures.
They ae deserving of the Protection
and fostering care of the Government
But suppose they dn not get it. They
can turn their manufacturing capital to 9th.
er pursuits. Protection is not as important
to the manufacturer as TO you--no. not BY
ten thousand fold. You want to have open
mouths TO eat and drink what YOU raise and
have to sell--in other words, you want n
home mafket--a steady demand for the
products of your soil, and which are needed
by The manufacturing, the mercantile and
the seafaring community.
The people of this country do not need
10 be told at this late day. that the principle
object OF the friends of Protective Tariff.
was TO protect the agriculture Of the coun
try. We say the principle object. For
their object was TO benefit all the interests
Of the country alike; and as agriculture is
and must ever be, the paramount interest of
this country, it follows that the protection
OF agriculture was their principal object.
How absurd is IT therefore for Mr.. Webster
TO say that it is a "misnomer to speak of
the Protection of our Manufactures PIX.
penence has shown that the best, if not the
only way.to protect agriculture in This conn.
try, is 10 encourage The growth OF manufac.
lures, and thus build up those very home
markets which Mr.. " ebsier considers of so
great Importance. How else can apricul-
lure be protected Not certainly by boun
ties! The tariff already lays heavy duties
upon foreign wheat and other agricultural
productions. But the exclusion of iureign
wheat bv heavy duties is not of itself suffi.
cieht to build up the farming interests of
this country. The farmer must have home
markets for his products. This even Mr..
Webster allows How are these home
markets to be secured Manleslly by
building mp manufactures in this country.
And how arc manufactures TO be built IN
here In no other way that we can per.
ceIve, than by excluding by comparatively
high duties the manufactures of other ma,
lions from our ports.
Nr Webster goes on 10 speak of the de.
rnand that will arise in Great Britain for
the agricultural products of this country. in
case commercial treaty shall be made on
a reciprocity basis, between the two countries
Great Baiiain agreeing to take our wheat
and other grain, and the United States
agreeing to receive her manufactures -
Defend us say we. from all such treaties
the effect of which would be. in less than
five years. 10 PROSTATE all our most vaIua.
BILE manuiactures--whIch done, Great Brit
ain would probably refuse any longer even
to receive our wheat and thus. after HAVING
completely shorn Us, leave our carcass TO be
preyed upon by the next nation which
should think it worth while 10 make .srec-
iprociiy treaty" with us.
BESIDES 1t such treaty should he made.
and we should obtain our manufactured
goods from Great Britain Instead of hi,
country where are our own farmers TO find
Il market IN our manufacturing towns and
Giles They certainly cannot send them
10 Manchester or Birmingham. whatever
they may do with their wheat and if isa well
known fact that these articles form by far
the most valuable portion of the prod uc,s
OF The Northern Sintes. Wheat is only an
item IN the product of those States, and no,
us Nr. Webster appears TO think, the all
important prodnct.-Troy Hhg.