Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-11-02

the great thing 10 be lo"krd for is that
we have nj homo dr'napd foi the sur.
plus products Of our agriculture, aud on
the oihrr side, a home demand for the
products of manufacturing industry. =
ICheers This neighbdrly exchange il
y, ,hisae'g hbarly intercourse among our-
srlves-ihis supplying our wants from
rny TO city, from village Ia village, from
house 10 house, this, this il - which is
csicu'ated to make us a happy and n
strong people. - Enthusiastic applause.
Now there IN on this SUBJECT, especial
ly am"ng our brethren at the South, n
strange infaiuation. They are respecta-
BILE men n-reasonable men candid men,
IN some respecis-in nosi respects and
yet see how they reason upon this sub
jvc,. Gentlemen, ] belong to Massa-
rhnscits (APpIauso. Cries Of Good,
and three dealcning cheers for Massa-
chnsriis y | have taken the pains 10 IN
qn,rc what sums of money Massac husctis
pays 10 Virginia and Carolina, TO say
n@hng Of New York, every year for
their agricultural products ; and il a
mounts 10 several millions. lf we take
The Eastern part of Virginia and the
Eastern part Of North Carolina, whai
have they for sale but agricultural pro-
ducts purchased by the manufacturing
and CONNIE nrinl classes Of New England!
Nohing on The face OF the carth-and
We pay them many millions We ARE
their only customer. Does England take
their grain Certainly not and yet.
owing to causcs which it would be easy
Ia explain If il were proper, owing 10 pre-
iudicc, owing to their peculiar noiions--
Tor notions are quite as common there as
~ New England, though New Eng lind
- the 'iond OF notions = Laughter and
.hrers;-ihero isa pcrIec, reprobation
OF any idea of protection giving them any
sale Tor their agricultural products, al
though they find, day by day, that we
buy ard pay them for their products by
manufactures of the North and il is the
only thing they get dollar tor and are
ready TO drive us into raising corn and
all agricultural products for ourselves
they being agricultural, and finding the
article continually becoming cheaper and
no persons excep, US to buy Of them =
Cheers
Now that's n strong case though
perfectly true Of Eastern Virginia and of
North Carolina. Why, gentlcmen, ]
1--we on The sandy sea-shore of Massachu-
sets, aud | get along as well as can.
! am a very poor farmer upon great
quantity very poor land. But my
nrighhors and |, by very great care-I
hardly know how continue TO live on.
We pay for what We purchase-though,
inr nv hie, could hardly tell how this
only know, tha: they all gel paid an
some way. And yet these men complain
that we do not raise what We want our
selves but buy Of them There seems
to be- much truth in an old say ing, that
'maxips which have seeming sensr
lake iirner hold, aud endure longer in
the mind, than those which are founded
Oh nature and experience
Men like dogmas they like theory
IL they can pick up or scrape together
str'ng al apothegms or enigmas-thc
tact and truth and all the human talent
IN The world can never argue them out
Of them. Equal delusions prevail in
other parts Of the country, as, for instance,
the roiion that protection to manu!a ctures
Is a thing peculiarly beneficial 10 those
engaged IN ibose pursuits. Far from il
As have said the capital OF AIassachu
sciis can GO 10 commerce, or can go to-
farming. But what can he do, whose
Farm is his sole estate, but TILL it f? Can
he transport II or 20 into other pursuits
The fact is, protection to this class OF
snciety IL, next tn the benpiicence OF
Heaven, whose sun shines and whose
laias fall upon as, the highest object, the
most absolute necessity 10 those who cul-
irvaie the land, aud raise from i, more
Than suilices for the wants OF themselves
aud their families. (Cheers)
Now, gentlemen, we are Americans.
We have ~ vast country, Il variety of
CLIMATE, and various pursuits. We have
agricultural states, and we have planla-
lion states. We have manufacturing in
tercsis and commercial interests. And
our business rs moi 10 array our various
interests INTO bclIigerent and hostile
state, not To. iDilAUe our own passions or
others concerning the measures of gov
eminent for the protection Of our pariicu-
lar interests but let US make the whole
a grea, national, ] may say, family con-
ceTu. We should aim mol io,produce the !
impression i..;:' one interest is SO, az gainsi
nuo,her, but that we ali GO inr those laws
and measures which will be most con-
duciye to the general good. We should
remember that we are citizens of the
United States I; that as such we are in-
ieresled in the Unted States aud in
every state, that we are interested inI
the conceras OF all classes and Of every
class and do firmly believe that mod
Grafton and wisdom and perseverance
and truth aud reason will uliimaiely ly pre-
vail over all the inAsences which seem,
IN separate the interests Of one class from
those of another.
Why, what ] have said in rciation 40
tho necessities or wants Of agrie culture is
strictly true with regard TO our btethrenI
,of the South engaged in the plantation
inieresi. The first market for their cot
ton, and the best market, is with the
Nurhern aud New England manufsc-
,urers OF that article, and it is absolutely