Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-11-02
[WHoLE No. 7O6
| mean for all The purposes

al commerce.
Aud, gentlemen, If might coniem-
plate a condition Of society ~ which,
with regard "a The discharge of ell great
duties, nothing was left I" be desired, |
should look nj Western New York, with
her favor, climate aud fertile fields,
with thosr improvements she has conf
pleied and those others which sl,e con-
templates, an object of interest not only
Ia all the states oi this great Union, bnt
To Tie feelings aud hopes and highest
aspirations oreyefy man. AS an Ameri-
can, With pride would look upon these
great works commenced, completed and
n be completed, alr existing in Gulucss
and perfection, that the world inay sec
what n Republican government, wise in
III c"unrlls, liberal in It's policy, can do
for the advancement Of the great in,e-
rests al society. Cheers. Gentlemen,
/ fTe farmer of New York has no ,,s' r.s-
son TO envy those " hn live amid the cof-
lee fields, the sugar canes, the orange
groves, the palm trees, and c6cons, aud
the pine apples of the tropics-inr other
: wise. Ills whoa, fields, his grass fields,
Els nerds and nncks, aud his forests, are
infinitely richer
II Gentlemen, there is another great oh
IilPci which properly falls 10 the care %.
!, ,Goyernmrn', nf interest to all tIlIers ut
The lnhd Who have an easy and cheap
transmission To market lit Is, OF course,
the existence Of such markets There
must be markets of sale of consumption.
why villa man ioll TO fill his own grana-
lies and cellars beyond the wants ot hr
own family, unless somebody will buy the
surplus which he has Ia sell, and hy
means of which, therefore, he may he
able to buy elsewhere what he cannot
raise upon his own farm A market,
/ therefore, y market of consumption, il n
paramount object to all agticuuri>ts, who
cultivate rich soils, beneath kindly skies
and warming sun, and who raise more
ihnn IL necessary IN order To the sus'en-
,taiInn Of lie. II is absolutely Indi-per-
sable do not say that it is'cnIirefy
within the control of Government. |
know iha, it is not There are many
considerations which affect The market,
such as the pulley of o'her nations, the
course of trade, The conditions oI society
and n ih"usand other causes which modI-
/, (y all governments. But, after all, II IS
and must be great object Of Govern.
ment
!, Looking only nj the question rs poli'-
|, icaI question land God Giba> that l
should use The word "potical" in apdriy
sense, ) it is certainly a matter Of interest
ing inquiry uhrre the surplus productions
Of labor shall find sale Thi. is mat
ter for Government in an enlarged p"liii-
cal philosophc, and, ] may say, phIlar-
ithropic consideration OF lis 'dUtirs. "A
good government seeks to promote the
interest of all citizens, Of all vocations -
| have said that 20 this ohjec, mortct
your fields here in the Genrssre Valley
abound in the richest wheat, | bel,evc,
on The ince oi the carh-what L. Il oyou,
beyond the consumption at your own
households, if there is no demand, no
market for it ? The means of trnnspor-
taiion may exist, but at the end oi all
musi also he u market
How ~ this To be had Without To.
night entering upon any debdtrahle
ground "I politics, upon anything that
does not parake Of elementary truth -
and say il under the chnviciion that IL
is a matter of elementary truth To which
every true American citizen who will not
give way 10 names, but thinks that there
is something in things, say that IL is IN
the power Of Government, iha, II ~ the
duiy OF Government, to n considerable
extent, 10 take care that there sho,h be q
dem md jw agricultural piodjscts -
! Cheers ] am mol about, scntIemtn:
TO enter upon the Q'es!!!3!::;---IKe debated
bile subject Of n protective tariff to any
considerable extent. But j, nevrrhe-
less, do say--at least ! do think --and
why should NOT say il CHEERS, and
cries oi say H. 'out with it, go on. y
! do say, gentlemen, thu, the agriculture
Of this country is he great matter rhich
demands pr"te tection. IL is a misno'ner't To
talk about he prote ction oi manufactures;
that is not the thing we want or need II
Is the y, otectinn Of the agriculture oflhe
country. (Repeated cheers. II isa
furnishing to the surplus productions nf
that agriculture q market, a market,
near markell. n home markets large mar.
ket! [Cheers, and cfics of That's it,
that's what we want.
Why, gentlemen, many Of nv friends
and neighbors IN my own state hive ~.
vested thor capital in manufactures 90
course they desite er'plo, mrm IN 'lus
branch of industry. But suppose they
do moi get II cannot they turn their csri
ial INTO other channels, into ,housand
other pursuits to-morrow Are they
shu, out from all other ways or living p
Do YOU suppose that the pr"ieclion ni th
interest is os important To htm ~ It - to
YOU, Is II as essential, az absolutely
necessary, TO their interests aa to ynuts
Not by ten thousand times You want
n mafket for your productions Nnu
want consumers. You want open mouths
and unclsd bodrsio ca, and drunk aud
wear the surplus productions YOU hn'"
provided FOR them You want n home
marsei, a sieady demand for your sgu-
cultural products And this is, aud mut
he, furnished by the commercial class'~.
the sea-faring olasses aud NIL other
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