Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-07-04

our HlolLo. IN these DdOhNoouc, i, " no
ahcadm
For nv own part, shall be sorry if we
are forced to this. 4 people chiefly en-
gagged in farming are more Independent and
more happy than people chiefly assembled
in large manufactures. | am quite content
that we should continue to import from the
Northern and Northeastern States such
articles of manufacture a. cannot be made
by our wives and daughters at home: PRO
NIDED, that when foreign nations show 4
willingness TO receive the staple, OF the
Western States free, or at a low rate OF
duty, the advocates of the Protective System
consent 10 lower the tariff on a principle of
reciprocity. But il the Wings persist in OPP
posing such proposals a tat Of Senator Tap
pan, then our only alternative j, 10 tell the
projected manufacturers. that they NAV keep
their manufactures to themselves; for we
cannot afford to send money out OF tai,
Western country to purchase them.
And then while hnndrl d~ of thousand, are
starving in England for lack of cheap bread.
while wheat Is selling there at two dollars a
bushcl. pork and beet at ten or twelve cents
and lard at fourteen or fifteen cents ponnd;
and since we have ovcrstOckcd cur fellow
citizens in the Atlantic States, till thcy are
not ashamed to offer Us thrcc-quartcr> OF a
cent for a pound of good pork. and some
thirty or forty cclts a bushcl lover expenses
for the wheat we ship to thcm-sincc these
things are so, Is there "A shadow of a reason.
why we should not seek foreign market. rs
the manufacturers themselves have done. or
why We should refuse TO meet The advances
of England towards reciprocal free trade; u
principle Just aud righteous in itself. and to
no portion OF the world more important in
practice than to this fertile and cxhaus.lcss
farming valley of the Mississippi!
The party cutlery against an extension of
foreign commerce /, idle and mi,chicvous.
In nc commercial Intercourse of nations
by the nature of things, the eigr AMI TAKE
principle must prevail. \ nation Will not
buy largely, year after year. of rs, unless
We, in return buy largely al,o OF them. five
except the years 1879 and 1886. when spec
ulation ran riot, (and 50 many millions worth
OF railroad roa. &c. were purchased I'm
England with American bond-. thrs disturb
ing thc balaucc Of radc)-with the cXccp-
uOn OF these two years. orr imports from.
and exports 10, Great Britain for the last
twenty years up to $40. almos. exactly
baIaaec each ofhcr. Il follows. that when BY
a high protective tariff we lessen import1-
ton 7re Mcrety cW dwl rIporaiioas also.
nearly IN the same proportion. i very
strong argument against the iupolcy of such
tariff. II we are TO have a foreign market
for our Western produce, W. must have
imporlations to balance IL Yet the policy
of Henry Clay and the "Iiome League"
party i to impose heavy duties with tie
express intention 1C7~D dimjnish iD,Dsrts
VII the west support policy ike that!
It tramPIes our industry in the dust; It
ruins our markets; and yet politicians are
not ashamed TO call Il an american system
Why. II there be one single system of policy
more absolutely and essentially British than
another-it there be a policy that has grown
with England'S growth aud strengthened
with her ,trcngth-that was adopted bv her
i've centuries ago and haS been continued
a. her darling system down TO the prc-an.
day, Il IS this rcry sqnac hieh irif. UrtltI-~
syyfem! she !, now herself getting ashamed
OF it, or rather her down trodIrn pcop'e are
f1rcing her government TO abandon il. They
see tlat 1t makes the rich richer. AMI the
poor poorer. They feel AMI taste is bitter
fruits. 1t this very time they are describing
II. a too odiou-ly oppressive. even for
EuroPetn monarchy. And Wc must need,
pick up the ca-t-oif banting OF British ari,-
tocracy, give the dciormed brat republican
title and hug it to our bosom,, - If the
change of name made the crcatur. our own
cherished. legitimate child.
The dcioruity OF this lorcign-born policy.
when fairly exposed. c,u,cs some OF is
friends 10 di.claim. even while they adopt It.
Many OF the high taiiiI party profess q a
they desire no heavier du.ic, than VII be
sufficient for thcrcvcnuc. Buff they 90 on.
increasing the national expenditure. Il, crirnI-
llllng deb. giving away what lurd- thy
have. distributing the money Obtained at tbc
land oillce, among the State. and then agree
ing to pay. b sid :. al tina. IN ST have
>qllndcred and il Aey make al this
wretchcd management ;,n excuse for extra
Fagant tarili' dulie,-thcn. 20 u,c familiar
phrase, they are "whppinc the devil round
the stump thcy are doing in an underland
manner what they despair doing openly. But
tiie result i the same manufacturing indus
try mot proisct,d but Dr..tka9. while Ours
Is trodden under loot We suffer by the high
duties. first, blcause toy raiee Ia price = N
merchae9ise r. buy. and next, Lro1pee Meg
pr. rc'H .torogn copftir. froul buyne 7rtqi a.
h0ve 70 seH ! and thu, throw our produce at
half it value. into the hands OF these higA
tariff manufacturers. WHO lau.l IN their
sleeves. when they sec how easily, with Il few
President Adams, in Of Ia. reminds
OF this truth
in our country uniform experience Of for,y year.
las shown, that whatever the arff foreign produce
have been s QaoHnf Of im'srf1ons hss ALWAYS borne