Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-08-24
AGRlCuLruRE AND HE TARIFF

views, are lsborng assiiuousy u impress upon
the minds u the f.tme that they stone friend
Of their interests. 10 fleet this end much IL dali
4, spoken ard written upon re ssf jet Of the Pro-
.ectl4e System, ard gseat eiiyfs made convince
tho Agricultural community, thar ia abfshmenf
would work SUDDEN and certain iuin to them. So
phistry can easily work aud produce such re
su!,s. bat common sense ss easily oserturn them
People 10 Ibis ago end county arc 10 advance O.
the theories esd political reckoning' OF tbs 1851
ceutufy, and choose now rstLer to blink for them
selves ard view matters obey stand effected N
their own eoSnry The protective system y wei
understood BY our people, AID thousands N our
eountry who. few yssfs 'ihee, were violently OPP
posed Il IT, afe nOw its wafmeT advocates. There
a.. tho,s who set breathe rebellion and war bui
The, may as well pseserss their ammunition tof
mare useful PURPOSES fot We can assure them there
+, not the slightest danger Of iebeilioa among the
people Oh account of he protective system.
agriculture Il the darling OF the democratic eye,
Ard all lhey want desire Is, foeit 10 be lei alone
he action Of the plough the sunshine the rains,
ADD tho dews Of the heavens Wei. so far.
good and we. is the friends Uithe agricultural 10
fetest fejoice 10 Ptopitoas sessions. &c but we d"
not stop there, We desire other helps and re~at'is
to the industry Of the fafmef We desire stter his
tod labor, anxiety and trouble ia over, that he may
fad market for his produce, and rich return 70,
his harvest Where is hi. market 10 be found
This question opens up to out mind so nsny i'm
portant considerations, that we will not be euaLled
to sdseu them fully this week, but at ane,he,
tine will lay siews fully betore'on readers
a home market i'll at strike every mind as
being Infinitely the most desrstle aud there is on
~ one system undetl which and by which such
marker can bs established. aud that ~ the protec
lion OF American IndusitY. Those ~ho argue a
goinst hi, system. to all manner Ut sophs-
try show that the system taxes the putlic for the
.benehi Of one class. Saehs charge is not eons's-
tent with the system, for hold that whatever is
beneficial TO the prosperity Of The ma6ut ac,uiing
and recbunic arts is advantageous to every other
great b, such Of American Industry. Tho pretec
i've system is not e,tabstxd alone fur the ben, TT
oftte New Eng land nsnufactufer but tor any one
who may choose to establish e,anatactory in any
State OF portion Of widely extended eouniry
But We are decidedly the opinion that the agri-
caltufists Of tho county have deeper interest in
she full, conplete ana permanent establishment ef
,rhe system. than any other porton Ut Que people.
Wherever the manufacturing and mechanic arts
d,nfish the most. there the people flourish most,
and the effect il Immediately seen in the springne
up Of furnishing villages, and in the increased val
A 81 II at.l haEnr
Committee on manufactures 10 the la.t Congress
by highly intelligent gentleman VII" had been
engaged in the manufacturing business Tor the asl
twenty Eve years, 'hst the establishment OF man
racturcs had added amount TO the agricultural
wealth OF the country equal 10 the capital employ.
ed in manufactures" He showed most conclu
sively the hene6t arising 10 the agricullurst from
the home market created by the existence Of a
mandatory. BY the lsst census there were in
hi. country, ifw recollsct rightly, million
OF operatives busily engaged in the thousand
j ieIent pur suits which stimulate industry and en-
tsrprise, and keep society in motion by the nigh
ty principle Of the division Of labor" Suppose,
now, there were no manufactures in the country
What woull become Of This million of operatives
They mus, have the means OF living. and it is very
natural TO conclude that they must be driven to til
ling the soil and matter of course, the agr
cultural occupation would be. greatly overstocked
1t ls now supposed that too many engaged in
agriculture, and too much capital invested in ag-
rcultnral pursuits TO make it p rofitable, and We
ouly ask any common sense say, how much
more 80 would ii be. if there manufactures
and no .ys,ems devised by Government FOR the d.
vision Of lsbor1 England would give ns Free
Trade then TO our hearts content; aye, indeed, in
peace and in war we would be completely at her
mercy. Ths protection Of home industry is the
life blood Of any natios, producing as ii does, a
s,imulus to exertion tho pntt of the people,
aud making them independent in every sense OF
the word. We have often been surprised at our
own cnun,rymen. and particularly thnse of the
de moera,ie party who affect such holy horror of
ngland and the English, that they should stand
upon the floor af Congress AMI denounce The estab-
ii.hmen, OF the protective system. England,
proud and grasping England, loves such denocrs
cy. Il plays INFO her hand, and she is willing to
take our trade and our ma ket rs an ofsett to all
the sneers and abuse which can be poured upon
her England indeed understands the advantage
ofthe division labor and she carries it cut to per
fsctisn; and it is that which has enabled her to
maintain herself riumphsnly sgsust all Eu-
rope. Il ia that great system with her home
Net thar enables that Island in the TO regulate
the maj kets OF the world. How anxiously are the
crops Of England looked by the sgricu,urists of
the Uoited States and how materially does ii at
feet their nterests2 Let US do as England does
establish own systems and our own markets,
and all will be well. We glory that the "hie
psuy are singled gu, the exclusive friends OF
the Protective System We are proud to advo-
cate The cause and interests Of our own country
against England and Europe. We are rejoiced
tRat the question is 10 be submitted to the people
at The next Presidential election fairly and fully,
aud still more rejoiced thai he who has so long
laltled in the is TO be the standard bearer OF
oar principles. Give us Henry Clay and proiec
lion to our Hume Industry in all it's branches, Ag-
1iculiusl, Commercial, Manofscturing,.snd Me
ehaniee and our opponents welcome TO call
themselves democrats, and TO advocate their Free
Trade systems which people now understand full
well TO mean to allow England and ell Europe tie
full and uncontrolled use Of our make, and the
products Of our country free while we ara TO be