Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-11-24

q piece OF broad cloth. Is 1, not oby lous tina, the
conveyance Of foreign wool. log wood, fustIc and
coppesas TO be used ip its manufacture. affords
more employment, shipping ,han would tina, of
the broad cloth itsef2
For instance take the article Of oder, used
IN this country for the printing Of cotton and
other fabrics, IL will require ten ships to bring
the bulky ariicle Of madder 10 print the same
bulk of cot,ons. When say ten ships, | put
them very low. Then take the article OF barilla
and other salts, used for bleaching purposes; i,
requires enfod the bulk and tonnage 10 bring
the manufactured article. Then the brimst stone,
10 crude slate, TO be manufactured into acid for
bleaching and other purposes Then the heavy
! and bulky article Of logwood md other dye-
woods, which will employ fifty times the shipping
TO bring TO this country that would suffice to
bring the manufactured article which the dye
woods used for. Then the indigo, and many
other articles iha. could be mentioned. Then
comes cons,ing trade. How many thousand
tons OF shipping does the coast trade employ for
our manufactures, which would not he employed
If we did not manufacture. As general thing,
II is safe to calculate that il will take % tons OF
shipping to import the material 10 carry
manufactures, TO one ton Of shipping to import
The manufactured article" 1t is curious and IN
teresiing fact, the States rank in the valuation of
their wealth according 20 their population; and
they have developed their resources, esta bltsh-
ed manufactures, and given employ to their
home labor. Rhode leland is the richest State in
the Union. according TO its population Msssa>
chuseiis, Connecticut, and New York follow next
in the order OF succession. Will we not learn
from the practice Of Grea, Britain rather han be
Taught by her gents-iufiuencee by her advice
or led by her lessons political economy?
Her publications estimate the machine power
used by her equal to the labor Of upward OF
hundred millions of mon.
Many millions Of this power intro>
duced into her manufacturing pursuits. Its dill
gent and un,iring industry furnishes the produc-
tons with which she maintains her popula Alton
supports her navy-carries on her wars-!orces
China 10 pay tribute and eat her opium--and
subjects the civilized world to her commercial
colonization.
This machine labor s her capital, which re-
quires neither food clothing. /. is unlike the
capital in the machine labor used by the planters
Of the South, which demands both food and cloth
ing, and which never hold competition with
the machine labor Of England. A partial revival
from the depressed condition of the country is
recen, Tariff It's lawful, and it may be useful,
to learn from our adversaries, not only the wis
dom, but the necessity, for counteractng regu.
la,ons, as well as the sensibili,y with which our
first step has been felt in Europe. Gaiguani's
Messenger Of the 9Th Of March, 1S43, has the
following: "The King received yesterday, in
a private audience, NJ. Terme. Mayor Of Lyons,
and Messrs Fuichron. de Sullon, de Torigny and
Martin, Deputies Of the Rhone, who presented
petition from the manufacturers Of Lyons, from
which we ex,rac, the following passages:-'Not.
wiihsiandIng the peace which Franco owes TO
your prudence, our manufactures suffer exceed
ingly. Rejected by several States OF Europe,
our produce is not admitted into others, except
with enormous duties. Thus the markets OF Spain,
Austria, Italy, and Russia, are almost closed a.
gainst Us. Germany is daily diminishing her de-
mands, because we reject her produce. Engiano
places ~ our or.ic'cs from 90 TO 40 per cent,
and the United States imposes duty of from
r,chc inf hirb
but little called for, and 40 to so those in COM
mon use. If such a condition of things were to
continue, our manufactures would be ruined, and
on that account we pray most earnestly Tor the
adoption of a more liberal system Of customs,
which by making reasonable concessions would
open to our produce the markets that now
closed aeains. it, and would produce modihca'
ton of duties in the others 10 which they are ad-
m,ted' The petition states among other things,
that they nre the agents Of an industry which
enriches the country-an industry which, when
in full activity, consumes annually more than
one hundred and fifty millions Of francs worth of
native silk, and which, independently of what
furnishes to France, delivers TO expectation more
than one hundred millions Of francs Of manu-.
featured produce, of which one third 10 hand-la-
Dor. We think this industry IS truly national
one.r English Free Trade is beginning to relax
some of its bands Of restriction, and its active
advocates are already announcing the assorted
cargoes and articles of trade which are be-
ing shipped, as evidence of coming liberality
The fountain Of this lberality is, however, too
evident TO be misunderstood. The balance of
trade this year being in our favor, is also sssidu-
ously gazet,ed panacea Of all past evils
Blu, who will not perceive that the late excess
of expectations, under advantages obtained from
our Government, in the war against manufac-
lures, has left an Indebtedness which they will
not increase, and which, in the absence of cur
rency, is now willing to be satisfied with even
| the produce Of the country?
| The Tariff and the unworthy threatening Of
reputation, already sof,ening that obduracy
which justice could not effect; and producing that
equality and exchange Of productions in trade,
which prevent excess Of importations--shun the
credit sys,em-keep an easy balance-require
bu, little currency-advantageous employ The
home industry and secure the osperiiy of com