New-York daily tribune., 1843-09-25


sa.o are the very objects which 1t is the duty oi
ISesorr,oent 10 do for them. So 1t Is IN othei
rsSnects. Ii an individual cannot protect tih'-
LII AGAINST assault and violence, the Governments
,us, nrotect him. Ifindividuals cannot open io'
themselves market, Government must 90 1t ioi
.bem-the general agency of society must ot
called in. The whole theory OF Government,
we separate it from divine right, we cohsid-
or II as existing for the good OF the governed, iu-
MICS tha, Government is to do Tor individuals
What individuals cannot Go for themselves. NO"
there are things which individuals cannot Go Tor
themselves, for they require the contributions OF
many: they require arrangement, system, reguia-
t;on. assessments administration. And what are
they :.
In the first place, so far, and wish to speak OF
4no farther so far as the interest OF Agriculture
concerned its first demand on Government is, after
that Protection 4 do not use the word III pontl-
cal sense.l after that protection OF the law which
secures to every man the earnings OF his own Ia
bor-after this the duty of Government to Agn
culture is to gire an easy Transmission Of its pro-
dpcts to the place Of sale and consumption; be-
cause. in our clinate-in any climate-human
life. if we carry our ideas beyond mere ncces-
sity, calls for things the products OF other cll-
mates the fruits Of the labor Of other persons IN
other parts of the world; and therefore there is
always necessity for commercial exchange, for
dsposing Of the surplus productions OF one ch,
mate for those of another and thus to become
possessed of what are commonly regarded as the
luxurics OF life, but which are It's comforts,
and which are the products of the labor OF
different quarters. Therefore one great object
and duty of Government is to see that the
products of the farmer may be easily and speedily
transported to the place of consumption or sale.
need not say, gentlemen, that you IN West
ern York, are striking, and l doubt not a
grateful example of the excellent system OF
laws aud policy which has prevailed IN your
State, and given you an easy TRANSMISSION lor
the products of your rich soil and industrious Ia
Dor to place of sale or consumption, Cheers !
Who is there here now that does not feel the be-
nefcence, the wisdom, the patriotism OF CLlN-
TON and the other projectors of your vast inter
nal improvements! Qoud cheers Party vlo.
lcnce or party injustice may dim Tor time, and
prejudice may iniure, and mallgnlty may rail but
there cannot be, am sure there is not-an honest
man in all Western New York, on whose heart the
memory of CLINTON is not indehbly engraved
Enthusiastic applause and chcers) Gentlemen,
In this respect, your position ennobles you beyond
anything on the face Of the earth. New York
city has been brought very near your doors. The
great Emporium of this great continent lies close
before you. You arc rich in your home market
market of purchase and of sale All New
York is at your feet. You can deal with her as
ii you lived in one Of her wards mean Tor all
the purposes of commerce
And, gentlemen, if l might contemplate con-
dtion of society in which, with regard to the dis
II J,,t,o In{ n no
desired. should look at Western New Y ork,
with her favored climate and fertile fields, with
those improvements she has completed and those
others which she conttmplates, an object finter-
est not only to all the States of this great Union,
but to the feelings and hopes and highest aspira-
tons of every man. AS an American, with pride
would I look upon these great works commenced,
completed and to be completed, all existing IN full
ness and perfection that the world may see what
Republican government, wise in its councils,
liberal in its policy, can do for the advancement
Of the great interests of Society. (Checrs.) Cen
tlemcn, the farmers of Newly York have no Just
reason to envy thosc who live amid the coffee
fields, the sugar canes, the orange groves, the
palm trees, and cocoas, and the plne-applcs OF
the tropics.-Far otherwise. His wheat fields,
his grass fields, his herds and tlocks. and his
forests, arc infinitely richer.
Gentlemen, there is another great object which
properly falls to the care of government, of inter-
est to all ticrs of the land who have an easy and
cheap transmission to market it is, of course,
the cristencc of such markets. There must be
markets of salc of consumption. Why viii
man toll to fill his granaries and cellars beyond
the wants of his own family, unless somebody
will buy the surplus which he has to sell, and
by means of which, therefore, he may be able to
buy elsewhere what he cannot raise upon his own
farm A market, therefore, a market Of con-
sumption, is paramount object to all agricultu-
ralists, who cultivate rich soils, beneath kindly
skies and warming sun, and who raise more
than is necessary in order TO the sustentation of
lie 1t is absolutely indispensable. do not say
that it is entirely within the control OF govern
ment. know that it is not. There are many
considerations which effect the market, such as
tn, policy of other nations the course of trade, the
condition of Society and a thousand other causes
which modify all government. But, after all, 1t
is and must be q great object of government
Looking only at the question as political ques-
ton (and God forbid that should use the word
political in party sensc) It IS certainly mat
ter of interesting inquiry where the surplus pro-
ductons of labor shall find a sale. This is mat
ter for government in an enlarged political, phlo-
sophie, and, maysay, ,phlianthropic, consideration
Oft duties. A good government seeks to pro.
mote the interest of all citizens of all vocations
l have said that to this object market is neces-
sary. What is it to you that your fields here in
the Genesee Valley abound in the richest wheat,
l believe, on the face of the Earth-what is it to
you, beyond the consumption of your own house
holds, ii there is no demand, no market for it =
The means of transportation may eXist-but az
Tho or1 of all rnnSt also bc
How s-ahis to be had Without tonight enter
ing upon any dcbatcabe ground OF politics. upon
any thing that docs not partake of elementary
truth-and say it under the conviction that it
is matter of elementary truth-to which every
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