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

ana the larger crops we raise. the more VIII
the lower and eastern markets be over
stocked, and the less we shall get for our
labor.
Now ], for one, am far more disposed to
initiate the conduct of these men, than TO
attend to their preaching. had rather do
as they do, than do as they tell me. When
they 90 on increasing their own exports, it
Is very little satisfaction to me, when | sec
orr exports diminishing. TO be told that we
must bear it all for the sake of protecting
American industry.
American industry The sound Is capt.
vating 1t Is far more than captivating.
The protection c!f American industry i. the
first. the greatest. the most holy duty OF our
government. 1t IS the one thing ncedluL
If our Representatives neglect that, better
they had never been elected! If they
make not American industry their special
care, in vain do they enter the halls Of
Congress. They are unworthy of seat
there.
But. no industry to be called American.
except it be found within the wal, of a
cotton factory, or in the depths of a an iron
minc2 Is the farmer no Americana Is the
industry that raises a field OF corn or a
it not. in fact. the best. the most useful. the
very staple industry of America! And il it
be. Is it not rs fairly entitled to protection.
rs if it drove 4 shuttle or tended a spinning
jenny?
American industry Is no sectional term.
It's meaning extends over a continent.
From farthcst Maine south to EXTREMIST
Florida, from where the capcs of New
England wave across TO where the waters
of the Columbia minglc with the Pacific
thcsc-nothng less than thcsc-arc the vast
boundaries of American industry. lie who
restricts lis meaning to some half dozen
States. active, cntcrprising. intelligent and
moral if they be. Is unworthy the character
OF an American legislator.
Some of the Eastern high tariff party,
when we of the West complain OF the sec
tional preferences Of their bill, very coolly
tell us, that oar industry is quite much
protected as theirs; and in proof they point
Us TO the fact, that By the new tariff law
there Is imposed Il duty of two cents a
pound on all beef and pork imported into
this country. three cents on hams. three
cent, on lard. twenty-five cents a bushcl on
wheat. ten cents bu,hcl on corn, and so on.
They arc very kind, We have the very
great satisfaction, then. of knowing. that We
arc comfortably pr9fccd by tariff duty
from the chance OF foreigners exporting 10
this VI c>tcrn country wheat worth dollar
and half or two dollars bu,hcl at home.
paving freight and charges on it. and then
undcr>clhng u, in our own market. We
may sleep quietly 1t nights. without any fear
that England should ovcr,tock " with her
beef. which She sell, at twelve cents Il
pound or her lard. worth fourteen cents
in her own market. or her Indian corn if
she only had any. or knew what an ear l..
when She sees tive need dread nothing
from these ic1IJe dangers, for our tariff
legislators. alarmed lest We might be ruined
by such competition. have. in pity to our
forlorn case. intcrposcd to save Us by heavy
protective duty. The next bill they frame.
perhaps they Will sill farther oblige u, by
putting in tariff duty of fifty cents cord
on lirc-wood. Can we feel safe until they
do so! Who knows but the French or the
English might take a fancy to export cord
wood by sip olds for the West. frcigh il in
Steamboat, up the Mississippi. and thus ruin
the trade of our chopper, here in the back
woods
These tariff advocates are no, content 10
empty our pockets; they must laugh II u, toe.
They add insult to injury.
nave no prejudice against manufactures
or manufacturers. | was bred up among
them. The Manufacturer Of the North Is
entitled equally with the Planter OF the
South and the Farmer OF the Wcst. to pro-
lection for his industry. would support no
plan. however much It might benefit our
own section of the country. if it took from
the manufacturer one single lust or equal
right. But neither do | see any propricty
In our becoming. In these Western States
his hcwcrs of wood and drawers Of water:
satisfied to take for our produce any price
ne secs fit TO give rs. and content 10 be shut
out from the benefits OF for-ign commerce.
because it suit. him to pas an cXtrayaglni
tariff bill.@
One or two things We OF the West must
DO. Either We must obtain a foreign marNct
for our professionalism our corn and whca'
and porl, and bcct-Or cl,c r. mus. manu-
f1c',re far o,rsefves. How will New Eng
land relish such an application Of the Wing
doctrines OF home industry Home League
here in the Wcs.! VIII II contribute to her
prosperity. that. instead OF sending to Low
ell and lynn and Salem. 90 I'll our stores.
We learn to I'll them ours Ives. ard ayc her
IA home market. of which She talks 50 well
But. If we are shut out from foreign
market. BY the ob,tinacy either OF foreign
governments or of our own high tariff party.
We have no other choice. Nccessity that
mother of invention. will teach to rival
the Eastern States in their manufactures.
If we have little water power. we have
nlpntv of wood and coal 10 raise steam: and