Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-01-13
From the Ohio State Journal.
Gov. ShannOm's Inaugural;
No. <.
NO. 8.

"The manufacturers who are 10 con.
sumo our breadslufs, and other staples,
do not number more than haIfa million.
Suppose the No. should be doubled, un.
der the favorable auspices OF the protec.
tive policy, what amount Of the great
staples Of the west would they consume?
The we st could not hope TO oIize
the whole market. The agricullu rists
10 the northern and middle States,
would supply this demand, at least to a
considerable extent. if not entirely
The west, therefore. could not hope TO
find a market 10 that quarter, under the
most favorable aspect Of trade, for more
than three or four millions Of bushels OF
wheat. To supply this northern mar
ket, the five great western States, and
two territories, embracing a region OF
country unsurpassed by any other por'
tion of the whole globe, Of similar ex-
tent, in its capacity TO furnish bread
stutfs, would come in competition. This
vast region Of country, in a few years,
will be able TO export, annually, sixty
millions Of bushels Of wheat alone. -
Should the west be able to sell TO the
northern manufacturers, even ten mil
lions, annually, where will the remain
ing fifty millions find a market? 1t
must seek for an outlet in the south,
and foreign countries, The idea, there
fore, of building up a home market for
the vast productions Of the west, is, in
my judgment, visionary in the extreme"
Inaugural Address.
Mr.. Editor:
Nothing more clearly manifesto
itself in the public policy Of the party
TO which Gov. Shannon has attached
himself, than a want OF congrulty-an
apparent inability so 10 adjust The pests.
rs to effect the object desired. say
desired, because, for the sake Of the ar
gument, ! am willing for the moment to
allow them sincerity in their profess
sions. Their wal on the currency, and
their Bank Reform, are cases strongly
in point, They destroyed the great
Monster, and in the process Of doing so
created a swarm Of lille Monsters, who
by way Of mRnifesting their fitness to
improve the currency, vitiated and en-.
iirely destroyed that which was good
So with Bank Reform, which was car.
Tied on under the special patronage Of
our present Governor-it ended in Bank
destruction.
The same fate seems TO o%vershadow
ell their movements touching measures
Of public policy. We see it in the stand
taken against domestic industry, doom
ed, as it lie, if successful, to end in the
prostration Of all our cherished inter-
ests, agricultural, mechanical, manulac.
turing, and commercial.
l beg you, Sir, to cast your eye over
the prefix to this essay in confirmation
OF what | have here said. 1t begins, as
you will see, by stating, that the manu-
facturers who are TO consume our bread
Btuffs, and other staples, do not nnmbe
more than half a million and ends by
declaring, that the idea Of building up g
home market for the vast productions OIL
the west, is lin the judgment Of Gov.
sruor Shannon,) visionary in the ex-
tremen
will try to suppress the feelings
which naturally arise on reading such
declarations from such q source, while
glance at the reasons which have lee
the soundest men that ever adorned The
counsels of this nation or any other, Il
quite different conclusions from those
expressed by mis- ExcelIency, on Ihi'
subject.
But before ] enter upon this, It may bt
useful 10 call attention 10 the stand still
position which is assigned to the manu-
featuring interests OF the country. Sup
pose (says the Governor) that the NUN
Der OF manufacturers should be doubled
under the auspices Of The protective pc
Icy j. and he then goes on to draw hi
conclusions. Now, suppose the numbe
should remain stationary Whpt then
Will the Governor condescend TO tell u
the consequences! He must admit tha
the maximum OF ten millions of busheI
of wheat, which he assigns to a marke
among the manufacturers, would MOI b,
realized And then, Of course, his fear
about the monopoly Of the home marke
by the manufacturers, would vanish
and the dreaded monopoly would b,
shifted to foreigners, who would con'ro
both the goods market and the marke
for our agricultural surplus-the latte
by the sliding scale OF duties devise,
for the protection Of The English arts
tOcracy, and the former BY The cheap
ness Of pauper labor.
But, is our manufacturing population
TO remain stationary under the protec.
live PoliCyi That it has rsmaine'