The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-09-28

IS something in Lugs-I say that ii Is in the power
Government that il is the duly of Government, to
considerable extent, Ia take care that there should be
demand for agricultural products Cheers AN
not about, gentlemen, 10 enter upon toe question
the debateable subjectof protective tariff TO am
considerable extent. But |, nevertheless, do say-a
least do hinh-and why should mol sayu2 [Cheers
aud cries Of 'say il . "out with IT'D $50 ON y, La
say, gentlemen, that the agriculture Of his country
The great mater uhieh demands protection 1t is mis-
homer TO talk about the protection of manufactures
that IS not the thing VIC want need il is the pro-
ecflon Of me dgri uture Of The country! Repeated
cheers II IS furnishing to the surplus productions
OF that agriculture a market near market n home
market, large market! [Cheers, and cries Of
that's it," "that's what we wnnt."l Why, gente-
men, many Of my friends and neigbbors in my own
state have invested their capital in manufactures
OF course they desire employment in this branch oil
industry. But suppose they do not get it; cannot
they turn their capital into other channels, into a
thousand other pursuits Tomorrow Are they shut
ourirom all other ways OF living Do you suppose
that the protection Of this interest is as portan 10
them as it is to you' Is it essential, as absolutely
necessary, to their interest to yours? Not by ten
thousand times! You want market for your pro-
auctions You want consumers. You want open
mouths and uncad bodies to eat and drink and wear
The surplus productions you have pro, ded for them
You want hcrns market, steady demand for your
kProlucfsa And thisis and must be- fur
NOD by tno connercia classes, the seaiarus class
es, ana all other classes Of non-producers Now
vested their capital IN manufactures have great in-
terest at stake, and 1t just that they should have
secured by law reasonable protection to that in.
forest BIT do also insist in spite of all the sophis
ny and all the FOLLY Gas must call t of this ageand
Tbs age IS tI OF sopbstry and folly on this s,lbiect
that the great thing to be looked for is that we have
! at home demand for the surplus products of our
agriculture, and, on the other side, homo demand
Tor the products of manufacturing industry. Cheers
MS heighoory exchange 1t is this neighbory inter-
n elyps-
IRON city to city, from villa village from house to
house-ths tais 1t is which is calculated TO ma Ike Us
happy and strong people. Enthusiastic applause
Now, there Is on this subject, especially among
our brethren at the South, strange infatIation
They are respectable men, reasonable men, candid
men IN some respecs--in most respects-and vet sec
now they reason upon this subject. Gentlemen |
belong to Massachusetts,, Applause Cries of Good,
and three deaienlng cheers for Massachusetts
have taken the pains TO inquire what sums Of money
Massachusetts pays to Virginia and Carolina to saw
noihing oil New York, every year for their agrcut-
raj products, and it amounts to several millions. If
we take the eastern part of Virginia and the eastern
part of North Carolina, what have they for sale but
agricultural products purchased by the manufacture
Ing and commercial classes of New England No
thing on the face Of the earth and we pay them
many millions We are their only customer Does
England take their grain Certainly not; and vet
owing to causes which would be easy to explain if
II were proper, owing TO pre- iudice, owing to their
peculiar notions for notions are quite as common |
there as in New England, though New England is the
land OF notions !"[ Laughter and loud cheersl l.
there is perfect reprobation of any idea Of protec-
ton giving them any sale for their agricultural nro
ducts, although they find, day by day that we, buy
and pay them for their products by manuf Of
the North and 1t Is the only thing they get dollar
Tor and are ready TO drive into raising corn and
all the agricultural products for ourselves they be-
ing agricultural, and finding the article continually
becoming cheaper, and persons except us to buy
of them. CHEERS Now that's strong case
though perfectly true of eastern Virginia and of
North Carolina. Why, gentlemen, | live on the
sandy seashore OF Massachusetts, and get along as
well as can. am very poor farmer upon great
quantity OF very poor land but my neighbors and l.
by very great csre-l hardly know how--continue to
live on. We pay for " bat purchase though for |
they all gel paid in way. And yet these men |
complain that we do not raise what we want our.
selves, but buy Of them. There seems 10 be much
truth IN an old saying that {" Maxms which have
seeming sense take frmer hold, and endure longer in
the mind than those which founded nature and
experience" Men like do mas they like theory
If they can pick up scrape together string Of
1pophihegms or enigmas the fact and truth and all
the Human talent in the world can argue them
out of them. Equal deusons prevail IN other parts
OF the country; as for instance, the notion that pro-
lection to manufactures is thing peculiarly benei
cia TO those engaged in those pursuits. Far from It,
As have said, the capital Of Massachusetts can go
10 commerce or 60 to farming; but what can he
do whose farm is his sole estate but TIL IT Can he
transport 1T or go into other pursuits The fact is
10 tins class Of society is next the hene
icence of Heaven, whose sun shines and whose rains
fall upon us, the highest object the most absolute
ccssy those who cultivate the land and raise from
than suifcos for the wants Of themselves and
their IA lilies. lCheers
Now, gentlemen, Americans. We have a
vast country, variety of Climate and various pur-
suits. We have agricultural States and We have
plantation States. We have manufacturing interests
and commercial interests And our business is not 10
array our various interests into egereDt and hos
tile state not TO inhamc passions or the pas
sions of others concerning the measures of Govern
nent for the protection OF particular interests
but let US make the whole or at national, may say
funiiy concern. We should aim not to produce the
impression that interest SET against another but
that all go for those laws aud measures which will
be most conducive 10 the general good We should
that We are citizens Of the United States
,ha, such VIC interested IN the United States
and in every State that interested in the
Germs OF ell classe- and OF every class and do firm
y believe that moderation and wisdom, and perseye
rance, and truth, and reason, will ultimately prevail
over all the Influences which seem separate tho In
crests OF class from those of another. Why,
what have said IN relation 10 tho necessities or
ants of Agriculture ~ strictly true with regard 10
our brethren Of the South engaged IN the plantation
interest, The first market for their cotton and the
,esi nlarket, is with the Northern and Now England
manufacturers of that ucle and IT is absolutely
oni,hifg that this Il not perceived The North takes
third of their cotton, and that the first third, and
likes tho price il sold with small charge for freight
md still brings high price. And say II is ALSO .
utcly astonishing that those whose living depends
lie production and sale Of THIS article should not
o what an extent 1t depends upon the consumption :
md manufacture Of the article in our own country.
These truths, these elements Of political economy
IRE as true on he James river and IN Alabama a. c
lerc and let popular prejudice become informed I
md kind feeling mark al discussion. Of the subject
md we shall come to see how much our happiness y
md honor depend upon free, and Just and liberal I
Intercourse among ourselves Cheers.
hose remarks. [Cues Of q" go on.''l believe they u
ire founded in truth, wish for every thing which
vii promote the union Of the American family. =
y ish for tho prevalence Of every thing which shall !
make every man, from Maine TO Georgia, feel that
his interests are clearly bound ~ with those Of every
,thor man from Maine 70 Georgia, Cheers. .
Gentlemen, may say, SIR, turning 10 the Prosi. y
Irni wnrds ahnni M SELF ff,hccrs and shnnis