Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-05-30

l. 1t would have added TO the stock IN market, ana
consequently to the competition in trade.
9 There would be a greater market Tor The safe o. hs
farm productions.
But there is another question behind all this, OF still
more importance, and that is this 1t we continue Inc
state Of things we now have, we shall engraft the primer
pie upon our institutions, by which we are 10 export the
labor Of this country IN manufactures. and not IN nglioui-
tural prcductions-for such must be the tendency o. "ese
high, and to a great extent, prohIbIto!y dutIes. we are
now exporting almost every variety OF nianuiac'ures-
There were exported from Boston. during the week end
ing the 18th of April, 95l bales OF cotton, 10 various paris
of the world. Our manufactures have clothed a b lush
army in India in American drills and believe Una IN
close of this year will show the expectations oil nlahuiac-
lures TO be more than the entire expectations OF iarm pro-
ductions, leaving out cotton, rice, and tobace"' not"''"-
standing we have three times the capital engaged III az
rIculture. During the administration of Mr. Jefferson,
when our duties did not exceed 10 per cent ai'uoe'o
IcO3 and ISO4-we exported. from our farm productions,
near twenty millions annually, leaving out cotton, rice,
aud tobacco and, at the same time, our manufacturers
did not export two millions. An examination oi me eH-
ports from that time 10 this will show the elect oi high
duties upon farm productions.
1t was only the other day that one OF our manuiactur
es received an order for $500 worth OF tat'ors shears
from Frevburg. in Germany. We have been competing
successfully with the English IN South America, Tor
some years past, in the sale of that great article OF cotton
goods, and are selling the same IN China, AFRICA, Last
Indies, and all parts OF the world Inns u III we"
enough, when IL grows out OF equal laws, and from the
free exercise of American skill and capital. But j enter
my solemn proies, against this government throwing It's
restrictions and guards around any one interest, at The ex-
ems 81 nDiutT > IL t~u u N''
the labor of this country into manufactures and thus we
shall enter into competition with the laborers OF me "u
world. When we shall do this, then the labor of thus
country will be as much under the power OF The over
grown capitalist. and the labor az much at ms mercy, ms
he IS in the old counties in Europe Yes, SIR, INSTEAD on
that equality which characterIzes our people, we shal
have classes and divisions IN our cOuniry-on the one
side oversrown wealth and influence, on the oiher' pow
erty, ignorance, and absolute dependence b'Ve usinah-
ufaclures in this country give NJ likewise a scattered ag-
riculiural people and let us have a commercial people (;
and let all these interests feel alike the blessings oi gov
eminent and let the great governing principle be. that
no one interest Is 10 be promoted at the expense OF The
other.
Much is said on the subject of high duties abroad on
American produce. vet 7 do not hear any person con-
tending for re taIlation in the laying ct duties. All agree
that we should raise nothing more than Is necessary Tor
the support % government hut ~ e differ IN 10 MODE oi
accomplishing that object. But the fact is, that, at tins
very time, our duties are higher than those OF any other
government that we have any considerable trade VIII. !
should like gentlemen 10 present n scale OF dn'les u any
government with which we trade equal to the following,
under the act Of 1912, that we are now considering