The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-04-12

mind, and reclaim ne from the dclusicn.-
Aud, sir, /, is this strong tie Of mutual in
tel ests D.; This mu ual bond, with heavy pen
allies, binding nations TO keep The peace
this harblnger Of civilization and herald o.
Christianity, that il is the ayowed purpose
and inevitable eflec, Of this protective sys
TEN TO destroy. We have all learned, in
our elementary school books, that The mu
iual wants and mutual dependence OF indi
viduals is the only foundation upon which
The srpersiTucture Of the social state and
of civil society could ever have been erac.
ted. But for thu, We should still have been
savage barbarians. And II can hardly be
doubted that ihese mural wants, and this
mutual dependence, are even more essential
TO The harmony aud happiness Of nations
lie can hardly be regarded as phian.
ihroplst or Christian, " ho would lntcn
lionally counterfeit one Of The most bepe
ticent ordinances Of God.
These general remarks, Mr.. President,
are not submitted without a practical pur.
pose and as mere idle display Of ph.loso.
phical speculation !. but uake them in
reference to state OF things now rapidly ap
proachng, and which might almost 50
is actually at hand. |, canno, be disguised
that it is the Object Of this policy-an OBJ
ject actually announced by its advocates
TO prohibit entirely The importation of those
ioreign manufactures which come in CON-
petition with our own, and which are pre-
cisely those commodities which constitute
almost exclusively the lass Of our com.
merce with Grea. Britain, France, and the
other manufacturing nations of Europe
Now, sir, TO exclude these foreign manulac.
lures, is 10 destroy that commerce which
We now carry on with the great nations
which produce them. This commerce
curialed aud mutllaied as il has been fol
twenty years, is still extensive, and still
supplies your government with the greater
part of lis revenue, as it has done from the
beginning. Already you have destroyed
one-half OF it--compatng what II is with
Via, i. would.have been, but for your pro.
teciivs and prohibitory policy, under which
II is now rapidly verging to extincilon.--
The manufacturing nations Of Europe will
no, and cannot purchase our exports if we
refuse 10 receive their productions in ex.
change for them. The consummaton
then, 10 which your suicidal policy is ap.
preaching, is the to,al destruction Of The
commerce we now carry 90 with those IA
tions Of Europe with whom it is most pecu
liarly our interest, TO strengthen the ties o.
mutual interest, and consolidate the rela
tons Of national amity.
But while you are thus steadily advanc-
ing ia the policy Of destroying commerce,
you are as steadily advancing, at the enor.
nous expense OF nine millions a year, in
ard increasing your navy
Now, sir, as the protection Of commerce is
the on'y oljcc, which can justify the ex,
pense Of maintaining navy, il you destroy
say destroy the navy ALSO
Let us become Chinese nj once; not as
they are bu, as they were. Let Us shrink
down into our shells, like ,errapins, and
iraw in our heads at the approach of dan.
ger. II is idle mockery to send out your
squadrons 10 scour The Pacific and the Med
terranean, when your whole commerce 10
hose regions, including Peru, Chill, The
Philippine islands, Africa, Turkey, and The
Levani, does not exceed $4,000, GOO, and
while you are destroying q commerce OF
fifty times The value, which requires no
fleets TO pro'ec, il. Against whom is na
w required to defend our Atlantic com
MERGE Against pirates =! Against for
cign powers Against Great Britain -
Ior sue is lie raw head aud bloody bones a..
ways invoked TO silence opposilIonto waste
tul expenditure As prodlcer Of the
great staple on which it is mainly founded,
declare, with all solemni!y, that regard
the Congress Of the United States, as ii
has been constituted for the last twenty
years, as more to be dreaded than all the
powers of Europe combined, and all the
pirates that ever infested the ocean.
Another argument by which this system
IS attempted to be sustained is, that il fur
nishes TO the farmer a market for his agri,
cultural commodities. ! recolect that
when !, last year, urged against this sys
TEN lis tendency TO enhsnce the price OF
which enter into the general
Of farmers, the senator from
Maine (Mr. Evans) replied, True !, enban.
ces the money price but the farmer would
be more than Unidentified by getting mar
ket for productions which otherwise he
could not sell az all.
Now, this is sound argument as far as
il goes; but how far does It 60? The
furnishes a market Tor all the
farmers within certain limits but It is OBJ.
vious that the circle mus, be very small -
As far as it goes, i, is mutual monopoly.
No one can compete with either the farmer
or the manufacturer, because the expense
Of transportation prevents II. The manu-
fac,urer deals with the farmer, because be
takes from him what he has to sell; and on
the same principle the farmer deals with The
manufacturer. So far, 1t is tue, there rs
mutual benefit. But both parties eau
stand alone. They are independent OF gov
ernmcn, protection. Each party furnishes
the other the hes, market; and that is free
trade. Upon this principle, tho sal, works