Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-01-04

FORMER PRESIDENTS ON HE TARIFF,
While the Enquirer is engaged in tie
task Of representing the tariff as an an
heara.or enormjty, i may not be annss 70
re resh the memory oi our -esders by .
few short extracts from The messages Of
former Presidents, 10 whom that paper
successfully protested The mos, unlimite1
devotion
First IF all comes the Father of his
/ Cauntry. In his message Of sth July,
/ 1890, he uses tie following language:
"'Tne SAFETY and interest Of the people
require at they shall promote such man
ufactories as tend to render them indepcn
dent for essentials" &c.
The Enquirer may plead homage TO
that; so we give him next an extract from
the message Of Mr.. JeiIersoa, date, Dec,
1 1902:
ITO cultivate pface and maintain com
merce and navigation, 10 all their lawful
enterprises; TO favor our fisheries as
nurseries OF nayiga,ion; and TO PROTECT
THE MANUFACTURERS adapted 10 our cir
j cumstances.
| Agtin;
when a nation imposes high duties on
our productions or prohibits them altogeth
er, it may be proper for US 10 do the same
/ by ifs; first burdening or EXCLUDING
their productions which they brig here
10 competition with our own Of tbs same
kind"
Mr. Madison was (literally) the father
Of our Constitution. In his message Of
May, 1909, he recommends TO Congress-:
ITO make such further alterations in
he laws as will more especially protect
and fost the several branches of manu-.
iucture."
Six Y airs after, viz. ia 1915, he goes
still further into the subject. Hear him!
"There is no subject which can enter
with greater force into the deliberations
t Of Congress than a cons Iteration Of the
cIeans TO pres rye and promote manufac-
| iures, which have sprung into existence
and affirmed an unparalleled maturity
throughout the u. S. during the period OF
the European wars: this source Of nation
al Independence and wealth, auxiously
recommend therefore to the prompt and
constant guard anship Of Congress"
| Mr.. Monroe, another Virginia Pres
dent, in his inaugural Address held the
following language:
/ "Our manufactures Will likewise re-
qulre the systematic and fostering care OF
government-possessing, as we do, all the
raw materials, the fruit OF our own wjll
and industry, we ough. not to depend IN
the dngree we have done, or the supplies
from Other countries &c.
In alluson to the same subject, lie af-
forwards says.
| at is important too that the capital
| which nourisi es our manufactures should
be domestic, and its influence, in that
case, instead Of exhausting as 1t may do
in foreign lands, would be felt advanta.
geo1sly on agriculture and every other
branch of industry; equally important is
II TO PROVIDE HOME MARKET for our
raw materials, as by extending the com
neItion 1t will enhance the price and pro
tect the cnltivator against the casualties
INCIDENT to foreign mark, is"
We pass over what Mr.. Adams said
on this subject, rs being Of no weigh,
with the editor Of the Enquirer. But we
make up for the omission, by inserting, al
full l'ngth, the following letter from a
man, the bare mention of whose name is
wont to enrapture the old gentleman:
WASHINGTON, Cry, April 90, 1894
Heaven smiled upon and gave US Ibcr-
ty and independence. That same Proyi-
dtnce has blessed US with tho means Of
national Independence and national &c
| fence. " we omit or refuse 10 use the
gifts which he has extend to US, we deserve
not the continuance Of his blessing. He
filled our mountains and our plains with
minerals--w til lead, iron, aud copper and
given US climate and s)iI for the grow
ing of hemp and wool. These being the
great materials of our national defence.
they ought to have extended TO them ade.
quate and fair protection that our manu-
ftclurers and lsborers may be placed IN
fair competition with those Of Europe, and
that we have within our country u supply
! Of those leading and importaot art Giles es
senlia IN war.
u VIII ask what is the real situation
Of the agricu'turist Where has the
American farmer a market for his sur
plus produce ? Except for cotton he has
| neither foreign nor a home market.
Does not this clearly prove, then when
there is no market tither at home or
abroad that there is too much labor EN-
ployed in agriculture? Common sense
at once points out the RENE iy. Tnke
from agriculture in the u. States six hun. |
dred thousand men, women and children.
and you will at once give a market for |
more bread stuns than all Europe now
! furnishes. In short, sir, We have been |
too long subject to the policy Of British
merchants. II is lime we should become |
lite more Amer an zed, and instead of
feeding panpats and laborers of England, |
feed our own or else, in short time, by |
continuing our prcSent policy, we shall be |
rendered Taupcrs ourselves. II is there |
fore my opinion that a careful and judi. |
cious tariffs much wanted to pay our ma.
tional debt, and to afford us the means of
that defence within ourselves on which
the safety of our country depends; and
last, though not least, give a proper distri
button to our labor, which must prove ben
/ e.