The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-04-03

and beg the favor of your Excellency to consid-
or It part of this communication The occasion
out OF which it arose, was embraced with hope
of preventing any doubt, misconslrucIon, ne
cessity for further inquiry respecting my opinion
on the subjects to which you refer-particularly
| in those States which you have designated as
cheriehIng policy at variance with your own
10 preserve our invaluable Constitution, and be
prepared to repel the nvasions of foreign foe,
by the practice Of economy, and the cultivation,
within ourselves, of the means of National defence
and independence, should be, it seems to Inc, the
leading objects of any system which aspres to the
name OF " AMERICAN" and Of every prudent Ad-
mnstration of our Government"
The third is from his annual message to Con-
gress in 1920:
"The general rule applied in graduating the
duties upon the articles of foreign growth or man.
ufactures, is that which will place own in a
fair competition with those of other countries and
the inducements to advance even step beyond
this point are controlling in regard to those ar
ticles which are OF primary necessity in time OF
war. When we reflect upon the difficulty aud
delicacy Of this operation, it is important that it
should never be attempted but with the utmost
caution. Frequent legislation in regard to any
branch of industry affecting its value. and by
| which its capital may be transferred to new chan
nels, must always be productive OF hazardous
speculation and loss"
The fourth is from his message in 1880:
"The States have delegated their whole au-
thority over imports to the General Government,
without limitation or restriction, saving the very
inconsiderab'e reservation relating to their in
spection laws. This authority having thus en-.
trcly passed from the States, the right to exer-
else it for the purpose of protection does not ex
st in them; and consequently, if it be not pos.
sessed by the General Government, it must be
extinct. Our political system would thus present
the anomaly of people stripped of the right to
foster their own industry, and to counteract the
most selfish and destructive policy which might
be adopted by foreign nations. This surely can
not be the case; the indispensable power, thus
surrendered by the States, must be within the
scope of the authority on the subject expressly
delegated to Congress.
''In this conclusion am confirmed as we'll by
the opinions of Presidents Washington, Jcffer-
son, Madison, and Monroe, who have each re-
peatedly recommended the exercise of this right
under the Constitution, as by the uniform practice
OF Congress, the continued acquiescence Of the
States, and the general understanding Of tine PEG.
pie"
And the fifth is from him in 1882:
" In effecting this adjustment, it is due, in JUS
tlce to the interests OF the different States, and
even to the preservation of the Union itself, that
the protection afforded by existing laws to any
branch of the national industry should not exceed
what may be necessary to counteract the regua-
tons of foreign nations, and to secure supply Of
those articles of manufacture essential to the ma
tional independence and safety in time of war.
If upon investigation it shall be found, as it is be-
lieved it will be, that the legislative protection
granted TO any particular interests 10 greater than
10 ndispensably requisite for those objects, re-
that as far as may Sc consistent with those OBJ
jects, the whole scheme of duties be reduced to
the revenue standard as soon as a just regard to
the faith of the Government and to the preserva-
ton of the large capital interested in establish
ments of domestic industry will permit"
Now, is not the above enough to satisfy any
man that the Locofoco party are only trying to
practice upon the credulity of the people, with
the view of placing themselves in power.
HAMPDEN.