The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-11-14

Gland. and IL they lid sure. q. q IN de-
ies'ing NE disena Iassirg iariG p lscy az
the K'publ.csns, &c serld even Jes
hare been drpvnjsni Ipan EuToFe. and
he counties beyond he Cape ~ Coed
Hope. f0r lie cInlhss We sfsr. and woSld
have been eomIell.d - ray any p,ire
whirhIhe aver e. Of nnonopoiiss snd i,p-
porting merchants eaul exrar from
needy and d,prndtit eapls. IispTily.
The eoeirins that The protective duty %
added 10 the price and ,neTeans The easI
Of the 70. ieried su,rle ia lie fail OK tnl
Of the dugy in The had Of The consumer,
and ma, ariel-s Of Ihs fisi NECESSITY, sUeh
as are eonsnmtd By he proof. shovl not
be protected. tui lLai lie pnof shouli be
lhiown on The tender msrri u mon0Io-
lists. 10 be ground % the Jusl. did not
prevent the old Republican Congress from
encouraging and protecting our co.t'n lar
'ones b high minimum sslaations, o. Of
iapo.iae duty OF 30 fes Ct. I'd sslorem
upon al lmportaiions OF saddles. brides.
harness. I'll manufactures az leather. al
manufactures OF uood. including house
hnh furniture, Cart, wagons, cabinet
wares millinery Of all so,t., hats. CAPS.
bonnei,. paper, and many other such ar
iicies go indispensable 10 The. lsbonng
poor, and whie'l we nov obtain 80 much
cheaper than then. The llbSring poor
sf those days. had The sx,c,iohs snl ex-
i,r,ions Of The monopollsls loo fresh in
IhsH memories, 10 resist the very mess-
nres ~bich was especially intended 10
make them independent &c fsreign M
iions and Of domcs ic monopoliss, for tie
comforts of lie lha, they could produes't
hume. The wise men then al The head
Of the government. had the recollection
tao flesh IN ,inis memories of the b,it-r
fruit, OF that sysit N uGder old John ADJ
ans administration, which has lIiGly
heen eIgaified with the appellationefFrte
Trade, 10 be drawn into II By HE subtle
lies AID refined Arguments 10 be met With
IN Engl,sh books on paliiical economy.
irNas notsuch ine-srun Tic cries as hose
Of South Carrlina's iasuriie son. now so
popLl r IN the SaIi',, snd so infectious as
enlanstons from . mssier mind always
are, which j, fluenced them-bui i, vas
the plain matters oil iscl end practical ops
erstion Of the flee trade sysem. under
fair and lull experiment, which had just
been tried. Our gosernment Lad BUR-
Gently OF, red free trade TO all the world
--our 20 Is bad been opened tosl, nsIons
---iniernai t,xatlon had been resoried 10
in order:o release commerce from restiic-
tions--aad how were We met Did
the nations Of the woIlj throw open their
parts TO US! Did Fee Trade. on our side
Of tie water, give rs Free Trade, on the
other let Thonss ] ffsrsoE snswer
the question. While the tariff Of 1916
was befoie Congress. and before lae pas.
sage of the bill. Jsffr,son's opinions w.rs
obt,in d through BENZ amin Austin, and
were as follows: (See correspondence,
vol. 4, paees 2sl AMI esq., Speaking Of
the occurrences under tie Free Trade sys-
tenn, in the close Of the last century, he
says: 49,
Who could have imagined lha, we
should have been de.rollrd OF thousand
chips, and have thousands of our ci iz,ns
reduced 10 Algerine slavery! Ye'. all
this his taken IL ce. Tho British inter-
j,cted To our vessels all ha!bors If the
globe, withou, having frs! proceeded TO
some one OF hers. there pail tribute
Porporhoned 10 the cargo. and obt,ined
Ter license 10 proceed to the por, If deg
tnsucn. Tue F,ench declared III m t.
be lawful prizes if they bad touched q,
the port. or been visited BY the ship Of
ihe:ene,py.na,ien. Thus were We CON-
plet, ly excluded from The 'esn. Com
pare this state Of things With that OF SO,
(when he wrote his notes on Virginia)
aud say whether an oPinionsfuGndtd IN
tina circumstances Ct the, day, can be
fahly spp'ied TO those of The present.
We have experienced. hat We did not
then believe, tha. there txists bJlh pro-
A eacy end power enough to exclude US
from the field Of interchange. With fr>
eiyn nations; TIA. 10 be independent. for
The comforts OF lie, We must msnuf,ctuse
them ourselves. We must then place
the manufacturer BY The side Of the ag.i-
cul urist TIE former question is sup
pnssed,or rather assumes a new fsrm.
The grand inquiry now is. shall we make
ouI own comforts, or 90 without them al
the will Of foreign nasionl He .here-
fore. who 10 now agaias! domestic manu-
fartures. mus, be for reducing Us either to
deps nlence gu that foreign nation, or 10
be ,lotsed 10 skins and IL live like wild
beasts in dens aad ca, ems. am no, one
Of these. Experiences has taught us that
manufactures are now az necessary 10 in
| dependence as 10 our comfort; aud u
those who quote me as for ! fferent opin-
ion. will keep pace with me 10 pnrchas.
ing nothing foreign y bout regard 10 dif-
terence Of price. it will not be our laal,
If we d, I soon have a supply at home
equal 10 our demand. end wrest the wes-
p,n Of distress Com the hand which has
so luag wsn,only welded il. Iii. shall
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