Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1844-09-19

lice of any Nation on earth.
GEN. JACKSON AND A PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
we have had several applications lately for CO.
pies of Gen. JAcKsoN's Letter to Dr. CoLmAN of
North Carolina, written in 1924, while candi-
date ior the Presidency, upon the policy and ex-
pediency of affording protection to our Domestic
Manufactures. The following extract embraces
all that is material in the letter on the subject !;
and good Wing doctrine truly it u.s.
"Heaven smiled upon and gave us liberty and
independence. That same Providence has bless
ed US with the means of national Independence
and national defence. Ii we omit, or refuse tn
use the gifts which he has extended to us. we de-
serve not the continuation of His blessing He
has filled our mountains and our plains viii, mi;
nerafs, with lead, iron, and copper, and given us
climate and soil for the growing of Eemg and
tUo0I These being the great materials of our ma
tlonai defence, they ought TO have extended to
them adequate and fair PROTECTION; that our ma.
nydcfur1S and m6orerS may be placed i'm a fair
competition tciM those IF Europe; and that we NAV
nave within our country supply of these lead
ing and important articles, essenlial.in war;
~ VIII ask what is the real situation of the
agriculturst! Where has the American farmer n
market for his surplus produce? Except for cot
ton, he has neither foreign nor a home market
Does not this clearly prove, when there is no
market either al home or abroad that there is Inn
much d6our an agriculture? Common sense az
once points out the remedy. Take from apricul-
ture in the United States sic hundred M0usand
men, ,Domen, and children, and you will at once
give market for more bread-stuifs than all Flu
rope now furnishes US. In short sir, we have
been too long subject TO the pofcy of British
merchants. 1t is time that we should become a
little more Aneric0nized, and instead Of feeding
tie Paupers and MbOrers Of ENGLAND, feed our o,on;
or else, In short time, by continuing present
policy, we shall all be rendered paupefs ourselves
1t is, therefore, my opinion, that careful and ill.,
dlcIous TARIFF is much wanted to pay our nation
al debt, and to afford the means of that defence
within ourselves, on which the safety of our
country and liberty depends; and last, though not
least give proper distribution to labor, which
must prove beneficial to the happiness, ndepen-
dence, and wealth Of the community
Our Locofoco friends will probably be surprised
to find themselves SO strongly condemned by the
recorded sentiments of the old Chief-But we
have some more authority TO give them from the
same source. In letter written by Gen JACK
SON TO Gov. Ray of Indiana, dated February %,
1923, he uses the following language:
with these remarks, pray you, sir, respect
fully TO state TO the Senate of Indiana, that NV
opinions at present precisely 1chat Mey ,vere in
1923 and 1924, aohen they ,oere communicated, 6y
letter, TO DR.. CoLnan, Of North Carolina, and ,chen
Uofed for tie present tariff and approximation for
internal Improvements. AS that letter was writ
ten at time when the divisions of sentiment on
its subject were as strongly marked as they now
are in relation both to the erpediency and consfi-
htonaHfy Of the system, it is enclosed herein
and beg the favor of your ExceIlency to consi-
del 1t part OF this communication. The occa-
sion out OF which it arose was embraced with a
hope OF preventing any doubt, misconstruction
or necessity Tor future inquiry respecting my Opt
MONS on the subjects to which you refer, particu-
larry In those States which you have designated
as cherishing policy at variance with your own
10 preserve our invaluable Constitutions and be
prepared to repel the invasons of a foreign foe,
by the practice Of economy and the cultivation,
,oifhin ourselves, of the of national defence
and independence, should be, it seems to me, the
leading object of any system which aspites to the
name OF American and Of every prudent add
ministratIon OF our government"
These are the true principles of sound-Na-
tional policy, and we are not without a hope that
at least some Of the old friends Of the General
may be brought to see from these extracts how
lar they have been carried away by party from
their true course, and refuse to lend their aid in
subjec'ing our country again, las Gen. Jackson
says,I ''To THE POLICY OF BRlTIsH MeRcu.yrs. -,