Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1844-01-12
MEMOIR ~ HENRY CLAY.


proposition wa brought forward
al the same session 10 reduce he dircc,
Tax laid upou the United States. which
Dir Clay sapporlei-bul said hat The
land tax, even then, be deemed 10 high
far the ordinary season al peace lie
lad down Mis important general princi-
re n lJlne OF eace. We should Iook o.
foreign impouailons "a, tie chlrf soufce
OF revenue. Il inwar. when :hcy are cnl
of, that il was Inc euough'o draw der
" our internal resources. lis plan
was 10 make up FOR a I'll farther DC
crcease Uf the lanl tax by an increase OF
duties on Imports
I he eiran of NJ CAY. - secure the
passage Of the rarld Of SO, were very
arduo1s, aai he uuirvellbu the j Hir.
imposed by that larId. scre not satii
clenl for The security OF the country l.
galnsi Inc pawc. of Tic English manu-.
iaciures, whose p.5ey il va, 10 bteak
them down 81 possible. lis position ul
that time /, iofclbly llIns.rsed a the
following extracts from a speech deliver
cd IN Congress, April 81. 1920
Whatever may be the value OF my o
pnlons on tue Interesting SUBJECT now
before Us, they have nor been hastily
formed. Ii may possibly be- reeoIeoled
by some gentlemen, that ! oxaress -
them when the existing tariff was adop
ted-and that then argued, thal The pc
rod ofihe termination oflhs war. duriup
which the manulac aring Industry OF
the country had received a fowcffil
spring, was precisely that period " hen
government was alike impelled, by duty
and interest, 10 protec. it against The free
admission OF l1retgn fabrics, consequent
upon state Of peace. | insisted. on
that occasion, tina, less measure ofpr
teciIon would prove more ciiicaciou>. n
that time, than one OF greater extent at
future day My wishes prevailed only
IN pasl-anj we are now called UPON
10 decide whether we will correct the er
ror WHICH, think We then commit
ted.
IN considering the subject the first i'm
podsai inlnry that ~s sno1G make j.,
whether II De desirable thar suc por
ton OF the capital aud labor Of the coan
Try should be emp Dyed, in the business
OF manufacturing "a woald fnrai4h Il sup
ply OF our necessary want ? Sincc the
hrst colnnlz ltinu Of america. the prin-
clpal direction at The labor aud capl.
tai of the inhabitants has been 10 pro ,
dace raw materials for he CONSUMPTION
or fabrication of foreign nations. We
have always had, IN great abundance.
The means OF subsistence, but We have
derly d chiefly from other countries our
clalhes, AMI the IT, sttameuis OF defcnc.
Except du-ing those interruption. of cem.
nerce arising from state of war, or
fro n msls1res adopted for yiDl,catins
our numerical rights, We have expert
enccd no very great Inconvenience here
ioiore from this mode Of supply. The
limited amount OF our surplus produce.
resulting from the smallneSs of our nun
hers, anj the long and arjaous eonyul
Sons OF Europe, secured rs good mar
keis Tor that Surplus IN her ports or
those OF hr. COLONIES. Bu those CON
vaisions have nov c'asei, aud our pom
iaiion has tea he'd nearly ~ millions
4 ne" epoch las atiS"g nd Il becomes
Us deliberately o. e1nae.n3itir oar own
actual condition. Al lie relations which
are likely 10 exist br.accn rs and the
other parts OF thu world The actua,
state OF or poqul ,Ioa. aul Inc ratio OF
IT'S progressive increase when compared
with the ratio OF tue Increase Of the pop.
llalion Of the cDIniriQs,whch have hilh.
rrlo consumed our raw produce. seem.
10 me. ulonc 10 demonstrate the neccssi.
~ oil divcriihg some portion OF our IN
dusiry from It's accustomed channel. We
donble oar population in about the Term
o. twenty-five years. II there be no
change 10 the mods eXcrtiae our indus. .
ry, we shat double, during the same
erm, The amount Of our rXportable pro-
luce. Europe, including such Of her
colonies as we have free access Ia. taLe,
does not duplicate her non
i'ailon N shorter term. probably.
han one hundred years. The ratio at
he increase Of her capacity Of ptodu,.-
ION, as oae is 10 four. And II Is manifest
rem the Simple exhibition OF the power,
nc consuming countries, compared sith
hose OF the supplying country. that the
primer are inadequate 10 The latter. NIL
certainly true, that portion Of the
lass OF our raw produce, which we .
transmit 20 her, reyerts 10 US in a fair
aied form, and that this return augmen,s +
'iih our increasing population. This d
!, however, very inconsderable add e
her actual ability 10 afford marke, III
e produce Of olr inllafy.' Ii