Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1844-04-25
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MT. Madison" thought the object of selectn
u'is article, 10 BE SOLELY TIE ENcouRAGeMEN.
OF THE MANUFACTURES, AND NOT REVENUE for O,
any other consideration, it would be more prone
10 give bounty on the Importation. 1t was $,
" materially connected with auriculture and othe
" manufactures, that he questioned its propricr
!" even on that score" Nlr. Madison was There
ioie :" Tor an al rGLorem duty of FIVE per cent
Dut The committee oyerruled him, and imposed
"a sPee,ec duty of So cents per ll2 lbs (R. ID.
| The duty on Hemp next came up for discus.
sion. MIR. Boudino, remarked. :. Hem, - !,
raw material necessary for an important manu-
iac'ure, and therefore ought not to be subject to
a heavy duiy.''
Mr.. Madison: " said before doubted very
ut" .ne Propriety OF laying heavy duty on
such articles as entered into shin buiidinu HIM
~ 1t is necessary to lay drty on cordage ron
THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING THE MANuFAc-
rURE, and making us independent of the world
as TO that article, IL is also polite 10 endeavo,
10 make us alike Independent for the raw, .rea-
:, vial great proportion OF the land in the
western country is peculiarly adanted TO the
grown oil hemp, and it might be there cult
" waited TO advantage, If tie Mbors of Ire husband
y" nan ,cere profected6y lie Government"
mr.. Moore OF Va. " declared the Southern
states we'll calculated for the cultivation of
" ciined thereto. He conceived il /, he tho du,,
oil the committee to pay much respect TO he
encouragement and protection Of husLandry (the
" most important of all interests in the u. s as
" they I'D 10 manufactures" OR. ID. 1867
YIN manufactured tobacco, Mr.. Sherman moved
duty OF SIX cents per pound - as he thought the
duty ought to amount to PROHIBITION" Agreed
10. or. j.. l74.)
MIR. Carroll moved to insert among the dntiablc
articles Z" window and other glass" "a manu-
F" iactuTe Of this article was begun in Maryland
" and attended with considerable success: if the
Legislature were to grant a small encovrgge-
" me"i' 1t would be permanently established"
a TAX OF lO per cent was accordingly imposed.
PAPER.--Mr Clymer informed the House Of
'he state OF the paper-mills in PENNSYLVANIA
Inns manufacture certainly is an important one,
and having grown up under Legislative encour-
dsemenfd t0'N be cise IL continue it, OR. ID.
I74.)
we here close our review for to-day, and VIC
beg leave most respectfully 10 commend the a.
Dove extracts TO the attention Of cur neighbour of
the Enquirer. Can he find no warrant in these
proceedings and debates of the very men who
formed The Constitution, and who were assem-
oled Tor the first ne To put it into practical opera
uon, Tor aordng protection 10 .3nerican indusiry?
we enlreat him AS fair and upright man to pause
before he again INDUCES in dcnuncations of the
protective system. Let him reflect that when he
condemns tibet, as unconstitutional he necessari-
~ ailirms that thu sages of the first Congress
were either too stupid TO comprehend the meaning
OF their own handiwork, too corrupt TO be re-
strained 5y their oa,hs TO support its provisions