Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-07-12
VOL. X NO. 46.

and strengthen our own domestic resources,
rather than to cherish and reward the in
dustry Of the alien and the stranger. But
am wandering from the subject, and will
only pause to express my surprise, that gem
tlemen of the South, who dread the nierfe-
renee of England with Texan slavery. and
fear the contagon of her example in her
West India possessions, should yet advocate
policy which necessarily implies much
more intimate relations with that formidable
rival, and probable enemy. Destroy our
manufactures, and subvert that revenue sys-
TEN which has, from our national infancy.
been the soul of our finance, and we are at
once practically reduced to state of colo
NAL dependence upon our ancient oppressor.
Sir it was moi for this that our fathers fell
at Bunker Hill, at Bennington, and at Sara
ioga, and that yours bit the dust in the hun
bred partizan conflicts which at q later
period Of the war Of independence, dyed
your sands with the best blood of the South
There is another point of far deeper,
though less obvious, interest than the mere
question of revenue, or the present pecu-
mary gain or loss TO the consumer and
which is most worthy Of the profound con-
sideration Of the philosophical statesman 1
refer to the influence of such manufactures
as are carried on by machinery, upon the
progress of mechanical improvement, and
the consequent multiplication and diffusion
of both the physical comforts and elegan-
cies, and the higher refinements of life
The encouragement which inventive genius
has received at the Lands of the manufac-
turer, is the principal source of the astonish-
! hat holf
messed in practical mechanics and manipula-
tons, in the application of science 10 tho
arts, and even in the progress and dissent
nation Of the physical sciences themselves.
The wants of the dyer, the bleacher the
sugar-refiner, have led TO curious investiga-
tons and most important results in scientific
analysis; the necessities Of the mechanist
have prompted improvements in smelling,
refining casting, and forging metals, and to
better knowledge of their ores, constitution,
and properties the demand of British
manufactures are the parent of improvements
in mining, mineralogicaI research and geo.
logical science to them we owe the inven-
ton of the reciprocating s:eam-engne, and
the introduction of railroads, by means of
all which, not only are all the operations Of
government immensely facilitated, but the
conveniences of life are so multiplied and
cheapened, that, as has been well said, the
humble cOttager enjoys more comforts than
an emperor of Rome in the days Of her
greatest splendor. knowledge, too, literal
ly runs down the streets like river The
power press sends forth its sheets by thou
sands in the hour, and books now cost less
than did the paper on which they are printed
within the memory Of members of this
House. These arts are emphatically the
arts Of peace these are the true phloso-
piers stone, that turns all to gold these
are the means through whose aid alone the
phanthropist can hope TO level up suffering,
: depressed, and debased humanity Ma
chnery must supply the physical wants of
the INDECENT: the power press must furnish
the popular instructor with his textbook
the missionary with his bibles.
To the improvements in the mechanic
arts we have contributed our full share
We have then proprietary, paternal in
teresi, in their prosperity. To them we, OF
all the nations of the EARTH are most deeply
indebted, and from them we have most 10
; hope. Shall we lay the axe to the root Of
? the tree which has borne such noble fruits
and which is still rich with the blossoms OF
future promise? What does not the South
owe TO the cotton gin and the power loom
and what would now be the condition of that
mighty West, to which we have so often
; appealed, without canals, railroads, anc
steamboats,, which derive both the motive
and the means of their creation from the
progress of manufactures Sir, she woulc
still remain bowling wilderness, inh ab,ec
only by savages and wolves and the game OF
which they prey.
Sir, let US have no more idle speculation
upon the future consequences of the existing
tariff. Let it be jugded by its fruits. Show
what evil it hath done. Prove that il ha:
> augmented the current price or diminished
the supply of any foreign article ofnecessity
or extensive use. Show that it has reduce,
the price or curtailed the sale OF any impor
tant article Of domestic productIon-bu
= terriiy us not with prophecies of future evi
! from the operation Of that cause which ha
= crowned the past and the present will
. abundant blessings.
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