Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-06-18


eral lands. an bundled fold. So much for shel
effect Of protection on agriculture And what1
was lis elisr,s upon lahof2 bid itnutincrease1
The price Of labor Nha, raised prices but an
increased demand What depressed prices
but the destruction Of employment The pro-
tectise policy, By increasing the number Of
manufacturing establishments, Of course in
creased the number Of persons employed in |
them, thereby creating d greater demand and
higher wages for labor I.aborers Of all ics-
cfipilons flock 10 tho furnaces. coal digrers,
choppers. teamsters, and thousand Others
Now, suppose the gentlemaa should quit his !
agitation, make no more appeals to party. and !
ne more ant-tarih' speeches. what would 20
the efeci2 Would not others 20 to building
up new establishments And would not that
furnish new markets for farmers, and employ
nent for labor Of all SORTS The Mount Saw
age works employed in various ways from
four 70 five thousand men. Lei three or four
more such establishments 80 up 10 that vicin-
ty, and YOU would have at once demand for
three or four times as many hands, and for all
sorts Of agricultural produce in the same pro-
portion. How, then, coull gentlemen assert
that The protective policy was oppressive to
labor and agriculture 2
Mr.. Isaac T.. HoLMss pnt a question 10
Mr.. STEWART, whether all this was not done
BY taxing the South for the benefit Of New
England
The gentleman asked whether all this bene-
fit did not grow out Of tax upon the South
Mr.. s, would answer the gentleman IL these
factories were built by Government, then this
might, 10 some extent, be true Butthey wore
built, not by Government. bot hy individual
enterprise and what sort Of a tax was il upon
the South 70 give them better goods for one
fourth the price they formerly paid Mr.. S.
said he was very sorry that his friend from
South Carolina should feel such deep regret
at the prosperity Of New England. II he
thought that New England was getting rich
upon manufactures, he would advise him 10
pie and grow rich also, The gentleman said
that the planters Of the South were working
the whole year for profit of four or five per
cent, while the manufactures Of New England
were getting forty or fifty. Was il not free
country Who gave New England exclusive
lpriYeges2 Why did not the South engage
IN the same forty or fifty cent business, instead
working on at four or five. Why did not
they commence with coarse fabrics, made from
then own cotton, just as New England had
done before them Z Bat New England was
now passing from that stage, and going
into the higher and finer branches. The South,
he was glad to learn, were now commencing.
! True, they were yet IN the A b G Of the
business; they Were in their infancy they
wanted the fostering care OF Governments
The tariff on the coarse fabrics was now for
their benefit New England wanted itno lon
ger on the coarse, but only on the higher and
fner fabrics, in which they were now strug-
Cling with foreigners, who were endearorlng
10 break them down by flooding our markets
sth tttda xsntgt
to indemnify themselves for temporary losses
by future exorbitant prices, extored from us
when American competition is put down and
destroyed.
How was it that Southern gentlemen could
shut their eyes to the result Of their own I'M
wise policy Let them look how they stood,
and then look at the North The North APP
piled their shoulder TO the wheel they went to
work to better their condition; they husbanded
their own resources; they employed aud d.
versi6ed their labor; they lived upon their own
resources; kept their money al home to reward
their own industry, instead Of ioolishy send
ing il abroad TO purchase what they could SO
wen and 50 probably supply at home. But
South Carolina and her Southern Sisters
would touch neither hammer nor shuttle
They sent away their money 10 New England,
or 10 old England. And what was the con-
South Carolina was poor and dependent, while
New England was Independent and prosper
Gus. South Carolina, when the Federation
stilution was adopted, had five representatives,
North Carolina five, and Virginia ten repre-
senttives on this floor. They all cherisheda
deadly hostility 10 every thing connected with
the manufactures, internal Improvements, and
progress Of every kind. They denied 10 this
government the power Of selfproteetion and
selfimproyement: they wentlof the stand still,
lie-down, go-iosleep, let.us-alone, do-nothng
policy they had tried 10 hive on political me-
taphysics and constitutional distractions, until
il had nearly starved them 10 death, while the
Northern States had wisely pursued the oppo-
site policy and what had been the effect on
their relative prosperity New York began
with six representatives IN that hail now, she
had thirty four Pennsylvania began with
eight, and now she had twenty -four, Virginia,
with North and South Carolina. had common,
ced with twenty representatives, and New
York with six now, they have, altogether,
thirty, and New York alone has thirty-lour---
Such are the fruits of the opposite system of
policy adopted by the North aud The South
Judge the tree by is fruits. lNill men meyer
learn wisdom from experience
He would rejoice TO see the South as pros
porous and rs happy rs the North. They had
all the elements OF wealth and prosperity in
prolusion around ihcni--the raw materials and
breadstaas, minerals, and water power in
abundance running TO waste II they would
allowhim to offer them advice, il would be 10
abandon an exploded and ruinous policy; fol-
the example Of The North, and share in their
Instead Of coming here repining
and complaining that the North was rich and
prosperous, making forty or fifty per cent. pro
iii on their capital, whilst the South realized
but four Or fso, just turn round, quit your
four or five per cent. profits. and go 70 work
al forty or iifty. If the tariff was confined to
the North, YOU might complain; but il was
free 10 all alke--Norh and South. East and
West Go 10 The hammer and the loom. the
furnace and the forge. and become prosperous
in your turn All these blessings are within
voir reach, ifyou win but reach forth your
hands to grasp them they are offered freely
% vour acceptance. You enjoy great adyan-
ages You have not only all The advantages
enjoyed by the North for manufacturing, but
;ou have sapeTadded others YOU supply the
aw material, and, above all, you have labor
cithout cages, perfectly available for such pur-
,oses; the hands Of the young and old, now
Useless for the field, might, in factories, be-
on,e highly profitable and productive onera-