The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-25

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reason for the falling OF Of imports is that the pros
peri'y and ability Of the great mass OF the c0laman-
mas regularly nsoD or fallen a. tho duties have
Inc great mass OF the community are agrcuturists
ana those whose prosperity 10 dependent upon that
Of inc agricullunsti and the amount of the export
and the pce OF his products have regularly risen or
fallen as the duties have. showed this in my
speech on the harbor ball, and have no disposition
| 10 repeal now what said then. have thus shown,
upon the sentlemans own premises, that his concur
sion, mat 'the real revenue tariff Is the protective
- not sustained and that the reverse Of tho
proposition n true.
The gentleman from Massachusetts I'M, W.,
hnorIl 10 reply 10 the argument that the tariff poll
" Parual IN Its operation, and therefore unjust
says that The business of manufacturer Is MOI con
aned 10 any particular locality; and be refers to
lew factories in Virginia North Caroln, Gaoryis
and even South Carolina. Il Is true. tbere are
lew struggling factories in those States; but st
does he not know that IL is business esssptsllv IN,
eak--and, consequently that the advantages of nm
lection are sectional Tins showed In spserh
which delivered IN the House Of Delegates Of Viz
gina ON the 5Sh ofMareh, 1872 On that occasion
| said: .,..
that many supposed that the disprSpoHton hsween he
slnbsr o. manufactures which bensited b tark Of
PJoseuoh IN Tue south and the north very great
we have In Virginia, for instance few cotton GctorIss
heh a'e matter Of curiosity 10 the community snd for
nstura therefore that the OF these estBbshueHk
should aos be Sysrr.lsd He had made calculations
present 10 he House In Massarhuset the! art 81 So
person. Engaged 40 agriculture and in manufactures
Rhode Island there are isoas engaged In s,ri1itrs 20
slooo 70 manaiaetures s.A trades being bsn 0Bs
IL Virginia there ss,l7i engaged la ayrcuI,aTg aai
lilo N nanufaeiures and trades upwards fourteen 10
Manufactures and trades in Virginia are not OF thai cass
Inch are esnshsd ~ tarn OF protection. They sTs
their pursuit. M goes, IA identical with the uars
oa as they themselyestsd with by foreign compet
The mahsisctaTes That they Of msV Of the abres
the fact that IN eastern Virginia where our cotton hna by
lures exist there are 2l2sH engaged in agriculture snd
10 onei whereas In western Virginia whcra there err
scarcely any manufacturing establishment there ara
- saa engaged in agriculture and 10 67g I'M Ha5ufctT
and trades quite ain for Me had the cal
saaion 70 the sntlFe manufacturing district, comprising
assaehnsstu Rhode Island Connecticut the southern
district Of New York New Jersey and east PsBusy
and he found that there little upwards oitNo en-.
trades; whereas in the staple STATES comprsng Virginia
North Carolina south Carolina Georgia, Alabama Nsss
nine hHhdredthS ninsteen engaged In agrcultus
or every one engaged in manufacture and trades and
pally Of tbs class Of oiners smihs Ec who ar md '
| cd by a tarn Of protection"
The gentleman says that we ought not to com.
plain II advantages conferred upon the manufac-
turers that the pursuit is open TO u.s. and that if We
do not choose to engage in it on our own sol, VIC
4 can purchase stock In the northern factories
i But, sir, we cannot do il. We cannot engnge in
Manufacturing TO advantage, as my colleague Mr.
| SEDDosl has conclusiyely shown in his admirable
speech. Bssides, If we were to attempt it, we
would require protection against the northern manu-
facturers more than against the foreign. They have
got the start Of ia, and they enjoy all the adyaneoB
over US which they say England enjoys over Il. IN
They are already established, and they have
| more experience and capital. But the conclusive
answer is, we do not desire to do il. We are al
ready engaged In agriculture. II is more cOngenia
to our tastes and habits And all we ask is that we
| shall not be driven from the pursuit VIC prefer 10
engage IN one we do not
Was At, MIR. Chairman, in mockcry that the een-
teman invited us 10 purchase stocks in these fac
tories u we thought they were making large profits
should have thought so if did not know that the
gentleman is incapable Of amusing himself with the
rnistortunes OF others. But Il looks very much like
II. We complain that our pursuits are rendered un-
profitable by the undue advantages given to them;
| and they tell US TO sell out and ion them Unfnr-
| tunately we cannot do Our capital is land and
negroes; and VIC ask how are we to turn them into
| factory stocks' They tell us, sell out. But to
| whom are we to selR To persons who have the
same inducement to avoid the pursuit that we have
was not designed as such, but it looks very much
/ like hooking the calamities they have produced.
had occasion TO expose several of these tarh
alaeles in my speech already referred to on the bar
Dor bull, particularly that protection was nscessary
1 70 secure us against the pauper-,bor OF Europe
and that manufactures afford MS our best mar.
/
elaborate these views more fully, but have not
| time to do so. But there are a few other Of
| these falaces which have been pressed prominently
In this debate, which desire to notice
LIST. We are told that no nation has ever grown
great which did not resort to the protective policy
and we are pointed particularly to Great Britain
| on the contrary, say, most of the nations which
have grown to wealth and greatness, have been ex-
| ensivey commercial; which is incompatible with
The restrictive system. And of all the nations Of
the earth Engand's experience is the best REPUTATION
OF the position taken, and to sustain which her e>-
ample is quoted Of all the nations she has enjoy
ed free trade to the greatest extent. Her colonies
are located IN every hemisphere and in every cline
| With them her trade is free In other words for a
long time she has enjoyed free trade with greater
extent of country and with larger number of peo-
pie than any other nation Hence, in part her great
ness. ....
Turn from England with all her greatness to
Spain, country than which none is more blessed
by nature or r.ore cursed by man. Her picture is
| drawn so graphically by Mr.. w. Brown of Liver
pool, in letter to J. H. Patton, esq, M c., which
| he has had the kindness to send me in communi-
cation, for which greatly thank him. that adopt
it in place of anything less satisfactory from my
self. He says: ... h
Let those who think well of protection probation
look to Spain In that great but wretchedly governed
Kingdom protection and prohibition have brought into s
| times are an overmatch for the military; the county
warms with brigands robberies frequent; and al
thousand people depending
living on Illicit traffic Custom produce COMPARE
lively little and the nation bankrupt From this picture
turn to Holland country faer from restraint
than any in Europe except Switzerland where they have
no cnstomhouses at all In Holland person and property
are saie land more valuable than England there are no
poor rates no beggas as government employs the idle
whist the inhabitants enjoy high degree OF comfort civ.
zation and wealth; and Switzerland with obvious dsad
yantages OF climate and position carries prosperous
trade and boasts ahappy brave conened and independent
people"
But the strangest Of all is, we are asked to int
tate England in system the existence of which shH
regrets, and which, for long time she has been
struggling to throw of. We are asked to initiate
her in errors which she has herself discarded
| And we are asked to persevcre in the restrictive
system as the means Of making us independent of
foreign nations. In the first place, say it is not
desirable if practicable, to make one nation entirely
independent of the rest II is with nations as with
| individuals, reasonable dependence of one upon
the other is desirable 1t the wise ordinance Of
an all-good God that man should not be entirely in.
dependent of his fellow-man 1t is their mutual de-
tendance upon each other which keeps society to-