The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-07-31
CHARLOTTE. N. G. JULY 3l2 rs4G.

serve the faith Of the nation by an exact dis |
charge Of lis debts and contracts expeud the !
public money with the same care aud economy
we would practise with our own and impose Oh !
our citizens no unnecessary burdens TO keep IN
al things WITHIN our cons itutanal powers and
cherish the Federal Union as the only rock of
safety tiese, fellow citizens are the land marks
by winch we are TO guide ourselves IN all our
proceedings
Ia his message Of the 9Th Of November
1911, Mr.. Madison, says;
Although other projects will press more i'm.
mediately Oh your deliberations, d portion of
them cannot bur be well bestowed on the lust and
sound policy Of securing 10 our manufactures
the success they have attained, aud still are at.
tanning, under the impulse Of CAUSES not perma.
nent and to cur navigation, the fair extent of
which IS al present abridged by the unequal reg
ulations of foreign Governments Besides the
reasonableness Of 6QuiHg our manufactures from
slcrltices which change Of circumstances might
bring upon them, tie national interest requires
that, with respect TO such materials at least as
belong to our defence and primary wants, We
should not be left IN state Of unnecessary De
Pehdenee on external suPpiies.'
MIR. Madison never !ulled 10 enforce simi
lar sentiments on the consideration Of Con.
eress aud the country, whenever fiji oppor.
tuniiy preserved itself. | shall not delain
the committee by further extracts from that
distinguished source. hr. Monroe, Dustin.
gulshed for his devotion to the best interests
Of hrs country, in bis inaugural address ex.
presses himself thus:
Our manufactures will likewise require the
systematic and fostering care Of Gosernmen,
Possessing, as VIC do, all the raw materials, the
fruit OF our own soil and industry, We ought not
10 depend, IN the degree we have DONE on sup.
plies from other countries; while We are thus de.
pendant, the sudden event of war, unsought and
unexpected, cannot fail to plunge US into the
most serious difficulties. 1t is important, too,
that the capital which nourshes uut manufac
lures should be domestic in its influence, as its
influence IN that case. instead of exhausting, as
II may do in foreign hends would be felt advan.
tageousiy IN agriculture and every other branch
OF industry"
On the 3iof December, 1917, 10 his mes
cage o Congress, Mr.. Monroe said
"Oar manufactures will require the constant
attention Of Congress. The capital emploYed in
them IS considerable, and the knowledge required
IN the machinery and fabric Of all tile most use.
iul manufactures, IS Of great value, Their pre-.
serrGtOn which depends on due encouragement,
IS connected with the high Interests of the ma.
tons
la his second annual message he uses this
language:
4" It cannot be doubted that the more complete
our internal resources, and TIE least dependant
We are 90 foreign Powers for every national as
Jyp 80 tla .,,A
stable will be our public plenty. BY the increase
Of our domestic manufactures will the demand for
tie rudo materials be increased and thus will
the dependence Of the several parts of tho Union
on each other, and the strength of the Union 1t.
self be proportonably augmented"
Again, in his message on the 80 Decem
Der, lS22, be s1ys
"Satlshed am, whatever may be the abstract
doctrines in favor of unrestricted commerce.
provided all nations would concur in it, and it
was not likely to be interrupted by war, which
has Rerer occurred, and cannot Be erpected)
there arc other strong reasons applicable to our
situation and relations it'll other countries which
impose on US the Obligation TO cherish our manu-.
fdctWss."
Gen. Jackson repeatedly recognised and
enforced the same suggestions Of public pc
hey. La his message OF the 7th December,
1880, he employs the following emphatic
and unanswerable argument:
1.-The power to impose duties on imports ori.
ginally belonged to the several States. The right
TO adjust these duties, with a view TO the ene0ur.
agement Of domestic brdac!es Of industry, is so
completely incidental TO that power, that it 10
difficult 10 sup Csc the xsteace OF tue one with.
out the other. The States have delegated their
whole authority over imports TO the General Go
vermont, toithoat Limitation or restriction sa.
wing the very ineonsiderabe reservation relative
/ to the inspection laws. This authority having
thus entirely passed from the States the right &c
exercise it for the purpose Of protection does no
exist in thcmi and, consequently, If il be nc
possessed by the General Government, il mus, b.
extinct. OuT poitica, system would thus presen
tho anomaly OF people stripped Of their right L
protect their own industry, aud To counteract lht
most selfish and destructive policy wHich NIGH
be- adopted by foreign nations, This surely can
not be the case. THIS indispensable power, thus
surrendered by the Stlies must be within the
scope of the authority, on the subject, eSpressly
delegated to Congress In this conclusion | am
confirmed as well by the opinions of Presidents
Washington, Jefferson, Madison. aud Monroe
who have each repeatedly recommended the ex.
erclse Of this right under the constitution, as by
the uniform practice Of Congress, the continued
aeqW.escsRce OF the States aud The general an
Outstanding Of tie people"
/ viii not refer 10 the votes Of Gen. Jack
son and other Of the leading statesmen OF the
opposite party in favor OF the act Of 1924 ;
nor 10 his remarkable letter of Aptl 23J,
1924, on this subject, 10 De-. Coleman, oltny
own native State. | could cite liUe upon
! line, and extract upon extract, from the So
lemnly recorded and expressed opinions OF
the great statesmen OF al parties in our
country, and at ali times 10 our history, to
show both The right and duty Of Congress,
IN proper cases, to give fair and reasonable
/ encouragement to American labor. The
sentiments have quoted are the opinions OF
those who have had the fullest confidence Of
the country, aud especially oil the South.
| The truth Is, Mr.. Chairman, that no Presl
dent or party, Wing or Democratic, Fede.
raj or Republican, had omitted when IN
power 10 maintain both The consItutionahty
aud expectancy ofthe doctrine contended tor
by our side of the House. 1t was chletel.
ement of success IN the election vi General