The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-07-09
Speech Of Mr.. Stewart,
OF PENNSYLVANIA,
In Defence of the Protective Policy

In Defence OF the IT0LeCuVe f0ncy.
Delivered in the House Of Representatives If the
United States, May "a, Isie.
(Concluded.) -.
How was il that Southern gentleman
could shut their eyes 10 the result Of their
own unwise policy! Let lhen look how
they stood, and then lock at the North.
The North applied their shoulder 10 The
wherl; they went to work to better their
condition; they husbanded their own re-
sources; they employed and diversified
their labor; thsy lived upon their own
means; kept their money a, home 10 re-
ward their own industry, instead Of fool
ishly sending il abroad to purchase uhs.
they could SO well and so pro6tably sup
ply at home. But Sou'h Carolina and
her Southern sisters would touch neither
hammer nor shuttle. They sent their mo-
ey away to New England, or TO old Eng
land. And what was the consequence
oil those two opposite sysiemsa South
Carolina was poor and dependant, while
New England was independent and pros
porous. South Carolina. when The Federal
Constitution was adopted, had five repre-.
senta,iyss, North Carolina FIVE, aad lFir.
glnla ten representatives on this floor
They all cherished deadly hostility to ey-
cry thing connected with the manufactures,
internal Improvements. and progress of ey-
cry kind. They denied to this Government
the power of self.proiec,ion and self.im-
provement; they went for the stand-still,
lie-down, go-to-sleep, le.-us. slone, do.no-
thing policy they had tried to live on whip
syllabub, political metaphysics and consti-
lulional distractions, until Il had nearly star,
we'd them to death, while The northern States
had wisely pursued the opposite policy;
aud what had been the effect on their re-
lasive prosperitys New York began with
six representatives in that hall; now she
had thirty-four. Pennsylvania began with
eight, and now she had twenty-four. Vir-l
gina, with North and South Carolina,
had commenced with twenty representa-.
,ives, and New York with six, now they
have, altogether, thirty. and New York
alone has thirty-four. Such are the fruits
of The opposite systems of policy adopt.
ed by the North. add the South. Judge The
tree by its fruits, Will men never learn
wisdom from experience He would re-
ioice to see the South as prosperous and
as happy as the North. They had all
the elements Of wealth and prosperity liz
prolusion around lhem-the raw msteri-
ais and bread stuffs, minerals, and waler-
power in abnndaaee,. running to waste.
II they would allow him to offer them adj.
vice, it would be to abandon an explode
ed and ruinous policy; follow The exam
pie Of the North, and share in theiE pros
peri,y. Instead Of coming, here repining
and complaining that the North was rich
and prosperous, making forty or fifty per
cent. profit on their capital. whilst the
South realized but four or Eve, just turn
round, quit your four or Ave per cent. pro-
| fits, and go 10 work at forty or fifty. If
the tariff was confined to the North, you
might complain but il was free to all
alike-Nor.h and South, East and West.
Go to the hammer and the loom, the fur
mace and the forge, and become prosper
Gus in your turn. All these blessings are
within your reach. if you will but pu, forth
your hands to grasp them; they are Of
fered freely to your acceptance. You en-
| Joy great advantages. You have not on
ly all the advantages enjoyed by The North
| for manufacturing, bu. you have other SUI
peradded; you supply the raw materi-
al, and. above all, you have labor with-
out wages. perfectly available for such
purposes; the hands of the young and
old, now useless for the field. might, in
lfactcrs.. become highly profitable and
productive operatives. Take hold, then,