Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-09-04

Home League.
IL was recommended by Mr.. Stewart of Pennsylvania,
and Others, after the passage OF the new Tariff Law, that
associations should be formed by all persons disposed to
encourage domestic industry in preference TO foreign-by
all who do not believe, with the politicians OF the McDu'-
he school, that Birmingham, Sheffield aud Leeds are our
.naiural markos,'' with which consequently we ought to
prefer, all other things being equal, to exchange what we
have to cell, rather than with Pittsburgh, Lowell and Wal
thRm-the members of which should enter into a volunta-
~ obligation to purchase no foreign fabric for consumption
when tbs possible to procure q domestic article ofikc char
acier. The proposition did not seem to Us, however. 10 be
altogether practicable, and hence We have not urged its
adoption. Nevertheless, We can perceive no reasonable J
objection to the formation OF such associations. by .',,o,a
who think it practicable and proper to resort - ropulor
combinations Tor the purpose Of remedyin1 r.. evils Of anti
nstonal legislation. The spirit, too - dc s,-ee,.
ton was met by some OF the IF md. Of N. Administration
-oue of whom propose mo,sn,e Of eoun,srac,ion,
:" -. Is = .anize associations pledged to purchase
.omesic manufacture when II s praeaeaoe
"a like fabric Of foreign worNman'hiP-indNeeo u
regard it with u more favorable eye for We could moi
fail to perceive, BY the very Language O. the antagonist pro-
poatoa-, that they respectively represent tue altitude u ue
two psriics on the great question which lies tine Vefytoun-
d.,iop Of a nations prosperity-the development OF its skill
and labor. nv the profitable employ nent Of its capital, I'M
der , 'iudicious" regulation Of the tariff. The Wings pro-
none 10 atone for toe defects Of legislation by voluntarily
encouraging the products Of the skull ard labor OF their own
couutrymtn. The 'DcmOCrdts, Oh mc Nus N~"' 49,
satisfied with the blow ievelied AT domestic industry by Toe
,svislauon Of Congress, propose to render thst DO" s'l
more effective and crushing, by combinations TO consume
foreign in preference TO native fabrics!
This i, the antagonist position OF the two Par'ies-this
the great principle which separates them. For, although
the proposition to combine, fer the purpose OF purchasing
foreign, to the exclusion Of domestic fabnes, Is contingent
in its character, and IL TO depend uPon the formation OF ne
.Hone League rs suggested by Mr.. Stewart, the motive
BY which IL advocates are scuated is not less apparent nor
less reprehens,ble. 1t the same Nhich prompted the adoP-
ton OF the new Tarff-eumiy 10 the American manu-
facturer ard miner, whom they seek to destroy Tor the be-
nsft O. their foreign competitions aud nvals. Is it not
strange. that when such an issue is made up, there should
DO heard a single voice in condemnation OF Wing policy
especially among those VINO live by the sweat OF their
brown
The proposition to organize Home League for the Pur-
rose indicated, il by no means a novel suggestion. The
Times Of yesterday revives the recollection oi a meeting
held in this city in 1905, for the purpose OF encouraging
domestc manufactures, over which VIM. II. CabeN, Esq,
then Governor OF the Commonwealth, and now a Judge OF
IN. Court OF Appeals, presided, and OF which Thomas
Richie, Esq, then Editor OF the Richmond Enquirer, and
now of the Washington Union, was Secretary. At TINS
meeting il was agreed that las far as practicable, the per-
sons present would, on the 4th OF July, appear in G0aes-
fie rsaarJ features - and "a committee was appointed TO
report At a subsequent meeting a plan for the encourage
Iuent OF domestic industry. That committee recommend
ed an application TO the State Legislature Tor the incOrpO-
ration of a Company, with a capital OF a half million OF
dollars, and the establishment Of manufactures in or near
Richmond, with this amount Of capital" The Times
adds, that, on the 18Th Of February, 1910, the House Of
Delegates Of Virginia unanimously adopted a resolution,
declaring in the preamble the conviction, that nothing
would more conduce TO the real independence Of their
country than the resolution OF supplying within ourselves
those articles for which wo have been accustomed IN de-
pend on other nstions;' and resolving, shat 80 tar as ths55I
individual excrtiops will or - ~E--" next Legislative 90
uy appear IN clothes consisting OF the manufacture Of their
own State or of the o.. States; and that they will further,
rs far as their influence will tend TO produce so desirable
an end, prevail on their felow-citizcns 20 follow their ex-
ample" This was substantially I "Home League" such
rs is now proposed to be insututed-Ihe only difference in
the two cases being this that, in lsOs and 1910, the ciu-
zens, ia their primary meetings, and The Legislature in CO.
operation with them, wero acting in unison ruth The re.
deTai Government, the general policy Of which was TO pro-
teci and encourage American manufactures; while, in
1886, the people are induced to mediate similar organi.
cations for the purpose Of counteracting, as FAR as posi-.
bic, the measures Of that Government deliberately adopt
ed for the purpose, as ayowed by some Of is leading ad-
vocates, OF enabling them to give the preference in buy |
ing and selling 10 their NATURAL MARKIrs" II Great Bi. |
tain!
Wecopy this morning, also, from the National Intoli- !
genceT, an older and q more Interesting Renaissance, Of
The sans charactcr-the dctsils Of an organization, for a
like purpose, formed six years before tie people Of the
Colonies had nerved themselves 10 the point of asserting
our national independence. Even at that early day, II was
found necessary to Iesori 10 voluntary association for the
purpose Of encouraging the development Of our infant re-
sources, which 1t had been the uniform policy Of the Bi-
tiSh Parliament 10 prevent. OF that association, a. will be
seen, the most ilusuious statesmen aud patriots Of Virgil |
niS-fhe men VINO presided IN the councils Of the COME
dsration, and led its armies to victoTy-wero prominent
members. Those ssgacious patriots saw, even az that
early day, the necessity Of 'proteciag," by such means o.
they were enabled to employ, sucn branchs Of manu!ae- |
ture ns the people Of tic Colonies we're competent 10 en-
gage in, as on essential element Of COLONIAL freedom
Tney saw, ia 'be a5Isc' dependence upon the mother coun.
ty. which Parliamentary oraetnc1ts rendered inevitable.
the source q. degrading vassalsgo f- moro oppressive then
the political connection, which they ju not tnen dream Of
dissolviDg and, as they possessed no power by govern
mental regulations TO couuternct the commercial policy Of
The mother country, thoy resorted to voluntary association
as the on7 means left 10 them Of preventing tier abso.
tote snslavcment. The last American Convrs-g has MI.
tempted 70 r~sestablsh our commercial Dependence upon
Great Britain, which II was one Of the objects Of no Re-.
voluuon 10 overthrow but We cannot believe ths. the sy,-
TEN 81 has forced upon the country viii lolg be- PORN tod
10 STAND for Vice President Dallas did 40; err when i've
professod to see, IN the triumphant yrgrsss Of the Pfotec.
i've policy, "THE rRooT" that our national Independence
had been firmly established, as well rs ne evidence Of .ns
tniure "arcrRirs" 20 long AZ that policy should Dc adhered
20. Ii h true that BY he vote tlstsystem mas recently been
destroyed. That u will be re-sstablshed, however. We
cannot doubt, unles the spnt OF tie Revolution 10 sxrnc,
in the bosous OF toe immediate aescendapts Ut the gt.,t
men by whom u was projected and achieved.
Tho document 90 whnh We h1vo referred, BE- interesting
ne D ostols relic Of the PAS, AZ well ~ instructive iu The
isrsor unt 90 teaches and We cannot doubt that u will be
petustd with q deeper Interest, when the reader shall nave
gianucI over the iliusuiou7 names subscribed % %.
Missouri.
The following gentlemen have been elected 10 the next
Congress from Missouri Messts. BowIin, JamisJn, Green,
Phclp- md Hell. They are ul L-ocodcos, o. in the pre-
sent Congress. Indeed, the Wing contested only one dis.
tdcti and In thst. the returns o1hlbita considerable Wing
ghn since the election Of Mr. Polk. but not quite largo
enough 90 defeat tho LOcofooo candidate. TIC State Lc-
49, -. I---L-n - 49,