The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-19
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ahe general lnieaesls 81 lhe comnuFhss
Add whsI snlerIsm 10 aoEe gross, than
slssI The psop.e my nol lock 10 ID, n osn
GoVernasnI for The jnst proiee lon Of
their interests. ard lie Tigh1s witch y
wss primarily sstsblishsd - secure ard
advanced Neither public siriue. Eor mo.
rails. or domestic peace ard security can
he sniaysd, Where GassTnnlsnis are msde
70 m,nisler 10 :. ilish. individnal smtiiirn.
rather than ~ the general snd permanent
good Of all.
These remarks end their per,insnee q
lhe present time, in The aEowed end 3D.
mil'ed fse,. that isl.l blow IL mediisled
by lhe present Administration patty >
gainsI an import nj measure uf policy,
now in most vigorous and seccessIul OPP
tratiop. In such a procedure, tie true
end and aim of a jusi administration ef
The Governments is lost sigh, Of. ord''re-
esrded. The gre-'esl good 60 the g'ess-
esI number. il a motto thai seems MT 10
enter mo tie arrangements OF the Go'-
srnmeuI. a. new administered; and, in-
stead Of being wiling t. yield a far and
jusI protection to general. leading and ss-
GENITAL interests, We are 10 ee turned
over. mere,lessIy, 10 lhe disasters oil Flee
! Trade.
hisperferlly idle. At this day, to assert
as was rerendy done by the Secretary OF
the Treasury. that The protective policy
is uucons iiuiional. Those Who aided IN
framing the Constitution, must be allow
cd IL be a. competent as any. 10 undet-
stand the powers ronfsTred BY that lLslrn-
meat. Beginning thfn With Warrington,
The President OF the Convention that
formed the Constitution, we have not on
IL the sanction Of his great aud good
name. bn, fsl!oaing dow the illus,rions
line of Presidents, the whole list siE"rds
specimens Of views favorable 10 = just
system Of Protection. That this Is not
an uhwarrsnGd Assumption, will appear
from the f.llowirg extracts from Prssi-
dental Messages. carefully copied:
George Washington. In his tiGs; Anuu-
al Message after sig6ing the fret Tsuf
bill. iram'd avowedly ITO protec. manu-
,f.c'ures," ssys:
"Tts safety and inieTes; Of the Peo-
pie require ,h,t they should promote such
manufactures as tend 10 render them in
depend, nj Of Others for essential, parlic-
ularly for military supplies"
Thomas Jefferson. IN his Message 10
Congress rf December 10, 1902, thus
enum' rates the proper objects ol our Co
yerHmeni:
To cultivate peace and maintain con-
merce and nav Cation in all their lawful
enlerpuses; to ioster our fisheries IS nur-
series OF navigation, and for The nurure
OF mar, add protect The manufacturers
adapted ta our circumstances; 10 preserve
the lsIih nl the nation by an exact DIS
charge of us debts AID contracts, expend
the public money with the same care and
economy We would practice with our own,
and impose on our cillzens no unnecessa-
~ buidrn.; TO keep in ill things. " i.lin
the pale Of our constitutional powers aud
cherish The federal Union as the only
rock Of ssfrty:--these, fellow citizens.
are tie land marks by which we are TO
guide ourselves in all our precee dluss.
By continuing TO make these the rules of
our action, we shall endesr to our coun~
uymen, the true principles Of their Con-
s,ltuuon, and promote union Of sen,i-
menl and o( seton equally suspicious TO
their happiness and safety"
Again. III his Message of 1906, sppre-
hend'ng a surplus revenue. he says:
TO what other objects shall these
surpluses be appropriated, aud the whole
surplus of impost afler The entire discharge
of the public debt! Shall we suppress
the inpost. and give th-t advantage 10
foreign over domestic manufactured"
lie proceeds TO say, ,het On a few ar
trles lie thinks the post maybe sup
pressed, bu, that, with regard 10 The great
mass Of them, tie patriotism oI The PEG.
pie wouli r"preier its continuance and
sp2licston 10 the great patpost Of Pub
lie Education. Roads, Rivers, Canals, and
such other objects of public improvement
as 1t may be thought proper to add to The
constitutional enumeration uf federal pow
ers."
In his last annual message sent to Con-
gress. on the 9Th of November. 1908,
MIR. Jefferson says:
"Tbe Suspension Of foreign commerce
produced by the irjns'ice Of The belhger-
enl powers, and the conssquen, losses
and sacrifices Of our citizens. are subjects
Of just concern, The situation into hieh
We have thus been forced hiss impelled
us 10 apply portion OF our industry end
capital to internal manufactures and inn
provements. The extent Of this CONVEX
J sion is dsily increasing, and litlle doubt
remains ,ha. the establishments formt d
and forming will, under the auspices OF
, cheaper material and substance, the tree
dom Of labnrer from taxation with us, and
, Of protecting duties and prohibitions, be-
come permanent"
/ J,mes Madison, in bis Message IF
: November 5th, 1911, thus speaks: