Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-07-16

'he fuHS oi tne opposite systems OF policy
adopted by the North and South Judge The
nee ty its fruits. viii men never learn wis
dom from experience He would rejoice I.
see The South as prosperous and as happy a:
the North. They had all the clemens o
wealth and prosperity in profusion around then
the raw materials and bread s,uffs, minerals
and waier-power IN abundance, running Il
waste. If they would allow him TO offer ad
vice, IL would be 10 abandon an exploded and
ruinous policy; follow The example OF the North
and share in their prosperity. Instead of com
ng here repining and complaining lha, the
/ Norh was rich and prosperous, making forty
OF fifty per cent. profit on their capital, whilst
the South realized but four or five, Just turn
around, quit your four or five per cent profits,
and go 10 work al forty or fifty. If the tariff
was confined TO the North, you might complain;
but II was free TO all alIke--Noth and Soulh
! Last and West. Go To the hammer and the
loom, the furnace aud The forge, and become
| prosperous in your 'urn. All these blessings
are within reach, If You will bu, put forth your
hands to grasp them; they are offered freely 10
your acceptance. You enjoy great advantages.
You have not only all the advantages enjoyed
by The North for manufacturing, bul you have
!
and above all. YOU have labor wHl0Ut rGgeS.
perfectly available for such purposes, the hands
OF The young and old, now useless for the field,
might, in factories, become highly profitable
and productive operatives. Take hold, then,
on The same industry which had made New
Engla land great, and especially on those branch
es of il which New England now could and
would spare. Then South Carolina would be.
thus far, independent both Of New England and
Of all the world She could no longer hope to
compete with Texas and the rich lands Of the
Southwest in the production of cotton. Her
worn out fields must sink in a contest with the
virgin soil of The new States Then let her
address herself to manufactures. The gentle
man from South Carolina seemed 10 observe
with grief and envy. that New England was
ENJOYING profits OF from forty TO fifty per cent.
What if she did II she gave lha, 10 South
Carolina for six cents per yard which Carolina
once could not get from abroad under thirty
SIX the question for Carolina TO look al was,
not what profits New England made, bu, hat
prices she charged her. That gentleman wan
led his Stale TO 90 10 old England for all she
required. We were all 10 depend on Europe
for our manufactured articles. Foreign coun-
tries were 10 enjoy exclusively The profitable
business yielding forty aud fifty per cent, we
were all 10 lurn farmers, and Join the gentle
man in working, as lie said, for prof of four
and FIVE per cent, and again give old England
twenty-five cents yard Tor what New England
now offered hem Tor Fix. Was not this pa,ri-
oic Was it not noble, an enlarged Ameri-
can policy England was TO be allowed to
monopolize ali The profitable business, the re-
nl lob
10 content ourselves with the plough and the
hoe, and profits al he rate Of FIVE per cen, =
Was that the policy for America 10 pursue ,
They might be AmcrIcaDs who recommended
II, but they were certainly playing into the
hands of our transatlantic competitors. If man.
ulacluring was such profitable business as these
gentlemen represented il 10 be, why not let
Americans have il rather than ioreigners7 Why
not keep our money au4 our profits TO ourselves,
instead of giving tih 10 the labor of Great
Britain The profits of manufacturing were
chiefly owing to he use and constant improve
ment Of labor-saving machinery The saving
Of labor and The increase of human power pro-
duced in this manner was almost incalculabe
BY It's aid one feeble woman was enabled TO
accomplish more in day than would pay for
he productions of forty able bodied hard hand
ed men without il Did gentlemen desire, and
was II their policy, to let England enjoy ali
this benefit, and keep it to herself as monop-
oily? 1t was this and his alone, tha, kept the
BRUSH Government, from bankruptcy. This
prolific source Of wealth and power enabled The
British people to stand up under debt Of four
thousand millions of dollars, and to pay taxes
10 The Government aruunling 80 more han two
hundred and fifty millions every year. This
the result OF her Immense labor-saving ma
chinery. Was it The policy OF gentlemen TO let
England have this profitable business of manu-
featuring all 10 herself! That seemed TO be
the policy Of The Secretary of lhe Treasury
Indeed, he had avowed II in his repor, to be
his settled policy 10 break down the manufac-
turers OF our own country, and derive his rev.
enue from Blush and other foreign goods
His policy was to increase the revenue BY in
creasiug lmporlal0ns; and, as he would reduce
The average oi duties TO one half, of course, TO-
gel he same amount Of revenue, must doub-
lie our imports. This was manifest and unde
niable. Our present imports amounted TO one
hundred millions; To carry out the Secretary's
plan We must raise hem to two hundred mil
lions. Oar exports were about one hundred
millions and OF course one hundred millions in
specie would be required Annually 10 pay ihe