Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-07-09

esrs and party considerations Why shoul
gentlemen indulge IN these party appeals on
I great national question like this Z? Were the,
} afraid To discuss 1t on lis own intrinsic indie
) pendent merits !! Could that be The reason iha
they made these appeals 10 the poor, piliful
Paltry, aud erovelIing interests Of party politics
Was this time or occasion for such an
PealS No. Let The policy of protecting on
national industry be discussed on great am
broad American principles. Ii ought to be ant
would be so treated by every man who had
true American heart in his bosom
Here an attempt was made 10 nielrup, Mr.
5. by questions, but he refused 10 yield lh,
door.
Gentlemen would, he hoped, haze full op
poruni'y 10 answer all in good time Let then
take notes OF The arguments he gave them. ant
hen they had heard hm through, aliswer him
aud show thai he Was IN error, If they could
Ample time for The Investigation would be az
iorded before the coming up OF The tariff bill
and he invited gentlemen to the task But The
genileman's appeal had been made not TO rea-
son, not TO facts, bu; 10 party feeling and parlv
pledges. Snch appeals had been repeatedly
made, both In this House and in the Govern
menl organ La The later, these appeals were
almost daily made TO the Democratic parry in
that House, as such, to come up 10 the rescue
and save themselves from The deep disgrace
that would follow failure to repeal The ,alif
Mr.. 5. admitted Iha'. in one important aspect,
ihis was parry question:; but who were The
parties Americans on the one side and the
BRUSH on the Ulher-American labor against
The pauper labor OF Europe. These were The
real and only parties in this great contest fer
the American market--Americans against for
elgners; and the true and practical question for
every gentleman 10 decide each for himself,
was, which side he would iake-the American
side or the British side THAI was The ques.
ZION. He trusted gentlemen would decide in
favor of their own country--in favor of their
own farmers, mechanics, and lahorng men
that they would proiec, heir own labor employ
ed in The conversion of ouE own agricultural
produce into articles for use, astead OF import.
ing them from abroad for il was demonstrable
ha, more than one-haf of the one hundred mil
lions of dollars annually sent abroad TO purchase
foreign goods was sent 10 pay for foreign agri
cultural produce worked up into goods by labor
employed and fed III foreign countries, instead
of our own. This the anti American pol
icy now advocated by Ihe gentleman and his
friends upon This floor. This he affirmed fear
les>ly, and challenged gentlemen 10 couiToverI
il if they could.
The gentleman from Alabama next spoke in
very dlsparagiug manner OF The National
Fair" which was now beng holden in this city
for The display Of The ingenuity and talent, IN
dustry, enterprise, and skill Of The people of our
own country. The gentleman, in The face Of
all American House Of Representatives. spoke
with contempt OF suc! display. Had lhe gen.
leman been 10 see u! He spoke as if from
information only. Had he seen this splendid
fair for himself! II he had and would but give
fair play 10 his own good sense and good feel
ings, Mr.. S. was very sure that such u spccta-
Gle must have illcd lis American hear, if he
had one and be Jid not doubt t-wilh exuira-
ton and delight Such collection was well
fined to he lhe toas and glory Of The country
Who thai had hear! wIhln him TO feel Tor HE
honor, The independence, The strength, and The
prosperity oi his country, could look on such
spectacle and not feel all bis national pride
called forth by the display
The gentleman talked about The +" lords of
The spinde;" but was il they alone who were
represented in that fair 4! Far from il, 1t was
the mechanics of The country who had reason
10 congratulate themselves on this great assem-
blage of their works. Let the gentleman 20
othe mechanics o! this country, and Ie, hIm,
If he thought prudent, tell that grea; interest
that The fruits of iheir industry, invention, and
enterprise were all humbng. If he did, Mr..
S feared greatly that they might consider The
gentleman humtug himself Was thai the
genrleman'S doctrine, that The iuere,, of the
mechanic arts and The interests Of American
agriculture were a humbug! Would the gen
ileman Tell our farmers that that was democrat
ic doctrine? Mr. S. fancied not
There gentleman from England with
specimens OF BRUSH goods, now occupying The
committee room over which you, Mr.. Chair
man, Mr.. Hopkins, OF Va. occupying he chair)
have The honor Of presiding, almost in the hear
ing OF my voice, aud he has been there for
monilIs displaying his foreign goods. TO nfu-
eHce.tli F0les OF members 10 favor the British;
aud this is all fair and beautiful in The eyes OF
gentlemen who look with abhorrence upon thi.
American fair, goi up TO counleract this bold
and bareIaced Brush attempt, made in This
House, 10 Influence our legislation, 10 destroy
our tariff, aud again lnundate our country with
British goods. The gentleman from Alabama
had visited this British fair, and had he com
planned Of hat! IL al he Denounced lie put.