The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-07-09

OF ne thought that New England was get
ting rich upon manufactures, he would
advise him to go home and do likewise
to follow the example, and grow rich al
so. The gentleman said that The plant-
ers of the South were working the whole
year for profit of four or five per cent,
while the manufacturers of New Eng land
were getting forty or fifty. Was il not a
free country1 Who gave New England
exclusive privileges? Why did no: the
South engage in the same forty or fifty
per cent. business, instead of working on
at four or five? Why did not they COM
mence with coarse fabrics, made from
their own cotton, just as New England
had done before them? But New Eng
land was now passing from that stage, &
going iato the higher aud finer branches.
The South, he WAS glad to learn, were
now commencing. True, they were yet
in The A B G OF the business; they were
in their infancy; they wanted the fostering
care and protection OF Government The
tariff on The coarse fabrics was now for
their benefit. New England wanted it
no longer on the coarse, but only on the
higher and finer fabrics, in which they
were now struggling with foreigners, who
were endeavoring 10 break them down by
flooding our markets with these articles
at an under value, hoping to indemnify
themselves for temporary losses by future
eXorbjtart prices. eXored from us when
American competition is put d0wn and
Destroyed.
How was it that Southern gentlemen
could shut their eyes 10 the result OF their
own unwise policy? Let them look how
they stood, and then look at the North
The North applied their shoulder to the
wheel they went to work TO better their
condition; they husband,d their own re-
sources; they employed and diversified
their labor; they lived upon their own
means; kept their money at home 10 re.
ward their own industry, instead of fool
ishly sending it abroad 10 purchase what
they could so well and so probably sup>
ply at home. But, South Carolina and
her southern sisters would touch neither
hammer nor shuttle. They ,eDt away
their money to New England or 10 old
England. Aud what was the conse-
quenco Of these two opposite systems?-
South Carolina was poor and dependent
while New England was independent and
prosperous. South Carolina, when the
Federal Constitution was adopted, had
five representatives, North Carolina five,
and Virginia ten representatives on this
floor. They all cherished deadly hos
tIity to every thing connected with the
manufactures, internal improvements, and
progress of every kind. They denied 10
this Government the power of self pro-
lection and self improvement; they went
for The stand-stll, lie-down, go-to-sleep
!et-us-aIone, do>nohing policy; they had
tried to live On whip sylabub political
metaphysics and constitutional abstrac>
TONS until it had nearly starved them TO
death, while the Northern States had
wisely pursued the opposite policy; and
what had been the effect Of their relative
prosperity? New York began with six
representatives in that hall; now she had
thirty, four. Pennsylvania began with
eight, aud now she had twenty-four,-
Virginia, with North and South Carolina
had commenced with twenty representa-
ives, 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 adopted
oy the North and the South. Judge the
rec by its fruits. Will men never learn
wisdom from experienced He would re-
dice 10 see the South as prosperous and
IS happy as the North. They had all |
he elements of wealth and prosperity in
around lhem--the raw maleri'
lis and bread SUITS, minerals, and water,
power ia abundance, running to waste
If lkey would allow him 10 offer them adj
ice, it would be to abandon an exploded
md runous policy; follow the example of
he North, and share in their prosperity.
Instead ofcoming here repining and com
blaming that theNorth was rich and pros
porous, making forty or fifty per cent,
profit on their capital, whilst the Soutb
eaized but four or five, just turn round,
ui your four or five per cent. profits, 81
% 10 work at forty or City. II The tariff i
vas confaed TO the North, you might
ompIan; but it was free to all alike
North and South, East and West. Go
} the hammer and the loom. the furnace
nd the forge and become prosperous in
our turo. All these blessings are with
, your reach, if you will but put forth {
our hands TO grasp them; they are offer"
freelv 10 yOnr nccent1ncP YOu enjoy
reat advantages. You have not only
II the advantages enjoyed by the North {
" manufacturing, but you have others
Iperadded; you supply the raw material, $
nd, above all. you have Iaboted without |
ages, perfectly available for such purpo |
s; the hands of the young and old, now C
seIess for the field, might, in factories, c
ecome highly profitable and productive /
oeratives Take hold, then, on the same r