Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-02-03
ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE HON.
ABBOTT LAWRENCE.

hibN' NaN AhaN lNNNN~ SNI AAtNVIrh II
mount of capital, are - uos1oneGted by 4
protective tariff. We have in New EIrsand
a great productive power ia Matsthnsett
lar greater thBn any OsLeT State, ia proportion
To population. Wshtae a hardy. indus,ri,
Gus, anl highly intelligent population, with
a perseverance that seldom Tires. and we have
also acquired aSonsilerable amount OF skill,
which Is increasing cvcfy day; besides we
have already accomplshedN magnificent sys
tenn of intercommmicaiion betwecn oil parts
of this section oi the country bY rail roads:
this is the bcs, hind Of productive power, hav-
ing reduced the rate of carriage TO wonder
iul extent; tins being done, we have money
enough rmsining. TO keep all our labor en-.
pioyed, and prosecute our foreign and dotnes.
TIC commerce. without b. ing in debt bevond
tlle limits OF our own State. Now | ask, how
We shall stand, compared with Pcnnsy lvania,
Ohio. Alabama, Georgia, or Louisiana, when
the day OF financial trial shall come. | do
not deny we shall suffer, bat a. il has been in
umcs post. we shall 80 into. end come out OF
the troubles lar stronger than any other 81. &c
out OF New England. IL - not my purpos
10 present TO YOU, the balance sheet Of Massa-
chusetts, but II u due TO her character, and
her dignity, That she should stand before you
in her true position. ] have never advocated
q protective tarll for my own or the New
England States exclusively, noe have thoSc
gentlemen with whom ! have been associated
in this cause, at any time, entertained a mar
row or sectional view OF The question. We
have believed il To he Tor the interest Of the
| whole country. tina, It's labor should be pro
tectcd, and so far as | have had TO do with the
adjustment oi those dillicult Combinations
embraced IN Tariff bill, ! have cndeavored
TO take care that tie interests of all the States
were protected, whether itcy werv large OF
small. ] say now 10 you, and it should b
- id in Congress, and 10 the country. thai
MasSschusctt- ask no exclusive legislation
IL Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio, the
three great States, with kentucky, Georgia.
Missouri, Alabama and Louisiana, wish "a
try an experiment on iron, coal. hemp, cotton
baggiug, suglf, &c. &c. ] am ready as one
citizen Of MassaChusctts TO meet it, aud a
whit IN patient submission the result, whicl
! doubt not viii he found, within eighteen
months, ia Tia realization ot nll | have predict
FL. ssy again. ! would not, If | could
, have Tariff made for Massachusetts, alone
} II. however. there should b. a new one. lei
our interests; with those ~ofevcTy other in III,
Union, share that protection to which we sn
all entitled, and of which we claim our FIJI
share. can with confidence assure you. tina
we shall 20 upward aud onward. We uii
irork. hl2 hours labor in the 20 will MOI
sustain us. we can, aud will work IS; and al
the same time feel that Congress cannot tab,
the sinews from our arms, OF rob us oi the i'm.
telligence acquired from our system of publ,
schools, established by the foresight and wis
dom of our fathers.
At the risk OF g riting long letter, | can
not iorbcar alluding To the fact. that the la.
l bitual agitation OF this question of the Tariff
! has worked, in the main, TO uhc advantage O.
New England.
; We were, previous 10 the war Of 1912, al
agricultural and navigating people. The a
nsucan system was forced upon us, and don
, iof the purpose OF cTeatiug a home market "a
the products oi the soil OF the South aud Yves,
We rosisied the adoption Of . system. wbic
u we honestly believed would greatly inlur
a navigation. and drive us from our accusiomc
empioyments. into a business we did not un
derstsBd. We came into it. however. relu,
. family. aud socn learned that with 1,c tran.
fer OF our capital we acquired skill aud know
ledge in thc.use Of IL, aud that 50 ar from gu
foreign coInmcfcc being diminished. IL ws
' increased. e0d that our domestic tonnage an
r commerce were very soon more than quadm
e pied. The illustrations were 80 striking 4
every department tf labor. 4 az those who
fifteen years sg0, were the strongest oppo
2 nents among us. have given ZAP heir thcufie.
and 8ckDoW lodged. that the revelations Dr.
such % to satisfy the most skepiical. W
have gone forward steadily. tll many de
symptoms oi manufactures are az well srttic
~ New England ~ the Rising ot potatocs.-
Our experience has given us skill. nnd q
course w have confidence in our own ~
source, that docs not EXIST elsewhere.
When couverse with gentlemen from an
south and West rspecting the establishmcn
4 Of enthusiastically reply that they shoul
long ego engaged % 10, but, the repcal Of tb
Tamil, fhr action Of ~GDYemmcnt nrevsp,e.
thrm. . you cannot blame ~. IA IN;
, eOnsiest sgitsiion Of tte Tsiu question IA
Z tended TO give New E0gl5ni not . monou,ly
Z bat a~3venugrs which she h1F not beea ,osir,
mental in bringing about. | have DO DON'T
= We have bren gaincr CA The " hole. by thes
+ sgiiaIiOns, yet We have ~ times been gfes
y sufferers, ! wish thg-e States thst h.,.