Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-02-05
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which we are TO guide ourselves In all
our proceedings
In his second Inaugural address he
speaks as follows:
1.-The remaining revenue on the con-
sumption of foreign articles is paid
cheeriully by those who can afford To
add foreign htcuries 10 domestic CON-
forts, being collected or our sea-board
and frontiers only, and incorporated with
the transactions of our mercantile citi-
zens IL may be the pleasure and pride of
an American TO ask, what farmer, what
mechanic, what laborer, ever sees a tax
f, gatherer in the United States? These
contributions enable us to support the
current expenses of the government, to
fulfil contracts with foreign nations, to
extingulsh the native right of soil within
our limits, 10 extend those limits and APP
! ply such surplus to our public debts, as
places al n short day their final redemp-
ton, and tina, redemption once effected,
the revenue thereby liberated may, by
a jus, repar ition among the States, and
a corresponding amendment of the con-
stitu,ion, be applied, in time Of peace,
TO rivers, canals, roads, arts, manufac-
lures, education, and other great objects
within each State"
In bis sixth annual message we find
the following:
/ "Shall we suppress the impost and
give TINT advantage to foreign over do
! nestle manufactures? On few ar,i-
ncles of acre general and necessary use,
the suppression i'm due season will doub BIT.
less be right, but the great mass of the
articles on which impost is paid are for
eign tururies purchased by those only
who are rich enough 10 afford themselves
the use of them. Their patriotism
would certainly prefer its continuance
and application to The great purposes of
education, roads, ers, canals, and such
other objects Of public improvement as
it may be thought proper to add to the
constitutional enumeration Of federal
powers. BY these operations new chan.
nels Of communication will be opened
between the States; the lines of separa-
zion will disappear, their interests will
be identified, and their union cemenieG
by new and indissoluble ties.'
In his eighth annual message he says:
1.-The probable accumulation of the
surplnsses of revenue beyond what can
be applied To the payne of the public
debt, whenever the freedom and safety
OF our commerce shall be restored mer-
It's the consideration of Congress-
Shall il lie unproduclive in the vaults!-
Shall the revenue be reduced! Or. shall
II not rather be appropriated to the i'm
provemenis of roads, canals, rivers, ed
ucatlon, and other great foundations of
prosperity and union"
To show how warm friend Jefferson
was to home manufactures we quote The
following from letter written by hin 20
Benjamin Austin, dated Monticello, Jan.
20, 1916:
Experience has taught me that man
utactures are now as necessary 10 our
independence as TO our comfort; and if
those who quote me as of differeat
opinion, will keep pace with me in pur-
chasing nothing foreign, where an equiv
alent of domestic fabric can be obtained,
Without regard to difference Of price, it
it will not be our fault # we do not soon
have supply al home equal 10 our de-
mand, aud wrest that weapon of distress
from The hand which has SO long won
ton!y welded H."
Now, reader, how do these principles,
those entertained by Mr.. Jefferson, com
pare with the principles of the Demo
cratic party of This day? They oppose
all appropriations for the improvement
OF our rivers and harbors; advocate
Tariff for Rerenue ony,-which means
nothing less than encouragement to for
eign manufactures,--whie MIR. Jefferson
advocates protection to home manufac-
lures and advises liberal sy stem of i'm.
provement. The truth is, the Democrat
ic party hold but one of Mr.. Jefferson
prineiples--and that is, opposition 10 a
u. S. Bank.
Why is it that nearly all our railroad
companies purchase their iron in Eng
LAM! Is il because they canno, obtain
as good iron at home! No. 1t is sim
ply because The Locofoco party are in
the ascendancy in our national councils.
and refuse protection TO our manulac-
turers, and consequently, by the aid Of
pauper labor English manufacturers can
undersell American manufacturers. Is
this right, is it patriotic? But let our
readers examine these matters for them
selves and they will see who are the JEFF
fersonian men, and who are not.
The RRiI Road Convention.