New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-30
gP. CAREY on THE CONDITION or
THE COUNTRY.


A numbcr nf the most prominent citizens of Phia-
dephia entertained Mr.. HESR G. CAREY in public
dinner on Wednesday evening last, occasion Of his
approaching departure for Europe His health hav-
ing been drunk Mr.. Carey addressed the company as
follows
For the kindness YOU have this day manifested TO-
wards me, am my friends, most deeply grateful To
be the guest of such are here assembled, Is an
honor greatly, as I fear, beyond my deserts, and
should assnredy not have ventured TO accept It, had
= not felt that there was IN II something more than
honor "a a nau-had not seen that behind me there
lay great principle which, through me you desired
go honor-a principle to whose triumph among Onr-
selves we must look alone, lUr the continued mamie
nance of Our institutions.
For the same reason gentlemen and for that alone,
have recently accepted the invitation OF other most
kind friends i'm the northern portion Of the State Ny
visit there was a most gratifying one; luf 10 IL am
indebted for higher appreciation than ever before
had had of the powers of our people ana Of the won
dcrs that can be effected when activity, energy and
intellect are brought tO work IN harmony with each
other HadI needed further evidence OF the truih OF
The great principle to which have referred, should
there have found II. .
Onr system. gentlemen is based upon the idea of
Vlevatng the laboror by developing his various facul-
ties and thus fitting him for the position i3f winch ne
was inteuded-tha of master 81 nature and master of
l,oseF How can this be done History answers
tlis misunderstanding MS that men have everywhere
beconc free as industry has become divcrsiileo-is
producer and the consumer hhNc come 'u-tlhe'
as the powers Of the earth have become Developed
ns agriculture has become science-and as men have
becu more enabled TO combine their cXcrtons, each
with every other. , -...
,pch coubination and therefore was II that the men
of &c were driven to effect revolution mat accom-
plished II soon became obvious that poitcal lhle-
pendcnce could not he antaincd III the lace oil minus
trial dependence-that We needed government capa-
BILE of afIordng protection against the british system
and hence it was that the men OF the Revolution
were found again cooperating IN the formation 0l our
Constitution. Nashington's Administration followed
In the same notwithstanding to the world document
I'm defense of the protective system, more luminous
than any other that had then appeared 10, too was
i, with the Administration of the elder Adams Jener-
son died full believer inthe necessity ofgovernment9
Interference for the promotion OF industrial lndepehd
,pce Madison demonstrated the cohstltutlohaly ana
the expedcucy Of such interference Mohro' ana me
Younger Adams gladly coOperated the passage oi the
faritfacS of 1894 aud SN. jackson showed, IN hls at
mrabc letter to DIR. Coleman, that protection to the
manufacturer in reality protection l" Inc FARMER
and the PLANTER Thus OI halt century, as We see, the
Coctripc of the Revolution continued to be maintained
the result exhibiting itself IN growth OF wealth,
strength and power, such rs had never before been
The close of that period showed ' 1" jhr "oFiI
a. the great and model rCpuhlc-irce IRON den', anu
realizing all the anticpations and all the hopes {" the
patriots Of both the eastern aud western worlds
Theuceforward, however, the course OF events mas
proved To be- widely different Abandoning The doe
irines of our revolutionary fathers, Mr.. Van Buren,
proclaimed To the world that the people had neeh nc
Customed TO expect too much from the GoNcrmneht
il being their duty To project themselves; anu ta' o.
fhc men charged with the administration ol their at
fairs to act ON the principle iGfSSCr tGTc. From that
time to the present, more than twenty years, with
n single brief and brilliant exception. such has been
the poGcv Of the Federal GONCrnmcut-the people
having been left To protect them,elve, as besl ihry
might against those great capitals Whch, a. bI'l'1
official documents inform us, now constitute the most
potent instruments Of warfare against Inc competing
industry If other nations.
IL lntt
we increased i'm ike proportion IN wealth, strength anu
Iower7 Have our people become more moral ana ana
more free ias1aboT acquired power over cnPta'i
Have sectional jeHousics tended 10 disappear HAS
confidence in the maintenance of institutions been
extended and increased Have WE acquired greater
influence among the nations Of the world lt'' 'he
administration Of our affairs become more pure
To all these questions, unhappiy, We OBTAIN mega
tive reply Our mercantile marine has increased IN
fze, but It's brilliant reputation has passed away
our ships of war have become more numerous, b9i
dscord reigus throughout our fleets. onr railroads
and our teographs count IN miles tens OF thousands
but the power 10 maintain internal commerce declines
population becomes more scattered our 'FI5.'
tory has increased but It's productive power mas ssH
~ diminished. We have acquired the mines OF Itii-
turnia but the rate of interest paid by The men VINO
labor has grown when II should have declined. we
have mjionUireS, hut the pGuperS OF q SlhI'
State new count by hundreds OF thousands Oar
schools and churches have grown IN number and IN
SIZE hat crime has Increased IN proportion that Is
greatly larger. States have become more numerous,
tut sectional ieaousicS nave grown 70 Such extent,
a. 10 render II doubtful the Union can Toe maintained
The people have become less irec,he nation has lost
is power seriously 20 ahoc, the movements OF the
worh-aud confidence in the pcrpctuity of our inSti
tutions has almost disappeared.
WHY are all these things Because the government
has abandoned the policy of the men Who made the
II, oution Because j, has failed TO sec that H. pro
tectng the people 1t was. in fact, protecting rs'n
Because il has abandoned them to the " teh1er i'eI
ces J." Of foreign traders aud manufacturers! becauS
iis policy looks to the exhaustion OF the sol! beoSus
Al denies the people the power Of dNersiyIhS tel
tnploymeu,s, and thus limits them to the rholce ne
tween becoming on the one hand, mere delivers anu
the other mere traders in the products OF other
tands and other lands Because, as consequence q,
this, the powered production is steadily decnng anu
with II the power OF the laborer 10 command the ser
vice Of those commodities which are needed Tor MS
maintenance and his elevation Because We are De-
coming from day to day more eolouized
The British system, found IN all the countuesStb
ect to L, is OF enforced ideness. Under II Labor