The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-13

eT OF our modern lead
Preamble to resolu-
ton introduced in Con-
gress by James Madi-
son in 1889:
''Whcreas. II i ncccs-
sary for the support Of The
government. tie discharge
OF the debts Of the United
States and the encourage
ment and protection OF
manufactures that duties
be laid on goods. wares
and merchandise import
ed
Message of James
Madison to Congress
Just after the war of
IlSl2:
"Put there j. no subject
that can enter with greater
force and merit into the
deliberations OF Congress
than the consideration OF
The mcans 10 preserve and
,promotc the manufactures
which have sprung into
existence ami attained an
unparalleled IN atarity
throughout the United
States during the period
lof the European wars.
This source Of national in
dependence and wealth !
ianXiouS!y recommend.
therefore Ia the prompt
and constant guardian
ship OF Congress.
James Madison in a
letter to Joseph c.
lCabell in 1928:
~ further evidence OF
1.-The Constitutional power
iof Congress To protec, and
foster manufactures by
regulations OF trade-an
evidence that ought 10 set.
tie the qucs,ion-i> the
uniform and practical
sanction given Ia that
power Tor near forty
Years.
In 1921 William Cob
bett published in Lon
don a work called
"Porcupine's W orks.
In Vol. !, page BAG, he
says:
"In his commercial re-
port ll194l, Jefferson
maintained that it is not
10 foreign nations that the
people Of America must
look for L market for their
products. bu, 70 their own
means Of independence.
land the firm will TO Use
them.
In Vol. V, pa $4i,
he again says:
Jefferson i a French
imam in everything bat the
mere accident OF birth:
The hates England. and the
principal scheme Of his
life is to exclude English
goods from the American
market hv prohibit0ry
tariffs: but the fashions
arc against him
Again referring to
jefferson, he says:
''in l!9;; he and his
Democratic clubs insist iii
forcing the States To man
,ufacture everything for
themselves; he further in
iSistS on Keeping up and
increasing the duties rs TIE
manufactures advance
II. Vol. !, page 345,
he says:
"Madison is but a mere
TOOL OF jefferson and
franklin; his seven rcso-
llu,ions in 1894 are in
tended to drive English
goods out Of the American
market, and were written
by Jefferson
From General Jack
sons message to Con-
igress in 1880:
The power TO impose
duties on imports origi-
nally belonged 10 the
States. The right to adj
just those duties with Il
view IN the encourage
ment of domestic branches
of industry is so com
! pletelv identical with that
power that 1t is difficult
TO suppose the existence OF
the one without the other.
The States have delegated
their whole authority over
imports TO the general
government without limit
]ation or restriction. saving
the very i;lconsiderable
reservation relating TO the
inspection laws. This
authority having thus en-
tirely passed from the
States. the right To eXer-
lcise il for the purpose Of
protection does not exist
lin them iihc Siatesl, |
land consequently IL it be i
not possessed by the gem
lcral government. il must |
! be extinct. Onr political |
SYSTEM would thus pre-
sent the anomaly OF g peo-
pie stripped OF the right |
to foster their own indus
tries and to counterfeit the !
most selfish and destrue-
.tire policy which might
be adopted by foreign ma
tons. This srrely cannot
be the case; this indis-
pensible power, thus SUR
rendered by the States,
mus, be within the scope
of the authority OF the
subject expressly dele
gated to Congress-
{ Jefferson's works at
of Cobbett's charges.
matter in hand let us
to lsH re had a pro-
to 1851 we almost had
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