Year: 1870

and whose onerations have whether wisely or un-
wisely, been generally cloaked with secrecy, has
issued the following address to the members OF Its
| several branches throughout the United states
Should the society, which now embraces very
large number of members, continue as 1t began, IL
will undoubtedly accomplish much good-none the
less because its is withheld and its management
mysterious. The following resolutions were passed
at meeting on August 30:


R,.c-,d That Committee appointed take so consideration
the subjects National Economy Domestic Manufacture and that
ad" report the same 10 this soes
enforcing necessity Of such desirable oees and A'
sddres. directed through the public pnn TIE '.al
branches Of this Society throughout the nation


At subsequent meeting lOct. III the following
was adopted:


Re.oIv,d That the importation and us, IN Otr
hme, ever species manufacture prcueon which can
NAV reasonably substituted by the Ab' productions OF the
United States


The address, which is too long for publication en-
tire, is in substance as fonows


BROTHERS: A deep shsdow has passed over our land
q commercial and individual gloom has created uni
versal stiffness. The next OF distress is
the irrupton OF snddenly-aequired wealth from the
hands Of those who embarked in the various enterprises


as well as Illicit transactions which the unavoidable
consequences OF the war; most OF which aecumuations
after spreading poison In the community and contami-
mating many classes OF society, have hhifted hands
irom the temerity of the original holders. A
spirit Of speculation, and disregard OF the
regular and moderate means OF acquiring property,
produced from this factitous and preternatural
accession OF money and threw upon the surface OF socl
ETY. large body Of men strongly inclined to live as they
list lay the honest classes OF the community under
contribution The next OF distress Is the sudden
introduction OF nordnate quantities OF all species OF for
egn production, arising from false peace calculations,
which have either deadened on the hands OF our mer-
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duced large balances against them, and extended in
their effects 10 the immediate indirect dealers in the
remotest corners Of the community. Such s the
spirit OF hazard which besets country such the mul
tplicity OF banks and their paper such the crowds
OF brokers' specuatOrs, obbers and persons Of floating
and unsettled occupations; such the rage Of false
capital and high enterprise; and so famlisrly do we
speak OF thousands and hundreds OF thousands that
stranger suddenly dropping among us, might suppose
that this free and simple Republic had become horde OF
gamblers The remedy for all this IL one most
grateful the American and nearest 10 the Amer
heart. II IL the encouragement OF our own manu-
fsctures one objection to manufactures s that they
are established and nourished by a prohibition Of the
articles manufactured from foreign countries and that
the Government will lose some Of its inpOst The en-
cOuragement Of commerce beyond that which is defined
in Its advantage and tOeraby certain in its svas,
and which does in fact lead balance In our favor s
not so beneficial to nation as some fnanciers and
theorists may affect to believe. The mines OF
subterraneous wealth and materials which the country
contains best be imagined from the infalibe evil
dences which the experience Of every year brings FORTH
The institution aud wide spread Of manufactures will be
the strong lever to disturb their hoary sumbers subject
them to the analysis Of science and convert them 10 the
most practical purposes OF domestic comfort while 1t
will administer kind OF national wealth which will
never forsake The country might then exelam
that that Government was wrong which,
fastidiOus OF popularity and come facti-
tous system OF finance, would neglect advantages
so incaculable that that nation was unwise which,
from false decacy 70 the people and the fear OF few
direct taxes as substitutes for what is indirectly paid,
should suffer 20 beautiful fabric Of internal poty and
resource TO be lost to the present and coming genera
| tions The remedy against our being surchnrged
with foreign goods and the OF introducing manu-
factres is to forbid entirely the importation OF articles
which can be on any toerabe terms manufactured by
| ourselves.


Another benefit and not the least which would arise
from the OF domestic manufacture. would
be the exclusion OF all foreign agents, whether English,
Scotch French, German. This species of cormorant
holds in his hand the capital OF some man abroad who
never intends his foot upon shores and with
| this capital extracts from the country the profits
| OF It's traffic, on perfect commerclSi equal
ity with the American citizen. As
| the United States inhabited by more foreign
agents than any nation upon earth, in proportion to
their population II will appear upon calculation that
this il very mprovident mode Of parting with the
national Danish the foreign goods, "a far as
our manufactures under the magnanmous care OF Con
gres can Danish them and the visits OF these yutures
would soon cease In their place would stand the honest
manufacturer receiving fair profit for the fabrics of his
| own hand. The farmer and landholder may also
be reminded that Manufacture is the handmaid OF Agr
culture The increased value OF the soil vast
interior would be felt in the rse Of villages and ex-
tensve establishments which this active and thrifty
| internal system never fails 10 produce


But this Society wish TO remind their felowmembers


throughout the Union that ii is in vain 10 expect from
lans and prinepies alone the fument OF the objects
which they are intended TO incucate, and particularly
IN this great Government Of opinion under which we


live Those laws and principles must be seconded by the
| example and observances OF the people and as this
Society soemnly believe that the welfare ofhis Republic
is strongly connected with the encouragement Of Our
oyn) manufactures it is fervently recommended to each
member TO give them preference, even at sacrifice,
should II be necessary, whenever opportunity Offers
Those who friends commerce need not fear that IL
will essentially suffer from the encouragement OF manu-
| fsetures The commercial capital would shift 10
other objects OF direct circuitous commerce not
affected by manufacture, and much increased by our
becoming carriers and portion OF our merchants, who
have been tossed the precarious Of foreign
commerce. might be glad Of opportunity sanctioned
by the patronage OF the Government Of vestng their
capital in manufacturing institutions. II would seem
too that the progressive and rapid population Of
agricultural territories would furnish ample vent for
our domestic manufactures Our country seems to be in
itself an epitome Of a world. This arises from the u


exsmped variety OF climates, productions habits
and populations and also from the happy and magnin
cent indentation OF the whole country by
water-eourses great and small, afording, with
comparatively little assistance from art, trading inter
10 all the substantial and most OF
the guine OF the inhabitants Indeed such ID
the figure and variety Of this nation that ii would seem
TO possess all the elements OF universal poty and wealth
For strike of existence every other country, and
should find within ourselves ample field for agrcu
ture science mechanics commerce, and the arts For
in war q defensive nation; and this state OF
things realized by the wise regulations OF Govern