Vol. 11.
SATURDAY EV ENING, November 20, 1819.
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Siry It will not be deniedithat Domestic
Manufactorers derive considerable benefit
and support from the fiscal arrangements of
the Government which enhance the price
of foreign rival fabrics; but much of this
benefit is incidental, and no part of it costs
the Nation any thing ; it 1s all rendered
subservient to the supply of the public trea=
sury.
This benefityin a regular settled state o
tra dey, might have gone far to have enabled
our Domestic Industry to maintaina com-
itton with the products of foreign Jabor
y iD the mackes of the country but,
he existing circumstances of the
when the fabrics of the principal
factuting Countries i in Europe and of
Xadiay which had accumulated durin
late war, when they could not be z
circulated, ‘and which even now are pre
vented from circulation by prohibitions and
the
eely
restrictions, under most of the Govern-
ments of Earupe, are thrown on our mark.
ts, I may say the only free unvesirained
market in the werld ; this encouragement
has been found inadequate tc their support :
It only tended to complete the ruin of the
Proprietors, by encouraging them to per-
severe in the hope of better times, when for
eign fabrics would bring their cost in the
an illusion that has constantly
disappointed their expectation. The pri-
ces of their Manufactures have been borne
market 3
down and depressed, in a ruinous degree
by the redundant quantity of foreign rival
fabrics in the market, constantly selling be-
low cost. be
In the year ending 30th December, 1816
the treasury Report shows a surplus of Im.
ports over our entire exports, in foreign and
domestic articles, of 46 millions of doliars.
‘Thus has the money that would have sup-
ported the labor and industry of the country
been drawn away to support the industry,
feed the poor, and encourage the Manuy-
factures, of loreign countries,
Now, Sir, is not this a bad compliment to
our fellow-citizens, to a numerous and re-
spectable Class that have embarked their
fortunes in a lawful business, within our
jurisdictional limits ? a business too highly
beneficial to the general interests of the|’
Nation, and intimately connected with its{*
security and Independence ; the protection
of whose interest has never cost the nation
one centy who can have no direct or partic-
ular interestin the protection of Commerce
ud Agriculture ;
contributed cheerfully, in
and yet have, at all time
nioucy and per-!
heir protection aid other classes of. the!
sonal service, for their protection ? tis not
fren 3 “pecuiation, or more theory ; it is]
now an existing matter of ‘fact, acl
a bad requittal of the Manufacturers, for
community, to suffer their interest, their all’
0 be thus destroyed, or drawn frem them
by Alliens, under the very eye of the gov-
ernment ! Are the Manulaciurers, and the
mechanical and laboring classes cotnected
with them, bound to follow the Merchant’
with protection to the remetest seas while
they are thus unprotected at home ?
There is no reciprocity in this, ‘The dif-
ferent classes of the American people are
all citizens of the same republic, ,confede-
tated together lor mutual security and pro
tection, all are bound to participate in the
.{ burdens and expense, and entitled equally
to participate in the benefit and protection,
of the government ; and nothing will more
cifectually strengthen th the bonds of Union
that bind the diffarent St States, and di flerent
Interests, of the Nation together than a
strict, undeviating adherence to this prin-|e
ciple.
The manufacturing interest, and the
other Branches connected with it, have -re-
ceived no adequate ‘protection : foreign
rivals bave been suffered to bear them
down in the market of the country, and
sport in their ruin: while these classes
have contributed much for the protection
of Commercial and agricultural interests.
Whatever stpport the Manufacturers and
other classes connected with them have re-
ceived, has beenin a great measure inci-
dental, and without expense. They have a
large balance i in their favor with the gov-
ernment, and in this view of the subject}
have a fair claim to that full adequate pro-
lejtheir own industry, bring their own labor
times the amount of the
“Thi. fis no longer, in their est timation, mat-
the evil, the distress is every where real-
ized, and the remedy clearly and frequently|
indicated. 4
Tne U.S. must so far yield to the poli-
cy forced on them by other nations, as to
rally round their own interests, to protect
into action and husband their own resour-
ces. The ruinous system of throwing our
ports open to foreigners, to_deluge the
country with the products of their labor
and art to an amount far beyond our neces-
sities, and beyond our natural means of
payment ; and to draw from us our specie
in return, and theteby to inflict on thel;
country an evil, in its consequences of the
most ruincus and alarming nature, to the
peace, prosperity, and moral character oll’
the nation : This system has been weigh-
ed in the balance of public opinion, and
found wanting.
the aE session of th
body.
I now take leave of your 7th umber,
and remain, with great cordiality and ae ga
pect your obodient servant,
i ad
A PENNSYLVANIA'F
THE HORSE OF THE COLUMBIAN
RIVER. 4
‘Will rank with the finestiof his species Pd
in the known world, His size is fifteen or
sixteen hands, even in a state of natu: ‘©, un-=
ands
ArfER RB.
provided with food or shelter by th
of man. His form exhibits much ‘bone
and muscle, but not the mass of flcsh which
His
limbs are clean and slender; the neck ar-
ched and rising : the hoots round and hard 3
the nostrils wide and thin. He is equally
distinguished for speed and bottom. He
runs rapidly for a long time ; rivalling in
this respect all that we have heard of the
1s found on the fat European horse.
And what do we get in return for this!
monstrous sacrifice ? Nothing but reven;
ue. The people sce and feel the effects of]
this policy, and would willingly pay ten
duty, on the
redundant and unnecessary part of our im.
portations, In some way more congenial
with the general interests of the nation’
This is no longer the cause of the manu-
facturers ; it is the cause of the American
people, The ruin incident to the course
of policy pursued, has taken a wide range ?
it has made us way into every section of
the countiy, and to every class of society,
English hunting horses. In other respects,
in the docility of his nature, and his capa-
city to sustain hunger and hardship, in
his powers to provide food for himself and
He is
readily trained to the business of his mas-
his master, he is wholly unrivalled,
ter’s life, that of hunting, and pursues the
game with all the keeness of the dog and
with equal sagacity and More BUCCELHSe—
He will run down the deer in the prairies
with or without his master on his back,
it vith
ie needs no
He
will pursue a drove of buffaloes, and com-
and when overtaken will hold his
When rode afier game
ct him.
teeth.
guiding ot the bridle to dire
The principelbenefit of trade is confined
to exportation: The amount of this ig
tection against the evils that assail their in-
terest, that has heen granted to other class-
es, when assailed. lodge ;
The Manufacturers, and others con- |i
nected in interest, ask not ships, f war,
or the sdcrifice of blood and tr for
their protection : They ask merely formu.
nicipal regulations, that are perfectly com-
patible with, and called for by, a due regard
to the general interest of the nation ; such
regulations as are reasonably calculated to
keep our aggregate purchasers from for.
eign nations fairly within our aggregate
means of payment.
Be assured, Sir, the American people
donot think this any thing unreasonable :
The people, generally, have been taught
by dear bought experience, that such reg-
ulations are essential to the general inter-
est and prosperity of the country. They
have been tatight, redundant imports, or,
in other words, an excessive foreign debt,
beyond their natural means of payment,
not only exhausts their wealth, but is ruin-
ous in its bedring on the Money concerns
of the nation, in the exhaustion of its pre-
cious metals, the consequent curtailment
of Bank issues, and the derangement of the
circulating medium.
Pray; Sir, do you not underrate the in
telligence and powers of calculation of the
American people, when you say ¢ they are
not ccnvinced of this > They are an in-
telligent people, and most of them know
the effects or buying mare than they have
o sell ; they know that it brings on poverty
and distress in their families, and they
know how to apply this principle to the
great family of the nation: they know, if
it continues as it has done, to buy more
si from foreign nations than it sells, it will in
like manner become poor aud distressed : ‘coincidence with the public good, they in
what we earn. Importation is what we
spend ; and, beyond the necessary supply |
of our wants, it is not only no benefit, but |
is ruinous and wasteful. - The true Policy| i
of the nation would be to send our surplus
products to foreign markets, as extensively
as inour power, and draw as little on this
fund for foreign supplies, as possible ; the|
balance if any, would, be so much added to!
the national wealth.
Now Sir, there i is scarcely a
the county ¥, that cannot make these calcu-
¥£
farmer in 8
lations ; that does not see the benefit of!
this course, and the ruin that results from
unrestrained importations. Government
gains the duty it is true, on the redundant
or unnecessary quantity imported; but the
people pay dearly for this mitigation of
their burdens. For this pitiful boon, the
solid interest of the country, in its labor is
sacrificed, and incalculable evils follow in
its train.
Let the labor of the country be brought
; supply our wants more exten-
into action
sively from our own country; buy less
from foreign nations; keep our money
more at home : encourage and support our
own poor, by paying them for their labor
in the supply of our wants ; cease to lavish
our wealth, to the extent we have done,
on foreign luxaries, to feed and clothe the
poor of foreign countries, while our own
Re.
strain reasonably the importation of foreign
are left to starve for want of employ.
luxuries, by increased duties, or other
means calculated to keep the supply within
the limit of our necessities, and our abili-
ty to pay:
These are views generally familiar to the
people, and objects of their desire; and,
irom their reasonableness, their eviden
the Indian lets fly an arrow
[passes entirely through Lis
ing up with them, will stop anc by biting
him with his teeth, The animal bitten
immediately wheels to defend himself with
his born ; the horse wheels at the same
instant to avoid it; and at this moment
when the side of the buffaloe is presented
which often
The
(wounded animal always turns out of the
body.
[drove to lay down and die ; the horse and
his rider pursues the gang to make fresh
‘slaughter. Another horse trained to a
second part of the game, with other Indi-
ans, take the trail of the wounded bufialoe,
| which is butchered and carried into camp.
These things seem incredible; but we
have them upon the authority of Lewis
and Clarke, and a great number of traders
'lwho bave been upon the Columbia river
since the time of their discovery ; some of
whom dre in town,
The capacity of this horse to sustain fas
tigue, and to provide food for himself, is
equally astonishing. He is galloped all
day sometime eighty or ninety miles in the
spdce of ten or twelve hours, and is thea
left to shift for himself during the night. —
Inthe spring, summerand autumn he finds
no difficulty. The short and sweet grass
of that country gives him an abundant and
nutricious repast. In the winter and to-
wards the mountains, where the snow 18
scveral feet deep, his unerring instinct telis
.
-
him where (0 search : he scrapes away
tie snow with kis hoot ull he.comes to the
ground, aud rooting there with his nose
finds wherewith of moss and ¢ 8 to Sus-
tain hr s life, On the borders oh. aud
rivers he feeds on the bows of willows, and
other soft wood which his master has
sometimes the kindness to fell for him with
his hatchet,
Thisfine animal is found on the bank