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VOLUME XVIL
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POETICAL.
- -
Oh ! Comrades. fill no Glass for ine.
Br STEPHEN C. FOSTER.
Oh ! comrades, fill no glass for me
Tp drown my soul in liquidjlantei
For if I drank, the toast should be—
To blighted fortune, health, and fame.
Yet. thought I long to quell the strife
That passion holds against my life,
Still boon companions may ye be,
But, comrades, fill no glass forpe !
I know a breast that once was light,
Whose patient sufferings need my care—
I know a hearth that once was bright;
But drooping hopes have pestl'd there.
then; Wh!le the drops slightly steal
From wounded hearts that I should heal,
Though boon comPaniehe ye may be,
Oh ! comrades, till no glass fur me !
.v! ,
When, *titO>uung, I felt the tido
Ot aspirations undefiled;
But manhood's years have wronged the pride
My parents centred in their child.
Then by a mother's sacred tear,
By all that memory should revere,
Though boon companions ye may be,
Ohj coniradts, tlll no for me !
MISCELLANEOUS,
Peace at Home
It is just as possible to keep a Calm
house sit . clean house, a cheerful house,
Ise! ;derly house, as a furnished house, if
the heals act t ‘ heinselves to do so. bele
is thO difficulty off' consulting each other's
weakness as well as each other's . wants :
mach other's tenalsrgi as, paid' Othees elf.r
-aoters'l Oh !ftis by leaving the peace at
home to chance,
.i . iistead of . pursulag.it
system; thit 113a4,
It deserves notice, also, that almost any„
one can be courteous and patient, in a
neighbor's house. If any thing go wrong,
or be out of tune, or is disagreeable there,
it is made the best of, not the worst ; even
`efforts are wade to excuse it, and sh,9v it
is not felt; or, if felt, .it ia.attribUted to
accident, not to design ; and this is not
Only easy, but natural s in the ,Ammo. of a
•
friead, j, y f ill.ii9t;.tFerefolei believe that
iliat is so natural in the house of another,
is impossible at home; bet maintain with
out fear; that all gio courtesies of social
life May be upheld in doiOestie
A husband ay :willing to be pleased at
home, and as . ,o4.ious to plean ag
neighhoPq liyuseidipd ; S: Flfe.as intent on
making things coinfartable every day to her
family, tis . ,od set days to her guests, could
not fail to Make their owu home happy.—
Let us not evade the point, of tVege remarks
by rectirring,t9,lV6 maxim about allow
ances for teinlier. It is worse than folly
to refer to oar, temper, unless we could
prove that I've e#Of gdidoti /11104'0 good
by giving way to it. Fits Of ill hunfor
punish us quito as much, if not more, than
those they are vented upon ; and it actual
ly requires more' effort, and itAtibts - more
pain to give them up; than would be re
quisite to avoid them.
n"" "If, you wish for a clear mind,
etrong museles, and quiet nerves, wad long
life and power prolonged into old age,
avoid all drinks but water, and mild infu
sions of that fluid ; shun tobacco and opium,
and everything else that disturbs the nor
mal state of the system ; rely upon nutri
tious food and mild diluent drinks of which
water is the, basis, ithd you will need
othing beyond these things except rest,
and due moral regulation of all your pow
ers, to give you long,' happy, and useful
lives; and a serene evening at the close.
, trr When we take into consideration
low short lived is display, the consequence
we attach to applause and gingerbread is
fenny astonishing. Those who now flaunt
rn Brodway, and rejoice in the conse
quence of guilt-edged shirts and purple
suspenders, will in a few years, have noth
ing to mark their whereaboitt but an un-
Cared, and very often unpaid for, tomb
stone. Twenty years after death, and nine
ty nine men out of a hundred aro as un-„
known as the " northwest passage," or a
poor relativu. Every , indication that we
ever lived will have passed away. All the
little memorials of our remembrance will
be either ebld,'biokeii Or stowed away
iii the wood-shed.
Rich People.
• "The suit bf Richmond's home-farm, at
Greenwood, sixty miles from London, con
sists of twenty-three thousand acres, or
over thirty-five square miles. And this is
in crowded England, which has a popula
tion of.sixteetranillions, hird itiett of fifty
thousands square miles, or just thirty-two
millions of acres ; giving, were the lane di
vided, but two sores to each inhabitant.—
The residence of the Duke is a perfect pal
ace. One extensive hall, s!eovcred with
yellow,silk, and pictures i is the richest and
Mat costly. , tapestry; The dishes._and
plates upon the table are all of porcelakt,
silver and gold. Twenty five race-horses
stand in the stable, each being assigned to
the care of a special groom. • A grotto
pear tbe t boose„ the ladies spent six years
in adormeg. Ali' aviary is supplied with
almost every variety of rare and elegant
birds. Large herds of cattle, sheep and
deer,, ate gimelid over the immense lawns."
The Duke of Richmond also has his palace
in Londbri s , which is magnificently fitted up ;
but vast as is his wealth; it is nothing com
pared tc: OM of
TIIE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE
" The Duke of devonshire's place at
Chatsworth, is said to exceed in magnifi
cence any other in the kingdom. In the
grounds„about the house are keptfoux.llitit
dred head,ef cattle, and fourteen hundred
~The kitchen garden contains twelve
acres, and is filled with almost every spa
cies of trait and vegetables,
~,A.,yttst:wrb
oretrum, connected with the getablish
went, is designed , ti) contain a sample of
every tree that grows. There is also a
glass conservatory, three hundred and eigh
ty-seven feet in length, one hundred and
twelve in breadth, sixty-seven in height,
covered by seventy-six thousand square
ffiPt of glass, and warmed by seven miles
of Pp° conveying hot water. One plant
was obtained from India ty a special mes
senger, and is valued at ten thousand dol
lap,.. One of the felititains ricer the house
plays two hundred and seventy-six feet
high—said to be the highest iu the world.
Chatsworth contains thirtx-fiv,e, Annyired
acresbut the Duke ow is n.thetS , six thou
sand acres in Derbyshire. Within, the en-;
tire is one vast scene of painting; sculpt ure, mosaic wpck, carved „wainscoting, and all
Ole elegances and luxuries within the
;each of almost boundless wealth and high
ly, refined taste."
~The Duke's ,income.is
one,niillion of dollars per annum, yet he
manages to spend it „m It will be re
menibered that Paxton, the originator of
the Crystal Palace, is the Duko of Devon
shire's head gardener ; and to him is the
Duke's place at Chatsworth indebted for
all its glories. • I
A Few Definitions.
Ditch—A place where those who have
taken too much wine are apt to take too
much water.
Doze—A short nap eujopt)„b# megry
pepple after a diuner on, week day, and
after the text on Sunday.
Eccentric Individual—One who minds
his own business and lets other people's
alone.
Great Business Qualificalibni—Ha
ring the faculty,pf,Awilidling people out of
a tow Windieds in money transactions.
Clever Fellow—One who spends his
earnings at the grog shop, while owing the
widow for his board.
,(4gpmplished I,adyrOne who can
Ory on the piano and blush at the sight
of a frying pan.
Ungrateful Wretch—Ono who borrows
a V and declines voting for the lender at
the ensuing,eteetl'ofi:.• •
.11e4ht of Impertinence—For a poor
devil to familiarly recognize a candidate fnr
Congress, after the election is over.
~.Unparalleled inspleppe—Asking
bod to pay a small bill that's been stand
ing five years.
Shrewd, Fellow—having the fa9plty of
overreaching everybody and evading
jus
tice.
Enterprising—Rushing heels over haa
in debt to build up a village without the
insane of paying for the erection of a sta
ble.
[r,-" In the days when Connecticut was
largely engaged in breeding Milks for the
Southerti . market; one morning, Tracy,
who was as shrewd a Yankee as ever
whittled a shingle or. sold a' (ilia,' stood
with a South' Caidlinian on the steps of
the Capitol, when a drove of mules passed
by on their southern journey.
~T racy," said the Carolinian,' "there
goes dbnipai4 of your constituents."
"Yes," was the - dry retort, "they are
douhtleee going to South Carolina to teach
iehool."
Kr The humorous Dean Swift whoso
antipathy to fishing was well known, hav
ing boon asked by a child what a fishing
rod. meant,
"It means my dear," ; said he, "only a
tiUNTINGMON, PA.; THURSDAY, _JUNE_ 17, 1852.
POLITICAL.
WHY I Affil A WHIG
REPLY TO AN INQUIRING
MY DEAR P—,„
You have been, i)leised, to express your
surprise that I; whom you copßder in other
respects Liberal and Progressive, should
yet .syilliiitklee find aet,with the American
Whig party rather than its great antago
nist. The time and place chosen fpr this
expression precluded an immediate and cir
cumstantial reply, you will excuse,,therte
fore, the medium and method of my art
!men I hope to be able to present to your
mind, seat least to the minds of others less
prejudiced against my conclusions, some
considerations hitherto overlooked, or in
adequetely weighed:4ml regarded. „Nay I
not fairly dolma' YaR. , a!patient and, if
possible, a candid hearing?;
—Two gramil, and fruitful idear Attract
and divide the political world. On the one
hand Liberty,. on the other Order,. is the
watelkiverd, of a mighty host, impatient of
resistance and eager for universal dominion.
Each has had its reign—nay, its reigns—
of terror; and the butcheries of Catiline and
Marius, of Marat and Robespierre,
. ; have
been fully,rralleled ,by,these of Alya and
Claverhouro, of Suwarrow And laynau.—
An infinity , - .!f cruelty and crime,,has been
perpetrated in the abused name of Order,
and hardly less in that equally abused of
Liberty. But neither of these suffices
without the other. Each is,indispensable
to general contentment, prosperity, and
happiness. No good is secure in the ab
flore,pf:eitller. If without Liberty human
existence is bitter and „irksome, without
Order it, is precarious and beset with con
stant perils. Few me:, will clear; dud
plant, and build, with Opt a reasonable as
surance that they shall likewise reap; and
inhabit? and enjoy. lor Liberty, a nation
Iv.isely„and nobly discards present tranquil
lity, thrift, and peace, just as it welcomes
the tempest and the thunhlerhia, *her
than
. enclure ptong &butt r:nd consequent
sterility; but, having achieved Freedom, it
finds itself compelled tp rebuild the shat
tered bulwarks Of Order, and reaffirm the
sacred majesty of Law. Anarchy or mob
rule is the wort of despotisms,—it is the
rule of thousands of savage tyrants instead
of one—it •isthstarnival of unbridled lust,
brutality, and ruffianism. As an escape
from this, the governments even of Egypt
or Naples would be joyfully accepted by
all who prefer to walk in the quiet paths
of industry and virtue.
, • ••
, • .••
Now re - publics have their peculiar perils
no less than monarchies, and they, though
diverse, are not unrelated. What the sy
eophant, ..thp.eourtier; A to the Sorereign
Prince, the domAgegue is to the Soyoreign
People: ,I.lhe .tuitichnlhat 'The King can
do ;to wrong' is as
,nnsehievous in a free
State as in nn' other.. Nations, as,well.as.
kings, huve . their weaknesses,, their vices,
theit . ,omptations; they, too, need to be
fretinentlY reminded of the Macedonian's
admonition—'Remember, Philip, thou art
mortal r Whey, t 0,9 ,, are subject to the,il 7
lusloti of falseglory, They are often im
pelled to kill or to enslave their neighbors
under the pretense pf liberating them; they
are in danger of mistaking the promptings
of ambition Or covetousness for those of
philanthropy or destiny. Nowhere is there
greiiter need of Conservatism than in a
young, powerful, and martial Republic.
It was by no accident, or fortuitous con
currence of events, therefore, that Wish.-
ington, Knox, Hamilton, and the great =-
Salty of those who had battled bravely and
perseveringly for American Independence
during the Revolutiow„becitme ufterward:
the founders Rnd champions of the more
qostrvativo And less popular party under
the Federal Constitution. When the coun
try needed defence against foreign tyranny,
and.
: again when it , required guidance
through the perils of, domestic anarchy,
they were found at the post of danger and
er„dnti,i, That they committed errors in
either case is quite piObahleatit the pa
triotic instinct which summoned ; them to
the defence of enfeebled Order was identi
cal with' that ifirOli had previously called
them to battle under the ties . pf,LibertY , . „
And while it is quite possible to err on
the side Of Order as well as that of Liber
ty, the tendency, the' temptation, in a De,
mocracy like ours, is almost wholly on' the
side of the latter. Whore
,t . ho,Kiiig is 'the
fountain of honor,' the self-seeker flatters
and panders to the monarch; where the
People are the source of power, the cour
tier becomes a demagogue, and labors to
ingratiate himself with that active, daring,
reckless minority, who habitually attend
politainit giithei'ings; give tone to the pub-
lio sentiment of bar-rooms, always vote
and solicit votes at elections, direct the
most efficient party machinery, and thus
virtually stand for what they assume to be
—the People. The danger of erring lies
inevitably on the same side with the temp
„
that which assumes to be the champion and
embodiment of Democracy. This party
enjoys certain vast advantages in a contest
over any which can be mustered against it.
In the first places it has the more popular
name—one which the most ignorant com
prehends, in which the most depressed finds
promise of hope and sympathy, and which
the humble and lowly immigrant, just land
ed from his Atlantic voyage, recognises as
the watchword of liberty in the beloved
land whence he is for liberty's sake, an ex
ile. Of course he rallies under the flag so
iivitingly inscribed, and suffers his preju
tiMes, to be enlisted on behalf of one party
litiCere ho kners wherein and why it differs
from the other,. Not one-fourth of our vo
ters of European birth ever primarily con
tddeied, the. claims of the two parties res
pectively to their support, and gave an im
partial zulginent between them. They
were never fairly in a position to do so.—
Fiero are half a votes to, begin with
secured, to the self-st:yliid Democracy by
their name, and there are at least as many
natives of our soil who vote 'the regular
ticket' because of its name,,and would at
least as heartily, suiiiierA.,l)rotection to
Home Labor,,ltiver, anti Berl* Imp.reve,- ,
merits, &c., as they now ,opPoss them, if
the democratic label were taken from the
one, side, and affixed to-the other. This
vast, dea&weiglit fastened in one,settle nat
ural* attracts thither a large class Of young
lawyers and other asPirauta,whoxe more
anxious, to be on the winning than bh the
right side, and whose gaze is fascinated
aikil fixed by the .prospect of judgeships,
seats in the,
.legislaturev,&e,f *te
the party termed Democratio coomences '
a struggle Or ,aseendeney, .nearly or
qajtA,,oncrthir,d of ,the votes Attached to its
standard, not by any eidightened, unpre
4441PC4jusiptiVtAtAt the Country will be
beitiafited lly its success, but by considers
dens quite, foreign to this; whilst its an
tagonist, obtains few or no votes but those
of reading and thinking men, who, judging
from experience, and the doctrines pro
winded and measures promoted on either
side; earnestly believe the ascendency of
that self-styled Democratic party fraught
with evil to the nation. And yet, in spite
of its immense advantages aside from the
merits of the Cage, spite also of the
prestige of former triumphs, almost unbro
ken, that Democratic party hat been beat
en in two of the three last Presidential
elections, and barely simeg9do iii. the otk
cr. Could such have been tlie
distinctive principles and practiCes had not
been decidedly adverse to the plain re
quirements of the public weal
Let nie horp„Priefly indicate, according
to wy understanding of the facts, what
those distinctive characteristic are :
The party styling itself Democratic
is, as ,regards Foreign ..Ikraterir„' the, more
belligerent and aggressive Party: it take's
delight in shaking its fists in the face _of
mankind in general. it made all the for
eign mars in which our country has been
ic,velved since her indoPendence was ac
knowledged. In its secret counejls the
wresting of Texas from Mexico, and her
annexation to this country, were, ,plotted.
'lrere
,tbe,Mexicatt war was precipitated by
the absurd claim that Texas,.extended to
the Rio Grande del Norte, and by sending
General Taylor down to take poet iu the
very heart of a Mexican department4.under
the, guns of its,,eapital. In those councils
peade was rpfAsed to Mexico after she had
been beaten into a concession of the Rio
Grande boundary, unless slie would further
cpwieut .. tO - sell us for money vast areas of
(praiten:y which it was not even pretended
that she owed us, which, by, offering her
fifteen millions therefor; our riders plainly
confessed that we had no just claim to. In
thoee councilsovere plotted the several in
vasions of Culm, under the pretense that
her inhabitants pined for deliverance from
Spanish ascendency—a pretense thorough
ly,,exploded by the event. Thence origi
nated the mob-gatherings iu our cities, to
raise men and money in aid pf Lopez;
thence ultra the shaMeful_ riots in Now Or
leaner, wherein the property of peaceful and
harmless Spanish,,resideute was destroyed,
their safety endangered,' and. their . epueul
barely saved front a violent death by taking
refuge in n,Prisorro, For these
. .shaureful
Outrages Democracy htrd pour a word of
regret, though it far; eager enough to drivel
our government into bostibr , deuronStratiens
against Spadri;beetrusc her war-steame. had
compelled . our Palcon.to heave to and sat
isfy them that she was not ensagetl iu land
ing invaders on . the .Cuban eckst. 11;4,
harmless Wet of . maritime police, which no
captain of a war-steamer, under lijro Cir
cumstances, would true been justified in.
omitting, and which none who carried the
American ling - would ever have thought of
omitting, had Spaniards been the invaders
and our coast tire soene of notion, bas been
trumpeted through the land us a wanton
and lawless aggression, for which the full
est reparation should be exacted, and whir%
our Whig Cabinet evinced great Pusillan
imity in not promptly resenting. This is a
41— ....At h., whiait that intr.
tillrtta
it threatened Franco with war, its case the
money she owed our merchants for spolia
tions committed under het flag, since 1800,
were not promptly paid; though an equal
amount due our merchants for French spo
liations before 1800, and, whibli.ear goy,
ernment for a valuable Consideration, 13 . 3 ,
it received, had promised a half century
siege •te diNimage, s tlibegli often petitioned
for, then mumble+ unjiald, and stills re
mains so, one bill providing for its pay
ment having , beeii vetted by a 'Democratic
President, and another defeated in the
House by a 'Democratic' opposition. And
so from first t.o.last partisan. Ignipexacfre
has steadily evinced a disposition to bully
other nations for the payment of doubtful
debts, while refusing on frivolous pretexts
to pay indisputable debts bf our own.
No firoaCh his been more commonly
applied to the Whig party by its enemies
than that of being a 'peace party,' and of
'taking the side of the enemy,' and nothing
could be said, which, rightly regarded, re -1
dounds more to its praise. It is easy and
popular, in case of international disputes,
to take extreme ground, to insist on all
the points which favor our own country
and slur over those which make for its an
tagoeiSt— easy to rouse the dogs of war,
and cry havoc amidst the shouts of excited
and admiring multitudes. But to urge
that there is another side of the picture,
which also demands consideration—that
ince are not necessarily demons because
theY across a river, or speak a differ
ent language from ourselves—that we have
pot only endured wrong but done wrong,
and that the claims put forth on our behalf
are beyond the measure of justice,—this is
not the way to win huzzas nor elections, yet
it is the course often dictated by duty and
genuine patriotism. Honor, Then, to that
party which has repeatedly dared to stem
the mad torrent of revenge and lust of con
quest, and to receive into its bosOei the
darts aimed at foreign Peoples, States, and
Nations, and calculated to stir up revenge
ful passions iu their kmasts us turn .
'Blessed are the peacemakers,' and blessed
also aro they who for half a century have
stood forth the unshrinking antagonists of
Aggression and War! 'We are a land
stealing race !' was once exultingly pro
pounded in Tammany Hall, by a chief ac
tor in the theft of Texas, who is now a for
midable asPirant for the Democratic nom
ination for the Presidency. With our
covetous,, aggressive propensities thus
broadly proclaimed, who shall say that
credit is not flue, to .that party which dares
entrench itself itemosl the path of national
rapacity, and receive the first charge of the
headlong host upon its own thinned ranks,
rather than permit jt to pour itself. Un
checked aereo the inviting possessions of
our neighbors?
2. cipposed.lo the histinet of boupdless
amplisition stai4si thztvf aEGru&lrllugrUoe.;
went., ,ti nation can not sitintitancßuslY de
vote its energies to the absorption of oth
ers' .territories and the improvement of it *
own. Iu a state of war, not law only is
silent, but the pioneer's axe, the canal-dig
gpr's •,niad.toelc s the house-builder's
trowel alro. Vutiq should ita hope to
clear, and drain, and fence, and fertilize,
our useless millions of acres, at the same
thee that we are intent on bringing the
whole Nast continent under our exclusive
doptiniou. It is by no accident, therefore,
hut by au instinct profounder than any
process of reasoning that the Veitioeratic
party .arritYs itself againsP•7the prosecution
of Internal improvements. Individuals
in that party may demur, and local or per-,
senar interests. may overbear party tenets
and tandencies; but it is none the less true
that 'the party' is essentially hostile to
the linproverueut policy. We see this
evinced in its votes against and vetoes of
river and harbor improvement bills, in its
repudiation's; its hostility.tu corporations,
&c., &c. t ludividuals in the party will
pretend to be in favor. of the prosecution
of such improvements, but not by the
General government, nor by the State
government, nor
,y,et tm a company of
zens,..unless ologgod mall conditions wliich
render such prosecution morally impossible.
Tints New-llampshire,ilinder.'Democratie'
guidance,. iincl6rtooll to saddle all corpora
tions with the individual liability death
stockholder fur the full amount of every
debt incurred , by. the. Compithr; OAS re—
pelling men of large capital or caution,
and effectually obstructing progress. To
this succeeded a party attempt to make
every railroad company buy every foot of
land 4wipi pOnipellea to 0190.4 at the own- 1
ezi's - initiation, in effect giving one vtipa
cious or perverse landholder on the line of
a projected railroad it power to.prey.ent its
tionstruction. This ground wasliattlli.re-
ceded from, when the •combination of lo
cal interest with Whig resistance threat
timid to revolutionize the State; but the
spirit which dictated to effort still lives 1 ,
and reigns, though deterred by fear of
consequenbeil from that particular mode i !
and-Milasure of self-exhibition.
I watched with intense and painful inter
est the lust hours of the late Congress.—
A. had naßmul the louse. smelted
r
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NUMBER 2L.
Whig votes, nialikug appropriations for the
furthminipruvernent of rivers and harbors
throughout the.conntry. That bill came
eOurecrtb Ifd acted on in the Senate:
Every questicn involved in its passage had
been heretofore discussed iu either House;
so di3 to be perfectly understood from the
outset, and nothing could bo effected by
its discussion but the consumption of time.
But. though a decided majority of the
Senate was of the party termed 'Democrat
ic,' yet . that majority included a nut.,
her who,.if this-bill were pressed. toiii gnat
vote, would be. impelled, by • local' interest
or-personal conviction to support it, so that
such a vote would insure its passage; while
several 'Democratic' Seruttors, representing
States ; deeply, interested the proseduticrd
of thecio improvements, but themselves as-•
pirants to the Ilresidency, and depending
on anti-Improvement support, were unwil,
ling to vote either for or,..against thbi
In thie ailernma; , an underataudink;was had,
in caucus, that the bill should be talked ,
to death, no matter at what cost. In pur
suance of this plot, day after day was
wasted in time-killing talk; amendment af
ter amendment was moved, merely to hang
speeches upon; and oven old reports and
veto-messages sent to the clerk to be read
through. Nearly all the important busi
ness of the session remained unperfected.
At length, on the last morning of the ses
sion, Mr. Clay, on behalf of the friends of
the bill, rose and said substantially: <len
tlenieu opposite! We know you can talk
this bill to death if you will; and it is un
derstood that you have agreed to do so.
If this be your determination, tell us so
frankly, and I myself will move that this
subject be laid on the table, and the Ap
propriation bills taken up instead." He
paused, but no one responded. The
who had no scruple as,tc,., the deed were
ashamed of its appearance, or afraid of its
responsibility. So the debate went j . on,;
and the game of staving off wae,posisted
in, until four o'clook„of the ,u4reng after
the session should. have.berenLcleaed, when
all hopes of its passage having. died out, a
majority voted to : kiai the .Harbor bill on
the table, and proCeed with the ordinary
appropriations which were rushed. thteugh‘
somehow by noon or a little after. Can
party which thus fights Internal Improve,
went and skulks from responsibility, have
any just claim to be distinguished as Dem
ocratic?
3. So with the question of Protection
to Home Industry. lam tolerably ac
quainted with all that has been urged on
behalf of the policy known its.Vrea•Trade;
but it has never shaken illy Oonsietioi.that ,
a tariff of dutice l •wisely adtuated..su as to
afford both Revenue and Protection, is es
sential to the national growth and watHie
ing. What do we mean by Proteetioul
plc!lte i cestriction of importations of foreigit
manufactures to such an extent that their
younger and less hardy American rivals,
may take root and flourish. How far do we'
Propose to prosecute this policy? Until
our country's legitimate wants are suppli
ed by. her own labos,sp, far as
,Natste tee&
have interposed nO niipedithout. We nov
as.proposed p 4 intended to naturalize here
any branch of industry for which Nature'
had indicated a different soil or climate
than our own, such as the. growing of ed.-.
fee, or spices, or tropical fruits; but wher
ever Nature is as propitious to the produc
tion on our own soil us any other, we main
tain that self-interest,4.and the intoreetrol.
Labor universally, demand the encourage
went and fostering of Home Production,
up to that point where such production
shall be found to equal the Home Con
sumption. In other words, we hold it the
interest of Labor universally, that produ
cer and consumer should everywhere be
placed in as simple and direct relations as
possible, so as to relieve them from Ate
necessity, r pay tvansportatioi 164 .
three or four profits upon Oil. 'interchange
of their mutual products in different hem
ispheres, when those products might , with
as little labor ,have been . produced iu the
same neighhorhood. ...we. contend that ini
this great work of bringing consumer and
producer nearer each other, and thus di- ;
iniuishing the cost of a factitious commerce,'i
Government has an important and bend-,
cent function assigned it, which it can not
abjure without gross dirclictiou and seri
ous detriment to the public weal.
I Now that -Protection, wisely direetedo
has greatly benefited and enriched our own'
and other.countries, I can no more doubt.
than I can my t own existence. 1 defy any.
of its adversarie:i to point out an instance
wherein a branch of industry, required for t
the supply of our 4twn.• legitimate, yitflts i c
has limn naturalized aniong.us fly .means
4Proteetion, where such transfer•has'hot
decidedly conduced to the, general welfare,
of our people., The reason of,. this , is too
plain to escape the discernment of any who
with unprejudiced eyes will attempt to
see. That our Cotton, Corn, Wheat,
Beef, Pork, Sc., come cheaper to their
consumers in this country than they would .
It we imported them, is not more self-evi
dent than that the Cloths, Silks, Wares,
Crockery, &e., which we. now import,