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be looked up to in vain.
ftcot oa the progress, cexmot be mistaken as
?o the rmutef thie ?? America* system."
It is in vain that the foroeof argument is
with us; the hand of power begem* us end
I we ere within lu grasp, end nothing
vmmatlon ud OecMou can prevent
m the progress of this system for
beck, and oak y oy rsel ves, ban not
of ye
your oppcewuts beeu suc
beyond their owe, expectations?
ercry a
Ctfitfttll
H<w not every amnion enfeebled your opposi
te la ?ot the proposed sppUcation to tlio
next Congress, the most daring anil unjust
of tbo ooetnpU hitherto made? And yet,,
which ofyou can doubt of its succtfcs? Once i
more Ut.me a* the very Important que*,
tion, it this measure can be carried against
you, what mcaturt cannot be carried? |
If you suppose that the efforts of the man- :
nlacturers will ever be stopped till the firtncl- ;
/Ur ofprotec ting dutiesbS altogether abandon- j
od in our national legislature, you will be mis- j
taken. Manufacture is a Hydra. You are!
net freed from applications because you have
rt^ooted e dosen or two. The uiutto of a
mamtfiscturer now and always, here and eve
ry where, is, moxotoly: to uut down ell i
competition, and tp commend cjcciustve/y
every market. To compel every one to
buy at the monuCacturers price* uud to sell
at the manufacturers pricc. Such is the re
sult of European experience: have wc found
it different here?
A few words more as to congressional
management. It is a fact well known to the
mer?h?*rs of 1833 and 1&4* that the com
mittee, of which Mr. Todd waa made chair
man, because he was a fit persbn to do as he
was bid, received all their information, and
all their instruction from the manufacturers
within the house, and their lobby friends
without: that the manufacturing interest
acting for themselves and not for (Tie nation,
carried thetariff of that year: that Mr. Todd,
the chairman who had become a political,
not well succeeding as a practising lawyer,
was sent there by the iron masters of Bed
ford, Somerset and Alleghany counties, him
self not having an idea on the subject but
what was supplied by the persons whose
cause he was sent thert to advocate: it was
those persons sir who took tiie no small
trouble with this man, to 14 nang him fu'
of knowledge." That Mr. Ualdwin, who
with far more talent preceedcd him, was a
lawyer sent by the manufacturers of Pitts
burgh, and whose practice depended greatly
on them. Thete gentlemen must be consid
ered as lawyers employed by local commu
nities and pleading the causc of particular
interests* not as independent advocates for
great national rights, or strictly what they
ought have been, national representatives.
1 impute to them no misdemeanour in thus
acting. 1 see not how it is possible to gel
rid of this difficulty In legislating?this too
natural attempt, to push forward partial and
local interests under the stolen garb of pat
riotism, at the cxpcncc of national rights and
generaiexpedieme. But although wc may
f*6t be able to get ?M?( it in practice, wc
may be permitted to allow for it in the
course of argiment; and to rank, it among
the causes by which votes are influenced,
and partial views preferred to general good:
for the fact itself, is too well Known to !>e
denied. 1 do not therefore consider'that
Tariff* as having been pasted by our nat ional
representatives in Congress at Washington,
hut by the manufacturers and the represen
tatives of the manufacturers. That this is a
true account of the matter, I dare venture to
appeal to our members ot the House of Rep
resentatives then at Washington.
On that occasion sir, HfcVn v Clay at that1
time a manufacturer of cotton-bugging from
Kentucky?at present, manufacturer of Pre
sidents, coalition-monger, and comptroller of
governmental presses, moved for a duty on
cotton-bagging so heavy, that his brother
manufacturers became alarmed, and refus
ed to go the whole length with this truly dis
interested aAd national representative.!
They did however agree in conformity to the
general plan, to lay a duty tho* less In amount
on cotton-bagging. The effect of that duty
1 beg leave to state frftm the " Natchcs
Arier' of the beginning of June 1827.
Cotton Bagging.? A writer in the Natches
Artel on the subject of bagging, says?"By
the operation of the Tariff; the Scotch bag
ging Is nearly excluded from our market, and 1
?e are forced to rely on thefriends of thnt'
measure, oar neighbors in Kentucky, ex
clusively for our supplies. They may put'
what price they please on It, and wc must.
pay it, to long ?h they know we cannot be ,
supplied through other channels. Hence
sve fin J speculators from that state buying
Up the article at the enormous price of 20
cents per yard, and with a reasonable hope,
too, of realising trom four tn six cents per
yard. It m.tv be said, the time has been
jvhen we paid 40 cents without ever mur
muring: true, that wss when cotton brought
90 and 33 cents per pound."
When I state sir, that If. Clay was en
gaged in a manufacture of cotton-buguing, 1
Jtate what was'generally suid und believed
at that time; and which has never that I know
of, been since doubted or denied. I am sor
ty for it. It was a proftosal and a vote, by
no means honourable Jo him hs a reprenta*
tive; and not in harmony with his general
carelessness as to iteeunisvy accumulation.
Jkit Mr. Clay sir* who is a lawyer, ought to
?ave known,, that no man clothed wtth an
ii'jwh|i nv (ruin iivifiru wh/i wrl*
Jbr the benefit of another, ihaft be
it for tht benefit of himself.
le of equity more wisely,
e la no principl
honestly, or try
' more permanently settled,
j T. ^ to heaven H had been written in
4 luge characters and hung over the speak*
er*s chair! lam not sure of its effective ope
ration, hot It would be one among the orin
?iptesnf honour and honesty which nave
been strangely forgotten in that house. A
years ago, air. Brougham moved In the
iof Commons that no member should
> it ted to vote upon a bill in whose
" i was personally Interested. No
t*kcn on the motion, because it
considered at parliamentary
ft* limitationsof a
? which there ?|? no time then to dis
If it be not aand or
drrsofthe home, It
" * that ?n honost
lOWftguMsnr*.
twrtf Mi a* this
m first fram
niotives to its adoption
wm to prwrtnt om stiste taking advtatageof
another by inequalities b the custom house
duties. \Henoe the rale of osr fedeni ?oo
stitetfon, that??o puhmtt ahaU be
by any regulation of commerce end
to the ports of one state over those
er. It is true, we conform to this
In the letter, bat we muek it In
-.Can any nun to the north ot a
enough to deny that the munopol
set king in fact, that advantage over the
south, which the plain meaning of the con
stitution has forbidden? If Imposts must bt
laid fa 'Mr benefit, and we are to pay them,
can they call such a regulation of custom
house duties, xqUALtTV?
bir, 1 do nut wish to occupy the fatiguing
hours of this day, by saying all that may be
said uttd properly said on this momentous
question, other gentlemen must have time
Us moke their observations also, and to sup
, ply my omissions. It Is neccssary however,
[ whatever we may thereafter do, to show to
I the public in the first instance, that justice
and t ight arc on our side} and for this pur
pose the resolution! have been drawn up, so
as to embrace the leading principles we rely
on. I hohr, they may 'have a tendency (with
out much expecting itwowever) to check the
hasty, headlong current of representative in*>
justice: and to shew, thut it ta not n republi
can system in any case, to sacrifice the right*
of the minority to the Intern.fe of the majo
rity. Least of all is it an American sys
tem.
Sir, X have frequently heard phrases of
what is called orthodox theology, so much
approaching to my conceptions of blasphe
my, that 1 have shuddered when they met
my ear. Something of thin kind of feeling
affects me, when 1 near the manufacturerti
phrase of Ameuican system. Sir, t have
always deemed that oar American system
was in direct hostility with the European sys
tems: that liberty, equality, andhone&ty \\ere
our bonds of union, and constituted the i>er
vadingspiritofour Amkkic an system. That
equality of rights, equality of duties, equali
ty of burthens, equality oi protection, equali
ty of laws, constituted tbe prevailing fea
tures of our happy institutions; bet I am now
sir to learn for the first time, that in the
canting, cheating, cajoling slang of these
monopolists, the American system, is a
system, by which the earnings of the
south are to be transferred to north
by which the many Are sacrificed to the
few?under which power* are usurped
that were never conceded?by which ine
quality of rights, inequality of burthens, ine
quality of protection, unequal laws and Une
qual tuxes are to be enacted and rendered
permanent?-that the planter and the farmcr
under this vystem, are to be eousidered iu>
inferior beings to the spinner, the bleacher
and the dyer?that we of the south hold our
plantations under this system, as the Serfs
and operatives of the north: subject to the
order*, and labouring for the benefit of the
master minds of Massachusetts tbe l.o t\s ol
the spinning-jenny, and Peer* of tbe |?ower
loom? who nave a right to *ax our earning*
for their emolument, and to burthen our pov
erty to swell their riches. This is the
AMr.mr.AN system these gentlemen are
pleased to hold up as the idol of the day; a*
the golden image, which they indeed may
well he content to worship. To call this
system of fraud, robbery nnd usurpatic .,
the vtmerirun system, will sound to your
ears as it does to mine, a base libel on the
American character.
Sir, we hear a great deal of the prodi
giously extensive market these manufactu
re i> mean to afford to the farmer: how much
cotton they already take off; how much
wool they are to consume. Their false and
exaggerated statements on these subjects,
are absolutely nauseating. Sir, there is no
proof that the cotton manufacturers to the
north, eonsumc one tenth part of our pro
duce. We have no objection to sell to them,
but their custom is a bagatelle. Sir, in the
year 1825, Great Britain and France, inclu
ding Switzerland with the latter, purchased
51,000 bags of cotton more than the Un'/tcd
States raised in that year, when our export
was 750,000 bags. The cotton trade of
France and Switserland is prodigiously en
creasing. In 1825 it was 230, in 1896, 280
thousand bags: more than half the consump
tion of Great Britain. We thank the north
for their custom upon ftar ctw>mary
terms, and no other: if not, we ca)^A|kith
out them: and if they wish it, we wuL uut
of all the cajoling*, commend me to the
ratal ings of the woollen manufacturers; to
whose misrepresentations if the farmers
accede, they will be dupes, beyond what I
should suspect cajolery could make them.
We ean only reason from what we know:
we can judge of the future only by the past.
Permit me to repeat the brief history oi the
woollen manufacture of Oreat Britain, in
the language of tny original revolutions:
Hint, Ilia nretcnce of the woollen manufactu
rer* to afford a home market lor the wool grown
in tb? United States?and that it It for the inter* I
c?t of in* farmer to content to protecting duties Hi |
their fuvor,!? a fallacious and fraudulent fireUnce; I
lnn?mtith a* it li the manifest inter*?l of the '
farmer to Imv* all markets op*-n to liis choice, 1
and to sell where he ean procure the I*?*? price*
for hit commodity whether at home or abroad- i
The Interest and object of tba home manufacturer
Is monopoly In tniylng and monopoly In selling
1 he oppressive and fraudulent conduct of the
woollen manufacture of Clival Britain towards
the farmers of that countpc* is very lu?tructlve,
to shew (tie fri?adty^M)?o*itlon of the diuiiu.
fsetuier lowaid the wo6l-grow er.
Until tho feign of Reward 111. wool might tie
sold at hums or he espotted abroad M the will of
the agriculturist. This was about AOO years ago;
since that time, th? woollen manufacture has h**n
f?rdingiHii< a vampire on the honest prodt of the
farmer, ??y interdicting him from every market lu?t
one. Thr first set procured i>\ the woollen manu
facturers hi m<?nftf>olt*e the ?>oma?p|tHi Wool at
their own |trice*, was lh? II Kd. 8,18t7. which
made it felony to esport wool. Bt tm.1l, nona
shall wear cloth, but *uch as l< made In Kit gland.
By Ch. 8, no cloth made ahrond, ihsll In) brought
her* Bjrat Kd 8, (1308,) it is made felony In
aay Englishman, Irishman or Walihman to
esport wool. By Cb. 87 of the same act, tha
punishment i? declared for this offrnce In thosa
contleted of it before the last act 88 Kd 8 Ch
<t changes the punishment of death into One.
at.d forfeiture of goods and chattels, lands and
tenement*. ? This last puaUhmeat ft declared
any person eiponlnf, rams, Aeep or
ft Kl eh 8, ao foreign wool cards to be
I99?| eh. 14. By 1? Ob OCh. Beeper
2
art. Woollen Maaelaeturer. By 88 Qm. 8 eh. 38
?S.lhef?lonyefiGillUCIi^l?irwi6wly?beiir
odWolnaaadlaiiwIweeaaafteod aoktoartaaaa
llsttlmatoa wool-grow.
^sjtssxit&mwir.
Ilam, and lately by 86 Geo. 8 e*. 11. Aid tbe
Admiralty Is required fey ft. Geo. 8cb81,to keep
employed tltwe tmtd ships of tbe tilth nit, Bud
algh? armod slooos to prevent the exportation of
wool from inland, to auy other eountry tbaa Cnf
?W" . 3
In tbe year IW.m attempt we* made by the
wooden manufacturer* to Introduce Into pariB*
inent, a bill of )Mte< Pn4 fnu*ltUt, *eqoeetriwg
the woollen property of all the wool mw?n,(lM
f*rm*r?l llvlnjt flUilo-??ll? oflM *ea*coa*t,
converting (be oflloes mid even tbe boot* of tbe
farmer, if wool wa* therein lodged, loto o king'?
warehwue, liable to be entered and loppeoted
at nil Hinea uader Inirdwisome, eruel,and ensnar
ing penalties. Thl* wa* propoeedto bo done not
In noBvsqoence ofeny.preeloo?oANine,bot on the
bare niggeiiloti of lb* luanofantnrnre, lUt tlie
wool grow i with! Income guilty of tbe highly
criminal a?t of celling Id* wool to oaf other than
tbOM monopolists. 1 itv scheme fatted at (bat tlo?e
Bat tbn cruel ?|4rH of monopoly wai reputed,
not etilnguitfeM.'
ft laluteiided, and notion thereof hat been lately
given iu the Ltitator Journal of England, to la*
traduce another Mi into the now aitting parlia
m*?t ot Grrai Britain, itlil furthrr-feneingiiie pro
hibition o| aiporiio# sheep and wool, and mooring
tbe mononohr of the raw material raited at boo?.
tn the Bmhrinanufacturers. See thu Albion or
June 8,1887, p. 414.
Such la the preten' state of tbe liberal conduct
of the wool (rowers of England, toward tbo op*
pressed and njutd agriculturist* of thnt country;
whoao legUtiuire bat been made tbe constant
dapea of fraudulent rrpreaantatlon*. What bap*
pen* there, li kfcely to happen here; and I think
it right Ihui peblkly to atate (acta ao authentic,
and ao well calculated to open the eye* of tbo
! destined vlctiaiof manufacturing monopoly. It
is f/ilr to susriect what may happen, from what
A'i* happened dating a continued experience of
COO years,
Is il not drendlai that we nro to bn forced back
into the policv of the dark age*, and compelled to
i adopt n conflicting *>slein of restriction* and
prohibitions whu?e impolicy and absurdity bare
revolted even tbe prejudice* of Gieat Britain?
That nation l? at this moment throwing off the
fetters of seldibaeM aud ienorance, wlilab our
Congress are %o anxious wa Mould wear!
Whether the motives of.our national renresenta
tives, are of tb? one dot-ription or the other, their
proceeding* in ttna ie?p<sct, are indeed a national
disgrace. God help us it thes?i hack nildlii)ra into
the follies oi tbe olden time shall oo)itlnu?! To
what point o( degradation wc ntiall fall, who can
rav
in making thr'.r remarks air, I would
ucithei lie understood to disparage the wool
len or uuy other manufacture! they ore
equally entitled ??/ cm rurugement ana pro
tection with any other honc&t pursuit, but no
more; if 1 did, tUe sentiment* and feeling* of
thin meeting would not aupport me. We
are all of ut? as friendly to the manufacturing
a* we arc to the planting and farming inter
cat*. .Wc ahouid he gl.nl to tec manufac
turers of all kind* flourishing throughout our
country. .We are neither iuaentiblc to their
utility, or to the vai ious science involved in
and connected with them. At equal quail
.te* and equal prices we would urefer the
home on all occasion* to the foreign manu
facture. Whenever our fellow-citixen thinks
he can do better with hi* skill and hit capital
as a manufacturer than as a planter, let him
do so; our good withes attend him, and wc
all any, success to his endeavours. Rut we
tee no reason for protecting him beyond our
selves?forgiving him ndvantugca which we
cannot in conscience apply for. If he cannot
make goodt as cheap and ot at good quality
os other* can, is that a reason why hit defi
ciencies should be made gocd out of our
pocket, by compelling us to pay cxhorbilant
prices?
Suppose n farmer in Pennsylvania should
take it into his head to raise sugar and the
scheme should fail in point of profit;
would the Massachusetts manufacturer con
sent to make up the low of this injudicious
speculation? No: a firm or or a planter
like a manufacturer must invest his skill and
capita) on his own responsibility?at hit own
risk; and not at the risk of those who are
with equal injustice and absurdity called
upon to share the losi, without beta* intitled
to share the profit. Equality it equity, says
?hf law. What equality it their between us,
if you takf all tlie profit and I take all the
loss* Nor It K any wonder that establish
mcntt so profitable at those of Walt ham and
Low/, should entice a disproportionate and
exorbitant amount of capital into similar in
vestments. The manufacturers boast of the
railloea spas millions that have within these
two or three years been employed in manu
facturing establishments. It this not proof
undeniable, that before they were overdone
?before they were suddenly and imprudent
ly glutted with capital, the manufacture
needed ne protection? It not it clear that
the profit was exorbitant? or how came
capitalists to embark to largely in expecta
tion of this profit? That sums so enormous,
so uirtilcnly brought on the race course,
khouhl ( ross and jostle and interfere with
each other, and in great part defeat their
own intentions, it in the usual, natural course
of things: but must we be compelled to fur
nish thisovergrown capital with profits equal
to the sfuiguine expectations of the wealthy
lawyers and merchants who have invested
it? Gentlemen who without skill or previ
ous education, ignorant of all manufacture
are nevertheless determined to bccome on a
sudden manufacturing nabobs?the founders
of a powerful and overwhelming mottled aris
tocracy? Sir, I can sec no justice or com
mon sense, or republican exuedicftce, in
these intprudentspeculatiofisand magnificent
expectations of our northern friends.
But fwe are told) the British have taken
off their tax on imported wool since 1834.
and can now undersell ua. What then?
Whenever the eon sunt train England, are ex
onerated from an oppresive duty, it it to be
laid by Con grew on the consume** here?
It that the argument? If it be not the ar
gument of these monopolists, it l? at least the
fair conclusion (rem the argument they uses
so that whenever Mr. Canning untaxes the
people of England.* it a good and sufficient
raa(Mit 11m 1 Hf afiatar fttfae {7 ? *
reasons ror Mr. weosicr, nr. r?*eren,
Mr. H. O. Otis and his cqtieafaes of
the Hettfcfd Convent km, to tax the sbufch to
who
elemenUry truths, on which our eun miut
ultimately mt But this a bard tasks bow
Mi I to Drove tbe truth of propositions,
mora plain than any argument can make
themf" -? . : ? ? ? ?
Will you call upon me to shew tbat the
very bond and spirit of oar American union,
equality ol laws, equali
of burthens, equality
protection? That in
one eiftisca i? as good as
nest industry as de
i another* Do you
prove this, before
J* ?|^mato argu.
ihigs are conjured out
the pocket of a monopolist
--.-Jiog but fisllaeious promises
Weed I show to this meeting by any for
mal deductions of reasoning, that no nation
will be encouraged to sell, who obstinately
refuses to buy? and that our best customers
abroad, are likely to be provoked into justi
fiable retaliation by the partial laws enacted
at heme? Is it not clear as the sun at noon day,
that if this provoked retaliation should take
place, the monopolists will rejoice in the *10
cess of the scheme, whieh in its consequen
ces gives them the monopoly also of the raw
material? Our misforture will be their har
vest. We shall then be completely la their
power, not only as buyers, but as sellers.
. What arguments are required tooonvince
you that if ten dollars are forcibly taken out
of your pocket at the will of another, with
out an equivalent in return, that you are a
tributary to that other? 1 will not say you
are robbed and plundered of it, because it does
not beoomeus on all occasions to use language
commensurate with our unavoidable feeling?.
Shall 1 prove to you that the power of lay
lag ? these protecting duties is no where ex
pressly given by our federal constitution?
f hat the subject oou)d not have been tbought
of ip that early day (1787) ? That the regu
lation of commerce between u* and foreign
nationt, is a different thing from taxing our
own ekisens in favor of home manufactures?
That the regulation of buying and selling
abroad, is qnc thing?of buying and selling
ut home, another? Can you by any means
compel this after thought construction, to
harmonise with the equal spirit of our repub
lican institutions?
Must I show you at full length, that the
nation can hadly be the gainer by the Euro
pean system, of taxing the mahy for the
benefit of the few? The Holy Alliance, the
British ministry, or the qombination of
monopolists might perhaps succeed in mak
ing out such a case, but I decline the task of
refuting it. 1 will not argue this point with
an American?1 will take it for granted here
at least, that this cannot be an American
ITITlMt
Shall I prove to you that cur commerce, I
that our revenue, that our navy, are
paralysed by the*e attempts? That this is
the way ir?t to irritate the. enemy and then
to sell us to him: the merchants have already I
made thtt too clear to be denied.
Sliall I prove to you, that a protecting du
ty once laid on, was never taken off with the
consent of the manufacturer? Let the in
stance be produced to the contrary by those
who venture to assert the contrary.
Sir, I will not condescend to waste either
vourtiineor tny own, by any attempt at prov
ing, what no mnn whose opinion is worth
having, will be hardy enough to deny.
I have said, thnt we thai) 'ere long be com
pelled to calculate the value of our union)
and to enquire of what use to us is this moat
unequal alliance? by which the south has
always been the loser, and the north always
the gainerMs it worth our while to continue
thisunion of states, where the north demand to
| be our masters and we arc required to be their
tributaries? Who with the most insulting
mockery call the yoke they put upon our
necks the Amkricam system! The ques
tion however is fast approaching to tlie al
ternative, of submission or separation. Most
anxiously would every man who hears me
wish on fair and equal terms to avoid it.
But. if the monoplists are bent upon forcing
the decision upon us, with themselves be the
responsibility. Let us however apply to the
feelings of truth and justice, and patriotism
among our fellow citisens, while there are
hopes of success. 1 would Cain believe it is
not vet in vain. But at all events we must
hold fast to firincifilc: if we compromise our
njffitt, aad act from motivesof expediency we
trust to a broken anchor, and all that Is
worth preserving will be lrretrieveably lost.
Sir, I move the adoption of the resotu-.
tions ui published in the Telescope of last
We have been politely favored with a
copy of a pamphlet containing the memorial
to Congress against the woollen's bill, lately
adopted in this city, by the chamber of com
merce and the cHwm, to whieh It prefixed
a circular addressed to the people trf the
different districts of the state, by the re*
pecuble committee appointed at the nutt
ing. We have alreaay published the memo
rial?and in order vhat the circular of the
committee may be diffused as speedily and
cAU.tiively as possible, we have transferred
It to our columns. Though brief, it is full of
raatterof the most vahmble kind, and we
CfUitettly commend it to the uttention of all,
tjfAparticularly, of our conrttry friends.
CfiurUtton Alercury.
f$f (CIRCULAR.)
L'Aarleiton, 2Stii June, 1827.
Hi a?On the 14th June, hurt. the uitiaent
of Charleston adopted a memorial, 10 bo pre*
seated to the Congmsof the United State*,
upon the subject of the increased dntie*, pro
posed to be laid upon imported woollen
goods. And, in order to promote the object
of their memorial, a committee of corres
pondence waa appointed, who in discharge
of a duty of great interest, to the people at
large* herewith transmit a copy of the memo*
rial, so adopted by your fello w-cit lien* of this
place. The committee, with feelings, which
come home to their own tense of justice, and
their conviction of your individual interest*,
beg leave in torn your attention, and that? ?
your district to the tari ftp roposed,and earned*
to KatTftf Congress* at their last tenM^
....... WW WMUHoppose.
It provide*, 1st. That atflreported wool
ten goods, under 10 cents per squareyard,
?hall be valued at 40 cento, and pay a duty
of 3ft per cent, which duty variee of course
froca 374 to rj per ceut and npwardi, in
creasing as the broice price decreases.
Sndly.. That all over 40, and under 1 50
cents, shall bo valued at 150. Duty from 37}
to 139), in the like ratio. y.
, 3dly. That all orer 1 50 te 9 50. Duty
374 to 03 per cent on the same principle.
4thly. Al! orer8 5Qto 4. Duty 371 to 57
percent.
Mo increase of duty is offered upon the
finest clothesi and it ft>Uow?, that he who
who wears the coareeat pays the highest
duty j while the r?ch escape the additional
burthen, la this, we ask. the disinterested'
course of American policy? Can we discern
In it. the equal rapra or the national coun
cil, for the great unity of the nation? The
committee will not multiply observations; or
affect to go Into details, or general argu
ments, upon the subject of such unwise res
tHctrictions on commerce, and such unjun*
bonds <m fair competition. But to all who
wish to bo readily and correctly informed, of
the true character and bearing of the tariff
lately proposed, they respectfully recommend
among others, the speech of Mr. Cambrel,
eng, of New-York, of the 10th February
last, and for a general demon station of the
impolicy of such restrictions, they would re
fer to that of Mr. Webster, of day
of 1634. These arguments art
selected. to avoid apparent sectional partiali
ty: and the committee can but remark, with
confidence, that aa consistency, and truth
preserve inviolable,'Mr. Cambitleng's per
spicuous exposition of the proposed tariff,
so the deep-rooted argument ot Mr. Web
ster, Cannot' now be shaken by any array of
ingenuity, springing from a change of opinion,
of interests; or at sides. Finally, the un
dersigned respectfully ask, whether you will
bear the unequal burthen, which must op
press you, in case of the adoption, by'Con*
grcss of the proposed measure, without *
practical effort, on your part, and without
distinctly wanting our brethren of the manu
facturing class, who npw constitute the thriv
log people of the U. States, of its .palpable
injustice, and of the illiberality of their ob-.
ject.
Wc have heretofore, and with little com
plaint, acquiesced in the tariff of 1810 and
1824^
pay a tax upon course cotton goods, scarce
ly *hort ?"*-L ?*? ?'
?, unaer 23 cents n,* ' '' "vyr?
?och goods are now r"rrh?
?tft^m3dto4d^?Xg75SS5 i
?ng the duty, they are still valued 8ttf
and wc actu*ll?r
? xc ?uu vained at 95 centsi
and wc actually pay under the disguise of
the fictitious valuation, instead of 33 per cent
50, 75 and 100 per cent. <* The races actu
ally paid," as Mr. Cambrelcng correctly
uoticcs, are as follows:
*' On printed Cal * si 44 atari 89in wide, 61 pr et
On Cum. Mu?. at M do. 85 do. db. 78 do.
On fiol. Cam. si 8d de. 22do do. 88 'do
On Cnt.Hblrt. at Od do. 84 do. do. 48 do.
On DiptHy, si 60 do. ft do- do. 41 do.
On tome d?*?i:rtijlions of Book Madia the duly
would be 112 per cent **
Shall we not then, warn our manufacture
ing brethren, in order that they may feel,~to
due time, (at least for their own interest,)
that in this way, to forbid the purchase of
articles abroad, because,they may be purchu
scd cheaper abroad, is folly) and is, tj cramp
foreign commerce, by destroying the mate*
rial, upon which its vital strength defends;
is it net due to candour, to warn them,
also, that If urged by continually increasing
injustice, we will net be deceived, forever,
by a system ot hidden extortion?
Shall we not tell them, that we feel, ip
common/With all candid men, that, injustice
under th4cover of law, is not less injustice,
on that account) that their system of pro.
tec ting duties is one of perpetual tribute on
ooc part:?an Insult to the impartial spirit,
and esaentlal quality, of our constitution; and
ought to be constitutionally counteracted.
That under such convictions, and if we arc
to live, under such a scheme of ever growing
exactions, we may, and will in conformity
with our own interests, calmly, and constitu
tionally originate a course el domestic eco
nomy, independent of their manufactures.
Wc have the honor to be.
Very rosneetfully,yourob't. aer'vto.
N JOHN S. RICHAlfosON, Chairman
JF.RKMlAfl A. TATK9, 1
KI.IAS IIORRY, I ?>
A. J. TURNBlir.L. 11
CHRIHTOPHER JENKINS, f 1
JAMES A DOER, f
JAMEg FUROUSON, j *
Mr. Duponceau, of Philadelphia, has pub
IlihriUnole inthe National Qasette.corrcrt
ihgthe statement, which la now circulating
throughout the country, that he had succeed*
ed to the placc left vacant by the death of
Mr. Jefferson in the National Institute of
Franco. " I have, indeed,** layi he# "been
honored by un election to a plac* of eorrea* ,
ponding number to one of the academies of'
which the Irtsthite ia composed! but that is
not the place which we* occupied by o?r
illustrious Jefferson, lie waa one of only
I elffAt member* who, by way of di*tincti<*).
) are styled forrlgn atwrfatet. This place it.
Mill vacant, though nearly a year has elapsed
since the death of that great man, wl fticlt
shows how difficult it is to And a At successor
to him, even In Europe, and with all the
world to choose from.'*
? 0 #
An infant Janut.~\ child was lately
born in Ka? i?, which lived for a quarter of an
hour; having two faces, and all the organs
itelonglng to them, namely, those of taste,
right* and smell, double. w*