Indiana Palladium, Volume 3, Number 30, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 4 August 1827 — Page 2

COMMUXICA TIOjXS.

TO THE EDITORS. .

Gextlewsn I have seen with some pride a id an equal decree of pleasure, that our mechanics in this place are determined to do their duty towards the pa bile, and at the sams time to clain the rights and privileges due to their situations as members of the municipal

say, that article?, such as hats, sadcllery, shoes, various kinds of cutlery, tin ware, &c. &c. cannot be made here, as cheap as any where else. The raw material grows under our feet; we have every advantage of water and steam power; and we have,as to the articles above enumerated, as industrious and accomplished artizans as the world can produce. Hence I ask how is it possible, that they can be made ofas good quality, transported near

1000 miles, percentage, storage, com

I hold it as an opinion not to be shale-1 en by argument, that in a place like this, combining so many local advantages, situated upon the high road to market, where the raw material can be had as cheap or cheaper, than almost any where else, and where the necessaries of

life, of every kind are as low, or perhaps

lower, that manufactures ot every de

ing our Interests from (he asaalfs ofourif he is faithful to herself, to her best iV enemies, "foreign & domestic, open andjterest, to her uniform principles and poinciiniis" rntitlo vir in tho ihoJ-c rfilirv 11 will he safe, otherwise all will

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familv.

The borough of Lawrenceburgh, mjssion, freight, and interest on the capi-

cription and particularly those heretofore enumerated, can be made, not only

at as little cost as at any other place in

his constituents, and the gratitude of his con ntry. After the cheering' which followed this toast had ceased, Mr. Stewart rose

Sand said : i .-... .

I should not onlv violate what seems

the world, if proper encouragement he

though subject, in part, to occasional in- tal vested paid, all risk and hazzard run, given to the business, but the amount

undations, at periods yery distant trom.and yet be sola here lower than they can

tfnrh other, is. notwithstanding, one Ol

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be made in the place. It is a paradox

it cannot be done. 1 am much inclined to believe what Mechanic says they

be lost and the country left in its pre

sent unimproved, dependant and cmharassed condition. The South & the opposition generally, you will again find arrayed in solid column against this system of policy. The attack will he furious, but it will be met with firmness. The debates on the sur-

to be an established custom, but be want

ing in duty to you, and to myself, were I vey and Wool bills of the last session, not to thank you for the sentiment with were hot a prelude to the coming storm ; which vou have just honored me. on the latter bill in the Senate, in the 12 Regarding the measures to which yon i slave statcs there was but one for it,

tent. suppose then the merchants have reierreu as uiummcu jim me mu m me lree matls meie ffus uui would give this encouragement, they -best interest of our country. 1 have at one vote against it. The object and aim would draw around them a class of cus-iall times given them my cordial support. (of the opposition (open and avowed by

tomers, valuable citizens, who would add If my humble etlorts in their behalf,! many ot its leaders) is to prostrate and

ten times more to the stock of national have met your approbation, my highest

may be augmented to an indefinite ex-

water, nearly an half mile in width, gen- his motives or his heart, by what I have

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tlyurging its way through hills, the said or may say, for I can assure him no-

clothed with all the verdure of Hesperi-' u ; am only conceding w dfisandftll the luxuries of Ceres and Po-'the imperfections of our na

break down this whole system of policy,

and especially the policy of extending protection to domestic manufactures Do you want evidence of the fact? Look at their public meetings and their legislative enactments; do you not see this

by the sale of their imported trash in a! blended and mingled with yours. If I 'policy denounced as unconstitutional, un

life time. As the business augmented, jhave pursued a course calculated to pro-

the number of citizens would increase imote my own.

of course, the sales of the merchant, and lam aware that I owe you many ;congress declare it more odious than the

borders of the beautiful river Ohio, whichmust be of a very inferior quality, not to

nresenra to the ravished eve of the be-. sav a fraud on the public. I bene the

holder, a rurf limnid. unruffled sheet of: merchant will not think I am attacking' individual wealth than all the profits of ambition is gratihed.

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their little peddling policy. The goods) r rn ana orougni up, nucmen, that those persons would purchase of among you, expecting as I do, to live and

most picturesque and delightful, and lining is more foreign to my mind; for ljthem, would nett them more clear pro-!to die amongst you, with all my attach-

awns the m ist fertile and nourishing,! believe they are as honest as the rest ot tit in one year, than they could realize Iments and associations in hie inseparably

what is due to

impenections oi our umun:, wmir i

mona, to mingle its floods with the dis- firmly believe he is labouring under mistant gulf of Mexico. Here too you be-; taken views of his own interest. I think hold, borne on the smoothe bosom of this j however, I hear them say it is capital, mighty stream, the gorgeous bark, pre- capital, that produces this magical effect seating as il were a new creation, self- upon prices. Why, 1 grant the omnipmoved, thundering along to the plac e of otence of capital but labour is capital: its destination, charged with the surplus;jtis all that gives intrinsic value to any labor of busy millions, dispensing in its. article of manufacture or merchandise, way the luxuries of the old world, audi thai, added to a ready market, supplies the beauty and variety of the new. Ev-jall the place of capital. The mechanics ery thing in the surrounding country, jhave the labour, and are willing to furbears the impress of the unwearied hand dish it. Leave the market open to them

ol industry, whilst a geneal climate, andjbr th:?ir own products, and they can fur

just, and oppressive? Do you not hear

their leading Senators and members m

consequently their profits, while the! thanks. I should he ungratelul indeed

place would populate, a new spring bejwere 1 not deeply penetrated, with a given to industry, improvements would 'sense of the repeated obligations under naturally follow, and instead of our which your kindness and partiality have streets, being filled with men destitute of placed me. In a life yet short, I have employment, you would hear nothing'often been a candidate for public favor

but the busv hum of labor in everv work- among you, and I can truly say that the i

shop, and the song of cheerful content- result has never failed to exceed my object of this great and formidable party ? ment from everv dwelli 'g. Practice imost sanguine expectations. It is to But great and formidable as it is, it will

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only it is said, proves theories, but Calcu

tta mp act," another says it is more to

be deprecated than war itself; a third, that it would be resisted, and a fourth declares that in war against these measures, he would enlist under any banner ard follow any leader; with tbse facts staring us in the face, who can doubt the

propitious seasons, promise a rich re-

nish them as cheap, nay, cheaper than

ward to the prudent husbandman. Shall'any part of the world. Why not? Land

it bedrid that a pi acecrowned with-so ma

ny blessings, and enjoying so man) local ad vantages must be permitted to languish, or deteriorate; or that any of its inhabi

tants should be turned idle, or want the 'means of a comfortable subsistence, by

the prosecution of an erroneous system of

iocal policy? I am a friend to. the American system, we are all friends to it hut whilst there is a duty due from the statesman of moral and political integrity, to delineate and mark out the great scheme of national industry, there is a claim upon patriotism and philanthropy to catty it into beneficial operation. The aame doctrine which applies to large communities, applies with, proportiona

ble force to small ouep. 'i lie grand object of the whole is mutual assistance-

(he great end, universal advantage. A place divid d against itt;lf, can never thrive; contending and adverse interests cannnot subsist together; nor are thev, one time out of ten, beneficial to either. The statesman mav d vne and arrange the very be?t systems of political economv, and they may be perverted, by a

blind adherence to a vicicus course of

act-ron. Every, go.d man feels an interest in th;i prosperity of the country or place which he has chosen forhi' dormdl ; and

ther is perhaps no' stronger evidnc of

a bad hart, than a total destitution of !-... : It - i

aemiiiiKiii. 11 rAisi? in uiv very nature of tilings that it should be so; it ori

ginates in the urinciples of self-lnv,

is cheaper here than any where else;

provisions are cheaper, and common cloathing is not more costly. The farmer i more deeply interested in tiiis matter, than at first blush he might suppose. Suffer this mistaken policy to continue until the mechanics are all driven from their occupations, fhev become farmers with them; and from consumers of their products they hecome producers consequently their markets are, by so much diminished, and not only so, but with the mechanics, you drive out of the country , every well manufactured article, and leave ony, the im

ported trash in its place, which they will then be compelled to take of the mer

chant, at whatever price he may please

to set on it. I say there must be something wrong in this business, or those complaints would not he heard so generally, from a class of men known and admited, as a body, to be industrious, frugal and temperate in their mode of life; and I ibink the causes will be found to originate i the source referred to by Mechanic, If we jx .mm a iitlle, its operation in detail, we shall find prHly much the fallowing resuii-: In the first plp'ce, there are about a sujii ient number ot mechanics fully to sjpply the country with the articles they manufacture; the quantity brought on by the merchants,

tend completely to pj'u! the market, and retard the ordinary s Jes of the makers: of course their business at once languishes, their products are Ivft upon their

lations illustrate them however dry 'the people of Fayette and Greene, that

they may be, 1 beg leave to submit onejl am inuVbted for whatever little of pubbefore I close this communication. It jlic consideration I may possess, and for will appeal I think from the following; which I shall never cease to cherish the

calculation, that the merchants gain no-imost gratetul recollections.

thing by the trade they drive in those

your favor, and to the kind indulgence oft be met with reason and firmness, and 1

trust in God, it will be overcome, ana its object defeated. To this party and

to their policy, J need scarce! say i am

My past course is known to you all; as

to the future, I have nothing to conceal.

exotic articles of manufacture. Suppose

we say the amount of local consumption!! hold it to he the right ol the people to

than formerly, chietiy all of which, by a

which i3 the prima-niobillx of all human) hands, until their capital, which from' n',,! "-'l good understanding is made to

actions. The tirst in our ntLclions, are,' the nature of (lungs must be small, is t x-: niti- through the hands ot the merchant ourselves, our country ar d our homes.; hausted ; the are at leng' .i compelled i ;im ' which contribute to augment his Where is that man who does hint feel his'to sell at som once or othereven at a sales and ol "course his profits. From the heart enthusiastically attached to that great sacrifice, to procure the means ofjanovo statement I make the following

gnot on which he has erected the altar of immediate suhsi-tenee. and to nav 1 heiri tab!

know, and the duty of every man claim

ing public confidence frankly and pub

licly to declare his opinions on all great

questions ot national policy. To conceal those opinions, may sometimes be

politic, but is it candid? Is it honorable?

Is it fair for any man to call upon the public to decide in his case, and withhold from them the evidence necessary to enlighten and to guide their determination? In the presidential contest which now agitates the countrj', and which has mingled too much in the deliberations of congress, in my public capacity, I have taken no part. It is a question which belongs not to congress, but to the people to decide, and it should be left to their free and unbiased determination uninfluenced by congressional dictation. Should the choice however again de

volve upon congress voting in my representative character, I shall again express

by my vote the known wishes of a majority of those whom I have the honor to represent. But when I go to mingle my individual ballot with yours at (he noils

ot hands, who likewise become customers, I will give my vote to the um I 'consider

to the merchant, while the mechanic has best qualified and w ho will best adminthe necessity, coupled with the ability, ofi ister the atfairs of the government. At

sustaining much greater disbursement present I stand imcommiiied I ;.m

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for those articles is $10,000 and that they furnish one half of them. Twenty five per cent is as much as any merchant ought to make on his capital, and no honest one would claim to make more, the amount gained would be $1,250 he likewise sells, of goods to the mechanic

another thousand dollars worth on which

he clears "250 more, making in all 1,-

500 on his .5000 of vested capital, suppose the market be left open to the me

chanic, the making of the whole ten thousand dollars worth of these articles falls into his hands, finding no obstructions to his sales, he is enabled to get on with his business although his capital be limited; the increased quantity he has to furnish, enables him likewise to put them to the merchant if he choose to buy of him at, say, 12 1-2 per cent below his ordinar selling price, whereby the mer

chant realizes that much profit, clear of

all iisk and charges. He may perhaps sell him a portion, say ,S'2,000 worth of the raw material, upofi which he also clears 25 per cent. The increased quan

tity of labor requires a greater number

his penates? Buf, why need I refer to h-nest debts. These articles are generfirs principle?"?' I should not have donejaly of good materials, ar.d well made, 8o, but mechanic, mechanic lik, (a;d and which by heii g pi teed in this miseraperhaps much more wisely,) has passed ble dilemma, they are compelled for once them silently by, and applied his argu-to reduce down to fhe price at which the ment to practical resuhs. H - fells us, merchant sells his imported trashy and in substance, (and I am not disposed to-' indeed, perhaps forced at last, to run the dispute his word,) "That the merchants j best bargain they can with the merchant of this pi ice purchase at a distance, and himself, to obtain relief from their present bring here, manufactured articles which! embarrassments. Here the matter ends coul.r" be supplied at home as cheap, andj with the mechanic; his stock is wrought of a better qualitv than trios which they1 up; his work sacrificed; his little capital bring;" "That these articles are brought gone, and himself driven by necessity, to in such quantities as to overstock the seek a lip le job, from any that will favor market, and absolutely tarn him idle for him with one; until at hist he is forced to the w nit of employment." Now if this abandon his business, and he and his fambe the fact, it is the worst of all had po- ily are feign to seek refuge from their

licies, and it eems to me that cupidity : misfortunes in the wilderness, or haggle

itself would nlusn to confess' it.

roust be a fault some where, either

2000' worth of raw material, sold rip-

pledged to no man; I denounce no man, but to principles I am pledged, and by these, and these only will I be governed. I will vote for no man who is not in prin

ciple and in practice a republican, and

decidedly opposed l ean make no com-

j i promise of principles. I should be a traitor to you to my country, and to myself, if 1 did. If the present administration and its friends support, as they do, this system of policy, am I required by any of you to desert it, and join the opposition. If they support the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, as they did, only one member in the whole six New England states voting against the hill, which passed on this subject; am I also to desert this favorite measure of yours'and join the opposition in opposing it? If they advocate appropriations to repair and extend the Cumberland road, must I join the opposition on this subject too; least I may be called an administration man, who among all my constituents, would require me to pursue such a faithless unprincipled, and dishonorable course ? No, gentlemen ; so far as this policy and these measures are concerned, I am an administration mcn and I should merit the just reprobation of every honest man in the community if I were not. Gentlemen I have no interest fo pro

mote separate to 3 011 rs. From the pre

sent administration I never have and I never will ask any favor personal to myself: I aspire to no higher situation than that which I derive from the kindness and favor of the people of ibis district; a favor and kindness already extended far beyond my deserts. In my public course (if know myself) 1 have had hut one object, and that was to promote the true interests of my cor stituents; these interests I have endeavored to understand, I have marked the movements of

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power ana policy ct p

tec ting domes fic manufactures and pro

mot ing internal improvements; these with me, are indispensable qualifications. At peace with all the world, the foreign relations of our country present no

OUU UUiquestlons ot doubtful policy or difiicult

determination; but the attention of

250 00 American statesmen, is at this time priuicipally attracted to the great and im250 00, portant subject of establishing a w ise

and permanent system ot internal policy 5'1,750 00; adopted to the present situation and exiDeduct the previous statement 1,500 00 gencies of our country: a system having , lor its object the development of our Leaving a clear profit of 250 00jOwn vast resources, and the improvemore than he can make by his mistaken) ment of our internal condition on the policy; and suppose the business of the one hand, and on the other to counter-

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who is not openly and decidedly the ad-jm'n aha" the progress of events with revocate of the power and policy of nro-More,iCP ro those interests when the best

chamc at 25 per cent. 1000 worth of goods, sold me

chanic at 25 percent. 2000 worth of goods disbursed for mechanic at 25 per cent. 1000 worth of goods sold to hands at 25 per cent. 2000 worth of articles sold at 12 1-2 per cent, advance

jpiaiiyjmisioriui.es in the wilderness, or haggle mechanic to be augmented to double the vail the restrictive and prohibitory poli ihere(along-throughhfe,ata professionor call- former or usual amount, the merchant cy of other countries toward us by exer theimgwtth wh.chhe is totally unacquainted, gains in proportion therewith. tending equal and adequate protectior

tending equal and adeuuate nrotertinn

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1 neseiueas nave neen tnrown togeth-:to every branch of the national industry erin a great hurry; however they will, I.tc- agriculture, to manufacture, to corn-

mechanic" is idle .and neglects his best in- Such is the result of all bad systems of

teresfs, or the merchant perverts tus ca- municipal policy. 1 hey paraiize the

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- r - - j c V poor, ujiuk, oe muna pretty correct generally, merce. A system providing for a iust country and the impoverishment of hisj who are the strength of the nation ; they I am the friend of domestic industry, and and equal expenditure of the 1 ubl-V

.' - - - - r v , ...... muwrtuir: ui?pw?-u id litvor it as rar as i can, anu if turns idle, and thereby reduces to, penu- competition which leads to the improve-j what 1 have said hall throw anv lip-ht

ry and want, one of the most valuable! ment ot the sciences and the arts: irnnov-i nnnn the suhiert. K.r.f v m.-KQM;

erishes the nation, and robs it of its best! and the public, 1 shall have received mv and surest resources. I have culled thisi reward. Pimo Mvruu- "

a mistaken policy m our merchants; f

have called it so, because I believe they

clause -of our citizens. He destroys the market of th farm r for a large amount of his produce. H , throws out of market every valuable article of mauufacture which might be made here, and substituteshis own exotic trash in its place. H prevents the farmer or consumer

from obtaining those of a good quality, because there are none to be had. Bv diminishing the number of artizans in the neighborhood, and with them the confumpiion of a ficultural products he compels the farmer to pay the cash for articles which he might otherwise obtain in exchange for his labor. He

drains the country of the circulating medium. He. throws obstacles in the wa of the advancement of the surrounding country, and puts a complete check te the population and improvement of oui beautiful little borough. It is folly ta 0

are mistaken in its practical operations,

and would be glad to retract, the moment item,1' by publishing in your paper they are convinced of their error. Let speech of that enlightened and unti

us tnereiore examine u lor a moment,

and see il it be erroneous or not. I hold it to be a correct principle, that if the merchants can make the same profits on their vested capitals, without thus interfering with the market of the artists or mechanics, that they d o with it, they are in conscience bound, as honest men & patriots, to desist; or if the artists here, will supply them with those articles, as cheap and as good as they can obtain them at a distance, they are in conscience, bound to encourage them, by giving them a preference in their dealings.

.Messrs Editors You will do a favor

to several Iriends of the "American Sys-

the

untiring

mend and advocate of liberal princi

ples, Mr. Andrew Stewart, a member

of congress from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, delivered at a dinner on the 4th of July last a-t his place of residence, in which he, in a clear, fearless, and masterly manner, points out the course of the enemies to the "American System'1 during the last session of congress; and on w hom we have to rely for the support ofour best interests. a subscriber. Our Representative in Congress His untiring zeal in support of the "American System," in protecting and defend-

revenue throughout the whole country

from which it is drawn, by every where building up proud and permanent, and glorious monuments of hitemal improvement facilitating "internal commerce among the several states,1' the north with the south the east with the west, uniting and bringing them together by strong and indissoluble bonds; promott n rr t K I r- A ...... ;.. .1

.5, mm uciunuc in Avar anu tneir pros, perity in peace. In short a system dispensing its benefits and its blessings alike to all, sheding joy and gladness over this free and happy land and what system is to accomplish all this? I answer, that system to which you hae

just referred; the American System which

me next congress will be called on to adopt or to reject. On this great question, so interesting to us all, the parties m congress are nearly equally divided. The contest will therefore be "obstinate and protracted. Pennsylvania holds the scale between the north and the south.

opportunities were afif.rded of forming p. correct judgment, at d lam free to sav the result has been a firm ana settled conviction that to promote your interest, and the interest of my countn, I must support the policy of the present administration, the policy of the "American System." It is the policy of Pennsy Ivania, and of the nation, calculated alike to promote our prosperity, independence and happiness, and to accellerate our rapid and onward march to greatness and to Sir 1 . x r TT

Believing on the other hand as T do, that it is the great and primary object ol the opposition to arrest these measure? and to prostrate this system of policy so important to us all, I shall resist their efforts; I should be base and recreant if I did not. I care not by what wiles or with what weapons they wage war against these measures I care not what names they may assume, or with what names they may be associated I care not with what mighty political instrument they may aim the mortal blow; for one, humble as 1 am, I will attempt to ward it off, though I may fall beneath it. 1 have no wish politically, to survive the downfall of these measures. This course gentlemen, may not be trimmed to the popular breeze; it may nrr tally with the present state of popular opinion; et it is a course which accords

nith the great and true interests of the country, and sooner or later it will receive the sanction of the public approbation. Already has the course of tho opposition alarmed many of our most distinguished and clear-sighted statesmen, it has opened the the eyes of the farmers and manufacturers, to a true vimvof the Mibject and just sense of their danger. The next session of congress will remove the mask, and disclose tho true aim of their batteries to every eye unblended hy prejudice. "Pennsylvania ever faithful to herodfand the country will staud