The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 4, Number 37, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 December 1827 — Page 1

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Terre.Haute, Oct. 5, 1S27.

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JSho York,

A Large Supply

Fail and Winter

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ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE

In behalf of the General Convention of Agriculturistsand Manufac-

-. %rert, and others friendly to the encouragement of the VU-^

mestic Industry of the United States, assembled at Ifarrishur*** 30/h July, 1827. u.' [PREFATORY REMARKS.] IN the preceding- journal it is stated that Messrs. N.les,

New-York, Ewing, ol Ohio.Chinn of Kentucky, Spra^u

Vlassachu-etts, Patterson, of Pennsylvania, bil?erton, ol Vngima. INlj^ lain, of OcUware, and Paine, of Vermont, were appo.nted a to draff an address to the people of the United States, in

general convention assembled at Harrisburg, on the recon.mcnd. on or rhe Pennsylvania Society for the promotion of manufactures and

'"TvhenCthecommittee was raised, it was expected that the address would he forthwith prepared, and laid before the convent.on for its approbation ',1, taller free and frequent communications between the members of the committee, it became manifest that the duty assigned them could not he performed in a satisfactory manner during the probable per.od .o wli.ch the sitting* of the convention would be extended and besides, the various nip°rs or"documents, report-! of other committees, and a copy je wiemled memorial to congress, were not acted upon until a very late hour, and, of course, not in possession to guide or instruct this committee. Ud. as these things were considered, and the subject ... general esam...i'd, their virvvs became more aril more expanded, as to le pan a dress and the nutters which oue ht to be set forth before the p.ople-and it was agreed that the important statistical facto and useful information which had been elicited in the various public discussions and proceedings, and friendly communications between the members, should be, as tar as possible, p-eserwd, and other like or corroborative facts be collected and Mublished tor genera

One word upon the manner of preparing the woik. It was tnou" it cxpedient to throw into theeddrets (property so called,) only genera ar^u merits in favor of the measures co umended by the convention, caving he facts, piactical statements which might support them, to be

ed to in vn animdix: by this proceeding, the first is divestei le ediousness of detail, and the last may be used for the simple

propositions advanced—to the relief of the reader, and, perhaps, a ei widerstanding of the subjects ottered to the reason of the peop e. So far, bv way ol explanation, tin wiiter in justice to the convenio .is particular colleagues and himself, has thought it proper to go. iiest investigation is invited, and there is no desire to avert libera •ism, either on tacts or opinions .-feeling conscious that they are

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radically differing as to the best means of promoting the geneta

ADDRESS.

THE ever-rcsfless thirst for knowledge in man, leads him to measurements of the volumes ol waters discharged by the rivers, to the weighing, as it were in a balance, the Alps and the Audes, to an establishment ot fhe courses of

planets,

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instruction, to show the principle and practical pe-

ratmn of the prot ction afforded to the domestic industry of the country. With this conclusion, ii was rendered Certain that several weeks of calm consideration and earne« research, would be necessary to give effect to the designs of the committee: anil hence they ottered the brief report inserted in the journal, and ask-ed time to prepare the address, as is stated in the resolutions which accompanied that report.

I he committe then further considered the subject at large, and seeined generally agreed .is to the manner of the address, anil charged the chairman with the task of collecting, arranging and preparing the matter, thou«»Ii he himself would gladly have yielded up that honor to more than one of his distinguished colleagues, and with entire confidence in their better ability to accomplish the wishes of the convention, and follow the instruction of the committe®. The chairman then found himself placed in a highly responsible situation, for, though the harmony of design in the address might be preserved, it was not practicable to obtain the advice and assistance of the other members, dispersed in eight ditterent states. It was with no small degree of anxiety, approaching to fear, that !he chair man proceeded to the performance of the duty assigned, and it is with much diffidence that he now presents the resuits of his labors to the people, in the name of the committee and on behalf of the convention lie has been beset with difficulties from the beginning, which no other than a writer on statistics can at all appreciate for, except as to the ount ants of our country, the numbering* of the people at the several censusses. and the amount of our tonnage with statements of exports and imports, there is little of an ojjicia or national charactcr to appeal to, when one would speak of the resources or the wants of our country—Hence the dispersed condition of facts, and the liability to error hence, per petually enlarging views and constant suggestion of new matter, the interlocking nt things with things, supported by and supporting one another —altogether sufficient to intimidate almost any man, zealous tosustain principles approved, and resolute in searching after truth, wmci as wen aimed at, though it would be presumptuous to suppose that, making more than ten thousand references, mistakes as to facts, or clerical errors, lave not been committed, in a FIV^T general collection Ji'i tia now tered toMie public—which is also dilfusive and desultory, and would have required much additional time to have been digest, and prepared, in tlie tnaunct best suited to exhibit the force of the numerous items which bear upon the great matter under consideration—to wit, the necessity am expediency of protecting the domestic industry and more undisturbed reilection than it ha been within ttie power of the chairman of the commi u:e to bestow, perpetually called off to other and personal concerns, irre--istably demanding attention.

and a determination of the eccentric ranges of

comets through the immensity of space, as though he would guage space 'itself and reduce it to human ideas of the extent of matter—and yet the studi!of himself, the ascertainment of those qualities given to render uimself and his fellow men happy, arc fatally neglected, and the capacities of the human race, to walk erect, the image of Gon,are chiefly given up to the warm visions of speculators, or cold calculations of tyrants and masters: to the former, to indulge some pretty theory, or beautiful noion, fitted toother conditions and circumstances of society—and to the last,' that it may be counted how many must be slaughtered to win abatile i'n thu field, or how great burthens man can bear and still exist to labor, and vroan out a weary life of servitude and shame." Piactical effects are Ies9 regarded by those philosophers than the pleasanti ies of fancy and tyrants measure men by a common standard like Procrustes, and with a simpip view to ascertain the uses which can be made of them, to forward ambition, gratify lust, feed prodigality, or administer to the cravings of avarice. Now and then, an enlightened ruler appears, and exerts himself to ameliorate the condition of his people, to make his slaves more comfortable bat the imposition of new burthens always treads upon the heels of improvement, and it remains a matter of doubt, in numerous casfs, whether goodor evil, predominates as, what is called,civilization pro-

But man, in this republic,'is placed under different circumstances. It is the genius of our institutions that he should stand erect, cast his eves towards the sun, and acknowledge no sovereign but the dread sovereign of universal nature—the author and preserver of all things. Under /unt, and his only, he ordains and establishes rules for himself and improvements of his condition are followed by unalloyed benefits. His accumulations of private wealth pass into the public treasury with his own constat, and,hgigpoi a sipiple pioneer ior the happiness of others. It is

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No "dupe to party tool of power"—Nor slave to Minions of an hour.''

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wron^'when informed of error, with that frankness and courlesy which should exist among gentlemen, zealous for the good of their coun iy

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The manner best suited to accomplish these original and supreme pin poses of all civil associations, is a fair and proper subject fur discu-iMi ,!fv at the bar of the public reason and, as the human mind is instructed, it follows that persons may differ in opinion & still be friends—and a disposition to ascertain truth is encouraged. Thus proceeding the majority will respect the wishss of the minority, and possess a spirit of conciliation and the latter more cheerfully accept the decisions of that which mustbe the governing principle under every republican system and controversies on questions, when conducted with a rightiul forbearance and mutual respect,are alwavs calculatad to improve the judgment and am-nd

To collect facts, compare ideas, reconcile conflicting opinions, and mvesti^ate the fitness of their adaptation to existing circumstances—takin -J, things as they are and not as we would that they were, to repeal laws found defective or injurious, and enact others rendered •ip-es'ary bv jL changes of condition, we elect or appoint congress and nssemblympn, ro, serving to ourselves a general right of instruction as to -li /ir proceed:n?s in such manner as we think most expedient to give efferMoour will—ard this is

unalienable power vested in evtry free people T«» cau-e more convenient and certain operation of tiiis power, we have •p^cinl. reserved urcontrolled authority, in ourselves, to nssemhle together, in or small bodies, or through delegates charged with the expcuti'»n of our will, and of conferring and consulting with one another, without the of reproach or apprehension of responsibility, furtb"r than our own atimu when assembled, may incur, through the force of public opinion— *nd th'is hroad principle, at once the origin and the fruit of republicanism, .sthat only tyrants will deny or the madness of party reject. On this base it was, that delegates selected in a majority of the state* aas.»mb!e»! at Harrisburg, in the central state of Pennsylvania, to deiiber*'

such measures as should appear most expedient t(» give a new itnpuUe the prosperity of the United States, and defend the industry ot the ppo.»le against the restrictive and prohibitory acts of foreign government, and the injurious and fraudulent proceedings of their subjects. Noting was transacted in a corner—the whole acts of the convention are the public—the results of the experience of practical men, chiefly airticulturists, are developed, and a respectful tition to congress was agrcd upon, setting forth and submitting to the national legislature the wants and the wishes, as they b-lieved, of a large majority of the American people. The convention offers no plea of justification for its assemblage the members could not dishonor the character of citizens by supposing that any was required of them. The meeting was held tor well known H-V and freely avowed purposes, and exhibited a splendid triumph of principie

party, and of a signal regard for measures, not men. And the moderation of temper of all will shew the belief of the members of that convention, in the verity of the saying, that truth is a victory without violence."

In the want of a honie department, in which as in our own plummetfound,? Mississippi,

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reservoir, might be found

country, and a wise legislation concerning them—in the general delicHicy of knowledge in political economical subjects, and of the dosir to a a lead the mind of youth to contemplate and add up the sum of production and consumption, ««d lovestigate the wants of this nation and its means of supplv it is to be regretted the convention had not remained in sesi on a considerable time, that the dispersed and important facts in the g: possession of as respectable a body of practical men as ever was a*semb- gj led, might have been fully gathered and preserved for public instruction but the5 sparse items mutually coinmunicated, and in part retained, may act like a little leaven'* and leaven the whole lump," if liberally-/ received and rightfully used.

It was the great united and allied interest of agriculture and manufactures, in their aciual effect upon the state of society, that the convention/-'*^ was charged to consider—with more immediate regard, however, to th« "rowth and manufacture ot wool and for the purpose of really obtainin" that degree ot protection which is seemingly extended by existing laws, but actually denied, or rendered only partially effective, by the| counteraction of foreigners, and in the ingenuity and ability with which

they violate the principle supposed to be established, for the protection of American fanners, manufacturers and merchants. It is believed that

mitre than eighty millions of dollars are embarked in the wool business, at the present time—and many millions more would have been invested, but for the rapid and ruinous depreciation of value in the capital so ecnployed. We think that there is no other country in which so great an in-^

terest as this would have been so much neglected. But this neglect arises

part from anill founded spirit of jealousy, built upon sectional feelin«*s,and in part from peculiar opinions some ot which are antiquated, some very new, and others having more regard to things as they should be than to thiii-s as they exist. Great mistakes have been caused by the last, and thev arc defended, because that European writers on politicals •conomy, like other manufacturers, have sent forth their^ products for

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FUI i'i uu3i. 7 r- v'i matters of deep interest, though not, perhaps, always defensible and, A

deen interest, thou«h not, perhaps, always defensible and,

countrymen, with the peculiar adroitness of merchants, recommend his doctrines for our adoption, but will not permit them to influence, their own actions. They restrict trade in every way that it will bear—their p* whole legislation is directed to their own peculiar advantage, and we do not blame them for that but they desire others to open thejr ports -1 unreservedly, and practice the principle of free trade,alleging that commerce is best left to its own regulation I—and supplies of foreign bread art refused to theii own people though often half-starved, because oj the unnatural price of provisions. The chapter on British restrictions* ami prohibitions in the appendix, will, no doubt, receive the attentive con- 7^ sideration of the reader, and sustain all that wchave said—and more.

But the principle of protecting the domestic industry ha* been adopted in most nations, and exists wherever a prosperous people arejounA. ithout it, misery must prevail, and no more than a grade of happiness beyond that which pertains to savage life can be expected—men being clothed in skins and having their honjes as it in dens and caverns, nere ara natural causes of soil, climate And condition, why these things shouId be as well as many accidental or artificial circumstances that bear upon themj and also something which may be called a value in human life that must be respected. This is the cost of subsistence, and forbids

trade'' Thare is DO speculation in the proposition. It is a fact, that a man in France way be as well subsisted for one half less than a man in England, that a Spaniard does live on food upon which an Englishman wouul nearly perish, and that an East Indian would starve out a Spaniard on the same supplies. l\Ve spoak of persons performing labor, or, in ... other words, producing value It is impossible then, that these parties can freely exchange commodities.—The operation of natural causes or a determinate habits, would enrich the one and beggar the other both these are beyond the ordinary powers of Jegislation-~and hence restrictive laws. Further, if the annual taxes or rents and rate® on a parcel of land ia England, capable of yielding one hundred bushels of wheat, be a9 much in amount as the coat of the fee of a like parcel ot land in America, but equally adapted to the growth of barley, the first cannot supply the last with bread and receive beer in full exchange. He must make some substitute for himself, or use water only for, while the highly taxed English* i# man, by a certain number of days1 work, could do no more than make a bare living, the lightly taxed American would become rich by like «p- pmS plications of hia industry A free laborer may be hired in the Ea*t

dies for les9 money than'it oftei) cu*ts an American laborer for his drinks

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true, that he often does, or suffers wrong to be done, that is bin.ucu by orejudice or whirled away by party, and led into acts by his feeling tlu«t reason would forbid—still his aim is private prosperity and public honor, *n exaltation of his own character, and an advancement of the power aud rlory of his country. ......

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