that the helping hand of legisla-Great sums were advanced by enlightened and public spirited individuals, and the tive patronage, will also be ex-government took a large share in the entended to these two great pillars mined to put down so portentous an innoterprise. But the London hatters deter

of our prosperity.

vation. Immense quantities of the finest beavers were profusely scattered over all Spain, with orders to sell them uniformly at one half of the Spanish price. The consequences may be easily foreseen, The Spanish manufactures were ruined, the government was too timed to maintain the contest, and too economical to support of the Escurial was given up, and the ena national branch of industry. The fabric suing year the English, by raising their prices, repaired the momentary and voluntary loss they had sustained-a proof at

Let the manufacturers of Connecticut, remember that GEORGE WASHINGTON, the glory of the Republic, met the Grand Council of the nation, dressed wholly in articles manufactured upon his own plantation. Let them not forget that OLIVER ELLS- least of their skilful policy. Similar practices were played off against WORTH, the pride of our state, de-France during the whole course of the war, and had more effect in reducing her to her lighted to be clad in garments present calamitous situation, than the manufactured by the hands of Wellington. When other means failed to valour of the invincibles, or the genius of

of his own daughters.

force a market, agents were sent to establish manufactures, not for the purpose of fabricating French goods, but to cloak the death were denounced against the smugintroduction of British; and though pains of glers, corruption found its way, and open

ed itself a channel.

The same industry which must be exercised by the emigrant to the wilderness, would secure to the Connecticut artist, competence, if not independence; and to be blind to the certain advantages which are within our reach at home, and to flee in pursuit of uncertain ones at a distance, not only evinces the folly of man, but it pos tively manifests a want of grati-con for your guidance, what a lesson tude to Heaven.

(Continued from page 89.)

Ed.

It may be well to state a few instances of the operation of the policy we have denounced, that the well-wishers of this country may the better understand what passes daily before their eyes.

At an epoch when the Spanish government seemed to rouse itself a little from its usual torpor, and to occupy itself with the interests of the country, a manufactory of superfine woollen hats was established at the Escurial, under its special protection,

History will yet bring to light from what mine those riches sprang, that could corrupt ministers and generals, and determine the fate of a nation; and mark it well, mistake it not, remember it for ever, it was British Manufactures. It was their subtle poison that first polluted those hearts, that having once proved false to their country's good, could never more be melive honesty? Oh America! what a true to any thing; for how should honour

for your statesmen and your people.

There is living testimony within the reach of this society, that, in certain British manufactories, the French marks were put upon their goods without any affectation of concealment, and the purpose openly avowed, as well as the connection that subsisted between the real manufacture in Britain, and the fictitious one in France.

And, at the commencement of our woollen manufactures, for the purpose of degrading our fabrics, goods of the worst quality, but highly finished to the eye, were sent to this city from England, marked "Humphreysville," that they might, by passing for the productions of that man

tion.

afactory, injure its well-merited reputa-time to time, the period limited for its production, it would not now be seen stemIt is well known to many, that, during the ing the current of our magnificent zivers, late war, British goods were smuggled in-guttering like the enchanted galley on the to this country, and exposed to sale as tide of fate, topping the ocean's wave, or American, Spanish, and Portuguese; it is gliding like the pride of swans upon the quite of course, too, for their agents who lake. have come out here since the war, in 6th. We come now to the last head of speaking of the glutting of the European our argument," the public revenue." And markets, to say, that the speculation here we would remove that error which was not so unwise as unfortunate; for, if supposes that foreign importations pay the the government and people had not taken revenue to government. It is not so! they the alarm, they should have destroyed are barely the medium through which the their manufactures, and afterwards had government collects the revenue from the their own price. private purses of the private citizens. It In the beginning of the year 1792, when is the citizen, and not the ship that pays. the report of General Hamilton, then Se-It is the citizen, and not the foreign goods, cretary of the Treasury, made by order that pay. It is the consumer, and not the of the House of Representatives, was pub-importer. During the recent war, so far lished in England, it created such alarm, from supporting the revenue, these importhat meetings were called in the manufac-tations (too often carried on in partnership turing towns, and Manchester alone, at a with treason,) developed their characters, single meeting, subscribed 50,000 pounds drained the country of its specie, and its sterling, towards a fund to be vested in bullion, and left the government in a situaEnglish goods, and shipped to this country, tion too humiliating to be recollected withfor the purpose of glutting our market, out pain by any patriot. and blasting the hopes of our manufac tures in the bud.

But, happily for this country, fortune has brought this evil to a period. And few will be so headstrong as not to acquiesce in the change of times and circumstances.

The lucrative speculations which the wars of Europe gave rise to, the examples of rapid fortunes made by foreign com- It surely makes no difference to our merce, and the temporary advantages of citizens which way they pay the money our neutral state amongst so many pow-that goes to support their government, and ers, eager for each other's destruction, they can have no objection to pay it in the prevailed over the prophetic wisdom of way most beneficial to their country, by that illustrious statesman; but things be-raising it on the domestic manufactures. ing now restored to their natural order, The necessity of a direct tax will be lesthat important document which has been sened, which will come in ease of the landalmost smothered in oblivion, and is of all ed interest and of the merchant. his works that which has been least noti- Mr. Isaac Briggs, in his Statement to ced or appreciated, must now be brought the Chairman of Commerce and Manuinto full view. And we call upon the factures, has proved by exact calculations, friends of American independence, ur tounded on a present and prospective view those who raised to his memory a hum e monument suited to be the record of private affection, and to number his days, to join with us in raising this fallen column of his true renown.

of our population, wants, produce, and the foreign markets, that if our agriculturalists depend, in future, upon any other market than that which domestic manufactures will afford, that their produce will lie upon And before we despatch this important their hands, or they must accept of whathead of "leaving manufactures to them-ever price the foreign merchant may be selves," we must advert to that pheno- pleased to offer, for such portion as he will menon of art, the steam-boat, that proud-condescend to accept. For produce will est specimen of American manufacture. no longer serve as payment where it is no Had it been left to itself, there would have longer wanted, and payment in specie will been lost to the human race, an inestima- clearly be impossible. ble benefit, and to this republic the proud- For the tables and calculations we reest monument of its glory. It came forth fer to the 9th volume of Niles' Weekly Rewith throes and pangs of travail like a gi-gister, where this valuable document will ant's birth; and had not an enlightened legislature fostered its inventor with encouragement and hope, and renewed from

be found.

As the public may not be aware of the great interest, even now in jeapordy, we

will barely mention, upon good authority, the war which it induced, although victothat there were, at the peace, 600,000 ry crowned our arms, bankruptcy stares spindles employed in the cotton factories us in the face. It is, then, upon this rope alone, the value of each of which, with the of sand that government can rely in the appendages, averaged 80 dollars, embra- event of any future war? cing, in capital, above forty million, be- Happily the frauds of the foreign mersides the capital employed in working the chants have brought conviction home to raw material, which amounted to twenty the knowledge and sensibilities of our immillions more; and the woollen factories, porters. Our merchants have found out though of much more recent origin, a ca- that their order is no sooner executed by pital of about the same amount, all which the English merchant, than other cargoes, appeared, from a report to the Represen- of the like kind and quality, invoiced at tatives of the people of the United States, reduced prices, are immediately shipped by the Committee of Commerce and Man- on their own account. And the duties be ufactures of the last session, founded upon ing as much less as the invoice is lower, authentic data, furnished by the agents the revenue is defrauded of so much, and of the manufacturing interest, who were these goods are then thrown upon the marexamined before separate committees of ket at this reduced price; added to which, senate and representatives. It has, more- the facilities afforded them by sales at over, been since ascertained, that prepa-auctions, (where the foreign merchant is rations were made for the extension of exempt from license duty,) enable them to both branches, which would have aug- glut our markets," as their term is, to mented the capital employed in them res- the ruin of the merchant and manufacturpectively to a much greater amount. er, and to the prejudice of the revenue. By all these means they reap the profits of smuggling without incurring any of its risks.

Let us now look back and see what this idol, foreign importation, was, and whether it is wiser to keep life in our own manufactures, or to struggle unnaturally to revive that unprofitable traffic.

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Mr. Brougham, indeed, has flattered them, that though these enterprises are It is a fact, which we assert on the au-desperate as regards the continent of Euthority of intelligent merchants, that the rope, where the merchants will not pay, importing commerce has, in the two last that the American merchants will pay; years, (since peace has brought things to and these practices of glutting and destheir natural course,) diminished the mer-troying may be safely adventured against cantile capital one-third, and, if continued them. Mr. Brougham could not have will result in the total impoverishment known that our merchants were already of every class. But what in its best reeling under their balance-sheets of fodays did it do for us? It corrupted our pat-reign commerce, uncertain whether the riotism; domineered over our opinions; next assault of the unsteady element, on excited party spirit; embarrassed the gov- which they ride, may not send them to the ernment, and aimed a mortal blow at our abyss of ruin. union and independence. It carried the views of fortune of many good citizens from their own, to a foreign land, and brought among us a host of mischievous agents, whose business was, by night and by day, to irritate the public mind, fester every sore, and warp the measures of the government to a foreign interest. Instead of furnishing money, the sinew of war, it cut that sinew in the critical moment when its action was most wanted. Before a blow was struck on our part, it had stained our own waters with the blood of our countrymen; taught the nations of the earth to disrespect us, placed six thousand of our kidnapped citizens in British prisons, and forced others to shed the blood of their fellows and kindred in battle; and now, at the end of two years from the cessation of

It is no time for jealousies between farmer, merchant, and manufacturer; one common bond of interest and patriotism unites them now. Let the government take advantage of this propitious crisis, stand firmly to its post and do its duty, as we trust it will; confidence will soon revive, capital be vested, machines improved, competition will bring our own goods to market at a reasonable price, and prevent those exactions which some affect to anticipate on the exclusion of foreign manufactures. On the other hand, if the foreign importations are ever again relied on as the means of revenue, what can ensue but a repetition of those vexatious embarrassments which our government experienced during the war, and which it cost the best blood of our country to surmount. (To be continued.)

"MAN-PLEAS'D WITH VARIETY, muust be indulg'd."

ORIGINAL.

THE SOCIAL COMPANION.

May, 15th, 1819.......Paper IV.

"Distrustful sense, with modest caution speaks;
It still looks home, and short excursions makes;
But rattling nonsense, in full volleys, breaks."

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TO a periodical writer, a mot- read scholar, and the inflated peto serves the same purpose as a dant. I do not here speak of the text does to a preacher; and al- plain, unassuming man who leads though he may not "stick to it"?"the noiseless tenor of his way" as close, he ought to make his through life; who knows what speculations correspond, in some he says, and says what he knows. degree, with it. If he could find Such a man invariably displays a a "motto" and a "paper" like a sound portion of common sense. "text that would suit any sermon, But I speak of that “ rattling nonand a sermon that would suit any sense," which pours forth crude, text," he might avoid a great deal undigested, unmeaning, and conof labour. But my readers are fused notions, in "full volleys." such acute readers--so constant- It is not unfrequently a specly panting after variety, that it is tacle which men behold, and impossible to gratify them, with- which they are often compelout furnishing them with some- led to bear, to see a wordy igthing new, however indifferent it noramus place himself, uncalmay be. led, into the chair of instruction, But, endeavouring to exercise and spit out three or four hunthat "distrustful sense" which dred words at a social circle, who speaks with "modest caution," may be compelled to hear him I will attempt to suggest a few from the dictates of civility. Half ideas upon the various modes in of his ideas have no more neighwhich different men express their bourhood with each other, than the opinions. Chinese has with the Californian.

A man who has become a pro- If he aspires to the character ficient in the science of human of a politician, he thinks a village nature-who has carefully ob- Newspaper will make him so; served the manner in which men and getting into his head a dozen utter the matter contained in their notions, half a dozen of which are heads, will assuredly observe a absurd, and the other half misunwide, and I may say, irreconcila- derstood, he settles the affairs of ble difference between the well the state, or the nation, with more

readiness than the merchant does dozen Indian weeds. He will his day-book and ledger. then be able to prescribe in

If he wishes to obtain the re- all cases, from the consumption putation of a theolgoian, a volume of the lungs, to a wart upon the of controversial sermons is suffi- finger. Remote and Proximate cient for his purpose; and he causes are equally familiar with belches out anathemas against him; and by his "ratling nonevery sect, but his own, from the sense," he acquires the reputation days of Moses to those of Luther of being the best doctor in town. and Calvin, and from theirs to The portraits of such characthose of Doctor Hopkins. Assu-ters might be drawn to an immeaming that gravity of face, which surable length. But what is the often conceals the defects of the most painful consideration, they mind, he lets off a string of so- often obtain victories over those lemn sentences which come as if whose "modest caution" and "distrustful sense" restrains them from endeavouring to excite the admiration of a credulous world.

from the oracle of Delphi, and follow in rotation like a funeral procession.

If he wishes to acquire the re- A man of profound science once putation of a civilian, an old edi- asked an ignorant pretender why tion of Connecticut statutes, one he met with so much more sucquarter of which are repealed-cess than he did. The ignoramus another quarter rendered obso-replied--Stand by me in the street, lete, and the remaining half va- and notice the multitude as they ried by new laws, and differently pass. After complying for some construed by different judges, is time, the "rattler" asked him---abundantly sufficient, aided by How many of the passengers do his "rattling nonsense" to acquire you suppose distinguish between for him the renown of being "a the man of real science, and the great judge of law." Ejectment, man whose "rattling nonsense trespass, trover, assumpsit, de-in full volleys breaks." He replied claration, plea,replication, rejoin-One in an hundred. Well, sir, der, demurrer, &c. &c. are utter- said the fool,ninety-nine follow me, ed forth in such "volleys," that it and one follows you. would remind one of hail 'rattling' The people of Connecticut, are upon a cow-house. The mode however, too well informed-too of getting ten cents damages, and reflecting-too cautious to be ten dollars cost for cutting a hoop- long duped by quacks in politics. pole, or stepping upon a pump- theology, law, medicine, and, in kin-vine, is as readily pointed out what is sometimes called "human as the road to the parish church. science." Sound reason, sound If such a character wishes for science, and sound common sense the eminence which is attached ultimately prevails; and although to the medical faculty, he has a "rattler" may astonish the nothing to do but to obtain Doct. the wondering multitude, by a Buchan's "Family Physician," kind of liquid eloquence, which a little book of Recipes, and a drops from his lips like dew from