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iiY PLEASANTS & SMITH.
UICH.MONT), vino IMA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUSTS, 18*7.'
Vol. IV.—No. 55.
ITT* The C onsti tutio.vai, Whig is published Itcice u
i(tVedaesdaijs and Saturdays,) ul five dollars jwr
annum, payable in advance.
i! j* Previous to a discontinuance of the paper, all ar
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discontinue, will notify the Editors to that effect, at least
tulrly days before the period expires for which they sub
scribrd.
ILT* b'or advertising—75 cents a square (orl'*s) for the
till insertion, and 50 cents for each continuance.—The
li ymber of insertions must be noted on the .MS. otherwise
tie if wilt bo continued and charged accordingly.
i| '** .til Utters to the Editors must be post-paid,or they
v i'i receive no attention.
NK\Y GOODS.
1J1 fc E. J\MES & CO. Market Bridge, have received
- • (chiclly by the last arrivals front New York, Boston
j.tt'l Philadelphia) tire following DftY GOODS;
I case super blue ami black cloths, cheap
'l do 7-G .util 4-4 grass bleached Irish linens
A do -1 4 sun bleached German shirting linen* a superior
a rtule
A do G-4 Iiish sheeting
A do 3—1 long lawns
1 do 3-4 birds' cyo and G-4 Irish diaper
I do 7-3 superior Merrimack prints
! do 3 4 rich plaid prints
I do Z and 0 4 garment dimity
I do Leghorn Bolivar lints, cl,‘-ap
2 do best silk umbrellas and double, florence parasols j
I do ‘‘ClaskV’spool sewing cotton; all numbers
- do containing a good assortment of shell tuck, long >
hgiii, neck an I deep teeth side combs—(among
tltt* tuck, are some of very large sist) ;
Heavy black Italian lutestring
L\i Gros do Naps, of almost every color, plain anti
watered
Black Italian crapes, broad selvage
Green, white, blue, straw and pink florences
Superior black French tloreuces
4, 5 and 6 4 black inodes
Black, white, pink, brown and straw satins
4, 5 ami 6-4 plain Imhbinct ) ,
Kicn hnl^eiuet veils S *
Mrs. Cantelo's corsctts, Nos. 3, 4 and 5
5 bales 3-4 brown shirtings
5 do 4, 5 and 6-4 brown Meeting
l2 do 3 4 plaid domestic
2 tlo 7 8 and 4-4 superior indigo plaid domestic
;* do 7-3 Dorchester ticking
I do 4-4 Walpole do fine quality
1 do 4 and 6-4 indigo apron checks
1 do 5 and 6-1 do furniture chucks
.> do British oznaborgs.
Which added to the stock previously on hand, renders
their assortment unusually good. * nog 1 fit
Airs. Elizabeth Somerville,
(late ok KETERjCDRU,)
IS now living ax III,ANTON, near Needham, in the i
county of Cunibeilautf, and will nm*t thankfully under- I
take to tearh Music on the Pianu, Painting on Velvet, j
"Wax-Work, Working on Muslin, mid Lace-Work. She i» !
now ready to begin.
Terms. — Fur board, washing, and bedding, and the
necessary accommodations, bv tins year, ami so in propor
tion for any part thereof, (not less than it quarter,) pay
able in advance; jjQ
For Music, by the quarter, 12 5{» '
For Painting on Velvet, for the same time, 12 Oil i
For making Wax-Work, for the same time, 12 O')
For making Lace-Work, for the same time, 5 00
For Woiking on- Muslin, for the mine time, f» In.)
Anti so in proportion for any greajcr.time.
July 26, 11)2?.
V. S. To those not acquainted with Mrs. Somerville, 1
will add, that entire confidence may be placed in her as j
;t lady, anil as a teacher of those arts, to which she has
referred. Her Music is excellent, and her Works inim- ]
irahle. Besides, if any should prefer n classical course of!
learning at the same time, I will add for their infnrma- !
tiou, that the Rev. J. H. C. Leach, teaches n /'finale ■
Hrhool, of the fiist order, in about half a mile of Mis. r
H nnerville’s.
Mr. Leach says in a note before me of this rooming,)
‘•/f tcould afford me much pleasure /<> aid Mrs. Samer- ■
rj./le lo any extent in thin my purer, 'm promoting the j
ol/jtrls of her undertaking." CREED TAYLOR. i
.-jo tv2t i
In .'Insetla County Court, JYocemtirr, 1;
Francis Goodwin, - ». Pit. )
against | In Chnnc’y j
James Goodwin and Richard Eggleston, Dfts. A
Tlie defendant James Gootiwiu, not having entered nis i
appearance anti given security aremding to the tier of as- !
sembly and the rules of this court, an I it appearing to tire \
satisfaction of the r.ourt, that he is notan inhabitant of
tliis coiirrnoiiwealih; therefore, tm the motion of the plain
tiff by his attorney, it is ordered, that the said defendant
James Goodwin, do appear here on the fourth Thursday in
February next, anti answer the plaintiff's hill; and that a i
Cony of this older he forthwith insetted in some one of the !
Richmond or Petersburg newspapers, for two months succes j
sively, and that another copy bo posted tip at the fmnt dour j
of the Couit-House of this county on two successive court >
days.
28—\v8t A copy. Teste, J. T. LEIGH, r.
VIRGUTJA:
At a Superior Court of Chancery held at Greenbrier Court
lIou«c on Tuesdey, ihe 12th of June, 1327:
The President and Directors of the Literary Fund, Pits,
against
John Williams, adm’ur of John Cain, dec’.!, Jiff,
It appearing, from the bill of the plaintiffs in this cause,!
that John Cain, a native of Ireland, died intestate, and an I
alien by the laws of this commonwealth, on the dnv i
,?f 132 , having his last residence in the county of!
Greenbrier, ami leaving no relations in the Cnjtcd State®,!
«:r persons entitled to itis goods and chatties, tinder the !
laws of this commonwealth directing the distribution of
intestate estates; and, that on the day of 1322,
the county court of Greenbrier granted the administration
c»f hi® estate to John William®, nho in his rhaiar.ter of
administrator, took charge ^>f the personal effects of the
sai l John Cain, riecM; and that the plaintiff: have filed
their bill to have said estate decreed to them for the benefit
oi the Literary Fund: It is therefore ordered, that publico- '
tion thereof be made for three month®, in sonic newspaper '
published at the seat of government of this State, and hi
some newspaper published at the seat of government of the '
f«nttcd State*: And it is further ordered, that all persons!
claiming an interest in said estate, as distributees Of tire!
said John Cain, dec’d, do appear ami make themselves
oef’ildants In this suit on the first day of the nest fetnr ol
this couit, or said estate will be decreed to the plaintiff®,
■17 A ropy. Teste, JOHN A. NORTH, Clerk.
hi fl rtriro Uwnlt/ Oourl^~j7iTy~2if~ 7827. i
ON the motion of Holman Shoemaker, a creditor of the
estate of Richard Cocke, dec'll: Ordered, th*i Thomas 1
M. Shoemaker, adin’or of said Cocke, he summoned to ap- |
tear Here on the 5th day of August (joint next, to she w cause
if any he can, why he should not he rule.) tagivc additional
fertility ns ndm'or as aforrsad; and it r. ppm ting to the
satisfaction of the Court, that the ® tid Thema® {VI. Shoe
maker is not a resident nt litis ronfinonwealth; it is ordered,
f iat a copy of this order he published in the Constitutional
■Whig, a newspaper printed in the c ity of Richmond, for
fotir weeks successively, and another ropy posted at the
frontdoor of the Couit-honre of tliic county.
A Copy, Teste,
_LOFTON N ELT.FTT, C. H (L
ommi r I'kD to Campbe II Jail, the 1 Itti September last
^ a negro man, who says bis name i® Jin. He is about
fyentyfive year* (dd.dark complexion, about common Ma
ture, his clothing when committed to jail, was an old do
mestic coat, shirt, and pantaloons. Jim says He made his
escape from Alabama, and that he belongs to a Mr. Iluvlv,
who carried him to that State. The owner is requested to
cotdply with the law and receive said negro.
GERMAN JORDAN, Jailor
for Campbell county.
Mrs. Janies M. Garnetts School.
WILL adjourn as usual from the 1st of August to the
1st of October. In giving this annual notice at
sent, she must, even at tiie risk of appearing too obtrusive
most earnestly Urge one request of mutual and deep inter
j mi *o all coi.rcrm-d. it is, that ail who are to continue her
; I opils, may icturn as soon as possible, after vacation. If
j u'°y hav<-* formed any habits of application, they will not
i ,hcn be lnsf’ si,"l'>y »*y «»*« Usual discontinuance incident
j to a long Holiday. Neither will the preliminary work —
j so essential to all mental improvement, of imparting dili
| gencc, a task equally arduous to teachers.and irk'”mc to
j scholars, require to be repealed; nor will there be Uiv
I needless loss of that very lnief peiiod, usually allotted for
j educating girls, wlrti are too often taken from school at the
I vcr>’ t,me they are deriving most benefit from it.
Mis. Ci. i terms are the same us before, viz;_; >|<q for
| board, tuition and lodging, for 10 iiutiiU.s—lf she furnishes
| bed and bedding; but $10 less, when the pupils supply
j themselves. Board fur the month's vacation is 425.
Sebulars will he received at any season, and will pay only
lioio tiie time of entrance; but no deductions will ha made
i for home-visits, or removals, before the end of the session
I Tim above sum of $210. always payable half-yearly io
a- vanco, pays fur diet, lodging, washing, fire, candles,'and
| instruction in all the branches taught by Airs. Garnett ami
1 •Jcr Assistants. '1 liese are,—the English Language, inclu- !
"/“l il“ grammar, with the art.? of Reading and Composi- 1
tiun; \Y riling, Arithmetic, Geography, and the use of the :
Cilot.rs; Also, Relies I.ettrcsr, the Elements of Chemistry, ■
of Natural ai-d Moral Philosophy, the Latin, French, ami !
1 Italian Languages, with genera! History.
t *‘,e Vacation for August and September is the onlv!
Holiday in the year; and in addition to the usual number '
of school hours for five days in the week, Mrs. G. teaches, j
vviieu health permits, every morning during the session, from |
i j or 20 minutes by sun until breakfast. This time is de
voted, exclusively on Sundays, and chiefiy on other days,
to religious and moral instruction; and a part of every !
>.'iii'!nv forenoon is spent by ail the younger poition of her
pupils, in a Sunday School, attended by some of her neigh
fjnurs, her family and he riel f.
All necessary Books and Stationary will lie furnished by
Mrs. G. if desired, and at much less than retail price?.
Music, Drawing and I'.tinting, will be separate charges,
payable at the end of the se-sion, to the respective Teach
ers, hut through the hands of her hoshniid. Their amount
s.Iin 11 not exceed wdiat is common in other large schools.
11**iCtofore, in must cases, Airs. G.’s pupils iiavc been
supplied with apparel and pocket money, chiefly at her dis
etetion. This lesponsibility she can no longer take, except
lor very young children coming from a great distance. It
is not to any advance of money that sue objects, but to
exposing herself unnecessarily to possible hla me of parents
ami guardians, and to tiie certain discontent of her pupils
themselves, at restraints in expenditure, tiie true motives
lor which they almost always mistake. Ske well knows,
much less will amply suffice than her scholars generally
j would ask, if thej/ could hatie. She is, therefore, the more
| solicitous that some moderate limit should be positively
j fixed, by parental authority, which she would then lake
care should never be transgressed. In a school so retired as
hers, flier* cannot possibly be a necessity for much expense
in dress, and still less in pocket money, which, uult-.-s bes
towed in charity, must literallybe thrown away in the in
dulgence of mere animal appetite; which no' scholastic
discipline can restrain vv ithin proper bounds,if monev, the
effectual means of gratification, be profusely furnished.
Should any parents and guardians desiie to supply vn
cancies, (of which there will be several.) Mr-.G. will;
thank them to apply as su»u as practicable,directly to her j
sell or Iunmand. Ail letters addressed to either, amidi-1
rccuui to Loretta, Essex county, Viiginia, will lie i.umrdi- j
,»tily answered, and the -applications registered according •
to their respective-dates, that cacli may be accommodated 1
in turn. — •
Elm-Wood, E-?cx coun'y, \r;,. ;
TRUST SALE.
BY virtue nf a deed of dust, executed by Neil MrCuuH '
1 to .be subscribers, bearing date on the first d,.v of*
N nveinber, in tiie year and duly recorded in the <>ffirt*
nf the county court of Wunchland, we shall sell in <;M’ I
est bidder, no the fourth day of Angost next, ii'fe.ir, but if,
not, th.en tlm fust f.iir day thereafter, Sundays excepted, 1
u)K.n the premises, for cash, a tract oflaml in the .'.unity of
Coorhland, called Whitehall, situated on the'up per l.irk
iuglinlc Creek, containing by eslimatinn, seven honduul and
odd acres—nr so much of the sa i I tract as will he snfiui.ul
to raise the sum of ft flee o hiimltcd and tiiirie.-n dollars ami
sixty cents, with interest tne.con from the 17ih day of j
vetuber, lblf), and the cxj'eti-rs attending the csccul ion nf j
this trust. The title is believed to lie good, but nrting as J
trustees, we will only convey sneli title ns is vested in us !
by said deed. liOUKKT tiOtriiAT. i
JOHN (i. WILLIAMS. |
June B I
Patent {Spring Saddle.
MUf'II has heen said in recommendation ofT. G.
Pretty-man's PATENT STRING SADDLE: I
think it Ihe host invention I have ever seen, for case :
to the rider and durability. I have made hut ill), all!
of which have given cntiio satisfaction, li the patent
saddles purchased of me, do not prove to he vciy easy .!
the purchaser shall he at liberty to return the same, ■
after the first trial, and I will return the money.
I have constantly on hand, host plain and shafted
Saddles, patent spring or without. An elegant assort
ment of plated and polished steel ruth am! stmfdc lots:
English bridle leather and martingales: plated and po
lished steel stirrup irons, spring do; carriage, gig and
Jersey wagon hat ness; whips and spurs—which I will
! sell low for cash or approved paper.
DAVID JACKEON,
May 22—wfg Main Street.
Loncaster .Monthly Session, April IGth.,
Charles Rogers ami Mary Ann V. hij wile, Pits. J
against \ ^ ''n fl
Lcv.ila Coles, Wm. Myers fe Elizabeth Myers, ) Su"""°"$
JJfls.
Tltp Summons awarded in this rausij having been return
ed executed on all of the parties except William Rlyrr«,
ami it appealing tn the satisfaction of the cpint, that the
saitl William Myers is not an inhabitant oil’, common
wealth; it is therefore ordered, that he he summoned to
appear here on the Jd Monday in August next, to shew
raii$n if any he ran, why the lands of whieli George T.
Myers and Julia George died seized should not he divided
in Kind; and that a ropy cf this order he forthwith insetted
tn the fiirhfm’nd \\ big, lor two month? son essively, and
another ropy he posted up at the frontdoor of the Court
house of this rounty.
• '• Bf?NJ M. v. \> ;, [ R. < . r. i i
i Air. ii i (son Jtikumfes, other wise called IVilson IV.
Jihoiu/es.
SIR. ns you do not reside, within lire entntii.mwealfli of
V itginia, and have no know n agent or attorney therein,
i adopt this method to give yon nntire, that by virtue of a
j commission from tiie superior court id chancery, directed j
| by law to he hofden at the rapitol in tire rity of Richmond, I
land commonwealth of Virginia, I ••hall proceed, on the!
twenty second day of August next, at the \ViIkeshorotigh j
• Hotel, kept by Air. George V. Massey, in the town of I
! \\ tlkcsborottch, in the rounty of V tike*, within the Plate of j
North Carolina, l>,-tweet, the hours of ten o’rlnek A. M. ]
and s:x n clock P. M. and continue from day to day, be- !
tween the same hoitis of the following days, until the bust-1
i ne * shall lie finished, to take the depositions of Isliam
Hubbard, Monfort Stokes. Joshua Laws, Joseph F. Patter
son, Horace B. Sattei white, David I .a vs, William Laws,
;,nd others, to be read as evidence in a suit now depending
, mi the n-ii-I superior court of chancery, directed by I iw to
. be hidden at the rapitol in the city of Richmond, and cum
| monwealth of Virginia, afore,aid. wherein I am plaintiff,
i 1 ,v' vou, James II. Henderson, Franris IV. Scott, Flishn
Jackson, Robert Scott, inn. and Francis Page, are defen
dants. I ain> yours, .fee.
ME KILL H. C. COLLEY, an infant,
tinder the. age of twenty one yeai9, by her
mother anJ r.ext ft lead Anne Colley.
J«l/ 3, 1827.
FEMALE TUITION.
i *OUNc; LADY is desirous of obtaining a situation
I m. as teacher in a faintly. She is qualified to give in.
ytriirtiusi in Musir, Drawing. Needle-work, uud in all the
m aiicnes an English Education. For pm ttcuiars, en
quire of tlie llov. John Kerr, Richmond.
Jul-V-M __ wSu*
OI.KV AN rs WANTED.—A Female Seivalit, wlm is
I a good plain Cook, And a House Servant from 17 to
-0 years, aie wanted lor the balance of the year without
incumbrance. For those who ran be recommended as to
good diameter. f:c. a Hlnnal hire u ill be allowed. En
quire at this office.
William Neale ife Co.
HAvk just received by the Exit, from New York, and
Emily Davis, from Philadelphia, a considerable addi
tional supply of new anil beautiful GOODS, and much
I under usual 2>ri'-**. They consist in pait of the following
I articles, viz:
A large assortment Freurh silk batistes, a ncto ar.d
iptcttdid article
Elegant gauze hkfs. )
Do silk do $ patterns new
Satins, silks, modes, side combs
Tuck combs, thread laces
Grass cambrics, for hounds
A large and beautiful assortment prints, entirely new
stylo.
ALSO,
(1 hales 6-4 India matting fur carpetin'
Ami me in daily expectation of further supplies of good-.
July 21 c ,«
BAJYK OF I'lllOLYl.i, July Vi/, lh’7. ~~
rJ'*IL President mid Directors have this day declared a
dividend of two per cent, on the Capita 1 Stork of the
Hank for the la-l half year, wiiir h will to pardon the lfith
instant. Bt \V. DAN DR1DGE, Ga*iiicr.
New and Seasonable Goods.
ITT Al 1. & MOORE have just received tiy tint Srdir.
SL. l'iv from New Yoik, the fallow iug desirable GowU;
V beautiful assortment ot luce goody, consisting of capi.s,
cap*, cloaks, pelerines, half ltd!.:.
Thread lace edgings and iinautinps,
Ginghams, Chilian Stripes, stiipetl and plain bali.-fe
j Silk and worsted bereger, Afc. 6c c.
J Superior calicoes,cambric,jaconet and mull muslins
Plain and figured Swiss and honk muslins
English and French Silk Hosiery, a good assortment
Men's and women’s cotton and thread hosiery, do.
Black Italian Ltiiestiings,Gro de Naples and
! French Florences, very superior,
• English and French Black Bombazines of very £tipei:nr
quality and colour,
j Black satins, satin levautiaes and
..Blacksilk cainhlut, heavy and good,
■ Black nankin and Cautou Chapes, tupei'ror
Black and white figured silks and Barege-,
j Tlncatl, bioiv n caAibrir and hoskin gloves
! Long white kid and iioiseskin gloves, supeimr
i Very superior yellow and white nankeens
i-Morncco riticulcs of now and handsome par -, ns
A large and beautiful assortment of
-7'8 mid 4-4 Irish Linens, 5-4 and ti-l Sheetings
6-4 and 10 4 table diapers, also -diaper, crash .»*»«? hncka—
hack towellings, fancy silk and iieree.e h.Ufs.
frhell tuck, side and curl cqiulis, dressing combs.
In addition to too above, they have, and always keep on
hand, a geueoral assortment ol Dry Goods, and are receiv
ing-fresii supplies by every packet from New Ymk.
■ June VI).
NEW GOODS.
BIT AM. NFll.SON has u'ccivrd by the Haider and
.6 3. other Imto arrivals, a fresh assortment of the must
fasl>ioiial.li‘ and desirable GOOl*.S, ol the latest importa
iiou, which ho is enabled to olier ;it very lif.v prices Joi
CHsIl.
I’iaid anti striped Chilian dicr-'ox
Do tin batiste and gra.-s cambrics, of new and '
beautiful pattern*
Haiti and shaded Grecian stripes
Striped and plaid cambric gingham
London printed mutinies assorted
Black Italian lustring, of sup. quality
Heavy black N a id. in and M a u.la tin I list ring
Ratlin levantine and company e tttir.s
Figured and plain t iro do i\ a pies, ns'-.n le.i
Black, white and colored sntiius, part vi iv suj •• r; .r
Colored and black Florence and !W a recline silks
Superfine pongee (for ladies’ riding die S . s)
Very superior Mandariu craphs
t ul.leached India grass cloth
6 l Fiench merino bmnhav.ir.o
III.irk and mixed lasting* ami ci,car-sin m
llrmvn and while French di tilings, assorted
KcaI mame chop nankeen
While and colored Marseille* vastiii.'
r.omlon sopeifine elnths and rassiincrri, asD-nte.!
Flam and striped Unreinines and leans
6-4 checked and striped cambrics ami jaconets
1 4- 4 and 6 4 book, mull, jaconet and Sw iss muslins
| Rich tamboured and (loss worked do
| Swiss and India mull robes and sentf*
j Rich worked jaconet and cambric robes
j Drab and bull cambric I'm bonnets
; Floss worked, hook, mull and jaconet trimming
i Superfine and fine cambric ami liirnilure dimity
: A superior assortment oi thread laces, edgings anil tiiin
f tilings
J Robbinet and gimp lares, ascot (rd
4 - I and .•»-<! plain and tamboured hobhinet hire
Rich lace pelerines, capes, collars, lid! fs. hi..leaps
j Floss worked Swiss and India mti-lin Hu
Whim nii.l black lace veils, pait very superior
Rliuk, white and green gauze veils
Barege and Gros de Naples hdkfs. mrsortcvl
Fine and superfine thread cambiie hdkis.
L'nglish and French silk hosiery, assorted
Fiighsh and German cotton and (hiead do
A superior apjoitment 7-8 and 4-4 Irish linens
5 and (3- 1 sheetings, of various qualities
Long lawns and superior bird's rye diaper
8- 4, 9-4 and 10-4 table ilinpei am) damask
Rrntrh and Germffn o/.iiahtngs and tickleubtirgfe
Gotten and thread tickings, assorted
| Thread - nd cotton checks, assorted
I>leached & nnblearhed domestic shirtings Sc shecctiit 's
Common ami superfine domestic plaids and stiiprs
U nh a great variety of other desirable goods which
renders the assortment complete.
June 22 w fs
J^TOTICE.— I forewarn all persons fr<m? coning Wood
® opt n my pier*: of land of tG acres, and extending
from the mad to tin: north of a piece of land formerly Mr.
Wnr. Mackenzie's, In Coleman’s line, hounded on the Cast
by a pier*: of I,and fur titer ly the property of the late Mr. Ar
chibald Blair, and on the West by the Hermitage Tract,_
Any person giving legal evidence against any person or
persons guilty of the said offence, shall he considered by me
\ ar. having done men considerable service. I give the same
! notice in regard to 5 acres of land in Duval's addition, and
[ numbered in his plan 227,22<> and 221).— I will eithrr sell
or lease for a term of years, rlr** above parrels of land.and
also fi acres, more or less, on Richmond Hill, with a brick
dwelling lioo'e upon it, uml very near the City: the soil is
of good quality.
For Rent, that large and valuable Lot and Houses on
Cary Street, at present occupied by Mr. James Wallace
and also the three story Brick Tenement on 14th Street!
near Mayo’s Bridge. Possession of both properties robe
had on the 1st of October next —I will sell on reasonable
terms, the whole or any part of the above properly, and
also the Cot oo 14th Street, running hack to Virginia
Street,and adjoining the property of Air. if. L. Wight.
JAMES 1NNES.
Riehmood, May 15th, 182“. wGm
i
srijf «roKstituuotmi s£ti)io.
POIITICAI. ~
[Kiom the Norfolk Herald of Ap.-i! Id.'
Eo the l alers tf *\\>rfolic County.
i I'ki.lovv-Cituskjvs,
IMi . Newton, you are (old, is (lie cause of tho present
J TanlF; if so, is it a disgrace to him to have followed the
'advice of Washington-, Jkfferson, AIaiuson, aud
iMoniioi,? Read the following—
Extract from General Washington's Sgrcrh to both Uuu
■\rs of Congress, Dtcanbcr 7, 17.06.
“Congress hav& repeatedly, and not without success,
directed their attention to the encouragement of man»
iifaclnrcs. I he object is of too much consequence
not to ensure a continuance of their ctForts, in cveiy I
wav which shall apjiear eligible. As a general rule, |
manufactures on public account arc inexpedient. Rut j
where the stato of things in a country leaves little hope I
tint certain branches of manufacture will, for a great i
length of time obtain, when these are of a nature cs j
sential to the furuishiiig and equipping of the public;
loicc in time of war, are not Citabli»hrncuts for pmeu-1
ring them on public account, to the extent of the onli
nui-t/ tlcmaml for the public service, recommended by
strong considerations of national policy, as an exception
to the general rule? Ought our country to remain in
such cases iJcppniicnt oxi foreign supply* precarious,
because liable to be in!eirupted* If the necessary
article then Id in this mode, cost more in time of peace,
will not the security and independence thence arising,
torm an ample compensation? Establishments of tins!
sort, commensurate only with the rails of the public
service in time of peace, will, in time of war, easily '!
be extended in proportion to the exigencies of the gov
eminent; and may even, perhaps, be made to vicld ai
surplus cf the supply of our citizens at huge, so as to !
mitigate the privations from the interruption of oui 1
trade. If adopted, the plan ought to exclude nil those
branches winch are already, or likely soon to be estab
lishvd in i*,e country; m order tln-t there may be no
! danger of inter fetcritic vvilh pursuits of individual in
j disstry.”
; L v tract from Mr. JcfTorron's M,».::tgt of Dtcanbcr C, 1891.
Agriculture, inarm tact u res, commerce, and nnv iga*
tion. the four pillars of our prosperity, are then most
thriving When left most free to individual enterpii/e.
[ Protection from casual cmburrasMOcnts, however, may
sometimes be seasonably interposed. If in the coutse cf
your observations or enquiries, they should appear to
[need any aid, within the limits of our constitutional
, powers, \our sente cf then importance is -a suilicient
• assurance they will occupy your attention. We can
not, indeed, but all feel an anxious solicitude for the
difficulties under which our carrying trade will toon
• •c placed. How far it can be removed, otherwise than
; tune, is a subject of important consideration.”
b.ilnietfiom .Mr. J.frrsun's .Message of Die. 15, J8Q2.
“ i <i cultivate peace and maintain commerce and
navigation in all their lawful enterprises; to foster our
livin'! ics as nurseries of navigation and for tbe nuiture
ol inan, and protect the manufactures adapted to our
i oircuinsiaraus; to preserve the faith ol the nation hv an
: exact discharge of its debts and contracts, expend the
puolic money with the same care and economy we
mmiiM practice with our own, and impose on our citi
; yams no unnecessary burdens, to keep in ail tilings
wi:i;m the pale of onr constitutional powers, and cher
kh (tie kVJcral I'nion as the only rook ofwfeh; these,
f. limr -citizens, are the landmarks by which we are to
guide ourselves in all uiii proceedings.”
b..(tract from .Mr. J/ffc (ton's .Message of .'fi r. P, (SO". '
*' ^be suspension ol our foreign commerce, produced
by the injustice of tire belligerent j owcis, and the eon •
sequent losses and sacrifices ol our citizens, are sub- i
pets ot just concern. The situation into which we j
have thus been foiceJ, has impelled as to apply a pm - j
Iren ofour industry and capital to internal manufacture■* j
an.! improvements. The extent of tins conversion is
tlnily increasing, nod little doubt remains that ihc c>
inbli-.hments formed and forming, will, under thcauspi !
c< s of cheaper materials and subsistence, the freedom
of labor from taxation with n*. and of pit tectitig duties!
and prohibitions, become permanent.”
/. eti'oel fvr.i .'Ir. .Madison's .Miss-igc of 2nd .'far, tS"'h
“Ibe revision of onr commercial laws, pioprr to
adapt them to the anaugenm lit winch has taken place
" db (». Hr it.tin, will doubtless engage tin' eaily at ten
lien ot L'ongicss. It will l>e worth}-, at the same tune,
• f thru- just and provident cares to make such further
I alterations in the laws, as will more especially protect
>nJ fester the several branches of uiaiiiifactuie, which
have hem recently instituted or extended by the lau
dable exertions of our citizens.”
J.xhact from .1/r. .Madiron's Jlessnge vfflQth V,->;. jg,y>.
“ In a cultivation of the materials, and the exfen
aioii ot useful manufactures, more especially, in (be
genera! application to household fabrics, wo behold a
rapid diminution of our dependence mu fo'-eign supplies.
,,or is it unworthy of reflection, that this revolution in
our pursuits arid habits is in no slight degree a cr>n
| sequence of there impolitic and arbitrary edicts, by j
which the contending natrons, in endeavoring each ol;
i I belli to obstruct onr trade with the otlmr, have ro far '
j abridged our means of procuring the productions and'
I manufactures, of which our owu are now taking the'
i place." I
| Extract from .Mr. .Madison's .Message of Dec. 5. I8i0.
" 1 feel pai icular satisfaction in rcmaiking that an
interior view of our country presents us with grateful
I proi/s of its substantial and increasing prosperity. To
a thriving agriculture, and the improvements related to
it. is added a highly interesting extension of useful man
ufactures; the combined product of profesr.-onul occu
nations, and of household industry. Such, iudeed, is
the experience of economy, as »vo|| as of policy. in Ihc'c
• Mihstitutcs for supplies heretofore obtained hv foreign
commerce, that in a national vietv the change is pisth
regarded as of itself more than a recompenco for those
privations and losses resulting from foreign injustice,
which furnished the general tinpubo required for its
accomplishment. flow f.ir it may ho expedient to
guard the infancy of this improvement m the distrihn
tion of labor, by regulations of the rommetcial tariff, I
is a subject which cannot (ail to suggest itself to jour
patriotic reflections.”
Extract frdm .Mr. .Madison's .Message of •VWii. 5, 3811.
“ Although other subjects will press more immedi
ately on your deliberations, a portion of them cannot
hut be. well bestowed on the just and sound policy of
securing to our manufactures the >-ucres3 they have at
tained. and are still attaining,jn some degree, under
(lie impulse nf camps not permanent, and to our navi
gation, the fair extent of which is at present abridged
by the unequal regulations of foreign governments.
Besides the masonablenPHs of saving our mauufac*
lures from sacrifices which a change of ciicumstan
ces might bring on them, the national interest requires,
that, with respect to such articles, at least, as belong to
nor defence, and our primary wants, we should not be
left in unnecessary dependence on foreign supplies.—
And whilst foreign governments adhere to the existing
discriminations in their ports against our navigation,
j and an equality of lesser discrimination is enjoyed by
I their navigation, in our ports, the effect cannot he mis
taken, because it has been seriously felt by our ship
ping interests; and in proportion as (his takes place, the
advantages of tip independent conveyance of our pro
I ducts to foreign markets, and of a grow ing bpdj’ of ma
I rioers, trained by their occupations for the set vice of
j their country in times of danger, tnu9t be diminished.”
. detract from -T7r. JSTiidison,s d'lctsa^ft rf 1'cb- 18, 1S15.
“The rcscim’*-'. of opr couutrr were, at all timer,',
. competent to the it o* c-rry national o;,icit.
I hui they will now h« ere-K-hod ;< » igoi led by tho
(activity, -which peace will in . all the i ttfftm
i of domestic cim , se an hi • rhe prorision
, that has been in-:. for the put < rediti a. during tbe>
present session c: ygi . ,.,vr decisive rjfec
j in the establishment of the public credit, both at homo
i and abroad. The reviving interests of commerce will
j claim the legislative attention at the enilicst opportu
nity; and such regulations will, l trust, be seasonably
j devised as shall secure to the United States their just
I proportion of the navigation of the world. *Tlm most
liberal policy towards other nations, if met by corres
ponding dispositions, will, in this respect, be found the
most beneficial policy’ towards ourselves. Rut there 13
uo subject which can enter with greater force into the
dclibctations of Congress, than a cotisiderul inn of tho
means to preserve and promote the manufactures which
have sprung into existence, and attained an unparalleled
maturity'.throughout the United States during tho pe
riod of the European wars. This^sourco of national
independence and wealth, l anxiously rccomineod,
therefore, to the prompt and constant guardianship of
Congress.” }
F rtr-irl from Jfr. Jdathson'f Mossagr of Zth T)rc 1815.
‘dn adjusting the duties on imposts to tlie object of
revenue the influence of the tariffon manufactures, will
necessarily present itself for consideration. However
wise tho theory may he, which leaves to the sagacity
and interest of individuals the application of their in
dustry and resources, there aie in this, ns in other ca
res, exceptions to the general rule. Resides the cun
d it inn which the theory itself implies, of a reciprocal n
doption by oilier nations, experience leaches that ?r>
; many circumstances must ooncur in introducing and
j maturing manufacturing establishments, especially of
j the more complicated kinds, that a country may remain
j long without them, although sufficiently advanced, and
j in some respects even peculiarly fitted tor carrying them
; on with success. Under circumstances giving n poir
, erful impulse to manufactiuing industry, it has rnado
! among us a progress, and exhibited an efficiency, which
lustily tiso belief, that with a protection not more than
I is due to the enterprising citizens whose interests am
; nuiv at stake , it will become, at an early day, not only
safe against occasional competitions from abroad, but
a souics of domestic wealth, and even of externul
commerce, in selecting the branches more especial
ly entitled to the public patronage, a preference is
obviously claimed by such as will relieve the United
States from a dependence on foreign supplies, ever
subject to casual failures, for articles necessary for tho
1 public defence, or connected with the primary wants
j of individuals. It will bean additional iccommeuda
j tion of particular manufactures, whero the materials of
; them are extensively drawn from our agiicultuie" and
j consequently impart and insure to that great fund of
; national prosperity and independence, nn encourage
1 menl winch cannot fa il to be rewarded.”
! Eilan t from Mr. Madison's .Message of Dec. 3, 1010,
“Amidst the advantages which have succeeded the
i peace of Europe, and that of the United States with
Great Ilritian, in a general invigoration of industry
among us, and in the extension of our cormneice. tins
! value of which is more and mote disclosing itself to
j nomineioial nations, it is to he regretted (hat a depres
: sion is experienced by particular branches of our man*
iifacturrs, and by a portion of our navigation. As the
first proceeds, in an essential degree, fiom an excess
of imported merchandise, which carries a check in in
own tendency, tlm cause in its present extent, cannot
he of very long duration. The evil will not, however,
fie viewed by Congress, without a recollection, that
mauufactuiing establishment?, if uiffeud to sink too
hnv, or languish too long, may not tevivc, alter the
causes shall have ceased; and that, in the vicissitudes
of human affairs situations may recur, io which a dc >
pcndcnce on foreign sources, for indispensable supplies,
may be among the most serious embarrassments.”
Et tract from Mr. M-nirofs Inn neural Sites sitae of Alii
Much, 1517.
“Our manufactures will likewise require the syste*
j malic and fosleiing c ue of the government. Fosses-'
,>mg as vve do, all (he raw materials, the ftnit of our
i own eotI and industry, wre ought not : > depend in the
j degree we have dona on the supplies fron^other cent**
| 11 tvs. W Inle we are thus dependent, the sudden event
| ot war, unrough*, and unexpected, cannot fail to plunge
| '*s into tiie most serious ilifiic.ullies. It is important,
• too, that the capital which nonnshes our manufacture*
j should he domestic, ami its influence m that easy
| instead of exhausting, as it may do in foreign hands,
i would be toll advantageously on agriculture, and eve
1 rv other branch of industry Equally inpoitaut is it
to provide a home market for our raw materials, as
! by extending the competition, it will enhance the
! puce, and protect the cultivator against liio casual—
! ties incident to foreign markets.”
fix tract fiom Mr. Monroe's Message of 7 (h Dec. 1310.
‘•If is de^fm d of gr'*at importance to give ennour
agernent fo our domestic manufacture*. In wb.it
manner the evils which have been adverted to. may be
remedied, and how far it may he practicable, in ether
lespects, to afford them further encouragement, pay.,
ifigdue regard to the other great interests of the na
tion, is submitted to the wisdoni of Congress.”
Extract from Mr. Monroe's Menage (,f 47/, Minch, 1821.
‘ I am satisfied that iufertmI duties and excises, with
cm impending imposts on foreign articles of the same
kind, would without imposing any serious burthens on
the people enhance the price of produce, promote our
manufactures, and augment thn revenue, at the same
tune that they made it inure secure and permanent.”
E1 tract from Mr. Monroe‘s Message of 3d Dec !c’ t
It may he fairly presumed, that, under the pot?*'
• ion given to domestic manufactures, by the xnung
laws, wc shall become, at no distant period, a manu
factoring country, on an extensive scale. Possessing
as wc do, the raw materials *n such vast amount, m
a rapacity to augment (hern to an indefinite extern;
raising within the country aliment of every kind, to
an amount far exceeding the demand for home con*,
sumption, even in the mod unfavorable years, and to
be obtained at a very moderate price; skilled abo, as
onf people are, in the mechanic arts, and in every im
provement calculated to lessen the demand for, and
the price of labour, it is manifest that their prioress in
every branch of domestic industry, may and will he
| carried, under the encouragement given by the pre«
; M'i<t dn*ies, to an extent to meet any demand, which,
: under a fair competition, may he made upon it.
A considerable increase of domestic manufacture*, ly
diminishing the impurla'ion of foreign, will probablv
tend to lessen the amount of the public revenue. Ac,
however, a I irgc proportion of (be revenue winch is
derived from duties, is raised from other a> tides than
manufactures, the demand for which will increase with
our popufefion, it is believed that a fund will still bo
raised from that source adequate to the greaier part of
j ».,e public expenditures, especially as those expeodi
! lures, should we continue to be hlc-scd with peace, will
j he diminished by the completion of the fortification*,
j dock-jards. and other pohl c werkr, by the nugmeu
■ tilion of the navy to the point to which it is pioposetfr
tq e^rry it, and by the payment of the public debt, it*
| eluding pensions for military services.