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Newspaper Page TextSAVANNAH / GEORGIAN NEW SERIES—VUL. It. SWVNNUI BAV.iNNAi,, SAT Ult BAY MORNING, FEBRUARY £2, IBM. FRIDAY MORNING, FM. 21. 1823. The Northern Letter Mail was not re ceived last night —the cause ,of the failure tac do not know. No papers north of Charleston came to Irani. -We understand that the Bight Rev. \f. F.solino. Homan Catholic Ilishop of Charleston, whp has recently arrived in this city, will this eveni'g, soon lifter tlk o’clock, commence a series of instructions to be continued during a few eveniugs, in the Itoman Catholic Church. The remarks of our Representative, Mr Tattnall, on the proposed manufacturer’s tariff, will be found in our columns this day. To do justice to our advertising friends, we have inserted a considerable portion of it on tlte outside form. It will he found worthy of an attentive perusal the opinions expressed are those in which We are confident he is supported by the gkreat majority of his constituents, Our Opinions on this subject have been fre. ouently expressed, and we can add noth ing to what is now said upon the subject, The Expedition.—Copt. Porter’s Fleet, consisting of the U. S. ship Peacock, U. S. schr. Shark, Steam-Galliot Sea-Guli, Store-ship Decoy, scitrs. Greyhound, Juck- af, Fox, Wild-Cat, Beagle, Ferret, Ter rier, Weasle, and three Barges i destined to chastise the' Cuba pirates, has sailed from Norfolk. On the 5th, the officers of the Fleet gave a dinner ,o the Commodore, which called forth much patriotic senti ment. Another Powder Mill has exploded, and Another life is lost Mr. S. Trotter’s Mill? near Lexington, Ky. was blown up, I for the second or third time) and George X'.ance was killed. * V S Bank Stock, Feb. 8.-At New York 104 asked, 1032 offered—At Philadelphia, JfMi to i04J, Sales of Cotton at Mobile, on the 27th Ult. were made at 10 j a lUj for prime; fair a a Hi 1 Bagging, 42 a 44. A letter from New Orleans of Jan. 23 says Prime Cotton is in demand, and bought ns soon as it arrives. The competition for choice brands is greater than 1 have ever known, Sales have been made at 16 cents" and f om the numerous orders for this des Cription, I should not be surprised to see a rise of another cent per lb- Other quali ties are in fair request, but as our stock o* inferiors accumulates, I think there must be a decline. Our crop is large, but no 1 so good as last year’s. Freights are ad vancing, there being very few veBsela In port, not taken up ” prime 13 a 14; 2d quality 10 a 12 ; Alaba" mu and Tenessee 7 a 10. Exchange on JLonduir 11 a 12 premiums t freights to Li Verpool} a 7-8—stock of Cotton on hand 17,137 bales, The Scltr..tdveho brought ! broken fl e of New Oilcans papers tothe 24th ult. We are indebted to a friend jqMis city for the use of them, There some stormy work-in the Senute of Louisiana on Ibe 20th January occasioned by a resolution offered by M. Lislet, to eject from their body the utetnbeiB of some parishes it. Florida, but which partshers had been by Congre-s annexed to Louisiana, Mr. CiahK afterwards moved that the vesoiu linn and the proceeding on •it, should be expunged from the jour nals of the house—there was little ■doubt that this motion would prevail, Some of the New Orleans papers art very vehement upon the subj cl, and apeak of the unbounded hostility of foreign Frenchmen to Americans and their institutions. The legislature Louisiana is very far from being in 'i slate pi harmony and the parlies in tt are extreun ly bitter against each ather. A bill to call a convention to r. model the constitution has been re ferrcd to a committee. Ch. Mercury. - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE from Loudon and Liverpool papers to the-lst January, received by tlte James Cropper, at New York- London, Dec. 26.—Our private let tors inform us that the French funds continued to tall. They left oil on the 17th Di e- for money, at 27f. 65c. and lor arc-at 4 o'clock, at 971,30c. Letters insi-t that nothing was de cisively settled when the Duke ol ■Wellington left Paris ; not that there was any difference ut opinion with r spec' to the interference in the af fairs of Spain—but with respect to tin mode nd time. The Spaniards here are said ;o have given n"tice that they will receive tenders for equipping «0, )QQ|inen instantly. A luan ol four millions is .,lsn to be negocisted- The Mouiteur contains lung details from the fcpunish frontiers, iu which forsituation of the Royalists so far from being desperate, is represented as full of encouragement and nope!— Mina has lately been defeated in an attempt to take Sco by storm. Five hU'idred of the Constitutionalists Were killed. On the 12ili, RomagnSii made a sortie, and phrsued the Con stitutionalists to Pla, where he seized a large convoy of provisions. Madrid, Bet' 15.—It is stated as positive that a treaty of Alliance be tween Spain and Portugal has been concluded, Eight thousand men are to enter Spain forthwith, and to be placed at Ibe disposal of the Govern inent. ft is even said, that a com mercial treaty haB been arranged be tween these two powers. The same Plenipotentiary wuujd not be charged with it, •sccordinxtorunfhr, furritis affirmed that fie ii’recalled tii Portu gal, Fmm the London Courier, Dec. 26. The following is copied from the Dublin Journal nf Monday last, which reached us this m Thing; the Magis trates are still employed in collecting further information relative to there cent outrage at,the theatre, So late- lay as Sunday last, we understand, they received Borne "imortuui com- municalions upon oath :— Conspiracy to assassin te the. Lord Lieutenant.—This evening Henry Handwich and George Graham were fully cnmmilted by Counsellor Gab- bett, for having, wilh dive s other persons, feloniously conspired, cunfed erated and agreed lu kill and murdor bis excellency Richard Marquis Wei lesley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. James Furbes was apprehended under a warrant from the Magistrates of the Head Office this evening, and lolly committed on the above capital committal. Matlhew Hambridge is committed for conspiring tebause a riot, and for actually, with others, having caused one on the night in question, William Grahum and William Brownlow are apprehended on the above minor charge, which is bailable. Bayonne, Dec 18—(Extract of a private letter.)—‘The news from Ne- varre is good, Goo. O’Dunnel main tains himself well; he recehtly offered battle to tho Cons'itutionalists, win refused it, and he pursued them to the very gates of Pampeluoa, His army is now 4QQ0 strong; and if he could obtain a supply 'of arms and money, it would, prob bly aulu.unt ti- upwards of 20,000. The Spaniards of tbs Army of the Faith, whom we daily see on our frontiers, protest with much courage and confidence, that they should not need our support, il they could but be supplied with arms and ammunition.” Paris. Dec, 36.—The Connell of Miuisjcrs held yesterday, at which the King presided, lasted three liouns and a half. On breaking up, the Min isters again assembled, The Ambas sadors of Russia Austria,and Prussia, despatched extraordinary courists te Madrid. These couriers are bearers of the resolutions of the Congress with regard to Hpaip, M. de Chateaubriand is expected to accept the place in the French Ca binet, vacant by the resignation of tin: Duke de Mnnlmorencyi News front the frontiers of Spain.— A letter fi uni Bayonne, dated the 17th inst, gives the following intelligence: General O’Dunnel has detached, 180m men from his corps d’armee to sur. prise 500 ol the enemy’s infan try, which have bceh sent Irom Arra gun to Torrijns, and whom the latter doubtless awaits in order to attack General O’Dunnel, AFFAIRS OF GREECE. Extract of a letter, dated Hjjara, Nov. 25.—On the return of the Turk ish fleet to the bay of Tenedos, a fee ble division of the squadron of Psara began to pursue it, with the intention of profiting of all opportunities which might present themselves. They pro ceeded in the first place to make their movements behind the neighbouring isles. After having procured the ne cessary information, as to the situation of the enemy, two captains solicited and gained permission to attempt to set fire to the fleet, by means of fire ships. The enterprise was difficult and perilous, but the utmost reliance was placed on the skill of the seamen selected for this service, and particu larly on the intrepidity of the Captain Conaris, the same who had destroyed the captain Pacha on the coasts of Scio, at the same time that the Hy driot Captain Pepinos set fire to the sloop Rekla. Notwithstanding the tempestuous/state of the weather, the two fire ships set out on the I Otii N:>v, at seven o’clock in the evening, ac companied by two sloops of war; they contrived at first to deceive the vigif- nhee of tlie first line of the enemy’s gourd, by passing dexterously on one side j Dut when they approached the port, two frigates, stationed to guard the coast, at no great distance from the entrance of the pert, perceived their intentions, and gave notice of them by signals to the Admiral of the Heel, - who apprised the whole fleet by firing three shots. The Greeks took advantage of the very wcuiftstaws which appeared calculated to ruin their enterprizc ; foi‘ the Captain Ca- nuris, recognizing the Admiral by this signal, cxclnimud 'courage my com rades we have the enemy, and imme diately. made an attack upon this ves sel, which he burned with such I’apidi- ty that out of the whole crew, not more than twenty or thirty esenpod. The confusion of the Turks was at first su great, that those in the fortress believing tlyat the Greeks had stormed the post, fired for some seconds against their own ships, and did- considerable damage to some of them. The ships also sustained a great deal of damage in striking against .each other at the entrance of the port, where they were obstructed in their haste to escape the communication of the flame-. The storm afterwards destroyed 12 Turk ish brigs, and four frigates. One of their corvettes was captured. On the return of the Greek division to the purt of I’.vara, the Kphori of the Isle, followed by an immense crowd of men and women of all ages, came down t- the bank, where they receiv ed tlie captains and their crews with cries of “ Long live the heroes of Te nedos ! Honor to the brave! Long live (he illustrious defenders of our in dependence !’’ The President of the Ephori then advanced and placing a laurel crown on the head of Canaris said—“Your grateful country honors the conqueror of two of the enemy’s Admirals.” lhe magistrates reced ing him afterwards in the midst of them, and causing him to be accompa nied by all his brethren in arms, re turned to town, followed by the peo pie, who made the air resou.id with cries of joy. In this order they arriv-' ed at the Cathedral Church of the Isle, where they sang Te Deum. This ceremony was succeeded by prolong ed discharges of artillery. At the same instant, Mr. Hamilton, Com mander of the. Bnglishvessel the Cam brian, entered the port, and demand ed, on his lauding the cause of these rejoicings. Being informed of the fresh disaster of the Ottoman fleet, lie desired to see captain Carats, DEBATE ON MANUFAI’-TUkEu. IN THE HOUSE OF HEFnESENTaTlVES The uilt “for the morn effectual protec tion of Manufactures!' being under consi deration in Committee of the Whole!* 1 >’ M |U TATTNALL, of Georgia, ad dressed the chair—lie expressed him- Selt as fully sensible ul the liberality and friendly politeness of the Hon. gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Iluylics, in yielding the floor to him, on the present occasion. The object of that gentleman was to take up the bid in detail, for the purpose only ol changing some of ils (futures. Ms object, said Mr. T. is different. 1 am willing to receive this bill in no shape. I am therefore not inclined 10 emei upon the discussmji ol the propriety ol .,ny amendments that may be cowem- plated. 1 am altogether opposed to the system which il is interid'-d to up .-.old; and am desiious of testing, at once, the sense ul mis House, wheth er it is prepared to enler upon the policy, so boldly recommended upon i his occasion, ol encouraging our do mastic manufactures by the imposi tion of duties completely prohibitory ot foreign importations. His objections 10 this bill were twofold; firsi, because ul its operation in relation to the pe pie generally of the United Stoles; .nd secondly, because of its bearing upon tlie particular district of lit country, from which Tie had the hull ur to cume. He would briefly state nis general objections to the policy upheld by this bill,- and, in (lie cour-e ul the lew remarks with which In would burthen the attention of the Committee, he would endeavour In take some slight notice ol the argu inents urged in ils favor. Iri the firs' place, said Mr. T. -1 would remark, that, to aulhorizi- us to pass this bill gentlemen should not only convince us lhat it is Calculated In benefit tin manuracluringinirresi-;but ilicy mus als« place it beyond a doubt, that tin other classes ol laborers in our coun try will not be injuriously affected. Pile capacity df the Government to be nejit may be unlimited. Not so in- power to injure. It may have a i-ighi to advance the interests of maHufac tures. It can have no right to itc-rfm' with the prosperity, or-check the progress of agriculture and cum- merce, particularly as the two lat ter cover a apace, in importance of imedmparahly greater extent! As far as he could inform himself, and as far as his reflection upon the subject extended, he was satisfied, that, instead of its being proved lhai the agricultural and commercial iu tercets would not be injured, it was clear to his mind, that the contrary would be the - fleet. Nay, Sir, Said he, I am satisfied that this lias alrea dy been the case to o partial degree; —I know, at least, it has been so in regard to agriculture, in the quarter of the country iu which 1 reside He could not thcielore give his assent to he bill. On the contrary, he felt ii hit dui/ to raise l)is voice against it. He regarded it as unjust anil grevl- oui i—qnjiist ns it is. partial legisla tion, intended to benefit a few, and grnvioua a%it promises to seriously- afflict thts Interests of every Ollier portion of our community. No bur thens should bo imposed, but lor the sup|fnrl ol the Government, and these should bear equally upon the shoul ders of all. Ary other principle i« oppiesite nnrl unjust. II yurt give a bounty to one class, you must take so mnclt from the Commowstock, You cannot encourage nil ) lor to take from a common stock to entourage all, would Ire jircposterous. To be just, therefore, you must nut interfere, I'he attention of tho Government must no the directed to a single ob ject, Nineteen twentieths ol the people ul this country are engaged itr agriculture, and commerce, either di rectly or indirectly. Is it just then (npassa bill which .shall cramp their efftifts, nr lessen their profits, simply to benefit the remaining twentieth f Sir, said Mr. T. this is a mutter oi loo serious con-ideratioii lobe disre garded by this Committee. Gentle men may deny the f-ct of injury to to these interests. They may make long spcecnes in iliis House,and write long tl-calies out hf it. But they will orgue sod write in voin. I assert the fuct'of injury', nnd I do so iffion the very best ground. 1 call upon gentlemen to snew me a siugl empire, and enjoying, in cvUrv por-i he, tl.ut dependant upon t marke-, lie tom ol it, plenty, if not opulence I j die Ha.fo simply of your families, that Why should we change our policy ? I woolil winsenti ogive an-exclusive privi- Ilave VvU not Increased in wmiilatlnn I I'f Mii Ihrnishing that market, with meats and in wealth in a degree unexampled instance, uf the mercitd portions esciitg in ''ucit an o vauce. Every mop J cultural or cum uli- coun ty acqui-' liuluit us they ad- is supposed to nil derstand his own iusiitess best; and, if tiiis-maxiin be coijrect, tlierd can he no doubt wlmt etlect\a system of boun ties and protecting Itlulics will have upon tliese portions uf the national community. No, sir, the only pro fs to the contrary are tu he found in tlie teeble winnings and liimsy arguments of some. of these yery manufacturers themselves. Fuss such an abominable bill as Ihis, and dejjjjjd'upon it, sir, a whole nation will th trader disapproba tion in your ears. I say alniminubie, and hope that 1 may he permitted tu pronounce it so. Thuse who knew me, know that 1 am not inclined to he per sonally offensive upon improper occa sions. It is not my fault, sir, (said Mr. T.) if, ill condemning the fruit, the goodly churaetbr of the tree also should be supposed to be implicated. Tht agricultural jiortiuns of our coun try, ns well as tlffe commercial; have not been silent on this subject. They have frequently laid before you then- strong protests against tlie system up held by this bill. And are we to dic tate to (licin yriiat measures shall be adopted to promote their own interests? If our community could be compared to a family Of children, ignorant of their own good, and incapable of pro viding fur their own wants, then indeed it might he well enough to stretch forth the parental care of the government. But, as freemen, we must acknowl edge that our government is founded upon a contrary principle, IVe think the people capable of managing their own concerns. UurgoverimiUht is an agency, not a guardianship. He Would grant that it is the only govern ment established upon such a princi ple- But it is no less true on^hat ac count. Let the people, therefore, ufouc. When they find they cannot live by agriculture or commerce, let them try something else. But he en treated they might be allowed to do as they please. II they prefer the plough tu the shuttle, or the spude to the needle, why, in Heaven’s name, let them alone. It is not necessary iu order lhat all their wants might be supplied, and all their interests be de fended, that gentlemen should gra ciously interfere, to compel a part to leave the active pursuits of husbandry for the purpose of sitting cross-legged upon a tailor’s board.' Depend upon it, sir, (said Mr. T.) the people of this country are sharp-sighted enough to do-whut will conduce to their benefit. ■There is no nation in tlie world, hav ing, to an equal degree, the individual intelligence, enterprizej and calcula ting qualities of this nation. The people of this country will never ex tend their industry in any direction further than they may find it condu cive to their profit. If then the inter ests of the country are arrayed in op position to this manufacturing scheme, why should we attempt to aid its oper ation ? When it becomes the interest of this nation to become a manufactur ing nation, then will the object of gen! tleinen he accomplished-. Gentlemen must wait until this natural effect is produced by the natural cause. It is idle to attempt tb force it* You might us well attempt to compel from the tree, the production of its fruit at an immaturity ofagt-s when nature forbids Where, sir, (said Mr* T.) is the ne cessity of taking any step at all on tnis subject r Wly are we attempt ing an innovation upon the system which wisdom ha- hitherto pointed out to us ? Loot at tliis nation—in infun- y indeed—yet with all the strength of manhood—the growth of hut a lew i degree unexampled in history? 'And is this entirely qtt- ing lo any great superiority of ouh cU matqor our soil ? Is France, iq. Eng land, is Italy, unblest in these purlieu hit's ? No, sir; but France, England and Italy, want the happy influence of our free government,' -and’ tlie bright sunshine of our liberal policy. Wo have none of their restrictions—none of their monopolies, and none of their aristocracies, that feed like a danker upon Hie prosperity of their people. Adopt, however, the system proposed, nnd, (said Mr. Ti) it requires mfpro- pliet. to predict, that, in' a few J^arSi yrm-will have each of those; evils; Imfi then your prosperity will be withered, and your country will bo ruined. (De pend upon it, sir, (said Mr, T.i) we cunnnt, witli safety, attempt the diver sion, by artificial means, of a part of tho stream of labor, tvitiwut material ly aflecting the depth and forcU and Utility of the whole stream. We must have an eye to the general inter ests of tlie country, otherwise, we sha|! find ourselves like Spain, with the ma terials of wealth in our possession, yet poor, degraded, and impotent: Give space for the activity of every branch of industry, and we may llouriah—sUin- it it, and tve must decay. Enterprise is the very soul of industry, hutehler- prize must be unshackled; it bust move through yoilr country as free as tlie winds, that visit it. It is not. nccossiiry for olir prosper- ity) Ihafwe should become a manu facturing people Why should „ different pulicy be pursued by nation, from that pursued by individuals in society ? Does every man weave -is own stuff', and make his own coat ? Does he tan his own leather, anil- H ike his own s|mes P No, Sir, we all gain by interchanges of labour. To flourish as a nation, we need not do every thing. Let us furnish materi als—let others 'lubricate them. With them mechanical labor may be,cheap ■r. With Us the agricultural pursuit maybe the most profitable. (,ct us, therefore, employ them as oftr mechan ics. In regard to the application ol mechanical labor, said Mr. T.i have my doubts if we ever can cupO wllh. Irani. Foreign, i. e. European nations, have a surptOs population. ThU/br not the case with us, and will hot lie as long as We shall have iinmeoie forests sti|l waiting for the axe of the husbandman, Mr, T. remarked, lhat it Wat the common cant of the day to call every ie» in favor of manufactures, an act in promote domestic industry. Such a title was imposing; and Hit Hough men of sense and discrimination were not tn be won by names hud titles, yel -nill, witlf (he mass of tho people, such ari ilea was calculated to pro duce a feeling favorable to the bill.— Gcniletnen, said he, would make us believej that a portion of the industry of the country had been slumbering fir years past, and lhat it had been i iiusi d into action by their exertions T is is not the Case. Their exertionsi at test, only tend to give a new dtivc tion lo industry, It is taking from one class lo add to another ; it is per- tapsmaking, nr, (if gentlemen prefer me term,) ihanuficturlng a sickly manufacturer nut uf a sturdy hdsbaud n n. Keep'away the inducements which you would hold out; and you leave to i’s tree exercise the -industry <d the one class ; hold them out, amt you enoourage the labor of the other. In either case ('taking the correctness uf tlie position as granted) and you fl id domestic industry exercised — The only difference is in the subject ol its application. MV r. was also opposed to the bill rroln :'s oppeemve character. The imposition of protecting dunes operates as a bounty to manufaet\ii-es. Now, Sir, said lie, the cun- ,timer, In every instance, pays tliisamonni. tVliere be consumes doinrstic articles, he pa..sit to the manufacturer i end, in addi tion to tliis, he is saddled with the expense ofthe;Government, And, who, pruy Sir, an* the. consumers ? Or, iq,piainer terms, whu form the great muss of your population ! ne manufacturers / Nut Sir, They form oil an iuconsiderahle portion of your pu- pulal'ion, The beuejit then, is enjoyed by the few, and tlie burthen by the muny.. Is not Uin tyrannyri Yes Sir, and tyranny ol the must Bhamefu! kind! I'he creation of llii-se manufactories by legislative attt, and the forcing, as it were, Ihis daA upon-our national community, was as odious in his now, an‘das grating tallis feelings, as would he the quartering and distriku'ion of a mi Idary body aUiong n peaceable communi ty. In either instance the feelings of the community are in opposition. In eithei instance their integrity ia violated, their comforts are curtailed, and their interests are assailed. Both cases are equally ab horrent to our nature as freemen Mr. T, also thought every i rinoiple of policy was opposed to the bill tinder eon* sideratiori. A strong reason against one of the principal features in the System P 1 o- posed, is, that all competition in the mar ket would be destroyed, consequently, the purchaser wpul-.l be at the mercy ol the seiler. It does really seem to mci said Me T. that sume gentlemen, when acting in Ibis Hall, are entirely f" getfnlnfthe plain common aensc principles which govern them ■ home, lint only in Ilnur private Im! d ..ap,clues, but us nr mbi-rs at or, In abort, tn any i'mfttflfinlrjHr f Would you not strrnunusly opjinse aucli an II'! rangomem, and, in .short. ,h no) the regu lations nf ail your markets, strictly guard against such a monopidy, and even go so far as to prevent persons from purchasing any considerable quantity of articles, so as to materially affect the influence which a competition would produce l And, iu the name nf common sense, (there is the d f- ference in ibis case f The principle ia tlie same. Principles are jmminuble Tho effect in that case (were these regulations not enforced,) would b'e to make you pay double lor votlr supplies. The elf ct in Ibis cast! will be the. same. Would yon deem it an argument against such salutary regulations,' that a contrary procedure would certainly, enrich ‘ the lew, sellers in yimc. markets I Would not you) nnd ll\a great mass of purchasers, fee) -iniignant at themuggesitori l But Ih-rc, in this Halts where wisdom is me,) neetletl,. forsneth it must be Ictul met!,/ I'he plsiu principles nfoolumnii sense lire bore inflow qW hoi ice i IVe are ton refiiied'fir 'these, tie cannot condescend tu use them Nothing sublu nary will answer for pitr. fi&potco IVe must have some iptenttiil thcoiy lo govern us here I Sir, said Mr. T. these lantacics should b6 expelled IViltn these walls, t hey are. on ly calculated, by heating titir imagination!!, 11 mislead our judgments. There is no essential difference in 'the two esses which I have j it -t assimilated lo each other. \ lip subject lo which you apply the principle for which I contend, if precisely the same ilf its character, only differing in e.n tu— the one is a small cumipmuMh the ntlicr a large one—-he one a city, the other a nap lion. -j ■ Mr, T. sniff, that he confessed he did not wish to see the maaiilkctiirmg interest thrive to any great extent in this country, ttvaiifit couhl do to m hout tlie aiiiotnilcd of the'gmc. nment. The -history-of Eug- l:,t,d. and the little experience tie have had in this country, sene to convince^ns that the benefits ofainfh an interest is con fined to a very few. - they reach not tlie muss.of individuals employed in the pur suit, but are cuiifmed to a few, a very fro? cnpiinlieie. In f-icl, none but greut capi talists nun conduct’the operations. Gen 1 'tlcniun-may deny tliis, they may say that great means qiay lie required, yet Ilia combimtion of;tnuny individuals may fur 1 nish these. He would 'answer them by saying,'thede- tv II always dwindle down in .number to a very tow, however mime! I'niiH lliidV. tnnv hr* fit first, ftict. Nitiil years, and yet spreading over t vast j the coiamuuit/i \» thereout ctymifMi roils they/tnay be.'at first. In fact, saiil he, a large nugibe v Of persona is not calcu lated temanage any concern It will al ways l/e tire object to reduce the number of proprietors us low as possible, us u ho will confide In others us implicitly as in himself f We ulllikc lo liava as complete a control at possiblea>vs> our own affairs, What ia the consequence thenf Th(t greater capitalists eventually monopolize .lie whole. Now, air, said Mr. I", it is the policy of Uur governm- nt to discourage every thing which has a tendency to li. mit tile possession of Weultli to a few: yet this evil lias always attended manufactur ing countries, lie appealed tn tlie pre sent Slate of England - lie appealed tu oil? own country for the truth of the remark. The owners of these Usuolishments will be wrullhjj but whoare Hie per- sunswho will perform the labui? Why j. sir, o population more fit. for the fe tid atmosphere ol despotism than fop , tliis free country—a poor we.k ser vile set, ready to go or come at trie beck of each lordly proprietor, pre pared to obey iu every particular; whether to weave a yard of cloth or give a vote at an election. Apopuha lion, in short, as slavish, in reality as lie negroes of the Southern States.— The gentleman from N. Jersey, (Mr, Holcombe,) appears to think differ, eritl y. He seems to regard this class of the community with singular res pect,. He tells you (hat New Eng.. land is, and has for some lime past been, a manufacturing nation; he re pels (what he deems) the foul asper sion cast upon a manufacturing ruin 1 niunity, and he poinis,as in triuitipi'i to the achievements of the gallant Hull!. Sir, said Mr. T. I lully sym- • psthise wilh that gentleman in the ,- feelings which he pours forth, arid the admiration which he expresses in re gard to this distinguished warrior. But, let me ask the gentleman, dock , lie expect In find a Hull— 1 dues he ex pect to find a hero of this gigantic mould within the sickly circle of a manufactory? No sir. He must Ionic lor him through the expansive fields of your agricultural community, or on the boundless (five nf the ocean! — Genius or valor must not be fettered • by restraints, or circumscribed in ac tion, Sir, I shall nor attempt to depict the population which we should have in the event of our enun ry be coming filled with manufactories, t shall not attempt todrawihe contrast between these wretches with which, gentlemen are proposing te fill thm notion, and the otner classes ot foe if. -countrymen, the Sturdy yeoirtahry, who during our late cuntesq breasted foe invasion uf our enemy, and thd brave and enterprising seamen, who, lighted up evey sea width the splendor ot your stars! Every one must sea foe difference which will exist; every one must aeq the degeneracy wniclt. will ensue. Toe preservation iff in dividual independence among our hi,, tizi'iis ia essential to the cuntinuau.B of our free instiiuiions. If We hai.g, as yet in IKj? Northern States, (and S am willing to believe it,) eitaped c„ » temiitalion, it is ortly -lecaute the , • grietillurui influence Is happily tint C (tribe itncliiniht in ion page. J ■

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Savannah Georgian. (Savannah, Ga.) 1822-18??, February 22, 1823, Image 1