...passed August 10, 1790, it is declared that duties were laid on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported, for the discharge of the debts of the United States,...the encouragement and protection of manufactures. By the first section of that act, slate was charged wuh a duty of ten per cent, ad valorem, Afterwards,...

...they address themselves to what they justly call " the new government," and what hopes inspired then- bosoms, from the fact that a new government had been...record of Congress, and on the paper record of our statute-books. It cannot be erased, and it shall not be erased ! Now, Gentlemen, Congress, as I have...

...Baltimore, to extend protection to the mechanic arts ? It granted them ! It yielded it. And, except a forma] act for taking the oaths, the very first act passed...record of Congress, and on the paper record of our statute-books. It cannot be erased, and it shall not be erased ! Now, Gentlemen, Congress, as I have...

...It has a preamble, and that preamble expressly recites, that the duties which it imposes are laid " for the support of government, for the discharge of...the encouragement and protection of manufactures." Until, Sir, this early legislation, thus coeval with the Constitution itself, thus full and explicit,...

...and New York and Boston ? Why not, if you support the system of free trade, why not carry it ont ? Be impartial. We say you have no more right to protect...record of Congress, and on the paper record of our statute-books. It cannot be erased, and it shall not be erased ! Now, Gentlemen, Congress, as I have...

...It has a preamble, and that preamble expressly reeites, that the duties which it imposes are laid " for the support of government, for the discharge of...the encouragement and protection of manufactures." Until, sir, this early legislation, thus coeval with the constitution itself, thus full and explicit,...

...length accomplished their object ; for in the preamble of the law, June 1st, 1799, we find as follows: "Whereas it is necessary for the support of government,...the discharge of the debts of the United States, and encouragement and promotion of manufactures, that the duties be laid upon goods, wares, and merchandise...

...States, and on the tonnage of vessels. A law was accordingly passed, with a preamble declaring it to be "necessary for the support of government, for the...debts of the United States, and the encouragement of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported." This law imposed...

...monopoly of the whole coasting trade of the country, and who have been enriched, honestly enriehed, by it. But how did Congress treat these applications...record of Congress, and on the paper record of our statute-books. It cannot be erased, and it shall not be erased ! Now, Gentlemen, Congress, as I have...

...informs us that the duties imposed by the latter act were laid, not for the purpose of revenue alone, but "for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the protection and encouragement of domestic manufactures." If, therefore, the construction of the Constitution,...