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popular government wliicli the world has ever beheld, is estab- 

 lished for the protection of its people in all their rights at home 

 and abroad. When the American citizen quits his own shores, 

 he looks to his government for protection against the tyranny of 

 other governments, — upon the high seas he fiels in the flag that 

 floats over him, ample security, because the whole power of 

 America goes with that flag, — and wherever he may go in his 

 travels, he feels that his far-distant home guarantees his safety. 



But, gentlemen, this is not the only object for which our 

 government was established. The citizen must be protected in 

 the enjoyment of the fruits of his industry. The government, in 

 conducting its great operations, must not overlook the indi- 

 vidual prosperity of its people, or sacrifice their personal welfare 

 merely to advance the wealth or the glory of the State. It 

 should in its action, foster the labor of its people. I do not mean 

 that it should shower benefits upon the indolent ; far from if. 

 We raise our revenue by laying imposts. Now are we to do this 

 for the purpose of raising the greatest amount of revenue and 

 thus increase our Treasury? Far from it. We are so to lay 

 them upon Foreign Imports as to discriminate in favor of our 

 own industry ; not so as to keep out the foreign article, but to do 

 what shall result to the benefit of the producer at home. While 

 we thus raise an ample revenue, and carry on the government, 

 we shall make the system tributary to the prosperity of the whole 

 country — the North and the South — and to all classes — the man- 

 ufacturer and the planter. 



And now, gentlemen, allow me to say, speaking to you as a 

 Southern man, that the diversified interests of our great country 

 must all be respected. There must be no war made by the South 

 upon the property and the industry of the North ; nor must there 

 be any war made by the North upon the property and the indus- 

 try of the South. I appeal to you, Mr. President, distinguished 

 as you have been in public lire, personal character and mind, to 

 hear me, when I utter this great truth. We must make no war 

 upon 3^our property and industry, and you must make no war up- 

 on ours. This is the great conservative element of our Union; 

 it is only upon this grant that we can hold together as a general 



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