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policy, at least to the extent practiced by other nations, in which 

 Jefferson coincided, and after the war of 1812 these views were re- 

 vived and warmly advocated by the democratic party in this State. 



In 1816 the Am(;rican Society, for the encouragement of domes- 

 tic manufactures, was organized in this city, at the head of which 

 was Daniel D. TompTcins, then governor of the State. 



It put forth, in an elaborate address to the public, an exposition 

 of its views, which will be sufficiently conveyed by a single extract: 

 " We ask protection until our tender grizzle shall be hardened, and 

 our joints knit." In 1817 the Connecticut Society, for the encour- 

 agement of domestic manufactures, was formed, the professed ob- 

 ject of which was to urge our people to compare our own fabrics 

 M'ith those of other nations, and if of equal value and cost, to give 

 them the preference — the society declaring that manufactures were 

 the last hope of Connecticut. In the spring of 1819 the Philadel- 

 phia society for the promotion of national industry by protective 

 laws, was establislied, and published, in the course of that year, 

 twelve elaborate pamphlets, and in the following autumn the Tarn 

 many society of this city called a solemn council, and after a grand 

 pow wow among the assembled warriors and braves, an " Address 

 to the American People" was adopted and extensively circulated, 

 urging the practice of national economy, and earnestly recommend- 

 ing the non-consumption of foreign goods, and the encouragement 

 of our own manufactures. 



On the 5th of February, 1824, the Franklin Institute, of Phila- 

 delphia, was established for the benefit of mechanics and manufac- 

 tures, upon the model of a class of institutions which had shortly 

 before that sprung up extensively in England. The founders of the 

 institution were careful to specify that it should not be the expo- 

 nent or advocate of any political views. They declared that they 

 would take no ground upon the question of a protective policy, as 

 it was one upon which there was great difference of opinion, but at 

 the same time, as they were warmly in favor of the encouragement 

 of domestic industry, they would seek to effect that object by the 

 display of our manufactures at stated periods, in order to show what 

 progress we were making, to enable the unprejudiced to compare 

 our own productions with those of other nations, and to excite a 

 proper spirit of emulation among our manufacturers. 



In furtherance of the cause, they invited the manufacturers of 

 Pennsylvania, and of the United States generally, to send the pro- 

 ducts of their skill, industry and ingenuity to an exhibition which 

 was held under the auspices of the society, in Philadelphia, in Oc- 

 tober, 1824. This was followed up by au exhibition in the next 



