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7080. PROTECTION, Oppressive.—

I do
not mean to say that it may not be for the
general interest to foster for awhile certain
infant manufactures, until they are strong
enough to stand against foreign rivals; but
when evident that they will never be so, it
is against right to make the other branches
of industry support them.—
To Samuel Smith. Washington ed. vii, 285. Ford ed., x, 252.
(M. 1823)