4998. MANUFACTURES, The Embargo and.—[continued].
The suspension of our
foreign commerce, produced by the injustice
of the belligerent powers, and the consequent
losses and sacrifices of our citizens, are subjects
of just concern. The situation into
which we have thus been forced, has impelled
us to apply a portion of our industry and
capital to internal manufactures and improvements.
The extent of this conversion is daily
increasing, and little doubt remains that the
establishments formed and forming will,
under the auspices of cheaper materials and
subsistence, the freedom of labor from taxation
with us, and of protecting duties and
prohibitions, become permanent.—
Eighth Annual Message. Washington ed. viii, 109.
Ford ed., ix, 223.
(1808)
