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rather assumes a new form。 Shall we make our own comforts； or go
without them； at the will of a foreign nation？ He； therefore； who is
now against domestic manufacture； must be for reducing us either to
dependence on that foreign nation； or to be clothed in skins； and to
live like wild beasts in dens and caverns。 I am not one of these；
experience has taught me that manufactures are now as necessary to
our independence as to our comfort； and if those who quote me as of a
different opinion； will keep pace with me in purchasing nothing
foreign where an equivalent of domestic fabric can be obtained；
without regard to difference of price； it will not be our fault if we
do not soon have a supply at home equal to our demand； and wrest that
weapon of distress from the hand which has wielded it。 If it shall
be proposed to go beyond our own supply； the question of '85 will
then recur； will our _surplus_ labor be then most beneficially
employed in the culture of the earth； or in the fabrications of art？
We have time yet for consideration； before that question will press
upon us； and the maxim to be applied will depend on the circumstances
which shall then exist； for in so complicated a science as political
economy； no one axiom can be laid down as wise and expedient for all
times and circumstances； and for their contraries。 Inattention to
this is what has called for this explanation； which reflection would
have rendered unnecessary with the candid； while nothing will do it
with those who use the former opinion only as a stalking horse； to
cover their disloyal propensities to keep us in eternal vassalage to
a foreign and unfriendly people。
I salute you with assurances of great respect and esteem。