ABSTRACT
Constitution were still in active public life, the revenues of the nation were raised, not by duties upon imports laid for that purpose alone, but by discriminating duties, levied so as to protect and encourage manufactures. There is no mistaking such language as this; it cannot be tortured by misconstruction. It asserts, first, the fact that Congress had previously exercised the constitutional power to protect manufactures, and then expresses the desire to see this principle maintained "in every way" calculated to build up and sustain manufacturing enterprise. It was a measure of wise precaution in order that the inquiry should be calmly and deliberately made and a satisfactory result reached. The Secretary of the Treasury, in obeying this resolution, exhibited a proper regard for the general welfare by investigating the matters submitted to him with the utmost care. The field of inquiry upon which he was required to enter was exceedingly broad.
