Daily National Intelligencer

PUBLIC MEETING AT PHILADELPHIA,

A very numerous and respectable meeting of the citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia, friendly to American Manufactures, was held in the STATE HOUSE YARD, at Philadelphia, on Saturday afternoon, the 21st of August, agreeably to public notice, when

Matthew Lawler, Esq. was appointed Chairman—and

Condy Raguet, Secretary.

The object of the meeting having been introduced by some appropriate remarks, and stated from the chair, the following resolutions were adopted—

Resolved, As the opinion of this meeting, that the present prostrate state of manufactures and trade has chiefly arisen from the great influx of foreign manufactures into this country, whereby the productions of the industry of our citizens are debarred from a market, our workmen deprived of employment and reduced to mendicity, while the wealth of the United States is drained to support the industry of foreign nations.

Resolved, That it is expedient to form a society for the promotion of domestic industry, the members of which shall engage to give a preference to our own productions, whenever they can be obtained of good quality, and at a fair price. and that a committee be now appointed to carry this resolution into effect.

The following gentlemen were appointed:

Matthew Lawler, Wm. W. Woodward, John Harrison,

Thomas Leiper, Dr. Samuel Jackson, Thos. W. Morris, Thomas Hulme, Dr. James Mease, Condy Raguet.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare & report, at a future meeting, a memorial to the Congress of the United States, praying for such a modification of the tariff, as will protect the industry of our own country, and prevent its being sacrificed to that of foreign nations.

Resolved, That the same committee be a committee of correspondence, to correspond with such persons throughout the United States as are favorable to the support and protection of domestic industry.

The following gentlemen were appointed:

William Duane, Matthew Carey, Seth Craige, Condy Raguet, Henry Horn, Josiah Randall, William Young.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to ascertain the state of the manufactories in this city and precincts, at three different periods, viz: during the war in 1814, in 1816, and at the present time, and particularly the number of persons out of employment, together with the weekly value of their labor.

Mr. Duane and Mr. Carey having been appointed to report suitable names, the following were adopted:

Mark Richards, Iron founder.

Jonathan Lukens, Saddler

James Ronaldson, Type founder

William Young, Woollen manufacturer

Seth Craige, Cotton manufacturer,

John Harrison, Chemist,

William Fry, Printer,

Henry Horn, Silver plater,

Patrick M'Kell, Manufacturer of hosiery,

James Josiah, Manufacturer of glass.

Thomas Fletcher, Do. of screws, &c.

Franklin Eyre, Ship builder,

Edward Shelmerdine, Hatter,

J. D. Langstroth, Paper maker

Hugh Henry.

Resolved, That at all future elections, for members of the State Legislature or the Congress of the United States, we will vote for no man who is known to be unfriendly to the support and protection of domestic manufactures, and that we recommend to our fellow-citizens, throughout the Union, to adopt a similar line of conduct.

Resolved, That our representatives in Congress and in the Legislature of the State, be earnestly requested to appear at the next and all future sessions of those respective bodies, clothed in domestic manufactures.

Resolved, That the manufacturers, mechanics, and tradesmen, of the city and county of Philadelphia, be requested to furnish the chairman of the committee, appointed under the fifth resolution, with such information relative to the objects of their appointment, as falls within their immediate notice.

Resolved, That this meeting adjourn, to meet again at the court house, on Saturday, the 4th of September next, at 4 o'clock.

Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in all the papers of the city.

MATTHEW LAWLER Chairman.

Condy Raguet, Secretary.