meat en i vc-ubles of every kind lor th
I . .er' Thr-so agricultural pmJucis were pur-
rinsed and consumed, and this mide up near,
j ly ilia whuli prtco of the iron which the, ram.
I lificturcr retired and paiJ or- t. the farm.
rs ag'un an ! again, as oficn .!je proces
" repeated , Wtdl, ii nit .iron made in
England ol the exma materials lint it is made
1 ' l hero 1 1 -Certsinlv i ' then U Writ T-uf. fifth
of tha ralde of British iron mid up of Brit.
. Mi agricultural produce T-And if we pur.
ch no nlna millions of dollars worth of British
-) iron n year, do we nov pay tlx or seven roil,
lions of this s'tiro fur ihe . produce of British
hfrf.-rrsgrain, hay, gras( bread, meal and
other previsions fir man 'an J beast -seal
Iwro far silo In the form of iron ? He put it
tl.'j gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Bayly)
.y if this wii n it trjs la tho Utter. 'I Io
challcrr-'d-bun to deny it, or disprove it if fie
r -! J. The i!" n h-" 1 S pl",rl ' Weak
down thesa great and growing mirketsfor
. nur own firmer, and givo rnu! markets to
the Bnti-ih ;' and yrt he professed xt be
-.friend to 'American farmer!! "'Fronisucb
fiiends govi lord deliver themV, . Oae re.
, nnrk mora on 'this, topic.' Secretary .Walker
informs tls that the present duty on iron is
75 per ce::t.,j whidi heJ proposes to reduce
- in 3l per tt-niJto insreise the revenue.' To
do this, must bo--not 1 tie o, double tha imports of
v lrJ' i ri: i .;'.. '
i n iu i wurif lie musi.;, t uen ws niusi auu
ten or "twelve million per year to our present
I upon a of irn, an! .'of cuirSo t destroy that
uouitnt nfou domoalx supply to make nwm
for it. -Thus, at ii.4j1.iw, in the single article
' f irunfrjlhU ;biJI U intend to destroy tho
Am. tieto nwkels for at ruast eight millions
of dollars1 wolh of domestic agricultural pro
f duce.td 'ka supplied from abroad : and ibis is
tho Am ric tono ! lUtf. Britithsjifirm .of
policy which is now attempted to b imposed
upon thi ' country by ; this British tiding Ad-'
, ' ministration! La them iLi.it.'nnd in,, less
thin two years there will; not be a specia-pay.
ing binkfin llw country' Tho peopls and
the Treasury ttill bu aj kin lankrupt,, and the
, scenes ami sufllrings.pt 18 10 will return; nnd
with it,, as a heccsary conscqucncet:th9 po.
litical rr volutions of that period.;. ;. j
Mr. Ls.AKt said, Cotton and tobacco ,cre
' agricultural products.'' 7 i j : . 1 i
Mr. S ci rtiinly ; but there arc other in
t -!rcsfs in this country worth looking after nnd
'presetting besides coltoh'nnd tobacco,- Bui,
no doubt; ihej gentleman concurs with Mr.
SuciWry Walker, wlta -tells us, in his free
tra'do report, which h is s dulighted England,
1 and no womVr it has, for ho there aavs we
. muit take mop Riitish gHvds,becous, if wq
. d.i not "EngNnd must pay for our ? bread
sin ft " I n specie , a nd noi having h to spare
, sh willbrtng down to even n greater fffteot
t he price of our cottuti. : 1 est raur cotton "
thcru is the rub. : Tho Nxrth and West must
quit work, sell pothing, afl bring everything
frwm England, and send them oui specie as.
- long as it; lasts. so that Engl ind' may hava
! "specie to spare" for Southern CuUanttnt's
tio plan thus jjponly and boldly proclaimed
rb'v thu Sucretnrv and his followers. We of
the North and! V est must send outlast dullar
J
to England to buy bread and meat, and grasps
and gran in the form rf iron and cloth, tu
increase rlho prle of our cotton." We
mujt bohewers'ol wood and druwersof wa
1 tor" for Greatj Biitain-paupefs, slavss, and
' beggars,; that England. may. l(iatoM8pec:e to
p-ueM for Southrn cotton. This is the un.
disguised policy ojn J purpose of the Treasury
Report. IVjtpMr. S. would say ta jheso
. Southern gentlemen : Dont bo afraid. ; You
" will have your cotton market still. England
must have your. cotton she canY do without
it ait present, jr But beware ; tho time may
come' whbn England would not want " our
co'.tcn, und tlie Sou'.h, in turn would cry out J
for protection. But tho gentleman cjngratu.
lues tho West with the prospect of an ea'rly
repeal of lha corn laws. Bu'f in'hiopinibn.
if the cartt laws were repealed, ihii people ofj
ihevfcs,t would scarcely get.a bushel of their
grain liUi England on uny terms. , f,. '
, -, Mr.. Bayly!. D you mean what you say,
that not ciiie bu!shelwill go tl)i?re. ;
.Mr. St e wart. ' I will answer the gentle,
mkn, by giving him Lord Ashburton'sspeech
in tlm flouieMjf L rds a few days ago. He
tstea. thai nine- tenths of the-grain now, jinv
pirled inGreajt Britain is supplied .-fom the
north, of Eirope, akh ugh they pay a tat of
fifteen shiulingtl ih q iarier ; while that from
C inadaniad th Unitetl St at es, passing through j
Cm id i, piys but four shillings. v-'llpeal tne
duty of fi'een s!iiliing an will thny not sup.
ply the wjioiejj Moitcletirly thy will. The
fcl is nolori jlhtit rhosrof onf grainand
fliur now! goes to E-ig'und through her colo
, rial parts, and at colonial duties, thus eva.
ding the operation ol the corn laws, wliile the
gruin anl .flour from tho, north ol E irope
; must always pay the highest duties imposed
by the Corn laws. HenceX'Sri Ahburtod
very iusijv arnus, that we must bs over.
whelmed, if th oirn laws-are .rrpealed, and
this great auvantigc, now unjoreu. py me
nited States, of importing flour and. grain aj
about ono-fourth of the duty ratd by the fov
norlcrs from tbo; Bdtic and -this Black Sea.
Jleptal the corn 1 iws put therrl on an equal
i-fo-tinVwtih usi, nd t not tho question set
lleifT and I tho Jm.trkei ; lost "'to our gtain and
n.ur in all timf to comcf Nulhing can be
- clearer. Aod yet gentlemen!. exult in the
... nnwnnrl tif thrt i rnenl of the Cim TaW!, and
. arc readvito sacrifi--6 the whole of our ma n-
t.rqttiren hn J hono market l bring t ab ui
SuL'h will Im tha'bncrati'in of tW repeal of the
Cira lawsfon American agriculture, and such
" is tho stajf mont of Lord Ashburton, who per;
haps knos asjronch abut the! rq Utcr as even
the learurjd geiiileman from Virginia. But
. this is not all. .This- opinion of L?rd Ash
burton isl sustiined by the "most intelligent
mercli ints in (5 real Britain. Su;h is the
uniform tenor of the testimony rec ntly taken
- Ufforo a select! commitree of tlta Umis ol
rCommons! on ihis subject.k Henry Cleaver
CAjntin,pofief the witnesses, and one of
the nvmt ; intelligent men in- the kingdom,
says t ' Repeal the Corn lawsand. tho grewi
in tmde whh Canada and tho XJestem States
cf America will1" be crushe by .th chrsper!
productions of tho Biltic and the Black Se j
conirtpcuMy, jhsj adds, "America, Canada
and British fclwppiogt would; receive a severd
a nd. decisive Wow" by the repeal of the Corn
laws. Bjt stil tho gentleman frora Yirgiuia
rxufts in the prospect of tho "repeal of the
cortl laws, and boast of the crnrkel it will,
open'to our Western farmers, to whom, howi
ever,, he (will oot givo .one dallar for their
rivers an 1 inpivements--n l aent rbutls,
anxious tri saddest hem into ihisv Bri'isUfree
trod irapkjki Ixa wouU s'ay to tha West,
timio dinaoil" trust yoit friends t and be-!
"ware of your eoemlcs. Liok at the boosted
fore-Q mirkcti whiltsul Ujmparative
oolhingi 'Look ot facts." rTho agricultural
producth?n cf th-j UuitcJ Statt, excljive of
cotton an J ;ulnccjr is csiiui'tted at oe thous.
adJ mslhcij per ytar. Our export to a)lihe
world amounted h'ti year to 011,193,515
Of this, OrearBriuin took about j wo gnd a
half. All trio ' rest was consumed at hoirw
S the foreign market of lite world amojnt
to 11 nu;;Uin,rpJ the hni market to DSj
imiuuns.';. i j i inc,gPoiieroan nail just 'pro
oounred the foreign markets -every thing to
tho farmers r and tlw home mirkctii compara.
lively nothing. ;Vc rw t4!d. by lhe gerdfe
man, a well as by the-Sectary cihei Trea
suryf thaVif wc'will redu'e eiir Tariff, Eag,
land wifl ial her .corn laws, aiifj open hvr
ports to our bread stuffs to enrich our. farm
ers. ! Now, sir, tg fariners to lijk at oSi'
cial t lets ' lent to u by this Secretary a few
days since, r Look at the report on commerce
and navigation, and you wilt b astonished to
see that bogland, Scotland, and Ireland Jast
year took from the United Staler 2.010 JosA
els! of wheats and"35t35 bir(tU of flour,
tqunl In alt to 173,795 bushels of wheat not
eq'ial to the production of a single j courityin
Pennsylvania or 0!ii. England , imports
nbout eigbtetm rnilli-ms of bushHs of wffeat
yearfy. ii For six year prior to 183, sheini;
ported annually nTte thin twenty! millions i
and' of .this oot 17-J ,785 from the U nited
States not a hunUrcdih. prt of ' her foreign
, supply. What airlimense market! for 'our
bread stutT! - And wuuhf.th rep?aF. of the
corn laws hifp yout CIearl not.) Jt will
lavorother countries' jiist as much 04 it wilf
favor you : if the duty ;is taken off of j your
prain. it is taken off of theirs. So it lave
ytu just vhere you are; nayt worse. -For,we
now get ai largo anvunt of gruilti'to England
thcoui'h tho Canadian ports at 4 'shillings du-
ty.rwnue tne z-ain t -i-jropo pays i.o. iv,-v
' . . . ... j - . MO : tt .
peal tho corn laW's, and this advantage is loll
I- . " i .. . i'. lJ i. i r
Ircvor, ono our irao inniuiji nw vhjim'i
"ports is at tin wid. 1 Clearly1 then the repeal
ol the corn laws will be ntvnjury, anu a great
injury, to our farmers on the Canadian 'fronjbreadstuffsj
tier, without in the least lavortng any Dauy. else.
Last year Urea t tjrttain and Ireland: too it
of all thegrafnaild bread Muffs fthUi)Ucd
States, wheat, ryc, oals cornV fl icwf-ahd
nieal ol. all kinds, $223,251 "dollars' wprth,'
not a Quarter of a million; and nc took trom
her Si9.C34.Oaa worth of her goods, nearly
fifty - million's of dollars;v;;Thesa,iiirte official
facts, yet the Secretary jf the Treasury who
communicates them. says, if we dont reduce
our tuntl, and take m jre urittsh jgoo.js, fng.
bnl will have to pay us specie for our bread
stuffs. .What an absurdity. , Siip takes on?,
fourth of a million of our breadatuffs and we
. take fifty millions of her goods ; yet ihe must
,jfay specie for por brendatuffs! ! But Great
untam itooK in tne same year 03joo,oo-j
worth of cotton, yet this cotton growife Sec re
tairy is not satisfied'. We of the West must
break up our inarkets, send our fpecie to
England io purchase" woo and otfhert agricul
t'uril product, converted info goads, land sup.
pqrt labor, fed by British bread dnd liueoi , so
that England may have plenty of Specie to
.. i i : -V trn in
ay high prices hir. Mr. Walker's cotton
farmcrs must be'slives to Southern necroes
Farmers, ot the West; what say yod to this ?
Vyul you submit?. II you do, you are .slaves,
and you deserve it. But a.hother fact. jjOur
esports of manufactures l ist year, includinj;
tnoso ol wood, amounted to old.iU.loo. j
Assuming, as in the case of British immuf ic--
tares, that bnc-half their value is mide up of !
American-agricultural produce, "then; wo ex
port nearY seven .millions bl dollars worih uf
agricultural produce in the form of manufacsj
tures, which ,doi not glut or injure ihe. for
cfgn markets, f for. our fliur or'grain, 'in its
original form. To use a faiuilia'rillilistration:
Vestern farmers send thei'r.c'oTnVjiay ; twid
oats",, thousands of dollarso.virth, 1 every' year
io; -ne Ij isieru ,inirRei, uoi in us ryocj uhu
original! form, but In the form ofogs and
y-staeks Jdo and
i market the
f irmer on Hhcir back. ( A Uuglv-) Sji.lhe?
British converted their produce, nru intd vigs
6t liorses, bdt ito chth and iron and sjh4 'r
here for saleCit And, viewing the Suljet in
this I'ghf, he could d3m.Q3trate; that there
was not aviate in the Union that did not how
consumeyirc doll i rs worth pf British agricul.
tural produce to one dollar's ' wprth'j she- con-
sumes of theirs i Tiino woqld nol piftrtujt jhirn
to go 'into details ; hut lie would j liirrtish the
elements from which any oije could make the
calculation. Assuming inai consumjiuon kwj
erportaiion are in proportion tpqulatJon,
then wu 'import 5'J millions uBiitihgobqs,
and 25 -millions -one hallis tgrieu!tur;i
produce. We export to England sgrifculru-
ral produce (excluding cullon and tnhaectjy
2 1-2 millions. D-vido these sum-, 25 and
2 12 miliums, by 223, the number -jf Repre
sentatives, and it give 8 112,103, as ihe a
mount of British agricultural produce consu
med in t Iks' form of good in cach Cngress
siona I district ; and $11,210 as their ie.tpori
t' Great Britain of agricul'ural nrjodirce.
This 'lives' the proportion of ten to dncj et
gen tltmen are no; satisfied,' and kviih silJ
lurther to increase the import ol British kpbds,
add still furjher nrtwrate and destroy phe A
meriean farmer and .mocha nic andj laboring
man to favojr toreiguers. -Ttfihew jtb( effect
upon' currency, as1 well', as agricul jure, sup.
pose; the gentleman trom Virginia (Mr.'Bay-.
ly) wants a new coat; he I goei
cKv,to a HJniish
importer and pays him 20 dytlaYs. hard mon 1
ey, au t hard to get. I'VigUnd takes none of
your fag money. (A laugh ) Aw iy It goes,
in quick time,' Ve see no more of it i us far
as cjrculaiion is concerned, the gentleman,
might as well have thrown it in the fire j I
want a coat. ." I 'go '.to, th . mericJn manu
faetu'rer and buy $20 worth f Anirican
broadcloth. !" -:" lie '" wears1 ' no 1 oilier ' aod - he
would compare coats with the gentleftiVn On
thept. (A laugh.) Weil, theimanuYablu.
rcr ihe next tlay gave it io the ' farmer 'for
wool ; he gave it tu :no shtiemakerj the hat-
ter. and blacksmith they gave, il back
ackj
here
the farmer for meat nod. bread,; abd
went frftm one io another. ; Yau' might per-1-
haps si his ousy ana.ousuing qzu .ooie jrve
Of SIX limes in ino course oi rH-f 4a
made. money plenty - Ilitl-wliere was the
gentleman's hard money ! Va&ished j "gone
to reward airJ enrich the wrAl.griwiirs and
fannejs, falioeroakers, hati4rsVi and, hlack.
simths ej Englan 1. Now ,1 gt for supporting
the African farmers and" !mechjanici( and
ihe gentluTaah goes firrlhe British! patVthe
differ -ce. ; Caulhe gehtlemsof deajr -it ?
Tliereare but Iwb sides in jlhis matter, the
Jtrilish aod the American side ; and the sim
ply qiiestioT is, which side shall, we take 1
Tho geat struggle is between the prttish 'and
Atmtmm .farmers and mechanics for tho" A-
meriean market
shaU4iave it!
and we must decide
which
Mr. S. vuuld here take occasion to staia a
fact that Would sUnlc tin American people.
Ttie' British man '.torturers' ht ve, at this
raiment , - pusses$i.n 'f Uiisv GspuoL ' ' Vcs ,
sir, 1 telJj joUi, and ihej, cuuntry one oi ;the
principal commntto roims"in this hoose i
w. j how, and jhas bocii. for wttks past, occupied
cd.bya. gnllcmao nrm-rlv tesidin in M-a-
chester! nglsnd,; who has o vast number,
perhaps huadredt if specimens of gxds sent
from Manchester (priced to suit ilia occasion)
to be exhi nted . to members ol Uongress to, en
lighten tlwir -judgments .Tffnd in the language
of his Ifttc r ot inWuctionroih M-tnchesteirjl'
the 3i January .'45; ac6af'npanyiogthe9peci
mens "to enable them Vto arrive at just con-
elusions it reg-ird io tthp"pjposed altaorations
in tho present tarifl." jies, sir; agents, spc
cimens: and ietteis Irony u rest Uritami in.
structing h how y mHkeita tarifr jo suitjhe
British. plr. S. nre expressed trie fwp mat
thelpeoplq of the North would send on speci.
m?ijas ol Arjit'Cier manutactures to be also
exhibited in the J"pitol,"not only'" to shovv
their perfection pd extent, but tocurref
the spot the false representations made y tha
iaucuesier men bno'.meir ngenn m rt irf
to' the character a nrl prices of British and A-merican-fftjodj
SjMraliing ofhe President's
message, 1 this ';i Manchester letter wriiejrfex.
claims a second jl)anlel come to judgment ,
a second Richard Cobden and so deligfited
were they in Euglajnd wit hi Mr. Walker's eel
ebratedfiec trade teport that it wa3 ordered
to Be primed by ihe Ilouse of Lorda. After
all this, having our; President arid Secretary
on their , side, they ought to have been Con
tent; without sending their letters of insfrucJ
ttons here to direct us I what kind of a tar iff
ih$y wish jus to pass. But if their chancellor
had sent vis a" revenue bill, he could not liave
furnished dne to suit Great Britain belter ihan
iho one furnished j by the Secretary . of he
treasury. . l'.irli:K'nent would pass it, by ac
ctamatioti. Sir Robert Peel understands his
business ; ho prtpases.to take the duties' off
und raw materials of all kinds
used by their manuractiirers, and remove eve.
fy burden so as Jo enable them to meet us
atid beat ui in our owrj(nmrkets and ioj the
rfiarkets ofiihe world, where Yankee compe"-
titton is beginning to give them great uneasi-
Lias, year, wu expoiieu nuuuieyja
thousands of dollars worth of, cotton gpods
ihfoitho .Miitish Eist Indies, andVJb'eatj ,thc
British in heir own markets, after paying
discriminating duties imposed to keep us out,
first 9, theti 10, and finally 15 per cent. , ' In,
thisfrreat struggle, Sir Robert Peel conies to
the rescue ; he repeals the duty on cottoniand
wool! and bread and meat, and everything
used bv Bri
ishj manufacturers to enable t!hen
in this stpiccfle with the - Aineri.
to g4 uopad
cans & and
w ha r does Mr. Walker do?i;Just
the reverse.
lie oroposes to take off all. pro-',
tective- dutu. and imposes heavy burdens on
the rat materiuli,3 dye'stuffs, : &c. , used fy
our manutacilurers, so as ettectuany to pros
trate and brteak, them down. '. : Sir R ibeit
Peel taes hardens ofjj steed, while Sir
Koberl Wal
then crck-
r piles Dags ot sauu pn nis
ieir wnips clear tns, road a
ffffr
race
c! r A. laugh )!' Sucli: is the differ.
e.ncc betueeii iintisij aucJ American poll icy..
Sir Robert , PeeVs present systwm furnijshes
pjwerfut!gptneots"'for adhejing to our pro
tective s stern his object is not to favor but
10 beat us; at d our course is tut to defeat ,
bin io favor I is pupos. This will not.nnly
blheieflVct cf the tariff .proposed by our Sec
retary, bu isl its open and a vTovvt purpose'
and design! -?'it not the proclaimed purpose
Of the message and report to increase the im-1
poriauon on uriusn goojstanaoi course,:io
. - ! i - . i- - i i r v I -T
thai rxteij.t,s ddstroy American supply; oe
tiuL.ihe Secretary propose to reduce the ;pro
tective duties more thau'one-lvilf for the pur
pose of increasing riveii'ue; and if the revenue
$ increased hy reducirrg Vluti.es one-half'rmust
not the imports be'inoru Ulan doubled? This
is .self-cvi'den, and if you double your imports
ot foreign gvoJs, must you nut. desjroy to
that extent American . slipply? Most cjertain-
I v., unless thtf
Secretary can, in his wisdom,
devise a 'plan",
ko make1 - people eat; drink,
wear; double ! as 'much as the v, now do. But
where will wis-
fin! money to pay for them?
i. B.it startling and extrfior-
l here s the r j
dinary as it mriy appeart our Secrelary , tor
th fjst lime in the history of the world, j has
boldly and open I y avowed it as ihe objecjt of
Government to break ,don and destroy iA
own,ni lnufactiS'ies for the purpose of. making
way'for those o" foreigners." In the very. first
paragraph of httjiurgumentatiye report, he sets
out with stat injj; that theA revenug of the; 1st
quarter of ihis year isjtwo millions Fess than
the I si oua rter 'if the last . and thntht; has
been occasioned by the Substitution of. KfghJy
protected A meriean , manufactures for foreign
imports ; and thu eYilthi,! ttrrible:evil.;this
American Sec retiary proposes to remedy by
reducing the prtectivej duties, and thus break
ing up this aboihinable. business of "subnitu.
"ting domestic jrWei,'V.rriade by American
lab :r,but of American produce, far British
goods, made by- British labor uut oUBritith
produce. Oh ! i but he hateS the British
Npw, j?ir, this js n
sir, this js'.not only -the doctrine of his
ji;it runst hrough his- whole sermon" o?
y 7 pages.
H jusu ol L
No wonder it was printed by the
rds;;:tand;let our Secretary carfv-
thfough thrs bil, and Queen Victorial'ivould
gtauiy 4r;ister tiie seals iromoir uoueri reel
to ir Robert Vyllker, for he will have f-cn-d.ed
her a gr-ajier ,service than any other
man.jdt ad or living. . 1
Bur ihisis ujt; only the doctrine of the
Treasury nJport ibut j of the Message itself.
The1 revenue ftandard laid down in the Mes
sage aims a deUj!h bhjw &t alt American in
duitry . It s uggist a! kind of "sliding scale ,w
s..t.hv,'hrverj any... branch of American
industry begins m beat; the -foreigner, and
supplyillie triarketi and thereby dinunish'jim.
ports and n-venuej thJs jsvideneethat the
duty is loo high "and ought lo be reduced so
asio let in tho fj reign rival productions : tut
tdifft the President sjpeak for himself here is
it the revenue sTandard in his own words
ue precise poioi in iQiiiaeenumg scale
of duties at wjpiell it is ascertained from ex
perience that thHvenue is greatest, is fhe
maximum rate of duly which can be bid Ur
the bona fidepurjpf collscttng mtmey for
the support of- Government. To raise the
duties higher tha ii that point, and thereby di;'
minish the a mount c 1 lected , is to levy them
for protection merely, and no, for revenue.
As' long, ihen, as j Congress may .gradually
increase the rate; of duty oh a -givea article ,
un the revenue is increased by such increase
of duty, they are within thjs revenue standard.
When they go bv?ood that point, and as they
increase ihe duye .tha .revenue is diminished
or'destroyed,- the .iieticases to : fisve; for its
object the raising .of nioney to jsupporr Gov.
ernrncnt, but is lorprti'.cction merely.1.
What is Ibis, but a s
nnd break1 c'wwn A met
the American bv bs s
i i iivar-loreigners
V.J 'ITk? moment
rior industry and
n the duty mut
skill beginsho succeed,' ih
come downk s to'in -rea
e forMin ifport.'
hunid inevha
d wtui wtibld B
and revequo. Thiis ii the
b!e operaioa .of thi ruin, a
into rnnufi-yuring undt-r sud ;V,;n1aoli.Amer.
icatf rule is .s, m iking it dei xh b'y he
ertnta abd inevitable, " As' 1 m .HustVan;
lake iron ktr-inslancei
to the rapid
in crease of iron works in the.
Jnhvd Siates,
uly reduced :
the import of iron ha been gre
then the Executive rule aoplio-
dwn Willi
Vrls arrtlrev.
:er prdps?
s, i now 75
to liucrease
theiAlujiesI, so as. to increou j
enue. i Accordingly, .Mr- V a
to reduce tho iuty, which ."-Ls say
per ctnt.l tr 3D per ccut., so as
the revenue. Well, to do Wis 1.8 1
hftan double ih3 imprtW, now
nrd
must more
OUDlltlg to
A . uud th.us
lie nu-.l LoijKtft IS millions ol Uj
of iroli instead if eight destrov
lltui . llimJ ti - j -
trov
urs wojin
hoes ol,Amencan rn--inuisctrxre ?.'r,ke way
fir therforein, uni thus import' iwV m
Huns jof idollarsl worth of foreigni -:rooilv
BmHishVjcraui and "other produce V A iiv
hhe'inahufacjiure of this"; iron ; for" t hi v f , s
inconiessour, n" f-irths of
ihe valueToflrbo is made up of the pr Jaeo tf
the soil. And th'w is thVj)Jicy to fit A
icnrllams a)r"Werican: !ah' y
ow thV iloujh out 'of the furrow, at -
mencai
Tli row
4 turn
labor routjtonstarve to make way lor li
':ilisli
goods, and increas revenue 15 ?
"Mrl.-S said he had-not time at. pn
but he would avail himself ot the first ps
occasion to shew.as f tie -.thought he
most clearly, that all tli theories of ihe i ,
retary and t..s toiiowcrs in ntvor oi tneir y v
trade policy were not nl talse and unfou,
ed, btat that exactly the reverse .of those i .
ones was true, tie retern d to tne tneprr
that 'protection was for the benefit of maoj
. ,. , . . . - - - -- -.. , oa
tacturers at the expense ot the farmers an
laborers jot tne "country ; that "protects
increased the price ot the manufactured good
and reduced the pricu of labor. and produce ;
ihat.it-"favored monopoly' and uealiU'al th
expense of the poor that'1 "reduoing .duties,
would- increase revenue,11' 5cc.' He could
scarcely 6eak of such ffroks 'absurdities in I
respectful ton-ns"' "What i Favor , invested ft''-y
capnai oyuuiitung up compemion j-iiu in--
creasing tho supply ot the articles they h 'd
to selil Injure tha firmVrs by doubling ili
demairid fj r their produce, raw materials andf
bread sfulH ol every Kind Oppress and rob
the 'consumer, by giving hijjf goods at one
tV8tlh thlir" former price ? Reduce wng.-s
by doubling the demand for Ubor labor ot
mc"n, vvomn and children? Yes, sir; in
c revise thj price of goods by doubling the sup
ply. i& nd reduce the pric; uf.tagVioultural pro.
Juce by duiibling the, demand ! Favor mu
n'opolies liy hullditig up competition, the e-ulv
thing to .desfrpy it ! 'Siieh are the -absurd
theories ojf free" trad-. But 'mtieinc-n must
first reverse all tne I iws of tjcajde rthe grtat
and universal law that ' demand, and supply
regulatfe Jp rie.es ; V1 a law as universal and
inval-Jablei in its operation, as-the Jaw that
goveins the .ilar system,-mut .- nut only be
repealed,' bun- .reversed in its operations, be--fo
re gen i lernn could sust a i n an y oftheseab
surtliiies. '" ' : -; '.' ' ' ';
. The clock admonished- htm .11i.it his lime
w is outhe would avail.tmiiseU'tftbe mo.
irient left to w a fb ,. ge n t lomen--i f Jthey ' would
allow him to prophesy he . wouldsay gen
' tlemen, pass this Treasury bill, approved, as
Tie understood, by; the cabinet ; bnng back the
scenes of 18 10 restore your 'twenty per t.
4aTiff- b ulk fupt your treasury- pa raly z.; you r
national industry -break down your firmer,
manufacturers Jtnd meehinies, by importing
goods and exporting frtonpy-jiass ihis bill, and
in eighteen 'nl'jnths'yoo will scarcely, h ive .a
specie. patng barik or a sjiecie dollar . let t in
tlie country, tPa8sr this bill, and you will not
only bring back the scenes ,1)1111 repeat, you
will bring w th them the political evolu.tions
of 1840. f "Again will bio heard,', throughout
the land ,the cry of " chqngej ' change! any
change must be for the bei'er. ' Pi. Itiical rev
olutions are the fruits of popular suffering and
diseomenjt ; hi; prpe-purily tho cry 'is ':lel well
enough atoned f , ;
(A-'voiie..)' - Then Is a Whig you'ouglH to
go tor the" new tariff ' K
l esMtrl Mr. b , if I was like some" gentle
men on t Iris H or if I loved iny p;7W more
ihan my country, I would ; but as I love my
Country pnore than my.'parly';.' I wall dot. i
it were not fcr the lash and driU of party dis
cipline, this "British bill" would find Tew
advocates on this floor. It was the biniling
of 'party the "illegitimate offspring of the.
13 Itimire Conveutiori--that Pandora's-box'
whence oiig nated most ot the .troubles that
l ow afllict thjs c.ountry. Bui he again warn
ed genMemen pass this bill, tied in the strong
language of a " Democratic Senator on a , late
occasion, it-will sink JUhe party so low .that
the .arm of. resnrrectiun c;uld never reach it"
so low ha l (here "the hour having e;xpiri"d,
the ch-urrpan s hammer fe.ll, and ?.lr.eS. resu
med his seat.) ; "H ;' ' '
j AlraXy, (Geo ) May 2., -,
'Another Tragedy We learn by a Stage
passenger dir?ctJ 1 om Florida, that a man by
the name of tie Wei was hanged by a mob to or
hearMonticeilo, on Monday the27ih ult. . it
is said he, was an accomplice ot Yeoman, the
negro thief .who ws hung last winter
made sundry confessions under the gnllqws
which corroborated many statements orYpo-
rn.an.-3. . ; If this report be truewe" think it
highime G ovIoSly should take this foal,
tef in hand, a ad .bripglo "condign punshmenl
all engaged ir.thcJj violations of law. . ;
We tava further learned that the Grand Ju
ty refnsed'to find bills against t(hose wjh ex
e'cdied Yeoman; at its recent session..,. No
sooner did this body adjourn than a similar
. 1 ... j-t. . .l .: .r n
tragedy j wjsonaciedby the exrution of Bew.
el. We suppose the papers ct ialJahassee
will again Jemarrlent. J They, have their
reasons for Ihjs i is any thing bu! credita."
ble to the press to be thus influenced, in their
courseA.Why not speak out? Wiiy begagi
ged Idngef? .We shall doubt the purity p'lhe
Tallahassee editors ifHijy can see these out
rages upon law and order, and not denounce
the, perpetratpis in just teims of reprehension
The public a rp, curious to know the reasons of
this silence on tjie part of me Tallahassee
r ti - . ;. - .!)': '
. A joufffeynia printer ot Bsun has re
cently retwjfrom ihe profession with a cap.
ital oJSlTJ'OOO. Wonder if he divides sorlsl
A Grand Jury, in Alabama, has found nn
indictment for perjury against :,George!' D.
Shortridgei Judge of tba Third Judicial Dis-
trict of that Stnte. ' -
(A
i son t
. 1 i.ni.t
;oiier
Onr PrCMint Congress.
i i VV..Jiin(rtn pnrresmmdeiit'iJrttirJ tHeJ
following amusing synopsis of ,lho heterogen.
on cognomenza!iontf tho various nietnbefs
constiutiog that honrable bodkooVti as the
Congress ol thA United Siatesthe b jdv rep
resentative ol the culkctivo wisdoni'of Arur
conituon country.,-
In l he n resent Con grrss we b'ive"ne
mm. iks Black men, two -rduui
aitin ami one Green man, and ontf Young
man. .The fishes are rep-vsf ftt:d by a Slur,
gron- thebird of the air by three ATarliu,
the b rn yard fowls by a Cosket the horses by
aZoftW; and ihe vegetable by Btjake and
a! Bool. Tho,, work. ng-mens inteq?sts are
represented by I a Sawyer, shaker r nJ TAv
Millers, , the Mecmical, in'rests by five
Smiths, one Ifrtglil, ene fTayhrt one Web
ster, (that is to shy Weaver,) 0e retail dealei
jire represi-nted by.threo Chapmen, the wood
Jcuttuis by a Chipmaii. Tneij is considera
fble spice of rov'alttin this Hssembjy, jor it.
boasts of no less than three Kings. The In,
dians are represented bv, . Yell, the marjnels
by "a Seaman nd u Bowline the sporXimau
by a Hunter and: an Ar'clier njl a Chise; the
Church is Vt presented by un Abbot and.a Cro
ver a parish nrid a Bef; the imusu;i;is by a
Harper Ahc petite noblesse yiniry; the
rried ieji pn.tfesshih by ,' Toombs; vhev c.sndle
makei by Wick; ihe Ijjw.by-Cphsttibe, nnd a
Bayley; the uimanac makers by a Goodyear,
ihe )iily river'f I believe, that isrcpretienteo is
the Iludson; but. among ihe towmr tiiero are
two Bent&ns, ihreei Claytons, one Dayton, inet
Hunt hm ton, and one Buffiiinlon.-onti Cranston.
Hampton,'. Houston, Pendleton, MoultoruT The"
u ru inuiey ue.li are i wpres-uieu oy oieri
and 1 rice; tho netqriiwogtsts by Starkwta4k'
er; th agricultural flntervsts by a Fairfield
and u Marsh; the foresters by a IFoo a llay .
tcjod. a Woodruff t a Woodward a Woodwith,
a.nd internal improvments by u Wood bridge
i nere now: tvnit repuouc in uieworia
can boast uch a Congress, ": theni all at
work'. Wby one would think tnev could cut.
patch, buy, fight,' farm, urKf work Up On
all right, In five minutes.-jij"a. Post.
'gon
i .General PosH Office. The Postmaster Gen
eral avus employed from Thursday .last until
esterday ,- in opening the . bids for carrying
the mails in the western section, for which the
j "sotVt rtcu6rrtSft):und this yeaj The- nu'n.
V r . of uffe rs 'is -very great. .vVVau 'nderstan'd
g te' btds"'m6hnt "to iibout 18' 000. In the
v .ate of: Arkansas a Lono i tie re a re between GO
d. 70 routes', a nd more than 1 100 bids- we're
. de. We understand, further, i hat the sa
le V? l .,'ie'('elarlmfm under tjiese bids will
inat' ;'rom. 30, to 40 per cent.- And it is hoped
stl,,iti consecjuence ot th i reductions; in the
lngYl,ljransporting the mailiincl in addition tp
.. ;ijhei postiigo law be so changed, that
tettera. . "i. -1 . , - ! .'.. . .
be redt utl " hicbthe fiyo cents postage ia paid
' -! Jced from '.half un ounce to a quaTter of
an ovio, . i i .
time tl Ce' may come to pass,l at . no distant
its own! al-il!,e c,i nHl'tme,.U may be able" to pay
tion-ifri ePt'ns without drawing for addi.
Tlie p 'u,v-c up,," ic general treasury. ;
j-.. -.J 'ost master General is anxious to ex.
prditLvtht
;mai!s, as well as to i
jeduce 4h( ex-
pense
,i dc is now engaged on
tran
a scheme for
" i : -i .i -
. : 4 ll,e mHl ,rom i stonto
but eximlW ar1f;aim railrpads'will
wlllln t - ' S l-"c fUcl!uit'5"v some arc
He .s'Vl''le 9!'k' will'be ' accOniplished.'
naw J.tt4V cono.n1ze the ime'wh.eli- is
Piu hr 1 tn9 P(,st otnees lit .Baltimore.
1 ! 'VI1PIIII1
lj as to inn1
,i5ic., in wailing fbr the mails,'
the car p;fe
' ur the b ig l 'the oost-nfiirffl Vi
s, and ..receive iin return the
; ; vM1 tnton, otfi iiist.
, A-j genii! ma i . ' i- ,C '.' . ' J ' ' "- v V
n:,rl l J Ui'nn lhjs cuy, rn Thursday
ash
wa.rousfii i rum
sleep by a
r.l "I..O,t..- lha,, It.
spring i ngiorn 111 ; . . . J
un Jer" aivd.
house lue'a maul
through the
jug; The 'dnnV-ifc''
ic:. the thunder
still continu.
being arous
r'was caqs-
tJJ,-ll WUS 1UUUIJ III - j
..a : . r .1 .u
en liv siimc niKF'r
into his earJ lie '"t"-n:ia ,na Wil
and. on the w:,viTa8. trtkea to a l''cian,
agonizing that
n" set
'e.pain in
ih
ear was so
rending shrieks, Ot
the physician, it v'd
nt forth the
most hear'.
the'.house of
to hold the
derwent the
i arriving at
c . . " iieeussarv
uriFoitiinate' 111 ui iintif, J'
r...,..,o. X. Jv arr,;n. ,1. kJL hi ear- ut
sician final
d extracted
le mm was
v tn'ro(ineei1 hi-j in.sti. i V
I 1 . T III I I'
a 1
r l;.....i., U"i;.. ' 1
; It is said , that wax, in
pcrsotn s ear will
Lg it.) If that be
(ncvcm iiist uis ikiui coi
the ease, people -vouliJ
o ..Well not to be too
nice about -t lie interiut o
pa r a t us.' Ohio Union .
their,
hearing at
' ':,A:Tralo'o Z7tv
TU IT . . A I VCS.
v i ijuuimgion, J
scribrs a trade in wive u-ht -'uP
thus" de.
place' in Batr coynty vfhiclch rccnW ook
in iK'-i:.;..-: -i is n! nreltv fair
. ii i.iiv in u 1 mould) 1 r . v .
tv: "The trade, took place. ri0r a( newcouii.'
aird Mr DJin a written art tcll61'-0 "Mr- T
tho U'uer paying the former lh "Jfa8remenf
tii-les, generally denominated aV 'lowing ar-
idollais in cash three gallons joot;' two
two nounds of slnoking tobaccoW wh,skey
fclWct,.one;bell.cWbed hat, .scft oneair i(
fashion when Adam was a boy, .V as Vas lne
unenentiortable trifles On conciuand ',Revera,
-agreement,: the wiveschanged pJa'6n of lhe
ing behind all their moveable effectices' ,env
ing the children, and established iihi' ,QCl?d
in their new homes. The narties ar&ms,chQf?
ctate-cirrtimtnQ M yu moa-
1 a :
. Counterfeits. In Cocke Cmno
buisi.nesH is doing in the way of codneri.'?rS0
money , b.th in gold and naner Thh
fens unfile Planters Bank of Tennesseelnler
so well exectked, that they have been.utare
on ,he best judges of money. The.Tea I)UP
-turilii a n..- Kl" i
WBills may be known, however -,by a Istf'
& on the top corner of tho left hand end of tf e
0111 1 mean the nj. ' i - e
It is believed, from the discov'erie? 110&
made, tbaftius gang of CDunterfeilcrs.extendsV
through' (irppn nrul IVoAIn-...- J : -t
through' Green and VV
They will yet be ferreted
e
ounties. "
, 1 an honest men be on the watch. . There
,1 ; 111' . : " :
is no such plate as the one on the Planters
Bank,, with the X at the top corner. Let
this not be forgottenbecause the signatures
on the counterfeit, bills; are as perfect us the
originals. ,ongstorouiTrA. ( -
theU j'ved at
' Tbey are going off rapidly," .
not get any. i ' . i
Arril2i;i846.-2D6-u'-. , 1
trbat the Petersburg ' InttUigeaer, 1th
ue JAm Iit iUUrVU.
IRST SESSION.
" ; Tcesdayj May 3,
Conference rri5t accoidtng-to ajourameM
B hh Bishops present. Uihop oulo j-
Chair,. Alter approprwie rtngious ser,
I . .. rv
oy i ue m'.v. -
The proceedings' of yi-aJeWry werajlea(1
and
The KeV, Napoleon B. Lewis, 'or Kern
" 4-.
uicky t anu inejiv- in,
reserved delegate Irom ! &iuth-Carohna, ;
u a ail, presented their certificates, and o-.
iheirets us members of ihii General Cj,.
twivncei t, , ' , 'r -" '
Petitiohs, mernoria!s, dec, from, the several
Confccnteswe're then called for, and ttre
prrsented in tho following order: ,
iKentuiky. By Mr. Stevenson, a nterncri!
from Luiiisvine.-in relatiomo the Book Co.
cern. whicn was, according to reso!uiionvf
the'Conterenco, referred tu.ihcCommn'u.'s-gg'
j Finance J '
I Georgia By J
pAlhent, iln re fere
. - -
Mfi Parks, a petition ff0m
rericc Uo lha same subjen
whici was' refer red to 'lit same Comi)itift
Bisho "South submitted the loUrilfl-
Jetter froili-the Book Agents- at ew. Yoikj
i : !" -,; "New.York, May2,1846.
To the Bishops and. Members of the !
General Conference of tne M. J.-fiurci: ,
"Dear Brethren As , various and coi.
flicifng opinions htr:c been -entertained rej '
li. . -.t V annual iVl V". llilnJ.'
pwiinj; iue i my mem viuic
tofthe Cont'erenCes within the bounds,. ot':
rl. E. Church, Southv i ihe Agents of th, ,
f General Book Concern: considered n their.
duty to hi y the subject .before,the Book Cpv
mittee fd r their counsel and atlvice. "Accori
ingly, at a meeting held at' the Book Roo
Maicli 3Qih, (all ihe members big prestn
except Rev. M. Force,) the Agents proceci
ed lo enquire:
r "i .U'hefheryihb Book Committe? woofi
-advise th -mi to pay the J annual di vidends tt
ihe Conferences: within the bouwds of the il
E.' Church,' Southj upto the Vtiext session ti
ilw'M. E Chuic.h in 1849? . ;'J: ' ; "
t "2'lf the dividends'' ajre not paid,' Whether",
ihey -would advise tho Ageh's to retain id
their handsii sum equal to the portion, ul
J hose Con t'erences j ,subjjct to tho disposal o(
sr?rncralCWerCttce?' '.' .
"3. V hether they would advise the Agonti
to'pay tht! table1 expenses' of. the Bishops
the M. C; Church, South j up to' the lime ot J
"the said ( leticral Confe'rencir in 1848?"
"Ojl ti e first and third oNhese piesiionj,J
the Cohur ittco were" Unanimous ih the nega.
iivc'. '- ': ' -"" - 'i' - -
r "On the second, they were uftarmous in'
the titlii niative. ' TT
! The Acnlsin view of nil 'theso circum
stances, liave concloded to act in conloj truly
to the adiieot the Coir mitt ee, and to invest,
in availublu funits, the whole nmpnnt rlvat
would fa Ih' to the 'sfiare-ot' tlie. Southern Crr.
fmence'4t
subject to tin.' dispisaJ:ot the G tier.
ul ConfiMenceorthc M:' K- Church in .1848.
,' VVyery affectionately, your bfethren in the
Lord ;
G.
LANE TIPPETT
(v'Tiie, letter "yva's" rl.erredJb;t)io Comrr ittee
on Finance. , ' -: ' : ' "'rr ,! . .
Oq mo ion of MrGie'crt, 1 1
'1 Dr. W
-nans has the leiive! of ilns Gopft-rn. i '
ce to';-visit
j, New -.Y"ork " for -the purpose of
an addiess to .the American Colua. i
delivering
izition S,
icie'y on the lUih inst. t-
Mr. W
ghtman ottered the. follotving r sola,
li -ju, ;a hichi was luid.upo.n tho table lor tlu t
prt'seni: . . - . ' - . r ,
: . 1 Where ; it is highly ?lsirab!e tint virion
changes and improvements should be rnoJe
in a new edition of tlo Methodist ily ju
Book toij.lpubiished .mid r the outhuiii) of i
this (jrunerl Couferenec; Therefore,
: Resolved',' That aVComrnittee of five be
apiioiiii-ed tii prepare suefcuj work for pubne.;i.
lion asst')ot) us possible; giviiifin eveiy cuse f
the naip'.; f thy author 'bftheihymfi; increns- t
ing the'number of the cimrriolj;. long anil (
shwrt metres, by selections from theatiihoiis.
ed Wcle) nn-f lymti B-ok , and other tqf)rov.
ed sou " ces r and excluding some , of tht; paiti- .
culat rfieires, which are- uuijuiinble to con
gregation:;! .siog'ng; introducing into ihe"buJf
ot the lly :ih llook any valuable hymns -now V
to be fount! in theSuppleaient , and dispnsiiij .'
-with, the r en'nihder: aiid!making such tlrera
lions jn tlie'method and arrangement of tlif
subjects., as they may deem Advisable. . '
1 i. ! W." M. WIGIHMAN.
: r TIIOS. O. SUMMERS. ...
1 Bishop Soule presented to the Conleienw .
tlie. .substance, of - his. reinarkk on- Saturday :
last, in a wriiten corriniuuicatjon, tlie closing ;
paragraphs jof which arc as fblloWs:- !
"Aiii tow, acting with slriti regard to the
plan of separation and under the solemn contic- y
tion of duty, VI formally declare my adherence '
to the Methodist Episcopal ;Citirchf South;).
and, if thje Conferetrce , receive me h my 1'.
present relation to; the Church, 1 am read;
to serve them according to tho best of (
ability.
n conclusion , I indulge the
assurance
that althougn separated from our 1
NoYtJeYrj
brethren by at distinct Conferencfl I
jubdietfon, we, shall never cease to treat!
them ; as j' brethren beloved," and cultivate . V
their prinjrip'Ies and. affe'cfions which consti-
tute ttie essential unity. Wltho chureh of Chirst- "
r, J- JOSHUA .SOULE.' ','; !
Ur. vvirmns remarked that, Bishop f -Soule,
no doubt from motives of delicacy, had f -failed
tO( riama the members, who were .to v.
constitute the committee to respond by resolo-r
tion to his formal declaration. ot dhe'reDC 5
o wouiu move the appointment of a com-;
miuee oy election of the - Confi
ife, wtiic
, 1 ...
motion was carried; whereupxjtjl -
K Ba'scor
u.:u 1r. vvinans were elected
. const iiuiw.
that committee.
; Dr. Bascpm offered the follo,wing resolu
tion, whicb was unanimously adopted" - "
; Resofvdt That ihe committee on ; Episco
pacy be instructed to institute special enquiry, j:
witu the cljar'acter and grounds of the charg
so repeatedly nrefred tv thn Rditofs
correspondents of thq 1 Western Christiaj f
dvocale and the Christian Advocate and ;
journal, against Bishops Soule and Andre. r
glathe effect, that t4vey have." in numerou io ' -bonces,
nat only - constructively iifracteo,
lentrossl violated both the spirit and th-sepa-r
0f llf 0 General Conference Plaa f" ;
charia,ion in appointing ministers to. Bordet , --iLres.
staion .VTr SU:Qf;H ;hpre W
peopie, "":. i"w'-uyv.iciis, " , i
adhereor Pe("bers of the ehdrch, had-o
directerl1" Dy a vote of the majority T .
said colN xhe General Conference, and tb"1 ;
rniltee ,reoort the result . -
this Conlcrcnce during its presf v-'
Rishnn I
members 3!?ole onnounced tlie names
I
V
tlie.loUowtnc commiMecs.
1
rr"