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/ i L lani. roposc pub* a Weekly RE, eci- GRICUL- LINTEL- y impart lass, profes- C8 and reli- tral ground ; oth, to ena- the religious- e Gtatcd, haa and it is to posed to be eir promisca eated failure leave lo say, s they have c they have 'orthcrn p.nd at with the 1 the Souih, CORA will be antial mcrir^ ew works of es, works of pens of sn- of the Xortli arrnunt will IS from indi- tliorougUjy e Agricultu- *o the paper will form a uablc to the ■Uh^cncf', tho akt; a stand urnal ol’ the make it his cf our t oun- ’e acquaint- ur sca-hoard will be es- liiladelphia, id J\*nv-Or ot only tlie ign and do- curn'nt of of moment iOMii -1 judi- ■-s{)»;c’i.s, and. litical cha. avfxlo?? oT chit chat of o amuse a e time the anjicter and neighbors, f unity be to meet the to e.^tablisli nd popular at no exer only mos> e promisee 4 itronage mI* her sister crial shoe -, till be em« shed men, The price elivery of GE, wROLL. li;. bllshcJ, nxEs\ ular wo:!c ook mo.‘-* classes of im}'ort;irt 'ors t' av- tallurgi.'t, •espectiv'o the mat- hem iroin jonly gov- ine. ryt=alierf'*, hararter- hich pas3 develop- en an \- hcit; kill- desirous ranch of plausible w to be* those pa- to litiga- lear cx- dis-^iiade industry* of many r, intent:^ many of effecting to whicli their pa- 0 nations bject of usually ch arli- d Lon-' will be nd w'ill n tw’cn- t twen- lars, at umberfi» cm the ortuni- cxlra- g town, States ith the y Sun- etnenl e copy taining hmanj JOSEPH W. HAMPTOX, VOLUME 2,1 ^ granted under the Constitution, being derived from the People of the United States, may be resumed by them, whenever perverted lo their injury or oppression.”—Madison.. -Kditor and Publishei’ CHARLOTTE, N. C., JULY 26, 1842. \ NUMBER 72. T E R 31 S Tiie Mccklenburfr Jeffersonian^' is published weekly, at Tiro Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advancc; or Three Dollars, if not paid before the expiration of three months from the tune of subscribing. Any person who will procure 5: j subscribers and bccoine responsible for their subscriptions, shall have a copy of the paper gratis or, a club of ten sub scribers may have the paper one year for Ticenty Dollars in O'lvancc. I'lO paper >\ill be discontinued while the subsfribcr owo.5 any thing, it he is able to pay;—and a failure to notify the Editor of a wish to discontinue at least one month before the expira tion of the lime paid for, will be considered a new engagement. Original Subscribers will not be allowed to dii»continue the paper before the exj)iration of the first year without paying for a full year’s subscription. Advertisements will be coneplcuously and correctly inscrt- rd at One £>o//ar per square for the first insertion, and Ticen- ty-five Cents for each continuance—t'xcept Court and other judicial advertisements, which will be charged ticenty-Jivepcr cent, higher than the above rates, (owing to the delay, gene rally, attendant upon collections). A liberal discount will be mad-' to those who advertise by tlie year. Advertisements sent in for pubhcation, must be marked with the number of inser tions desired, or they will be published until forbid and charg ed accordingly. Letters to the Editor, unless containing money in sums- cf Dollars, or over, must come free of postage, cTr the amount paid at the oflice here will be charged to the v/riter, in every instance, and collected as other accounts. VALUABLE LAND A T PRIVA TE SALE. The Subscriber wisliing to sell a part’of hies lands, now otliers for sale a valuable Tract of Land, with good improv'ements, CONTAINING 425 ACRES, of which there is 150 acres in cultivation, of which there is 50 acres in Couon, and the balance timber ed land. Also, is on the \awds a new GRIST MILL and COTTON-GIN propeUcd hv water power. Tlie abovo land is situated in Mecklen\;«.^Tg; County, on Mallard Creek. 7 miles Northeast of Charlotte, and inlerior to none m this section of the country, tor the production of Cotton, grain, &c. As to the location of the above described lands, as respects the abundance of good water, health, and fertility of soil combined, it cannot be exceeded in the country. As I am determined to sell, I w’ould res pectfully invite those who wish to make a purchase of such as is above describeil, to call and view ihe land and judge for themselves. Terms of payment made easy. M. S. ALEXANDER. Gl....tf Congressional. Weekly Almanac for July, 1842. DA VS. i 1 Sun j MOOWS PHASES. KlbE SET. I ’J') ruo.s.iuy, 5 1 i t) .=>y : 27 VVcdui-stiay, 5 ~ 1 6 59 D. II. M. Thursilay, ; 5 2 1 6 r>9 1 La«t Q.uarfer, 1 1 Friday, 5 3 1 f) 1 New J\Io(ui 8 ‘1 54 M. oO Saturday, 5 1 j 6 56 i First tluarter, 15 11 ;^i .Ai. i Sunday, 5 4 6 59 1 Full 31oon, 22 4 2 31. 2 Monday. 5 5 1 6 55 j Alexander Bethiiiie, If 3 a © 3 RESPECTFULLY ten- dt'rs his sincere thanks to the citizens of Cliarlotte and the public in general, for the libe ral patronage he has receiv ed ; and hopes by strict atten tion to business to continue to merit a liberal share of public patronage. I le has now sev eral tiryt rate workmen ein- j ployel anil has just received his t^jningand Summer Fash ions. He will v/arraut gocd Jits on all occasions. Orders from a distance will meet with prompt a^ j tention. His shop will be found in the North-East Vv’ing of M.". Leroy Springs’ briok building. ' .4 liberal dUcount made to cash customers. Charlotte, April 12, 1812. 57...r ELECTION. THE Citizens of Mecklenb urg County are here by notified that Polls Avill be opened” at the se veral Election Precincts in said County, on IViurs- day the Mi of August next, for receiving votes for Governor of the Slate of North Carolina, I'or a Senator and three Commoners to represent said County in the State Legislature for two years tliere af\er ensuing, and also for a Sherilf of said Coun ty, under the regulations prescribed by act ol As sembly for holding Elections. T. N. ALEXANDER, SheriiT. June 14, 1812. 0G...1- Notice. Carolina Inn, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CARO LI V^l. THE ab^ve Establishment, situa ted on main-street, north of the Court House, in the Town of Charlotte, N. The balancc of the property remaining unsold, belonging to William Davidson and James II. Blake, and conveyed by various Deeds of Trust to the undersigned, will be otl'ered for sale at the Court House in Charlotte, on Friday, the 29th day of July next, being the week of the Mecklenburg County Court. The property consists ol’ 11 or 15 VALUADL AND LIKEL1 NEGROES, and the tract of land known as the (.Jrove Place, near this villiage. ALSO, Stock of Horses, C^TTLfE, HOGS, DEBATE ON THE TARIFF. On the 8th and 9th July, the discussion on the Tariff was continued by Messrs. Giobi, R. D. Da vis, Saunders, Gordon, Weller, Daniel, and otli- erSj in opposition to protective duties; and Messrs. Stuart, Summers, Brewster, Morris, and others, in favor of the highest rale of protection. On the 10th, (says the Globe.) Mr. Holmes was cniitled to the floor frorti Satur- jf, spoke through his hour; but so loud through the hall, and so low it was only occa was the hun^ or were the tones of his voice. °bj act. What more could gentlemen do, after thus ad mitting that they could distribute the Federal reve nue for State purposes? A^coding to all his conceptions of free govern ments. they were instituted solely for the protection of life, liberty, and property ; and he, therefore, looked upon the whole s^lieme of distribution as at war with the principles for which tiiis Government was created. He looked upon the system of pro tective tariffs and distribution as the grossest and most unjust species of favoritism. It took from one man to give lo another; and it look from one Slate to give to another. In amounted to nothing more than the right of Government to destroy property at the will of the Government. He would rather repudiate his debt, or fail to pay it from inability* 1 their products wag 8749,153,471—equal to 8213 71 to each person. The number employed in man ufactures was 791,745; and their products—the amount the reporter could not catch—was equal to $500 U cents to each person. Mr. L. also show ed, from the same tables, the amount of capital em ployed in agricuhure and manufactures^ and that the profits were nearly three times as much in the latter as in the former. Notwith?tajiding theso fiicts, gentlemen who supported the manufacturing interests had the boldness to come forward and ask that the agriculturists should be taxed for their ben efit, on the pretence of being protected from foreiga competition. Now he would ask, how long were they to be protected from foreign competition ? We have had (said Mr. L.) this burden on our IIO USEIIOL D A A I) FURNITURE, KITCHEN C., is still kept open by the undersigned lor the ac- conmiodation of the public. The proprietor feels con fident of his ability to give entire satisfaction to all who may patronise his Hou.se. The travelling pub lic will find at the Carolina Inn every comfort, con venience and attention necessary lo refresh and re- invigorate both man and horse. Particular pair-s will be bestowed on the Table, Bar, and Beds— that every thing shall be in the most sumptuous and neat order;—and the Stables will always be sup plied with abundance and attended by faithful, ex perienced Hostlers. In short, the subscriber is de termined to keep up the accommodations at his House in a style unsurpassed by any similar estab lishment in the interior country. All he asks from ihe public is. to give him a c:ill. J}rort7-s can at all times bo supplied with conve nient and well enclosed LOTS, on moderate terms, and furnished with grain at a low price. JENNINGS B. KERR. Charlotte, June 2, IS 12. 03...f JNO. J. BLACKWOOD, J. II. WILSON, i Kxecutor of H’. Mori'ition, dtc. d. J- J. W. OSBORNE, i G. W'. CALDWELL, j June 18, 1842. .tc Trust Sale. B Y virtue of a Deed of Trust from John Sloan to me, I will on the ith Monday of July ne.rt, at the Court House in Charlotte, expose to public sale, about Twenty Acre.s ol WOOD LAND lying about a mile and a hall from Charlotte ; also, the undivided interest of the said Sloan in the Lemons gold mine Tract. Terms of sale made known at the time. NAT. W. ALEXANDER, Trustee. June 28, 1842. t;8... TRAVELLERS, TAKE NOTICE* timothy 11. lltGIlES HAVING obtained the MANSION HOUSE for pub lie accommodation, informs his friends and tlu; pub lic generally, that he is now prepared to receive and entertain all who may favor him with their patron- age. His TABLE shall always be well and plentifully gtipplied with every thing' the country affords, to please and satisfy the palate even of an epicure. His BAR will be found furnished with a choice eelection of Liquors, Wines and Cordials, both for eign and domestic. ^ His STABLES shall be constantly attended | Jq not pay up their notes and accounts with faithful and attentive hostlers and supplied with before or during the ensuing July Court, abundant provender. N. B. The Stage Oflice is kept at the Mansion House. Charlotte, N. C., May 23, 1312. 64....Gm Last Notice. THE Subscriber having disposed ol his Stock ol MEDICINES ^ C., now informs all those indebted to him,cither by note or Book account, that the same must be closed at or before the July Courtlonger indulgence cannot be given. Those indebted by Book accout will be cxpected at least, to close their accounts by note. And as this is positively the last notice, all accounts not settled by that time, will be placed in otjier hiinds for collection. J* 1'OX. May 17, 1812. 63...tf LAST CALL —No Mistake ! All persons indebted to the late firm of N ment and Sandry, and also to Wm. Sandry, uvchncu ii>cl WOULD inform such of his friends as desire hie professional services, that he has removed his Office to Mr. Johnson’s brick house, two doors above the “ Carolina Inn,” where he may be found at all times, unless necessarily absent. Charlotte, February 8, 1842. 48...f Agricultural Meeting. AN adjourned meeting of the Mecklenburg Agri cultural Society will be held in Charlotte on thw last Saturday in the present month. As business of im portance will be to transact, all the members are earnestly requested to be present. And the citizens of the County generally, who feel an interest in the great cause of agriculture and rural economyj are respectfully invited to attend. JOSEPH SMITH, Secretary. July 17, 1842. IXj* JourrtfxU pleaBfe cojiy. of Nor- ry, ana aiso to \v m. oandry, ci ther by note or book account contracted previous lo the commencement of 181:2. are again informed that payment is earnestly demanded. Those who ^ ^ ‘ ith the may certainly count on paying cost. WILLIAM SANDRY. Charlotte, June 14, 1312. 06...tc Taken Up, And committed to the Jail of this county, on the 27th of September last, a Negro man, about 20 years of age, round full face, smooth forehead, thick lips, and flat nose, five feet 7 or 8 inches high, with a scar on the fore fmger of the left hand, made, he says, by a cutting knife. The owner is requested to come forward, prove pronorty, pay charges, and take him aw^ay, or he will be dealt with as the law directs T. N. ALEXANDER, SherifV. Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 19, 1841. 32...F The subscriber is now ready to above business, and will continue it till the iWh of Oct Any person wishing to have Carding done, would *do well to bring it in immediately, as warm- weather i« much the best lor carding. lion will be given. NEEL. July 19tb, 1842. servations. He was understood to give }jls decided opposition to the bill before the committee, and lo ihe policy whicli its supporters designed to pursue. He said it Was by one of the mosi extraordinary ex pedients that it was now proposed to fill an exhaust ed treasury; it was a concradiclory project, because it sought to rai.se revenue by a measure which im poses duties that would be exclusive, and therefore would defeat tho purpose which was avowed.— They were tokl tliat this country was going beg ging amongst the brokers of Wall street and the bankers ill England, for the disposal of its slock: and it was now atlempled lo renovate the credit of the country by giving away their land revenue. If t*iey had tho constitutional right thus to deprive the General (_Jovernment of that revenue, he did not deem it either right or patriotic to do so at this particular juncture, lie was iniderstood to say that the next Congress would discover a dcficit of Sl2 - OOlijOOO, anJ therefore there would be required either a funher imposition of duties, or a resort to a new Joan. And how was the loan to be obtained? Who will lend? Capitalists? On what? Either on credit or on substance; but the substance was gone, and with it, credit was gone too. Would they then re sort to an c.^port duly? lie pointed out the efiects of direct taxation, as exemplified in some of the States of this Union, whose peojile were ground down by Stiite taxes. He advised the committee, then, not lo impose duties lhal should be exclusive in their operation. lie was then uwderstood to cnler upon a constitu tional argument, lor the purpose of showing that Congress had no authority lo impose duties to en courage domestic manufucturcs. He denied that it was given by the general welfare” clause of the Constitution. lie look a review of all the measures which had occupied the attention of Congress, from its origin lo the present period, bearing on this sub ject; but, for the reason assigned above, a full report is for the present deferred. i\lr. Lf'tri.? of Alabama commenced by observing that he seldom addressed the House, and would not do so on the present occasion, were it not for the prominent importance lhal he attached to the bill on the table. He looked upon that bill not only as the leading measure of the session, but as the leading measure of the Whig party—that measure to which all olhets had tended, and that measure which, if consummated, would carry into full efFect the poli cy of that parly. Mr. L. viewed it as the return to ihat disastrous system of measures under which the country was now suffering, and suffering with an intensity unknown and unparalleled in its history. He hesitated not to say that the sufferings of the country under tariflij!. banks, interna* improvements, and other K'indred Whig measures, were greater than those j.>roduccd by the lust war with Great Britain. That system commenced first with a Bank of the United States: then followed the tariffs of 1824 and 1828; then came tiie system of internal improve ments, which was presented with so much vigor and so much injustice under the administration of the gentleman from Massachusetts, [Mr. Apa.ms;] then in the distribution of the surplus revenue; then in an inflation of the currency, unparelleled since the days of John Law ; and, finally, in a system of bankruptcy pervading the country from one end to the other. Now, having run ibis disastrous course, the Whig parlv, deaf to the admonitions of experi ence, were for returning lo it again, and producing all those ruinous results which the country has heretofore witnessed. All these measures originoi- icd in special legislation for special interests, intend ed for the benefil of the few, and not of the many— interests of a clique and class, in opposition to the general interests of the country; and ho would say again, that if this measure should be passed, he would look upon it as a consummation of the schemes devised for the benelit of a few, at the ex pense of the many. MonopoliiBts had always found It iheir interest to associate together; and it was by association that they were enabled lo accomplish their objects. If a bank party would pass a tariff', then a tariff parly woqW pJiss a bank; and thus the one measure would bring on the other The debt in which the nation was involved, Mr. li. looked upon as the work of these associate interests—a debt which, he said, w^as created not for war, and not for any unforeseen misfortune, but brought on by pre meditated and designed extravagance. Two years ago we were out of debt, and it was to build up these associate interests that this debt was created ; and the way was prepared for it, by resorting to a system of extravagance unexampled in the history of the conuiry. Having established this debt, we had substituted for the old system of in ternal improvements the new system of distribu tion—a system to distribute the Federal revenue among the Slates—which, m his view, was more profligate and more wasteful than the old system of mternai improvements. You arc now (said Mr. L.) about passing a bill which must, in the end, lead to the consummation of the system, by bring ing us 10 the assumption of the State debts. He knew that at this time there were few who would have the courage to avow that they were in favor of assumption ; but he knew that there were many who were not yet prepared lo go for it, biit who would embrace it with alacrity when they thought the proper time had arrived. He knew, too, that many of the Whig party were opposed to it alto gether ; but so sure as men’s opinions and charac ters were influenced by circumstances, so sure would the Whig parly, when the lime came, vote for the measure. The principle of assumption had already betin rtjiiugnistd, by pissiag the di^ribiilita sionally that we could catch the purport of tais ob- make another pay it for him; and he w'ouid shoulders fiom ISIG tiJl this lime; and the manu* faclurers, who said in the commencement of the sys tem, lhal all they w’anted was protection for a short time, to enable them to stand alone, were still cla morous for protection, and for tho same reasons.— hen, then, was the system to cease? It certain ly v/as a burden to agriculture—that must be admit ted by all; for, it manufactures could not be brought in cheaper from foreign countries than they could be produced here, why impose protective duties?— Was this thing to last always? Was there no pe riod to which they were to look forward when ma- ^ iiufactures could be supported without imposing ad* I ditional burdens on the rest of the community? ' Now they v/ere as keen for protection as they were in 1616, and more so; for they then came, cap in hand,and begged as a favor what they now deman ded as a right. It was his delibeiate conviction (i\Ir. L.) said that higfi duties never could increase the prosperity of ».he manufacturer. They began at the wrong etid. Instead of asking for protection to increase the prices of their products, they should produce chea per, and this was the only way lo beconie more prosperous They could not, by legislation, change th e laws of trade, which were of Divine oririn.— They could not fix factitiousprices, and keep them un higher than in the markets of the world; because the smuggler would interpose and bccorne the vindica tor of free trade. He had been informed, from the bpt authority, that the price of smuggling now in Nevv York was 30 per cent, on the foreign value; and that there were persons there who would con tract to deliver froods at this rate, which covered also freight and insuracce. It appeared to him that, if he had wished to frams a bill for the encourage ment of smuggling, this, of aii others, would answer the purpose best. Foreign goods would be smug gled in on the Northeastern frontier, while the Jaw ful trade on the Atlantic seaboard would be "really diminished. New York would sink, and BufTaJo w’ould rise oa its ruins. He contended that there must be a proper reci- prccitj' between the seller and the buyer, in order to produce a healthy state of trade. The life of bu - siness was competition. The whole was a game of competition. Unless we sought the markets of the world for our productions, we could claim no advan- tage over the savage. AVhat were the benefits of civilizatio.n, except that by the aid of machinery it enables the inhabitants to have cloihinfr or other conveniences which the savage could no"t^ Were our manufacturers to be satisfied with the home market. If they went beyond the home market, duties would do no good. But gentlemen had said that we had not the same advantage of capital and la bor as England, and therefore w'e needed the aid of a proiective tariff. He (Mr. L ) contended that if England could manufacture so much cheaper, then we were engaged in the business at a losing rate, and the sooner we abandon it tJie better. But w’e had, in many respects, supeiior advantages to Eng land cheaper house rent, water-power, provisions, and, he was about lo say.ciieaper government; but he almost doubled whether faxes paid in England exceeded those contributed by our united Federal Stale, and county Governments. ’ In answer to the argument that we should impose retaliatory duties, he should say that the universali ty of rataliation would destroy its effect. Let the iron manufacturer have protection alone, and you make him rich. But give the same protection to ail other manufacturers, and j^ou destroy the benefit of any particular one. It was like one gentleman rising to address the Chair: he was certain he had the floor. But let a dozen rise at once, it w’ould take away the advantage of any separate man. Mr L. took a view of the state of things in Eng land, and the disadvantages under which the labo- rer there had to live. Let those burdens be taken off the tax on his bread and meat—and the manu facturers here could not begin to contend with Ihosa in that country. Tiiey could barely do it now,— He referred to the .^act that Sir Robert Peel had lately proposed a reduction of the duties in Eng land. 1 hus, whilst that country was inblndingf 113 icUerSj we were putting on more. He argued that another result of increased duties at this lime would bo an expansion of our currency. It would raise the jirice of foreign goods, which couid noi be sold Jiere as now. 'i’he effect would be, that specie would come liere in return for our exports, and the money level in this country would be raised. Production v.ould be increased, and the country become apparently prosperous, whilst it was in fact in no better condiiion than before the increas ed duties vvere imposed. Alr.^ Batts obtained the floor, and addressed the committee at length, chiefly in opposition lo the le- not hesitate to say that he would rather repudiate the debt of Alabama than make this Government pay it. The distribution act was but one step in the system of subsidizing the States. We shall (said Mr. L.) not only have to assume the State debts, but we shall have to support the State Gov ernments by duties on imports—4jy deluding the people, walking on the blind side of them, and tak ing taxes from them without their knowledge—a system unworthy of the spirit of the age, unworthy of our institutions, and unworlhy of the intelligence of the people. TJie schemes of those associated interests (said Mr. L ) were to be consummated for the Presiden tial contest of 1844; and if the principles to which he had referred were to prevail, he would not turn on his heol lo make a President. If, said he, we arc to have these associate inleresls of tariff, bank, and internal improvements, he knew not tho man who would be 30 fit lo rule over the country as the gentleman from Massachusetts, jMr. Adams:] but. believing that the people of this country were too intelligent long to submit lo such a system, lie hop ed that the days of such politicians were numbered. He would say nothing of this bill with regard to its gross violation of the compromise’ act. The compact, however, made by that act. fiad been faith fully kept by the South. We submitted to it (said Mr. L ) for nine years ; the manufacturers enjoyed the protection tliat it gave, as witnessed by the fact that it was the only time they had been quiet sin^e the lurifT of 1810—and, indeed, they never w'ere more prosperous than they were in 1840. But it was proposed by this bill, not only to supersede, but to violate the spirit of the compromise act, II was proposed, not only lo raise the scale of duties be yond what was promised in that act, but to violate that provision which declared that the Government should be economically administered. Yet we are told (said Mr. L.) that it is a revenue measure, Wliy it was lo be called a revenue mea sure, when it w’as a scheme for violating the compromise act, he did not know. It had as :ew features of a revenue measure as any bill that could be possibly imagined. His friend from Virginia [Mr. J. W. Jones] had demonstrated that, on some articles, the drawbacks w’ould exceed the revenue ; while the gentleman from MassachuseUs [Mr, Ad ams] had admitted that, on at least ten millions, the duties would be prohibitory; and instead of calcu lating the revenue on ninety millions of imports, he estimated them on eighty. Now, he believed that the imporlalions would be less, and that we should, therefore, collect less than the gentleman counted on. He did not believe that the manufac turers were so poor that they could not undersell the foreign manufacturer when the duties were rais ed so high ; and he thought that much more of the duties woala amount lo a prohibition than gentle men thought for. Gentlemen need not base their calculations on the importations of former years. There would be now no aids from an inflated cur- rcncy ; no aids from stocks sold abroad, to be return ed to us in manufactured goods; but we should have to import under a currency reduced almost to a specie standard, and under that of pecuniary em barrassment, which crippled the means of individ uals as well as the States. The revenue would then I'all short, and we should have to resort to a proper ty tax; and when that time came, the manufactu rers, instead of finding protection, would have lo contribute lo the support of Government, But, Mr. L. asked, where was the justice, Vv'here ihe propriety of throwing the wdiole burdens of Go vernment on imports? W^here W'as the propriety of seiecling one branch of industry for the purpose of drawing from it the contributions which should come from all? But it was argued that revenue was the object, and that the burden would fall on the consumer. Then, if it was true that the tax fell on the consumers only, why not lay it on the man ufacturer?, who might, in their turn, throw it off'on the consumers? But (said Mr. L.,) under this sys tem, while we pay twenty milliona of taxes lo the Government, we pay infinitely more for increasing the value of domestic manufactures; and, in paying this twenty millions into the cofiers of the Govern ment, at least one hundred and sixty millions more went into the pockets of the manufacturers. Mr. L. here went into a calculation to prove the liuth of this position. It had been asked, if the protection already enjoved by the manufiacturers was suffi cient, iiow was it that they were not prosperous ? lie believed that, compared with other interests of the country, they were prosperous; though not so much so as in 1840 and 1841, as they are feeling the effects of the pressure which now bears on all other intercsis of the country. One evidence of their prosperity W’as the amount of the exports; j giiHly of the course pursued by the Executive, in and he would here remark, that the exports of onr issuing circulars to the collectors of the customs, manufactures never were so large as they were in 1840 and 1841, which were the last years of which we had any accouu^ Now, it they were bronchi _ to such a state of distress by the operation of the | in favor of moderate and necessary protection. He compromise act. how happened it that they were j commenced with an historical synopsis of various and in favor of an impeachment of the President. Mr. C. J. Ligersoll spoke his hour, in the course of which he delivered an able and ingenious speech able not only to supply the home market, but lo ex port largely? He had tables to show that, while the imports of manufactures were in a slate of grad ual reduction, and that we were coming nearer and nearer every year to the Chinese policy of shuuing out the products of other countries, the exports had, in the years he had mentioned, greatly mcreased. Mr. L. also referred to some interesting facts collect ed from the census tables, as showing the prosperi ty of the manufaclurmg inlerest, compared with oth er mieresis of the country. By these tables, it ap peared that the number of persons engaged in agri- cultur*' thr**r» milli''»JTs: nnd the amount of stages of this country, commencing with the period preceding its independence, when trade was free, government cheap, and when there were no direct taxes. From that he proceeded to notice the subse quent stages, amongst which he enumerated the adoption of the Federal Constitution, the several wars in which the country was involved, the vari ous tariffs which have been adopted, nullification, compromise, and all the circumstances and condi tions of the people, with which those events have been attendant. Ho w’ent through an enumeration of various arti cles of American nrtnnfacnufi, find, in some Iurnir\ r