Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-06


aud he has uniertak,n 20 give us IA statement
9th" anionn, Ia which she exports that art
Gle, III which II - quite palpable that he spoke
las he saii} without book.
| Here Mr.. Tod explained, that he meant
the millions as the value Of the whole ex-
port Of that article 10 the Union
Sir. saiG MIR. Il. ii happens that my native
State Is richer IN almost every thing than in
muney. The great embarrassment under
which she labors, rs the want of capital, from
whence it happens tina: many of the merchants
Of Virginia are mere factors for the merchants
of n. York. The tobacco, which swrlls the
mammal amount at the exports uf Virginia,
| belongs, IN fact, la the exports &C North Car
olna--becausc that state. as WAS very truly
and very handsomely said the other day, is
q" iron bound" MS respects her coast. ] also
am without hook, yet think can come near
er, within or s nilOns, at least, than the
gentleman from Pennsylvania did The IL
nest tobace" raised in rginia, Il speak al
that grown on the South Mountain, where il
is said the soil is peculiarly adapted To the
culture of that pIanfl may bring s 10, and
possibly IL, per cwt. other samples sell AT :
TO s. The fair average Is about s the hun
dred, which is about centsa pound. This,
according In the genteman's fist statement,
would require Virginia 10 produce one hun.
dred aud twenty miIlisns of pounds of tobac-
CD annually. But whatever it amount to,
have not introduced any proposition respect
| inS II, and simply for this reason-I wish To
| pursue the subject before ms, i'm other words
tn stick to the text. Now, tobacco has moth
ing To- do with our present discussion Be-
sides, the chief part of the tobacco raised in
Virginia, Is raised South of James Ri,er-and
l reside North of that River-in my district
the great staple is wheat and in whatever af
fects that article, i:.y constituents are mme-
dIateiy concerned. rose with the purpose of
shelving that the proposed duty is inefficient
AS An encouragement To agriculture, and gives
| Ia II the form ot projections without the reality
| Mr.. TRACY, of New York, said, that al
though the duty now proposed, might not, in
| the opinion of the honorable gentleman from
Virginia, he ofany service 10 that State, there
| were gentlemen on the hoor, who represent
ed either districts OF the Unnn, " lich grew far
greater quantities of wheat than the district
| from which that gentleman came, and whose
opinions we're worthy of resprcl.
Nj. MALLAaY, of Vermont, Thought that if
this duty was perfectly migratory BECAUSE nr
no use TO Virginia, the distinguished gentle
man from that state only wasted his great
talents in an attempt tn abolish il.
| Messrs Maryen and Hayden addressed the
Committee in reply to Mr,Barbuur.
Mr.. WEBSTER, Of Massachusetts said, IN At
II was necessary, on this suhjrct, 10 legislate
with great elaboration, and examine the pro-
oah'e effect of measures proposed for a,ipp-
non. imported wheat now pays 3 per cent.
al valoreH. New York exports great GUAM
titles Ofthe article to facilitate It's transpurta-
ton, she has. mt vast expense, constructed a
great canal. The inhabitants of Canada, find g.
ing this the most direct route 10 the ocean
come the same way. To meet the expense
of that great public work IA large amount of
tolls is required. The Canadians are glad To
| pay these, in addtionto the / , per cent duty.
Now, he should certainly conceive, that IA
transit trade of this description, would he high
| ly beneficial To the state of New York while
the duty paid upon il would M the same time,
| aid the Treasury of the United States
The wheat is brought into the state. not for
| consumption, but for expectation. The con
sumption Is In a foreign market. The New
York wheat growers would not have that mar
! ket, 10y denying their canal TO the Canadian
wheat grower. The Canadian wheat would
still reach the same market by way of the
ST. Lawrence, at perhaps small addition of
| expense on the transportation. Hy admitting
| 1t, the state of New York not only gains the
! toll and storage, but the manufacturing of il
into flour, and the shipping of il to "a forcign
market. The United States Treasury, the
State Treasury, and the manufacturing and
| commercial interests, were all gamers by its
| transit.
Mr.. INGHAM, of Penn said, that the argu
ment ofthe gentleman from Massachusetts had
put the question on new ground The
| question now presented, tn us, was, whether
the United States will promote the cultivation
OF It's own territory or of the territory
of Upper Canada ? He proposes to adj
NIT the citizens Of Canada To an equal
participation with ourselves, in all our IA
cllities for trade, while our citizens are
kept out ofCanada, by laws that meet aud
prohibit them at every step. The natural ad-
rantages of the two banks the ST Lawrence
are nearly the same; the nducement for set
tiement on the one in preference 10 the other
will depend chiefly OH the regulations Of the
respective governments and, important as
are the Interests OF manufactures, the improve
ment of Osr land is still more important.
The honorable gentleman from Virginia
dlsregards this duty, and is willing at oHce
to give ii up. IL there were no existing duty.
this might seem very magnanmous but
what does the gentleman give up ? duty
of2I cents, in addition TO % g already laid
This is all that he would give up, surprising
ever so much wheat to be imported bui
he tells us, there is none imported, or next to-
none he therefore gives up nothing, or next
to nothing. The gentleman refuses propo-
sal TO take off the duty an Tobacco, be.
cause other states, besides Virginia, are inter
esed in raising il but are not other states
concerned in raising wheat, too Virginia
has not the exclusive dominiop over the grow
ing Of wheat and, could she look beyond
her own boundary for any thing else than po-
litical power, she might have discovered that
her neghbors have some interest in such
duty, If she has none. The gentleman from
Massachusetts, speaks of transit tolls, and of
mercantile commissions but these are triling
compeDsaliOns for facilitating to our own