Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-09-04
The Liverpool Mercury of the 10th ult.

contains the following, which Will be read
in this country with considerable interest,
The .american Tariff The citizens OF
the United States ressmble all other men,
in having an eye 10 their real or supposed
interests, and in retsiaiing, when il is in
their power, upon those who interfere with
such interests. In return for our impolitic
and iniquitous Corn bill, they We there
fore passed their Tariff bill. which aims a
formidable blow al the prosperity of the
mercantile end manufacturing interests OF,
this country. One OF our contemporaries
observes, that this new and alarming mea
sure does not reflect much credit upon the
wisdom OF the Americans; and we are OF
the same opinion; although there Is no
doubt that the maljlty OF the citizens OF
the United States tl.hh otherwise; for A.
! merica is the only country on earth where
the interests and the wishes at the govern
ment and people ati.rge are one, and in
Invisible The people, for il is they who
have milled the tariff may have taken
wrong view OF their own interests; but they
will not long persist IN error; and should
tie measure be found not to answer their
expectations, the nation which sanctioned
it, can and viii, in ~ instant, annuI 1t,
and return to sounder views OF policy In
other countries, and We are sorry TO say in
our own, laws are sometimes enacted In
opposition 10 the interests and incilnations
OF the great mass oil the nation; they are
imposed without necessity and persisted
in after the alleged necessity which con.
shtuted the pre- rex, tor lbtlr original enact.
no tpS. ii y1
those most arbitrary acts which were pass
ed 10 slIhe the petitions OF The ketormers;
one OF which acts empowers the govern
ment 10 banish Tor lie British ,ubjects,
who shall write sny thing tending To bring
into conlempt that Parliament, whose cor
rupIoD has been declared by its own
TIE ~ beTs 10 be as notorious as the sun al
noon day.
Such measure as our corn-bil could
never have been passed IN any country
where the government and people al large
were completely identified IN feeling and
interest, and the disposition lately evInced
by some few members oil the present adj
min,stTatlon, especially OF Mr Huskisson,
encuulsse: The hope iha the corn laws
will, A. no distant period, be resclnded,
nor permitted longer TO remain monu-
ment OF national folly, al time when such
absurdEy must be rendered more cOnspi-
Cuous by the contrast II presents to The i'm
proved policy OF late pursued by The ad.
minls:ration with respect 10 many great
national questions.
A writer IN the Morning Chronicle calls
upon the people at large to petition for The
repeal Of the cOrn-bill, and, il bis state
meat be not very much exaggerated 10
deed, there never was any measure that
called 80 lmperously for the reprobstion
of the community. The corn.biIl,' says
this writer, is bareiaced robbery OF the
people OF twenty or twenty. FIVE millions
year, OF which not more than filth part
enters the pockets of the landhoiders; the
remainder being pure destruction OF pro-
perry
We have said that the new Tariff bill
must have been in accordance with the
wishes OF the majority OF the citizens OF the
United States; but II does not appear 10
have been carried by that kind OF majority
which speaks any very decided national
pIeponderaDce 10 its favor The votes in
the Senate; relative TO certain moditica-
items, We're very close; and in one in
stance. there being an equal division, the
point was decided by the vote of the Vice
President. The Representa- tives, in va
rety OF cases, have been about az nearly
balanced; one important question having
also been decided by the casting vote OF
the Speaker.
Under these circumstances, an expert
ment, from which we have much 10 appre-
bend, may be but OF short Duration; and
the Americans may discover that agricul
lure is entitled to the first consideration Of
their legislature, looking prospeCtiVely to
the certain and most rapid increase ot the
population of their free country. A writer,
who assumes the Dame OF PublicOla, in
the American Statesman, very able New
York journal, states, that 1t is but about
forty years since The United States con.
tanned only three millions OF inhabitants;
that it now contains more than ten; and
that in twenty-five years he adds it will
probably Increase TO twenty millions FL
teclve measures must be adopted TO pro.
VIDE tor this rapid augmentation OF the la
boring population. General Jackson, il
appear, approves OF the new Tariff, and
his letter on The subject has been publish
ed in the American and several OF the Eng
lish newspapers. We see no necessity to
follow the example, as we can discover no.
thing either original or strik ing IN the COM
munication OF this military asplrant 10 the
first honor in the power of freeman to be.
stow. If his opinion be entitled to any
peculiar interest, it can be with reference
alone to the possible contingency of bis
promotion 10 the Presidency; an event
which we should regret, bearing IN mind
certain arbitrary proceedings towards our
own CountrymeD, in which he bore a very