Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-08-24

In 1926. VIC took from England nearly eleuea mil
lions of Dollars worth Of wool and wooen goods
while England, in exchange, took Of the agricultu-
raj produce of all the states north Of the Potomac
and Ohio, an amount less than five hundred dollars.
Such facts as these, very naturally, have ansnAu
ence on the landed interest, and hence we have
seen so many men who represent that interest," at
tending the convention at Harrisburg. Buying of
a nation eleven millions Of dollars worth of products
which we can raise and manufacture ourselves much
Manufacturers, is policy which this Convention,
representing the landed interest generally, think
not only very impolitc, but actually detrimental to
our best interests.
The advantage Of the American system may be
seen, on small scale, from the circumstance, that
New England, last year, imported and consumed
upwards of 100000 Of dollars worth Of Flour
from the grain growing states, with nearly equal
amount of other productions while old England
took not a mouthiul in exchange for the millions
of dollars worth of goods which we imported
Hence the landed interest see that, by the
agement of the manufacture of wooens, their lands
and abours will Immediately become more valuable,
nasnuch as the price of their wool will be raised,
and millions of dollars worth Of grain and prov-
sions must be consumed, at an advanced price, in
sections of our country which would not, in other
circumstances, have occasion for them. Those
thousands Of persons engaged in manufactures, and
tens of thousands who would engage in them. with
more extensive encouragement, are not only taken
from the cultivation of the soil, and consequently
diminish its production and thereby increase its va
lue but these very mouths must be fed by the re-
manning Agrculturalsts, much to their advantage,
inasmuch as the amount of production would me-
cessarily be diminished, and the number of buyers
Of their produce would be increased. These are
some of the which have, lately, opereted SC
powerfully upon many landholders to favor sys
tenn of policy to which, formerly, they were not Sc
favorable. from not having seen, SO clearly, the bene
fetal effects of it. A general peace, for more thai
ten years, has produced very great change in thu
circumstances of nations and, as the agriculture
of the United States has become so much less va
liable than when the world was in arms, it be
comes the landed interest to act according to thei
present circumstances, and to embrace all themean
within their power to render their lands and thei
labours more profitable.
But not surprised that certain politician
ION small scale to be sure--in the counties
Kent and Sussex are now, at this very time, elet
pioneering in favour of General Jackson the sol
ground of his opposition to the system of policy
which we have been speaking This is cours
which might naturally be expected, as the General
supporters generally care much less for tn obviou
national policy than for the success of the Her,
There may be some success with people who hay
not taken correct view Of the wooens bill BIZ
the we'll informed landholder, who wishes to ii,
prove his circumstances, will never forget that til
great agricultural States-Pennsyivan York
Ohio-&c. have expressed the most decided appr
= baton of this policy, now deemed SO essential
: their welfare
o. From election returns, it appears that
e Kentucky, the members of Congress, and Senate
y and Representatives TO the State Legislature, a
t7,o in one in c,vour of tho Administration Conside