Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-01-13

But even supposing that the tendency Of the bill
was to inure the manufacturer OF whskey. and that
| the whole mercantile interest Of the country called
aloud for its passage, which must give way lfin.
deed the whskey maker stood the representative
Of the whole agricultural interest Of the country,
he should say, let the mercantile interest give way,
| for he was himself born farmer, and the very
rocks, and trees, and meadows, which he had known
in his infancy were still dear to him but whiskey,
he believed, formed very small part OF the pro-
ducts Of this country. lie here noticed the various
productions of the different States, and insisted that
the arguments of the gentlemen seemed to proceed
on the supposition that whiskey was to be worship
ped 10y us as the Egyptians worshpped their leeks
and onions. He then referred TO some statements
of Mathew Carey. in relation to the depressed state
of the mercantile interest, and observed. in
frmaton, that almost all the voyages made from the
United States during the past year had been losing
concerns. The shipping merchant had to coplend
not only with the violence oi the element. but with
the bankruptcies at home and with the fail ures of
bankers abroad. The small place IN which he
himself lived had lost more than 100000. The
gains of the merchants consisted Of small profits,
made on different adventures, and on ferent arti-
cles Of trade Ought these small profits to be TAX
en- from them' Mr.. ?. here referred TO the large
proportion If tho revenue furnished by the mer-
camille interest. Should the Irayer of the wool
growers of the various friends OF internal improve
ment, aud of the surviving officers of two wars
come up before the House and receive IFS favorable
regard. and so small a boon be denied TO the mer-
chants of our country? IL it was, no Incentive
would be left them to perseverance,, while ruin and
bankruptcy stared them in the face. The weight
must crush them to the DUST How would the gen.
tlemen from the interior, particularly those from
PeInsy lvenla, like another whiskey excise! Would
II be very likely to produce another uhiskey in
surreci,on? Yet the danger was not so chimerica
might suppose. If the interests of commerce
were neglected, and the revenue dmiuished,
whiskey excise might become necessary. Let the
opposers of the bill recollect what serious dangers
might be incurred by opposing hill whose provi-
sons, after all, were in no wise Injurious TO the in
terest they seemed to have so much at heart.
On Thursday, Mr.. Burgess moved to
have all the orders Of the day postponed,
which preceded the bill for the relief of
Revolutionary officers, which was agreed
to and the House went into committee
Of the whole, when Mr.. Burgess address
sed the House for two hours, in an able
and eloquent speech. The Editor of the
Boston Gazette, who is at present In WASH
ington, in speaking of this speech, says
1t was an able and full statement Of the
case, and an eloquent appeal to the justice
and gratitude and honor of the House. |
heard the whole, and some parts were very
pathetic. ] found my eyes pouring forth
streams of tears. But strange as it may
appear, the bill will be opposed"
On Friday, the House was engaged on
the bill TO provide for the surviving officers
of the army Of the Revolution, which was
acted on in committee Of the whole. The
amendatory bill, reported by Mr.. Burgess,
and moved by him as an amendment to the
original bill, providing fol the officers on
ly, Was rejected and the old bill, which
embraces both officers and soldiers, passed
through the Committee, and was repor-
ted to the House with the blanks filled
Tne bill was not called up on Saturday.
At the Republican Convention held at
East Greenwich, on Wednesday evening