The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-09-11

ton. Ne wauld leave il to the sober and tenn
perate consideration of thOsr wha ought ia he
the rulers Of the drstiuirs of that country. Ia
decide whether il is a safe game for them g.
rIsk one half Of their tradein order to impede
IL in a branch Of our commerce, which was
,nly Une-sixth Of our whole foreign trade. So
ar from retaliating he would leave the Amer
ican Government to fnd out the folly of their
proceedings; and he had no doubt they soon
would repent the day they adopted this weak
and absurd policy. He was of opinion that
for every one pound of injury the tariff would
inflict on England, the injury to America
would be- fOur fold.
Mr.. Hume said nothing ranked more in the
breasts of Americans, than our exclusion OF
their corn. This was the staple of half their
country. and it was the influence Of those
states which grew corn, that this unwise and
impoIitic tariff had been passed.
Mr.. Peel said it was mistake to suppose
the tariff was a retaliatory measure, for in the
very year that it was introduced we had re.
laxed in our regulations respecting American
corn. He had no objection to the production
Of documents from which he gathered suffic-
lent to prove to him, that the security of A.
merica would, before long, induce that coun-
try to recall the present step. as it must nee
essarIy lead to considerable suffering there If
continued and in the meantime he was glad
that circunlst Mces prevented the possibility
of our adopting any r.taliatory system, as the
only effect likely to be produced by such a
course would be-. its being taken wrong by the
Americans, and leading to still further steps.
The motion was then agreed to.
EMIGRATION IN THE WESTERN Is1Es.--
10 consequence of the want of employment
arising from redundancy of population, and
other causes. hundreds of our poorer country
men on the Western coast are now q:atting
their native shores for North America. A brig
went off lately from the Isle of Harris freight
ed with passengers for Upper Canada and o. =
the 4th inst. two vessels sailed from Loeb Ma
dy in North Uist, with no less than 600 souls
ON board. Another is daily expected to sail
from Gamma, and as fresh expectations will
follow whenever opportunities occur, check
will be- given for at least some time to the eff
fects of our rapidly increasing population.--
The emigrants VINO have sailed from North
Uist, left 1t under circumstances pitiable in
the extreme. The manner in which they ac-
complish their departure is as follows An
styled the Emigrant Agent, goes a
bout soliciting them to sign a paper, by wi
they bind themselves to sail in his ship. All
who have not money to drfray the expens-
es of the passage. give up their all to the A
gent and in this way cows, sheep. horses and
all moveabIes. are converted into cash. Hav-
ing got sufficient number Of passengers, the
agent charters vessel. The whole of the yes
sci is fitted up with births on each side, one
above the other, and five adults are crammed
into one bed. The charges are, for passage
to @ lebec, Pctou, or Mirimichi. three guin- !
eas, exclusive of provisions. for all persons oy-
nr ID years of age. Two children, of from Z
to ID years old, count as one adult. and three
are taken when below the age Off. Four and
"a halfguineas are charged when provisions are
not included OF the misery and dis
tress to which these departures give rse-the
anguish attending the surrendering of families
and the breaking up fold ties and affections,
it would be in vain to attempt a description.
No man who has seen an emigrant ship weigh
anchor. or heard Highland family take leave
of their native glens in the pathetic Cable air
cha til my tuillk.' 1--WE return no more, )but
must lament that circumstances of state policy
or national misfortune should ever compel our
poor cOuntrymen to leave the shores to which
they are SD strongly attached.
Inverness Courier.