Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-14

,oo ,xn-nsjve to compete with the produce OF
R,.,;a GU, Of the Mediterranean. Fax IS also
nroduced: vet, moi boil of canvass from eilher
material was ever nade in thai portion oil the
world: for the reason that they have neither inc
ingenuity enterprise, nor indus therefore,
Mr. Davis facts are not amply snfficien' 10 es'
,ablish his ,D,shes, III regard 20 the use OF co
ton duck. II i, not used for rigging, nj liner
are the Austrian nor Greek ships cio'h-h enf'e-
IN with j, asa" pri"oipal elrm' Mt; consequent,
". h. does not sufi iently prove that II Is "sea
in preference TO hemp, which Is Tot staPie
prodoc ion Of Austria: il is even d Qnts'io"
v he,hrr, 10 any in,enr, it is al all grown IN hrr
dom,nion,; nor is the whole amount oil coi'o"
sent into the Mediterranean equal 10 i've 'hou-
sand bales annually =.
As 10 the celeri y Of Greek ships and ba''i-
more clippers being owing 70 cotton 'a'ss' -
might as well be said that The vessel i me
Three Wis. Men Of Gotham Would sail a. last
as our Live, ,ol pAt ket sh'Ps,-co'ton canvass
being hr only requisi for speed
If Mr.. Davis were in Congress in 1928, he
mus, have b. en- aware that the law increasing
the duty OH hemp and fax did no. arise from
any Repor, ,nadr ny he Ma eCommlssio"srs
We who have not immediate access to The SCI
crrt opera,ions OF Government, from oui OBJ
,cure situation, attribute somewhat o. ms
highly Objectionable part or The last 'ai.h
feeling with sted In the House oil Repre-
,en,ativps against tina, very Law; large proper
ron Of the Southern Members voted Tor ", pei
hans Mr. Davis himself, as i, was lvelrd III.
rectly a, the in,eres, OF the No III IN section Of
ibis Confederacy Ssbd papably at war with the
yid-nc. eliciteh and published by lhr disJ"nt-
ed Committee on VI snufactures. do NJ, men
ion this circumsiancr with he view OF dong
A 49, For "a
rxperimen, in he navy ha is all very well:
the arguments osuN IN he application are on
~ exception able; anf without hem The simple
reoues, would have, no doubt, bttn acceded TO-,
as is evirced in the readiness wi which The
highly respcc able ard ,aIen'ed gentleman al
the head OF The NAVY Depar men has complied
with it. This entitle, him to oe confidence
&c his fellow, c,tiz rs, in having thus p'"mp'iy
given strong pro is Of the in eres' h., els IN
the general welfare OF The country and | am
sure br could never have been Influenced In hi,
d. cison by he mis- ukcn fac's and iaaclous ar
pumPnts contained il the let'ei on which the
spplica'in rested.
II the making of laws for the government of
this people is I" drvnl, e on mrr 81 such deep
res, arch a. his patron Of cot or duck, we shall
unquesti nably prosper beyond The dreams OF
tie ordinary desires and expectations OF men:
his very calculations on he Information after
which he appears SO earnestly 70 have sought,
really nu,ie We brilliant creations &c the most
vivid imae ination; yet, if he would oniy.so dis
ciplin, his as 10 compel IL 10 keep pa'e With
his Judgment, we might hope, a some future
da,. that his usefulness would unfold self
from between the loppings Of something much
more important than a bolt of couon IAN, ass.
H. says lie amount OF cotton annually pr
ducrd in hr United > a,es, would be increased
twofold, il du. k I ON tina naterial wee intro
duced into com mon us. | have MT access 20
tge reports Of he Treasury D. pat,ment bu
may venture To say, that III no one year has
there cen imported ino the United S a'es,
from foreign countries, 100 600 bis 1t csnva S.
We viii suppose none ~ br .xpor ed, ai,h ugh
much is SEN TO South America nd elsewhere.
The average w Ugh, e bolt OF canvass, light
and hea,,, is .bout % p"u"ds l will ad il
ths j. may b. 3o;-'hls would then ~ e.s g.,
900 600 pounds Of "o"n or about 10 900 na'es
which would be rtquired TO Ike al H. can
vas now consumed II he UhIeh Salts
Now, surely. Mr.. Da,i> will ma! pretend soy
that this is the amoun' "f co,ton annually pro-
duc.d even in he state which he h ne hos
nor TO represent: he is better a,q ain ed with
the statlsucs OF his country and vet one is dis
posed To be S optical, or he could not So con
tinually confnund his own undrrs aiding, and
,hos of o hers, with al ul tiuus of exports Of
he mp, canvs ass, and cudagr. fhos' TO which
h. aludes, DE all growth and prrduc ZION
&c O, hrr Gun ries exuor ed hence for The bene
fit If drawback He slks Of he cultivation
Of h-m2 bei,g small" tor a c"rding to The re-
ports OF the Treasury, the expo'. uf hemp,
canvass, and cordagt, during he yea, 1897
only amo nnts to S63n74; ali Of Inch, &c hlnk,,
i Nh" effect of our r.wn indus y applied 20 he
ar and manufactures, "h,i,t he "hole'is he
pr"due ton e Russi. and Eug !tsnd. Certainly,
not bolt of American canvass was exp rtrd
,ha' year, nor has 500 bolts altogether of dos
nrstic mauufaoiur been sen, !" reign coun-
tries, since the Uui,rd States became an indie
pc de-, naion ihu>, after all TIE es,ima',s
and >peoula'ions on This subj ct, the result of
the rxpe' intn, if favorable, can he Of no Grea,
use "r benefit to NJ nation; md to attempt
an' gi>'a'i n on the SUBJECT. (of which am
T. a'feD would c.s, the people more than the