Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-21

crown him with sDfadirg laurels. Tor achieving a
greater victory than the duk., Of Wellington ever
drenmt Of"
In subsequent number, md in explanation, tho
Commercial Advertiser says-'Thc object Of Gen.
jackson is TO rid the country of the Objectionable
features of tho tariff, and especially those which
have caused much dissatisfaction the south, by
treaty. and without the interposon of tho house Of
representatives For this Durpose, treaty o perfect
commercial reciprocity, stipulating that 10 duties
stall b" cxactcd in either country upon tho produce
or manufactures of tho other. beyond low gwen
amount, say In no instance to exceed 20 per crnnn,
nj vaorum. has been IN agitation: aud il il believed
thru the British minister at Washing,on has inicatcd
belief that his government will assent To such an
arrangcment-even by modifying their corn laws in
favor of the United states, upon condition thu, the
parts of the latter shall he open to her
Ana mere The ruinor rests Tor the present. When
assumes q less questionable shape. We shall Ire pre-
pared tn ohnr some remarks upon it, But, in
view OF II, the thing is impracicable-and that
neiher country ran go into such an arrangement.
Besides. the idea of doing away the tarn-;hs
es'1est,d policy and intr Of the idnd, without the
uterpnSition of tho House of Representatives, Is
pruposterons The president and senate will never
venture upon a measure of thut lofty behrinH.
Hare are f,cts facts well authenticated aud 50
much in point, that They on ;t to serve to Tire U.
States as individual experience
Put. caution the Souiher Nrriculturist ara;-s'
the double dcuson, which he rumor' alluded to. is
calculated 10 produce We ca';'in him against be-
lievng, either that England is going to relax her
dutics wheat and tobacco, in consideration of anv
boor that ihe u. States o'6r or that the relax
ation would be Of the smallest advantage To him If
she were. That England will m, 10 it, is evident
from many circumstances, and if the Cac:nct at
Washington believe any such thing, proves only hy
wlrat Quackcry. great nation is ruled She would
do it, if sls could bit what is gill more cournt
reason she covii not do it, if she would. The corn
laws of Enelahd are the prop of her agriculture
Without the exclusive privilege of feeding the pnIru-
la,iun, and hus Of always securing markc, for corn
that class could not stanl unlcr the cnorisous bur
,hens which the necessities of Government and Of
pauperism mpnse. Great efforts have been made by
the manua cturiig interest for years past effect
repeal of the laws, but the Indispensable
sty ofthcsc laws in the opinion OF the British lie.
gisuturc, is shown by the fact that the number Of
the advocates of repeal, has dwndled at each sue
ceadiug session of Parliament. Tnn last division in
the H. of Commons on the 10th May, proves that Mr..
li'tme's party is reduccdt TO mere rump. We ex-
lLlct the lsbate ihat occlsion.
Mr.. Plume called the attention of the house "a :hc
important subject of the laws; perfectly free
iTIrc being his object, but thy caunrc n,.v-
rrthelcss TO be- gradually made That change. he
commended would not uiure the landed interest, hi.c
IN would gfeni lNfehcve and benefit thc people, who
were suH ring under severe dis rnss. i tree
trade would give employment to our capital and the
unemployed working classes, which, under the PEE
sCut vicious system, could not fiUd 1t. The situa-
ton III which the country placed aiusc perhaps
frn three causcs-taXation the change in the currcn.
CIV, and the corn laws. When the trade IN corn
was frce, Were an exporting country; but the
laws raised the price ofprovisons, and made diff.
ficut for orr manufactures To compete with others
~ the foreign markets. There were now million
Qi people out OF work. owing to the laws Ii
system altered, the Price ofcJrn on The
continent work. be regulated nv the price in England
the cost of transit excepted In 1875. the pric"
SIS. 81. in England and BIS lOh in Holland al ow-
mr. To- restrictions. Our system asslssnateu our
commercial greatness, and LEFT the population Tie
misery Of curtHcd supply; it caused tn in
Poland g. kept or manufactures sinking into dcprc-
citation ut hnm". far reciprocity would bcnrfl all
nations. The present duty OIL corn lbs. IN lieu
of which, he proposed fixed enc If ljs. with an
annual reduction Of Is. which would once opcu
the pors the su-plrUs produce OF I'LL other ccul-
tries. ayd Grea; Britain had manufactures enough,
GDd kHe", TO pay inr every ding, provided they
ryuli find employment. This plan would prevent
fluctuations in prices, give full vent to conmodi-
and pnt end to those injurious gluts that now
frequently occurred Every article of food was
subjected TO heavy taxation; bu. 1t not the ar-
culturis alone who produced for every artizan
and mechanic equally produced it by faOrcating an
article WINCH was exchanged for the corn of other
countries. free trade would make the land flow with
mjIk and honey 1T DID Udecd so flow for the rich but
not for the poor. il was commerce that made satrs
great, witness Carthage, Gcncve, Venice. and
rue hNlseln"hs. ny opening 10 coWmeTcidI AMER
cJnyse NTH foreigners, they ,oouid beIr share Or
ff1y ftoo millions oFf1res Rccproc" was the
'rsst thing, but if F5ance ard iussa wnn,d refuse
some eli goods sill we siond take from them
what we could get cheaper than elsewhere az our
goods would find their way to those Gountrcs snug
{ed not and really paid for their produce with
our own commodities. This was the inevitable re-
suit, aud we should therefore multiply our markets as
,auch rs possible. There could not he suoh thing
az over prOduction II free trade existed aud then cv
cry man would find employment The public debt
would not be- of much consequence under system II
See trade which would put end to p7ivalion, he
vildtion Of the laws, aud general distress. Aiirr
dwelling these points Mt considerable length VI,
~. concluded by 'uovng that the house d. resolve
iis.lfintua committees Ofthe whole house To cpu-.d
or w. corn laws, with a view Of substituting f.od
ditv or the importation Of foreign corn mo The I'm
tod Kingdom. and appointing bour'v on Tho export