Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-03-15


namenting the banks Of that noble river,
daily extending their limits, and prosecu-
ting, with the greatest spirit and profit,
numerous branches of she manufacturing
and mechanic arts. If he will go into
the interior, in the State Of Ohio, he will
there perceive the most astonishing pro-
gress in agriculture, in the useful arts, &
IN all the improvements to which they
both directly conduce. Then let him
cross over into my own,my lavortc State,
and contemplate the spectacle which is
there exhibited. He will perceive nu-
nerous villages, not large, but neat ,thriv-
ing, and some of them highly ornaments
ed; many manufactures of hemp, cotton,
wool and other articles. In various parts
Of the country, and especially in the Elk
horn region, an endless succession OF
natural parks; the forests thnned; fallen
trees and underground cleared away :;
large herds and flocks feeding on luxuri
ant grasses; and interspersed with com
Portable, sometimes elegant mansions,
surrounded by extensive lawns. The
hon. gentleman from South Carolina says,
that profitable trade was carried on from
the West, through the Seleuda gap, in
mules, horses, and other live stock, which
has been checked by the operation of the
. tariff 1t is true that such trade was
carried on between Kentucky and South
Carolina, mutually beneficial to both par
ties; but, several years ago, resolutions,
at popular meetings, in Carolina, were
adopted, not to purchase the produce of
k,, nG IL, nt ia ha.
attachment to the tariff. They must
have supposed us as stupid as the sres
Of one of the descriptions of the stock, of
which that trade consisted, ifthcy mag
ined that their resolutions would affect
our principles. Our drovors cracked
their whips, blew their horns. and passed
the Seleuda gap, to other markets, where
better humors existed and equal or great
er profits were made. have heard of
your successor in the House of Repre-
sentatves, Mr. President, this ancctote
that he joined in the adoption of those
resolutions, but when, about Christmss, ),
he applied to one of his South Carolina
neighbors to purchase the regular supply
OF pork, for the ensuing year, he found
that he had to give two prices for it; and
he declared If that were the patriotism on
which the resolutions were based, he
would not conform TO them, and, in point
Of fact, laid in his annual stock Of pork
by purchase from the first passing Ken
tucky drover. That trade, now partial
ly resumed, was maintained by the sale
of Western productions, on the one side,
and Carolina mdney on the other From
that condition of it, the gentleman from
South Carolina might have drawn this
conclusion, that an advantageous trade
may exist, although one of the parties to
it paysn specie for the productions which
he purchases from the other; and, consc-
quently, that it does not follow, if we did
not purchase British fabrics, that it might
not be the interest of England to pur-
chase our raw material of cotton. The
Kentucky drovcr received the South
Carolina specie, or taking bills, or the
evidences of deposite in the banks, car
ricd these home, and disposing of them
to TIE merchant, he brought out goods,
OF foreign or domestic Manufacture, in
return. Such is the circuitous nature Of
trade and remittance, which no nation un-
derstands better than Great Britain. .
Nor has the system, which has been
the parent source OF so much benc fit to
other parts of the Union, proved injuri-
Gus to the cotton growing country. !
cannot speak Of South Carolina itself,
where | have never been, with SO much
certainty; but of t'other portions of the n
ion in which cotton is grown, especially
those bordering on the Mississippi, can
confidently speak. If cotton planting is
less profitable than it was, that is the re-
suit of increased productions; but be-
lieve it to be still the most profitable in
vestment Of capital of any branch of bu-
siness in the United States. And if IA
committee were raised, with power to
send for persons and papers, | take upon
myself to say, that such would be the
result of the inquiry. In Kentucky, !
know many individuals who have their
cotton plantations below, and retain their
residence in that State, where they re-
main during the sckly season; and they
are all, believe, without exec ption, do
ing well. Others, tempted by their sue
cess, are constantly engaging in the bu
siness, whilst scarcely any comes from
the cotton region to engage in western
agriculture. A friend, now in my eye,
a member Of this body, upon capital of
less than seventy thousand dollars, in
vested in plantation and slaves, made,
the year before last, sixteen thousand
dollars. A member of the other House,
I understand, who, without removing
himself, sent some of his slaves to Mis-
sissippi, made, last year, about twenty /
per cent. Two friends of mine, in the