Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-08-16
From Ii. nHidgeriAe Recorder.

CORN LAWS.
The subj ct 9TH. Corn Laws has been for many
year. principal iheme IN England, aud II is not
with ~ important bearings as IT regards tho inter
ISIS al the UnurJ States. A great deal has been
said about IL here; and yet II is not saying much
| 10 add, that II Is hut very Impeiiecdy undetstood
We have thought short sketch oil It's principal
features HAT of The Corn Law restrictions. with
atten IT rntet into The tsmIiied polt-
zeal reasons IN lsyor al u, as we'll rs against =,
would not he uninetesrlng to readers, not ouy
IL al ct the interests oil this country, but
that the, may be al hoae ~ relation Ia subject
perhaps the most interesting Of all others To the
people oil Great Britain, and The disposition of
winch present agnatcs thai country irum one d
Of no The other. For tlns purpose we have gath
cred from various sontets sope details IN relation
Ia the subject, ~h.cb We think will render II pIau
TO the ,cadcf,snd will be neither proftIrss unIu.
erestIog.
The gtcai principle Of the Corn Laws is, 10
guarantee uniformly good pticesto The landed pro
pneto,.. To fleet his the home roectis secured
IN the monopoly ot the market by excessive dulles
ON imported gam. until the price, AT home
by scar. ny IL tho borders OF famine The point
selected is thar al which the danger !. Imminent,
Is hen II rises 10 over 70 sh,Ilugs (re quarter
tcr ph bus els )-9s. Id, lItlle more than Two
dol ara, our currency, per bu,hel. When
wheat Is thai pilce, II Is admited at Is. duty per
quarter or about ia cents, our currency, per bar
rel toi -four.
Ifihe domestic price falls but one shilling, The
duty increases -. Cd. beng 76 per cent more than
the prcr la-, and this disparity confines to in
cease Tor the purpose Of preventing importation
IN time OF high pnces, MS they fall. At all piicrs
under Cos, tie duty on importation - ALWAYS equal
IL tho difference between the actual ptce OF wheat
and the s7S 81, so that while in times threatening
scarcity, he lowest prIre which The law wall suf
fer imported wheat 10 be brought IN, ia IA. (dnty
includedD IN addition IL all charges and expenses
IN time ol snpposed plenty the plce is Fl xed nj no,
less than s7s. ~. Tins operates rs prohibition.
IN gcocraI, aud secures the home grower the mo-
nopoly Nh MeCnlloch, tho Political Economist,
estimates that II adds an average OF - To evety
quarter of gam used IN the United kingdom fnr
TODD, and tax OF about % cents on each bushel
aud moe Han I9,G00,0 900, Or forty five millions
dollars, total amount per annum, IN favor of the
Ian led atlsocracy, pad by all other classes.
Thu, II IL perceived that until wheat is more
ihan two dollars bushcl in the English ~ arkct
all foreign supply srrccuied: and at this point
!, admuled, ny paying duty Of about l2i cents a
barrel.
Instead Of Ibis compcaltd and oppressive sys.
ten, the present Brush Ministry propose a CERTAIN
fixed and moderate duty foreign lmpofta,ions OF
grain. They rioposeio fix the duty wheat at 4
shillings per quarter that il about 90 cents per
bushe OF 20 pounds. This the reader will nuticc
- uniform tax On imporalions, not n certain and
eSotbitant rtlce for wheat, which NJ present mus,
cost the English consumer over Two dollars bush.
rl before ne can purchase forcign grain, but SIMPLY
- cents tex uron the bushe at any price So
that instead II The consumer in England having TO
pay ovct two dollars before he can buy cheape,
from abroad, he can get American floor as low as
we can sell II 10 him, with The duty Of % cents on
The bnshel Thus II we can export a, rs GEMS the
duly and transport ton would probably not carr,
the ptlct 10 them above about dollar per bushr
and so on III proportion. Ga rye the proposed dut,
Is shout l3i cents, and on oats about 10 cents.
It's thus seen that the question is a most important
one, which now ngttates, and has long aQllacd Great
Biilan - ona which concerns nothing less than life
useli, 50 lar as II regards tho chlei mean, Of ia
sustenanee, and may readily account iot The vital
importance attached 10 II by that people.
the Appearance oil the body OF a young woman who
committed suicide IN not uncommon mode i,
from physician who corresponds ~uh an Alban,
paper: II read last week heart sick ening accnun,
oi the drcease oil a fine * amiable young lady who
fell victim TO fashion, she laced hcrseH 10 dtath-
Apart hom the prevailing lntatuation which leads
females TO COMMIT elegant aud refined suicide sho
IS said To have been an uncomnonly ,ne &C NJ and
promising gut The body presented dreadful sight.
The RIBS were contracted TO within half lhcirp natural
F circumference, and the shoulder blades were actually
Tapped over each other. The chest was of course
extremely narrow, and not half the room was lc fl
for the action Of the art, and the IN sp,ra,ion al
air into the lungs. The consequence was dealh''
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