Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-11-11

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reciprocity, and the American Institute
does not ask for higher duties, for burden
some imposis but we say "taks our to-
bacco on equal terms" II they refuse
that reciprocity, we say that we'll put a
duty on your broadcloth equal to what
you put on our tobacco. (Cheers.) Our
path and hope and desire is peace. With
a clear deck and on open field we ask no
favors ofthe world. (Cheers.) But with
the eagle.eyei foreign policy of keen
aud vigorous government abroad on one
hand, and parties and rulers here at home.
all intent upon nothing but making Presi-
dents anG getting into Office, on the other,
it is no wonder that our agricultural in
teresis, manufactures and commerce, are
all going to ruin as fast as they can.
daughter and cheers.) Look at our rice
If that goes to England, it is met with
duty of So or Sd; and so il is with every
thing that they can grow in their colonies.
And therefore We say put their goods on
the same footing as they place ours.
(Cheers.) The American Institute holds
to no party-supports no parly-but cen.
sures all parties alke-and calls upon oil
TO support our agriculture, commerce and
manufactures, and to procure such sys-
tenn Of legislation, as will soon put US on
an equality with other nations in all our
commercial pursuits. On our pork, there
is duty OF sc barrel in the West In
dia market. And is not some retaliation
necessary Take the article of lumber
he
abundance and yet see the vast majority
of foreign vessels in our ports carrying
this away to sell in foreign markets. On
the Savannah river met eleven forsign
vessels, thus loaded, where did not see
one American vessel. There is something
wrong here; for Yankee is never behind
any o.her man, where there is hard dol
lar to be earned by honest industry
Cheers.) As Hudibras said,
"for every why there is a wherefore"
(Cheers.) Then there are shingles
There is duty Of SO 25 on every 1000
shingles, in the West India market; an
American vessel goes from here with
load, and by the side Of her in Jamaica
shall be vessel from New Brunswick,
or even Maine, selling shingles at 50 90,
25 cents less than the duty. Thus is our
commercial marine cut up, md in case OF
war, this strong arm Of our defence will
not be found you may blow your trum-
pets and beat your drums, but your naval
heroes will not be within hearing. Take
our silk trade. Look al France. She
sends US all her gewgaws, which our wives
ct,l 10, tlaxx
selves with, and we feel pleased TO see
them do so; France takes $500, 600 OF
our specie from US for these gewgaws
every month, but takes no. dollar Of our
produce free in return. And thus our
Government has gone on until an empty
treasury has obliged them to put a ,rifing
duty on many things in order to restore
something like equality. Gen. t. then
went on to speak Of the movements made
by Great Britain, in buying our cotton
seed and gins, and sending out these and
our planters to India, all which we have
once detailed. He added-She is also en-.
couraging its growth in Egypt, Brazil and
Texas. She takes the virtuous Texas in
her arms daughter y the lovely Texas,
every acre of whose soil will produce cot.
ton. IT'S like the poets lines
Nature there had done her part,
The BOBBY only wanted art"
daughter And Grea, Britain is teach
ing her the art, and Patterson and Low
ell are at work making machinery for her.
And even Colombia has sent to this city
orders for quantities of our Sea Island
cotton seed, in order TO see if they can't
rival South Carolina in that unequalled
production Of the world. We see by the
las: British prices current, that 10000
bales Of cotton had arrived from India,
and that had lessened the price of cotton
in the American market. Why then
Islander US because we want protection.
We see all parties SO busy with politics
and office seeking, AND the government SO
busy keeping and perpetuatlng Office, that
they have not had time TO insist upon re-
ciprocity, and take proper retaliatory
measures. You will not ask me now for
tables, but listen to an extract from the
" Herald" about the specie shipped for
abroad the last week in September
By the Gladiator. 10 London, $3.50 900
BY the Louis Philippe, TO Havre, SEQ. 900
BY the Great Western, to Bristol, 27l $40
BY the Acbar, for Canton. 250.000
$i,097 $40
We say then, put these gewgaws and
things upon the same principle as you put
ours, and we'll take as many as you
please; and you take our beef and pork,
and grain on the same footing. But no,
says grandmother England, our books on
free trade are for you to read and obey,
but not for US 10 act upto. We put it on
to your tobacco and by and by, when we
get other countries to raise plenty Of cot.
ton, we'll tack ii on to that, and you may
whistle and fiddle till you're tired--we've
got you! (Great cheering, and much
discriminating laughter.) Why, the ship
ments from Savannah, by the tables, IN
American bottoms, in one year, was ",
66s tons in foreign bottoms, Al 1888
tons. Upon Lake Erie, at Detroit, there
were in that commerce thus:
Vessels. Tonnage.
American. Z 500
British, io2 1000
| think this too great to be correct. But
at Ontario il is thus:
Vessels. Tonnage.