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the New York lIerald:
"lle sad that unwso IegisIarion had
crippled The energies and resources Of
the country We are advocates for free
trade; but whilst we have opened our
porIS' and held out our hands to receive
the produce of Foreign lands, we re-
mons'ale against being made interiors
III the lond Of our birth. Ia relation to
TINS, It is proper to see in what relation
thus country stands with others in re
! gard TO the Commerce. Nine trnrhs Of
the Imporlatlons in this civ from France
are on Foreign account Aad almost
me same may be said Of imporlatons
from Germany and Great Britain -
Therefore 1t is high time thai our Go
Vernment placed US on a true loo,ipp of
equality with Other nations.
What causes the present inequality?
Great Brtan-tho sea girl lse-by
Der unrlvaIled position, and her supe
rIor policy, has done it. Oace her col
ONES by the nerve Of our arms. and
the sagacity Of Washington, we freed
ourselves; while England has gone on
! since then, as before coloniZing The
world by her commercial relations. she
has again reduced US to the condition
OF mere colony TO her. Look al her
Corn Laws. To name them is enough!
She has, it is true, mnda a treaty. of
commerce and navigation with us-she
has Hooded us with her manufactures.
ana 10 return takes nothing from US
she dralns US Of our specie to the a.
m0untoI s 100000 moth, and vet
| prohibits every article we carry her in
return but cotton. Let political onacks
| put plans OF finance and currency upon
| paper as long as they please, there is
no commercial condition which can be
sound and healthy, but to put this coun.
try upon an equality in regard 10 com
merce with ,he CUuut!v with which she
trades. The General then nslnnced
The duties placed upon pork, flour, &c =.
by other countries, so as to render it
useless 10 carry them abroad And.
he added, one.lhird OF the Fureinn
Commerce Of the United States is sub
sianuaiiy carried in British botoms.-
The General then read on extract from
an edinburgh Review of 1887, sta.
ling that Great Britain possessed one.
ionrIh OF the commerce of the United
States, whilst the latter possessed but
one-lcnlh OF that commerce. And now.
he added, at least one thlrd Of our com
marce Is IN the hands OF foreign yes.
sells. We say lhat Virginia, Kentucky Y
and the tobacco growing States ought
to be protected the same as the North
Ia relation 10 wheat aud wool. But to.
bacco that is worth ten cents a pound
here is assessed in England niue sbi
Ilngs a pound; duty on American pro-
duclion Of 1000 per cent Thus, This
American production is almost ruined
by this enormous impost Let the peo-
Pile who talk Of free trade look at this
The American Institute are advocates
OF the'only true principles Of free trade.
What should be tho policy of our Go.
i vernmenl? We ask for and offer free
trade. When that is rejected, we ask
for proper reciprocity, and the Amer.
lcan institute does not ask for highar
, duties, or burdensome imposs; but we
f say lake our tobacco on equal terms. .
II they refuse that reciprocity, we say
that we'll put duty on your broadcloth
equal 10 what you put on our tobacco -
I (Choers) Our path and hope and de,
sire is peace. With a clear deck aud
on open field we ask no iavors oil
the world. (Cheers.) But with the
eag Ie eyed foreign policy of keen and
vigorous government abroad on one
hand, and parties and rulers here at
, home, all intent upon nothing but ma
king Presidents and getting into office
! on the ether, it is no wonder that our ag,
. rcuIlnral interests, manufactures and
commerce are all going to ruin as fast
q as they can. (LoCghler and cheers.)-
q Look al our rice-il that goes to Eng
@ land, is met with q duty Of three OF
four dollars; and so il ia with every
= thing they can grow in their colouies.-
, And therefore we say put their good.
| on the same footing that they place ours
9 (Nheers.) The American Institute
;, holds to no party-supPorls no party -
$ but censnros all parties aljko-and calls
) upon all to support our agriculture, com
merce and manufactures, and so procure
y such a system of Legislation, as will
G soon put US on an equality with Other
h nations in all our commercial pursuits
a On our pork, there is duty of six dol
r lars barrel in the West India market
= And IS not some retaliation necessary
e Take the article Of lumber; 90 TO oul
o mountains, ard rhero see the supera.
bundunce; and yet see the vast maiorit,
'. OF |orelgn vossoIs IN cur ports CARVING
q this away to sell in Foreign markets
On the Savannah river met clever
g foreign vessels tbus loaded, whore dj,
i not see Que American vessel There /,