Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-11


Gates of the only true principles of free trade.
What should be the policy of our govern
ment! We ask for and offer free trade
When that is rejected we ask for proper re-
ciprocity; and the American Institute does
not ask for higher duties, for burdensome
imposts; but we say stake our tobacco on
equal terms" If they refuse that reciproc-
ty, we say well put duty on your broad
cloth equal TO what you put on our tobacco.
(Cheers) Our path and hope and desire is
peace. With clear deck and an open field
we ask no favors of the world. (Cheers.)-
But with the eagle-eyed foreign policy of a
keen and vigorous government abroad on
one hand. and parties and rulers here at
home all intent upon nothing but making
Presidents and getting into office on the 9TH
er, il is no wonder that our agricultural in
terests, manufactures and commerce are all
going TO ruin as fast as they can. laugh
ter and cheers.) Look at our rice-if that
goes to England, it is met with duty of
SO or Sd and so it 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 no party
supports no party-but censures all parties
aiike--and calls upon all to support our ag-
rlculture, commerce and manufactures. and
to procure such system of legislation, as
will soon put us on an equality with other
nations in all our commercial pursuits
On our pork there is a duty of SO barrel
in the West India market And is not
i Oo,,,o lot pococcar., rToto tho icla
of lumber: go to our mountains and see the
superabundance; and yet see the vast ma.
orty of foreign vessels in our parts carry.
ing this away to sell in foreign markets.
On the Savannah river met eleven foreign
vessels, thus loaded, where did not see one
American vessel. There is something
wrong here; for Yankee is never behind
any other man where there is a hard dollar
to be earned by honest industry. (Cheers.)
As Hudibras said,
"For every why there is wherefore"
(Cheers.) Then there is shingles. There
is duty of $3,25 on every 1000 shingles
in the West India market; an A merican
vessel goes from here with load, and by
the side of her in Jamaica, shall be vesse
from New Brunswick, or even Ma inc, sell.
ing shingles at $780, 25 cents less than the
duty. Thus is our commercial marine cut
up, and in case Of war this strong arm Of
our defence will not be found; you may
blow your trumpets, 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 gew gaws
which our wives and daughters are used tc
adorn themselves with, and we feel pleased
to see them do so; France takes s5OO,OO(
of our specie from us for these gevJ-gaw
every month, but takes not dollar of ou
produce free in return. And thus ollr gov
eminent has gone on until an empty treas
ury has obliged them to put a trihing duty
on MANY things in order to restore some
thing like equality. Gen. Il. then went OF
to speak of the movements made by grea
Britain in buying our cotton seed ard gins
and sending out these and our planters tc
India, all which we have once detailed
He added-"She is also encouraging it.
growth in Egypt, Brazil and Texas. She
takes the virtuous Texas in her arms; Qaugh
ter) the lovely Texas, every acre of whose
soil will produce cotton. IT'S like; the pc
cts lines
4 "Nature there had done her part,
The BOBBY only wanted art
Naughter) And Great Britain is teach
ing her the art, and Patterson and Lowe
are at work making machinery for her.
And even Columbia has sent to this city or
ders for quantities of our Sea Island cotto
seed, in order to see if they can't rival
Carolina in that unequallcd propuction G
: the world. We see by the last British pr
= = ces current, that 10000 bales of cotton ha
| arrived from India, and that had lessene
the price of cotton in the American maj
E ket. Why then SANDER us because we war
a protection. We see all parties so bus
l with politics and office-seeking, and tn
d government so busy keeping and perpetr
ating office, that they have not had time I
j. insist upon reciprocity, and take the prope
retalatory measures. You will not ask m
! now for tables, but listen to an extract froI
y, the Herald about the specie shipped fo
u abroad the last week in September
: By the Gladiator, to London, $4,000
= By the Louis Philippe, to Havre, $4,000
= By the Great Western, to Bristol, 271 "a
!. BY the Acbar, for Canton, $4,000
i $l,O97,34
n We say, then, put these gew-gaws an
IS things upon the same principle as you p,
ours, and we'll take as many as you pleas
q and you take our beef. and pork, and graz
!, on the same footing. But no, says gran'
mnther Ennland our hooks ON free trad