Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-08-27
Political.
From the Globe
RECIPROCITY IN TRADE.

Mr.. TAPPAN submitted proposition TO
the Senate yesterday, to which the state
Of things arising in England IS. we think,
destined TO give great importance. Mr..
TAPPAN proposed an amendment to he
pending tariff bill, rendering TO all such
foreign States as would admit "the corn,
-four, and sailed PROVISIONS erported from
the United States. in pessels o,cned by citi-
1ens Of tie United States, free IF duty"
the admission "of all articles ihe gropth
or manu- acture Of such States" under du
ties not to exceed go per cent.
Mr.. TAPPAN in clear and concise
speech, explained the effect which the
adoption Of his proposition would have
on the vas. paramount: interests of this
country. The permission which this
reduction Of the dnties on articles, the
growth Of manufacture CT other countrys,
would procure for the farmers Of the
United States to feed the starving mil
lions Of the Old World, could not fail to
give an impulse to the agriculture. inter-
ests among Us. never felt before. Our
farmers, instead Of raising stinted crops
the necessary result Of stinted markets
would cover our whole land with rich
harvests, without apprehension that the
surplus, not wanted TO feed our own PEG
pie, would rot in their barns. When the
corn and wheat, the beef and pork, OF the
United States, are welcomed into free
ports abroad, instead Of being charged
with duty greatly exceeding the cost Of
pIoduc,-whan the necessary demands Of,
the halfstarved population OF the crowd
ed nations with which we deal are the
only limit to our market, the consequence
mus, be, that every farmer will have
ready sale for all he can raise. ut his
own door. The merchan. OF The interi-
or, instead Of peddIing few parcels OF
foreign fabrics for the trash issued BY
banks-charging enormous per cen'ages
on his goods, and paying enormous pre-
miums TO turn the spurious paper into
money-wil be engaged in the true bust
ness Of amerchant,--taato Of exchanging
the commodi les oil his own country for
those Of the remotest regions o.. the
earth. lie will be found busy in forward
ing the products Of our soil TO the import
ing and exporting american merchants,
,chose ships Git will be observed in the
proposition submtted) are to be the only
free bottoms for American produce
Thus, the two greet interests OF com
merce and agriculture are to be directly
linked together; while home manulac-
lures would be still sustained by the 90
per cent ad valorem o. the compromise
-. ~ Il
valuation, wound b.. fully adequate to far
prutecllon; and abundant for revenue I'M
der strictly economical administration
from the immense increase OF consump
ton which would follow the spring given
TO trade by the opening OF foreign mar
kcis to the grea, staples of the farming
regions. The Nor h aud West and Mid
die States would, under such state o.
things, vic with the planting State in the
value OF their exports; and the amour,
ofthe whole would be threeio!d,as soon as
the Impulse had time TO operate on the in
crease OF crops.
This policy, thus opened up by Mr.
TAPPAN, would be the true relief Of tn,
country, instead Of bankrupt laws, or tn,
establishment OF paper money mints.
would make good money--they coin
plentiful Throughout the land. 1t wou
animate the hangers-on and borrower
and officers Of banks, who live upon tn,
paper credit, to industrious exertion +
create solid wealth. The tribe q
spectators would BE- turned into activ
commercial men; aud the broad an
sweeping current Of a prosperous ayr
culture would bear all in prosperity ur
on its bosom.
| But 1t will be seen, from the strict pa,
~ vote by which Mr.. TAPPAN's poiee
was rejected, that Federalism, which lord
it in our factories, is resolved to burde
and sacrifice the agricultural classes .
this country to their avarice; precsel
as the English aristocracy, which lords
over the lands Of Great Britain, have Ia,
ed and sacrificed every other interest
the kingdom, by corn laws, which secul
their landed monopoly in the exaction
enormous prices for food This polio
which forbids the introduction of Amer
can wheat, while it brings on the peop
Of England the distress which fills all ii
journals with the most gloomy forebodinq
is at the same time, the true source oil OF
difficulties al this moment. The emanc
patton OF our agricultural tabor from Ii
bondage imposed by the taxing system {
the Federalism ol this country, and Of Il
aristocracy Of England. would. in two
three years, bless the Industrious class.
OF both lands with a prosperity which /
era in the history Of either country cou
parallel.
We think that the masses on this al
the other side 81 the Atlantic begin no
to understand the kind OF protection undo
which they have been robbed; aud i
trust they will teach the mercenary Gas
es, who have prospered by their distress,
--who have grown rich BY starving Ii
operatives IN une country, aud faltenlr
OH the sale Of the farmers products in IL
J other--that monopoly hus lad its day.
CouarINs ScENE.-.O! Sewkey, wi.
was bear
"A bear; ha! ha! Ma says you re OF
now
.She does! darnation take it; guess
Amt then; wish was.'
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do YOU want 10 be a hear tor