Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-03-31
TIE CORN LAWS.

TIE CORN LAWS.
IuE OPERATION "a SG RoBNRT Pets Burr
OF AuERIcN-Thr tplio,ying extract frpm the
speech ofNIt Llhauth.o ia he House orCum oous
,on The mltion Of L,nl.John Russell. E,r a fixed
duty On hrsisn whsl', Will show how liulc this
country has to hope Er from the measures of he
Brn,h Government. Al hos, interested in whra,
growing. viii soon learn that their interests viii be
bee, promoted by compelling Cnncrc,s TO Grc- oncu
ME ports of England, by wlal'aIory dcties upon her
manufactures.
The Right Hon B,roncl lail g,eat stress uron The
value of the American market. aud Ice expected
that advantage. would DO gtined Gr our commerce
with that country by his measure. III, ul-p seem
Cd aware at the Importance OF not hiying a very
nidc field ir '6is country To- & in fr is supply OF
such an article az corn. But did the Rcht Hon
BIronct really believe that ht scale would enable
us To deal nth America Gr n,ur aud wheat. uny
moro than The prscli scale Wuud ~ lie dill not be,
!eyr that he coulj Ltbur under suv such de'u.iou.
-(IIeur. hcar) lie saw his Mobile Friend opposite
the Member Tor Liverpool tLoad S~arlon.) shonk his
head and seemed ,n C,uIraiict that; bat he lNr la
hJ1ohcrl MAS sur r.r,i 90 receive a contradiction
and purrc ssppsial'r lrlln h. Nahl. Friend lie held
in hi- hand a dscJmrIi more val able Inn auy'h ny
Whith hr could cay upon thIjsuil rcI. and 90 which
be c.ilcI ih- aUcutun uf The lIruso .Uh a cuua.
Lrurs winch Zee should Mt hays vpu'urcd d, pat
GuNud fr auy ub. ]srNaiuus 90 ms osn. he held
D.. his hand uc'py ola priifiOn prp-euisd hat night
Toy hs Noble Fns j The Member fr Liyorplol 10
the House coming irau 40 les iuynrisni a body
Than the merchants OF L'vcrHul Engaged n the
trade with AmeErn. lie would not u,ublc the
House by reading he whulr uG % bu he was sure
II would ulluN hua 10 read s,mc pass yes, IL was
4 modcraic aud ably drown up petition and lac
was sure rhnt the House would ngres with him
that the opinions ul such GruilStnru upou the sub
ljrcI were entitled logrsat confederation. They All
That Tho United States of America la.nrci unIer
great Disadvantages as compared with countries in
Europe ~ respect of tao baJe in wheat aud lIur
by the working VI the siiiiug scale rf duiies, which
operated TO The prejudice uloSery country in proper
lion. and that lhsy were not la hci. bat only nomi.
na'iy. placed upnn a footing with more favored ma
tons They went on To say that "a moderate fix
s4 duty upon wheat and niur would most materially
benefit the trade belwseR tie Iwo -(CheeI
from the Opposition)-and would lead 10 an extern
sion Of the cS lOris OF orr indus ~ that the domestic
manufacture 81 the Uattcd States had greatly in.
creased during he last few wears. which they m
great nsrt attributed Ia our own policy (Hear
near) lie begged The particular attention Of the
House To what followed: That the whole subject
of the American tariff vas on the eve of being DIS
curse ia Congress. when II was To he feared that
unless we RELAXED our system, re;nlialory measure.
rnighi be adupteI."-(hsar. henr) These we Q lac
sentiments of that great and important body OF Bril-
Hh merchants. established in Liverpool. who trade
with America; and highly a. h0 valued lhs opinion
and authority OF his noble Friend opposite ne shoull
cnnfess that IN q question Of that knd he vas in
rlined TO prefer The opinions OF those BRUSH mer
c~lianiH-(uesr. hear) The Right Hon Gentleman
the President Of the Board OF Trade had made use
Of an argument which lie confessed be heard with
~rme sur prise. He had alluded 10 lhe state orou
commerce with Russia. and he sand Russia wal
threatening Us with a tariff even more no
tie Than HAT which now existed. The Right Hon
Gentleman had used that ms an Argument in favor
Of retailing The sliding 'oaleufdnty. Now he (Ni
L1bouchsrc) confessed Ihat he should have drawn
irJm the statement OF ihu Z ght Hon Gentleman n
perfectly ditf, rOat conclusion. He should have said
that II u were irue-ss lac believed il was-ths,
manly owing To our rss;rc,Iye policy. Russia AM
Other counties were using relaliniiyc measures q
gai"si oar manuficiure,; I've 70 ND in thai a ,lrlns
reason To induce this country To- lake care how the,
-dp,tcd any System q! Cum-luws tho Ell CT Of wLi.t
would be 10 limit our trade win ohrr nations. II,
$40 'd say that The way 10 meet that was 10 tab.
care " ad"pi such = Sys1en - would iuciuEc %
'nr cora trade all IN countries ufihe Nur!d-tCHc
81 Hear. hrar.) lf R1ssIs refuses 10 Trade ~ Al
u.s. The roni and only way Ia he Independent ofIha
VI any particular foreign country ,wIh regard To on
supply ct wheat, was. as lee held, 10 er!pnI a.
e'in nSrce oil over tAo world. TuuI was the rca
una only scuurce OF security. Taey must have .
corn trade, md the only question washo,y +! shnll,
be c'ndHcieI. Iii were trI- ~ tho R.ht Ir-
"entlTUaH ass@nsd that hereafter we shonll 10 4
To = diminished commercial in,rrcour,e with tE,
S'HIc Si5ies, how dangerous n roi.cy " ere We rrr
sung by lcgIslaIing up"n Inc principle Of s!ida,
scale "hirh was eonirsseLly favorable 10 ihoso $ NJ
~ regarded our corn trade. hut entirely unGvon
DO 10 The mora distant sources of our .I.JIy. nj,
especially 20 The United States Of america. Tbes
ana oiher considerations. which he would not re-
peat a. thoy had already boon uIg-d with 80 mucI
ability hy Hon Gentlsmen who spoke from his sid,
OF the House, had driven him 10 the conclusion M,
any CoIn-laT. founded Essentially on the principl,
OF The sliding scale. must be pemiciJus aud impo
lite. ~