Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-12-16
MIR. EVERETT.

Oar Minister to England has been oall-
ged to deny, through the newspapers, that he
had made IA statement TO tins effect in one o..
l'islste agricultural speeches,-to wit tina,
not the slightest comparison existed be-
tween American and English beef and pork
and that " in America il was impossible TO
"grow either tnrnips or mamrrl wurzel, in
" consequence Of the great drought " The
gentleman who imputed these remarks 10
Mr.. E., is himself an English baronct, Sir
John Tyrell. But these were not the least
Of Sir Johns blunlrrs-nor half so queer as
some others he fell into in the course of a
speed, at an agricultural dinner. He is re-
por,cd in the Examiner to have said (hcar,
hear:
ale had all along felt the competition ", shonld
be exposed to IN pork and salt beef; but with res
pee, To the imported pork II WIS matter of nolorlcy
that it wasted .e,y maerially IN boiling, oven 10 The
extent of ehalf. (tiear, hcar.) The reason ihs
great waste had been I'Imred 20 him by those who
had lately been in Amcrlcn, and he would state it as
fact, because m distress II WIS always Agreeable 10
listen TO alev iang circumstances. In America, The
sheep were worthless that excrp, in few instan-
ccs the skin on v was used, Wide the carcass was
thrown away. The reason of this WIS, ns hf | been
stated by the American minister, whose ability anil
knowledge as an aaiicilturasi he need not date up
on, that they could not grow turnips nnnnel WIZ
Eel OH account Of the haaiin slnu nnl the cold IL
winter. The way, then, IN which the pplh was fat
ted was thls-hs pigs ate IN. sheep. toui iughcg.(
He did not state this on light authority; in point of
fact the pigs in America eat the sheep. Continued
laughtcr.) Ii this were the case the poor man who
bought American pork need at all wonder al lis
waste in boiling Persons had been accused of giving
ofal to pigs in this country and the Americans were
only CARRYING out the same principle. Mr.. Jonas
Webb would no doubt be astoni>hed to find his farm
yard assaulted some day by mn army of pi.s they
would like his excellent milton, doubt, bat it
would DO marvellous sight, nevertheless" Q.aug-
ter.)
To this speech. lndicrous and aughablc
As it is, MR.~EvERErT thought proper 10
make the following reply. /, seems he had
said nothing about our pork and beef and as
to ",urnips and mnngel wurzel "his remarks
were as folnws:-
As turnips and mancel wurzel are grown in great
quantities in the Uni 81 >iaios could not, of c0m Sc
have made the remark here attributed tn me. Man
Gel wurze was nj named nv me-. nelther drought
The climate of the III ted snies is lass humid Than
that OF England but drDu IA all C ing agriruuf"
il occurrence believe in that country u4
in this. What sad was in substance that the ell
mate of considerable portion of the United States Is
colder in winter and warmer in summer than the
English climate and this difference u obsrrvcd) led
to corresponding difference in the agricultural pro
ducts Of the two countries Owing 10 the greater
length and warmth of the summers indian corn,
which Il beleved) was not known ms crop in Eng
land, was largely cultivated in America; while, on
account Of the length AMI severity of the winters the
turnip culture so essentials part of English husband
~ had been much less extensively introduced into
the United Ststes.
The reply of Sir John is very civil, also
and VIC quote the material parts of it, for the
sake Of the fact relative 10 Indian corn, and
also TO show The pcrtinacity with whicl, he
still misinierprc,s Mr.. Els statement res.
pec,ing iurnps.
never pave your authority as The ground for pre-
sumed superiority Of English over American beef ~
pork. Int l regret was induced Nv n renor Of y'ul
speech, which is clear must have been ncnteri, Il
consider that the culture Of mange wurzrl hardly ex
listed in the United States. II docs SEEM however
thai by renson of the heats and colds urnp culiar'
has moi hcen extensively introduced there.
Some ten wears nince, tried ihr cultivation of IN,
Indian corn here, which completely f,iled ahoua!
II was the ouninn Of the late NJ. Col.be,t from hi
experience in the United States that IL was likely I,
succeed. regret hat had not the honor of meeting
you Al Audleytnd, upon the occasion " hen the oh
eervaiions 10 which you refer, wera made.
IF il would he amy saiisiacto on 10 YOU, shall b,
happy 10 forward your letter to the " Examiner "
If Sir John could have scen the crops o
turnips annually raised by some of our stur
dy Vermont Farmers, he would have been
able 70 appreciate little better the capaci