Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-07-30

of the exnort was but loo, 600 barrels year
Was this very encouraging? Was there any hing
cheering in such prospect! With population
Of seventeen millions, exported only one hun
bred and sixty thousand barrels more OF flour than
when our population was but five millions
How much American flour did Great Britain
consume? In 1922, l72.si3 barrels; IN ISIS ,
not barrel; IN 1888, 1855 barrels In ~ years
bat iigo millions Of barrels. To save this pltitul
market, were we 10 stard IN a"e o.! EHgiand?-
How had the tone Of certain gentlemen been re
Gently changed Before these tariff bills were
introduced into the House. wkat more common
term Of reproach than British WAl42n Be-
since these bills made their appearance tile sounds
had never "nra been nuttsred. unnd"aft-i
change seemed to have come oyer Tho spirit Of
oenttemenss dreams. Now a rfeech Of ne Br-
tish Prime Minister could be Introduced Oh that
floor argument TO show ihat FREQ trade must
be the order of the day. All IBIS 10 such
pn'fal market he had shownf
Bat q word by way Of contrast. lle would
look for a moment at their home market. This
tnarke, was emphatically the growth Of The "A
mercan System" 1t was the creation Of HE
protective policy. From tables given i'll the last
census. he found thai the value of the forelgn
market was one hundred millions al dollars. while
that Of the hcme market was eight hundred NIL
lions He indebted 10 the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr CUsHINo) for facts which
placed this question on high ground II appear
ed mat inc annual imports OIL at aft!Etes from ot-
er States into Massachusetts over il. millions
Of dollars. whereas her whole foreign trade was
bg, 81 Millions Mr. w. here read from, mem
orandun OF The cargoes OF vessels which enter.
ed the port of Boston IN day, list OF the va
rIous items ofIhese imports by the coastag trade.
Massachusetts consumed GEO, 900 barrels ct Hour,
the greater par. OF which must be drawn from 9th
CIR States, besides pork, beans, lard, &c, 10 the
amount Of $500 600 more. Taking ali the
New England States together, with a population
at > 900. 000 of inhabitants, they raised but 2
G90,0 600 of bushels Of wheat The average con-
sumption calculated TO be 30 bushels per
bend, They must then have consumed nearly
100000 of bushels from other States. which
was equal to 200, 900 barrels OF -four.
Was this the market Indiana invited to
break DOWN. TO give up for tnarke, abroad?-
Could gentlemen suppose her people were so des-
titute OF common senses II they did, they were
egregionsy mistaken.
Heretofore her only outlet had been by way OF
New Orleans: hu, now, thanks to he genius OF
tnfefhAi ~ We :. S'A
aud seven DAYS of the markets OF New York and
Boston. Before another year they might enjoy
the qualification Of reading III The Boston papers
"Arrlved at The Railroad Depot many barrels
of pork and many sacks ct corn from Indiana
in eight days" Were they he people TO destroy
or risk market such this? and that. while
it their obvious interes, to every man,
womac, and child in all New England converted
into manufactured He beiles ed they under
stood their own interest little well for that. +
But gentleman said, will you build up this mar
ket at The Of the South VIII you sacrifice
the cotton interest? Never not at all? And
could he be satisfied that such a result would fell
low. he should pause before giving his vote for
The bill. But could it 60 so? DIi past eXPerl~ /
once Justify any such coacIusoa2 Il did not
Facts proved tina. these grasPins, these ''P'under-
lng' manufacturers, had got tocons utnlng 300 I
300 bales of cotton year, and aaai the quantity .
had been Increasing ffoGl year to year AT the rate
Of thiug like 10000 bales year for fifteen
years past. If this ruin 10 the cotton inter
est, Mr.. w. was prepared increase il. Yes:
ae could bohold million of bales wrought up in
the way without shedding solitary tear.
But they were told the bill would defeat the
whole purpose in passing II, which vas 10 obtain
revenue to carry on the Government And who
told them this? 4 gentleman rom South Caro-,
Ina. And why was the bill to do this2 Did ey,
oereace justify the prediction: Was IL because
his bill imposed higher duties tian had ever been
evied before? Did It 90 higher than the tariff Of
1925? Or was 1T because that if yielded no
-eveane? Was that the ground on which South
Carolina cried out against iI2 that she claimed
is repeai2 that she threatened adissoiQton Of the
Union? that she unfurled tho black banner OF null
ification? Nc. on the contrary Il was because
gave too much protection and TO sanah repa-
Tue. Strange indeed! B4;ha eft gentlemen 70
explain their own inconsistency. The truth rs,
We never YET have had tariff high enough to
,ring our imports down 10 the amour. OF our ex-
PORTS: even when the tariff al lis utmost
leight, such had not been the result; md. what
Ras very singular, the imports were the greatest
when the tariff vas the highest. And yet. gem
iomen's argument was, that ii passed this
,ill we should get no revenue, Mr.. ". PreterEed
experience for his guide their Vaccinations.
Here his hour expired and hr. w. resumed
lis seat