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Mr.. TYLER, and have often thought Of il since"

Mr.. Tyler, ana nave oilen tnougnt Of II snce
1.-THE North, probably wants little, II any thing
more, than what is equal TO a duty Of twenty per
cent, levied agrecaby to the compromise act. They
would fix higher rate on articles not Of great
Importance to the South, but take off as much from
others, leaving the average the same. In the middle
and Western States they would want something more
on Iron; but the country, probably, would lose moth
ing by giving that aid for the present.
but, fyol suppose tina! there isany thing obcc-
tonabe in this, let us imagine the whole matter COM
mlitted TO the management OF the Southern States,
and the tariff abolished What would be the result to
themselvesf There our great interests may require
some aid from tariff. Cotton has been protected by
duty of three cents pound equal 10 Of thirty or
forty per cent on the value. Even under this duty,
it has been brought in from Demerera return for
exports, and used proftably in making stufis
Texas Is to be thought Of Her crop may probably
60 to England. But with duty under twenty per
cent, which would generally be less than two cents
pound, there is no saying what results might come
from high trade there in which their Cotton would
be taken as return for supplies from the North.
"Bu the trade with Tndias like the old bed of a
river from which the stream has been diverted, and
to it may return at any violent disturbance Of
" ares that have been fixed to the current
hay seem to talk of the efforts that have
Id made by the English to improve the crop
tine nifty has wonderfully increased. Ic has risen
at Bombay from $50 0o9 bales p 475000. As to the
quantity, we know that while the hand loom was in
use, they sent excellent cloth from there.
1n the year 1889, ii was stated on the floor of Con-
gress by member from South Carolina, that the
So them States propose 10 engage in the culture Of
Cotton and il was thought that If they could procure
good seed they might succeedin it. Now, the change
Of seed or soil that may be necessary in India to give
such cotton as is wanted here may be made as sue
cessfully as the experiments at the south. and i'm
portant results would ensue without tariff to inter-
of Northern purchasers in the markets of the South
lsol great importance in protecting the interests of
the planter from the combina items among foreign
agents to depless prices, as things now are; Blu
fast gaining that of our crop, ofwhich nearly two
thirds are now sold to England. But England is pre-
pairing to apply com law legislation to our Cotton
and shut it out Ii is less than madness in the South
then, TO dl courage our manufactures and seek to
throw the country int dependence on England for
cloths
'If this competition of our people with foreigners
IN buying the crop and furnishing supplies OF manufac
turcd goods should be put an end TO by changes in
trade, the truth will be then realized, that the South
has not been the benefactress supposed but has
ceved fair equivalents for every thing. 1t will be
found that there is truth in the remark Of old Vr-
ginian, who said after INDUCING in some expressions
ofwrath against the Northern States: "Stll they
can do better without us, than we can do without
them"
GAS to rice and tabacco said the Bostonian the lat
ter is certainly an important article of commerce.
Many people who deal in it are comfortably off, But
while large fortunes have been made from in Vr-
ginia it would be difficult to point out any thai have
been made from it here, except two three in the
VI SIuIIj tueSe Cnlc-
ly, by fortunate purchases ofreal estate
"As to Rice look at the returns. 1t amounts to
scarcely three per cent, Of the exports Of the country
less even than the surplus of the country less even
than the surplus of domestic manufactures exported
from the North. 1t is article of great bulk in pro-
portion to its value, and those who assist in its trans
poration to market get nothing more out of it than
moderate pay for their lalor The rice that is raised
on the her se Of the globe, and is carried by our
ships from the islands the Indian ocean TO feed the
Chinese, has, really, had do with the equip
ngcs in this quarter than the rice of the Southern
States.
"Whcn your Milidgevlle friend explain. the efiec,
of exchanges he should enquire into the exchange of
the products of the West Indies for supplies from this
country the exchange of Cuba sugar, carried by our
ships TO the North of Europe, for return in hemp duck
and iron; that of the peltries and metals from the
West coast ofAmerica, which we have carried through
the Pacific mo the China sea, to procure teas silks
and other commodities and make some estimate of
the coffee and spices of the Indian Archipelago and
commerce with British India He will come, then to
the conclusion that New York does not owe her birth
or growth to the products of the South so much as to
those Of other regions lie will concedc that the pro-
without the carrier and he probably U % poor ish.
ing more for the South than all of us at the North
will cordially admit to be her due.
Sand one word more to the tariff, said he. 1.-THE
mistaken belief that it really Injuries any body should
cause ii to be abolished and if you live ten years 10
see the consequence, you probably will find the con-
cuslon of those who will look back upon it as matter
of history be this If the advocates of protective
tariff had known their true interest; it will be said
they would never have caused be laid and if those
whoimagined themselves aggieved by it had cooly
examined its operation, they would not have wished
TO remove it.
THIS was the amount of what was said in our dis
cusson of the Judges speech. Your readers may bt
amused to see how it met, if they enlightened
or convinced Some of them will possibly be >urpris
ed to know that the crop of cotton in our day coul(
ever have been compared the crop Of green peas.
Yours, &c G.