Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-04-18

dneuen. ILs relative sDt Vi kAs and shoes in Pam
and Boston s65 ssns y ans dsllar. asl in Ssrnau,
tho pros 10 still lsA.
\ sposi6c duty . Akal " ~ rsnalslArcrs . hr
article - proven, ssds and lmp,S uoA.
have thus gone tlusso us maiWisl portions - thu
feIsrt. and gwen You Iom - page qei.s A'srinatoi
enough " form ~ opinion ~ s InJlls Vi tho severn
baneh.S d business Some general IGascns IN tavor @
FREE TRADE" ILLESlRATED-TTIc 10
| BACCO IRADE-lAX On IuE AMERICAN
FARMERS AND PLANTERS.
III the henosalls tho Charoa" aad .hGn,LwS 2dS Con-
| nnitsS en- Manufactures;
Tho ruaoutions passed BY lhs Legislature Of konino
KY requesting the iueiubers Vi Congass IRON a STATE
to uso their best oxetlsns " cause such Station
The par Of Congress ia would relieve bacoo produces
IT, tho Cni,cd Siatcs from tho hayy duties aud menopo
lied with Which II II IL lufdcncJ by msst VI tho nston
.'pc. lnSst bs my excuse lot addressing you th
| memorial.
To pro,cca AicafiAn commerce And the products O
American industry iroiu lrcSn prohibitions, dults une
regulations. by coup,tf,.ilnr dntes. all other mean'
having failed ~ accomplish thu taeet. 10. believe,
duty cnioned well by the .aeresss ~ inc hon
Or ofuuI S,any Previous 10 tho iof-'hon 81 me pro
sent Constitution, tho mpssbliy u tho se,s ra s'a's
while acting each for tseit, Protecting their cumlGere
and BE pndues VI their industry, when shipped 10 for
sgo ports, im The prohibitions tudrnsone duliee, and
oppressive regulations imposed 90 them by foreign
lions, wac iol md sckpeM lodged by all. w ono Vi the
greatest Sys arising fvpi the .heo existing state u
things; and strong pnxiey " have dis evil corrected il
known 10 have ssn one 81 tho greatest Inducements 10
tho formation u Tho Conssicn, and beyond oil ques
vn WIS one VI the chei Arguments urged Tor is edop
ton by the S,aes Ne wslI-iniorned man will contend
thai the Constitution would have been accepted by
Tho people. itt led not contained the clause ly which
tho power and the sorcativs duly II regulating com.
morc with foreign natiuns taken fvu the several
Statoe and bestowed Congress, Vi the Depart.
rncnls Of the Federal Government.
Although The opprcssluns On Commerce fum those
fohbiuons duties, ano rogustios VI ncurly every
ton IN Europe hive beeu continued ever since The Con
sltuion granted the power ard imp, cod the duty on
Cungtcss VI Regulating commerce with foreign nations,
yet, up 10 This time, that duty remains unjscbargcd
and osch ofesn nation. without my regard 10 Ieciproe.
~ equality If dutes, las been permitted 10 iako
sci wholly IRON Its ovsrlce, without any ropnJ 10 JUS
co, until they have ceased 10 cnr hat Government
viii sceh dttss by The only In It's power To Gu
force H.
The result Of this ubanJonmont " its duty by Con
grees md lowing 10 take OF itself aidcd
by such assistance the Executive power has lccn able
10 gyeit. by exercising the equvoen power of regulating
ouf commerce with crcgn nations by treaty spnlatuns
has been such ny was naturally 10 be expected and We
find that these emotions have increased. until, this
ilme tie following facts oxls.
The produce u the labor Of tho t2rns Of the United
Sia,oe shpped 10 tho various nations Of Europe amount
ing annually to about ninety millions u dollars pays
average aA over one hehdrcd per cent? While The pro
auctions OF oil European natops, imported into Tho Uni
ted States, amounting annually 10 about hundred
millions Of dollars, ray IN average tax or duty ot less
Aan twenty Icr cent In other words, from The pr3duc-
tuns oi the labor u the citizens u tho United States,
from which those who tho sell aud T>oIm the Ia
bor Of Producing and transporting the produce 10 market
receive ninety millions Of dollars, tvrcgn nations, by
IN, oi duties levied In different ways, receive ninety
eight millions ofdollois.
II - lie wondered a tia, the ngricnlinlasta Of
The United States have not prcspcfd IN proportion l.
then industry hen they do nUt receive one hall the ben
eft Of their own labor. With genial climate, rich
soil, and industry and economy lie part d plant
and armes, sur assed 10y IN Tho world, thel
aggreg prosperity and wealth far less than that 81
the ownoIs Of the soil in Great Britain, France,
Germany, Ct Ony other nation IN Europe, eAcrcislnp
the skill and industry III the cultivation Of the
earth.
1t IS the duty ofther representatives ia Congress II
inquire uto the from whence this effect springs
and apply the remedy, lione Gun be found, within Their
power | have underworld u find out lls cause and
sincerely believe IL principally, II not wholly, piocccds
from the fact that our farmers and planters arc MT per
mlted 10 trade with the subjects o foreign nations
quail terms but, the contrary, they lher agents
are oinpellcd give than hay Of the produce
OF their iarms and plantations. o. what is the thing
to them, than one half the money would sell lo
to obtain the privilege OF importing and selling The re-
malnder in Europe, while the citizens Of European
tons give less than mn ofthe produce Of their labor
for the privilege OF importing and selling the remainder
the United States In figures tn, matter stands thus
The products OF American industry sell
In Europe, after deducting freight aud
charges, eXcep, duties, in round mum
bels, for S2O4, 100000
Or which We receive 81 100000
And lose in paying duties $ll3,5UU,UOt