Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-03-21

Let us now look a moment at these results
They are
l. That the single article of cotton constituted
hide over Sirty -tt0O and half per cent. (626'o
tic whole nfOur exports to all fore On countries
being $25 o67 ,55S than the exports of all the
Other products Of the fisheries the forests, the az
ricuture, and the manufactures of the entire IN
lOn.
:. That, Of all our domestic exports to Great
Briidin and her dependencies, cotton construed
over serenty:fre and one-haD per cent, (7566)-
being S3OS2i lG3 more than tie exports 10 that
kingdom Of all our productions.
5. That of the S45,560,l64 of our export Of
cotton to Great Britain aud her dependencies,
s45,5l5,l37 went 10 England, Scotland, and Ire
land, (94347540l, OF it to England as Il raw ma
terial to he Sent to This and other countries in the
form OF manufactures, al an advance upon its cost
OF from 100 to 1900 per cent, for the benefit of
British Cupllui and lauur.
i. That that $45,5l5,137 worth of cotton, ex
ported to England, Scotland, and Ireland, consii-
tutcd more than eighty,fre per cent. (S54) OF all
our domestic exports TO those countries exceed
ing all such exports 10 them other than cotton, by
the sum of $s37,734,34l
8. That our exports to all countries, of those
productions of the agriculture OF the United Siaes
consisting of animals the product Of animals, and
vegetable food, being l,766,65l, constituted bal
about eerea and OnehaiC per cent. (Il.47) of our
whole loulestic exports.
6. That the exports to Great Britain and her de-
DendencicS of all the productions of our agrcul-
ture just mentioned, being S5,353 ,Sl6, constituted
but about nine per cent. (S9) Of our whole domes
Tic exports TO the same countries.
T. That our export Of COTTON TO oil countries
was five and a half times the amount Of all our
exports OF the agricultural productions specified
in The liable just presented.
&. That our exports OF COTTON to Great Bit
ain and her dependencies t$45, $50 647) were eight
and oue-half times the amount of our whole ex
port to that kingdom and its dependencies of all
the productions OF our agriculture specified in the
table, aud more than fifteen times the amount of
our whole export OF ,0heGi and -four 10 that king
dom and dependencies, including the export OF
S9637 ii worth of those articles through her North
American Colonies for the benefit Of her ndUiga.
ton
0. That of the $5353,sl9 of our agricultural
exports to Great Britain and her dependencies,
specified in the table, hut S ,474,7l9 was export
ed directly TO England, Scotland, and Ireland, be-
ing three and one fourth per cent. only of the aver
erage amount of cotton exported, during the years
specified, to those countres from which, never
theless, we received, during The same years, ner-
chnndse, principally British manufactures, aver
aging S536l944 per annum.
Upon these results | make no comment. They
ore sufficiently startling TO awaken The attention
oflhe country, especially those portions oft whose
interests are TO be- sacrificed, under the pretence
of free trade" for the benefit of the coton-grow-
ing mterest-lhe only interest in the United States
which the policy of foreign nations, and especial
ly of Great Britain, will permit TO enjoy that free
dom.
have spoken in general terms OF foreign legis.
iaiioa affecting the agricultural staples whose ex
port bears such small proportion TO that OF cot
ton Let me specify by reference 10 the British
tariff Of duties on the leading articles.