Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-04-23
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
SEM TOR SMITH OF INDIANA.

Among the sensible members Of the Senate
Mr.. Smith must be ranked high Plain in his
habits, he is like all such men, plain spoken, mud
always commands attention whenever he rises 10
speak. simply because he MAYER speaks ualesa IA
has something TO say. His speech on the tariff
question is a most admirable one, fair, practical,
business like IN all its views. HIS opinions as to
the effect Of the efforts of Great Britain to raise
cotton in India upon the South are strongly put,
aud he predicts, through the power Of steam, anc
the energy Of that Government, that long
Calcutta and Bombay will be laid along side Of
Liverpool and MANCHESTER, and the inhabitants of
tbs Indus and the Gauges mingle daily with those
Of the Thames and the Mersey. He says:
The Journal des Debats Of France, of late
date, says, "Engl.nd is increasing, in an extraor
binary manner, her meaus Of communicating
with every part Of the world. y The port of
Bombay has become one Of The most impor an,
points Of the globe for steam navigation. Her
steamers regularly ply 10 the mouth of the Indus,
the Persian Gulf, tho Red Sea. and Suez, where
they, every month, transport the correspondence
from India, China, and the Indian Archipelago,
carving back, in exchange, the correspondence
OF Europe with ASIA
Mus, no, this produce a revolution in the trade
Of these countries greatly to The prejudice Of our
staple in the markets of Great Britain? Il will
be perceived. Mr.. President, that IN tho course of
my argument have entirely confined myself, on
his point, to a single cotton country-the British
East Indies. l leave it for others to present the
competition 10 our cotton that must arise from
other foreign countries producing that article, TO
say nothing of our immense southren neighbors.
Texas. who, though last, will not be found least
the contest.
Mr.. Smith continued his argument by showing
how Great Britain fosters and encourages her
East India possessions by her tariff policy, and
how she treated the great interests Of this coun-
try by the Same policy. The considerations Of
fhasa tac
tons for the Senate and the country to consider,
and If he were 10 argue them at length he should
make a volume instead of a speech. He would,
however, risk the remark, that in less than six
years there will be a less diversity Of opinion in
this country than there ever has been before on
this subject, and that among the mos. urgent for
coun teraciion protection will be the cotton
interests Of the South. He had made similar
remark the other day in the presence of distin
guished Senator from the South; his reply was,
"then you viii be against ii, for your interests
and ours Is not the same
This, said Mr. Smith. IS the popular error Of the
South, or a. least Of portion Of il, or am gross
ly mistaken; for | may safely affirm, that there
Is not a country on the face OF the globe, where
the different interests dependen, upon and
useful TO each other, as they nre in the United
States. Ii really seems that Natures God had
destined THIS great nation to remain forever
interest, one ~ principle, and one IN glory, the /
ctma'e, the son. the products. IN word, the IN
teresis Of the whole, and the interests OF the
parts, all point to the same grea, vital principle
-CNIoN-now and forever. The South and
Southwest. from climate to soil, are especially a
doPted to the culture of cotton. rico. tobacco and
indigo, and the manufacture of sugar and mola
ses from The cane. These products will always be
d manded for The consumption of the other sec
lions OF, tho Union. The Middle States abound
IN mineral wealth. which they prepared TO
A N Ia nfy he
Of the whole Union The East and
he North have the power the capital, and the
manufacturing skill, to prepare the raw staple of i.