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lucs for outselves-they being agricultural and find

Ing the article continually becoming cheaper and no
persons except us to buy of them! (Chcers.) Now
that = strong case-lhougi perfectly of East.
crn Virginia and of North Carolina Why, gentle
men, live on the sandy shore of Massachusetts,
and get along AS well as can. | am a very poor
farmer upon great quantity of very poor land. But
my nclghbors and |, by very great care-i hardly
know how-connuc to live on. We pay for what
we purchase though for my life, could hardly tell
how; this only know, they all get paid in some
way. And yet these men complain that we do not
mise what VIC want ourselves but buy Of them -
There seems TO be much truth in an old saying, that
M1xlms which have seeming sense take frmcr
hold, and endure longer in the mind, than those
which are founded on nature and experience Men
like dogmas: they like theory. If they can pick up
or scrapc together string of npophthegms or eng
mas--the fact and truth and all the human talent in
the world can never argue them ont Of them. Equal
decisions prevail IN other parts Of the country for
instance, the notion that Protection to manufactures
is thing peculiarly beneficial to those engaged in
those pursuits Far fromi'. As have said, the cap.
tal Of Massachusetts can go TO commerce, or go
10 farming. But what can he do whose farm is his
sole estate, hut Htl Can he transport il or 90 into
other pursuits? The fact is Protection to this class
OF society Is, next TO the beneficencc of Heaven,
whose sun shines and whose rains fall upon us, the
highest object the most absolute necessity to those
who cultivate the land, and raise from it more than
stfiices for the wants of themselves and their faIn
lies. (checrs)
Now gentlemen, we are Americans. We have
vast country, variety Of climate, and various pur
suits. We have agricultural States; and we have
plantation States. We have manufacturing interests
and commercial interests And our business is TO
array our various interests into belligereni and hos
tile state not to infame passions the pms.
SONS OF others concerning the measures Of govern
ment tor the protection OF our particular interests -
but let us make the whole great national, NAV say
family concern. We should aim not TO produce
the impression tina. interest is set against snoth
err but that we all go for those laws and mea sures
which will he most conducive to the general good
We should remember that we are citizens Of the Unit
obs hnf uttrIrt Ind
Ell Safes and in every StatetIia we are interested
the concerns Of all classes and of every class; and
do firmly believe that moderation and wisdom and
perseverance and truth and reason will ultimately pre-
val over all the influences which seem TO separate the
interests of one class from those of another. WHY,
what have SAID in relation to the necessities wants
OF Agriculture is strictly true with regard our bretl-
ron of the South engaged in the Plantation interest.
The first market for their cotton, and the test market
IS ri.h the Northern and New-England manutactur-
srs Of that article and il is absolutely astonishing that
this is no, preceivcd. The North takes third of
their cotton, and that the first third and hxes the
price; is soil with small charge for freight and still
brings high price. And say it is absolutely aston
.hing that those whose living depends on the produce
ton and sale Of this article should not 10 what
extent ii drpends upon the consumption and manu-
iaciure Of tina article in own country. These
truihs-thcsn elements Of political economy are as
true on the james River and in Alabama here; and
let popular prejudice become informed and kind feel.
ing mark all discussions ofthe subject, and shall
come TO see how much our happiness and honor de-
pend upon n free and lust and liberal intercourse
among ourselves. (Chccrs)
Gentlemen, am too long in troubling you with
,hess remarks (Cries Of 90 on.) believe that they
are founded in truth. I with for everything which
will promote the union of the American family.
wish for the prevalence Of everything which ahall
make every man, from Maine TO Georgia. feel shat his
nere clearly bound up with those of every 9th.
er msn from Maine 10 Georcia. (Cheers.)
Gentlemen, may say, Sir turning to the Presi.
den'.) five words a out myself? Cheers and shout,
of YES, fifty or five hnndred.O 1t was under the full
conviction OF these truths, that meeting few months
ago some intelligent friends from Baltimore alluded
,tooir commercial reations-a subject to which had
devoted for two yenrs the most anxious and painful
'1bors Of my whole life. lSome one cried out Three
cheers for the Treaty. and they accordingly CIV
en- with great enthusiasm.) assure YOU, gentlemen,
that although friendly 10 all treaties of peace, nothing
was iarthe. from my mind at this moment than the
treaty recently concluded with Great Britain. l
our commercial relations; and If the time shall
ever come when we can for little while forget
parties ard attend to things instead Of names-f the
time shall ever arrive when there shall be q business
party IN the country-whch have a faint hope may
sometime happen-GOd knows cheers and ,aughier)
we shall find tina, the subject of our commercial re.
latons "a they have for several years past existed,
and a. they exist is highly interesting and OF the
utmost importance to every citizen of the country.
nut pro-" only 10 say now, that having occasion,
s;ync ut Baltimore Of the effect of an arrangement
entered into very unfortunately many years ayo 10
the great dernent OF navigation interests, as IS
now iiliy shown ny Inc great progress winch foreign
shipping ~ making upon the shipping OF the United
states. II S most true That under existing acts the
shipping OF some OF the small Northern States OF Flu.
rore are ihruslng themselves into branches OF our
trade 10 which they have no nntura! right, and would
lie encronrhng upon our coasnG trade were they not
prevented ny the absolute prohibition OF law. VIII
Only say 10 Illustrate the matter, that between the
great markets OF the United States and tho Empire OF
Brazil where our conimc,c Al intercourse was most
extensive, the nations OF the North Of Europe Ham
burg ircmcn &c. under Reciprocity Treaties, as they
are called, though there is any thing but reciprocity
IN them, cny on the trnde TO the exclusion oil onr
own vessels. In this way, under ucaty spu'ation.
oar trade ia drawn fom US and we sabmis-and
have found quite impossible TO rasc the country U?
to sense of III 8 great injury. s,id nj baltimore
thai the time was coming, and perhaps now is when
with regard to the great mater of commercial siip
la'ions, some advisable arrangement might he made
between rs and some OF the great states Of Europe.
hink 50 now. do not retract at all. | am conf
dent OF s tr,h, and un'essl mistake recent events
give i, additional evidence.
What sali was hs England excludes most Of
our agricultural producon-her Corn Laws exclude
them; yet she is ANXIOUS To extend the intercourse be
tween herself and ns. The great power Of steam has
exinguIshed distance. England lies close to New.
| York. Twelve or thirteen days only make the COM
mlnlcnlion. And il is OF no consequence whether nv
some sudden revolution Of nature or nv some decree