Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-11-25

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commercial system, seemedto vie with each othe
Al neavy du.es, restrictions On lMportal.on, anc
ooonues a-a pieniuns 81 cspor,atlo.s. slns
sso's.ns manis when u ms .reunas torrnentee
1uessly M Thousand ways, 10 torce Il Iron, ~
u<lur-l ch<nneis.p Its resai.s have been. elrte
nous every way The I'M osluon o. heavy du.
YES, "a cases where II diu not amount 10 actua
fpfoiaoltion, caused the aecumuia,ion OF an In.
z lnshse rese=ss, al q form In winch, experience
teaches uss The greatest amounts can te draw
tfon ne feopse without complaint, and which
ssads 70 eAuasagaEce and piuiigaty Ia expenc.
81 lure faithers .taorus pretek, fsr tax az .li-
reetsy the protected lnselesl, tna spe,ch a 81,
Robert Keel about The tine OF his co1,ig into ac-
niiAistfauon, TINS sentiment appea.s; anu HE lax
On The real estate OF Great Bila.n al tuiy Illus
ua'e us truth. Conveniently villa this po..cy,
,neie HAS gown up between ihe states ol ta.e-
iano ana .ance Jea.cusy, founded GU lne ta,ss
iusa that TIE prosperity OF both countries is In
soinpataoe ahd eaiaot exist al the same time -
Iiea~eisg.siataon ana coaEter-iegisiauoA, resuic-
uou ana SouAleI -iestilcton, PROJECT ana
PROJECT, 1901 With the view 10 tie general hann,.
Aess q me people on The two SIDES oil the cnsn-
hci, nor % justice anu common right; but with
i view 70 partial advantages and tne inn,ct,on o,
IeciFiocai lnjur.es. as ssfa. $1,000.
II il nese piinc. pies, however, are giving way,
nay, nave given way, aud are overthrow oy the
aasocates "a ifeedetn CT pursuit, ana The oppu-
Rents VI iestlicuon anu part.ai legislation. And
now The operatives OF Llg.and are aea.a,.ulnr.
almost yne Voice Ut rey oiuuon. for mole Lp.,s
laws Oh tie suGject OF lnportauoE-espe IDLY /
esseai of Tie ba.cus cora4-,sws.
/ ihe struggle afisllg out OF this dsspotisn over
human pu4s 4;s has e1useo maliy Oh HE moIv,n
+. wars. Nasions have sliugg,ea W force or faua
TO ovetreach each othei; Aid te result has been,
TOO oiten, resort 10 The al,.aa ratio rcgum, aud
eAoaag ,hesr disputes IN Tie cesoihsion ot prov
mess, and sweeping away the latelssts Which
they went 70 war 10 protect.
but there IS anotherview OF this subject The
Napoieonic wars have left ell the Cove, nmeats
oi Europe more or less ln debt. These dx BITS are
. rather increased Than diminished. Inc interest
on these debts is immense. That of EngiaLd Tor
example, requires about four five times US much
70 pay II on, annually, as the whole expense OF
lhe United States 90, eminent. Add 10 this her
expenditure besides is about TOUR tunes as much
a. ours should BE- Her whole revenue fans BIZ
little short q two hundred and forty millions Of
dollars Per year. Similar remarks might be made
o. FRANCES holland, Austria, Nc.r hence. what
was oace protection, In the form of duty, IS now
u'taUo'daete tdaatlon. England may talk TO her
own people OF protection, and she may yet have
the oAous feature OF partial iegislat on between
olEefent ihlere IS, yet her own STAT, sman know.
ana the statesmen % o,ier nations k.ov. tina, Size
cannot take on the taxes without Dankrupting her
Government, aid paraiyzlng her power.
ouch ~ the example before us. Who would
follow L? England, with her splendid. and her
wletchecness, her wealth and hes poverty. her
Wisdom and her ignorance, her princes ana her
palaces, her beggass and her ha5natlols where
famine ana crime meet together TO complete the
picture OF humane degradation and hurlaa suffer-
lng-wto, ask, would follow her example. for
the sakenf her glory! fl might be above ID 10 in
woke the choicest boon Of heaven On nv country,
y should not be the artificial g,ories that have
marked the meridian Of the greatest empires: bnt
It should be that freedom Of pursuit and homelv,
joys, al least, should marx the obscure DESTINY Of
the humble citizen. Give me liberty rather than
glory, happiness rather than splendor ard virtue
rather than policy, as the characteristics of nv
country. sFS 6y@
an this, as in all other cases, freedom and JUS
Ice VIII be fouEd 70 result in the greatest sub
stsEfla good to cur people, On looking over the
geography Of the globe, the valley ofthe Nissis-
sppi will be found 10 be The greatest gaa. dis
tr.ct Of the woid. The whole country, from the
British possessions OH the north to the ssh deg.
OF latitude on the south, and from the Allegheny
10 the great American desert, the country pre-
sents surface and climate peculiarly fitted to the
growth OF wheat, corn, (maize,) rye. oats; and in
the, whole region, except, perhaps, degree of
latltude on the SOUTH the various grasses grow in
the greatest lnxufance From north to south,
the breadth is a little over LOCO mies--and It
viii average over that distance from the sources
q the Allegheny, Monongahela, Kenhawa, Hols-
ton, aid Tennessee on the east, 10 the boundary
Of the fertile lands on the west, formed by the
sandy desert that extends from the upper waters
OF the Great Platte, south, across the territory of
the United States. and considerable distance in
to the Mexican domnions. No other country in |
the world presents such body of land for the
production OF the grains, fruits, and meats ncces-
fp-H hi p,a ctbc II l.-
climate ard the soil.
The Amazon valley is, perhaps, greater than
the valley Of the Mississippi; but all its waters
flow within the tropics, ard its climate IS not
suited either to the culture growth Of the grains
or grasses. So it is with the valley of the Oron-
oco, and nearly the whole of the Brazilian en-
pire.
The whole Of the rivers that empty into the
Baltic and the German Ocean present no such
country for grain and grazing, either in natural
fertility, climate, or extent. The valleys OF the
Don the Dnieper. the Volga, and the Danube, do
not equal our valley in the capacity for produc
ton. No valley in Asia rivals rs. The only
country that approaches Us Is China Two val
leys extending from east to west, along the rivers
Hoaneho and Yang. tse-kiang, embrace the coun-,
Try between the ,ropic of Cancer and the Great
Desert of Cobb on the north These two valleys
are separated by a great range OF mountains; and
1T IS III any view unnecessary 10 notice their ex-
tent or fertility, as their products are consumed
BY the millions that inhabt them. and they Weld
nothing Of the necessarifs of life for export bsHl
The grain growing districts Of The world. SO
far as exports concerned, ae The Baltic states,
parts Of the Russian empire, Spain, Ireland, Can
ada, and the United States. If others export, it
is at the expense of hungry stonaehs at home -
All OF these countries, except the United States
and Canada, have been producing countries ever
since agriculture was resofted 10 for thu means Of
subsistence. Some ofthem rxtend as far back az
autlioHtic history. His probable. therefore. that
they are at tie highest point Of producton--iit,t
the highest possible point, but the,highest practi
cable, all things Considered. Ifqliries on this
subject have resulted in the same conclusion;
and. therefore, wcsmust look to North America
for any great increase in the bread suis and meats
that are TO supply the increased demand arising
out of the increase of population in the Western
world, and from the extension of tbs principles
Of free trede. In this view we are prepared to
see the Importance Of the valley OF the Mississip-
pi tits, and IS destined to be, the crest mead
ow and harvest, field of the world. IT. vastness
and nnneasuTed resources forbid the idea or re-
sirictions: nothing shcrt Of the markets, Of the
world will consume our annual rroductions-
Freedom from restraint, and liberal ard inst
policy towards all Notwithstanding the thought
that we mist tax our people heavily, because
tax theirs mp to the point that threat
ems revolt and produces untold wretchedness--
will open up the markets Of Europe and Of the
Western nations. Cur example sixfy wears aro