Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-06-09
Mr.. Webster's speech at the
baltimore Dinner.


pertinent to regulate the impost system is rec
: present method of levyng duties on importa
0 iions in such manner as we think proper, and
? resort to a sort Of family compromise or con.
! cession, by which nations shall mutually slip.
/, uIate on what they will be taxed, and how
= much
: This is the burden Of the speech, embodied
in the following extracts
, at is our good fortune TO live In an age in
which government and individuals are thinking
more Of benefiIiing themselves than of destroy
ing themselves or annoying their enemies This
appears tome, gentlemen, 10 have he'd 10 q very
general feeling, not confined 10 this country,
but pervading a great part of Europe, Of this
kind. Public and private men have taken strong
opinion that the interests Of the principal ma
lions in the world may be made subjects Of
treaty stipulation. mean commercial inter-
esls, to a greater extent than has set been
granted IL Is fund to be common subject
Of discussion in the two houses Of Parliament
in the Chambers of France, in our own halls
of legislation and throughout the whole COM
mercia world. II seems 10 have lis origin in
I the idea, itself Just one, that If nation seeks
its own inIerests-that of revenue, or those
called Proteciire interests, BY regulation of
doties, i is wise, bef,re resoriing TO indepcnd-
ent legislation, with view on the part Of one
10 counterva the acts Of another, to con-
slider If IL be not more expedient for the parties
TO come to an understanding without the old Of
this-what we may call--aImosl hostile egis-
laton. The commercial interests Of nations
are affected in our day, almost in every thing,
by two considerations: Revenue, and the En-
couragemcnt and Production and Protection
OF The home Industry Of the country. These
two may be OF various NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
one UppermOst and sometimes the other. But
all The nations appear at the present moment
to be manlestlng great degree Of acuteness
IN the perfection Of what their interests is,
whether in the financial or industrial scene Of
operations. We know that between England
and Russia there has lately been a commercial
treaty formed, not very important, think
We know attempts have been made TO accom-
plish treaty between England and Portugal
but they have not succeeded. We know that
q recent attempt has been made, in case yery
important TO US, or which in its results NAV be
oi Importance to our commerce, TO form a coni-
mercia treaty between England and Brasil.
The failure of this may we'll inspire doubt as
to the praciicabty Of this regulation of COM
merce by treaty stipulation. do not mean 10
speak now with much confidence or distinct
ness on that subject. But am Of opinion that
with respect TO Us here in America, The expert
ment is worth trial'
Amer telling us what the British Parliament,
the French Chamber of Deputies and sall Eu-
rope think we had better do about admitting
their merchandise under duty; and after ex,
pressing doubts of his o,en rie,cs, he proceeds,
IN another paragraph, to argue in their favor
rs follows:l
swell, then, gentlemen, what is there in
the present state OF our relations with England
which mnEaa haStr hla hot
should be madei All Of us know that the pfir-
cipal interests Of the people OF the United States
are all under considerable degree of depres-i
sion. The commercial interest is depressed.
the manufacturing interest is depressed, and
SO Tar as am able 10 perceive, the agriculturafl
interests of both north and south is equally de-
pressed. IL 1 look at the Prices current OF the
grain-growing districts Of the West or at the
planting States Of the South, perceive again
great depression and no great encourage
ment TO activity and emulation. What is
there in our condition-what is there in the
intercourse between the two countries 10 iusii-
~ an attempt td7he arrangement ! have mem
toned?
Iheopinon has been somewhat current that'
with ENGLAND lH arf .I.. ARRANGEMENT f.-.
E.II.. . great u.c.csl, Elght be made /
d OtI u- cement must OF course be founded on |
ar adequate consideration. But as 10 the oil
INNtp VI AiiN WHICH u - SUPPOSED NAV
be favorable To The United States, | NAV men |
ton the admission into England for consump-
ton at lower rates of duty several OF our large
agricultural products IL has been supposed, |
for example, that England may be induced TO |
make important reductions in her duties on |
tobacco, confess have never been able 10 |
see why not.
What precious inducement to Northern
agriculiuralisls TO forego protective tariff be- |
cause SIT is supposed" England will reduce her
tax on Southern I'obaccoi This is all Mr.. |
Webster offers in support OF his position, ex- !
cept even more questionable probability that
Southern rice may also be somewhat relieved |
OF duty. II is true lin a lengthy portion Of
the speech which we have omilied) he attempts
to give the Northern and Western farmers a
very bare bone to pick. He says, ~ have
heard II suggested that in regard to this article
(corn) England might be induced to place
upon its importation low and fixed rate
oil duty" So, southern tobacco and rice
probably, and northern corn possiJiv, might
ind better favor in England if the United
states would only GIVE UP ITS PROTECTIVE
POLICY and trust solely to the humor of Eng
lind in STIMULATING how much and ON what She
VIII be taxed. But he was addressing a slave
dnving-audlence. Some doctors gipe pills suit
ed 10 me climate. The interest of slave states
~ Inc loreign corn trade is not enough we pre-
sumo to make them greatly Jealous Of the Gin
cIdental benefit" to the North offered 10 Mr..
Wehster's pan.]
For what inducement may we hope that
even this concession may be madei Undoubt.
eddy The only inducemenl we could hold out 10
England would be modification Of the tariff
OF the United States. This proposition NAV
seem unwise, because the tariff is not for rev
enue only but for protection also; and how far
both or either OF these objects couid he firmly 4
under any modification of The tariff.
is a question of great delicacy and great difRs
Guilty. My experience has NOT given me clear
knOWedne Of Il hnf This [ do knn..,- IL. ~.