Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-09-19

! Thousand. i he hon. Andrew stewart, Non. w
C. Rives, Hon. George w. Summers, and the Hon
Cornelius Darrsgh were among the speakers.
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THE TARIFF QUESTION.
We present the following extracts to our reader
as conclusive, in our judgment, of the qeuestion-
Ho,e il the Agriculturist affected by PrOtectip
Tariff
| This is momentous question--it is the grea
question of the day. Our opronents-those who's
vocation 1t is to humbug-point to the low price o
products as caused by the Tariff of AZ. The fact
here presented show how mssrably prepos,srou
such al idea.
| Mr.. Webster in speech delivered at Albany
from which the following extracts made. said !:
Now | hold it to be as demoastrabls
as any moral proposition, that the Agri
cultural interest OF this State and OF the
adjoining Western and Southern States
are materially, substantially and beyond
mensuration benefited by the existence
OF the manufactures of the North. To
elucidate this allow me to inquire what is
it that the farmer of the county of Albany,
or Duchess, or Rensselaer, desires p
Next to the blessing Of Heaven in show
ers and Summer heat, and the blessing oil
health, market of sale, at fair prices,
Tor his produce, and market, near and
reasonable, for what he has occasion to
buy. If he has market where ne can
sell reasonably, and buyreasonably, these
two conditions fill up the nature of his
exigencies.
Where shall no 60 for a market OF
sale wish to put the question TO them
who decry the Northern and Eastern
manufactures. Where shall a farmer IN
any great county OF New York find a
market for his produce? Why, say some.
abroad, in England. But England will
not take il. France will not take it. |
see it is insisted in some of the leading
presses in the interest OF those opposed 10
US, that the Tariff prevents our sending
out bread stuffs to England. There ia
nothing more absurd, nothing more en-.
tirely destitute Of all truth and fact. |
asser: it as my opinion that ifthe Tariff
were abolished tomorrow, you would
not sell one bushel moe corn in England
than you Go now. Why does no, Eo-
gland lake it nowl Because she cannot
pay for it; bu, the laws Of England pre-.
vent the importation of grain or -four,
except when the price rises SO high in
England as to exceed certain rate land
it seldom Does and then II comes in un-
der low duty.
This happens sometimes, but. not offer.
Flour, therefore, is sent abroad 20 await
these occasions, but only in small quaint.
lies. You have sent good deal OF
wheat 10 Canada, where it is ground and
becomes Canada -four. This gives a
vent for some, and so far it is well.-
Some beef and chees and other provisions
go from New York to England, and this
is all well. The more the better. But
depend upon it that nothing of this is af-
fected by the Tariff. The reason Eng.
land takes no more is because her laws
and OF their alternative | see no prospect
do not admit it, except when there is a
short crop in England, and then under a
reduced duty.
Now what becomes of the surplus pro-
ducts Of the grain growing States p
Where does it 60 tot Who consumes i'll
The great demand is al home, AT HOME,
in the manufacturing districts of this
State and OF other States, and in the con.
sumption Of the persons engaged in navi
CATION and commerce. 1t is the Home
demand which is the great demand, and
which takes off the surplus agricultural
produce.
think it sheds light upon the subiec'
which must satisfy reasonable minds, to
look at facts. Now the New England
States, three Of them at least, do not raise
their own bread stutis. They are consul
mers largely of the flour and grain of this
and other States as well as of other arti
Giles. have taken some pains TO ascer
tain the amount of the products oil othe
States by Massachusetts alone. know
in the absence of official papers, it is no
easy to speak positively ard certainly
but have given some attention to ;hs
subject, and very intelligent member o
/ Congress from Massachusetts, and accu
rate and careful man, (Mr. Hudson) ha
attended to it also; and the result Of thes'
estimates ! wish TO lay before the people O
this community, and ofalltae States, plant
ingStates as well as others, and to sho W then
what amount is consumed in Massachusetts