Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-06-14

employment, IA branch of industry already over.
stocked, J bu, you have diverted the surplus and use
less la'or into a useful and profitable channel.
Sl!, II we were a purely agricultural people inc
world would not furnish a market fer our productions
We have exceeded the demand already aud what
Will be the state Of things for the future, with an m
crcasing production which no mortal can estimate, ]
leave Senators to conjecture.
Mr.. President, let us look at the effect of oir policy
upon the great articles of prediction and cxporiatloi.
The Senator from New Hampshire looks to the agrl,.
cultural interest, strictly spcaking--lhe production oil
hreadstuils and other articles Of human snstcnanoe'
and the Senator from South Carolina to the planting
interest, or the growing Of cotton and tobacco. The
Senator from New Hampshire asks, will you eX-
change the great foreign market for agricultural pro-,
Iucc for the pnltrv AMI insignificant market created
by n few manufacturers! No, sir; we dcslsn no
such thing-but we intend to create an ddditiohdt
market at home, in aid Of the foreign market, for the
con sumption of Jnr agricultural production. The as
sumption that the creation of this domestic market
wi, de-t oy the foreign, Is one of those erroneous as
SYMPTOMS which have misled the Senator, and gwen
10 his array Of factsa wrong direction. As a general
rule, each nation produces within itself enough OF az
riCulturnl production fot its own subsistence. Most
n1ton' have a surplus; and those who have not, all
supply themselves 10 a very grea, extent. The de
lnand Tor iorei1n coinmotlliCs is even with them con-
fined tn the deficiency. II is limited to their neccssi-
ties. Beyond that pom, they wil not go-ial! short
OF II they cannot The market, then, is one which
cannot he enlarged by any action Of ours, nor can 1t
easily be diminished by any economical regulation ON
their part. The great error of the Senator consists
in supposinr that the foreign market for breadstutis
depends upon our importation Of foreign fabrics IN
stead of he necessities Of other nations. Experience
has taught us something on this head. During the
Period when this whole country was PROSTATE under
the pressure al our immense debt 10 England-thc
produce Of the Northwestern farmers the class of
men To whom the Senator appeals, aud 10 whom his
argument was addrosscd) was rOttlng on Their hands,
nnslleal lie at any price, because 1t would not bear
transportation to market. If there were ever a state
Of things favorable to the operation of the Senator's
theory, II was this. Our impotlations have been
increased. We had incurred a vast debt, which we
could not pay except IN our pioduce-and that they
would not take; yet they could get nothing else. If
the importation Of manufactured articles from Eng
lend would create a corresponding market for our
produce there, surely the importation in advance, and
upon a credit. would have that effect. Our indebted.
ness 10 them would have a powerful tendency 10 re-
duce tn them the price Of our productions, while the
impo>sibility of satisfying the debt in money would
furnish a strong luducomcnt To receive those produc-
tons. Vet their necessities did not call for It. and
their policy forbade il. Does the Senator imagine,
that It the experiment were repeated the result would
he dtlerCntl Toes he suppose hat even II we inn
ported the very hats aud shoes which we wear from
England, she would take from us an article which
she does not want, and which she will not suffer 10
b. Imported except under the pressure of necessity!
Sir. the theory that we can extend our "Xportatlon IN
definitely, by increasing our imports, Is one OF the
stranGest fnllacies which ever found a lodgment in
the human brain. You can export what is deman-
de1 abroad, whnu the necessities Of other nations call
for = vou can go no farther. If you have luxuries. SUI
pertlnllles, to spare, you can exchange them. ! admit,
tor me Injuries ana suIrfh'l,lcs nl other nations, ana
~ mat way h!ld a ih',Net pnt ! anl sieakIU9 OF me
lour. the beef, and pork, of the West-artic IS of ne
ccssl'v. not of luXurv. II luyuries are added, ii would
CONSIST fa'N'r u "ileS man E'iteu pork Inc uue
RUE j., TO graduate your importation 10 your exports !;
but the Senator rcvcrscs the rule, and would ny what
we 90 il,t want, III oru't dispose OIL our prouhc-
IONS. re goes upon tne assumption 'Hat a ul'l'iih-
''moi u' I'hIo'!s u'"s. hectssathy h'itGt our eN-
p''s' oue'e'i,ihe "he.her 'hls VIII DC inc case, II
Is "GoosSarN 70 advert 10 'e STATE 81 the tfaue' me
creditor nation may IN some cases ind IT dIthrI,t to