Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-07-18

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cities or market towns, are sensible of IN,
advantage. II is said that our maunfac
lures absorb only about 400 900 bales O.
Cotton, which IS very small part of the
total crop. But suppose that were thrown
upon The market of Liverpool, alread,
overstocked and glutted? 1t would sink
the price far below what It now is
France consumes also abou, 400. 00C
bales. Ii the market Of Havre wera clos
ed, and that quantity were crowded into
the market of Liverpool, would not III,
effect be runous to the Cotton growerl-.
Our American market is growing, annu.
ally increasing, and, ifthe policy Of the
country can only become firmly fixed, The
time will come, have no doubt, when
The manufacture 81 Cotton in the United
States will exceed tia. Of England. dc
not desire TO see any market closed, do
nestle or foreign. think it our true in
terest to cherish and cultivate all. But
believe it to be our indispensable duty to
afford proper and reasonable encourage.
ment to our own.
But it must be borne in mind that, al.
though Cotton is by far the most impor-
tant Of our agricultural produces, it is not
the Only one. Where should we find a
marker for our Indian corn, # il were not
for the existence Of our manufactures
We should absolutely have none. My
friend, MIR. Petiigrew, who sits before me,
can find no market for his corn in North
Caroina, because his neighbors, like HIM
self, are occupied in producing t.
Nor can he find any in foreign countries.
Bat he meets with a good, sure and con.
convenient marke, in Boston and Prov-
dence, and other Northern capitals
Where should we seek a market for the
| flour, provisions, ard other raw agricu-
tural produce now consumed by our man
utacturers? II their present business were
destroyed, they would be employe
themselves in producing Cotton, corn,
provisions and other agricultural produce,
thus augmentng the quantity and nevila-
bly, leading to further decline of prices.
1t has been contended that the eff, CT oil
afordlng legal encouragement 10 domestic
manufacturers is, to enhance the price OF
commodities, and to impose a tax upon
the consumer. This argument has been a
thousand times refuted.
Il has been shown again, tina. the price
of almost every article, on which III, sys.
tenn Of encouragement has etfectualy op.
Grated, has bren reduced to the consumer.
And this was the necessary consequence
OF that law Of supply AMI demand, and
that principle of competition to which |
have before adverted. 1t was ioretold
long ago by myself and other friends oil
the policy. Blu, il is in vain that we ap.
peal to facts. Ii is in vain that we take
up article by article, and comparing pres
ent with former prices, show the actual
and gradual reduction. The free trader
has mounted his hobby, and he has deter
mined to spur and whip him on, rough
shod, over all facts, obstacles and imprdi
ments that lie in his way. 1t was bu,
the other day, heard one of these free
| trade or tors addressing an audience, and
depicting, in the most painlive and dole
| iul terms, the extreme burdens and OPP
pressIve exactlons arising out of the
abominable Tariff. Why, says he, Gel.
low. citizens, every one Of you that wears
SHIRT, is compelled to pay six cents a
| yard more for it than you otherwise would
do, in order 20 increase the enormous
wealth of Northern capitalists. An old
man in the crowd, STABILITY dressfd d, and
with scarcely any thing but shirt on,
stopped the eloquent orator, and asked
! him how that could be? For, says he,
81 have good SHIRT on that cost me on
ly 5l.2 cents per yard, and should ike
to know how paid duty Of 6 cents"
These ingenius and IN lefa,igabe ,heo-
rjsls, not only hold all facts and expert.
ence in contempt. but they are utterly in
consistent with themselves. At one time,
! they endeavur e. raise The alarm that tn
Tariff would put an end to all foreign
commerce, and thus drying uo our princi-
pal source of revenue in imports, ii woul
| become necessary TO resort TO direct
axes and internal taxation. In process Of
time however, their predictions were fals
fed, and the system was found 10 produce
al abundan, revenue. Then, they shift.
ed their ground; the Ire lsury, said they,
is over lowing; tho Tariff is the cause.
and the system must DO abandoned. II
they had have taken the trouble TO enquire,
they night have ascerained that, although
England is the greatest manufacturing
nation IN the world, in amount, extent and
variety, she nevertheless draws vast rev.
enue from customs.
Allow me to present you, fellow-cit-
izecs, with another view Of this interest
ing subject. The Government wishes to
derive certain amount of revenue from
foreign imports. Let us suppose the to
tai annual amount Of imports 10 be $780,
900 900, and the total annual amount OF
revenue to be raised from it, TO be $50,
600 600. Is it at all material, whether
that $40, 900, 900 be spread, in the form
ofduties, equally over the whole 100 900,
900 or that il be drawn from $4,000, 900
or more Of the imports, leaving the rest
free Of dItyl In point Of fact, such has
been the case for several years. Is not
compensation found, for the duty paid
upon one art,clel Take the wearing ap.
parel of a single in lividual, ana suppos
have duty Of 81 to aise upon II; is
it OF any Consequence to hun whether you
lew the whole 50 upon oil parts OF his
wearing apparel equally, or levy it exciu-
slveIy upon his coat ami his SHIRT, leaving
The other articles freel And if, by such