The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-30
From the Nashville Union.

From the Nashville Union.
TREATY WITH THE GERMAN STATES
| THE r -JECIION OF THE TREATY WITH
| THE GERMAN CUSTOMS UNlON-THE
| TOBACCO, COTTON, RICE AND LARD
TRADE-THE VOTES OF EPHRAIM II.
FOSTER AND SPENCER JARNAGlN
AGAINST THE TREATY.
During the late session Of Congress, near its lose,
the President of The United States, Mr.. Tyler, laid
hefore the Senate, for consent and ratification an
important treaty which had just been negotlared and
concluded by Mr. Wheaton, Minister 10 Prussia
with the States Of Germany-composDg the Gus
toms Union, or Zol Veren, as those Stat yled
in their diplomatic and commercial intercourse with
other States and Governments. That treaty was the
| fruit Of more than ten years laborous diplomacy.
Mr.. Wheaton, by whom II was negotiated, is one Of
our ablesl foreign ministers, and was hra employed
abroad, on our foreign affairs, by General
jackson, or account Of his known probty, industry
aud dis insuished ability and requirements ju.
nst The treaty, so far as It's prov. sons have come
before the country, were such as II crown MIR
Wheaton, It's negotiation, with great honor--to have
redounded TO the honor OF the administration under
whose instructions il was concluded-and TO have
had most beneficial and meliorsting influence upon
several of the most important interests OF the nation
10 The present and prospective improvement of our
tobacco, cotton and lard trade prompt ratl-
hcation matter OF the highest n,tional Impor.
lance. It's prompt Ratification would hive insured an
immediate and most salutary improvement IN the
| price OF every pound Of cotton, tobaGo rice aud
| lard produced IN the United States during the pre-
sent year, and prospectveIy all future iime' The
great improvement In the foreign arke. which would
have neeessarily-wilhout The possibility o failure
| have followed ITS ratification, would hive Improved
the pres OF these products al home Tennessee the
third tobacco growing State in the unlon--a larg,
cotton growing stste-and in which the product oil
these srtcles well as lard, can be Increased al
most TO any imaginable amount, had aud still has,
vast interest IN The conclusion aud Ratification Of such
a treaty
In the further and future discussion of this subject
shall show that the States OF Mary Land, Virp ma
N nth Csrna, South Carolina, Georgia. LOUISIANA,
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio,
Missouri lnd ana, illinois, M chg gan, the Territories
OF Fio,iJa, Visions and Iowa, aud lhe Stale OF
Tennessee ALL haze drtei and Immediate inos.i in
The sbd, aud that thai interest has been shame essly
disrsgared hy the wings Of the Senate of The Unteo
ales; VIII, by dead party vote, post oned
Jectrd The treaty last Spfing-EPHRAIh IA FostER
and sPEsctR JARsAGiS, our Senator'S VOTING FOR "a
PVsrPostMEsr AND CONSEQUENT RtJEcIIy OF rnl
TREATY. The rel cton oil Tie treaty has destioy ed
for the time being, m st profitable oI our
trade IN the agricultural produ Is named wth States
containing TIC, niy-stpen millions Of people.
No reaso,i, not even plausible excuse, has ever
been offered Tor this saorihce OF the Ieofles iule
rests upon the altar of federal whigSery TO pre-
name at this time standing IN rivary with that VI
Mr. Clay Tor the Presldency-from having the nor
and ctedi Of concluding aud consummsting a treat,
popular and benefc al IN its hsracter AID L. de-
priye the democratic party the and IN Con-
gress Of he honor and credit before the country oil
rsiying and carrying out the provisions the treaty
were the discredrable aud lsctious reasons which
produced Us rejection. To prevent the democratic
portions OF those connected with the executive and
legislative administration of the government from
rendering themselves strong and popular, by coosum-
mating measure fraught with much public good
and to promote Mr. Gays cleo ion, by preventing
an increase OF the popularity OF the leading and
party opposed TO HIM, was the execrable and tue
serving lollcy OF hose who rejected the treaty The
interests OF every farmer who grows bale OF cotton
bogshead OF tobacco, a busheI OF rice or a key OF
lard was dishoDorsbly sacrificed to promote Gays
election TO the Presidency. IL he or his friends bad
made the testy II would have been ratified and the
j whole country would have resounded with wh,s
praise and thanksgiving for the accomp ishmcnt of so
desirable measure. The Wig papers end tbe wing
oratofs-foster and JarDagin among them-woutd
have sounded the praise OF so benefeiel stroke of
diplomacy from one end Of tins State 10 the other -
But as Henry Wheaton, under Mr.. Tyers admin
istration negotiated the tresty-it was condemned.
We have much to say, and much TO prove and
have the proofs In hand this subject but must for
bear further remarks TO day. In the meantime we
submit TO our readers, worthy OF their careful CON
sidefation, the following remarks Of President ry
ler submitted TO the people OF the United States m
ms late patriotic letter, Withdrawing his name As
candidate for the Presidency In that letter the Pre-
s'dent says
"lwould appeal Mt only to yourselves. but 70 all
my countrymen, 70 say whether, in the matters amer
tanning TO our foreign affairs they antcina,ed more
success IN the adjustment Of difficulties and IN the
formation OF highly important treaties than n has
been my province TO cause to be negotiated Long
Standing difficulties have been adJusted-ditI;cnI,es
which threatened most seriously the pcoos of the
country Nor has any opportunity been lost for en-.
'arg'hg ,he commerce OF the country, and giving
new markets TO our agricultural and manufactured
produce II the county has not reaped full fruion
OF benefit from all the treaties thus negoti, Cd n
surely has not been the FAULT OF the administration
Inc loss OF two OF those treaties through the action
oil the Senate, cannot but be deplored by me as
public calamities. BY the treaty with the C,pman
States we had opened the way to a more extended
commerce with n 900 900 OF people in our cotton
tobacco, rice, aud lard--st duties on tob,cco rice
and ard greatly reduced, and with stipulation for
The Tree admission OF cotton while we ba agreed
TO receive at somewhat reduced duties articles from
those States which entered into the most limited com
Peuiion, II at all with few similar articles Of Ameri
can product The treaty was particularly interest
ing IRON The fact that, for the first time after rspest
60 struggles on the part Of ny predecessors to &C
comp'ish reduction OF duty on tobscco the Gov |
efnment had succeeded 10 doing so. II was negolia
'eo under resolutions originating with the tobacco
o,ses, and With the presumed sanction Of Congre-.
who had raised a. 1t Is believed the mission to Wen