The New York herald., 1845-09-22

abundant stocks oil corn on which we can ia'i oN'
when our own crops fail. This assumption IS unde-
nabIy necessary adjunct 10 the sliding scale. we
avowedly and purposely prevent any regular INTRO
duction OF foreign corn. Nevertheless, our own
harvess are such that at least every ive years IN zen
we require large supplies For years together we
are blest with cycle o abundant harvests but the
sliding scale assumes that, come bad harvest wheh
II may, foreign growers are waiting WIN mei
stocks IN the granery ready Tor u.s. Is THIS assninp
ton, which hangs so heavy stake, true Does
past experience. or do the present circumstances OF
the world, as far they are known, warrant re-
lance on this assumption AS to past experience,
the last twelve years. the events OF when are as ss,.
familiar to all, furnish sufficient test. From 1888
TO 1897 we had cycle OF abundant haryests, ana an
entire absence OF foreign Importation. what wds
the effect OF deficient and late harvest IN lo-o
sudden rise IN price, within short period, nom
httytwo shllngs to seventythre shinngs tne quar-,
ter, and as large Importation could be obtained
al thatand even higher prices But was the importation
adequate to wants The best answer l., thatfor
more than year the price OF wheat varied from Sc
yenty To eighty shlings the quarter, and that WIN
but slight fluctuations, 1t was kept at those hlSn rates
Tor three years. The arrangement anc suffering
that occurred In consequence, 10 all the best int
rests OF the country, are scarcely yet eiaced but
1T we found inadequate provision tor the accl-
dent OF the sliding scale IN lSS are there grounds
for any greater reliance on It's operation now. or
when it may next be called into requisltion We
in the fourth year Of abundance, and tor three
years we have practically prescribed the trade IN
wheat. No will deny that II the late fine wealth
er has given more assurance of the present crop be-
ing sufficient for our consumption, yet that up to
very recent period there have been reasons tor the
greatest alarm; and 1t, fortunately our harvest Is
still good that we have narrowly escaped the great
est danger, and TO which we must be exposed more
or less with every recurring season.
Annually exposed then, TO such haZard,w ,what new
guarantee, if any, have We In the circumstances ol
those countries to which must look for supplies
IN case of need? What is there TO induce us TO
repose any more confidence IN the provision
assumed by the sliding-scae as always available,
than at any former period! The most natural
corn-growing country in connection with ourselves
is the United States of America 1t possesses a SOIL
rich as it is boundless; people. whether lminl-
grants or natives, naturally prone to extending,
clearing, and cutvating their measureess tracts ot
country-fond OF agriculture, not alone as means
OF subsistence, but as source OF commerce; ana
with habits and tastes calculated to require every
thing that this country produces IN abundance
But what do we find the state OF that country! lis
half million year; but, with this increase OF
population, there Is every evidence that within the
last three years Its agricultural productions
have been absolutely diminishing, in place OF, what
might from all the circumstances OF the country have
been expected, more than relatively increasing,
The report of the Commissioners of Patents shows
the production OF wheat in 1874, notwithstanding
the favorable season, 10 have been five millions oil
bushels less than 1Si3 and the falling off IN the In
terna traffic from west to east of wheat and flour,
during the past year, shows that the production OF
the country is more closely measured to It's own
consumption. The present years crop, though IN
some districts reported as extremely aaundant yet
in others, including large part Of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, and North and South Carolina, all most I'm
portant wheat districts, are VIGOROUSLY and tln-
questionaby detective. II the whole crop OF the
present year be estimated as even equal to that OF
last, America will have no surplus beyond what is
necessary to supply its regular customers Tor flour
in the West Indies and on the South American con-
unent. Then, If we turn to Europe, we find matters
in no way more encouraging Prussia, and esP clal-
ly the Rhiush provinces, have been importing grain
the whole year. In Poland there is such a dearh
that the people are making sudden lrruptons into the
neIghborIng parts OF Prussia, and committing depre-
dauons, TO satisfy their immediate and pressing
wants The north OF Russia IS In state OF famine,
aud the Emperor has iIliilseli becomc d buyer aud
importer OF rye to distribute among the people.
The Ottoman Court by the last advices, has issued
decree prohibiting the export of grain from any
part of its possessions which is more important as
an evidence that the state OF their harvest Will rem
der foreign supplies necessary. In Belgium the King
has just issued order suspendng the .corn-law
till after the harvest of 1876 France has, during the
whole summer, been importing wheat tor It's own
consumption and IN all these countries less or more,
but particularly in Belgium and Holland, the poatoe
crop is entire failure Much OF all this, no doubt,
is to be attributed 10 an unpropltious season, though
we fear our own policy is chargeabe with the largest
portion of the more important cause. In America
and IN Prussia people become wearled IN growing
corn tor the mere chance OF an English market
They turn their capital and labor to other pursuits,
and rival us in our manufactures. In proportion as
agriculture has been abandoned, or at least has re-
inained stationary, manufactures OF all kinds have
increased and our exclusion OF the agricultural pro-
duce OF those countries has reconclled all parties to
adoption OF high tariffs against our goods the sole
purpose of creating home market-ior procuring
there what the slldingscae denies them here But
every man who leaves the plough tor the loom,
while he makes one producer less, makes one con-
sumer more; and thus, year after year, the surplus
OF food produced IN other countries, under the dis
iuf}p pf1y yCfp he
coming less and less, and the danger to which we
exposed, in the event of defective harvest, be-
comes in proportion more imminent.
Texo-American Affairs In Europe.
From the Liverpool Mail, Aug. 80
What we anticipated in late number OF the Dia,i
has actually taken pace-Mexco has declared war
against the United States Mexico has been forced
into this contest. A portion of her territory has
been invaded, and her property spoiled by set OF
robbers, and she has, in the cause of justice and
honor declared that she will resist the aggressors to
the last extremity.
lfever there was an unobjectonable cause for the
shedding OF blood this is one Texas is not an IN
dependent country whatever she may be de facto,
she is not de jMe and, consequently, the United
States have right to treat for her annexation
to that republic than the subjects of Queen Victoria,
who assemble in the Cancellation Hall of Dublin,
have to treat with Louis Philippe for the annexation
OF Ireland to France.
Ii is not enough to tell us that the people of Texas
are favorable to the proposed abduction. We have
yet to learn who the people areand what their opin
ions are. All that Europe has yet seen are the re-
solutions of iiity-three men who style themselves "a
Convention" Whether they absconded citizens
ot the United States, compulsory exiles from Ire
land, or expatriated Scotchmen, remains to be ex-
planned But as they are not natives of Texas, they
must have local standing somewhere, either in
the inside or outside of gaol. They cannot belong
to two countries,any more than they can lnhab two
places at the same time. To treat with such per-
sons tor the transfer OF property, is like alder
man OF London treating with thieves for The resto-
ration OF stolen goods. Indeed, 1t is worse than
this; Tor the property did belong the United
States, and hence they are in the position of crlm-
nal receivers of goods which have been obainedby
felonious means.
The cause OF Mexico is, therefore, the cause of
every just and honorable government in Christen-
dom. England and France cannot look on IN ST.
ence at this horrid deforcement and atrocty Mex,
leo may be the weaker power-the money borrowed
from England and the debt repudiated may be used
in Plundering neighboring soil and depressing
feeble people. But this makes the act more crinll-