Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-07-16

ket TO us The American market consumed
annually nearly thousand millions of Ameri-
can grain; the Brush market one-quarter Of
ne million Great Britain took Of our -four
not tenth part of The amount taken by The
s>t and West Indies; not third part as much
a, Brazil; not as much as the liule Island Of
Cuba and not much more than half as much as
Hayti Poor, miserable, negro IIayti, took
last wear 53,l44 barrels OF our flour, while
England, Scotland, and Ireland together, took
hut 1886 barrels of -four. aud one barrel Of
corn-meal YET we are told in lhe face of
,hese official facts, by the Secretary of the
Treasury, that we must take more British goods,
herwise she will have TO pay us "caSh for
our breadStufS, and, not haUing ii to spare. she
will nol buy as much of our colIon." What an
insu, to American farmers is this. A, an hon.
orable man must he not blush for his reputation
when he looks upon these facts +! But wha,
better could we expect from his American Sec.
re,ary. who, over and over, IN his report. de-
nOunces The substitution of American mdnufdc-
lures for foreign goods, and declares that direct
tarQfion is more equitable and just than duties
on foreign goods, especially in It's operation on
The poor! Better levy taxes on our own pro-
tuclions than on those of foreigners Such
are The doctrines openly avowed by this Secre-
larv TO favor hi, miserable system of free
trade" Away with such BRUSH doctrines as
these! They could never iind favor with the
American people while spark OF patriotism
snimaes their hearts. or a drop Of Revolution.
ary blood run in their veins.
The gentleman from Alabama will no doubt dis
cover another terrible absurdity when Mr.. S. sta
ted that Great Britain exported and sold more ag-
riculiural produce than any other country in the
world. Yc; it is strictly and undenably true
Exported, not in its original form, but worked up
and converted into goods. iron, cloths, &C., con-
sisiing of raw materials and breadstuffS Great
Britain exported, on an average, more than two
hundred.and fifty millions of dollars worth Of man.
ufaciures, onc-half of the whole value of which
consisted o. the produce of the soil. The United
States took about fifth part of all the exports
of Great Britain being more than all Europe put
together In report of committee in the Brit
ish Parliament, made some years ago, it appeared
that the British goods consumed by the people of
the different countries Of Europe, France Russia,
Prussia, Austria, Spain, Belgium, &C., amounted
20 fourteen cents worth per head, while the people
Of the United States in the same time consumed
three hundred and ffy-fOur cents worth per head
This showed the immense importance Of the A
nerican market TO Great Britain, and accounted
for her great Soicitude TO retain it, Il also show
eC the superior wisdom of the European Govern
ments in excluding British goods by high and pro-
hibitory tariffs; thus developing and relying upon
their own resources, encouraging and sustaining
their own national industry, promoting their own
prosperity, and thus establishing (as we should
do) their own national independence on the most
solid and lasting foundations.
Mr.. S. invited scrutiny into the facts he had
stated; he challenged contradiction. He put them
before gentlemen, and begged them to examine
and dsprove them if they could. He invited them
20 reflect upon them in a spirit of candor. To
dismiss from their minds all party bias; to rise
for once superior to the low grovelling prejudices
of party; TO wake up TO the great interest, and
feel for the real strength and tue glory and inde
pendence of their native land