Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1846-03-04

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QUESTIONS AND ANswERs.-WIl the British corn
laws be material lily modified
Doubtful, for the following reasons. The Eng
lish government needs all the revenue it can posi-
Div raiseand cannot afford to spare the dutes besides
the relief of the people would not be matera since,
with the reduction of the duties, the price OF grain
Immediately rises in the markets whence it is export
ed But granting that Great Britain should entirely
abolish her restrictive Tariff what degree of benefit
would result to the United Statesl
Very little. The grain growing countries o! Eu-
rope are sufficient to supply any ordinary demand for
bread stuffin England-le much nearer to her mar
kets-raise grain by of the cheapness OF labor,
cheaper than we, and, therefore undersell us. But
if by a reduction of our Tariff, encourage the
importation of her products, will she not purchase a
correspondingly increased amount Of ours in ex-
change?
No doubt she will if we can afford them as cheap
" as she can purchase elsewhere. If not she will
take the specie from us long we can raise ii,
and purchase in the cheapest markets. When we
can no longer raise the specie, we can either do with
out her .'merchandise," pay for her agricultural
products at the European prices. To do which, we
must raise them for European pay. The inevitable
tendency of Free Trade-Universal Free Trade
being to equalize the price of labor throughout all
nations having commercial incourse. The only pos
sble difference that made by the expence of trans
portation, which the introduction of Improvement IN
navigation and conveyance is every day diminishing
Indeed consderate view of the resources OF Eng
land, will most likely lead any intelligent person to
the conclusion, that she is prepared to make the
world her tributary, and that "Free Trade, is the
only measure wanting to establish the complete de-
tendency of almost every other powei-certalnly OF
the United States, upon herself.
On her dominions the sun never sets. What can
she possibly need that she may not upon short no
tice, call from part Of her territory. WIZ the
Indies ever fail in yielding her their supply OF luxu-
RES or the temperate of necessaries. In FUR
nshing her deficiency of bread stuff, Canada alone
will push us from the field As for cotton, the only
wonder is that she has bought this staple of us SO
long, In fine, we should like to hear thing neces-
sary to human comfort manner, with which she can
not supply herself without the least dependence on
another power. True, We may say as much our own
resources; but they in great measure underet-
oped; while she is prepared to WELD every advan-
tage at moments warning.
What then is the true policy of the United States!
It is to cease shaping its course by the movements
of any other government under heaven. To adopt
that system which will soonest deveope the endless
resources of our territory, and best accord with our
peculiar position and pursue it steadily without the
inconvenience and loss of frequent changes. That
system experience has shown to be, protection to
American Industry
The RAILRoAD.-If any proofs were wanting OF
the ability of our Boston sovereigns to command our