The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-05-02

more tIiah one halfof its.entie" value. The
pauper labor of Eurnpe employed in the inail-
ufacttiring Of silk ind lace got Whit Il eat, no
more; and this is what you pay for when You
purchase their goods. Break up your home
manufactures and home markets, Import ev-
cry thing you cnt, drink and wear, for the
benefit QfHe farmers" Oh, Whit friends these
gentlemen are to the farmers and mechanics
and laborers offlls conitry-no, sir, I am
wrong, Of Great Britain. = '7ol io l''hl2Jrr
Now, ask whether wool is notin the strict
est sense, an agricultural production? Aud
five import ten millions in cloth, is not five
millions oftllat sum pnid for the wool alone
n product Of British farmers? ASA still stron-
ger illustration of mis- argument, Mr. s, referr-
ed TO the article of'iron. last year according
to Mr. Walkers reporf, we imported S9,043,-
396 worth offorcign iron, ana its mamifac-
lures, mostly from Great Britain folir-fiiihs
Of the value Of which, aseyeiS pratticaI man
knew, consisted of agricultural. produce.
nothing else. Iron is made Of fore and coal;
and what is the ore and coal Buried in our
mountains WORTH Nothing at all,
unused. What gives IL value? The labor
of horses, oxen, mules aud men. And what
sustained this labor but corn and oats, hay and
straw for the one, and bread and incat aud
vegetables ofevery kintlfbrtle otlerp These
agrculttraIproducts were purchasedan and con
sumed, and this made Up oiiearIy the whole
price ofthe iron which the manufacturer re-
ceived andpaid overto the fhrnersagain and
again, as often as the process Wns repeated.
We'll, is not iron 'made IN England of the
same materials that it is made ofhere? Ger
taiIily; tlien is not four-fiflhs Of the value of
British iron uadeu Of British agricultural Q
produce? aiidifwe purchase nine nillops
of'dollars worth of British iiona year, do we
not pay six or seyer millions Of this sum for
the produce of British 'taIner.s-grain, hay,
gr,tss, bread, meat, and other provisions Tor
min and beaSt-sent ierrfor snle in the form
of iron? He put it to the gentleman from
Virginia (Nlr Bayly)to say ifthiS'was not true
to the letter. He challenged him 10 denyit,
OF lisp.ove If he could. The genlenaIl's7
plan wis to break downtiese great and grow
ing markets Tor biIr own farmers and give our
n;ii1IetS TO tile British; and Yet he pr0tesSed to
be friend ID American farmers - s"Fromi
sjith friends good Lord deliver Men!" One
remark more on TINS topic:' Secretary Walk
erinforfns MS that the present duty on iron
Is rs percett., which he proposes TO reduce
to 30per cent, 10 Increase The 7erenue To DO
this, must hcno then double the imports OF
ron?' Clearly he must Then we must add
ten or twelve millions perfy year 10 otr present
imports ofiron, md Of course destroy that A.
mount ofoiir domestic supply to.make room
for it Thus att ljlow, IN the article Of iron,
this bill il Intended to destroy the American
markets for at least eight millions of dollars
worth of domestic agricultural produceto be
supplied fronabroad; and this is the AmeriL~
can--no he British System of policy which
is now attempted TO he imposed upon this
country by this British-hati1g Administration
Let them do it, ndinless than two Years
there will'hot lie Z specie-payilig bank in the
country. The people andtIie Treasury wal
be again bankrupt, and the scenes and suffer-
ings oflS40 willretirn; aud with it, as a nec-
essary consequence, the political revolutions
of t!at period. 'V. tal72'a7 7tN -Hn nh'ep 7H.'
The home market MIR 8. icontended was
every thing to the farmer, and the foreign
nlurket comparatively nothing. Massach,i-
sctts alone purchased and consumed four
teen times as much ofthe grain, -four, and
meat ofthe other States as the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, from whom
we took fifty millions of'dollafs worth ofnian-'
ufactiircs yearly. Massachusetts took 35
millions worth, exclusive ofeotton and to-
bacco,) while Great Britain took but two and
a half! Yet, according to the gentleman
from Virginia, the foreign market was vastly
he most Important! Hn'ia 9 ~ ,-fu ol
Mr. Leake here put this question TO Mr. S.;
cotton and tobacco were not agri-
cultural products? ''lit tNf ~. t''T'' .A"t....
Mr. s. Certainly; but they are not our only
agricultural produces. There were other in
terests in this country worth looking dfter g.
besides cotton and tobacco. But,
no doubt, the gentleman eoncurs with MIR
Secretary Walker, who tells us, in his free
trade report, which has so delighted England,
and no wonder IT has, for he there says we
must take more British goods, because, if we
10 not, "Engand must 'phy for our 'breod-
St,,6$' "in specie, and "not hdring ii TO- spare,
size will bring down to even greater extent
the price ofour coH6f." Yes, soar cotton
quit work, sell notling,and bring every thing
from England, and send them our specie as
long as it lasts, so that England may have
specie TO spare" for Southern cotto1--that's
the plan thus openly and boldly proclaimed
by the Secretary and his followers. We of
the Northand West must send our last dollar
to England TO buy bread and meat, and grass
and grain, in the form ofiron and CLOTH TO in
crease the price of sour" cotton" We must
be "hewers of wood and drawers of waters
for Great BritainA-paupers, slaves, and beg
CARS, that England may have ''specio to spare"
for Southern cotton This is the undsgus-a
ed policy and purpose ofthe Treasury Report.
But Mr. S. would say to these Southern gem
tlemen: Don't be afraid. You will have yoilr
cotton market still. England must havcyour
can't do without il at present.
But beware-the time may come when Eng.
land would not want sour cotton, "& the South
in turn, would cry out for protection. But the
gentleman congratulates theNWest' with the
ofan early lepeal ofthe corn laws.
But, in his opinion, if the corn laws were re-
pealed, the people os the West would scarce
" get bushei of their gri,in into England on
any terms. e' s"i"a NinI a' suie-I aaiiiWHu3
-ntMr Bayly.i Doyou mean. what YOU say,
that one helwill gn thereel r76i nHgiIg
~ Mr. stewart. | will answer the gentleman