Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-05-12

CULTURAL products purchased and consumed
and this made up Ecar!y the whole price of the
/ iron which the manufacturer received and pait
over to tho farmers again and again, often as
/ tho process was repeated. Well. Is not Iron
made in England of the same materials that II Is
rnado of here! Certainly: then Is not four-itths
Of tho value Of British iron made up of British
Agricultural produccl And if we purchase nine
millions Of dollars worth II British iron year
do VIC not pay SIX seven millions Of this sun
| for tho produce Of British farmers-grain, hay
urass bread, meat, and other provisions for mar
and beas,-scnt here for sale in tho form Of iron
] He put II TO tho gen,lcnan from Virginia VIZ
! Bayly) 10 say If this no. true TO tho letter.
! 10 challenged him 10 icnv i, OF disprove It 1t he
co.!d The @enscman's plan was TO break dowr
these great aud rrovii,.s inar ke's for oar o2sI
farmers. and give rkcts TO tho British; me-
/ vet nc profcssed 10 be friend TO American far
gnors, ..|rouI such friends COED Lord dolIvc
/ t!cm,' Ono remark more OF tins topic. Soc
rotary Walker informs that the present duty
on IRON is - per cent. winch he proposes TO re
tucc - 80 per cent, TO increase the revenue
To do tins must he not then doubic tho import,
IF iron? Clearly he must Then must adc
ten or twelve millions per year TO our present i'm
norts Of iron, and Of course destroy thot amount 0
our domestic supply 10 make room for II. Thus
at blow, in the single article OF iron, this bill 4
intended 10 destroy the American markets for a
least eight millions Of dollars worth Of domestic
agricultural produce to be supplied from abroad
and this IS the \ :ncricon--io! tho BRIrIsR--sys
tenn Of policy which is now attempted 10 DO IN
posed Upon this country by this BEITIsn-HATiN
AD5llN.srRATIoH, Let them do II, and III les
than two years there wiiI rot be specle-payln!
bank in the country. Tho people aud the roas
urv will be again bankrupt and the scenes an'
suiIerines Of 1919 Will return; and with il, as
necessary consequence, tho political revolutions o
that period
Mr. Lcako said, cotton and tobacco az
, ricultural products.
Mr.. s. certainly: but there are other interest
in this country worth looking after and prcscrv
ing besides cotton and tobacco. But. no doubt
Tho gentleman concurs with Mr.. Secretary Walk
! or, who tells Us, in his free trade report, whic
has so doll GIFTED Eug}and ard no wonder It has
for he there says must take more BIRTHS
E goods. because, If We do not, 'England must pa,
f for our 'breadstutls . IN specie and mot havIn
i. TO spare, sho will bring down 10 even create
: extent the price Of our cotton" Yes, tour cot
. ton'-therc is the rub. The North and Yves
must quit work, sell nothing, and bring every
E thing from England ard send them our specie q
1 long as it lasts, that England may havo 'spe
cic 10 spare" for Southern couon-thass the p'a
thus openly and boldly proclaimed By tho Score
! West must send our last dollar 10 England I
1 buy bread and meat. ana grass and grain, in tn
. form of iron and cloth, TO increase the price {
: "our cotton" We must be ..hewers of wood an
e drawers Of water for Great BrItaln-pauper
:. slaves. and bcsgars, that England may hav
= ..spccio to spare for Southern cotton. This
: tho undisgused p-cy and purpose of the Urea:
). ury Report But Mr.. s. would say 10 thos
j Southern gentlemen: Don. be afraid. on WI
. have vour cotton market still. England mus
have your co.ton--shc cant do without II at pres
: Ont. But beware; tho timc may come when III
: gland would not want tour cotton, and the Sout
in turn, would cry out for protection. But ,f
. gentleman congratuates the Yves: with the pros
, pect Of an carly repeal of the laws. Blu
in his opinion, if the laws wero repealed
, the people Of the Wost would scarcely ge,
bushel Of their grain into England on any terms
/, Mr.. Bayly. DO you mean what you say
that not ono bushcl will 90 thore!i
Mr.. Stewart. | Will answer the gentleman. b
! giving him Lord -Ashburton's speech in tn
, House of Lords a few da vs. ago. He states tht
+, nine tenths of the grain now imported IN Gree
Britain is supplied from the north Of Europe a
though they pay tax of fifteen shllings tn
quarter; while that from Canada and the Unite
States, passing through Canada, pays but fou
: shillings. Repeal the duty Of fifteen shilling
and will they not supp " the wholc! Most clea
ly they will. The fac, is notorious. that mos,
our grain and flour now goes TO England throug
her colonial ports. and at colonial duties. thus
, vading the operation of the laws. while tn
garin and flour from the north of Europe mus. Q
ways pay the highest duties imposed by tho cor
! laws. Hence Lord Ashburton very Justly oil
: rues that We must BE- overwhelmed if tho cor
{ laws aro repealed. and this great advantage. no
: enioved by Canada and tho nited States, Of in
! porting flour and grain a. about one-foursh of III
;, duty paid by the importers from the Baltic an
the Black soa. Repeal the corn laws-put the,
on an equal footing with US, and is not the cue.
ton settled, and the market lost to grain an
!, flour in all time 10 come. Nothing can be cleal
{ or. And ye. gentlemen cxuls in tho prospoc, c
the reponl of the corn laws and arc ready to sac
I, rfce the whole of our manufactures and hon,
markets to bring it about. Such will be the ope
+ ration of the repeal Of the corn laws on America
agriculture and such is tho statement of IOr
), Ashblrton, who perhaps knows as much obou
the matter as even the learned gentleman fror
Virginia. Bu, this is no: all. This opinion c
Lord Ashburton is sustained by the most intel
llpent merchants in Grea. Britain. Such is tn