Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-05-07

if the corn laws were repealed, the people ol
The West would scarcely get bushel OF their
grain into England on any terms.
[Mr. BAYLY. Do you mean wha, you say,
that not one bushel will go there
Mr. STEWART | will answer the gentle
man, by giving him Lord Ashburton's speech
in the House of Lords few days ago. He
staIes that nine-ien.hs of the grain now imPor
ted in Grea, Britain is supplied from The north
of Europe, although they pay lax Of fifteen
shilings the quarter; while that from Canada
and The United States, passing through Canada,
pays but four shillings. Repeal the duty OF
fifteen shillings, and will they not supply The
whole? Most clearly they will. The fact is
notorious, that most OF our grain and -four now
goes 10 England through her colonial ports, and
al colonial duties, thus evading the operation of
The corn laws, while The grain aud -four from
the north of Europe must always pay The high
esl duties imposed by The corn laws. Hence
Lord Ashburon very justly argues, that we
mus, be overwhelmed il the corn laws are re-
peaIed, and this great advantage, now enjoyed
by Canada and the United States, OF importing
-four and grain at about one-fourlh of The duty
paid by the importers from The Baltic and the
Black sea. Repeal The corn laws-pu, them
on an equal footing with US, aud is not the
question settled, and the market lost 10 our
grain and flour in all time TO come! Nolhing
can be clearer. And yel gentlemen exult in
the prospect of the repeal OF the corn laws, and
are ready 10 sacrifice The whole Of our manu-
faclures and home markets TO bring it about.
Such will be the operation Of the repeal of the
corn laws on American agriculture, and such
is the statement of Lord Ashbur,on, who per-
haps knows as much about The matter as even
The learned gentleman from Virginia. But this
is not ALL This opinion of Lord Ashburon
is sustained by the most inteIIgen, merchants
in Great Britain. Such is the uniform tenor
of the testimony recently taken before select
committee of The House of Commons on this
subject. Henry Cleauer Chapman, one of the
witnesses, and one Of the most intelligent men
in The kingdom, says: Repeal the corn laws,
and The growing trade with Canada an The lFeS-
tern States of America will be crushed by the
cheaper productions of The Baltic and The Black
sea; consequently" he adds, "America, Cana
da, and BRUSH shipping. would receive Sc
we're and decisive blow" by the repeal Of the
corn laws. But still The gentleman from VIr-
ginia exuivs in The ProsPec, Of The repeal of the
corn laws, and boasts of The market II will open
will no, give one dollar for their rivers and I'M
provemenIs-not cen,-but is anxious to Sc
duce them into this British free trade trap; but
he would say to the West limeo danaos,
trust your friends, aud beware of your enemies.
Look al the boasled foreign market, what is it?
Comparatively nothing. Look at facts. The
agricultural productions of the United States,
exclusive of cotton and tobacco, is estimated at
one thousand millions per year. Our exports
TO all The world amounted last year to S 1885,
SIS. Ofihis, Great Britain took abou, two and
half Ali the rest was consumed at home.
SO the foreign markets Of the world amounted
10 millions, and the home market 10 9s9
millions. YET the gentleman had just pro-
nounced the foreign markets every thing TO the
/ farmers, and The home markets comparatively
nothing. We are told by the gentleman, as
well as by the Secretary of the Treasury, that
if we will reduce our Tariff, England will re-
peal her corn laws, and open her ports to our
bread stufis 10 enrich our farmers. Now, sir
| beg farmers 10 look al official facts sent us by
this Secretary few days since. Look at the
report on commerce and navigation, and you
will be asonished 10 see that England, Scot.
/ land, and Ireland las, year took from the Uni
ted States 2,0l0 bushels of wheat, and 35 1856
barrels Of -four, equal in all TO l7S,765 bushels
wheat, not equal 10 The production of single
county in Pennsylvania or Ohio. Englau i'm.
ports about 5 millions of bushels of wheat
yearly. For six years prior to l643, she i'm
ported annually more than twenty millions and
of this only l7S,7s5 from the United States
not hundreth part of her foreign supply
What an immense market for our bread-stuf
Aud would the repeal of the corn laws help
you? Clearly not. 1t will favor other coun-
trles Just as much as it will favor you if the
duty is taken of Of your grain, ii is taken of
theirs. So ii leaves you just where you are
nay worse. For We now &c, large amount
of grain to England through the Canadian ports
at shilligs duty, while the grain of Europe
pays 49, Repeal The corn laws, and this ad-
vantage is lost for ever, aud our trade through
the Colonial ports is at end. Clearly then
he repeal Of the corn laws will be an injury
and great injury, to our farmers on The Cana
dian frontier, without in the least favorlng any
body else.
Last year Great Britain and Ireland took o
all the grain and bread-siuis of the U. States
wheat, rye, oats, corn, flour, and meal ol al