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had not intended, said Mr.. S., to say
enc word about the Tariff; but am strong-
ly tempted to state fact or Two in reply
to the gentleman from Virginia. That
gentleman dwet entirely on the benefits
Of foreign trade. He went altogether in
favor ofimportng foreign goods, and Great
ing market for the benefit of foreigners.
Would our own agriculture be benefited
by process like this! Nothing could more
efIectually divert the benefit from our own
people and pour it in constant stream
upon foreign labor. No American interest
was so much benefited by a protective
system as that of agriculture. The foreign
market was nothing, the home market was
every thing, to them; it was as one hnndred
to one. The Tarfgave us the great home
market, while the gentIeman's scheme
was to secure us, at hest, but the chance
of market abroad, while il effectually de.
stroyed our secure and Invaluable market
at home The gentleman says ne is very
anxious to compete with the pauper labor
ofEurope. I will tell him one facts With
all the protertion we now enjoy, Great
Britain sends into this country eight dol
lars worth Of her agricultural productions
TO one dollars worth of all our agricultural
productions Isavc cotton and tobacco) that
she takes from u.s.
MI. Bayiy. Does the gentleman assert
that.
Mr.. Stewart. do-and will prove it.
Mr. Bayiy. Then you will prove the
returns false which are made by our own
Government.
No, sir; | will prove it by the returns
furnished by Mr.. Walker himself in sup
port Of the bill which he has laid before the
committee Of Ways and Means. Now, I
assert, and can prove, that more than half
the value Of all the British goods imported
into this country consist of agricultural
products, changed in form, inverted and
manufactured into goods. And invite a
thorough analysis of the facts. challenge
the gentleman to the scrutiny. Take down
all the articles in store, one after another
estimate the value of the raw material,
bread and meat, and other agricultural
products which have entered into their
fabrication, and it will be found that one
half and more oftheir value consists of the
soil-agricultural produce in its strictest
sense.
Now, by reference to Mr.. Walkers re-
port, it will be seen that, for twelve years
back, we have imported from Great Bri-
tain and her dependencies annually 524
millions of dollars worth Of goods, but call
il SO millions, while she look of all our
agricultural products, save cotton and to-
bacco, less than two ard half millions or
dollars worth. Thus, then, assuming one
half the value Of her goods to be agricul-
tural, 1t gives us 70 ml!lons OF her agrlcul-
turaI produce to q millions of ours taken
by her, which is just ten 10 one; to avoid
cavil, i put it at eight to one. To tcs, the
truth of his position, he was prepared, if
time permitted, TO refer to numerous facts.
But for the information of the gentleman
from Virginia, who is so great friend to
the poor and oppressed farmers, | will tell
him that we have imported yearly, for
twenty-six years, $50 says MI. Walkers
report,) more than ten millions Of dollars
worth Of ,oooiea goods. Last year we i'm
ported $lO,G66,l76 worth. Now, one
half and more of the value Of this cloth
was made Of wool, the subsistence of labor