The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-05-07


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-, Bet die - DOT I'll. PMS OpiniUn 81
Lard AsLbnIssin 10 ssslsinsd By lhs mosl
1nIslligsnI merchants in Great Bniain.
SUsh d lie UnsioIm tenor Of lie isshmo
ny EeesnIly lsksn bslere selscl eommii,
Zee # The llonss al Cnmmans On ahis
sUheri, HsnIy Chaser Chapman. one
Of lhe Witnesses, sRd ons 81 he NEST ia
hlligslt msR IN he kinsdsm. says: % Re-
peal the eorR la~s, and ne growing trade
with c,nsda and Ihs WesI-En States 81
America Will be crushed by lie cheaper
Production al me B.l,ie aRdi Black sss;
consequently. be adds. "a .7naerica, Cana
-. END Brnsh shipping. would receive >
seEsTe snd decisive LluE" by the repeal
Of the IN Laws. Bul sull Ihe gentleman
from fHRinia explls IN The prospect Of
the repeal Of The r,rn lsEs. and bOas:s
ol the msIkti IN vii open 10 our Western
farmers. 10 whom. hossver. he will moi
give one dollar for lhsir rivers and in-
pIovemthis--Rnta eenl-bnI il anx'ous
10 seauee them into the British free trade
trap: but be would say TO the West. IL.
mso dsnaos." trust your lIieEds. and be-
ware af your enemies. Look II the boast
ed foreign aaIks,. What 10 40 Compare
lively no'hn G. LGok al fac's. I he gri.
cultural production Of the United States.
exI lu.lFe Of rouon ard inbsceo, is e,Il-
mated al one thousand millions per year.
Our exports IN 81 The world smounied
last year 10 Sill. l95,5l5. 0lihis. Great
Brilsin look sbouIiwo and half. All the
resi- was consumed al home. So The fo-
reign markets Of the world amounted to ii
millions. and The home market 10 $50 mil.
lions. Yet the gentleman had just pro-
nOunced the foreign markets every thing 10
The tsTmers, and home markets compsrs-
lively nothing. Weare told by II gentle.
man. ss WILL as by the Secretary Of the
Treasury, thailf ne will reduce our raufI.
England will repeal her corn laws. and
open her ports 10 our brsad-slulTs 10 en-.
rich our farmers. Nov, sir, beg farmers
to look a. oiIicisl facts cent 10 Us by ibis
Secretary sfew days since. Look al the
report on commerce and navigalion. and
sou vii be astoni.hsd TO see thai Eng
land, Scotland, and Ireland last year took
from The United States 2.0lO bushels! al
wheat. and 80 355 barrels Of -four, equal
in alto l76,7s5 bushels Of wheat. not
equal to the production Of single county
in Pennsylvsnis or Ohio. England I'm.
ports sbuui e,ghtesn millions OF bush
Of wheat yearly. For Elk years ptior 10
1913, sno imported snnusiiy muIs- ursu
twenty millions, and Of this only ia 7S5
from the United Sis,es--not hundred,
part Of her foreign supply. Whist an i'm
mense make, for our bread.sluff! And
would the repeal Of the corn laws help
you! Clearly not. IL uill favor other
countries just IS much AZ il will favor : ou:
IL the duly is taken off II your gram, il
is t4ken OF Of theirs. So IL Iesv.s You
just " here yos are; nay. worse. For we
now get alargs amounted grain TO Enslsn
,hrough..hs Canadian porus at 4 sbiliinps
duty, While the grain Of Europe pays Is.
Repeal the corn laws, aud this advantage
is losi Tor ever. and our trade through the
Colonial ports is al an end. Clearly then
the repeal Of The corn laws will be an iu-
jury, and a great injury, To OUT farmers on
the Canadian frontier, withouI in The least
fsyoIirg any body else. a. be- .zas
Last year Great Britain and Itelsnd
took OF all the gram and bresd.stuffs ofthe
United States, wheat, rye, oats. corn.
-four. and meal OF aiI kinds. S223, 25l dol
las worh, not quarter Of mhlion; and
we took from her S49.8s4. O59 worth of
her goods, nearly fifty millions If dollars.
These are Official facts. , ct the Secretary
Of The Treasury WIN communicates them
says, live don't reduce opr tariff. aud take
more Blush goods. England will have 10
pay Us specie tor our bresd.sIufTs. What
an absur'iny, She take one fourth Of a
million of Dor btead-s,uifs, and we lake
fifty mi lions Of her goods: vet she must
pay spece for our bresd-stuffsi! But
Gre't Brttan took in the same year $35,
675 $50 worth Of cotton. vet this cotton
growing Secretary is not satisfied. We
Of the West must break up our markets,
send nor specie 10 England 10 purchase
wool and Other agricultural produce, cnn.
ser'ed into goods. and support labor, fed
by BRUSH bread and meat. so that Eng
land may have plenty Of specie TO pay
high prices for Mr.. Walkers cotton
farmers mus, be slaves to Southern ne.
groes. Fsrmers OF the West, what say
you to this! Will you submit! If you do,
you are slaves, and you deser,e il. But
another fact, Our exports ofm snufsciures
last year, including those of wood,
AMOUNTED 10 $l3,42D l66. Assuming. as
in the case OF British manufactures. that
one-ha.f heir value is made up of Ameri-
can agricultural produce. then we export
nearly seven mIIlians al dnIIars worih nj