Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-05-02
EXTRACT
From the Speech Of Mr. A. STEWART,
OF rESSsYLvAsiA,
On IafernaI Innro,,e.,...,. IL a.. TIT


In the HOUSE, OF RErRK,ENr,rivSs, on the
ifth oil March, Mr.. STEWART replica to Mr.. Bay
~ oil Virginia, ON the Road aud Harbor Bill
Uniting that portion of his speech on the con
stitutonal'ty and expediency of Intern Improve
men''' we copy his powerful and practical argu
ment on the Tariff:
had not intended (ssd Mr.. S to saw one word abou
ne Isnh' but am strongly temp,cd fact or tw,
IN reply 10 the gentleman from Virginia That gentema,
owe" entirely on the benefits foreign trade. He wen
IN isvor OF importing foreign goods and
market Tor the benefit OF foreigners. Would our owl
ngreuuye be benefited by process like thisi Nothu,
could more eheetualy divert the benefit from on. own peo
pe' ana pour u IN constant upon foreign labor
No american Interest was so much benefited by proec
i've system as mat OF agriculture The foreign marke
was nothing the home market was every thing TO them.
was rs one hundred To The tariff gave US the pea
nome market. while the gentemsns scheme secure
10 us al best but the chance abroad while ,E
ieetuaiy destroyed secure and invaluable marke nj
nome The gentleman he very anxious to compete
, me paupet labor OF Europe. will tel him fact
WIN al inc protection We enjoy Great Britain sends
INTO THIS country eight dollars worth Of her
productions TO one dollars worth of our agricultural pro
'sa'e cotton and tobscco) that she takes from
Mr.. BAYLY. Does the gentleman assert thatf
Mr. STEWART do, and will proyeit
Mr bAYLY Then you will prove the returns false which
are made by our own Government
VIZ. SRESARr No. will prove il by the returns fur
nhed by Mr. Walker himself In support OF the hl
ne as ad before the Comm OF Ways and Means Now
and prove that than half the ynlue of nil
me British goods imported this countrs consist of
products changed in form, converted and man
uaeufed into goods. And insile thorough ANALYSIS of
'e ise challenge the gentleman to the scrutny Take
down all the articles in STORE one after another
'he value oi the raw material the bread and meat and
other agricultural products which h.v. entered into their
sotca9on and 1t will be found half and more Of
ther value consists Of the productions OF the lsyrieu
raj produce in its stTiciest sense
No" 1y references to Mr.W alkeTs report it will be seen
R,,i We We Yeas PACK, we have imported from Great
;,,' ana nst dependencies annuNly fifty and halt
0hs OF dollars worth OF goods. but call il fifty millions
while ,he took OF all agricultural products save cot
YOU u tooae6o' less than two and half millions of dol
lars worth Thus, thea, assuming one half vain. s
gOous 20 De AGRICULTURAL IL gives us TWENTY-FIVE millions
OF her agricultural produce two and half millions of
ours aken by her. which Is Just ten 10 one To ayo;
w. pu' u IL eigh' TO one To test the truth of his po
Suon ne was prepared, If time permitted 10 refer 10 nu
merous facts But 70: the information of the gentleman
Oh 'rghn' VINO Is so great friend 10 the poor and
oppressed farmers, will tell him that we have irnoed
yeany IoT Menty-sk years tso says Mr. Walkers repor
more than ten millions of dollars worth of wooen goods
Las' year we imported SlO.666,l76 worth Now one
nan AMI more Of the value OF this cloth was made nm NJ
WOOL inc subsistence OF labor and other agricultural pro
duehons The general estimate is that the woo nop. 4.
u1 ne universal custom among farmers, when they
au uer WOOL manufactured on shares, was TO give the
manufacturer half the cloth. Thus we import and On,
farmers have 10 pay for five millions OF dollars wnb NJ IA
sn WOOL every year IN the form OF CLOTH mostly the pro
OF sh'eP feeding on the grass and grain of
brltain while our wool is worthless for want Of
MARKET aud this Is the policy the gentleman RECOMMENDED
10 american farmers Yes sir and the gentleman is
ho'saushed with hive millions, but wishes to increase il
10 ten millions year for foreign wool Will the oen,lc
man deny this He dare not He has declared g., NJ,
"sAers DILL reducing the duties woollens nearly one
ha win view 10 increase the revenues of course the
npotis mua DC doubled making the import of cloth 2O
millions, instead OF ten, and of wool ten instead oS -
millions OF dollars per annum.
ms was the eentieman's plan favor the farmers Br
'sn farmers, by giving them the American market His
pan was to buy every thing, sell nothing get rich IA
laugh What was cloth was equally true os ~
every Thing else. Take har pair Of shoes. ward of
Elk or lace, ansJze H. resolve il into its constituent e
menls, and you wall find that the raw materi, I'D ,k
substance OF labor and other agricultural products,
u more man one-half OF its entire vaae The pauper
~ europe employed in manufacturing silk and lace
"ha II eat no more; and this is what you pay for when
you purchase their goods Break up your home manuc
nome markets, import every thing you eat and
ethA ana wearfor the benefit OF tho farmers! Oh what
menus these gentlemen the farmer and mechanics,
Britain. ~ "'o"s' VI ofeat
Now, ask whether wool is in the stricest sense an
agricultural Pr"dueon7 And if import zen millions in
eo'n Is not hve millions OF that paid ~ Sc COL
pouGGe OF BRUSH farmers! As still ger illus,ra-
n VI ms argument Mr. 5 referred TO -riicle of iron
Last year according Mr. Wake s report We mnor,eJ
SsO@SSSo worth OF foreign iron and its manufacure
mostly from Great Britain, fou-fhs OF the ynlue of which
'p pldcuca man knew, consisted OF agricultural pro-
ee ho'hlhg else Iron IL made of coal and what
Is the ore and coal buried your mountains WORTH Nh
ng-nothng at all, unused. What gives il yalue7 Tn.
aoot Of noses oxen, mules, and And what sustain
one, and bread aud meat and vegetable. of ever
k'na Tor the otherf These agricultural products were
PuehAsed and consumed, and this made up nearly
e whoe price OF the iron which the
ed and paid the farmers again and again as often
the process was repeated Well is not iron made in Eng
Iand Of the same materials that is made Of here1 Ger
any tnen Is not Of the value Of the British iron
mace OF BRUSH agricultural podueel and If purchase
nine millions OF dollars Of British iron a year do We
P'y SIX or seven millions OF this the produce
OF Brush isrmers-gran, hay grass bread meat and rr
haze IL
oi nohi lie put 1t the gen leman from Vir0ni, M
p'SY ~ say u this was not true 10 the letter. He cha
enged INN TO deny II dsprove it if he could Tire gen
ueu' pan was TO bfeaS down these great and growing
markets Tor our own farmers and give our own n
tue ofishi ana vet lie pTotesssd be friend to Amer-
can armer, Prom such ir ends good Lord deliver the
One remark moro this topic Secretary Walker informs
US That the present duty is IS Der cent which n.
proposes TO reduce TO 30 cent 10 increase The repe1us
DO is must he not then uble the imports Of ironl-
Clearly he must Then must add Ten or twelve m,ns
per year 10 import. OF ron and Of coure de-
soy inst amount Of domestic supply 10 make room for
H. mus nj bow M The sage article Of iron this bill il
nenoe1 To destroy the American markets for at least
millions Vt dollars worth Of domestic agricultural produce
TO be supplied from abroad and this is the Americsnno
the BTihsh-system OF policy which is now attempted to
De imposed upon this country by this Bish-hafng Ad-
HiHsbHtion! Let them do IT, and in les. than two
there will not be specie paying bank N the country The
people and the Treasury will be again bankrupt and the
scenes and suferings OF lSI0 will and with It, as
period
The home market, Mr. s. conended was every thing 10
e armeT, and the foreign market comparatively nothing
aone purchased and consumed times
as much Of the gram flour. and Of the other States
the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland from
whom we took hiy millions OF dollars worth Of manufac
lures yearly Massachusetts took thrtyve millions worth
exclusive OF cotton and tobacco while Great Britain toJ
out Two end hai Yet according the enteman from
virginia, the foreign market vastly the most mporan
M LEAKE here put this question Mr.. S. Whether
cotton and tobacco were not agricultural products
Mr. >. Ceuainy but they our only agricultural
Po1ucs There were other interests In this country worth
looking sitter and preserving besides and tobacco
But no doubt, the gentleman with Mr. Secretary
walker WHO tells us IN his freeade report which has 20
oeI6hed England, and wonder il has for he there
we must lake more British goods, because Il we do not
bnRlond must pay Tor our BTsadsfgfs" in specie and
mot hoUiRg Il 10 spare, she will bring down 10 even
geaer extent the price Of eoton." Yes "oHr cot
ion'-iheto y the rub The Norh and West must aui,
work cell nothing and buy every thing from England and
SEND Them our specie a. long as that England
have specie 70 pare" for Southern eoon-has the plan
thus openly and boldly proclaimed by the Secretary and bs
followers We Of the North and West must send our
dollar 70 England to buy breed and meat and grass and
grain in the form Of iron and CLOTH TO increase The price
Of ouT cotton" We must be "hower Of wood and draw
os OF water" Tor Great Butainpaupers slaves and beg
gef, that Englend may have specie TO spsfe for South