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

! The raw material, and the substance Oi labor,
and other agricultural products, constituted
more than one-half lis entire value. The pau
per labor Of Europe employed in manufacturing
silk aud lace got what it eat, no more; and this
! is what you pay for when you purchase their
goods Break up your home manufactures and
home markets, import everything you eat and
drink and wear, for The benefit Of the farmers
! Oh, what friends these gentlemen are TO the
farmers and mechanics and abourers of this
couHIy-no, sir, am wrong, of Great Britain
Now | ask whether wool is not, in the strict
est sense, an agricultural production! And if
We import ten millions in cloth, is not five mil
lions of that sum paid, for the wool alone,
product OF British farmers? AS sill stronger
illustration of his argument, Mr.. S. referred to
The article of iron. Last year, according TO
Mr. w alker's report, we Imported S9,O43,396
worth u foreign iron, and lis manufactures,
mostly from Great Britain, four.fifhs of The
value OF which, as every practical man knew,
consisted of al'produce-nothng else.
Iron is made of aud coal; and what is the
ore aud coal buried in your mountains worth?
Noihing-nolhing al all, unused. What gives
il value! The labor of horses. oxen. mules,
and men. And what sustained this labor but
corn and oats. hay and straw for the one, and
bread and mea, and vegetables of every kind
for the olher. These agricultural products
were purchased and consumed, and this made
up nearly the whole price of the iron which
The manufacturer received and paid over TO the
farmers again and again. as often as The pro-
cess was repeated. Well, is not iron made in
England OF the same materials that i, is made
of here? Certainly; then is not four-f(ths OF
he olu af do ,f Rrit
ricuura! produce! And if we purchase nine
millions of dollars worth Of British iron a year,
do we not pay six orseven millions of this sum
for the produce Of British farmers-grain, hay,
grass, bread, meat and other provisions for man
aud beast-sent here for sale in the form Of
iron? He put il 10 the gentleman from Virginia
(Mr. BAYLY) TO say if this was not true to he
leuer. He challenged him 10 deny il, or DIS
prove it if he could The genrleman's plan
was TO break down these great and growing
markets for our own farmers, and give our own
markets 10 The British; and ye, he profeSSed TO
be friend 10 American farmers " From
such friends good Lord deliver them !" One
remark more on This topic. Secretary Wal
ker informs US that The present duty on iron is
IS per cent, which he proposes TO reduce TO
80 per cent, 10 increase the revenue. To do his,
must he ret then double the imports of iron !!
Clearly he must. Then we must add Ten or
twelve millions per year to our present imports
OF iron, and of course destroy that amount Of
our domestic supply 10 make room for il. Thus,
al blow, in the sing lie article OF iron, this bill
is intended to destroy The American markets
for at least eight millions of dollars worth of
domestic agricultural produce TO be supplied
| from abroad; and this is The American-no !
the BritiSh-system of policy which is now
attempted TO be imposed upon this country by
this BritiSh-hating Administration! Let them
do il, and in less than two years there will not
be spece-paying bank in The country. The
people and The Treasury will be again bank
rupt and The scenes and sufferings of lS40
will return; and with il. as necessary conse-
quence, the political, revolutions of that period.
! [Mr. LEAxE said, cotton and tobacco were
az rlculiural products.
/ Mr.. S. certainly; but there are other inter
es,s in this country worth looking after and pre-
serving besides cotton and tobacco. Bul, no
doubt, The gentleman concurs with MIR. Sec
I relary Walker, who Tells US, in bis free trade
report, which has SO delighted England and
no wonder i, has, for he there says we must
take more BRUSH goods because, if we do not
England mus, pay for our 'breadStafs" in Spe-
cse, and mot haptng 1t TO spare, she will bring
down TO even greater extent the price Of on,
cotton Yes, "our coiron"-there is lhe rub
The North and Wes, mus, quit work, sell moth
ing, and bring every thing from England, and
send them our specie as long as ii lasts, SO that
England may have "speclesto spare" Tor South
ern colon-- that's the plan thus openly and
boldly proclaimed by the Secretary and his
! followers We OF The North and West mus
send our last dollar TO England 10 buy bread
and meat, and grass and grain. in The form o
iron and cloih 10 increase The price of "Our cot
ton" We must be "hewers of wood and draw
ers Of water" for Giedl Britaln-paupers
slaves, and begsars, tha, Engl land may have
"speele 10 spare" for Southern cotton. This
is the undisguised policy aud purpose OF The
Treasury Report. But Mr.. S. would say to
these Southern gentlemen: Don't be afraid
You will have your cotton market still. Eng
land mus, have your cotton-she can't dc
without il al present. But beware; the time
may come when England would not want "Ou'
cotton" and the South, IN turn, would cry ou
! for protection. But the gentleman congratu