Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-09-02
From the Democratic Review.
PRACTICAL ANNEXATION OF ENGLAND.
f KIT Z A c T.

EXTRACT.
There can be no trade, either internal
or external in any country, which is not
based on an interchange of the produce
of industry. In the north of Europe,
where the people are not sufficiently re
fined to use wheat as an article oil food, |
their wants in all respects are circumscri- |
bed, and they do not require, in exchange
for the wheat they raise exclusively as an
article Of export, those articles OF British |
manufacture which constitute the means |
of England to pay for food, and which are
OF first necessity to the well-belng OF the |
American agriculturists, the retinements |
and attainments Of whose families are su-
perior to many OF the rural lords in Eu- |
rope. Ii is this community of interests |
between the Anglo SaXons OF England and
those of the United States, that under a
free system, will ensure to the latter the
supply of all the grain Of which England
may be deficient, and the interchange Of
commodities reduces the cost OF transpor.
tation. If a vessel leaves the port OF
New York with grain, she charges Cd.
sterling or Is cts. per bushel freight, and
she cannot carry less, because she is al
most sure to come back empty, and that
! Is cents covers the expense OF Two passa-
ges. If she had return cargo, the same
profit would accrue from cents freigh on
bushel of grain out, which item alone
would reduce the cost of the wheat deli.
vered in England IS. I'D. per quarer,-
| The want OF this iniercommunOR is the
great source Of distress at this moment
both in England aud the States. The
chief products of the former arc manu-.
features, and of the latter, agricultural pro-
duce. In both countries there is an over.
production of the staples Of each, glut Of
markets and most unparalleled depres-
sion in prices; while in each country there
is a great want of the surplus products OF
the other. Manufactured goods were never
so abundant or so low as in England, and
produce, particularly wheat and white
flour, scarcely ever presented in any coun.
try such quantities for so little money, as
is now the case in the United States.
The farmers of America cannot buy
, goods, either foreign or domestic, because
, they cannot dispose OF their produce. The
operatives of England cannot buy a sufii-
} cheney Of that produce, because the gul-
} ted market for goods suspends heir labors
and wages at the same time This unna-
. tural separation of interests and mutual
} injury inflicted upon each other, has been
r the result OF government Jealousles kept
Y alive by parties who have sought special
privileges to themselves, at the expense o.
e the remaining portion OF the people al
!, home and abroad. II has been supposed
S that the welfare of the state required lt'
e independence, as il has been called, OF othe
= countries for It's supplies. Yet the nation
y that has a great deal 10 sell, is as muct
If dependent upon the buyer as the latter j
n upon the producer, The transaction o
:, sale and purchase is a mutual benefit
y Special privileges have only served t
G make the government and certain casse
}. rich and powerful at the expense OF tn
5. people. England is an eminent eXampl
n Of the working of this theory. Her go
yernment and aristocracy combine powe
and wealth IN an extraordinary degree, bu
D. the condition Of her people is far from en-
!. viable, Her power itself is fast becomn
nominal. Ia an actual war she would in
n. Aict great and serious injuries upon he
n opponent; but her commercial Interests
=. on which. that power rests, makes the eS
n slence OF the war impossible. Inc pee
, pie of England have discovered that Peac
70 and commerce are The means OF their we
nj fare, and not taxes and glory. 10 eXten
3. commerce they have successfully demln'
m ed free trade IN corn. The idea that
g. depend upon foreign nations Tor corn
niurIous TO the national welfare, has bee
pronounced by the popular leaders n Pa
IN Lament, az absurdily, and the nation
10 yoice has declared for entire freedom
y. the trade 10 that article. The U. Stat
!, are eminently fitted by resources, habit
-, industry, and position, to supply the wan
In Of England; aud The people OF this count
10. have demanded an Abandonment OF the
ms solete notion Of protective duties, wine
Ia. 10 their operation, mean, pracilcaliy'
~, embargo on sales Of curn 10 England,
de lorbddlng the entry VI the returns 10 pr
IN ducts Of British industry. The stale
Texas, in It's independent condition, COZ
not successfully carry on lis governme
-. and il asked 10 be annexed 70 the bnl