Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-09-22

features country, and derive us
British other foreign goods His policy in
words prevent he sgbstfnfioH Of domestic rjull
Drodcts for in0orteI altjcies THIS policy OF substit-
ag Anelican far f1rciga goo1s, he says furious
the revenue, AMI mast be arrested by reducing the duties
to let in the productions OF foreign labor and thus
break down American mechanics and manufactures, and
put end to Tins growing evil Of "Sututing mcrir4n
r.ral p5odoefs of fsreign eoods' This sentiment the
Secretary has repeated several times his report
pages and 6. Ills policy increase the revenue
by Increasing iiaPortatons and he would reduce the
averag" Of duties to oned, Of course to ct the
amount Of revenue, add third i'm
ports. This MANIFEST and uuden4bc. Our present
imports amocntcd to hundred millions: carry out
the S-csetary plan must raise them hundred
and fifty millions.
Oar exports about hundred milliors, and Of
fifty millions specie woull be required annually
to pay The balance. The whole specie of the country had
never been estimated at more than eighty millions How
then the policy o work, How was it to mike up
this deficit Not from the banks they would be bro
ken up within the very first year such system and
then what Mr. Secretary going DO for his revenue
The duty foreign iron, he tells per He
for reducing 30 per cent-!css than half
" must Of course, import than double the
OF foreign to ct the Of revenue and
to that extent break mp American supply Now,
impossible 10 make oar people double their consumption,
and the result necessarily be ct them take
foreign goods where they took domestic thus sup
living the demand abroad, and Of DESTROYING
the domestic article to that extent - as all this
plain Could any his deny it And then
besides where the Secretary going get the money
pay for all these oTegn goods! There the rub
The gentleman from Virginia 3Ir BaiIy ta1e about
exporting potatoes Ireland. Export potatoes Ire
land! He would tell that gentleman that last year
imported 2II 81 bushels paying duty OF ten per
bushc-l5 OF from ireland, while Ireland took of all
grain only 80 bushels of corn, barrel of flour
corntneaI, bushe Of grain, is productions in any
other form The whole Of our mighty exports of bread
sutTs En- Gland. Scotland AMI Ireland, amounted
less than 1921 900, less than fourth Of liIion-lcss
than could be furnished by single Western county
Potatoes cheaper in Ireland than in the United
States the people starving because they had
protection against England, money, employ nent
This the effect of free trade with En- gland, an
precisely the condition into which 'r-ce tod .''-
England would BRING ms country # 4 were aloP-
ted. Free trade with England reminded him of an
ecdotc Of an Ir~hnlan who when complaining Of starva
ton IN Ireland, was asked whether potatoes
very cheap he 'Chapc, the Lord love We,
they re but saxpcnce bushel' How it then, You
sarving2' Just because have work, and can't
get stxpencs y laugh Such the fruits of ex-
changing agricultural products for manufactured goods
tn, products of manuel labor fer the production machine
ry-gorhing tIl hoe against the leon. Such had been
always would be the result Of tins miscrabls system
Of policy, Whenever anI wherever adopted