Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-07-18

neither fish or flesh to some, is evidently intend
ed as thrust at the tariff of 1912, and an appro
val of Mckay's iniquitous and destructive tariff
bill now before the L 6 senate We should
Jet the article pass uuno,iccd were it not that it
might be quoted by the free trade journals abroad
as the opinion OF the democracy in this section of
the state, when the fact is that scarcely dozen
of individuals can he found who do not condemn.
in the strongest terms McKay's odious British
bill A bill which, according to Mr.. Walkers
own admissions in order to raise sufficient rcve-
nuc, Will compel us to import 50 millions Of dol.
lars worth more OF foreign products, manutactu.
red and got TAP by foreign labor, instead of giving
employment, To our own laborcrs and mechanics
The Gazette says:
"Who will believe that the wing representa-.
ivcs Of Ohio, kentucky. North CarUna &c,
agricultural states which have no interest in
the manufactures of the country, are favorable
10 hieh protective tariff. measure which i'm
poses tax upon them for The benefit of P,nn.
sviv1nin, aud the Other manufacturing states
The idea is prcpostcrons. They urc not favor.
able to high tariff. They are for a tariff witch
will enable them To buy their cloths, their cotton
their pork aud their brcf dear"
Where, We would ask will the farmer sell his
grain, pork and beef dear, when the home mar.
kct, created 10y our manufactures. is DESTROYED
Does the editor know that ou, of about 100 mil.
lions of bushels Of wheat annually produced in
this country. England has taken on an average
less Than five millions of bushels, while we were
ing at the same time about 100 millions Of
dollars worth of her manufactures Does not
the Gazette know that the single state OF Massa
chusctfs alone Affords our farmers a better mar
kct than England But the Gazette says, tn"
agricultural states have no interest in the manu-
lac,urcs ofthr country This is certainly a new
doctrine II is pretty generally conceded that,
ahou, one half of the cost Of manufactured art.
clcs is made up Of agricultural labor and pro-.
ducts IT, then, we import 30 million of dollars
worth moro merchandise under McKav's bill we
must necessarily take 81 millions OF dollars from
our farmers, and put that sum in the pockets Of
British farmers and and.owncrs-in amount ius,
five times as much as England takes Of onr wheat
Nor will the repeal of the corn laws make any
material difference Nine-tenths of all the grain
imported into England, has hitherto come from,
the shores Of the Baltic, paying duty of about
10 cents per bnshel, while al the same time \.
mcriCan wheat could be sent TO ngland, hv way
Of Canada, al duty of about II cents. How
then can our farmers expect to compete with
these Russian ser(s, when their wheat is admit
ted on equal terms with ours Every Presden,
Of the United States, with the exception Of John
Tyler and Mr. Polk. has admitted the necessity
and beneficial effects OF orr manufactures upor
our agricultural interests. II is useless 10 say
more upon the subject Common sense as wei
as common experience teaches MS, if we destroy
our furnaces, forgcs and work shops, none suiIc
more severely than the farmer.
IAHRisnrRG REroRTFR - On Thursday las
he printing materials belonging To tins oilic,
were sold NJ ntconstablr's sale The whole office
brought about tour hundred dOlI;rs. No papc
har brcn issued for the last two wccks This
Is the sixth newspaper establishment that ha
passed through the hands of tho sh riff and cons
table in Cnr borough, within tho !,st two years
and augnrs hsCly tor tho success; Of edit,rinl en-
'erprlses at lie sent ot govcrnment-inion.
o. Could not our friend Jesse Miller exten,
a helping hand 10 save the organ of the admins
tration Rats leave a sinking ship" was tn
language the Reporter applied few weeks sine
! 10 the Lycoming Gazette, one of the oldest am
/ frmest democratic papers we have. Prophecle
! take strange turn, sometimes
! c. TmE one Trrw PRlNCirLr.-The follow
/ ing extracts, on the principle OF one term, "
take from the speech of Judge Woodward, in In
reform convention. We trust he aud his friend
will endeavor to carry them out at the mex
election for Governor
"Mr. Woodward said he was desrious tn
amendment should BE- adopted as ii would 5,
cure the fidelity Of the executive officer
would relieve the governor from the nccessit
of directing the main measures of his administr;
ton TO his own continuance in office lie di
no, mean TO say that any governor bad ever $
prosti,uted his power, as to have used it to efe,
his reelection.
The veto power, the patronage power, / fac
all the various powers, with which the constitl
,ion clothes that officer, might be employe,
more with view to his reelection 10 the Ollie
Of governor, for a second OF third tenn, than {,
the substantial benefit and good Of the people
the commonwealth OF Pennsylvania. lie NJ
w was opposed 10 all these temptations; al
his belief was that the Office would be more d
nfed, more elevated, more worthy to be fll'
by the best men in the State, if divested of a
those circumstances aud inducements, viii,
might be taken advantage of by a corrupt ma
To procure his reelection Ii we made a m;