The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-05-15
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ket lost TO our grain and -four in oil time 10
come Nothing eau bo clearer. And vet
gentlemen exullin the prospect OF the repeal
OF the corn laws. aud are ready TO sacrifice
The whole 81 our manufactures and home
markets 10 bring IL about Such gill be the
operation Of the repeal Of the cora laws on
American agriculture, end such is the state.
menl OF Lord AshbuIlon, a hoperhaps knows
as much about the matter es even the learn
cd gentleman from Virginia. But this is not
all' lhIs opinion Of Lord AshburIun is sus.
tanned by the most intelligent merchants in
Gfea' Britain. Such IS the uniform tenor Of
The testimony recently taken before select
committee ofihe House Of Comtnous on this
SUBJECT Henry C}eGrer Chapman, che Of
the witnesses, and one Of the mos, intelligent
men IN The kingdom, says: = Repeal the
corn laws aud the growing trade with Can.
ada and Tie Western Stairs eff America will
be crushed by the cheaper productions Of
the Baltic aud the Black Sea consequent.
y, he adds, F" America, Cbuada, and Brit.
lsh shipping, would receive severe aud
decisive blow BY the repeal Of tic corn
laws. But still the gentleman from Viz.
gina eIuls IN the prospect Of the repeal of
the corn laws, add boasts or The market il
will open to our Western farmers, 10 whom,
however, be will not give one dollar for their
rivers ana mproVements-no, cenl-bui
IS anxious to seduce them into this British
tree trade trap; lut he would say to the
West, timoo danaos," trust your friends,
aud beware Of your enemies. Look nj the
boosted foreign market, what is III Com.
pafatIyeiy nothing. L. ok at facts. The
agricultural productions OF the L. States,
exclusive OF cotton and tobacco, is estmaa
ted at one thousand millions per wear. Our
exports TO all the world amounted last year
10 Sll,l95,5l5. or this, Grea, Britain
took about two and half All the rest
was consumed ei home. So the foreign
markets c. he world amounted to / | mil
lions, and the home market 10 ESQ millions,
/ ct the gentleman had just pronounced the
foreign markets every thing TO the farmers,
and The home markets comparatively moth
ne. We are told by the gentleman, as
we'll as by the Secretary Of the Treasury,
that II We will reduce our Tariff, England
will repeal her corn laws, and open her
ports TO our bread slutis 10 enrich our far.
mefs' Now, sir, beg farmers TO lock at
official facts sen. 10 US by this Secretary a
few days since. Look al the report on com
meice and navigation, and you will be as.
ionlshed 10 see that England, Scotland, and
ireland last year took from the e. States
1910 bushels Of heat, and 80 355 bar.
els Of flour, equal in all to 1878 bush.
Us OF wheat, not equal 10 the production Of
single county in Pennsylvania or Ohio.
England imports about eighteen millions Of
bushels Of wheat yearly. For six wears
'tior to 1913, she imported annually more
han twenty millions, aud OF this only u.s.
50 from the United States-noi a hun.
fedth part Of her foreign supply What
10 immeuse marke. for our bread stuff
And would the repeal Of the corn laws help
'ou Clearly not. Ii will favor other
just az mach rs it will favor you;
the duty is taken cir of your grain, it is
AIKEN of Of theirs. So it leaves you lust
where you are nay, worse. For We now
rel large amount Of grain to England
through the Canadian ports OF 4 shillings
uiy, while the grim of Europe pays Is.
repeal the corn laws, and this advantage is
1st for ever, and our trade through the Coz
1nial ports Is al an end. Clearly then the
ePeal OF the corn laws will be an injury
nd great injury, to cur farmers on the
canadian frontier, without 10 the least Ia
'oIing any body else.
Last year Grea. Britain and Ireland took
II all the grain and breadstutis Of the U.
states, wheat, rye, oats, corn, 05ur, and
neal Of all kinds, 223, 25l dollars worth, not
quarter of million; and we took from
or 40 ,6c4,0 5e dollars worth Of her goods,
early fifty millions Of dollars. These are
thcial facts, yet the Secretary Of the Urea.
ury who communicates them says, If we
ont reduce our tariff, and take more Brit
81 goods, England will have to pay US spe.
ie for our breadsIutIs. VIVA. an ubsurdi.
=. She takes oue.fourth of a million of
lr bread stuhs, and We take fifty millions
her goods yet she mus. pay specie for
az bread.siutis But Great Britain took
the same year 35,6i5, $50 dollars worth
cotton, yet this cotton grOl9ing Secretary
not satisfied. We OF the West must
reak up our markets, send our specie TO
,ngand to purchase wool and other agri.
ultura produce, converted into goods, and
Ippors labor, fed by British bread and
leat, so that England may have plenty of
1ecie to pay high prices for Mr.. Walkers
otton-farmefs must be slaves to Southern
egroes. Farmers Of the West, what saw
on to thsl VIII you submit If YOU
D, you ere slaves, aud you deserve il. But
Mother fact. Our exports Of manufactures
ST year, including those of wood amount.
10 Sl3,429.l66. Assuming, as 10 the
sc OF British manufactures, that one half
cir value rs made up Of American sgri.
lltural produce, then We expor. nearly
ven millions OF dollars worth of agr,cul.
r0l produce 10 the form of manufactures,
hIch does not glut or injure the foreign
our flour and grain, in IFS orr
lnal form. To use a familiar illustration
Vesiern farmers send their corn, hay, and
ats, thousand Of dollars worth, every year