True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-12-30


! srepeal.
Il would be strange If, 10 the face ofthe
ample Of Great Britain, 'onr principal
Feign customer, and ofthe evils Of aSys-
b rendered manifest in that country by
u hg and painful experience, and in the
Il 4 Of the immense advantages which,
d Ter more liberal commercial policy,
Nv are already deriving, and must contin-
ue q derive, BY supplying her starving
population with food, the. United States
shonld restore a policy which she has been
colnpeIledto abandon, and thus diminish
herability to purchase fromus the food and
other articles which she SO much needs,
andwe so much desire to sell. BY the
simultaneous abandonment ofthe protec-
tive poIicvby Great Britain aud the Uni.
ted States, new and important markets
have already been opened for our agricnl
'tnral aud other produc IS; commerce and
navigation have received new impulse
labor and trade have been released from
The artificial tTammels which have so long
fcttered them; and to great extent reel
procity, in theexchange of commodities,
has been Introduced al the same tine by
both countries, and greatly for the benefit
Of both Great Britain has been forced, by
the pressure Of circumstance at home, TO
abandon a policy which has been upheld
for ages, and to open her markets for our
immense surplus Of bread.stuffS; audit is
confidently believed that other Powers of
Europe will ultimately see the wisdom, if
they be moi Compelled by the pauperism
and Suderings Of their crowded population,
10 pursue a similar policy.
Our farmers are more deeply interested
in maintaining The just and liberal policy
Of the existing law than any otIler class of
our citizens. They constitute a large ma
jority Of our population; and it is well
known that when they prosper, all other
pursuits prosper also. They have hereto
fore not only received none Of the bonntes
Or favors ofgovernment, but, by the une-
quail operations Of lhe protective policy,
have bSen nude, by the burdens oftaxaion
which II imposed, 10 contribute 10 the
bounties whichhave enriched others.
When foreign as we'll as home mar
ket is opened to them, they must receive,
as they are now receiving, increased prices
Tor their products. They will find n read
Ter sale, and at better prices, for their wheat,
flour, rice, Indian corn, beef, pork, lard,
butter, cheese, and other articles, which
they produce. The home market alone is
Inadequate to enable them TO dispose ofthe
immense surplus OF food and other articles
which they are capable of producing, even
at the most reduced prices, for the manifest
reason that they cannot be consumed IN the
country. The United States can, from
their immense suTpluse, supply not only
the home demand, but the deficiencies of
food required by the whole world
That the reduced production of somo Of
the chief articles food in GreatsBrltain,
aud other parts of Europe, may have con-
tributed 10 increase the demand for our
and provisions, is not doubted;
but that the great and efficient cause ofthis
increased demand, and of increased prices,
consists in the removal of artificial restric-
tions heretofore imposed, is deemed to be
equally certain. That urexporls offood,
already increased and increasing beyond
former example, under the more liberal
policy which has been adopted will besliIIs
vastly enlarged, unless they be checked or
prevented by a restoration Of thk protective
policy cannot be doubted. That our COM
mercia and navigating Interests will be
enlarged in a corresponding ratio with the
increase Of our trade is equally certain;
while our manufacturing Interests willstill
be the favored interests Of the cobntry, and
receive the incidental proiectioh afforded
them by revenue duties; and more than
tbs they cannot Justly demand
Thenc of the sixth of August lasi, ITO
pIcVide for the-beller organizat h q the
Sgilty, and for The collection, safe Weep
ing transfer, and disbursement ofthe pubs
lie revenue" has been carried into execu-
lion as rapidly as the delay necessarily
arising outof the appointment Of new Off
GERS, taking and approving their bonds, and
and securing proper places for
The safe-keeping Of the pubiicmoney, would
permit. Il isnot proposed to depart ia any
respect from the principles or policy on
which this great measure is lounded. There
are, however, defects in The details OF the
measure, developed by its practical opera
toD, Which are fully sel forth in the report
Of the Secretary of the Treasury, to which
NE attention Of Congress is invited. These
detects would impair 70 some extent the
successful operation oftheiaw tall times,
bui are especially embarrassing when the
copniry IS engaged ID war, when the ex-
peldiiurcs are greatly increased, when