The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-05-05

and flower now goes to England through her
colonial ports, and at colonial duties. inns
evadins the operation Ofthe COIN laws. while
the grain and flour from the north Of En-
rope must always pay the highest duties i'm
posedby the cOrn-laws. Hence Lord Ash
burton very justly argues, that we must be
overwhelmed If the corn laws are repealed,
aud this great advantage, now enjoyed by
Canada and the United States. of importing
Hour and grain at about one-forth of the du-
" paid by the importers from the Baltic and
Inc Black sea. Repeal the corn laws-put
them on an equal footing with US, and is not
the question settled, and the market lost to
our grain and flour in all time TO come
Nothing can be clearer. And yet gentlemen
exnit IN the prospect of the repeal Ofthe corn
laws, and are ready TO sacrifice the whole of
our manufactures and home markets TO bring
IL about. Suchwlll he the operation of the
repeal OF The corn laws on American aericuI-
Iure, and such is the statement of Lord Ash
burton, VINO perhaps knows as much about
the matter as even the learned gentleman
from Virginia. But this is not all. This
opinion Of Lord AshburtOn is sustained by
the most intelligent merchants in Great Brit
ain. Such is the uniform tenor of the tesli-
nony recently taken before select COM
mittee of the House of Commons on this sub
ject Henry Clearer Chapman, one Of the
witnesses, and one Of the most intelligent
men in The kingdom, says: Repeal the corn
laws and the growing trade with Canada and
the WcStern States Of -4merica y i'll be crush
cd by the cheaper productions of the Baltic
aud tie Black sea; consequently he adds,
'AmerIca, Canada. and British shi ping,
would receive severe and decisive blow by
the repeal of the corn laws. But still tue
gentleman from Virginia exuts in the pros
pect Of the repeal ofthe corn laws, aud boasts
Of the market II viii open TO our Western
iarme's. to whOm, however, he will not give
one dollar for their livers and improvements
not cent--buI is anxious 10 seduce them
into this British free trade trap; bnthe would
say 10 the West, 'iinIeO dandns.' trust your
friends, and beware OF your enemies. Look
at the b0astrd foreign Market what is it
Comparatively nothing. Look at facts.
The agricultural prodUcIinn of the United
States, exclusive of cotton and tobacco, is
estimated at one thousand million dollars
per year. Our exports to all the world last
Yeor amounted to Sll, I95 SIS. or this,
Great Britai" lock about two and half.
All The rest was consumed at home. So The
foreign markets of the world amounted to ii
millions, aud the home markettO 9S9 millions.
\ ct the gentleman had Just pronounced the
foreign markets every thing to the farmers,
aud Tile home markets mpaTaIively nothing.
We are told BY the gentleman, as well as by
the Secretary Of the Treasury, that il we
viii reduce our Tariff, England will repe2l
her corn laws. and open her ports to our
bread stu!s to enrich our farmers. Now,
SIR, beg iaimers TO look at official facts sent
10 US by this Secretary a few days since.
Look al the report on commerce and navisa-
ton, aud you will be asiunishcd to see that
England, Scotland, and Ireland last wear
took from the United States 2,OI0 bushels!
of wheat. and $3.50 barrels of flour, equal
III all to l|o,1o5 bushels Of wheat, NOT equal TO
he production Of Il single county in Penn
SylvanIa or Ohio. For six years prior
10 1913, she imported Annually moe
than twenty millions, and Of this only 49,
7s5 from the United S,ates-nof a hundredth
part Of her foreign supply. What an i'm
mense market for our bread stuff And
would the repeal the corn laws help you!
Clearly not. IL will favor other countries
Just as mUchas it will favor you; if the duty
IS taken off Ofyour grain. il is taken off Of
nay, worse. FoI we now get a large amount
Of grain to gland through the Canadian
ports al shillings duty. while the grain If
Europe pays Is. Repeal the corn laws, aud
hIs advantage is lost forever. and our trade
through the Colonial ports is at end.
Clearly Thea tile repeal Of the com laws viii
be an injury, aud great injury, to our ia,Ia-
ers on The Canadian frontier without ia lie
least favorins any body else.
Last year Great Britain and Ireland took
of the all the grain aud bread-siu Of The
United States, wheat. rye, oats, corn. -four,
aud meal ol all kinds, 1923, 25l dollars worth,
not quarter Of n million; and we took from
her S49,6o4, O59 worth Of her goods. nearly
fifty millions of dollars. These are official
facts, yet The Secretary ofthe Treasury who
communicates them says, five don't reduce
our tariff. and take more BrIish goods, Eng
land will have ID pay US specie Tor our bread
sigfS. What IN absurdify. She takes one
fouiih of million Of our breadstuifs, and
we take fifty millions of her goods; yet she
must pay specie Tor our breadsiuhs But
Great Britain took in the same year SO
676.-SJ9 worth Of cotton, yet this cotton
gro,ring Secretary is not satisfied. We OF
the West must break up our markets, send
our specie TO England 10 purchase WOol anu
other agricultural produce, converted into
goods, and support labor, fed by British
bread aud meat. so that England may have
plenty OF specie to pay for Dir. Walkers
coItou-farmers must be slaves to Southern
negroes. Farmers Of The West, what say
you TO this Viii you submit! you do,
you are Slaves. AID you deserve it. But
another fact. Our exports Of manufactures
last wear. including those OF wood, amounted
10 $l3, APO, l66. Assuming, as in the case OF
British manufactures. that one-half their val
ne is made up Of American agricultural pro-
dsce then we export nearly seren millions OF
dollars worth Of agricultural produce IN the
form Of manufactures, which does no. g Tut or
;njure The foreign markets, for our flour and
grain, in its original form. To use tamil
lar illustration Western farmers send their
corn. hay, and oats, thousands of dollars
worth, every year TO the Eastern market, not
ia its rude and original form, bot ID the form
of hogs and horses they give their hay
stacks life aud legs, and make them trotto
IaN