Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-03-19
SPEECH or
Mr.. CHARLES HUDSON OF MASS.
CONCLUDED


S.tts, Mil giNr a total ol 1.y6l, 0OO bushels
bcing al icsst tisli a million mut. Than oar
aycrses export ~ ali lrteigu nations. h,,.
c-iiuntcd th~ consumption d the New Ene
lsni STATES. other th,n Massachusetts. 81 c,n.
s.lenbir ics, Pf hra.i than "a, own STATE.
heaus, with III exception 81 i;hOir Island,
ib', 90. ~ ae agricultural, suI because "a
li, q eesslcr proportion ol what nom tb-ie
oNu ~th. This estimate uay npi b. cniic.
/, accurate. bat ! an cont heat it1' At c0nnDi
be los irDn Tia tfuth.
Bat mtuuaciurcs srr not hv any va ans rpn
hIej ~ New EnSlsud New lork. New
Jcrs.,. rctn-sivsptI ant orcrtl Other States
ste deeply cncg-i 49, them. Sni all ,hcs,
mIuai.cipuin r,iabll. hneutiunIi,hs 80 mtns
markets iof ia whest gn,wcrs. II the rspx.lI
q, thc corn bas shouli cut IN our trlir
ihrpusI C,msii. ". should have a sirdu,
whict would reduce thc pncs. aui 30 iniut
The grain growiny interest. MY, ,fuuf duty
on ioteisn Nhect were repealed, ihs EsStetu
States woall. wheat Tia crops IN. utol IA IN
i"ts', receive . prtnoa OF thris supply irou
the Baltic. And ~ oar present. protective
policy II to D. b5rtcrcd lor . nepesl al tc cora
lA~s. AMI large quantities ot British goo 4, az,
20 be thrown into our mirhrt. a. viii prosrste
in1ny oi OFT mlnJlactorirs. AMI ihereb, des
if19 ihe hone mlrkci, which the giaiu gtow.
sr now ENJOY. LIT our present policy %,
abintpncd, ani tn Surplus OF Euttt- "
hrown ia upon ~, and the balance OF trade
nhl sSon D. against as, IN which case Qua specie
Will be sent abroad. oar currency be dcEapg-d.
ani all The evils ~ e1%pedenCel a lew wear,
since VIII return. lnli, iduhl enterprise will
be parsliIed, ouf import. will iall oil iron ouf
Inability 10 punhas,. aud The Government
viii b. hinNrugt a. II was ia I5il-'2. T1,-sc
are The evils which the proposed policy will.
IN my estimation, bring la its ,ain.
Bot We shall b. told that Great Britain has
sat us a noble example, and we. as a free poo
Pie, should fellow AZ. Bat what's the exam.
pie which Grat Britain has s.p She has
consulted her own interest, aud propos to
make such a modification ot her policy y, t..
m the csumtuon Of her ministry bsst suited
10 her present con iitIon 3nl he condition at
al tn world. Shs s.rs that her corn laws
have excluded the wheat uf Grrnanv ani
fn,.si,, ani have driven them into mdnuidc.
Jsrins. Shs SECS that. instead ol being her
custom r., they are bgiuuing SO becoai hrr
competitors los the markets at toe world. AMI
she wishes 10 arrest th.ir procr s. She SOS.
also, la the United States gtcat sul power
il rNtl, AMI SAC ~ fishes tO embrace th- pre-
sent oPpurtuuity 60 check our growth aul ian.
par oar prosperity. SIX ugsnis the prrScnt
nom nj a. peculiarly favorable To- strike the
fatal blow. She b,hotd, in our Chiri Ma Is
tTatc a leaning io a commercial pole, which.
Is well suited TO her condition, bat iliy adapt
cal To our own. Sic find, in the Secretary Of
the Treasury sn advocate oi hcf Interests. and
shc greet, hun with wei dom, cool aud
faithful s"Tv.nt.'
But II gentlemen suppose that 6 rcai Britain
has Hny SPECIAL reference 10 the welfare of any
other nation, let them undcCoiyc themselves.
All her proposed changes have reference cher
" prosperity. She takes the duty of from
American cotton, not tn benefit our coiton
growers, but 10 enable her Own manufactures
~ sgl1ascie Iposc hacccsSinlly with inc mann J
iactufcfs oil tlis country ioT ouT market, aud
uhe other markets into Which our manulac-
lures have iouni their Way. II she wishes 10
promote the agricultural iutererlso i this coun-
tIy. why dOes she not sbltc 100 per cent.
duty upon American tobacco. and suffer IL To
come TN al a moderate r.t.f No nation looks
more carefully To- hcr own interests than Great
Br'tsin, ail Do Que l~cgislatcs more nndcl
stsndingly. Het agriculture aud manufactures
have bees carried 30 the highest point of per
fiction; ond, seeing herself IN advance of the
n~aticns, she now proposes iree ,rsdc. with a
full ConNietion that she will prove more than
n match los them lu such an unequal contest.
She has buili herself upby her Navigation net,
and other TestTi'tiyc measures, and now she
propos. partial abandonment OF that policy,
and kindly invites other nations To give up
ihe very policy which has made her Whist she
u. Frcc trade with such q milton wotll n,
sNNN ANN w NHN hNAa uil III
lamb. To thc one II NIGH, prove beneficial.
but to ths othefit would b. death. Free trade
iu taCi, can never exist between nations situa.
ted 80 differently ns the United States npd
Great Butsin. II both nations should mole
their revenue laws after the same standard
the trade between Us would not b. free Hu'
cleal. Her accumulated capital her low
nte OF interest, tbs cheapnc., u hrr labor. the
advanced statc Of her MANUFACTURES ,youLI
ElN har a.. aIHaassaa o..
make all things equsl at home, by coni,sirnt.
end halsnccs, telDrr any two nltinns oia have
system q! commercial intercourse which
VIII be strictly reciprocal, and equally pro.
ducuVe oi tfir prosperity Of both.
j do not iuicnd ia crusurc Great Britain
for ilIe new policy which she proposes she
- the snlrdIan al her own interests, nnd will
see that ihey are wei protected. la tact. /
CONSIDER heT example worthy ul cur imitation.
She couloSms 10 htT condition, and theron. +.
us 70 conform so ours. The chcapnuSso of can.
itai aud de how prce Ol labor la that Ming.
dom ar the goat characteristics - lar 81,
tbis question: - Conccred, and, VA order a.
meet her on equal ground. our inirprndru
iaborrrs must CONSENT 90 come down io a.,
low standard Of tn half starved labor of Enr
land. They must b. content 60 labor los Iron
30 TO % cents per day ami bsar1 ihrm.elyc-
BItare they wiling 10 de- it, Will tbe Ire,
born citizens ct An nca consent To- dcrnd,
tion like thisf J trust ihey will not. IN
glory oi our county consists in lhe iaeis ,bs
bere "the lab0fef . worthy ol his birr. j.
Tite great moss Oi our people ate born to a.
otlIeT iuhentiuCc ti,au Ia pdyii-ge Wht,hou
sDuutD holds Vut 10 every industrious MAJ
II "DtsinlnE a comfortable living by tbe iuli
oi lbs Oyn iOii mi u n q freeman. it.ier.
WHO - bSfn So sJvh a p%aiumoiv. The con
Nt6nsne-s that ~ can sustsia hin-lf b, Nj
own hand. sHi thst well directed iml,ssir
wHh enable bin To provide fof tbe ms,ut,
nancr 81 has family ani he education oi III
Children mon t%hpnan} thing else. gives ma,
ectef "a aa Atn.ueau ani m,kes hm wa,
he vas designed tp b. b. Ls 60,