Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-05-12

But sill the gentleman from IrCtna cx uts IN
the prospect OF the repeal Of the corn laws, and
boasts OF the marhe. II viii opea 10 our " Western
farmers. TO whom, however, he viii not give
dollar for their rivers and improyemonts-not
ent-but IS ANXIOUS 10 seducc them into this
British FREQ trade trap; bu, he woald say the
West, "iimco danaos.'' trust Your friends, aud
beware of Your enemies. Look at Tho boastcd
foreign market what IS Il! Comparatively moth
ing. Look u. facts. The agricultural produc
tons Of the United States, exclusive of cotton
and tobacco Is estimated al ono thousand m-
lions per year. Oar exports to all the world a
mounted last year to ~ .lJ1,5lo. OF this,
Great Britain took about TWO and half. All
tho rest was consumed at home. So tho foreign
markets OF tho world amounted 10 millions,
and tho homo market 10 $50 millions. Ct the
gentleman had Just pronounced tho foreign mar
iScts every thing to the farmers. and tho home
markets comparatively nothing. We AFRO told by
the gentleman, rs well as by the Soy of the
Treasury. that If we Viii reduce our Tariff.
England will repeal her corn laws, and open her
ports TO our bread suts 10 enrich farmers.
Now, sir. beg farmers 10 look at official facts
sent to by this Sccrctary few days since.
Look at the report on commerce and navigation.
and YOU viii be astouishod 10 that England,
Scotland, and ireland last year took from tho l.
ntcd States 600 bushels, of wheat, md 3d.,
80 barrels of -four, equal in all 10 l1S,7SJ bush
els of wheat not equal 10 tho production OF s,n-
gle county In Pennsylvania Ohio. Eng land
imports abou, eighteen millions of bushels of
wheat yoarly. I cr SIN years prior 10 l3, she
imported annually than twenty millions. and
of this only rs, s. from tho nltcd Statcs-
not hundrodth part Of her foreign supply. What
an immense market for our bread-stuifl md
would tho repeal of tho laws help you!
Clearly not. 1t viii favor other countries Just
much rs il will favor you; tho duty IS taken off
of your grain. il is taken Off Of theirs. So II
leaves YOU JUS. who're you arc; nay. worse. For
We 10 70 @ 10 i.0Ula
through tho Canadian ports ct i shillings duty,
whllo tho grain of Europe pays IS. Repeal tho
corn laws, and this advantnge is lost for ever,
and trade through The Colonial ports is at an
end. Clearly then the repeal of the corn laws
will DO m injury, and great iniury,to our far
mcrs on the Canadian frontier, without the Toast
favoring any body else.
Last year Great Britain and Ireland took Of all
the grain and bread-stufis of tho United States,
wheat, rye. oats, corn. -four, and meal of oil
kinds, S223,20l worth, not quarter of mil
lion; and took from her $40. 6S $50 worth
of her goods. nearly fifty millions of dollars.
These arc official facts yet tho Secretary OF tho
Treasury who munlcatcs them says. if we
don't reduce our tariff; and take moro British
goods. England will havo to pay specie for
bread stutis. W hat IN absurdily. She
takes onc-foaTth of 4 million of our breadstufls,
and we take fifty millions of her goods ye, she
must pay sEeco for bread-s.uflsil But Great
Britain took in the same year S3o,G1o,S $50 worth
OF cotton yet this cotton growing Secretary not
satisfied. We Of tho West must break up our
markets, send our specie to England to purchase
wool and other agricultural produce. converted
into goods. and support labor, fed by British bread
and meat, SO tha. England may have plenty of
specie to pay high prices for Mr.. Walkers cotton
farmers must be slaves TO Southern negroes.
Farmers of the West. what say you TO this!
VIII you SUBMIT If you do, you slaves, and
YOU deserve it. Blu. another fact. Our exports
HoTy fac Iacf Ind fhacn &C
wood, amounted 10 Sl3.f2S. I66. Assuming. as
in the case of British manufactures, that ono half
their value is mado up of American agricultural
produce. then export nearly seven millions of
dollars worth of agricultural produce in the form
of manufactures, which does not glut injurc
tho foreign markets. for -four aud grain, in It's
original form. To use n familiar illustration:
Western farmers send their corn, hay. and oats i,
thousand Of dollars worth, every year to the ltas
tern market, not in its rude and original form.
but in tho form ofhogs and horses; they give their
hay-stac life ard legs, aud mako them trot TO
market with tho farmer thor back. \ laugh. J
SO the British converted their produce. not into
hogs or horses, but into cloth md iron. and send
it here for sale. And, viewing the subject in this
light, no could demonstrate that there was not
State IN the | MON that did not consume five
dollars worth Of British agricultural produce TO
one dollars worth she consumes of theirs. Time
would no, permit him TO 90 into details but he
would furnish the elements from which any one
could mako tho calculation. Assuming that con-
sumption and expectation. arc in proportion 10
population then VIC import 30 millions Of British
goods. and % inillions-onc-half--is agricultural
produce. We expor. to England agricultural
produce excluding cotton and tobacco) p mil
lions. Divide these sums, 25 and 9 millions, by
223. the No. 70 Representatives, it gives s112,-
los the amount of British agricultural produce
consumed in the form Of goods in each Con-
gressional district; and sl1.2IO their cxpor.
to Grea. Britain Of agricultural produce. This
gives the proportion of ten 10 one. Yet gen,lo-
men are satisfied. md wish still further 20 in
crease the irnpor, of British goods, and still fur
Their PROSTATE and destroy the American farmer
and mechanic and laboring 10 favor for.
eigners.
! To shew the efToc: upon currency. as well ns