The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-09-09

be inferred from tie tact that lalA O! lteII
or quality, which a few years ago wae
worth but ten duEiais per acre, has risen in
value, aud now commands from sky to
one hnndfed dollars per acre; il situated IN
the vicinity of the manufactu ing towns IN
New England; indeed, Tie beneficial iut!n-
eice OF those factories is felt 10 that effect
! IN New Castle County. Delaware, whilst
| lands III the interior Of The West ii the 9rea
American bottom of Illinois, tne Missouri
aud Mississippi lotions has no. advanced
| one cent per acre Iudred touSahds OF
acres are annually rever ing 10 ;hc safes i /
| which they are situate. the original propri-
etors having abandoned them in cunee-
/ qnence Of I'll, want Of mlrliei for l!lcir
| produce. As proof Of this face, The Hon
T.. Burke, Commissioner Of Patents. has
information, and so gives ii in his rrpo,
! Tor ~; that il cost seventeen Gents 10 pro
| duce one bushel Of corn in The West. This
corn, some Off; aIIcasl, is transported five
! hundred miles ly Wagons and Sran>
| boats 10 S. Lonis, and i, there soil general
| ly a, from II TO 20 Gents Fer bushel A
friend Of mine lately received "a letter from
a merchant formerly from Mi Iileiown,
Dtl.. but now of Iowa who STATES that he
could purchase corn at 10 cents per bushel
| while cora al tia, lime was worth so cents
per bushe in Delaware. The difference
, then between the price ofcorn TO the farm
els OF the West aud those of Delaware, who
are wI'hin the reach OF domes!i: markets,
may be fairly put down at 40 cents Per
! bushel. Let us suppose 30 bu-leI onIy to
be HE AVERAGE crop of corn per acre IN tie
! West, then he difference in the price Of
al acre piolucl Of corn is lively dol as
! per acre. Why is this Gi:lcrcnce IN price!
Is it not for the want OF home mlrkcl!
The caNseeis easy seen, /! James X Polk,
: the author Of tie war had not been elected
/ and locofuco;sm not reigued supren,c, tie
Wei, the great West, Tie hwr5uggcd Vest.
would have had her cities for the maEuf &C.
turing OF the products Of the mighty valley
he Mississippi, her Lowell to work up
her cotton, and hen p.t'sbu-gs and Hirning-
hams to work up hcr iron, II not her Man
chesters and SAeilields as in England. The
.
dieds OF thousands Of skilful operatives in
Europe, with their arts and millions oEcap-
l'al woald most gladly lave availel tIlem-
selves OF this once Gland of the free and
the home Of the brave to lave come a.
momGst lis aud live where their persons cap
itdI labor, ana religion would have Leen
p o'ec'cd.
The costs Of this bride 'hen is fairly
chargcalle 10 Mr.. PoIk's war. But the
question is how is il to be estimated, We
will suppose then for lie sake Of calcua
lion, that we have 500 900 600 of acres OF
such land. which is how useless, or It's pr o.
ducts reduced i'll price twenty dollars pei
acre. annually by the want Of a raura
home market, as is clearly proven by III.
evidence before cited. Then is it not
clearly shown tiial this lie II Of Indirect it i,
tue, bat too direct, to our shame and hu>
initiation be ii said amounts to the enormous
sum otwhat! twenty dollars per acre annu.-
ally on 800, 900. 600 acres, is what $40,
0O,OO0,OO0. Butas THIS is too enormous
almost for belief le, US reduce il liue and
make i, one teeth of that sum, and we We,
have $1,000, 100000, one thousand mill
lIors annually, and TO continue; provided
Gen CasS Is elected and the Lo:oGoco plat.
form erected althe Baltimore Convention
is sustained, the main pillar Of which plat
form is the tariff OF IS IS, or the eternal sup
port OF foreign labor 10 the utter destruc-
lion of American capital all American la
Dor
Nrr is tbs all. See the disgrace: a pow
elful nation has descended 50 low as to
browbcat a poo: distracted na,.oA, no but
a few years ago, in 1885, took Sll.O0O, 900
of our product, mostly brcaAs,nlTs and man.
uIactnred goods; and whose trade with us
would have increased if we had not shown
il disposition to owindle her out Ola portion
of her best territory; a territory secured to
her w treaty, as binding on US the one
just concluded. A treaty which to my crg-
tain. recollection net the appreciation Of
General jackson. And this too after hay
ing been backed over by En4lanl who
lives away across the wafer, and had all
her unreasonable demands complied with
81, 49, and only few years before by
France: who has frequently swindIed our
citizens our of millions of dollars worth of
property with impunity, and deieL our
anthony or ability TO redress our gricvan-
ces. Although then enjoying annually a
| Free trade 10 the eNelt of over SlG,0Oo,-
600, whilst she charged and collected rev
enue of from twenty 10 thirty millions an
mua'Iy, on one single article Of our ayricuI
iura products: ('obacco)
Nor is this dissraceIan We have e-iab
Iished the Mormoas in California, and put
arms in their hands We have bound our
selves not only 10 prevent them from com
hitting depredaons on the McX,cans, but
all the Indian tribes, as we'll as our own
semi savage, white border settlers or squat