The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-12-01

the country The entire cotton crop Of
The last las; year was 936. lsS, 900 pounds.
which, at cents per pound, amounts Ia
S65,22O,l60. My southern friends will
perhaps hardly credit The fact, that the
value Of our hay crop. upon which our
cattle and horses are fed, is more than
100 per cent over this; amounting at $40
per ton. TO S140,065,000. The whole
value of the tobacco crop, at CENTS, is
S9,37l 100; the wheat crop alone, at 81
per busheI, is Sl06, ,5S4, 900; the oats, at
80 cents, is worth Sls,9l2, 400 aud the
potato crop, so lightly estimated, is worth
more than one-haIfthe entire cotton crop,
being. at 40 cents bushel, S35, 1856 500.
Why should all these important products
be lost sight OF in our commercial rela-
lionsl
"ItIs said that letters have been re-
ceived from my own State approving Of
This measure. 1t cannot be possible
Although it may pass here as political
measure, not Senator, as | believe,
would adopt it as his own; and cnunot
therefore believe that any business man,
anxious for The welfare of the country.
can advise its passage. 1t may be true
that some individuals in that good State
are mad enough, or ignorant enough, or
dishonest enough, 10 falter what they be.
lieve To be The majority here. by crying
hozannas to men in power. lfsuch let.
tiers have been received, they must have
been written by men who have no inter
est in common with their fellow citizens;
men who would barter principle for Of
hce, and see the whole State in ruin, if
they could only fatten on the offals of the
government
1--WE are told out of the house that this
bill is to become law by the casting vote
of the Vice president. am happy to
say that have seen no evidence Of such
intention, nor will | believe tha, there is
such design, until arm convinced by
the evidence Of my own senses. To all
the inquiries that have been made of me,
l have said that it cannot be; that no ma.
tive Pennsylvania, honored with the
trust and confidence of his fellow. citizens,
could prove recreant to that trust, and
dshonor the State that gave him birth.
His honorable name, and the connection
Of his ancestry with her history, forbid it.
His own public acts aud written senti.
ments forbid it. If, as has been said,
this question is to be settled by the cast.
ing vote of the Vice President, he will
not, as wise man. adopt bill which no
Senator will father, but will rather, taking
advantage Of his high and honorable po-
sllion. make one which shall contribute
to the happiness of our people, and the
glory Of our common country. Let him
not be alured by the voice of hattery
from the sunny south. No man can be
strong abroad who is not strong at home.
Before a public man risks desperate
leap, he should remember that political
gratitude is prospective; that deserlion Of
home, of friends, and of country. may be
hailed by the winning party when the
traitor is carrying in the flag of his coun-
try, but when the honors of the nation
whom he has served are to be distributed,
none are given to him."
1t very rarely occurs (says the Phila-
delphia BUlletin,) that legislative bo-
dies of this, or any other country, have
listened to prediction which has been
so exactly fulfilled At the very next
election for Congressmen in Pennsylva
MIA, after the passage of the Tariff ol
1876, the political complexion of her del.
egaiion was changed; and at the second
election, which occurred this fall, ma,
jority of Wings were again returned.-
Thus emphatically did Pennsylvania re-.
pudiate the bill framed by Secretary Wal
ker, and passed by the casting vote oflhe
Vice President, both, alas! her sons
And now we have seen her at the first
Presidential election subsequent, give
her vote, by an unexampled ma jolity,
against the democratic candidate.--
Even the last prediction of Senator
Cameron in reference to Mr.. Dallas,
has been literally fulfilled; for the very
men, who, in 1S46. hailed him here with
huzzas for his course on the tariff, now
execrale him as the cause of their de.
feat. Let the history of this act be a
warning to politicians not to betray the
people"