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PRESIDENTS MEssAGE'IN ENGLAND

The LIVER col Mail 81 12ih copies The document
ihexyenso, ana cnpiousTy comments spon The tariff
4 Question. The.mail says:
H sIf GEN Taylor shall succeed in CARRYING
out his views, he will Be the greatest man
that America has yet Produced and the mag
iIifcent benefactor of his country. The
Americans have coal, iron, timber, and can
rpise sufficient cotton for the world They
have exhaustless supplies Of corn and pro-
visions, cheapand fertile lands, and they have
mo taxes worth mentioning Why, then,
should they not manufacture for themselves
Why should cotton be brought four thousand
miles to England, 10 be spun and woven in
Iahcanshire, and be carried some three or
four thousand miles more to the United
States to be consumed2
We cannot sec any reason for it 1t is
true that England has had the start in man
ufactures, but what right has she to expect
I'd DO always first in the race2 The Ameri-
cans are not enly justlfedin protecting their
own interests, but as the President says, lit
ID the right and duty of Congress to encour-
agc domestic industry, which is the great
source of national as well as fndividual wealth,
aud prosperity" Sounder policy was never
btdachcd- words never were uttered
LADY FRAEKLia AND ora GoYERS MENr-The
President, 10 brief message 10 Congress, comma
nifa,ing copies Of a correspondence with Lady
Ftankln, in relation 10 the well-lnoNn expedition
either husband, Sir. John franklin, says that ow-
ing to the lateness the at which his aid was
sphsht, and the want OF an appropriation, he was
unable TO render the assistance required. Bot be
athA
r All that could do, in compliance with
"a request which | was deeply anxious to
Igrhtify, was to cause the advertisement of
reward, promulged BY the British Govern
lmdnt, and the best information i could OBJ
tain as to the means Of fading the vessels
under the command of Sir John Franklin,
TO bewidely. circulated among whalers and
lseafaring men, whose spirit Of enterprise may
Ileal them to the inhospitable regions where
that heroic officer and his brave followers,
who periled their lives in the causeIof science
and for the benefit Of the world, were sup
posed to be imprisoned among the icebergs
pr wrecked upon a desert shore
The propriety Of fitting out an expedition
b gp in search Of the missing lnavigators, be
submits to the Judgment Of Congress.
The UNloS-It stated il letter in one
Of the journals, that DIR, Bethuuh, Of Phila-
helphia, delivered an eloquent lecture in
Washington. few evenings since, in the
course Of which be gave glowing eulogy
upon the value of the Union, and wound up
BIZ the exclamation, g God palsy The arm thai
$hnll BE- Tiaiscd 10 renl0rs the Grst Sone Of This
giqyiPas Union r For nearly five minutes
The building shook with the plaudits Of his
audience and for awhile it seemed as if his
lectntc must there end Near him vas Mr..
GOlcdck, of South Carolina, who disgraced
Aimsdlf By aninfammatory dissolution speech
during the early efforts to organize the House.
Aud while the cheek Of almost every other
1ersoh glowed with enthusiasm and approba-
ton a. the sentiment, 50 eloquentIy uttered
81 D9 Bethnne, his alone paled with confu-
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