The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-09-20

great measure Of national protection of Southern
interests,
| The last OF the "IittIe great Measures OF the
Session.
| A friend reminds us that among the great
| measures Of the session, we omitted 10 include
the Reciprocity bill. The omission, however,
was intentional We regard as great measures
those only whose action will tend 10 improve
the condition of the people .of the Union; not
| those whose tendency must necessarily be to de-
| terlorate lt--and as such we excluded it, along
with many others of similar character. We re-
| fer to II now, because we desire that our Wing
friends should have no connection with n mea-
sure that must, rs we feel assured. result in the
destruction OF the party by which il is adopted
and carried out. Surprising it possible that
| some OF our friends may yet bo doubtful in re-
gard to the policy proposed by it, and that some
may even be led To vote for it. we would ask
| them to reflect what would be the answer thew
! would have to make TO their constituents when
| interrogated their return home in regard
! to it? Unless we are greatly mistaken, i,
| would be as follows:
The representative of New England would
| say: ''We have admitted Canada grain, wool
| &C., free of duty. We shall feed our people
more cheaply, and we shall make cloth more
| cheaply, but our customers of the middle and
western States will be impoverished and they
| will have less TO pay for cloths. Our marke,
will be diminished, while that of Leeds will
be increased because Canadian products will
| rise in price as ours fall"
The representative of the city of New York
will say: eve have granted bounty on the
settlement of Canada. Every man who goes
there will sell his produce in our market. and
take the product of his sales TO purchase in
England his clothing, his ploughs and his agri-
cultural implements of every description. In
future, the tide of emigration will be to Canada
and the St. Lawrence will become more valu-
able as the New York canals become less SO
Free-trade required that we should sacrifice
ourselves for our neighbors, and we have done
it."
The Pennsylvania will say: owe are clos
ing our mines and our furnaces and the miners
and furnace-men are poor. They need cheap
food, because they have no employment. Food
is cheap in Canada, and we have determined
to admit it free of duty. Your food, my friends,
will be cheaper, but then you will have the sat
isiaction of knowing that the unemployed work
men by whom you are surrounded, will be res
cued from starvation, and you will have cheap
iron untll the remainder Of our furnaces and
rolling mills shall be closed"
The Illinoisian Will say: Canada has the
best wheat lands of the continent, but she has
no market for its products, and her lands, with
in three hundred miles of the city of New
York, are worth far less than ours that are dis
tant thousand lies. The people of Eu-
rope come to us whe n they might go to them,
and Canada is thus heavy sufferer. To re-
lieve her, we have given her our market, and
hencelorth the people of Europe will seek her
cheap lands instead of our dear ones"
The Nirgnian Will say: ''Our rule is to sell
in the dearest market, and buy in the cheapest
one What is good for us is good for others
The Canadian desires sell in our market. and
buy his cloth and his iron elsewhere, and we
have authorized him so to do. Our wheat will
be cheaper, but if we find ourselves forced to
abandon our lands, we can emigrate. We may
suffer, but we must carry out our free-trade prin-
ciples.'
The South Carolnian will say: "'rhe Cana
dams were anxious for annexation, but our
Northern friends were quite Indifferent about it.
and it might have been deferred for many years.
We have, however, stimulated their action. by
MI 20 tbo Of L.. Al
of selling in our market and buying elsewhere.
to suit their convenience This will lower the
price of both labor and land in the North. and
we shall speedily have New York, Ohio. Indi-
ana and. indeed, all the North. as anxious for
annexing Canada as we are now for the annex
alton of Cuba. As the Canadian is to enjoy all
the rights Of an American citizen, they will de-
sire that he shall assume the performance of the
duties ofcitizenship."
We could go further with these explanations.
The LOuisianian might be able 10 show how
bis constituents would be benefited by dimin-
ishing the power Of the New York farmer to
consume American sugar. and increasing the
power of the Canadian farmer to consume that
Of Brazil; and the Texan might show how his
constituents were benefited by diminishing the
consumption Of American cotton. and increas-
ing that Of HIindoo wool and British paste
but our readers have probably had enough. We
shall therefore conclude, by recommending our
Wing friends to leave to Locofocosm the ex-
elusive enjoyment Of the storm that will follow
the passage Of the bill.
The African Steamships.