The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-06-07

raj districts, which is the worst of all offices.
1t ruins many man-it ruins, many time, the
securities ofcollectors. No man is fit to be II
collector who is not emphatcally business
man; prompt and energetic, and who holds on to
every sixpence. A man who idles his time
away, bets, drinks, or CANDLES had better never
see the office. So says one who knows.
Uy-Whcat should always be cut six or eight
days before it is ripe; the grain will be equally
heavy and the -four will be whittier. But the
great advantage is, your crop will escape The Rust,
which in many parts Of this county is so usually
fatal When early cut it does not "shatter" out,
and the straw is heavier, brighter and more nu-
tritive for cattle.
H5-Hay also should be cut before it is fully
ripe. Cut it when it attains its greatest height,
and it will be of greater quantity and better
quality and the ground will be less exhausted.
Johnson in his Agricultural Chemistry makes
the following reference to this matter:
SIN the blades and stems Of lie young grasses
there is much sugar, which, as they grow up is
gradually changed into starch, and then into
woody fibre. The more completely the latter
change is efccted--that is, the ripper the plant
bccomes-tlc less sugar and starch, both ready
soluble substances, they contain. And though
il has been asceraned, that woody fibre is not
wholly indigestablc, but the COW for example,
can appropriate portion of il for food as it pass
es through her stomach; yet the reader may
readily imagine. that those parts Of the food
which dissolve most easily, are also likely
other things being equal-to be the most nour-
ishng to the animal"
C~T~"Asa general thing, the less man reads,
the more loluacious he is. Put dozen igno-
ramuscs i'll room, and they will wrangle all
night about the constitutionai,y ola saw-mill'' -
GIVE are always clad to hear the voice of
Henry Clay. Below is letter from him TO
Mcssrs D. Simmons \ Co., of New York, who
had sent him some ofthe articles they man'ac-
ture. Anything said by him in reference TO the
Protection OF Home industry deserves attention.
ASHLAND, Monday, April y, 1851.
GENTLEMEN Prior to my reaching home
your favor fthe 18th inst, arrived here. and
have since safely received the case, containing
two axes and the hatchetS, which you have done
me the favor TO present to me. | beg your ac-
cpplance of my cordial thanks and warm ac.
acknowledgements for them. Nothing could exceed
the beauty and excellence of their finish, and
this praise is due both to the handles and to the
axes and hutchets. Such is their neatness that
while they are admirably adapted TO the pracii.
cal purposes for which they are intended, they
will form not unsuitable ornaments for the table
ola parlor. am very glad to hear that you have
sent specimens ofyour manufacture to the great
exhibition which is to take place in London next
month. They WILL | have no doubt, defy all
competition abroad, as the American axe has de.
fled all foreign competition in our own country
am much gratifed to learn from you that this
branch Of American manufacture is carried on
with such success as to need no protection. Such
fortunately is the case with many other branches
and il the tariff should be taken up in a calm
moderate, national spirit, have no doubt that q
just measure OF protection might be accorded &c
the few objects of native industry requiring it.
without prejudice TO any interest.
England, by her great advancement in the arts
and civilization, and from the fact of our having
originated from her, and from the very great ex.
tent of our commercial intercourse with her, ex.
ereises large, perhaps too large an influence
upon our councils by her example. Hence hel
doctrines Of free trade have been imported as
extensively as her merchandise, and are prevail.
ing to degree which those who have adopted
them will, l think, find it necessary to limit OF
modify. The condition of England is widely
different from that of the United States in res
ton to which manufactures have been carried by
great skill, abundant capital, cheap labor, and
long experience, renders protection unnecessary
They can safely encounter any competition, a
agriculture; that is supposed TO need protection
against foreign competition by eminent English
statesmen, and struggle is now in progress in
England upon that question between the popula
reverse is our condition in the United States
Here our agriculture needs no protection; but O
few branches Of our manufactures require, for a
limited period, reasonable and moderate de-
gree of it. With such encouragement they will
at no distant day, attain maturity and perfec
ton which would enable them to vie with those
of any other country; and, in the meantime, We
should avoid those revulsions in commerce ant
monetary affairs which there is too much reason
TO npprehend may result from too free and unrc
strictcd an importation of foreign merchandise
am, with great respect, your friend and ODE
dent servant, H. CLAY.
Messrs. d. Simmons & Co., New York.