The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-03-04


many hands, and is charged to him at least
double what Jenkins gets for it.
Our proposition is to levy such duty on
the Importation of Crockery as viii overbear
the natural gravitation Of Manufactorcrs and
their Capitalization at the point where Capital
Is abundont, Labor relatively cheap, and where
years ot prosperous manufacturing activity
have concentrated the great bulk of the or
ders for Crockery from all parts of the world.
These are heavy odds, and will be likely long
to keep down all attempts at rivalry on the
part OF countries circumstanced like ours.
But pvt on fifty per cent, duty, and make it
Jenkins (or some one's) interest to establish
the eseckery manufacture near Jones, and now
the laites will for time pay nominslly more
for his Crockery, but will receive so much
more for his Wheat that his apparent loss by
the change will be substantial gain. And
SO with other producers. ...
But how can they all gain by the change
effected! If one gains, why must not anoth-
er losep asks in substance Ohio.-Wby, Sir,
they all gain By the SAVING Of the unproductiue
labor formerly consumed in trade and trdnspor-
tatton. Formerly, every bushel Of grain con-
sumed by jenkins had cost as much in trans
portation and mercantile charges as in its orr
ginal production; and so (very nearly) with
the crockery by the time it had been sold to
Jones. This large aggregate of uuproductve
labor and effort has been saved by placing the
two producers so near each other that their
wheat and crockery may be exchanged at a
cost OF five to ten per cent, instead Of fifty to
hundred.
How soon shall we be required to ans
wer Ohio's question again! At all events we
trust thai he who asks will not pretend to have
been long Our reader and admirer. That is
too bad.-N. Y. Tribune.
Hon. JOHN M. CLAYToN.-This distin-
guished gentleman, recently elected to the
U. s. Senate from Delaware, on Wednesday
of last week, entertained the members OF
both branches of the Legislature of Delaware
and number of gentlemen from different
parts of the State with a dinner at BENsoN's
Hotel, IN Dover. After the removal of the
cloth. the following toast was announced:
"John Middleton Cidyton-Having faith
fully served his native State in the Past, she
is willing to confide in him for the Fut6f&,'
Mr.. CLAYTON arose and returnedS&lfs
thanks to the Members OF the Legislature
the Wings for eecting him to the Senate
and the Democrats for honorng him by their
presence at the entertainment. If he had
any desire to go back to the Senate, it was
for R..e purpose of vipdicating his own
name and character. 1t was not his in.
tenticn to make political speech-this was
not the time or occasion for an effort of that
kiDd-but with the permission of those pre-.
sent, he would make brief allusion TO the
recent events which had transpred in the
Senate, because they affected his personal
honor and reputation. Mr.. CLAYTON then
gave a history of the Central American
Treaty-how first his attention was called 70
Central America affairs, and detailed the po-
litica condition of the five States which form
that part of the Continent, and the necessity
of right of way through them to our Pacific
possessions. After entertaining the audience
for half an hour on this subject, without do.
ing violence to the political sentiments of the
Democrats present, he turned to another
theme and spoke eloquently of his native State
and the men she had produced. Delaware
was erpud OF such men Us c. A. RODNEY,
VAN DYKE, BAYARD, the older and young
er, MCLANE and others who had built
up her lame at the Bar and in the Council
Chamber. He referred to her revolutionary
heroes-HAzELrrT, who fell at Princeton,
VAUGHES who fought in thirty battles, KIRK
WOOD, who fought in thirty-two pitched bat
ties, PATTON and JAoUETr, whose lives
were devoted to the establishment of our
Freedom. He spoke of JONES, the gallant
commander of the Froiic, and GIBSON, the
son Of u chairmaker at South Milford, who
fell at the sorte Of Fort George. His re-
marks were listened to with much attention
and were closed with the following senti-
ment:
"IHe State Of Delauarc-The home of our
forefathers and the land of our birth or our
adoption. May every servant of hers, wheth-
er Wing OF Democrat, so conduct himself in
the station, which she assigns to hia, to
reflect honor upon the character of our COM
mon mother."--BaH. American Jan. 27.
is THE DAUPHIN OF LOUIS XVI. OF