The daily union., 1854-02-16

But sir, il also shown, the last session. with
uness OF detail which renders il unnecessary that
should dwell upon II that, with view oil enhancing
the general receipts into the treasury, by stimulating
production and extending The basis OF national
merce, that The ability OF the government. under
present revenue system OF thirty per cent 10 meet all the
expenditures warranted By lnst administration, would
be largely iHereasedi and, 10 that end, The scheme
proposed is hevery best which could be adopted II has
been agued again. that the passage OF such measure
will tend, IN lis operation, 10 the injury OF Investments al
ready made IN agriculture, by reducing the price OF i'm
proved lands. and by over-producton. | believe that
such fears entirely groundless The number OF per.
who could avail themselves OF the benefits oi this
bill are too few in COMPARISON and their effort 10 do SO
would be too gradual, TO produce any marked effect
OF the kind apptehended. The cultivated lands OF the
old States are too remote from the Wild lands oil the Wes
and South 10 feel the eject OF the competition IL may
be added 100. that in the frontier settlements years
elapse before the production exceeds the consumption
An additional aud oFcibe answer TO the objection is 10
be found in the geographical position OF the old States
their con,guity and approximation 10 the
| accumulated wealth--and the energy with which They
| are constantly opening new avenues OF communications
ahordng quick and convenient transit Tor all kinds OF
agricullu products The history Of The times,
the markets. and The high prices which every species OF
agricultural pEodacion commands, is an ILLUSTRATION OF
this truth.
The year 1si7 was distinguished as the famine year
and for high prices Since then, aud up to the 30h OF
june ls53 the government has disposed OF for cash,
and grants The States OF swamp ands, for schools
600 acres of the public lands five per cent of which, il
may be assumed, has been brought uRder cultivation
and with len fold increased facility OF reaching the
board, prices largely mantaued agriculture is emf
neny prosperous and the price OF improved lands every
where adv ancng.
Ii is coniended, indeed that instead OF being bill oI
the encouragement OF agriculture, manu- acures, and
commerce, il proposes, this would be truly de-
nomDaed bill for the destruction OF all those great In
II is said that the people the beet judges oi
their own interests, and that inducements held TO in
from lis old channels founded on false notions OF po-
iscal economy. and fraught with evil Agriculture will
suffer, manufactures Will suffer, by abstraction OF
labor from their respective pursuits We trust have
shown the asonabeness at the objection regards
the first OF these interests. Let consider moment
how stands the with the others.
Manufactures, 1t is to be remembered, are carried on
chiefly IN Inc ihicklypopuiaed districts OF the country
and especially IN the large cities, where there numer
population that have regular means OF procuring
their daily bread Ii is very apparent that the withdrawal
of large class OF the laboring population from these
pursuits will only make for another class s
needy II was never Tor moment. supposed that such
persons would be enabled Immediately 10 settle in crowds
the pablo lands II is enough il the door OF hope be
thrown open 10 hemenough that IRON the degradation
OF social inequality pathway may be afforded them to a
higher aud better condition. Such hopes, believe, will be
presented by the gradual Withdrawal oil those among the
aborDg Classes. who, having the means and the ncna
on heake themselves 10 agricultural life, and BY the
consequent demand for persons 10 nil the places OF
those have lett Nor ii be said that such ef-
feet would be but temporary and that The evils which
measure would presently return with increased magny
Make this bill your permanent policy and the social sys
tenn having been corrected and strengthened by lis
working, WILL from continuance OF the cause, be likely
to be kept
But while 1t will be no worse for the manufacturing
interest while this change IS taking place. II will GER
inly tend greatly to the advantage Of that interest when
the change shall have been completed. This, be-
with every additional settler upon the public lands.
springs up, OF course, an additional demand Tor the pro-
ducts OF manufactures.
But whatever benefits the agricultural and nanufac.
turing Interests mHs IN corresponding degree assist
those OF cummetce which only agent Tor dstribu
tng The products Of both the others; and thus would
seem last, that the true character OF this
not inaptly proclaimed BY lis title.
To proceed. however, 10 more specific detail OF the
general objection, letme first observe. By the way that
may suppose that the monenary effects OF the bill
hostile TO the interests Just mentioned, would not
be just that capital should feel that monenaty incon
vepienee as that borndusiTy-shoud forever strug
gle disad vantage not selinduced but incl
dent OF that inequality oil condition which is the result
Of all human socleiy hitherto and effected in many
cases, il may be, by unequal system OF legislation
Allow 10 say, that il this bill be, as some would al
lege bonus from capital 10 abor,n is one which she
well afford 10 make. and which will be returned
with a satisfactory Interest.
But il has been urged, again. tina, this bill lmbodes
mistaken policy with reference 10 It's benehciaes. Il is
said you cannot force into any pursuit against their
inclination natural fitness for it that mos, OF the
persons whom such measure this might be expected
TO benefit, are unbt both physically and by education
previous pursuits Tor uDg the earth. In support OF this
view, we referred to the of the British SOL
diers who donated lands the ST. Johns river,
in New Brunswick, and which shows, it is thought,
by It's present thriess condition, the absurdy OF al.
tempting by bounues 10 make valuable cuuvatots
of the soil. But the example is surely uniorlu-
for the of the oblectors. Because regi.
ment OF British sodlers-a class OF people every
where averse to all civil pursuits-presen,ed with
small strip OF land in inhospitabe valley OF the north
east. and under monarcbca institutions, fail,
pertinent therefore II is futile and ridiculous, by confer
ring lands upon actual settlers in the United States allow
Ing them unrestricted liberty Of choice through almost
twenty degrees of latitude, and with the genial eli
mate and institutions the desirable established
in any nation. TO hope for better result | apprehend
that but little force will accompany such reasoning TO the
misds OF Americans similar two-fod application has
that maxim which have frequently, in the OF
the debate upon the bill. heard urged with confidence
conclusive against its provisions We told that we
cannot do indirectly what cannot do directly; that
as IL is only indirectly tba, this pretend TO
benefit the great interests OF the country that
this objection IS fatal TO lis pretensoBs This sort OF
vIew seems, with some gentlemen, to apply well enough
when the public lands under consideration but it's
point quite forgotten when the question is
ing The beDenis which the system OF high duties coBiers
upon the industry OF the country though II II do at all
il must be indirectly No doubt that the protec
tive policy takes money from the whether il
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