Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-03-15

interest Tor The use OF money bears equally
upon all classes Of community The
quotations which have read show the his
torical fact 10 be, that many wise nations
have had two interest laws in force at the
same time, one for the ordinary business
transactions, and higher one for trade and
commerce.
Mr.. SPEAKER: am charged with an at
tempt to place nhoste array, the two great
interests Of society, the agricultural and COM
mercial, l protest that from anything said
by me, no such charge can be justified here.
| have said that from the tillage Of the soil,
not only came the daily bread, which feeds
the millions, but from the culture Of the
earth springs the wealth Of the world. The
mechanic arts assist 10 enhance the value
ofthe products, but is it not in fact true. that
he who plows and sows the earth. is the
author of the wealth Of the world. The pro-
fessional man adds nothing to the stock, he
lives as the drone in the hive, upon the la
Dor Of ohers-so Of the broker and money
lender. The commercial man also, he not
only derives his subsistence from the labors
Of the agriculturalsts but his fortune is
made up from his daily traffic and commerce
in the surplus produced by the labor of the
farmer. Why are YOU voting money out of
the State Treasury, by hundreds of thous-
ands, almost every day, to assist in the COM
pletion of railroads? Why do you vote
large appropriations for the improvement of
the navigation of the rivers in Missouri
1t is for the reason that the farmer may
send his surplus products through these new
channels to market. And why do you de-
sire these increased facilities for the farm
ing interest, if by another stroke of policy.
you cramp and cripple the energy of the
farmer, until he has no heart 10 strive TO
produce surplus. You propose 10 make
his rural and pastoral pursuits in This State,
secondary to other interests; he whose pur-
suits generates your wealth, after admins
tering TO your wants, imparts mere true
happiness to people, than any other, and is
the nursery of more pure morality in State,
thar any other, is now 10 be placed by Your
public Legislation, in position secondary to
another great interest-that &C commerce.
! The gentleman from st. Louis, (Mr.
Brown charged. that in the few remarks
which made on Saturday, on this subject.
] was arraying the interests Of agriculture
and commerce. in hostility TO each other
I have the utmost regard for the opinions Of
that gentleman, but hope that an illtcundei
diStrust in others, is not to be attributed 10
feelings of jealousy in me. am proud OF
the honor and greatness that awaits St,
Louis the true and central commercial en-
! porium of the great Valley in which she is.
l congratulate the State, that she is our CITY.
and in our territory, and soemnly protest.
that the gentleman does me injustice, when
he expresses astonishment that | should a.
VOW the sentiments have. The gentleman
is eXcusable for two reasons: lst. Because
feelings such as he describes. towards st.
Louis, have TOO often been indnlged in the
Legislative Halls Of this Capitol. 2nd Be-
cause the agricultural observations Of q gen.
tleman, whose walks have, in the main, been
confined to Broadway and Water streets in
the city may not be very just conceptions of
that policy, which affects every farm that
dots the immense space of country from
New Madrid to Atchison. profess 70
know, at least. some little Of the workings
of the great agricultural interior of Missouri.
and in the enactment of laws, what interest
should be subserved, Should the lsw-mn-
ker desire laws that would confer the great
est good upon the largest numbers? or that
the interests of the favored few, should be
consulted.
Sir, from what quarter of the State do we
find the support ofths measure coming?-
Do we see it supported by representatives
VINO are from the rural or agricultural nor
tions of Missouri? No sir, its advocates
are from ST. Louis, and the vicinity of the
Mississippi, on the one side, and the Wes-
tern portion Of the State on the other. The
most highly favored portions, for CONNER
cial advantages of this whole land, are the
points from which the measure is receiving
its support.
Sir, no part of the whole country enjoys
such combined advantages, from agriculture
and commerce, as does the Western part of
Missouri. This advantage over other por-
tions of the State, is not alone the result of
richer soil, than in any other part of the
State. 1t is TO great extent referrable 10
the fact of their relative position. The in.
land trade 10 New Mexico, the trade and
emigration to California to Oregon and TO
| Utah, trade 10 the Mountains sunnl;s. 20 ,Lo