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ton, showing to what extent they regarded
their interest involved in the carrying of the
Southern trade. l will ask my friend to read
for me from Elliott's Debates, volume 2.
Mr.. Wigfall read as follows:
| "But it is not only our coastng trndc-our whole
commerce is going 10 ruin. Congress has nov had
power to make oven trade law, which shall con!ine
the importation Of foreign goods to tue ships OF the
producing or consuming country II we had such
Inv, We should not 60 to England for the goods Of
other nations nor would British vessels be the car.
riers of American produce from Sister States In
the States southwark Of the Delaware, it agreed that
throcourths Of the produce exported aud three
fourths Of the returns made in British vessels. II
is said Tor exporting TIMBER onchaf the property goes
to the carrier and ofthe produce in general it las
been computed that, when it is shipped for London
from Southern State, to the value Of 81 100000 the
British merchant draws from that $500, 900 under
the names ofreight and charges. This is money which
belongs to the New England States, because we can
furnish the ships well and much better than the
Brit h"-EItrdc. from Mr speech of !l;. Daaccs III the
Massachusetts Conrention Eltots Debates on The FEDERAL
Constitution, vol 2. p. So.
Mr.. Chestnut. Also a short extract from the
speech of Mr.. Phillips, member from Bos-
ton.
But We see the situation we are in. We are vcrg-
ing towards destruction and every must be sensi-
ble of it. suppose the New England States have a
treasure offered them better that the mines Of Peru
and It cannot he to the disadvantage of the Southern
States Great Britain and France come here with
their vessels, instead Of our carrying produce to
those countries in American vessels navgated by our
citizens. When ! consider the extensive sca-coast
there is to this State alone well calculated for cn
mcrcc, viewing matters in this light i would rather
sink all this Continent me- than this power should
be withheld from Congress. Ibid p. CT.
There was Mr.. Russell in that Convention,
who seemed to have very lively conception Of
the benefits of this trade. After showing that
the carrying trade would increase the naviga-
ton interests efNew England furnish nurse
ry. Of scalncn, give employment to the people,
&c.
'Tllese lie said were some Of the blessings he an.
tcipated from the adoption of the Federal Constitution
and SO convinced lie Of its utility and necessity
that while he wished that OH the grand question being
put there might not be dissenting voice. if he
allowed he would hold up both hands in favor Of it ;
and he concluded if his lott hand unwilling to be
extended with his right in this alimportant decision
he would cut it on as unworthy Of him. lest it should
inject his whole e,l,ody." Ibid PIP: l3s l4o.
= If you take tile estimate furnished by>Mr
Dawes, Of one-tlird, you would have as the
profit of ireigllts. some sixtysix million dollars
annually; but this is too large, for the North
would not get it all. I have more correct
and closer estimate, Which shows that the
freight for the expectation of the produce of
slave labor 10y the ships Of the North amounts
to s36OoO,0Oo annually! Ii you add the
s15GoOoOOO in value which the Northern
States sell in manufactured articles to the
South, or ifyou include the West with another
s5o,ooO,Ooo, yoa have S2oo,oOc,ooo that the
Northern States sell annually to the South, the
slave States, which slave labor enables them to
buy. Add,' also, the profits of the coasting
trade, Of which the Nortl, has a monopoly, and
then shpcradd the bonus of s5o,QSo,ooo an
nuay which is derived from the imposition of
tariffs upon us, which enhances tile price of
their manufactures to that amount, and you
y ,l,GSSs - Just conception Of the Importance of
!z &8gM and of thn South To the nnnnlc of tln