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and bcyoml ihc reach of all mere party inter-'ting of one of the committee rooms of t hi
ests and party considerations. Why should
gcmlemiMi indulge in these party appeals on a
"real national question like this ? Were thev
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House to such a use as a bold and profligate at
tempt to bias and control the legislation of this
House? Far from it. The British agent had
been hero for months. Ho had conducted
member after member to Jiis display of British
fabrics, and gentlemen of this House, and ihe
pendent. merits ? Could that be the reason thai
i hey made these appeals to the poor, pitiful.
paltry, and grovelling interests of party politics? j gentleman from Alabama himself, had gone
j was- tins a tune or an occasion for such ap-ilhcre and contemplated, he supposed with 111-
Kaung a general assor industry be discussed nn ,,rn, n,1 ,l...,r,. Vnr -l,n, l.-.l ,1,'.,.. 1 1.. 7, 7
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would be so treated by every man who had a
true American heart in his boaom.
Here an attempt was made to intetrupt Mr.
S. by qucstioi.s, but he refused to yield the
Hour.
Gentlemen would, lie. hoped, hare a full op-
j pominity to answer all in good time Let them
Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Ufotcs,
Blank Ileceipts,
JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER
RIL-AIVKS,
PAMPHLETS, &c.
Printed vhncatnessanddespatcli,onrcasonablcteims j:iie notes of the arimenls: he ave them, and
AT THE OFFICE OF THE j w hen they had heard him through, answer him.
.Teffersonian Iteimbliean . (aud show that he was in error, if ihey could.
Ample time lor the investigation would be af
forded before the coming up of the tarilT bill,
atill he invited gentlemen to the task. But the
gentleman appeal had" been made not 10 rca-
011, noi to far.i?-, but 10 party feeling and party
Speech of Hon. Andrew Stewart,
OF P E X N S V L V A X I A ,
In tlrfmcr of the Prolrrtivc Policy.
IVelrrcreJ in the House of Representatives of the U. S., May
7. 1S16.
For what purpose, 10 what end, had a foreign
agent been accommodated with an apartment in
a house appropriated to American legislation,
in the very Capitol iiself? For what, but ex
pressly for the purpose of swaying and biasing
and controlling the legislation of thai House on
the tarill ? This the gentleman had denounced
in terms. of the highest indignation, when the
products were the works of American hands,
and the fruits of American capita! and skill, and
when they were exhibited, not in a committee
room of that House, bul in a building erected
by the manufacturers ihemsehes, at ihoir own
cost, and whither they had' invited their fellow
citizens to assemble from ever' part of itte land.
It was all wrong thai this should be done by
mentioned, the article of cotton, because it af
foided a striking illustration of the general doc
trine, showing that the minimum, the highest
protective duties, had produced the greatest re
duction of prices. But the same thing was
tiue, to a greater or less extent, with respect to
every protected article in the entire list. Mr.
S slued incontrovertible matters of fact. He
challenged contradiction he courted investi
gation he defied gentlemen to disprove an
.Horn of what he had asserted. And, to put
ibis truth in the strongest light, he repeated'
that the highest and most obnoxious dunes,
'hose abhorred minimums, against which gen
tlemen had wasted such furious denunciations,
presented precisely the very cases where the
1 eduction of price had been the greatest. Those
duties, it is said, now amounted 10 two and three
hundred per cent, ad valorem. And why?--Ijecause
they were fixed specific duties. They
remained stationary, however prices might
change ; and, of course, as the price went down,
the duty bore a larger and still larger proportion
to it. At first, the duty was, say, half ihe prico
of the article; as ihe price declined, the duty
country and the world, and advanced '"tHe" posi
tion that protective duMes always increase I
prices. Mr. S. made hi j appeal to f.u-.s. hft.
the gentlemen meet him with facts, lit) couf.l
not ; he dealt altogether iu assertions au'Ti'uisi
facts. Now if, as Mr. S. had proved, proie?
tivo duties had not increased, but ra.n"prV
ces, what became of all this elatnor about lit oh
prices, robbery, oppression, and plunder? It
vanished into thin air; it had no foundation to
stand on, and the gentleman and his follower
were bound by their own principles to go1 Tor
ihe protective policy, which reduced the prictv
of manufactured goods by increasing tln sup
ply; whilst, on the other hand, ii incruised the
price by increasing the demand for agricultural
produce, and enhanced the wages of labor "i v
increasing its employment.
Hut the gentleman had also said, that w hil'o
the tarill" was oppressive on the interest 61" ag
riculture and of labor, it was highly beneficial
to invested capital to the rich tnt)nopoIist.,"tli.j
lords of the loom. Now, Mr. S. said th n ju"t thi
reverse of this was true. While pnK;cui:i
benefitted both agriculture and labor, it was but
became equal to the price; then it became , a small advantage, if anv, to vcslvd capital.
greater than the price; then double ihe price ; j The gentleman and his friends, without ;know
pledges. Such appeals had been repeatedly ! Americans, but all perfectly right when it was land, at length, treble; and then gentlemen ex-1 lit" it, were in fact doing more for the benefit
loaye, uoui iu 1111s noue ami in rue Liovem-j done by an agent ol the Lirilisti manufacturers. 1 ciaimeti in uorror, " tvnat an auominaote uuty:oi vesica capuai, ny Keeping up tnis agitation
Stewart rose, in reply to .Mr. Payne, and j menl organ. Iu the lauer, these appeals were j The gentleman could gaze ith infinite gratili- j I' is three hundred per ccnt.rcfn the total value j and opposition to the tarill", and thereby estah
lat reluctant as he was to say another j almost daily made to the Democrat iu party in ; ca'ion on a committee room filled with foreion ' of the article! What horrible profits! How ! li.-hing u monopoly by checking' compeiiotr, than
word upon the Tariff, he could not permit the that House, as such, to-come tip to the rescue ' fabrics, bus turned with disgust from "a building 'he duty must raise the price !" when, all the all the tariff men in that House put together.
tuinarks of -the gentleman from Alabama to pass j and save themejes from the deep disgrace ! put up bv American hands, and filled with the 1 while, the duty remained the same, and its el- j In the case of vested capital the ratifi' had douu
unnoticed. After the tiolent assault made by that would follow a failure to repeal the taiifi". i splendid and varied fruits of American incnti- feet had been, not lo increase, but to bring down 1 its work; it had built the manufactories up, u
Mr
;ii! that
that gentleman on the 1 arili and the 'National .Jr. b. admitted tha m .one important aspect, j iiy and skill. This was a humbug, compared 'he price just three hundred per cent. Irom ! had introduced improved machinery and in
Fair," the paternity of which the gentleman at- this was a party question; but who were rhe 1 by the official paper 10 a ''menagerie," a "baa-! thirty cents down to seven and a half cents per creased skill ; it had done all that fixed capital
iriluned 10 him, he could not resist the appeals parties ? Americans on ihe one side and the telle," and all those glorious and beautiful proofs yard, and this was robbery and plunder! And ( required. Vested capital was now on its leer
of his friends to say something in their defence 1 British on the uiher American labor aainst of the inventive powers of our countrymen were still the gentleman said it was an absmdity, ! it could get along without help. They hat!
powers 01 our country!
and vindication. He thanked the gentleman, the pauper labor of Europe. These were the J contemptjble humbugs, the fruits of sordid in- which no man could swallow, to say that the exported during the last year between four and
however, lor ono thing; that, whilst he de- real and only parties in this greal contest for ' teres!, the devices of avarice and cupidity higher the' protective duty the lower the price. , live millions 01 dollars worth ol cotton cloth ;
iiottuced the "National Fair" as a humbug, lie the American market Americans against for-1 He envied no man such feelings they were Now, Mr. S. would venture to say,' that if the ihey had beaten the British out of iheir own
had not included ihe fair ladies who graced it . eigners; and the true and practical question for ' not American they had no place in an Amer- duly on iron and its manufactures were incrcas- markets. The great manufacturer? of these
ly their presence, or the beautiful factory girls, i every gentleman to decide, each for himself, ican heart. But this was a matter of taste: he ed to-morrow five hundred per cent., the rapid goods feared no foreign competition; ihey had
whoso modesty and intelligence, he was sure,, was, .which side he would take the American '. went to the American, o'her gentlemen to the rush of capital into that business, and the vast overcome that. All that they now feared was
could not have failed to extort a smile of ap-j side or the British side. That w as ihe qucs- ! British fair; a mere difference in taste. But increae of supply would be such, and the con- American competition at home. The proteo-
probatinn, and a word of commendation, too, ' tion. He trusted gentlemen would decide in . (Mr. S. said) he had seen, in the last hour, ! sequent reduction of price so greal, that the j live tariff" raised them that very competition. -
even irom ihe gentleman fiom Alabama himself, favor ol their own country in favor of their' wh emotions which he could not describe, a Uni'ed States would soon supply the. world! While advocating, therelore, the couiiiiuattco
In the remarks it was now his purpose to make, 1 own farmers, mechanics, and laboring men ' collection of a thousand a voice "three thous- wiih iron, its capacity for its production being of our existing tariff, and resisting its reduV
he WwUld confine himself strictly to a reply 10 that they would protect their own labor employ-' and" American children brought to look upon ! unlimited."" lie had stated facts, showing that j tion, Mr. S. was working in thu most direct
the arguments and observations made by the ed in the conversion of our own agricultural . this sight, and learn, in their tender years, to ' high duties had produced low prices. Can the 1 and efficient manner for the interests of Amer
ecnsleuran from Alabama, (.Mr. Payne ) And . produce into articles for use, instead of import- love their own country belter than any foreign ' gentleman deny them ? There ihey stand on . ican labor he was resisting foreign ; he was
he availed of his opportunity of reply the more ' ing them from abroad; for it was demonstrable . land. Among these were doubtless many of impregnable foundations, firm as the hills! ; going fur the interests of American farmers ami
readily, because it had been given out by gen- that more than one-half of the one hundred mil-1 the future mechanics and manufacturers, and l-t the gentleman and his friends disprove them ; thu American 'laborers, and not for the interests
ilernen here, who were authorized to speak on lions of dollars annually sent abroad 10 purchase not a few of the future legislators of our coun-1 as they can That such is the practical opera-' of large vested capital; he went to destroy ex
thai subject, ihat, as soon as the House should foreign goods was sent to pny for foreign agri- try. He rejoiced that they had learned a bet- 'ion of the system is fully established by the i-ting monopoly, by increasing investment and
have gone through with ihe appropriation bills, cultural produce worked up into goods by labor ter lesson than to prefer the prosperity of for-! fad, that whilst manufactures of various kinds j competition the only thing thai could destroy
die bill for the repeal of the tariff' w ould bo ta- employed and fed iu foreign countries, instead eigners to that of their own parents, bro'hers, ' had declined 10 one-fourth of their former price, it. It was ihe gentleman, and thoie who acted
ken up and passed without debate, under the of our own. This was the anti-American pnl-:and countrymen. If the gentleman would step agricultural produce and the wages of labor had j with him, by keeping up this tariff agnation
previous question, and by the force of appeals icy now advocated by the gentleman and his to the w indow behind him, he could behold underwent little or no reduction, owing 10 the - ii was they who were aiding capital. This ag
io parly. .Mr. S. did not say that such would friends upon this floor. Tht ho affirmed, fear-1 these beautiful children on their march to die j constantly increasing home demand lor both, nation operated to check new investments,-and
be the case; but, anticipating the possibility of leisly, and challenged gentlemen to controvert ! Capitol. Was this American si'ht offensive to . resulting from the protective policy. j of course to promote and secure monopoly.
a course so unfair and discreditable, from what it if they could. the genilcaian? Would he destroy these Amer-I But he wished to be understood correctly. 1 Those who were contemplating the inyoui.eiit
trriu occurred on oilier occasions, he should em-;
brace the present opportunity to reply
iirguinents (if arguments they might be (
which had been employed by the gentleman for the display of the ingenuity and talent, in- consider some of the arguments which had been ; '" increase prices. Bul what ho said was this : knew this to be true. Ho had heard of twelve
om wnai 11 11 tney could. j ihe genUcaian.' Would he destroy these Amer-1 iiul lie wislied to oe understood correctly, j 1 nose wno were contemplating me inyewi.eni
ould em-! The gentleman from Alabama next spoke iu ican products also, and import them from abroad? j Mr. S did not say thai the effect of all dunes of new capital would defer it. One would a'y
ly to ihe a very disparaging manner of the " National ; Great merriment Ho hoped not. But he j was 10 diminish prices ; on the contrary, he did to another, "Don'i build a new null or furnace
e called) Fair," which was now being hidden in this city1 had done with the fair; and ho now turned to J not deny that it was 1 lie effect of some duties' now, the la'rifTis going to be reduced." Mr. S.
irom Alabama. That gentleman had repeated dustry, enterprise, and skill of the people of our ; adduced by the gentleman from Alabama, for ; that duties levied on articles we could make, 10 , large companies who had intended to build fur
die Southern stereotyped freetrade doctrines own country. The gentleman, in the face of , whom he cherished a hth personal respect. I the extetu of our own wants, and with a view naces in Pennsylvania this spring, but had sus-
ttrged upon all occasions against the protective an American House of Representatives, spoke , who was doubtless actuated by patriotic feel-1 to proiect our own manufacturer, did in all pended their purpose till they should see what
policy try gentleman Irom that quarter. j with contempt of such a display. Had the gen- ings, and whom he should be happv to hear in 'cases o
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Tlie gentleman had opened his speech by ileman been to see tt ? He spoke as if from 1 reply to what he was now ottn' to'say
Derate, iu the end. to lower nrices. bv ' Congress would do with ihe tariff at the present
i increasing capital, competition, and supply. I session. Did this hurt those who already
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"' ujum appeals iu pany. ne jiauireaieu iniormauon onty. ri hu ne seen tins splendid 1 lie first argument of the "entleman had been JJuties imposed on loruign articles wiiien we owneu manuiaciuriug esiaunsriuieuis t mer
lins as a party question; in proof of which he; fair for himself? If he had, and would butgive fthe position, that the effect of n protective tariff: could not make for ourselves, would generally ! lamly not ; il was the very thir.g to aid them,
had quoted the Baltimore Convention, and, re-1 fair play lo his own good sense and good. feel- was oppressive, especially on the poor, and on j increase ihe prices, because they did not iu- This gave New England a monopoly ; it se
miudiiig those of his own parly that a reduction ( ing?, Mr. S. was very sure thai such a specta- the interests of agriculture and labor. How j crease the s,upply by increasing homo compc- cured in her hands that which ihe people of
of the. tariff' had there been resolved upon, he , cle must have filled his American heart, if he! was ii oppressive upon these ? No other inter iition. His, position was this: duties levied for Pennsylvania and the people of the South most
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in the country was half as much bYhefiited .revenue on drticlcs toe cannot produce increased wanted.
cairying out this party resolution 1 tion and deligln. Such a collection- was well i by die tariff as the farmers, and mechanics, and 'prices ; whilst protective duties, levied on articles! laud could do without it, Virginia- wanted n,
My- Payne here interposed to exp'ain, and 1 fined to be the" boast and glory of the country. ' workingmen. The gentleman said that it in-! toe can and do produce, diminished price. The North Carolina wanted it, so did South Caro-
tlre iluor having been yielded him for dial pur- Who that had a hear: v.nhtn htm to feel for. ihe , jured them by increasing the price of manufac- 'ruth of boih these propositions was prt
pose, went on to say, that he disclaimed totally , honor, (he independence, the -strength, and the lured commodities: for the "entloman's asser- ' undeniable facts and bv all experience
having appealed to the Baltimore. Convention, prosperity of his country, could look on such a tioiT was, thai protection did invariably increase the reason was just as obvious as the fact.
or to the resolutions there adopted, as control- j spectable and not feel" all his national pride ' the price of the articles protected. Now, in 1 When the supply of an atlicle was not equal
ling the action of this House. What he had; called forth by the display? reply, Mr. S. would distinctly put forth this as- 'he demand, he admitted the immediate effe
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said was this: "How far a convention, called The gentleman talked about the "lords of 1 seriioii, lo which he challenged contradiction,
viz: that there nevei was a protective duty lev
ied in this country, on any article which we
could and did manufacture extensively, which
for one purpose, and acting upon another, ought ' the spindle;" but w as it ihey alone w ho were
to control the action of a deliberate body, was! represented in that fair? Far from it. It was
a question he would not discuss: but that, when 'the mechanics of the cmmirv who bad mason
a convention did approve certain doctrines, and j to congratulate themselves on this great assem-' had not resulted in bringing down the price ol
those doctrines were afterwards taken before , blage of their works. Let 'the gentleman go that article, and he challenged gentlemen to
the people, and the elections of" the country to'tlie mechanics of this coVnfry, and let him, point him to a single instance' in reference to
made to turn upon them, the Representatives I if 'he thought pnilJetit, tell tha't great interest which this was not true. The price of com
who Jiad been elected under such' circurnstan-1 that die' fruits of their industry, invention, and modities, instead of being raised by protection,
ces were bound to catry'uut die pledges thus , enterprise were all. a humbug. If he did, Mr.j had been reduced to one-third, one-fourth, and
given." j S feared greatly that they might consider the even lo otic-j.enlh and one-twelfth part of what
iJr. Stewart. very wen: the gentleman gentleman a humbug 'himself. Was thai the had been paid for them when imported from
abroad. The gentleman, if he had walked up
seen American
hen the enormous
imposed lor its protection
Mr. S. fancied not. J fry. Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Calhoun, eighty-live
There-was a gentleman from Unglnnd wiijij cents a yard, now ready to be d livered in any
specimens of Briuh goods, now occupyiiig jlie I quantity, and of bettor quality, at seven cents ;
committee r.oom over which .you, INI r. Qhair- hind woollen jeans, sold in IS 10 at sixty-five
man, (Mr. Hopkins, of Va. occupying; die ehairUcentsi now 'selling, of m'ich' better quality, for
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o j.-t. .nwu iucjt v, 111 c 1 iiii iioiiur 01 presiumg, almost mine near-, i niriy-nve ; ana ttiese aructes were suujeci 10
II the gentleman another thing, that, if h'e'Were'fing of'tlty voire, and he litis been there for i the very hihesi duties in the whole catalogue
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truiu Ol
ty by
en pro-
gentlemen who look with abhorrence upon tin
American fair, .got up to counteract this bold
and barefaced" British attempt, made in ibis
House, o influence our legislation, to destroy
our tariff, and again inundate our country with
now. said, in substance, that j he Democratic ; oemlemaifs doctrine, that the interest of the
puny had pjedged themselves lo repeal the la-1 mechanic ana and the interests of American to the Fair, might ihcre have
:iffofl842, and that nittelenihs of the Demo-: agriculture were a'Jiumbug? Would the gen-1 cotton, such ashad cost, whe
crane members of this House'Vould stand to' ileVn'ati tell our farmers tltat thai xv'as democrat-! minimums were first imposed
their pledge. We shall-see. Let die gentle-' ic doctrine?
Juan ask my Democratic colleagues? how this
as. .They will tell him that the only dispute
in Pennsylvania at the . last Presidential elec
tion, was whether the Democrats " or Whigs
were the strongest tariff party
te
o .liing'this "fiee-trade
and march
Common w eal
Ritchie, of the Union, and' the vfhole tribe fof
liWe free-trade fiddlers and filers at his heels,
he could not get a corporal's guard to follow
him.
Mr. Si.regreued that.gentleinen should make
hose appeals to party. ''This was no 'party
ieton r it -was a great 'American question
w-i.vae uiM.u&ic rtnportancc1'oUa!it!d:tl'ar above
uciutiu anuuier uung. iuai, u ne-werenng ol my vou e, and he lias been there for , the very highest dunes in the w hole cata
i "liee-trade'.'vbaunnr toiUie breeze month's displaying his foreign goods, 10 influ-j proving, beyond. all contestation, ihe in
thrqugj. ihai.guod and tgJono.us did, jeucejyhe votes ol members to favprMic British; J the proposition denounced as . an. absurdi
alth, with hjs druiiirinajor, Father and this is all fair and beautiful in .the eyes of"! the gentleman, that the highest duties ofie
Briiish goods. The getuleman from, Ajabama
hailM'sitol tin's British fair, and ha'd he com-
dure ihe lowest prices, when levied on articles
which we can supply to the extent of our own
wants. Here was the result -of American in
dustry, skill, and improvement, w-lteu left free
tp act. put their own e,nc.rgie.s(jand occupy,. fully
and freely, their own appropriate markets, whh-
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out f lie disuirtnng anu uestrticiivo compomion
plained of that? Hid ho 'denuuuced-tltc put- lof the pauper bboi of Europe' Mr.' S. iiad
them by increasing the price of manufac- truth of boih these propositions was proved by : una and ucorgta, and ail tne west. i ney
And wanted proieciion to nuiiu inem up ; m iuw
England the tariff' had done iis work it had
to 1 fulfilled its office. New England might now
say to this Government, "Father, 1 am now of
age ; I am on my feet ; 1 can make my w ay
through the world ; I have met John Bull and
beat him; 1 thank you very much for what yott
havo done for mc, and I will bo a burden" on
you no longer; now take care of the younger
branches of the family."
The rest of the country was comparatively
young in manufactures. O'hey still needed die
helping hand of Government ; they wanted pro
lion in their infancy. New England waniag
nanimous and patriotic; she wished to sVe'Vi'ther
portions of the country prosper by. -follow hig
her example; when the South and AVubi 'sup
plied, as they could, the coarser goods, she
would go to work on the finer fabrics. Did itot
the gentleman sco that by reducing trie tariff"
he was checking investments in his own coun
try and in mine, in the South and W-;,- -,l(d,
thereby securing a monopoly t vey' l. ai,H';t.
wherever it existed, and pre.n i; h , profit,
which could only bo reduced tM,aiged com
petition al home ? Wast i.ol. chia Irue? WaMU
not common sense ? 11 r, jml ii to uvcrytnhu'.-t
understanding. It vvs not only comrnorT sense?,
but, what was mo:o, h was proved by universal
experience.
Lo snqv tlio practical operation (jf; t.he pro-
effeci
of a high duty might for ihe moment increase
the price and profils of its manufacture, but this
very increaso induced capital to rush into il,
and the competition and increased supply re
sulting, soon brought down the price and profits
to dm lowest rates, proving the truth of the
proposition, that the " higher the duty, the low
er the price." Tho imposition of a duty on an
article produced here, gave an impulse to Amer
ican enterprise; the machinery employed in its
production was studied and improved ; an in
creased supply was the natural consequence ;
and increased supply, while the demand remain
ed die same, must always diminish prices.
Would, the gentleman undertake to deny thai
the proportion between demand and supply reg
ulated price ? Mr. S. hardly thought that he
would go so far as thai. But, as the gentleman
had asserted that duties raised prices, ho was
bound to prove the truth of his position by quo
'ing. facts. The man who asserted a thing- to
be a fact was bound to prove n, in court or out
of court'. As a lawyer the gentleman knew this
to be so. Now, Mr S. challenged the gentle
tleinan in put his finger on one solitary ca.-e
where his assertion was true. What one pro
tected article, the product of American skill and
industry, had been permanently increased in t'ccttvo policy, he would lake, by wayotViflu
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price, after the duties, -however high, had bocn,
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first imposed, lor its protection l 'r- anal
hinged ;he getuleman and all his frUhdd to
pout) to one' Name the article a pin or a
needle." The gVnt'leman had not lie could not
do ii. And yet he stood up in tho fisbof the
tration, the neighboring iron works at Mount
Savage, near Cumberland. I hat cslaldtshiuerit
has been built up within, a few yqars So mo
time before it was commenced J4,$i, h
bought thoro for iwo'aiid ihroe, dollars ttacrot
which could nql now be purchasvtl'iiiVdur twtw
ii