JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday January 1, 1851
Appointment by the Commissioners.
George F: Bambeugkr, of Smithfield township,
to be Appraiser of Mercantile Taxes for the yeac
1851.
QZf The. Hun. M. M. Dim.mick will accept our
thanks fora valuable public document.
0" -Our,. Carrier requests us to express his
thanks to the patrons of the Jeffersonian Republi-.
can, for the liberality extended to himon the first
instant.
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.aloit EHstilleries.
, The Eastonian stales that the distilleries in that
vicinitv. if they continue their operations as they
are going on atlthis time, will,, during the year
1851, consume about six hundred thousand bush
els per annum, (which is making a large allow
ance for rye and corn.) it will require the pro
ducts of six hundred farms to supply this single
demand. Six hundred thousand bushels of grain
at a moderate price, say 60 cents, which is con
siderably less than it is bringing at this time, will
amount to $360,000. This grain, at an average
of four gallons to ihe bushel, will produce 2,400,
000 gallons of whiskey, at 32 gallons to the barrel,
making 7500 barrels. If we put; the average price
of whiskey at 25 cents per gallon, Ave shall have
the nice round sum of $600,000. This is a fair
picture of what the distilling business in the vicin
ity of Easton, will be, in all probability, in the
year 1851. About two-thirds of this whiskey is
used for the purpose of light, in the manufacture
of camphine, etherial oil, &c, and the other third
for medicinal purposes and drinking.
fcf3' Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, pre
sumes that the South Carolinians will forbid their
mariners steering by the north star !
Court Proceedings.
The Decembet Term, commenced in this place
on Monday the 23d inst. Present Judges Eldred,
Coolbaugh and Stokes. Judge Eldred charged
the Grand Jurors in a very ableand lucid manner.
The Grand Jurors reported several true bills of in
dictment, and brought to the notice of the Court
the financial condition of this County, in the fol
lowing presentment, which was ordered to be pub
lished :
TO THE HONORABLE COURT.
We, the Grand Jury of Monroe County of De
cember term, 1850 having enquired into the finan
cial condition of the county, do report that we find
that there are not sufficient funds in the Treasury,
to discharge the checks which are issued by the
Commissioners from time to time for the demands
on the county. In consequence thereof there are
a larjje amount of checks in circulation, which
have depreciated in value from five to ten per cent.
Thai we have understood from good authority that
a traffic is carried on with the checks, that not on
ly private individuals are engaged in it, but that
some collectors are engaged in the speculation,
buying them at a discount, and pay them in the
Treasury for the whole amount for which they call.
The consequence of the whole affair will be, if
not so already, that the burden will Tall on the
majority and the benefit on the speculators. In
consequence of the county not having funds, the
Commissioners will be obliged to pay more for
materials and labor, than responsible individuals.
Jurymen are drawn from remote parts of the
county and no money to pay them, which causes
serious difficulties to many of them. All the above
named causes should not exist, and are a burden
to a large majority of the tax payers of the county; it
will be the means of increasing taxation. We the
Grand Jurors do respectfully suggest to the Com
rn.jssjoners of the county, that in our opinion they
should see to the prompt collection of all monies
due to the county at present, and to see that suffi
cient money be raised for the future and insure its
prompt collection. These remedies we believe
would remove the evils complained of.
JEREMY MACKEY, Foreman.
John Felker
Heniy Smith
Peter Metzgar
Peter -Williams.
George Bond
Jacob Bush
Wtn. Mosteller
Jjudwjck Smith
Win. Dorshimer
Wm. Carey.
S. Gruber
John C. Strunk
Charles Henry
Wm. Wallace
Samuel Melz
A. Featherman
Wm. Smiley
Nelson Cook
PhiL Drumheller
Wm. B. Thompson
Moses Phillips.
The first day the Court was principally occupi
ed by causes on the Argument List; &c, some of
which are as follows:
In the matter of the estate of Henry V. Bush,
dee'd. Heirs being called to accept or refuse said
property at the valuation of the Inquest, Geo. W.
Bush accepted No. 1, Wm. L. Bush accepted No. J
2, and Henry Bush accepted No. 3. ,
An order of sale was granted to Levi Slutter,
administrator of Christian Meixscll.
Jlule granted upon heirs of Aaron Depuy, dee'd
to accept said property at valuation, or otherwise
that it be sold.
An order of sale was granted to Robert McNee
ly, adm'r.of Adam .McNeely, dee'd.
Franklin S.tarbjrd, Esq. was appointe auditor
of the final account of the Executors of George
Bush, dee'd.
The first case .tried was, Cotn'th vs. Abraham
Smith. Indictment for fornication and bastardy
upon Sarah Ann McNeely. The parties in this
case reside in Paradise township, and the defend
ant made quite an effort to secure an acquittal.
His defence consisted mainly in attempting to im
plicate other persons, as partners in the transac
tion, but all would not avail. The Jury brought in
a verdicttof guilty, and the Judge sentenced him to
pay costs of prosecution, S?5 fine, and a liberal al
lowance for the maintenance of the xhild.
The nexj.ar.d pnly case tried before a Jury is
tho f.AlfiWinn? ;'
Charles S. Coxe & Stroud J. Hollinshead,
vs. Geo. Jacob Koerner,Jno. Jacob Koerner&
the Heirs of Peter Woolbach, dee'd This
was an action of Ejectment for 414a. 140p:
of land in Paradise township, brought in 1848
against the two Koerners and Peter Woolbach.
Woolbach subsequently died and his heirs
were substituted. Th e plfFs: claimed under a
warrant granted to John Stille in 17S7 &
and survey thereon in 1788. It seems there
were two surveys .made on the same day, on'
the same warrant, two or three miles a
part; one of 400 ncres 94 perches and the
other for 414 a. 140p., the land in dispute.
"Ihe first named was returned in 1788, the
other in 1794. The plffs., or those unde r
whom they claimed had taken out a patent
for the 400a. 94 p in 1788; and the' deeds
from the different owners of the land, descri
bed this traci by courses and distances down
to 1S40, when a deed ,was made for the John
Stille tract containing 414a. 140p. without
giving the courses and distances. The. plfTs.
in 1841 discovering that the survey of 400a.
94p. as patented, interfered with another sur
vey of their own, applied to the board of pro,
pertyand had the old patent cancelled or va
cated and a new patent granted to them . for
the 414a. 94p., the land in dispute.
The defendant Geo. Jacob Koerner, Isaac
Gruber and John Greek went on the land in
1822, had their respective boundaries mark
ed and commenced improving; their houses
and first improvements, however, being out
side the lines of the Stille survey. Gruber
remained until 1834 when he sold to Geo. Ja
cob ICoerner. Greek remained until. 1S35 &
then sold to John Jacob Karuer. Woolbach
went on several years after 1822. The de
lendants contended that the plfTs., and those
under whom they claimed had adopted and
accepted the survey of 414a. 140p. and that
the board of property had no right to grant j
them a new patent interfering with their im
provements. Verdict for defts.' Porter &
Morris for plfls. Efeeile.r. and Dreher for
defts., Kcerner. .;
RAILROAD MEETING. " -In
pursuance of previous notice a meeting
was called in the Court House of this bor
ough on Thursday evening last, which wis
organized by the appointment of the follow
ing officers :
President, WM. OVERFIELD.
V. Presidents, $ JAMES H. STROUD,
I DANIEL BROWN.
Secretary. James H. Walton.
The object of the meeting was stated brief
ly but very clearly by the President upon his
taking the chair.
On motion, Hon. J. M. Porter was
invited to address the meeting, which he pro
ceeded to do in a very able and lucid manner.
On motion of M. W. Coolbaugh a Committee
of five was appointed by the President to ex
press the sentiments of this meeting in regard
to the proposed Rail Road, consisting of Hon.
M. VV. Coolbaugh, 'James H. Walton, Gharles
PricP, Col. Peter Snyder and John Edinger
Esq.
In the absence of the Committee, the
meeting was very ably addressed by the Hon.
Nathaniel B. Eldred.
The Committee through their chairman re
ported the following Resolutions which were
unanimuusly adopted by the meeting.
Resolved, That we are gratified to learn
that there is every prospect of the speedy
construction of the Delaware and Cobb's Gap
rail road, and that from the character, ability
and energy, the of gentlemen who have ta
ken hold of the enterprise, we feel confident
that it will be pushed with vigor to its com-,
pletion.
Resolved, That whilst the people of Mon
roe County have contributed with cheer ful
ness their portion of the expense of construc
ting the great chain of public improvements
in pur State, they have as yet derived but
little benefit from them. They will there-.
fore now give every encouragement to the in
dividual enterprise which is to construct thro'
our country, one of the great communica
tions by Rail Road, between the Cities of our
seaboard and the Western Lakes.
Resolved, That it be recommended to our
citizens to give every facility and encourage.
tnent to the engineers and officers of the said
Rail Road Company in making the necessary
preliminary surveys and explorations, as well
as in fhe adjustment of all questions growing
out of the construction of the work.
Resolved, That wjiilst various portions of
Ihe County are interested in particular routes
we are all more interested in having the work
well done. We desire that the explorations
and surveys may be so thoroughly made' as
to select that route which will make the best
rail road and best accommodate the public ;
and we pledge ourselves to submit cheerfully
to whichever route will then be selected.
Resolutions to be published in Mojlroe,
Pike, Wayne and Luzerne County papers.
The thanks of the Meeting were given to
Hon. J. M. Porter and Hon. N. B. Eldred,
for their able addresses.
Meeting adjourned.
infThe coal dealersiofaNewYdrklhave :put
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iUPifhoprice to ST per "ton.- : Jkj4,
V
sr.
JfSf.
"up the tariff, and consider it in a kind, liberal, and
national spirit. He did not wish that it should be
taken up with a view to alter Its essential princi
ples, but to makej-orne provision for. the preven
tion of frauds and abuses. Something shouldbe
done; it was ho longer doubtful that the fires in
the furnaces were daily being extinguished,! and
the operations of the spindle and loom suspended.;
Would Congress do any thing to suspend this
downward tendency 1 He hoped they would, and
that, U would be done now when the subject which
has agitated the country was: settled and settled,
he hoped forever.
After the introduction of bills, notice of others,"
and the passage of several resolutions of inquiry,
the bill to settled land claims in California was ta
ken up. It provides for the appointment of three
Commissioners to hear and determine said'claims.
.Without proceeding long with the bill, ,the Senate
went into executive session and adjourned over to
Thursday.
The House did but little of importance, ;and al
so adjourned over to Thursday. ,
Thursday, Dec. 26. In the Senate, no impor
tant business was transacted, and they adjourned
over to. Monday.
In the House, Mr. Reed introduced' a bill grant
ing lands to Pennsylvania, to 'aid In'.'the construc
tion of certain railroads, therein!
Mr. McMulIin introduced a bill making grants
of land to the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.
Both were referred to the Committee on Public
Lands.
Nothing else of interest was done, and they ad
journed over to Monday.i
The Philadelphia Saturday Express
for the Home Circle.
This is the title of a new literary and .family
journal, commenced, as its prospectus says, with
the design to make it the most ably conducted-,;
the most useful, and consequently, the most popu
lar paper in the United Slates. Nothing indeli
cate or of doubtful morality mars its columns, but
all that can instruct and elevate the mind is libe
ally furnished. The corps of Editors and, contribu
tors is the ablest that the country can produce.
It is handsomely printed, on fine paper, and furn
ished at $i per annum, in advance. Any person
sending three subscriptions will be entitled to the
paper one year, gratis. A specimen, will be
mailed to any person wishing to examine the pa
per. All letters must be post-paid and carefully
addressed to S. McHenery, publisher, No; 47
Dock streel, N. E. corner of Second street Phila
delphia. Novel Patent. We notice that Mr. T. D.
Slagg, of New York, has just taken out a patent
for preparing beef steaks for cooking. He passes
the steak between a pair of toothed rollers, previ
ous to cooking, which has the effect to make the
meat very tender.
Counterfeit Spanish Coins. Thompson's
Bank Note Reporter cautions the public "against
receiving Spanish silver coins. Spanish dollars
are in circulation which are such excellent coun
terfeits that the ordinary tests with acids are of
no avail. They are of copper, thickly coated
with silver, and can only be detected by filing.
Scott Rlectiaig at Harrisbasrg,
The friends of Gen. Scott as the Whig candi
date for the Presidency, held a meeting at Harris
burg on Saturday evening last, at which Capt.,
John P. Rutherford presided. Major Sanders,
who served under Gen. Scott during the last war
with great Britian, and Stephen Miller,. Esq., ad
dressed the meeting., Among the resolutions ,a
dopted are ihe following : '
Resolved, That forty years of brilliant services
for his country has so firmly secured the love and'
gratitude of the American people for General
Scott, that all the efforts of the hand of power to
arrest his triumphs and darken his fame, in his re
cent campaign in Mexico only still more endeared
him to the hearts of his countrymen and when
he comes before them for the highest office in their ,
gift, the Farmer, the Mechanic, the Laborer, the
Sons of toil throughout the land, the.soldiers who
fought and bled on his battle fields,' will rally to
his support with the shout of victory, wherever
his standary may be raised, and will give id his
enemies a more than Mexican defeat.
Resolved, That the Whigs of Pennsylvania, al
though they will regret to lose the services of
Gov. Wm. F, Johnson, whose able administration
of the affairs of the great State of Pennsylvania
meets with the warmest approbation p.the people,
and has elevated the character and standing of the
commonwealth, at home and abroad, yet if the
Whig3 of our sister States insist Upon his nomina-"
tion for the office of Vice, President, we shall feel"
bound to regrard their will as paramount to ours,
and yield our claim upon his service to them.
Resolved, That the Administion of President
Fillmore deserves the approbation of the people of
Pennsylvania, for its patriotic and cohversative
course, and all question that agitates the nation.
His sound and unanswerable argument in favor of
a Tariff that will protect the industry of our coun
try against the cheap labor of Europe, placesihim
in the rank of true Statesmen, and entitlei ihim to
the especial regard and esteem of the' people1 of
the Keystone State. 1 :"
Asthma.
There is no complaint more harrassing than
asthma. The Newark Daily Advertiser, a relia
ble paper, pledges itself to cure this distressing
disease with the following simple remedy: Take
one and a half ounce sulphur ; one ounce cream
tartar, one ounce senna; one half ounce aniseseed;
pulverise, and thoroughly mix the same, and take
one teaapoonful in about two table spoonfuls of
molasses on going to bed, or at such time through
the day it may be increased or diminished a little,
a,s may best suit the state of the bowels oflhe in
dividual, ' -
' " 'Thirty-First Congress.
I ' SECOND SESSION.
MondayBec. 23. In the Senate, .Mr. Clay prje
sented petitions praying for the modification of the
Tariff of 1816- He detailed the grievances of
which the petitioners complained, and said that as
there was now a calm upon the lately disturbed
surface of public affairs, which calm he hoped was
a real one, he thought that Congress should take
T.ccnl Interest and Usury iTiCws
.The following table;exhibitingthe7eToiw o(:
interest in. the (different stales, and' the, penalties
attached for usury ,hT be interesting jto thegen-.
eral reader ' '-
States.
Alabama
Arkansas
Connecticut
Legal rates. Penalty for usury.
8 per. ct. " forfeit interest and usury.
C " " 'forfeit usury.
6 " " forfeit whole debt.
6 " " forfeit whole debt.
Delaware
' Florida
r .H!rQ-OWjyi W,,f.1.f.'.;I.,f,l .....1 iki.vv.
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana!
Maryland
Maine -Massachusetts
Michigan" -Mississippi
, 8.
6
6
7
J AWI.W.te n - - J -
' forfeit three times usury.
Hi
i.
II
" tforfeit 3 times us & int. due
" lorleit double the usury.
" tforfeit 3 times the usury.
" forfeit usury and costs
'contract exacting us. void.
" llcontruct exacting us. void.
" forfeit entire debt.
" forfeit 3 times the usury.
' forfeit usury and l'-J,the debt
" a forfeit usuiy and costs.
" b forfeit usury and Interest
" forfeit entire debt.
' forfeit 3 times usury,
".forfeit entlre debt. . . ' : :
6n
5? i
6 "
0 "
'rT. . .!
8 , " .
Missrm'ri " fi
New-York , 7 J1- ,
New Hampshire 6
New-Jersey 6
North Carolina G , " .
Ohio - "6
Pennsylvania , 0, u
Rhode Island - 6 " y''
South Carolina 7 "
7TnnPBSfi R "
." forfeit double usury,
',v contracts void".
forfeit entire debt, f
forfeit usury and interest. "
" forfeit usury, interest; andjepst.
a contracts void.
Texas . 10
Vermont 0
Virginia 6
AVisconsin 7
Dis't Columbia' 6
' I " f!contractsrvoid. . '
" recovery in action v ith costs.
n .fi-irfpt.ilniihl osiirvi l'-
forfeit-double the' usury:
M "contracts void
By speciiil contract as high as 10 per cent.
-tin r.Kiu .' -ji-.:" . -. -12
li It it 0 It
!$ Banks.allowbdvr. " '6 aJ nf
II . 8 pgr cent, allowed on tobacco cqntructs. ;li ;
1 a By contract as high as 10 per cent. '
b " 10 "
c Any rate agreed upon by the parties.
Fugitive Slave Case In Philadelphia.
; On Saturday a week, a young colored man cal
ling himself Adam Gibson, was arrested in Phila
delphia, on the charge of stealing chickens, and .
carried before the UV S. Commissioner, Evv.d. A
lngraham, where, he was charged as being-Emery
Rice, a fugitive owing, labor to. Wm, .Knight, of
of Cecil county, Md. Two gentleman , appeared
as counsel, for the prisoner and asked for a delay
till they could send for D. Paul Brown. 1 Ins was
refused dn Ihe ground that the law required sum -
mary proceedings. The examination then went
J , . " , .
on, and although not the slightest testimony was
offered which in the least proved him to be even
a fugitive, slave, much less Mr,. Knight's slave;
yet Mr. lngraham decided that Gibson was a fugi
tive, and, handing the prisoner over to his claim
ant, he was soon-on his way to Maryland. For
tunately, this flagitious piece of business has a se
quel a good and honorable sequel and here it
is : . ,.
.. .. ' Philadelphia, Monday, Dec.
As was generally supposed in this city yester
day, Adam Gibson, the alleged fugitive slave, is
no slave. Adam was conveyed to Maryland on
Saturday night, showed to Wm. Knight, the repu
ted master, who immediately denied that Adam
ever belonged to him. Gibson was immediately
discharged from custody, and arrived in this city
this afternoon, where his wif and children resides.
The fact is, that Adam was owned many years a
go by a Maryland citizen, named Davis; but about
1843 was released from slavery, and ever since
has resided in the North, a free man.
Fiiiaifices of Pennsylvania.
Receipts at the State Treasury during the year
ending Nov. 30, 1850,
$4,438,131 31
Bal. in treasury, Dec. 1, 1849,
926,207 24,
$5,364,338 75
Expenditures $4,569,053 94
Dep. funds . .41,032 00
4,610,085 94
$754,252 81
Bal.- in Treasury, Dec. 1, 1850
Use of Alligators. In Florida, alligators are
now extensively killed for their oil and hides the
rough skin on their belly is tanned and used for
saddles. An inexhaustible supply is annual pro
duced. IEP The Pittsburgh American notices an arrival
in that city of a runaway couple, from Lancaster,
Pa., the groom being an old farmer of seventy -five
worth $30,000, and the bride d blooming girl of
eighteen.
Ilrosebak ISItEiaas ai Madeira.
The Hon. John A. Dix, in his recent work, " A
Winter in Madeira," gives amusing account of
horseback riding at Funchal. For 30" els. an hour
a fine horse can be hired at any livery stable, to
gether with a man attendant, who follows on foot;
and when you desire to ride fast he catches hold
of your horse's tail and is drawn along ! In this
way he prevents you from running away from him.
Mr. Dix says the horses soon become accustomed
to these human appendages, and thai . the fellows
have a. way of making the horse go fast or slow,
as they desire, in spite of the rider.
Mr. Dix says, that for the ladies, this association
of horse and driver, is a great convenience.
They need no other attendant. He is a' ways
ready to render any assistance; if the horse
loose a snoe ne nas a nammer ana nans in nis
pocket to replace it. It is not easy to fancy a
more ludicrus spectaclethan a lady riding through
the city at full gallop with a man hanging to the
taill of her horse ; but such scenes are of hourly
occurence in Funchal i and the eye soon becomes
accustomed to them.
Jeshua "Benson, of Camden, contemplates ta
king to the world's Fair at London a large hog,
three years old, lean in flesh, yet weighing over
1300 pounds.
KF The Comptroller of the city of New York
estimates the appropriations necessary to carry on
"the government for the ensuing year, at $2,946,
597, nearly three millions of dollars, far more than
the aggregate expenditures of certain state govern
ments in this: Union. The increase tax this year,
over the expenses of 1850, it is said will be some
what over half a million of dollars. In view of
these facts, is it any wonder that so many of the
New Yorkers, to escape high rent and heavy tax
es, running off to Brooklyn', to Williamsburg, Jer
sey City and, elsewhere.
Ai a recent meeting of the stockholders of
the Pcnnsylvanea Railroad Company, (Harris
burg to Pittsbnrg.) it was voted to increase the
capital from $7,500,000 to $10,000,000. We
learn that a memorial is in circulation in Phil
adelphia praying the City Councils to make
an additional subscription of $1,500,000 to the
stock of the road provided an equal amount
of $1,500,000 is obtained from other sources.
The new subscripitons are to be applied to the
construction of the central division actoss the
Alleghany mountain region the Portage Rail
road of the Si.ato being used only as a tempo
rary expedient.
T3so Finances of Pcnna.
. , A BRIGHT PROSPECT.
It will be seen, says the Phila. Inquirer, that
the aggregate receipts amounted to 4,468,131.
To this add the balance in the treasury on the 1st
of December, 18 19, viz: $926,207 also, the una
vailable deposits in Ihe Bank of the United States,
$280,000, and we have the very large aggregate
"of$5,G44,338. The leading items are, the tas on
real and personal estate, the canal and railroad
tolls, the tax on bank dividends, the tax on corpor
ation stocks, tavern and retailers licences, the tax t
.on loans, and the collateral inheritance, tax. The -;
canal and .railroad tolls amounted to the handsome
sum of 1,713,840. The gross expenditures are
given as 4,569,053. There was, moreover, a
balance in the treasury on Ihe 30th of November
last, o f S754.252. The whole being immediately;
available, in addition to 324,022 dollars, which
sum was not available. The two leading items of
expenditure are, first the inteiest on loans amount
. .. . . , ,i i 1 uir
ing to S5,uui,v ii uouars, anu setuuu, uur puuuc
improvements, meaning the cost of repairs, the
salaries of officers, &c. amounting to 1,488,799.
The ordinary expenses of government were only
262,099. A large sum was distributed in chari
ties, and to various benevolent institutions. . The
sum of 213,728 was appropriated to common
schools, and the sum of 318,854 to the sinking
fund, nnd thus to the partial liquidation of the
State debt. The picture on the yvhole is bright
and cheering. It is creditable in the highest de
gree to the State Administration. The finances of
Pennsylvania have been fully resuscitated. The
n.mlit nf tho f!nm mnTi won 1 1 h hnc hppn imlimterl
. Qur State Bom3 are novv a.
safest securhies m the world and are
, for inveslmenlnolonly al home but abroad,
, ?J Unnia has ded an immenSB 3um iu
. cQm and fecti Uer works of inlernal
1 . ... noh .hft ta unon her neQ.
t ' vu;m,0 i ,ri
! pie has been onerous, they have exhibited a truly
noble patriotism in yielding to the requirements of
the laws so promptly and cheerfully. The State
debt is still large, but the good work of its liquida
tion has commenced. Let it be followed up from
year to year, and the effect will be most salutary.
A Novel Idea. The proprietors of the Astor
House, New York, obtain daily, by telegraph, for
the benefit of travellers, the state of the weather
at various points of the Union.
From ihe N. Y. Tribune.
The ucsSion of Industrial Indepen
dence in 1850.
That our country is now, in a state of pro
found peace, bountiful harvests, rapidly increas
ing in population and production, running stea
dily and heavily in debt, is a fact which ought
never be forgonen until a fact it shall cease to
be. True we are making Railroads somewhat
rapidily, but England, with a smaller effective
population than ours, and much heavier intern
el burdens on her industry, made hers still more
rapidily, yet does not owe other nations a dol
lar for them. On the contrary, nearly every
other on earth that can safely be trusted, (and
some which cannot) are to-day largely her
debtors, and some of them becoming still mote
deeply so ours, for example. Yes, with eve
ry internal element of production, every reason
for paying our present heavy debts instead of
running up new scores, we are running behind
hand at the rate of some forty or fifty Millions
per annum! We want Iron for Railroads; and
we have the ore and the fuel in abundance and
of every desirable quality ; we have an abun
dance of .skill and energy, now idle but eager
to be employed in Iron making : and yet the
roads now making across our own ore and coal
beds are ironed from Great Britain, because
ere long experience in and virtual monopoly of
Iron making, the profits on our trade and her
monopoly of the world's most lucrative fabrica
tions and commerce, enable her to sell a very
inferiorqualtty of lion al alow price and kind
ly accommodate us with twenty yeara' credit
on a good share of the purchase money. AH
this goes on very smoothly for all but our la
borers who are defrauded of the work and wa
ges belonging to them by this cheap buying in
England but what is 10 be the end of it?
Forty millons a year for every twenty-five years
(a short life time) amounts to One Thousand
Million Dollars, to say nothing of the interest
meantime accruing. The interest on that Thou
sand Million Dollars, must be some Sixty Mil
lions a year. If we cannot now pay our way
by Forty Millons, what shall we do when the
annual interesi of our Foreign Debt shall be'
Sixty Millions per annum ?
At this moment, with our granaries filled to
overflowing and our hills covered with sheep
and cattle, one-half the works intended for I-ron-makwg
are standing idle and going to
wreck, because our people are induced, through
ihe sorceries of a perverted Commerce, to pre
fer European Metals and Fabrics to those pro
ropoan ivietais anu raorics to tnoao pro
duced at home, under the fatal delusion that
the former are cheaper. But no-man ever did
or can buy an article cheap which his own boys
ought to hare made, and which they will stand
idle in defauli of making. It is our earnest
conviction that this country U to-day One
Thousand Millions poorer, and ery far behind
in art, skill, industry and comfort, than what it
would have been by this time had the Tariff of
1828 stood unmodified nil now. Had we but
enjoyed twenty-five years of adequate, tho
roughly efficient Protectiou to Home Industry,
we believe that on most articles we could afford
to abolish Dunes altogether and enter ihe fre
est competition with every nation in the world.
That u would be desirable to do so, we do not
affirm ; we regard it only in the light of practi
cability. But we manage to half protect and
then expose our immature enterprise to the
competition of full grown, afiluent, subtle and
deiirmined rivalls, and in the unequal struggle
thu3 invited our manufacturers go 10 the wall.
Then'come glutted Markets for labor and for.
many descriptions of products ; thence follows
distress, stagnation and bankruptcy, until the
People are transciently aroused and impelled
to seek a change of policy. A partial, halting.
hesitating change is awarded, the People sink,
to sleep again ; and a few years restore the
reign of the old delusions. How long shall it
continue thus ? "
We estimate that the actual Foreign cost
oftho Meials and Fabrics impurted from Eu'--rope
during the year now closing' was certainly?
not less than highly Millions of Dollars, of
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