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SPBBCII OF MR. BURGEE.
Ob tlM 4th of July last, a speech wu do
livcnd by Mr. Burgess, of Rhode Inland,
known in congtoaaa a strenuous supporter
of the restrictive poliey, from which we
sbaUrnako a btvf extracts, for the purooso
ofoffering some comments. If the philoso
pher* of the "American system," i>o*sess
cd minds capable of being reached by ru
guoient, their whole theory would be up
set without costiug any wore trouble Uiau
however, their Whole scheme, for it is not
win ?? uie Nuiwme
states, at that time,
and therefore, unlea
to shield himself un
i? WUIV |iiuqu
Ssin growing nit
d equanimity ol
Now, had Mr.
*eystea,< involves them in such ahsurdi
tisa, and surrounds them with such a mys
tification, that they cannot see the truth and
they therefore resemble Uie bata and owls,
which acknowledge only thoiso things to
Itavt an existence, which they ian behold
in the dark.
Mr. Burgess is too respectable a gentle
man, to lw suspected of willAil uiUropre
aentation, but ho is not, on thataccount ox?
omated from the liability of being charged
with too hasty and unqualified au assertion
as fret*, of what a little examination would
have shown him not to bo facts. That he
has done this, wo shall undcrtako to de
monstrate. He says.
"No touthrrn statesman has hitherto |
proposed to repeal that part of the Ameri
can system, under which southern agricul
ture is flourishing."
Mr. Burgess eould have known, had he I
enquired, that the duty on eotton, rico, and
tobacco, wm never imposed with the idea
of protection; that it was a mere roveuue
duty, and no more a part of tho "Amorican
system," than tho duty on coffee, or tea, or
Madeira wine. The duty on cotton was
fixed at three centa per pound by the net of
1790, when its cultivation was scarcely
thought of in this country. and /tut nm >
*tnce been ultcred. Tho duty on rice was
fixed at fifteen per cent, ?nd hat, never
time been altered. The duty on tobacco
was fixed also by the same act, at fiftocn
per cent, and fiat tiever time been ,iltrr
etL Sugar is tho only articlo coming under |
the denomination of" southern agriculture,'
which can be pretended to bo benefitted by |
the "American system." This articlo i? rat
sed in Louisiana alone. The duty prior to
1816, was two and anda half ccnts per |>ou ml,
and was taidsolely as a revenue duty. In
that year, the manufacturers, in order to tie
euro the votes of Louisiana, in favouroftheir
nxhorbitantschoiue of widu-sproad taxation
agreed to increase tho duty on sugar to three
cents. But this Bargain never Itad the con
sent of the statesmen of tho other southern
nor at any time since,
less Mr. Burgess intends
. - under the mere .letter of
his aaseveixtion, and to draw a distinction
between "opposing." and proposing tore
peal," he must coniess that he iias errone
ously represented the conduct of tho aouth
orn statesmen. Nor, lias ho evinced in tho
succeeding sentence of his speech, any dis
position to avoid n misrepresentation of
tacts, for he says,
"It utile prosperity of the northern and
ing states, which has disturbed
of these politicians."
r. Burgess taken the trou
ble to enquire, he would have found, that
the equanimity of the politicians of the
south, lias been disturbed not by tho pros
perity of any of their neighbors, for they
nave wisdom enough to perceive that
auch prosperity cannot but bo beneficial to
themselves; hut by the selfish policy of the
"American system." which can only thrive
by distressing and ruining tho south.
Besides, where is the prosperity of the
north, and tho grain-growing states, to
which the orator refers! To judge from the
deelarations of the parties themselves,
there is no such prosperity. N it to be
found amongst the merchants! Let tho
omptv stores, tho grass-grown wharves,
the idle and decaying ships, the silent ship
yards, answer. Is it to be found amongst
the formers! Their cry is never ceasing,
"agriculture is overdone; we cannot get re
munerating prices for our grain." is it to
be found amongst the manufacturers? Let
the ruin and Imnkruptcy and emharasH
ments, of the last six month**, amontr*t
those whoso pursuits havehvnn most bitch
ly protected by the tarift'. reply tothis'pies
tlon. What is the result! Why that Hum
prosperity, which Mr. Burge** consider* of
such sit enviable nature, an to disturb the
equanimity of the southern politician*. n<>
where dxihIn. lie dues not even himself
believe it to exist. For he nays.
"Their sugar, rico, cotton, ami tolnccco,
find a ready market in Kurope, while the
homo, iron, provision*, bread stun*, fish,
and lumber of the northern states, ought a*
well be thrown overboard, a* transported
to any nation on the eastern shore iif tho
Atlantic."
Now if this language moans any tiling, it
means, that the production* H tho south are
admitted into the markets of lOurope, nn I
wo presume those oftireat llritain are prin
cipally intend**!, upon more favourable
terms, than the productions of the northern
state*; and on this account the eooaiiiioity
of the southern |M?liti<*ian* is disturbed.
But what are the facta! Wo have liefore us a
copy of the British tariff, published in the
pre**iit year, and in it we find, tho follow
ing rates ofduty
"fhijfar, vi/. brown, o? Muscovado, or
clayed; not being refined, thee.wt. Ha:tO,"
which is upwards of, e ? rrnta per ftotunl
But aa nobody, but Mr. Burgees, Aver
heard of a pound of American raw sugar,
belfig shipped to Kurope, owing to the fii
cility whim foreigners have of buying for
eign sugar, oven in our own market, of
equal quality*at the aaraa price, entitled !'?
n dmwhaek three rent* fter fiound. one
might presume Mr. Burgess must have
meant refined sugar. By the name tariff
wa And the duty upon that article to k
ft 0, the owt, which ia 8.'H cent* |>ei
iiound. Now. aa both these duties are pro
mMtwy, If f-dlows. that Mr linrgw lm<
S&fl&SaB
imi iiAxoardt of o*r hundred per cent, the
market prioe of that article there befng
to #2j per 100 Ibe. Although
thisduty {a not qui to a prohibitory one,
yot it operatea mora heavily upon thatpro
duct tlian the 00m laws do upon wheat
flour, and we therefore think, that Mr.
Boraem ha? not tnado out his caae of "a rea
dy market," in tho article of rice any more
than ho haa in that of sugar.
Nor has ho boon any mora happy in re
gard to I'tbrncco. Tho degree of American
applied to tlda article by the Brit
'*h government, so far exoeeda any thing,
that even our own tariff lawa impose upon
tho ??/ completelyprohibited manufacture
that your cottona and woollens diitiea, of
170 to 339 porcont, are mere child's play
to it. Tho duly on tobacco imported into
Great Britain in five hundred, to one thou
sand per cent. Upon somo low priced quid?
ities, such as cost per example ?8 per cwt
it is two thousand, as will be seen from tho
following statement, taken from the tariff
refonvd to.
"Tobacco, via. of tho growth or produce
of any British province in America, un
manufactured, the lb. tl 9d.
of tho growth or produce of
any other place, unman
factored, the lb. 3*. 0."
Th'ua we see, that tho "ready market,"
which Mr. Burgem'* imagination has con
jured up, i* Kaddled with a duty which
would ho absolutely prohibitory, were it not
that the British government for purposes of
revenue, imposes nearly the samo duty up
on tahacco produced in her own colonies,
thus demonstrating most conclusively,
that her high duty on tohaecoia a munici
pal regulation, and not intended as an act
of hostility to South America or tho United
States.
The article of cotton, which is charged
with only six per cent, is tho only ono of
the southern Maples, which isadniittod in
to Great Britain, at a low duty, and is con
sequently the only one, in referenco to
which Mr. Burgess'sfttatementcorrexpondM
with the reality. But to understand the
extent to which ho has mistaken tho farts,
it isrequisite, that we bhould ascertain tho
duties upon the other production)* enumer
ated by him. They are as follows,? j
"Hemp. rough, or undressed, tho cwt.
4s. 3d." Thin duty, which is equal to
<*20 76 per ton. doe* not at all o|>erato in
juriously to the agrirulturo of the United
States, inasmuch as tbo north of Kurope
can afford the article so much cheaper than
we can, that, notwithstanding the enor
mous expense of transporting it ncross tho
Atlantic, our hemp-growerer* require a
protection of #50 per ton to enable them to
sustain the competition.
"/row. vi*. in bars, or unwrought, tho|
produce of any British province, and im
ported from thence, tho m, 2s Gd.
Produce of any other country,
tho ton, Ail. 10. 0
Slit, or hammered into rods
and iron drawn or ham
mered less than | inch
square, tho cwt, 6. 0.
Cast forevery 42100 value, 10. 0. 0.
Pig iron, tho ton. 10. 0." I
Mr. llnrgess himself upon second reflec
tion, would hardly complain of a duty on
foreign bar iron, Imported Into Great Bri- i
tain of ?6 67 per ton, when British iron is so
cheap, that it cannot l>c shut out trom the
United Slates, hut by a duty of $37 per ton.
J*rovMont pay ha follows.
Hams pr.cwt.i2l A 0 equal to 5 lets pr lb.
Lard, M 8 lens than 1} "
Butter. " 10 0" 4 "
Cheese, " 10 6 equal toS "
Salted beet, 12 " 3| "
Pork, " 12 " 3J "
Now although some ef these duties are
high, yet none of them equal the duty upon
rice, sugar, or tobacco, nnd therefore Mr.
Burgess's contrast does not hold good.
As to bread atuff*, the duties are impos
ed by a scale regulated by the market price
of train, nnd varying as this Is high or low.
When the price of wheat in Great Britain
'h at
45t. per quar. of .560 lbs. tho duty is 4Is6d.
50 " ?? 36. 8.
60 " " 26. 8.
70 ?? " 10.8.
73 " '? 1. 0.j
It i?, therefore, at tnrtT, n mere nominal |
luts, at others a mode rote one, and at no j
mm1 a duly equal t ) the rate chargcd upon
? ugar, rice, "r Iu'vkco. I
ut besides thin, it could easily be demon- ,
stratcd, that if the duty on grain were in
(?? CHt Britain, nt the very low rate of twen [
ty-five cents per bushel, at no time exccpt
in seasons of srarcit), could bread fttufl* be
exported from thitcountry to a profit, owing
to the great cheapness with which wheat
hi be furnished from Poland and Germn
??v, Sardinia, and other European countries.
'I'o get into a p ission, therefore, with Eng
111ui, bcuutc she will nrtt buy our grain nt
high price, when she c?n procurc it eUe
where at a low price, is just a* silly as it
would be tor n baker to icpesent it an a
Hi icvaiicc, that his neighbor* would not glee
"in ten r enin ftu a loaf, which they could
nr. <>f any other baker al five.
In reference toJish and lumber, the duty
>?e will admit to be nearly prohibitory.
According to t statement published in Nile*'
l<t-gi*ti-r?of 8tIt August, there were export*
<1 in the year 18J8, to England and Ire
nil. only the following limited quantities.
12 barrels pit kled fish, value, $70
Staves, hcadiag, lioardn, planks,
hewn timber, i'<v. 38,136
Other lumber 3,36!, masts and
spars, 4,499, V 00
But what strikt a one as a little remarka
ble, iti this matter is, that the people who
.ire the mmt deeply injured by the restric
tive policy of Great Britain, are not the
?nplainants. Wo nee no petitions from
which the fisheries arc tarried on, recom
mending an adherence to the tariff police,
is a ground of retaliation because the Brit
.?h will not take our fish, Wc sec no soli
citations from MAtne, and North <*nrol1nn.
sssu
??$SldKS3?
&^^avr??:r
'!&?.
vat^itfJu W"lch U to make matter*
{**? Jf Olher nations chonae to uy. ?? we
wMI purchase only a limited quantity of your
?nSiU?!? * Particular kind, or, even none
&c*!!LiIVL ^ ?? 10 *cnaib,e-' lhat
!??7**r\?ro not to *>o promoted, by putting
it nut of tho power or tiioM: nations to hny
other commodities which they nre willing,
SUHfei .Who then. *re the grcad
champions of the tobacco, rice, fiah and
lumber interests* Why those who carc
D?l.a *tr*w for "V Interest but the mann
SPHS? ?"<l woo,>?" cloth; ami
when we behold such suspicious looking ad
voMteh entering the lists of argument, and
2?fe.V^2 ? advance their ow.' .'irws,
*?'?* they pretend to advocate thom of
others wAo do not with their aid. It reminds
one ol thoae nolitlcal cheats so common at
the present day, who tell the people that
sate'waswr stck",B ?,m
But, sayii Mr. Burgess?"They have ne
vcr been able to point out one article of
American manufacture, made dearer by the
American system; but thev know that the
whole surplus producc of the farmers *.f
the northern stutes, would become a drug,
and perish on their linnds, If that system
were abolished." V-hst the articlc allud
ed to is, we know not. That the prices of
commodities have not risen, has not rctult
M!! 'M'' 'n *he " American sys
tem, but from causes which have been!
operating to counteract it* eiTect. One is,
the increased economy oi manufacturing,
especially in Great Britain, where a yard
of cotton cloth can he woven for a cent.
Another is, a fall in the pricc of the raw
materials. These two causes have been
operating ever since our protective policy
was adopted, and upon many articles have
produced a decline in the cost of product ion,
greater than the increase of duties IItrd
wurc of every description, is now cheaper
under the present dutic*, than untie.- the
former duties. So are cotton and woollen
fabrics of every description, except, per
haps, coarse flannels nnd baizes, and there
fore Mr. Burgess would conclude, that be
cause at tides had fallen in price, no evil had
resulted from the tmiflT, to consumer*.? |
Let the proposition, however, be fairly st.?
ted, and a new face is at once put upon it.,
I'he question in its true form is this: " Are.j
manufactures as low as they would now
?ks if it weie not for the existing high du
?ick?" To answer this question, we will j
appeal to a London newspaper, now before
ua. It is the Morning Herald, of June 16,1
last, from which we extract verbatim, the
following advertisements.*
FASHIONABLE DM ESS COATS,
FROCK COATS, Ceo. cut and made to fit
in the very first style, of the best west of Eng
land superfine cloth, from ?2 13 6 to 3 3 01
Extra Saxony black or
blue, 3 3 0 3 10 0
Cloth or cassimere trow
sera oi the most pre
vailing colours, 1 0 0 1 10 01
An elegant assortment of
the most choice patterns
in waistconting, 0 7 0 9 14 0
A plain suit of Livery
complete, 4 0 0i
Families ami gentlemen who arc disposed j
to make a trial waited upon, and their or
ders will receive the most prompt ami par
ticular attention, by J. Alokrt, l'ailor, ficc.
47, Fishstreet-hill.
CARPETS CITY W A U EHOUSE.
Strong yard wide Kidder
minster, 2 0 and 2 2
Very stout and fine ditto. 2 6 nnd 2 9
Superfines, (elegant pattern*) 3 0 to 3 6
Yard wld* Venetians for
bedrooms, &c. ' 2 0 and 2 4
Ditto, all wool, 2 10 nnd 3 0
Brussels, for the drawing room, of the
newest and most splendid patterns, at a very
I great reduction.
V. ARTKR Cv CO. 2, tlK lpDMIC, 1
Near Paternoster row.
Stair earpeting, hearth rugs, (Irti^c*.*, i
?ml floorcloth*, in the greatest vnrlety, at j
exceeding low price*.
N. B. The stock is the most extensive,
and dccidtdly the cheapest in the mctropo- '
ht>.
CARPETS FOR SAM1'..?"Terms, cash |
on delivery," Manufacturers, (in ah ax It
Co.
Brussels, old patter*, Js 10?l to .5%. 2d
Ditto, the best 3s Id to ,1s. Gd
Ditto, splendid and new, 3s 9d to f??. 1 lit
Ditto the most valuable and
magnificent in Europe, 4s. .Id to -Is f?d J
I*. H. The stock being ?ix times that-f;
any retail house,every description ol hovers |
are instantly suited.?Warehouse, 294, High
Holborn.
These we presume will be sufficient to
put nt rest, all doubt upon the article of
carpets and gentlemen's clothing. Hut
that a similar reduction in most other man
ufactures, has also taken pUce, is rvklrni
from the qualities which have been import
ed, and continue to be imported under the
present high duties. Nothing but a dimi
nution inth?c<Mtofproduction, (awl wheth
er that proceeds from a reduction in the
cost of the raw material, or hi the rate of
wage*, or in the rate of manufaetuitrNpro
fit, it it all the same to us,) could have kept
? At the ordinary rale of eselianji*, wliieb ha?
I'M* a tonf tint* current, sterling money can lie
reduc?d into our currency, with MfReient aec?i
iscjr, by taking *si ?? an eqwl*al#nt of
Itf ttnti, am) mm fund, as the equivalent of
<4 80-100. It wMI thus appear, that I He Lor* km
priees for mtlcmen's coal*, *r?ftosi|U<IO 100
tn#Hf0 100, ?Ml fat carport* follow.
Klddermlnrtert, yar4 wW*, 4B fo Meant*
fs?ti?n?, 48 to 6rt
w to
ip thaw importation, M they have been
kept up; for, unleM a profit out be nutdabf
lilt trade, no merchant will persevere In lm?
K>t>iyv Ae to the Met, that foreigner* can
tk,lr ^terw* to tall ua their
me
?,??/3 h?P<? pric?? will rise again
ot ******w,u MtheaMelreaaBftia.
ten. riUataaiieverhMppen?(uileaaphiloao>
div.scknce, ami skill, march back to the po
rtion they ??ccupicd fifteen year* ago, which
?ill hardly take place during the lifetime
%il? 5J*tent generation.
We therefore assert, and we do It without
he fear of contrudictiaii, (hut there U not
orticlc now manufactucd In the United
nates, and which is protected by duties of
?Oner cent or ubove, that, were the duties
tduccd to n revenue scnic, would not be
:.ieuper, not onlv than tliey used to be, fif
een years ago, Got cheaper than they are
iisduy,anft this U the principle upon which
lie advocates of the interests of the consu
mer*, the great body of the fieotite, oppose
he prohibitory system. For Mr. Burgess,
tie rehire, or any other orator, or writer on
lis :< oC of the question, to defend their
theme, as one that has not occasioned a
[W in prices, whilst it prevents prices from
'I jhig* i? n mere piny u|>on words, which
'though, it muy deceive the ignorant, can*
i<^ escape the detection of the intelligent
reMler. Such sort i.f reasoning is built upon
10 *iore solid fout.dations, thuu that of the
*isftfinnneicr, who, when paper money bad
lepruaated fiity perceiv, Mas to raise pri
gme rally to double their old rates, innls
;cd u(Win it, that because coffee ot which a
h*ihk*Ypinntity had been Imported, re
1jUI! T t!,t' *3mtJ price, it was not affect
rd by th> extraoidinary issue of paper.?
Nothing iMnure clear, than that high duties
:ausc Pric^ to rise, but if simultaneously
with the iWvpnsitioii of the high duty, the
?out ot production is diminished ?>?? greater
iiit 10 than tha duty, nothing i? more clear
than that the price of the article must fall.
Would not, thervforc, that man be an idiot,
* ho, because die price of the article under
luch circumr.tances should fall, would insist
jpon it, that it had fallen In conaeouence of
he high duty? As well might tiie man.
who, after the loss of one of his urms, inven
ted n machinc by whith he could do mote
work, than he pctfonmd before with both
it ins, insist upon it, thai his increased a*
jility to produce, was the result of the loss
d his arm.
As to the knowledge possessed by the
southern politicians, according to Mr. Bur
gess's account, that "the whole surplus
iixxluce of all the farmer? ~f the northern
rtates, would hccooic n dr d perish on
their hand*, if that system . . *boli?hed,"
we nte of opinion, they know i?.. Mich thing.
1 hey know, on the contrary, that the very
reverse would happen. They know that,
it the absence of all suicidal restrictions,
.heir own productions would be augmented,
tnd with them thcil ability iucrcased to
mrchase and consume the productions of
mrthern agriculture, instead of growing
them as they must now do at a dtsactvanrage
rising to their being prohibited by law, from
raising those more valuable prrducts, for
which heaven has particularly adnptedtheir
loil and climate. They know also, that in
l>ropm tion as one nation is diaposed to take
the products of nnothcr, this very disposi*
tion engenders, on the part of the latter, a
:orres|KHidftig disposition to take the pio
lucts of the former, as the only imaginable
means of (fleeting a sale, and that the beat
way to induce other nations to act liberally
towards ypu, is to n^t liberally towards them
especially as nothing is to be gained, and
much tnujr he lost, by pursuing a different
coursc They also know, tl.at if it so hap
pens, that the northern states can raise no
thing but grain, iron, liemp, and flax, all of
which cat br produced in Great Britain, or
lie promised in Kuropc, much cheaper limn
we c.?n furnish them, it is not wise in them,
to visit this natural disadvantage upon the
heads of iheir southern brethren, by deprl
ving theirs of the power to dispose of theIr
productions. So that we think, we are
pistificd Hi pronouncing Mr. Burgess's illib
eral inventive, to be a* destitute of correct
ness, as it is of patriotic feeling.
In a future number, wo will pursue the
subject, end we think, we shall show,'that
i greater collection of erroneous statements
ind false principles is not often to be met
with, than is to be found in this very speech
of M?. Burgess, arising, as charity would
lead us to suppose, Irom his culpable nrg*
lect, to examine the reasoning o; the ndvo
cote# of liberal doctrine*.
fKrom Ihc NhI <i Hmnrr J
TEX A 8.
Mr. Editor?Nothing more '.ban a brief
summary will be here attempted. A sim
ple p-oposition, if it be MilViciently citar, or
a him if it hu properly understood, will an
twei' the purpose quite it* well as a labored
e??) on n plain subjcct. I believe the po
litfcal rye nnd intelligence of this enmtnu
niy i<? too bright to need .1 labored produc
tif 11 to enable them tntommanil n view of
tl|e whole ground which I wish to lay bc
l#rc tbeni. The man who cannot see that
tie welfare And prosperity of this nation
are intimately blended with the condition
r.ftheSciith West, l?oth now and hereafter,
it covered with melt a cloud of darkness,
t >at no effort of mine would cnablu him to
i hse to a brighter atmosphere.
Let it be remembered that Ciinton said
jt'.ie politie'd watchwoid of America wan
| "onward " Sneh also has been the opin
j ion of ?>ur most distinguished patriot* for
1 Manv yearn, that the strong hold of Ameri
can power and Krandcur would settle in the
South Wot. During the discussion nf the
portentous Missouri question in Congress, a
band of patriotic meml>m rctiretl to the
lodgings of one of them, nod there, while
! others slept, pondered nver the welfare of
their country. After a long, labored and
private investigation of the question, one of
the party observing to Com. Bdnhridge,
who was present, and listening with mark
ed attention and deep interest, "here yoa
have Men and heard a specimen of the
hope* ?nd fears and anxiety of politician*.
Miner me to solicit the opinion of an old ami
respected Tnr," he replied, "from circum
stance* and facte which are daily develop
ing, it is evident that the National ship I*
drifting South Westj man her, keep ncr
i tight, and ?t?e will find safe moorings." ?
will borrow a mcupbor from Mr. Rudolph,
? after having tabor?d to draw the portrait,
I baye neither time nor leisure to wrltr.
rfikkn tear." >*Ke afit* of Mr. Jefferson's
life that will thine mostronftpH-umuly on the
paces of feture history,are bis Dtelarutlon
9t Independence. and hU/lurrAarr of Iau
it Ian m. When the historian khull have fin
ished his task they will be fixed ornament* to
he rospended In the Heavens, they will be
u> honor to the human mce, awl ImperUh
abie Immortality to Mr. Jcflerv>n. What
are the acts that Andrew Jackson will have
In his power to consummate, that will have
any similitude to these immortal sctsot Mr.
Idnrson?lA<y arttkt txibtgttkhment of
ihe Afcffcuoi Debt, and the flutrhaoe or dc
j unit fan of TVxsi. The first, admiring
nations may copy; the tecond, s grateful
ton. ' -y and an applauding posterity will
tdmire. There la no difficulty in this. The
custom-house of Hew Orleans has paid the
purchase money Louisiana. If there U
any man h? the Union who has felt himself
straitened, In his private aflklrs in conse
quence of this payment, let him proclaim)
his name, and ne shall have redress?but
there is not one.
1 lie customs of Texas would do the same
thing. The Mexican, steeped to the lip in
poverty, threatened with a powerftri Inva
sion by the mother country, will part with
this property or any thing else for the
?akeof money. Now is the time, and this
is the hour, to strike lor our country'*
weal.
Commercial men, every way qualified to
form an estimate and to give an opinion,
have said that Texas, hi the hands of the
British, would be of as much, or more im
portance to them, thsn the bland of lamui
ca. Let us fer n moment imagine this de
Ughtful region in the hsnds of that proud
and over-bearing nation, flinging bones of
discord'to the two sister republics, and
then imagine if you can, the deep toned
imprecations, that would pervade this na
tion from Maine to the Sabine, from the
sou roes of the Mitouri to the mouth of the
ICifteMtAralrr.
I believe President Jackson hat a listening
and attentive ear. It It said he would m?
soon scan the opinions of a Corporal, as
those of a Major General, and that he with ,
equal readiness wpuld adopt or reject eith- |
eras hit judgment might determine. Be- |
lieving this to be the fact, 1 venture to make 1
the above suggestion*--with the addition
that there it nut one moinrnt to be lost.
Q in a tquceze.
Mr. EilUor.?In looking over the Repub
lican of Friday last* I was mut-h gratified
to find the attention <-f the United State*, di
rected to our Western boundary. Thin 15
ccrtninly n matter ot great and growing im
portance to the United States, and the ac
quisition of the province of Trr.as would be
alike conducive to the quiet and security of
our government, and the glory of the preterit
administration.
The unstable and perplexed condition of
I the Mexican Government, and the conse
quent dancer <>t the province falling into
other hands, dtsignate this at the proper
moment for commencing a negotiation.
1 was much pleased with the idea sugges
ted by the author of the piece ultuded to,
ot exchanging the territory west of the
Rocky mountains for this province. The
country west of those mountains never can,
under any circumstances, he essentially be-1
ncficial to the United States, and in all hu
man probability may be of great inlury. It
has cost the United States already an im
mense sum of money. In endeavoring to set
tle in Congress the much disputed question,
whether it would be expedient to occupy it
?and U something is not speedily done, it
will coat the United States more money in
Congressional debates, than would be suflSi
clent to purchase the whole province of
Texas.
1 he policy, as I might my the absolute
necessity of our (iovcnimcnt acquiring this
province, was ably exemplified by Mr. Clay
in hit speech upon the Spanish treaty. In
the course of that speech lie observe* "that
all acconnts concur in representing Texas
to be extremely valuable; its climate is de
licious; its soil fertile} the margins of its
rivers arc covered with live oak, asd the
country admita of easy settlement; its pro
ductions are suited to our wants, and iv pos
sesses some ot the finest ports in the Gulph
of Mexico. The colonies of other oountrles
are separated from them by vast seas, re
quiring great expense to protect them, ami
always liable to be torn from their grasp ?
Our colonies on the contrary form a part of
our continent, the same Mississippi from
whose rich deposits the best ot them (Lou
isiana) has been formed, will transport on
her bosom the brave, the patriotic, fr<?m
her tributary streams, topicserve and de
fend the next most valuable, the province
of Texas." Mr. Clay next contended, that
it would be inexpedient to cede Texas to
any foreign power. "It was evident" he
observed, "that it was an 'inevitable result
of the principle of population, that the whole j
of this continent, including Texas, was to be ,
peopled in process 01 nmc. i nc question i
I* by what nice shall it be peopled? I > our
h rinds, It would lie peopled by freemen, car
rying with them our IttnguMge, our laws and
our liberties. In the bund# of others it
mav become the habitation of despotism
and of slaves, subject to the vile dominion
of priestcraft and the inquisition. He knew
that there were honest ami enlightened
men, who feared that our confederacy *ns
niready too large. Ho hoped find believed
that the principle of representation, and the
formation of states, would preserve us a u
nlted people. Hut if Texas, after being
peopled by us should at some distant day
break off, she wilt carry with her it noble
crew, consisting of our children, the ?ons of
freemen. The difference between those
opposed to the annexation of Texas and him
was that their system began, where his
might at some future day terminate, theirs
began with a foreign race, aliens to all we
hold most dear, and hit ended with a race
partaking of all our qualities." (Clay's
Speeches 216, 217, IS and 19.)
The United Htates should not only be
possessed of Texas but ? part of New Mex
fco. The Kfo CJrandf, from its mouth to
its soutce In the Hocky mountains should
be the line; this would be a tioundsry unva
rying and natural, and about which there
could ho no disnntc.
I sinc.eri ly hope thU
?St M It is) will receiv _ .
Is pn-si Hi adiuiniktiMiiun, _
?our interest* *ud prtwperity
Mr HUu^r,^There to I
ood Mam in the folio wl
Hscouree before the TrSrtf
ets .College by a man of known nad un~
ouotcd talents, J<thn Scrgemnt J?*f. that I
eg of you to place them befom youriea
There is no doubt that In
my be made in the seminaries <
ry? there to no doubt that it<_
bat?Swpj2rtof <
1 public sentiment to bring it into .
he improvement ad verted to is .
nd of course moro mature power*?ana, ??
consequence, higher and more thorougti
taching. The result can not be secured
nless trio moans an* employed; and their
mplnyment does not depend upon tbdeo
rho are immediately entrusted with tb"
ire of the instruction of youth?; Protas
is and teachers would unity
> rawing the standard of edu
anting their pupil* fuither and ftirthcr in
> the path of feaVning?if pareuu, f
unating its importance, could be t
d upon to afford them the
n 'hey, (unless totally
rust.) must be justly and
onvinced of the value of
aent. But their voice to i
o. By a prejudice, as at ____
onablc as it to unjust, they are
w seeking only to advanoe their
eiest; ana then testimony to, On i
mint disregarded; when,
Principle by which human evi
o be tried, it to entitled to the!
wet. Their meamt of knowledge are |
cr than those of other men, They
roin daily experience?they learn
oustauL and anxious ineaitatloii?
esm from habitual occupation. It to theirs
o watch with parental attention, and with
uoro than parental intelligence, the ex
tandiug powers of the pupils committed to
heir choree. It is their* to observe the ili
luenco of discipline and instruction in nu
neroUH instances, ns it i
latum?and it in theirs,
eeling to note the i*?ues J WKM
nthe liven or those who have been under
hoircharge--to rejoice wijh becoming pride,
vlion following an alumnus of thn Col
ego with th oye of affectionate tenderness
hey see him htoadity pursuing a utmighl
or ward and elevated path, and becoming a
pood and an eminent man?and to mourn,
villi unaffected sorrow over thee* who
lave (alien by the way, disappointing the*
topeaof their parents and tnends, taming;
to nought the oounseto and carrs that have
been bestowed upon them, and ihflictlng
pain and misery upon all who feltan inter
wit in their welfare. KxfuPto etrdr, to th?
maxim of the law; and it isno lens the m*x~
im of common sense- Why is it not appli
ed to the case under comrideratiori, as it is
o all others which am to be deterittined hv
>videncol The sneering and vulgar insin
uation sometimes hazaroed by those who
lind it easier to sneer and insinuate, than to
reason, that teaehem, as a body, have a
peculiar interest of their own, sufficient,
on questions which concern their vocation,
to bring iuto doubt the integrity of their
judgment, and thus to make them incom
petent to be witnesses, if rightly considered
is not no much an insult to this useftil and
honourable, and I may add, in general,
f itliful clans of men, as it to to the parents
who entrust them with their children.
What judgment shell we form of ihrtr in
telligence?what si tall we say ofthetr re
gard for their offspring, if, at the most criti
cal period oflifo, they place theforntinffin
tellect in the hands of menof supeificiaf at
tainments, and more than qunstionabte in
tegrity. to he fkehioucd by them into fan
tastic sliapos to suit their own nurpoaee, or
fltntlfo their own whims! Tim truth i*,
that it is sn anneal to ignorance, whiclvcan
operates tipon our
, too. with parental
?a of their labours,
sn appeal to ignorance, wl
succeed only with those who am ur
unwilling to think, and to employod i
for want of solid argument.
The circumstance* of our country. itmunf
be admitted, have encouraged and have fa
voured sn early entranco into life and. po
far have been averse to oxtended education
Title cause luui naturally, and to a certain
extent justifiably. induced parents to y ioui to
the restless eagerness of youth, always anx
ious to escapefrom the trammels of discip
line, and conftde in tho strength of their un
tried powers. -
Pride, too, ? lata* and injurioun pride in
apt Co lend it* s*?i*t?nce. Inntcid of mcn
?uring the child's progress by hi* advance
ment hi Icarnimr and in yrnrs, tbo parent
in too much inclined to dwell only upon llm
advance he hat made in hi* rhuwc*, and to
note, with peculiar gr.it i fiction, the fcrf,
that he is the youngest of the graduate*
Oitvn, when it"in evident to the teacher,
that the pupil'* lasting interest would l>o
promoted by reviewing a'part of his cdtttso
the very suggention of being put back, is
received as an affront, ?nd inoienailtly ro
tated, though offered from the Kindest and
nest considered motive. It in a mistake, :t
great mistake. To hurry a youth intoCol
lege, and hurry him out of it, that he may
have the barren triumph of extraordinary
forwardness, is to forget the very end and
object of education, vmichii to give him the
ftitl benefit of all that he ran acquire In the
period, which precedes hi* choice of ? pm
suit for life. What is gained by if! It', sm
frequently happens, he b? too young to
enter upon the study of a profe*-?iort, them
iaan-awkward interval when he is left to
himself; he is almost sure to misapply and
waste his precious time, and Is in greater
danger of contracting penusnent habits of
idleness and dissipation. But even Humid
this not be the case, of what conseqpenco
is H to him, that he should enter upon a
profemion a year sooner or Inter, compared
with the toss of the opportunity of deepen
ing, and widening and lengthening the
foundations of character, which art (lien to
lie laid In a Seminary of learning. This
opinion N not without decided support