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VOL 4.]
I’UBttSHF.D WEEKLY
BY
THOMAS A. FA3TBTO.
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ID* For the information of our advertising
friends, we publish the following Laic Requisites.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators
Execulors or Guardians, are required, by law,
to be held oil the first Tuesday In the month, be
tween the hours of ten in the forenoon and three
in the afternoon, at the Court-House of the coun
ty in which the property is situate.—Notice ot
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Notice of the sale of persona! property must he
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■aojaa.- We are au
2’tutorized to announce
f 'UMstf THOMAS I). Mc-
LAUGiilJ^r
as :t candidate for Tax Collector of
Wilkes county, at the ensuing elec
tion.
July 5, 1830. 3—l r
NOTICE.
ALL persons having demands a
_ gainst the estate of Feder
ick Patterson, late of Oglethorpe
county deceased, are requested to
yresent them duly authenticated,
end those indebted will please make
immediate payment as indulgence
will not he given.
John Rupert, adm’r.
June 14th 1830. I—6t.
“7. F. GONEEKE.
TEACHER OF MUSIC.
•mmrUL visit Washington in a
V v short time, where he will
remain a few days. Mr. G’s. Musi
cal talent and capacity for tunciug
Fiano’s. &c. is so well known by
those acquainted with him that re
commendation would be superfluous.
Re has been patronized by the most
tasteful devotees of Music in every
state he bus visited. The Ladies of
Washington and its vicinity, having
Fiano’s out of order and wishing
them put in tune, are lequested to
send their names to Thomas A.
Pasteur. Price for tuncing. five
dollars.
Washington, July sth 1830.
tpt:
Robert A. Toombs , |
OFFERS his professional ser- ;
vices to the public.—lie will
practice in the several courts of the !
Northern circuit. —Office, Washing
ton, Wilkes county, Georgia.
June 21, 1830. 1 - Im.
EXECUTORS’ SAKE.
On the first
said count} 7 , while
• , s o s ordinary purposes, one
fr ict m land .'ving in Wilkes county,
and adjoining Mercer and o
otbors, containing 79 acres, more
C 1 One other tract of land lying
in Wilkes county, adjoirong Alexan
der Pope and others, and containing
m acres, more or less.
j§ Roth the above tracts
belong to the estate of Osborn Stone
deceased, late of Wilkes county,
and will be sold for the benefit of
the heirs and creditors of said decea
sed Terms of sale —twelve months
credit, the purchaser giving bond
with unproved security.
‘ John W. Butler, cxr.
Jffiy 5, 1830. 3— 1( &
WASHINGTON, (GA.) TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1830.
List of Letters,
Remaining in the Post Office in Wash
ington f. Wilkes county, Georgia, on
the Ist day of February, 1830.
Joel Abbott, Esq. Messrs. Adams Towns,
Dr.JosepnW.Aulhony,3 Joint H. Anderson, l\ M.
’ b
Thomas J. Beckj J. Biliingslea, 2,
John H. Bryan, Richardson Booker,
Anderson Bates, Edward Black, 2,
Samuel Burns, John Balia! and,
C. L. Bolton.
c
John Chany, Mildred Carlton,
Col. Baylis R. Crosby 2, Lucy Cosby f
George Carter, S. Crayton,
Edinuml B. C'Obb, Benjamin Crabb,
Jesse Clarke, A. A Cleveland,
Rev. Enoch Calloway, Joseph Wi Cooper.
E. E. Dubose, Julia Ann £)ubosc, 2,
Cunningham Daniel.
F
; Parmeln Fomtyy.
a
Messrs. Chunn, Gilles- ? Samuel Goode,
I pit? &. Cos. } Charles W. Gresham,
Robert Urrfhari, Ann Graves,
Rev. £>. Gibson.
it
Col Joseph Henderson > Joseph IJendersbn, 3,
or Hugh Reynolds, sCol. Jesse Heard,
I David i*. iliilhousc, Daniel Hester,
David Hammick, John Harris A. M.
E. Henry, Thomas Higginbotham,
William Hudspeth, A. Mammoity,
Jane Hut lies, Elizabeth Houghton,
Moses Uainbrick.
J
Joha C. Jordan,
, it
Jones Kindrick>.’
£
Anne Lcv C relt, V incent B. Lnlve,
1 hums Little, Richard 11 Long,
David Lassiey, Alexander Lea id,
James Lester, fcupt. Jas. M. C. Luke*.
m
T. D. McLaughlin. William McElroy,
Davis L. McJunkiu, 2, Joshua Mercer;
Rev. Jesse Mercer, 2, IludaU Marshal.
Benjamin Murphy, James Merriwcihcr,
Jaue Minton.,
X 9
filial) Norman.
r
Chenoth Potect, Joseph Pulling,
George Picket, Mary Pope,
Dr. J. 11. Pope, W illiam A. Piggoll.
Q
Charles Quigley.
SL
Dr. Albeit Rees, Receiver of Tax Returns,
Rev. M. D. O’Riley, Richard Robinson,
Dr. Sydney ii. Reese, 2.
53
Nathaniel Snelson, Guy. Smith,
Alex. Stone. llev. Mr. Stephens,
Daniel Shumate, Jiiuim Scot!, 2,
John Scott, 2, Rev. Jos. C. Stiles,
Charles Smith, Nathaniel I. Steen,
Rev. A died Sherwood, James R. Simpson,
Robert Simpson, Eiuamied Smith.
T
Maj. Wtn. Triplett, James ‘foies.
V 7
Col. Abner Wellborn, Vctginla C. Wilkinson,
Mary Wignliuld, liethativ Woodard,
Thomas Walton, John Wilkinson,
John Wells, Josiah M. Wootutl,
Mrs. Walker, Jarrot Wilson,
Aug. B. Wooldridge, John S. Walker.—l 22.
Persons asking for letters will
please say if they are advertise*!.
Wm, (i. Driver, 3. M.
Executive Deportment, Geo:
MiLLROGEviIIE, 1 ?ih June, 1830.
I®JOTLCK is hereby given, that
JNi Sealed Proposals will be recei -
ved at this Department, until the!
15th clay of August next, for print-!
ing and binding two thousand copies j
of a Compilation of the Laws and j
Resolutions of ibis State, from the j
‘year 1820 Up to !??:', iur : !*ive, in
quorto size volumes, with Marginal
Notes and Index. Tbetvpe and pa
per to be similar to that of the di
gest of the Laws of the VJ. Slates,
published by Thomas F. Gordon,
j Esquire, in 1827. The binding to
Ibe of good sheep (Law binding) let
tered and filleted.
Proposals must-be plain and ex-
I plicit, and must embrace ah expen
ses attending the execution and do
lively ofthe work at the State House !
in this place, arid also the time off
delivery for which good and sufficient i
security will be required, as well asi
for the re-delivery of the manuscript.
Attest, MILLER GRIEVE,
Sec'ry. Executive Department.
June 18, 1830. I—i!sa
\TT To be published until the lfith of August
next, in the Athenian, Augusta Chronicle, ami
Constitutionalist, Savannah Georgian and Re
publican, and Washington News.
GEORGIA — Oglethorpe county.
Whereas Caleb 15. Green
wood and V. illium Greenwood administrators on
the estate- of John Greenwood deceased, apply to
me for letters of dismission from said estate.
These are therefore to cite, summon and admo
nish all and singular the kindred and creditors o
said deceased, to be and appear at my office with
in the time prescribed by law, to skew-cause (ifa
nv they have) why said letters should not be gran
ted. Given under my hand at office, this 25th of
March. 1830. Wm. Henry Smith, c. c. o-
Guardian 9 8 Ronds,
• i locally printed and Jot *oh a! i/iis Os ice.
SUBSTANCE OF
MR. BENTON’S SPEECH.
Vie motion for the reduction of the duty on Sail,
being under Consideration.
Mr. BEN ION commenced his speech sty sav
ing that he was no advocate for unprofitable de
bate, turd had no ambition to add hR name tc the •
catalogue of barren orators; but that there were |
cases i::-* hick speaking dst’ good ; cases in which j
moderate abilities produced great results; and
he believed the question of fejwaling the salt tits
to be one of those cases. Il had certainly been
soin England. I here salt tax had been over
throwii, by the labors of plain men, under circum
stances much more unfavorable to their undertu
! Wng than exist here. The English salt tax had
. continued 100 years. It was cherished by the
ministry, to whom ityiclded a million and a Imlf
sterling of revenue; it Was defended by the do
mestic sail makers, to whom it gave a monopoly
of the home market; it was consecrated bvtime,
having subsisted for five generations; it was for
tified by the habits of the people, who were born,
and had grown gray, under it ; and it was sanc
tioned by the necessities of the State. U-liichrequi
red eveiy resource of rigorous taxation. Vet
t was (net thrown,& the overthrow was effected by
l wo debates, conducted, ?.*yf by lh orators w ho.-To
renown has filled the world—-not by Sheridan,
Burke, I’ilt, and Fox bid by plain business men
—Mr Caicraft, Mr. Ctjrweii, and Mr. F v grron.
Ikose patriotic inembcis of the British Parliament
commenced the? war upon the British salt tax in
ißi7, and finished ft in 1b22. They commenced
nil’i i!ie omens and auspices all against them,
ended with complete success. They abolished
the “Salt tux in tvto. They swept it all off, brave
ly rejectingall compromises when they had get
tneir adversaries half vanquished, and carrying
their appeals home to the people, until they had
roused a spirit before which the ministry qviih-d,
the monopolizers trembled, the Parliament gave
w *iy, and the tax fell. I his example is encoarng
j: |it K fuil of consolation and of hope; it shows i
waai zeal ttlld pCrr^' vo rau* *> C2P do a j
cause; ii shows that the cause of iruili
is triumpliant when its advocates are hold and ;
faithful, it leads to the com iclion tint the Ame-j
ricanfi.;'i tax will fall as the British tax did, as i
soon as the people shall see that it - continuance •
•SAbuttiicn to tiiein. \\iihout adequate advan- i
tageto the Govern;..eat, and that icpcal Lin j
then own hands.
I ho eiioruions amount of the tax was (ho first ‘
point to winch Mr. Li. would direct'his attention, j
Me said it Ivas near 3uo per cent, upon Liverpool |
blown, and4ooper cent upon alum salt; but ns j
the Liverpool was a very inferior salt, and no;!
much used iu the West, he would confine his ib- j
seDa'i. . ‘o the suit of Portugal and the West I
Indies, called hv general name alum. The im- j
port price oflliU from eight to nine cents !
u bualud of fifiy-tix ‘pounds each, and the dut , i
upon that imsiiel was twCnfy cents, lint: was a !
tax of upwards t.f two hundred per cent. Then |
liic merchant had hU profit upon the dniy as,weli i
us npofi the cost of riie article, oml wheu it went !
through the hands of several merchants before it !
got to the consumer, each had ids profit upon it, .
aud whenever this profit amounted to fifty per :
tear, upon the duty, it was upwards cf one liun- i
died p. i- cent upon the salt. Then the tariiViaws ‘
liuve deprived t!io cousurncr of thirty-four pounds j
in the bushei, by substituting weight for measure. ‘
and li.iit weight a false one. The true v. eight of
o incasuted bushel of alum salt is eighty four
pounds; b.it the IhilUli tariil lavn, j*.*r the sake
of multiplying the bushels and increasing the
product oi the tax substituted v.eight for mea
iidopted tlieii slimUmU ol'fiiiy sipounds to'tfic I
bushel. * |
[Here Gen. Smikh, of Maryland, rose and said j
he hud led the Senator from Missouri into ,m j
error, m tubing him, some lime back, that the
neighl of aium salt was eighty-four pounds. !
Subsequent rcilcction had showu him that it was !
below eighty.J
Mr li. resumed hi;’ speech. Hu Raid the Sen- j
ator from Maryland was not so tin wrong in his j
Inst information as he supposed: that he j
!>.)*ns infoimcd from other sou.ieslhat link - ‘
Bland suit Weighed about eighty pounds; and nt-j
had a report before'him of a c-mii.i.•!<* ol yhe
British ilonsu of Commons, mud- ••. 18*7, by Mr. I
Cal era ft, the chn: man of (L.- com •* tit*- j
salt duties. i:i v. iiic . •;--* v.eity;; • i- t |
of Biscay salt is stated • pounds.
But lei us assume the weight at ■ .. n.j.ujd .
and at this wc.ght li is inemste * • •• ti.•. ;.c
rill EiWii httec b .eti the mean.; r *. •* v T ~*’ ‘
Consumer of thirty pound; i.- *fc •1 .i *l. {.
these laws reduce the buhci t ( ‘u. .x
and the r< tail mot chant and in,;
improving epou this hint h*.*. ; • a • ; r
duction of six pounds, ami i;. . .. ; •
j fifty, i his is a loss of IhrcV p;p si ; • v<*iy
near one half—ami making the t cos’ ink
out: hundred pci cent more, i’u w . .1! i.. ... : .
geiher—the duty the in. icluim - p .u uj>n. f
duty, and the loss iu the bushel —and the duty on
alum salt is shown to be neat’ fom hundred pei
cent ; iu other words, Hie tux is four tiuics the va
lue -Of the article, anti makes it cost the consum
er four time* as much as ii would cost w ithout
the tax. ‘1 his is a cruel oppression upon the peo
ple; one which they ought not to bear without
necessity, and which there is no* necessity, as
shall be fully shewn, for hearing any lunger!
Mr B. entered into statistical details, to shew
the aggregate amount of this tax, Which he stated
iu be enormous, and contrary to every principle
of taxation, even if taxes wcriiso necessary as to
justify the taxing of salt. IJe stated the imp.s ta
tion of foreign salt, in 1821), at six millions ol
| bushels, round numbers; the \ulueof 1.3,000
and the t.ix at 20 cunts a bushel, $1,200,000; the
I merchants’ profit upon that duty hi 00 percent, is
! SOOO,OOO, and the secret ot iiiddhi tax, iu the
| shape of false weight fur true measure, at the
i rate of 30 lbs. in the bushel, was {#450,000. Here,
then, is taxation to the amount of about two mil
lions and a quarter of dollars, iipya ru article
costing $175,000; and (k;B **rn.*ic one of prime
s*m! untversrt use; ranking next after
bread, in the catalogue of articles forliumau sub
siatence. * •
The distribution of this enormous tax upon the
different sections of llie Union, was the next ob
ject of Mr. B.'s inqu|ry ; aud for this purpose, he
view ed the Union under three great -divisions—
the Northeast, the South, and the West. To the
Northeast, and especially to some parts of it,
ho considered the salt tax to tu no bur.thcn, but
rather a benefit and muncy making business
The fishing allowance and bounties produced
this effect. In consideration of the salt duty, the
ownerc and exporters offish, are allowed money
out of the Treasury, to amount, us it was inten
ded, ofthe salt duty paid by them; but it has
been proved to be twice as much. The annual
allowance is about $250,000, and the aggregate
drawn from tiic Treasury riitce the first impositi
on of the salt duty iu 1780. it shews by the Trea
sury returns to he five millions #f dollars. Mych
of this is drqvvi. by undue means, as is shown by
the report of Uic Secretary of lhaTreasury, at the
coipiucpceqicnt ofthe jncscut session, jac Bof
the animat report on the Finances. The North
east makes much salt at home, Su. chiefly by soler
evaporation, which fits it for curing fish and pro
visions. Much of it is proved, by the returns of
(lie salt makers, to be used in the fisheries while
fisheries are drawing money from the Treasury
under the laws which intended to indemnify them
for the duty pain on foreign salt. To this section
ofthe Uiion then, the salt tax is not heavily felt
as a burthen
Let us proceed to the South. In this section
there arc but few salt w orks, and no bounties or
allowances, as there are no fisheries. The con*
t'um’efs are thrown almost entirely upon the fore
ign supply, and chiefly use the Liverpool blown.
The import-price of this is about lo cents a bush
el; the weight and strength is less than that of al
um salt; and the tax falls heavily and directly
upon Hie people, to the whole amount of their con
sumption. iris a heavy burfuen upon the South,
ThalVi:sr is tin? last section to be viewed, and
it will lie found to be the tune seat ofthe most op
pressire operation ofthe salt (ax. The domestic
supply is high in price, deficient in quantity, and
altogether unfit lor one of the greatest purposes
for which salt is there wanted, curing prbtisions
, for exportation. For this purpose, a foreign sup
ply is indispciisihic; and alum salt is the kind
used. The import price of this kind, from the
U ust Indies, is ni:;; cents a bushel; from Portu
gal eight cents a bushel. At these prices the
‘Vest could be supplied with this salt, at New Or-
Icnns, ii the duty was abolished; but in conse
quence of the duty it costs 37 1-2 cents per bitsb
ei there, being four times the import price of the
article, and setcoty five cents per bushel at Lou
isville, and oilier central parts of the valley of
Mississippi. This enormous price resolved into
il£ component jiarts, is thus made up : 1. Eight or
nine cents a bushel for the salt. 2. Twenty cents
for duty. 3 Eight or ten cents for merchants’
piufit at New Orleans. A. Sixteen oj- seventeen
cents for freight to Louisville. 5. Fifteen or
twenty cents for the second merchant’s profit, •
who counts his per centum on his whole outlay
in all about seventy five cents, for a bushel of fifty
pounds; which, if there was no duty j and the tu- {
liff regulations of weight for measure abolished,
wrjum.hv’ brought in N. Orleans by the measured
bushel of SO HjE wiiight, for H or 1) and would be
brought up the river at the rate 33 1-3 cents per
hundred weight. It thus appears that the salt
tux falls hcayiesllv Upon the West It is an error
to snppos r that the South is the gfA&tlSt sufferer.
The West wants it for every purpose the Souti ‘
does, and two great purposes besides: — curing j
vriii isionfor export, and spiting stock. The West
uses aium salt and on this llie dm* is heaviest, j
because, the prit eis lower, and the weight grcatci. |
Twenty cents on :;dt which co.->ts S or i) pdnts a j
bushei, is a much heavier duty thou on that which j
costs 1.3 cents; and then, the deception in the j
substitution of we ight for measure, is much grea
ter iu alum salt, which weighs so irntclf more
thau the Liverpool blow n. Like the South, the
West receive* no bounties of allowances, on tic- j
count of the salt duties. This may be fair in the j
South, where the imported salt is not re exported j
updu fish or provisions; but it is unfair in the’
West, w here the exportation of beef, pork, ba-[
con, cheese, and butter, is prodigious, and the j
foreign sMt re-exported upon the whole of it.
M . 11. then urged with great warmth, that the
provision curers and exporters were entitled to
the same lUP";; ties and allowances with t he expor
ters otfis.li. The claims of each rested upon the
same pri iciple, and upon the principle of all draw
backs, that of a reimbursement ofthe duty which
was paid on the imported j*ah.wi.en re-expoi ted, on
fish, and provisions. The same principle covers
the beef and pork of the farmer, which covers
the fish of the fisherman ; and shell was the law
i.ilhcr U* p, in.ting. ‘ l‘hts li: at net at’ Cangrcss in
the year 1781), w hich imposed a duty upon sail, |
allowing a bounty in ih-u of draw back, on beef
ami pork exported, us well as fish. The bounty ;
was The same in each case ; it was five cents a i
quintal do dried fish ; five cents a barrel on pick-1
led lisl), and five on beef and pork. As the duty i
on ... ill was increased, the bounties and allowan-!
ces a ere increased also. Fish, and salted beef j
and poik. fared alike for the first twenty years, i
They fared alike till the revival cl'the salt tax at j
the cu.mm: neement of the bite war. Then they
purled tv..a..any ; bounties and allowance* were
eoiilim.ted to the fisheries, ami droped on beef aud |
polk; and this bus been the case ever since, j
if., exporters of fish arc* now drawing at tLc rule .
• s2via; k), per annum, as a reimbursement for
tin .is. ,r. tu while exporters of provisions d-.aw j
m-:''i ii* aggregatb 6f the finitgb..>in;:cs j
rs.-i *\x■ s. ae Hally drawn from the l reas
rv, exceed :i*vr uiiiiiona of dollars; while the cx- ;
* : piov who get nothing, would!
; ;*.• . .. mini ii to raw a greater sum ; for the i
in s i bed provisions, exceeds the value of j
ex: •!< a fiair.
. ‘ B. could not quit i his part of the subject, j
cntlei voting to fix the attention ofthe 3e
. upiitt ti..: provision trade of the West, lit
‘•'..•k this trade iu its largest sense, as including
{ export b ade of beef, pork, bacon, cheese and
butter, of foieigncountries, especially the West
indies; the domestic truth-to the lower Missis
sippi ami tlie Southern States ; the neighboi hood
tlis.de. a* *u.u>lviu IL*U tow ns in tie* upjfer Srates:
(he miiiers in Missoui i and the upper Mississippi;
the army and the navy ; and vai ious professions,
which, being otherwise employed, did not raise
their own piovisions. The amount of this trade,
iiu this cainprebeiihive view, v.ns prodigious, aud
annually increasing, and involving in its current
■drnost the entire population of the West, either
as the grow'ers and makers of the provisions, the
curers, exporters, or consumers. The amount
‘could scarcely be ascertained. What was expor
ted from New Orleans was shew nto be gieat; but
it was only a fraction ofthe whole trade, lie de
clared it to be entitled (• the favorable consider
ation of Congress, and that the repeal ofthe salt
• duty was the greatest favor, if an act of justice
ought to come under the name of favor, which
| could be rendered it. A reduction iu the price of
[salt, next to a reduction in the price of land, was
| the greatest blessing which the Federal Govern
i meat could now confer upon tlie West. Mr. B
! referred to the example of England, who favored
her provision curers, and permitted them to im
port alum suit, free of duty, for tiie encourage
ment ofthe provision trade, even when her own
salt manufacturers were producing an abundant
aud supeilluous supply ot common salt, lie
shewed that she did more; that she extended the
same relief and encouragement to the Irish; and
be read from the British statute book, {in act ol
the British Parliament, passed in 1807, entitled,
“an act to encourage the export of salted beef and
pork from Ireland,” which allowed a bounty of
ten pence sterling on every hundred weight of
beef and pork so exported, iu consideration of
the duty paid on salt which was used in the cur
ing of it. He stated, that at a later period, the
duty had been entirely repealed, and the Irish,
in common with oth**r British subjects, allowed
a free trade with uli the world, in s<it ; nod then
demanded, in the most emphatic manner, ii the
people ofthe WiAt could not obtain from the A
meric’.n Congress the justice which the oppressed
Irish had procured from a British Failiameut.
composed of hereditary nobles, and filled Kith re!
j>rcs£Utajivqf of boroughs U slavish retty(i-
[New Series—No. 4;
lersofthe King’s ministers* Hating shown the
enormous amount o/ the lax, its unequal operati
on in different sections of the Union, nnd the su
peri or claims of the West for its abolition, Mr. B.*
proceeded to examine the reasons for keeping it
up. These grew out tit ic “ American system:”
for the duly was no longer for revenue. Th<s
plea of revenue was cut off by our own conduct.
We had voted two years ago, to reduce the du
ties one half on w hips, and were now voting to rcr
ducc them to u function 1 ou coffee, P*a, and choco
late. Tliis is proof decisive that the revenue cau
dispense wßh a part of the tax s. The Objection
then, to repeal the suit duty, stands upon the ’Vb
nierican system & thus this system is present
ed to the people by its own warm friends nntfr
zealous champions, as reducing the moderate du
ties on champaigne wine and imperial tea, which ■
the rich md luxurious alone use, and leaving the
enormous and unequal duties upon Salt, Without
which the farmer cannot raise his stock or cure
his provisions! without whiMi the laboring mite
cannot cat his dinner, nor the beggar boil his
groans! Thus this system is presented ns favour
iu# the rich and luxurious, oppres
sing the poor and laborious! Hut
let us examine into it, and see with
wlmt justice, „aiul with wjiat confor
mity to its own declared principles,
the “American system ” has taken the
salt tax under its shelter and protec
tion. The principles of that system,
as I understand them, and practise
upon them, ate to tux th"ough the
custom house, the foreign rivals of*
our oirn essential productions, when,
by that taxation , an adequate supply
ofthe same article, as good, and as
cheap, can be made at home. These
were the principles ofthe system,Mr.
13. said, when he was initiated, ai.<l
if they had changed since, he lmil
not changhed with them, and he ap
prehended a promulgation of the
change would produce a schism a
mongst its followers. Tokina- these
to be the principles of the system;
let (he salt tax he hrouglrt to its test/
la the lirst place the domestic man*
ufacturcr had enjoyed all possi
ble protection. The duty was
near 300 per cent, on Liverpool salt,’
and 400 upon alttm s-alt; and to this
must be added, so far as islotCStO y,li
the interior manufactories, tlie pro
tection arising form transportation;
frequently equal to 2 or 300 per cent.
| more. This great and excessive
I protection has been enjoyed, without
| interruption, for the last, eighteen
1 years, and partially for twenty years
• longer. This surely is time enough
; for the trial of a manufacture which
I requires but little skill or experience
jto carry it on. ]\ow for the results*
/ Have t}v*3 domestic nianufactories
’ produced an adequate supply for tlie
country ? They have not ! nor half
! enough. The production ofthe last
year (1829) as shewn in tlie returns
to the Secretary ofthe Tieasury, is
about five millions of bushels; tho
importation of foreign salt for ther
same period, as shown by the rustoa*
1 house returns is 5,945,547 bushels.
This shows the consumption to be
eleven millions of bushels, of which
| five are domestic. Hero the failure,
iu the esseutioJ particular cf an ade
quate s qq;!y is more than one half
lu tin! next place, how is it in poiefe
j and price i Is the domestic tu tide fur—
| uished.as cheap as the foreign? J-'ar
I from it, as already shown ; and still
turtiter, as can he shown. The pne**
ofthe domestic, along the coast of*
the Atlantic .States, varies at the
works from 374 to 50 cents; in the
usual prices nt the works arc from
332, cents to one dollar for the bushei
0150 lbs. which can nearly be put in*
to a half bushel measure. The pri
ces of the foreign suit, at the impou
cities, ns shown in the rustc.u house
returns for 1829, are for the Liver
pool blown, about 15 cents for the
bushel of 50 lbs; for Turk’s Island
and other West India salt, about 9
cents; for St. Übes, and other Portu
gal salt, about 8 cents; for Spanish
salt, Ray of lliscay ami Gibralter, n
bout i cents; from the Island of
Malta, 0 cents. Leaving out tb<?
[ Liverpool salt, which is made by boif
| ing, and therefore contains slack ami
I bittern, n septic ingredient which
promotes putrefaction, end renders
that suit unfit for curing provisions,
and which is not used in tlie ‘Vest-,
and the average price ofthe strot;-,
pure, alum salt, made by solar evap!
j oration in hot climates, is about and
cents to the bushel, iierv then is
another lamentable failure. Instead
ol being sold as cheap as the foreign,
the domestic salt is from four to
twelve times the price of alui/i suit
The hist inquiry is us to the quldit v
ofthe domestic article. Is itasirc.oT
usu.e foreign ? This is the moi
essentad nppb.tffiy;, u f(j lt . tcs{
r<i> deceit.