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ttfts present, had not yet been recci-Ii
Ved from the Treasury Department.
And, although lie came net here as !
tlic eulogist of tiny mail, it would |
N:coi*tc’liiin to say, that* if the in-j
formation Bought ibr by the resolu
tions to v, Inch he had uHtided, had .
been within the pot of the able*
anti di.-ligi.-ie. land of that Depart-j
nuntt, he had tin duubt it would he- 1
lor • now have hi t a romuiutdculed
so this itoii-". H*- regretted tint ab
sence. of tliis itiformaiion, pat lira- ’
nuly as we are without any specific!
data upon which to estimate the a
nionut of capital employed in the
culture of the cane ami the mniui- !
fiacture of sugar in this country, and
the annual profit which it affords,
cl lias been stated that the quan
tity nniiuifnctured in this coun
try in tho.ycur 1830, amounts to one ;
hundred thousand hogsheads; or one j
hundred millions of pounds. Assu
ming the amount imported in 132'.)
as the standard of importation ol
1830, ami it may be taken (in'gran
fed, that the consumption ofthe pre
sent year cannot fall short ot one
hundred and fifty millions of pounds.
If this estimate lie correct it is not
difficult to arrive at the amount of
ounlrihuliou levied upon the whole
mass of consumers by the operation
ol* the present unequal au;l most
Lard; nsonic tax on this article. In
his view of the subject, there Wfts no
doubt the consumers were taxed at
the late of three cents per pound up
on the whole consumplion ot one
hundred and fifty .millions, making
an aggregate of four millions and a
half of dollars for l.ie present year.
Thus showing that this tax, which
carries into the treasury but one
million and a halt ot dollars, put the
sum of t hree millions into the pork
’ ets oftlie American manufacturers
of brown sugar. Ji* he should fie us
: hed hovv~hc arrived at tliis co..elu
> si<4ofjbe< °ulh ensue,, that.he hail
jLjlkcn mfarmed, and did Hc't believe
ktjle fttet could be controverted.,
difference between the 6n. **'t
the leng price of sugar in
commercial city, was
the amount of the duty of
cents per pound.
might, perchance,
wWrjfT theV ot ' cc of other eyes than
%hose of conTi-iei eial men, he would
•'fixate that she s.bort price was the
wtiiolit the Ou*ty, and the long
price the ptie.e incluo.og the doty.
; .So that as no foreign stigi. r leguljr
ly imported cun be consumed in the
country without paying the long
p’ ice, the duty is necessarily paw ■
on ail so consumed. It might be j
ribjacted, that domestic sugar is |
lower in the market oi New Orleans, |
than the average price of foreign I
®UgSIT in me .nmmic on wincvi
dirty has been paid, but lie appre
.bended no essential difference will
be found between the prices of the
foreign and domestic articles in the
Atlantic cities above referred to.
And he has been informed, and be
lieves, that foreign sugar at the
short price, or duty off, can, at the
present moment, be bought at u
considerable lower price in our nor
thern markets, than the domestic in
the market ofN, Orleans. If this be
. the fact, would not the article, if
the duty should lie materially reduc
ed, corneas cheaply from the West
Indies or indeed more so, than from
New-Orlcans. Rut, in the remarks
which he had submitted upon the
subject us connected with the navi
gation of the country, he had not
adverted to the recent recovery of]
the direct trade with the British W.
India Islands, lie could not speak
advisedly on the subject, but had no
doubt a reduction oftlie duty on
. brown sugar would have a most sal- i
utary influence on the advantages to
be derived from this acquisition.
But, in advocating the reduction
’*of this duty, it was uot to be consi-
that lie looked to that reduc
tion as likely to destroy, or essenti
ally diminish the manufacture of
brown sugar in this country. The
enormous profits which he believed
were now reaped hy persons enga
ged in this manufacture, might well
bt:gr some reduction, and when we
consider the Ignsruishiug conditnfo
•of other agricultural pursuits, ought
to bo made to bear it. What is the j 1
genera) condition of agriculture j
throughout the country, it is not ne
sea4ry to Male, nor the large portion I
of our who active their suh- I
eisLencefrom its hard earnings. He ]<
must again express his regi ct £. r the 11
want of more specific information on j 1
the subject. In the absence of such ,(
informal:of:, he uujsf rely upon an t
, estimate ot the Sum necessary to
pin chase nntl supply with the noccs
jtnry stock, machinery, and subsist
jtjjice, for one year, a plantation for
sixty hands, and the probable pro
i duct of their labor, n~ a standard of
| the profits of this pursuit. The cs-
Innate he would first offer Was one
i said to have been made by an itidi
; vidaal who has had some practical
j acquaintance wifi: ‘lie business, as
‘•omhctedln oneofth'!SU£rn;'T.,>]finies
of France. He said lie did not in
| tend to rely solely on this estimate,
j hut after piescnting it, he would of
fer others to the notice of the House,
which, lie was persuaded, would he
found not to present n picture too fa
vorable to the manufacturer of brown
j sugar in this country. The estimate
Ito which ho had referred puts dawn
the sixty hands at an average of three
I hundred dollars, making an. agre
|gate of eighteen thousand dollars.
live hundred acres of land at ten
j dollars per acre, five thousand doi
i lurs : dwelling, negro, and.other hou
■: scs, works, tools, steuin engine, See.,
at twenty three thousand dollars;
; one year’s subsistence, including in
cidental expenses, at four thousand
| dollars g making a total offifly thou
j sand dollars. Taking the quantity
of land cultivated in cane at three
hundred acres, and the average pro
! dace of sugar at twelve hundred and
fifty pounds per acre, will lie tlin
hundred and seventy-five thousand
! pounds. The quantity of molasses
• ‘• at eighty-four gallons per aerr, will
j be three tliousatid an.l seven Inmilrcil
and fifty gallons of molasses. Esti
j mating the sugar at five cents’ the
1 1 pound, nnd the molnsses at fifteen
M cents ;he gallon, tire gmss revenue
i will he twenty-two thousand five I tin
| dred dollars, from which deduct three
i! thousand dollars lor yearly expenses,
•'and itjwill leave, nett income ofnine
■ teen thousand five hundred dollars,
I ior about thirty-nine per cent, upon
:! the whole investment. Mr. it. said,
I : although the e.-timntrd average vnl
t ue of slaves in other States might
i .seem to justify the average as.-, timed
i j for ('.he gang of sixty ; y*:, h-r-s
:* ! timate nJ/J'L by some La twidmed
too low for he would add
, ten thousand dolln s *.o the cstmrat< and
i j cost oftlie establishment, and then,
i! assuming the same autiual product
>! from it, if lie hud made no mistake
in the calculation, ,*‘‘ c tictt
j would exceed thirly-lv.’o ,;t. ‘ ‘ : ut.
j But suppose we set down the capital
j invested t one hundred thousand
| dollars, instead of fifty, and calculate
| upon the same product, the profit
j will be nearly twenty per cent.; and
jif wo add half a cent per pound io
the estimated value of the-sugar,
I (and he lira! been informed that the
i Hiivicm Mum ( ..li -
ed it at that stall,) the profit taking
the whole cost oftlie estitblt-'anont at.
one hundred thousand dollars, wotiid
exceed twenty per contain per an
num. But suppose the medium tut;,
of seventy-five thousand dollars be
tak'm us the cost of the plantation,
hands, &.C., anil estinmle the product
at four thousand pounds to the hand,
and he would res)are the decided o
pinion, that the hands g£tunlly em
ployed do not fall below tin t Over
age, estimating t lie sum of two hun
dred and forty thousand pounds of
sugar at five and a half cents per
pound, twenty thousand one hundred
and sixty gallons of Mo losses at fif
teen cents per gallon, ami the gross
sum of sixteen thousand two hun
dred and twenty-four dollars while
j allowing four thousand two hundred
and twenty-four dollars for annual
expenses, leaves twelve thousand
dollars clear profit, or sixteen per
cent, per annum.
j Where is the agriculturist, engng
! ed in any other brunch of this widely
diversified pursuit, who realizes one
third of this profit from the capital
und labor which lie employs? Sure- i
ly, not tlie grain grower, of whose j
limited uiaikct and scanty profit we
Imvc heard so much; and, as surtlv, i
not the tobacco or cotton grower,;
who with so tnuylr difficulty brings!
the two sides of tire ledger to meet, j
lie said he had no practical informa
tion on tliis subject, but from what
lie had heard upon authority lie did
not question, two thousand pounds’
lof sugar had been manufactured
I from an acre of cane, in one of the j
| southern counties of Georgia, and he j
[had understood that a like quantity
had been manufactured hy some in-,
(lividual in Florida, since the com- j
incncemcut of the present winter.
Cut why go further into detail on
(his subject? If his calculations were!
to bis relied on, a;;d ho had little >
doubt that ioinc otic of thent might
he, the result is, that the manufac
ture of brown sugar can be profita
bly .prosecuted in this country, with
out the aid of a protecting duly.
(To be Continued.)
From Me Banftkr qf tkt Constitution.
There a l *; c*utaiii editors who pro-
Id advocate the cause of free
! trade, hut who, through carelessness,
or want of reflection, admit into their
columns, without a single, word of
comment, articles extracted from o
tlicr papers, the tendency of which,
! is to promote the views oftlie oppo
site party. This conduct reminds
| one of the fable of the Stag and the
Peasant. When that noble animal
■ sought protection from the pursuit of
. t lie huntsman, it was promised hy
the peasant; but, whilst the latter
denied to the pursuers that lie had
I seen the stag pass that vfny, lie point
; od with his linger to the spot where
j the unfortunate victim was conceal
■ ed. The efforts of the tariffparty to
, j fasten t lie restrictive system upon the
1 1 country, are unceasing. Every
■I mean is resoitcil to which can possi
bly operate upon the public mind to
• render it palateable, and to clothe it
. with the cliiirmswhich f.ilaey alone
! can confer, and it therefore calls for
! a corresponding vigilance on the part
jof the friend of the ficc trade, to
[ coantciait the effetts which arc tlitis
j cousin t.ly making. It is, indeed, a
: duty w hich they owe to the cattc ol
, f rut It and to the country, not to ho
i instrumental in the slightest degree.
, in giving countenance to any pu!*!i-
I cation which favors the policy which
I they L'n iir to be iuisouikl and injttri
; ous to the public interest; but, if to
; please any portion of tin ir subscrih-
I ers, they fee! I hemsclves bon: id to ad
, minister poison to tlie community,
let the bane be always nccairipanicd
, by an antidote. There is no danger
from error when truth is allowed to
i. ravel by its side; and we would not
hesitate to publish the strongest con
ceits whifli have ever bceu *;at forth
by the -'-Lind **f‘he political arithme
ticians, f we were allowed, as v.c
happily are in this J’ uniat, to accom
pany them hy the lefutatious of which
1 we know they arc all susceptible.
, The present <!;.y may very appro
priately he called “a tin e to try men’s
souls.” This country Ims never hern
so near a political vortex ns at this
moment. If the freedom of industry.
j n ;*i mo.it full etud unlimited extent,
is tltn. n test-ued from tin Lands of
those wtn. VP ’ for 3’ cars >
trampled it min,.: ~o' > ,vliat possibi
lity w'dl there he for ,i‘< redetoption
under the CONS DIJOaTED GO
VE BN MEM’, U lliet. is now erect
ing with all the speed which Jdde
ous and gigiiiitie. a structure admits,
under lUeJorgi* vs a limited Cbustitu-
Is uot this a question calcula
ted to excite the zeal, and arouse th,;
patriotic spirit of every man in the
land, who believes that the lii/erty of
the Ituiid is one of the most precious
birth-l ights of a nation descended !
from flee men? Can there he a po- !
liticul econonjist, even amongst t hose j
whose literary pursuits exempt them i
j from tiie turmoil and bustle of the
j political world,, who can Stand by i
J and see tlie vital interests of a whole
J nation forever sacrificed, to gratify!
! the avarice or the political ambition
I of those who can only rise to wealth
j and power upon their country’s ruin?
■ls there atiy editor, whoso mind is
! imbued with the truths of cconomi
| cal science, and who is, of course,
! convinced that the prosperity and
; true liberty of this whole people, de
pend upon the unimpaired’ right of
pursuing the business or occupation
, tor which their mental and physical j
: powers best quality them, who is pi e- I
pared to stand neutral in a contest I
involving the dearest rights of the ]
| present age, and the best hopes of:
posterity? Enfortunatcly, vvo fear I
j there are too many such, und soriy \
are we to believe it. The day, how- j
I ever, well come, when the timid and !
| lukewarm, will in vain endervor to
! mitigate tlie fury of the storm, which
they could now avert hy their inttSr
i ference. The day will come, when
tlie power of the press, north of the
Potomac, which, if wielded now in
the cause of truth and justice, ol Li
berty, the Constitution, and tlie U
nion, would lie omnipotent, will be as
feeble as the idle wind which passes
by unheeded. The responsibility,
then, resting upon the conductors of
the press, who conscientiously believe
in tlie truth of the free trade doctrines,
is of no ordinary magnitude. They !
have a high duty to perform, one!
which is great !y paramount to the !
du4y*tlicy owoto any pnvty or sect of
politicians,’ or body of monopolists.
They owe n duty to the country, and
one which they arc in this crisis, so
lemnly called upon to preform. Can
they look at the proceedings of the
Legislatures of S. Caroline, N. Ca
rolina, Georgia, and Alabama, and
to the style and tone oftlie Mesagcs
of the Governors of those States, and
of Virginia, and fancy that such a
devotion to the cause of liberty, as
has been by them proclaimed, is idle
vapor? Can they look at the style
and temper of the great mass of the
papers published south of the Poto
mac, and read the opinion confident
!ly expressed, even by some oftlie
most moderate politicians, that, up
:on the abandonment of the restrictive
system, will, in a great measure, de
i pend the salvation of the Union, and
j not see that danger is at hand? It
jis impossible. Why, then, will they
| uot step forward, and assist in avert
ing the calamity it will be, whether
jthe issue be disunion or consolida
tion? Between those two awful re
j suits, we see no middle ground, ex
;ccjit in the abandonment of the res
trictive system. They are the Scyl
la and Chnrybdis between which our
ship of state lias to steer, and to a
void them loth requires nothing but
that those who sail in theship, ; hould
have a compass to direct their course.
This they cannot have bat through
th ■ instrumciitallitj of :he press. If
the press, tliercfnir, do not assist,
tiie press lies the weight oftlio
I responsibility of a shipwreck.
EXTRACT OF A I.ETTER, DATED
“/1 ash ington, Jar 28, 1831.
“The excitement arising from the
! proceeding of our Governor and Le
jgisloture, has much subsided. The
j course put sued hy Georgia was very
j much censured hy our adversaries—
hut it wfts gratifying to find that it
! was approved hy our friends. You
| will have seen, before this reaches
| yon the memorial and ’remonstrance
| of the Cherokee Delegation to Con
jgress. !t lias been referred, toge
ther with many others from different
j parts of the Union, to the committee
1 .on Indian affairs. What report they
j will make, or w hether any, I am not
.informed. There is no probability,
; | however, tiiat Congress will reverse
1 (the decision of the last session, or
attempt to interfere with ourjuris
j diction over the Cherokee country
(within our limits. Indeed the more
this right is investigated hy the peo
ple, the better satisfied they become
that Georgia has exercised no power
j that does not belong to her. I have
(just understood that a large and res
jpectahJc mectingin Massachusetts, in
i the ‘ district represented hy C’ol.
bwi'd-h Clergymen of respec
tability, come out in defence of the
bill passed at the lust session, prov i
rnjg for. the removal of the Indians.
Vau 7‘U remember that Col. D. was
the only gentleman from tide State
I who voted Wi’h us—and J assure
I you I have never k.?own a vote more
conscientiously given. .lust before
1 1 lie hill was put to its final passage,
j he remarked, in my presence, that .he
prefered Judge Kemphill’s amend- 1
jtnent (to make an appropriation to
have the country to which the Indians
j were to be removed explored, fcc)
ihcrdorc voted against the previous
question—‘‘But l must now* vote di
rectly for or against this bill. It is
extremely painful,” he added with
much earnestness, “to differ from all
my colleagues, atul fiotn all my po
litical friends, particularly on a
question of so much importance; hut
called on, as I now am, to vote, 1
must pursue the dictates of my own
j conscience.” Stith independence,
land such a fearless discharge of pub
lic duty, should never he forgotten :
iand it must be highly gratifying to
Col. Dwight to learn that some of
his constituents, whom he has so long
(and so faithfully served, under the
iguidance of reason and* judgement,
[unbiassed by feeling, are now sanc
tioning the course which he so con
scientiously and so independently
pursued, and for which lie was so
much censured.”— ■Rich. Ena.
s-
POLITICS FOlt FARMERS.
The whole country is under obli
gations to Mr. Riiguet for the Es
says he is now writing under this
head. We fee! particularly indebt
ed to him, for he may save us from
some trouble in our discussion with]
Mr. Niles. We think, indeed, he:
is likely to give that gentleman some |
li’ lie trouble in meeting bis state- 1
merits. VVhat is Mr. R. doing?!
Giving to his country the very spe-’
cics bt information hf which it stands
in need—expanding the plan of our
I Correspondent “ A Practical Alan”
\ —showing hy n comparison of pri
ces in 1816 and 1830, how fallaci
ous is the position of the TarfFites
! tlmt the “full which has taken place,
since the year 1816, in the prices of
certain manufactures which have
: been highly protracted, is to be ns
j ertbed to the operation of I igli (la
ities” —and proving that “a similar
! t'alj has taken place on almost even
article protected or not.' I —llis mode
[of proceeding is admirable. He
.takes up the various articles alpha
helically, to he found tin the Price
■ Current, beginning with almonds ,
ashes, beans, Sec. Sec. and in the
2d No. he Inis got as far in th* cat
lognc as mustard and nails. The
facts are very clearly set forth, and
the conclusion which he comes to is
j irresistible, lie upsets the whole fa
fbrio of Mr. Niles’s 100,000 copies
iof his “•Politics for Farmers.” We
[ shall certainly re-publisli these val
j tiahle Essays from the ‘'Banner of
the Constitution .”—We specially in
vite Mr. Niles’s attention to i*’.e facts
which they so ltiniiner.siy disclose
if he is not able: to overthrow these,
I it would seem to be unnecessary for
( him mid ourselves to emhark in the
; wtir of words upon the same field of
[discussion. Wc shall pause, then,
. for Mr. N’s reply,—Wc assure him
of our perfect readiness to meet him
if necessary; hut vvo invite him in
(the mean time to see Mr. Jlaguet. —-
That gentleman will give him sitffi
cicnt employment for the present—
and he will ho a milch clever logici
an than we take him to he, if he can
! break the force of Mr. It’s facts and
j reasonings. —Richmond Enq.
Hon. T. Pitkin has addressed fho
following letter to the.editor of the
Anti-Masonic Intelligencer, declin
i ing the nomination of the'Anti-Mo*
sonic. Convention.
Farmington, Dec. 31,1830.
j Noble D. Strong, Bsq. Editor of thd
j An ti-Masonic Intelligencer, JJartfords
I Bik—By one of your late papers
II learn, that the Anti-Masonic Con
| vention of this state, which met at
i Hartford, on tlie 15th ii.-.t. placed my
! name on its list of candidates for of
(fire at the ensuing spiing election,
lit appears by the same paper, that
I previous to making this list, a reso
j lution received ike sanction of that
i hotly, declaring that .if? uersons wero
]to be put in nomination bin 1.'. ,05 C
] Who were “know n not to be Free
j masons, nor advocates of Frecma
| sonry.” ,
[ Presuming, that’ after the adopti
on of this resolution, the members of
tins Convention would ~|a co Oo on(J
on their list of political candidatc?
whose principles were not supposed
to*bc the same with those embraced
in the resolution, and who, if elected,
Would not, in his political conduct,
he governed hy them; I think it pro
per, through the medium of your pa
per, to state, that whatever may bo
my private opinions respecting Free
masonry itself, they have neve/ led
| t 0 concur, in the propriety or po
licy, of excluding from office, either
in the state or general government,
every citizen, who is a Freemason,
or whose opinions of Freemasonry
muy he different from mine. And l
cannot but think it necessary to add,
that, entertaining sentiments on this
question, (certainly not an unimport
ant one) so different from those held
by the individuals composing this
convention, I deem it improper and
indeed unjust to them ns well as to
myself, to acquiesce, in having my
name placed on their list of political
candidates.
I am respectfully yours,
TIMOTHY PITKIN.*
So, Mr. Timothy Pitkin has too
much good sense to permit himself
to be made the instrument of t heCrw
sauers against Masonry, and refuses
to ho the Anti-Masonic'candidate for
Governor.
A courteous description by ono
Editor of another. •
A Kentucky editor of note, -in
speaking of a contempory in hip
neighborhood, describes him us one
who, for the last ten or fifteen years,
has been uttering falsehoods’ out of
every pore in his hide, and who ne
ver sits down to write without hav
ing a swarm of palpable and visible
lies buzzing nround his pen, and set
tling down upon it like a cloud of
summer flies—ivho, when he nl
temps to reasdu, amides hut poorly;
but !t,t him occe gel fairly mount<{J