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cause we have been accustomed to
look at things abroad and disre
gard those at home. We do not
Speak wildly. There are about tit
teen niilliuns ol sheep—and their
increase, wool and skins may be es
timated at fifteen millions of Hollar
which is considerably more than the
average value of all our flour and to
bacco annually exported for the la-t
three years. Ought not this malt, r,
this “ wool-gathering” idea a- in de
rision it may be called, in respect to
the home trad and home supply, to
sink deep in our minds, when we
compare it with the twoCircatStafklcs
of our Foreign trade and Foreign de
mand, tor the protection of which
latter, or either of them, we alway
Stan as prepared even to contend
in battle ? It would he well for eve
ry person to enquire, in the secret
of his cwn heart, why these thing
•fcre—why it is that we despise, or
neglect, that which we have within
ourselves, while we support ministers
abroad and maintain fleets ol nien-ot
war in the most distant seas, to de
fend by argument and arms, interest'
that yield so small a comparative
profit, when we have relerence to the
amount received lowflour or tobacco
exported ? Wc complain not ot this
defence—we wish it continued and
extended as the case shall require ;
bui w* cannot see why property and
products at home should not have
the same fostering care as property
and products abroad ! It 1i tariff,
which shall protect the growers atm
manulacturers ofwool, and the scores
of millions ol dollars vested by
them* may operate as a tax on ol h
er parts of the community (which,
however, we do not admit that it
would) shall not these say also and
with certainty, that they are taxed to
keep up fleets in the Mediterrane
an. We t Indian, South Atlantic and
Great South seas, to protect arlich -
exported ol much less annual valui
than those which they produce nml
possess within our own laud—and
ask why, •peculiar privileges or ad
vantages have been granted, or are
Continued t
Further—much fear is expressed
ol a loss of the British West India
trade, —and a shutting ot' the pori
of Cuba would throw us into great
alarm, because of a restricted de
mand for our flour—and yet the N.
England states receive from New
York, Penn-ylvania, Maryland and
Virginia a much greater quantity
Ol flour than we export to all the
\V est India Islands. Those stsit- I
import, from their sister states, rnon
than 625,000 barrels a year, besiih
large quantities of corn—the wh
foreign export of flour was on l
813.000 barrel- in 1825, and 858 (Its
in 1826. New England is enable,
to receive and consume this great
q .mlity because of her manufacture
— more than 281.000 barrel wen
received at the single port of Bo
ton, while 72,000 were exported
leaving 209,000 for consumption.
chiefly from Maryland and Virginia,
in the last year ; and the latter, ot
itself, is almost equal to the whole
export of the United St at s to n
British West Indies and Cuba—
which, in 1825, was no more thai j
223,000 barrels. How small, tl it
is the foreign demand compared w it I
the home market, for the grower-
Os grain! And if we allow to tin
people ot the United States a quail
tity ot breadstuff- equal only to “ a
perk of corn per zieek," for each it
dividual the whole consumptii n
will be about 150 millions of busht I
a year, equal to 30 millions of bar
rels ol flour, allowing five bu-hels <>:
grain as equal to one barr I of flour,
while the i xport is less than one
million ot barrels. Why, the horse
and hogs in the United States annu
ally consume more than five times
a- much grain as would be equiva
lent io the quantity of flour export
ed ! The (oreign demand, however
ev ell tor so small a proportion of our
bread -tuff- produced, is exceeding
ly important, because ol its t fleet I
establish a selling value tor all tin
res!. But we have not time to and. s
cant upon the operations of scarcitv
and supply ; and beside-, their prin
ciple has often been shewn in tin
Work The surplus, or want, of a
small quantity, every body knew ,
has effect on the value ot a whole
quantity in market, to diminish < r
increase its price. And it we com
pare the amount of the animal food
exported to that which is consume.)
at home, how will the account stand !
Admit, that halt a pound i- used oi
wasted tor an individual per day, the
a so r °B ate •" 2,160 millions ol pouuu
annually—whereas the quantity ut
beef and pork exported is only about
28 millions of pounds; thus, th
Vegeta hie food con-urneii at iiomi
by man and beast, is thirty five i uiu
greater than the amount exported,
and ot animal tood, also the produce
ot agriculture, eighty times greater,
under the most reasonable allowan
ces that it is possible to make ; and
which are advancedjiot as being the
real amounts, hut as reasonable dic
*The properly vested in the wool
growing businoßs has been tLn-. esti
mated :
For land, - - - $20,000,000
•beep, -.- 20,000,000
40 .000,000
I'La In* much under Ihe Hal amount;
kv the annuo! product Is $15,0#U,000
** y*mt fLUH fn the text
ia, to assist in forming general and
important opinions. It is perfectly
evident then, that the grain growing
and grazing states must establish
and keep up a home market lor the
rommoditjos of their agriculturalists*
for the amount which the foriegn
market w ill receive is, in bread stuff’s
and meats, together, less than a
hundredth part of their aggr- gate
products, and to aid our whole free
population, would yield not much
more than one dollar, a year foreach
person. Can the farmer, the m;n
who cultivates his own fi Id, depend
upon this for all the supplies which
he haste purchase, for the payment
of bis work people and taxes ?
P-haw !—tht directly operating for
eign business ol a whole year, would
hardly supply him with necessary
money lor the business of a week.
Let this he looked inlo # Nothing
more than a momentary application
of Ihe sell-cvideut facts which wc
have suggested, is needful to con
vince any one as to what is the real
state ofthings.
Ti.ere is another point of view,
In.wever, in which thi- subjecl should
he considered At present, the Uni
led Kingdoms of Great Britain and
Ireland receive of all the agricultu
ral products of all til states north ot
the Potomac and Ohio a less value
than 500 dollars a year! though the
people of the-e states consume or
purchase of her manufacturers to de
value of about twenty-eight million
of dollars a year, according to the
returns of 1825, and allowing 14
millions for the consumption of the
rest ofthe states, which w presume
is about a fair proportion.! But
suppose there was a little of reality
in the pretensions of Mr Hu ki- on
as to “tree trade,” and that llic Bri
tish ports were opened only for tin
admission of bread-stuffs. It is rea
-nn.ihle to believe that such pro
ceeding might advance the price of,
flour one dollar per barrel. The in- j
crease ot' price would he laid, ol j
■< nurse, on the whole quantity sold j
.y the growers of grain—which i- J
. -ri tty nearly equal to 15,000.000 j
barrels—their profits would, there
fore, he increased in the sum of 15
millions of dollars f beseech the
* It is very probable that the
-(arch used in our manufacturing es
tablishments consumes a greater va
ue of the products ol’ agriculture,
tinm the amount of all such articles
xported, (cotton and tobacco ex-;
cepted) to Great Britain and Ireland,
Itus-ia, Prus-ia, Holland, &c. We ,
are not joking We see it stated |
that five factories near Springfield,
Mass, annually use 40,000 lbs. of|
-t.irch. It i- ascertained that at one j
laclory in Massachusetts, employing j
260 hands, 300 barrels of flour were ]
unsumed last year Mr. Mallory
fates the latter in his masterly
speech, which we intend soon to
uhli-h.
t Thai distinguished member of
the Pennsylvania delegation in con
gress, Mr. Stewart, in his excellent
speech on what is called the “ wool
hill,” said—
“ The plain question is now, shall
we abandon our manufactures and
. ur agriculture, and import agricul
tural produc.ions—wool and wool
lens, from Great Britain w hose poli
cy now compels hi r peopl. to starve
before they dare con-')me a mouth
ful of American br< ad or American
meat, though it were offered to them
for nothing?—it is made by their
law- a penal offence lor doing so.—
This is (lie question. We are told
that we mu-t buy from Great Bri
tain, that she might buy from us!
How is this ? Great Britain buy fr< *i
us? What does she buy from the
middle and northern states. Noth
ing. Great Britain, fiom whom wc
bought in 1825, upwards of 42 mill
ions of merchandize —$10,682,000
ot it wool and woollens, took in ex
change ot the agricultural produce
of all the states north of the Poto
mac and Ohio, an amount less than
>200! and yet we are told bv Un-
American statesmen, gentlemen re-
I resenting this state-, that we mu-t
purchase wool, (and why not flour
too?) Irom Great Britain, to induce
her t purchase from us! i repeat it.
and 1 delv contradiction, for it i
proved by our records, that in 1825,
the whole exportations into Eng
land, Scotland Ireland, Irom this
country, to teed and support their
manufacturers, did n< t amount to
$-Ut! Sir. only 161! Ol flour, rye,
corn, wheat, oats, pulse—mid everv
ther species of grain, $88! Of.ail
uids ot animal looii—beef pork.
4c SB4! And of all kinds of drink—
win-key, gin, beer, cider 4c. $29!
V\ ith these facts staring him in Un
lace, the British minister himself
would blush to ask the gram grow
ing states ofthe union to “ buv Irom
I hem, that they may buv from us.”—
Sir. I would say when Great Britain
resorts to prohibition, I will counter
vail her policy by a like resort lo
prohibition If she prohibits our
flour and provisions, t will prohibit
her wool and woollens We can
liv- as indepci dent of her as she can
of us. ll she will take hut $152
worth ol bread and meat to teed In r
manufacturers, 1 will take hut slsl
worth of her wool and woollens. 1
will go to New-Kngland or Stubcti*
vide, and buy front those who will
loiy Irom me, and who will gladly
give us cloth in exchange ter eur
prorate*# week
GLOttUIA STATESMAN, MONDAY MAY 21, 1827.
farmers to look at tin-—the propo
sition is, in its own nature, assure
as any that can be drawn from “holy
writ.” And are they to bo gulled
and cheated thus, bv Briti-h agents
and others about British Tree trade?’
There is a degree ol impudence iu
the proceedings of those men that is
intolerable. And can the farmers
support a trade which, (directly,)
does nothing to support them; whit-b
stands a- five hundred dollars ex
ported? I have hardly patience when
I think of tiio-e who gravely resist
what ever may tend to remove this
outrageous inequality.
In stali-iical -uhjects, it i-e-pecial
lv necessary that the wriier should
b as-isled by the consideration of
the reader ; indeed, he mn-t meas
urably rely upon it; else (he details
would be tedious and dry beyond a! !
bearing. But same captious per-on
may ask—how do the grain-growing
stales bear this inequality in their
trade with Great Britain? The an
swer is easy; by the invaluable trade
which they have with one another,
and with the rest ofthe states, and
they with them, and by that enjoved
with other nations Ihau the. Brili-h.
What sea is not v xed with our in
du-lry; whal port which i- opened
tons is not frequented, if there we
can dispose of any commodity, the
avails whereof will enable u- to pay
Britain for her good- ? We go over
all the world to gather profit and j
cast ii into Britain’s lap. But wc j
shall at some tuture period, shew j
the-e things horn official statements
The facts, however, are as as sla
ted and cannot he denied.
The growth of wool, hemp and
flax, and of other article-, nm-t be
resorted to by (In farmers, and the
manufacture of them be encouraged
and supported, Ise the greatest im
portant branch of business, iho agri
cultural, will fail to produce a r, a
sonable probable profit to land own
ers and these who till the soil; and
a comparative state of want, (in the
present condil ion oi society.) become
tlie portion of this chosen and pecu
liarly valuable people —the free cul
tivators of their oxen lands — the be-!
depo-itory of the moral-, the rights
and the liberty of their country —the
class which must mainly defend our
: ns|itutions tit arm-—(lie bon and
(lie siuCw of every nation in the
world. And besides, are their for
e-ls and their mines, (he gift of Gon
for I he benefit of his creatures, to re
main useless and v.duelc-s, because
their product-, in a rude state, are not
made for foreign exportation?—No
no, they have a ‘ natural and una
lienable right’Momake.such products
useful ami valuable, and lin y must
and will have manufactures of them
at home, with roads and canals lor
the supply of the domestic market,
seeing that otherwise they will he
ron-idcred as rejecting the bounties
of heaven, to their own misery, do-!
gradation and shame. That lilile
work, the improvement ofthe navi
gation of the Schuylkill, in Pennsyl
vania, will yield a greater annual
money-profit or coal and iron bio l
into use by it, than the whole lor ign
export ol the state affords to the in
calculably valuable body of freemen
and farmers iu that powerful com
monwealth Those great w rk-tie
the Nuw-York canals, by opening
ways to the market, are, or -one, wdl
he, In the actual production of mine
profit to the land holders and iar
mer- of New-York and Vermont Lc.
than tlie whole value ol the products
of agriculture exported from all the
state-, cast and west, loci led noi lli
of the Potomac, and containing a
large majority of all (lie people ofthe
United Steles. The trade which
quietly passe- down ihe Su-qiiehun
n.ih, in the products and property of
farmers and other land owners on the
shorts oft hat river, and its tributa
ries, and which cent rs at Baltimore,
though the navigation is hizardou-,
is of itself equal to about one hall
ollii£ whoh value ol demestic arii
clc- exported Irom Baltimore to lot -
eign places, which includ-s nearly
all (lie Maryland tobacco, with a
considerable quantifily from Ohio,
and large supplies of flour, 4c. hro’t
by land from Hie adjacent parts of
Pennsylvania, Virginia, 4c. These
thing are seriously asserted, arid wc
are sure that they are substantially
true. Similar ca.-es might he multi
plied without end, to slow what is
the home rn rkelcompared with the
foreign one, and how in-igniticant
the last is, except as a regulator
ol dig other, to ahoul seven
i ights, perhaps, ol the people ofthe
United (state- who personalty till
their own fields. The hides of their
cattle,when manufactured mloleath
er, are worth much more than the
part which they have iu the in me
diate foreign trade ofthe U. State-*
* Cattle. The la-t census of N.
Yi rk, shew.- that, more tGan a year
ago, there were 1,513 421 neat cat
tle in the -tate -the like ol Ohio
gives 252,544 —togethir, for these
states 1,765 965. Such data justify
j us in.believing that these amount to
! 7.000,000 in the gram growing and
' grazing states, already recapitulated.
Pennsylvania had 712 998, returned
in 1810—-seventeen years ago ; and
j they are very numerous in the New-
England stales. But the preceding
are all the official stall incuts that we
i recollect to have seen, aid while it
lis hardly possible that cither < oiild
[have ejeeeffcff tho real amoaet, er-|
and yet their share of the expense,
o! the navy and toreign missons, 4c
incurred for the immediate defence
ofthe interests of that trade, is pret
ty nearly, oi about, two millions of
dollars per year. But they pay this
tax cheeriuily—as well irom patriot
ic principles as from sell interest,
well knowing that whatever givr
profitable employlovment to any por
tion ol their countrymen is beneficial
in making a market lor the.n-elvi >*
We shall now proceed lo speak
of the cultivation of tobacco;
which i- chiefly an article tor export,
and of two very different qualities,
“ Maryland” and “ Virginia,” as tiiev
are commonly denominated, though
made in smaller parcels in several
olher stales.
The produce of this article was
; greater before the revolution than it
lis now. Even in 1758. Maryland
and Virginia, alone, exported 70,000
bhd- and in (lie three year- 1791,
1792, and 1793, [seethe table,] v.e
exported 273,647, but in the three
years 1822, 1323 and 1824 only
259,061, notwilh-landing the great
increase of laborers But. the for
eign market will not receive more
than a certain quantity—the aver
age olthe Maryland quality used for
-mokiug, being short ol 30.000 hhrK
and that ofthe Virginia, chiefly used
lor chewing, Ic-s than 50,000; and
neb i- the peculiar condition of this
commodity, that 90,000 hints, ex
ported will produce no more munev
on an average, than 80.000! This i
a curious example ol'llie effect of
scarcity and supply, and we speak
undcr-taiulingly, as will be seen by
a relerence to 1 lie table, made
up irom official documents; take the
following example of succeeding
years ;
Years. Ilhds. Dolls.
1802 77,721 6,220,000
1803 80,291 6,209,000
1315 85,337 • 8,235,000
1810 09,241 12 809.000
1822 82,109 6,222,000
2823 99.009 G,282,000
V irginia, which mure than any o
ihcr state in (lie union, deserves to
he called the “land of st eady h.iliits.”
mav long extensively continue tin
cultivation ol tobacco, though cot
ton is rapidly-uper-edingit in tin
ea-t rn part ol that commonweal!lt.
of which we Shall more particularly
-peak h low. The product of to
baceo has declined in Kentucky, the
Carolinas, Georgia and Louisiana
not being lound so profitable a- oil,
er agricultural pursuits; anil, per
haps, when the labor and capital
employed are con i lend, it is the
least profitable ol any other bu-iness
n the United Stales, a-it is rarricit
on in Mary hutd and Virginia, becau-i
ol die costly labor ol slaves ; and it
lias aBo powerfully (ended lo retail!
the progress of population 4 wealtl
in the-e state.-, by exliau-liug the
-oil atni driving away free labourer.-.
Virginia, late in (lie first rank ol tin
slates, stands the fourth in i fleetive
population, ami, by ihe ccn-u- oi
1810 will probably he thrown ino
the. sixth grade ; and in regard to
art bally opera! ing weall h (w hii ti be
gets wealth,) much further behiie
than that, unless her policy i
changed though her territory is-i
very extensive, and much of her
I nal is of t lie he-l quality. But
tiiiths like these are offensive;
and we ivi-h to appeal to reason oi
persons without exciting their pa--
-ions ; and, aber one or two Im
ther remarks on the cultivation o!
ery probability is that each fell short
not less than a fourth So our cal
culation appear to he a safe one—
and tar within the actual amount.
Supposing that calves are included,
the whole stock i- renewed about
every two y ars. The * niannl’aciurc
ol hides anil skins,” as stated in 1810.
were valued at $17,935,477 —anil
the value returned of business done
in th tanneries of the states relcr
red to in the same year, (1810.) was
about seven millions oi clolLir
millions short oil lie then actual a
mounl. The returns are so imper
fect, as anv one will perceive on in
jecting them, that thou-h they keep
us Irom going too low m our esti
mates, they only partially, indeed,
assist in rising to the real sums. 11 1
hope better returns hereafter. See
Register vul. VI. page 323, <*c. lor
those ol 1810 Tho-e of 1820 we
have not published and hardly ever
relicr to; lor the art of congr ss so
si inieil I he allowance for this service,
that the fact - -latcd are wholly use
less for general purposes.
t We meet the following para
graph in the newspapers;
“ A Mr Wimmel, of Berlin, Prus
sia, (a brewer,) ha- discovered a me
thod o( obtaining twenty pounds of
good chrystalized sugar, Iron) a Prus
sian busl el, (about 93 pounds) of
wheat The Paris papers consider
the discovery of immense import
ance Mr. Wimmel has applied to
the French government tor a pat
ent ”
Now ifthis i- true, and the process
be nut very expensive, a considera
ble source ot profit is offered to nu
im rou- wh< at growers ol the interi
or olour country, m which tbur bush
i I- ol wheat, or 240 lbs will not p y
lor twenty pounds ot sugar; and
the residuum, alter the sachemic
matter is extracted, would feed and
lutien cattle and hogs, which might
he made Ihcti “owe carriers le mar
ket *•
Itobarro, we shall immediately speak
of Maryland, our ow n state.
The following -hews the value of
tobacco exported in the years giv en;
1822 $6,222,000
1824 4.855 000
1826 5,215,000
The annual avarage value lor Ih
last five years was about $5,500 000;
a less sum than that of the manufac
tured articles exported in the year
[just ended.* The first i- stationary
or declining, the latter rapidity ad
vancing, and vi ry soon to become,
after cotton, much the largest item
jin our toreign trade. The simple
mention of the-e, exposes the lalla
jey of the arguments made against
; the protective system, which,after
supplying Ihe demand at home, as to
its chief amount lor such goods as
are protected, has already, a worth
iu like articles exported, (tomcet ti e
competition ol all nations.) surpass
ing that of one of our goat staple
j commodities, and of which, bv soil
i and climate, and through custom, we
have something like a monopoly !
* They are thus stated
in 1821 $2,754,000
1822 3,120,000
1823 3 139,000
1824 4.480.000
1825 6,700.000
1826 6 000 COO
From the Macon Telegraph.
THE CONSPIRACY.
scene—7 too Alen under a tree in
sight of a Farm in Oglethorpe
County.
A- The game, in my opin
ion, is a desperate one. ’’ere t In
prize le-s, it would be niadne-s tu
attempt it with means so inadequate:
lo success, a miracle is almost requi
site.
I ~ "« ti. Pardon me, my
near friend, lor thinking you at fault
in your estimate. The measure
have been concerted on a thorough
knowleiige ol the means, and must
succeed. The purposes ol di-cord
will bo effectually answered bv the
1 •<rill. Jackson, and nearly all hl
we-lern friends Benton. If don, John
son Williams, i-Vc. voted lor it; and
•ire childishly bent on being con-is
tent. This imprudence will bring
against the General the w hole weight
ol the Ship Owners and Old federa
lists in the New liiielauil Stale-,
who are by habit attached to unre -
tricted intercourse with foreign
countries, and by principle to Eng
land ; Delaware, Maryland, North
| ( ir* lina and Georgia are adverse to
< mmercinl fetter- ; even South Car-
Jolina, his native Slate, has been so
| thoroughly disciplined lo our vi n.-,
I that she will oppose him ; and as for
| Virginia you know, his not being a
j native, independent of ail other rea
| -ons, would with her lie effectual.
1 he co-operation of our own State
|m-Is not on prohahilil ies ; Iter nio
j opoly of j’orei n trade surpasses, in
j-• t iifiold degree, all th t she can j
gain by domestic manufactures, 1
w hich it is not to be expected, coiilu
ompete with similar fabrics prepar
'd at places in which the raw mate
li.ds are produced It is the inler
s! ol New Volk to arrest the 'fa
ff, and our duty lo put down its
'fiends. I.ouismna, also, whose
prosperity rests on a foreign market.
"ill, nuln ithstand'ug her poliev here
tofore, go against the Tariff, and
must therefore be considered inim -
cal both io Jackson and to Adams.
Hence no constitutional majority
will be given in the Electoral Col
lege. To the House of Representa
tives, tlie election as a matter ol
course must go ; anil then wo ran
with certainly calculate on thirteen
Stales.—The affair will result, a- I
| have frequently assured you, In
| C and to he President, and your
j humble servant, the Vice.
( g. .But may no! a rear
j iion ol sentiment lake place before
I the election ? May not the Soutli
\ ions, who are volatile but quick, ili—
cover on reflection, that the advan
j (agesthey possess, of erecting lac
! lories contiguous to tneir fields ol
| cotton, would give them a derisive
j superiority over the people of the
North, in relation to the home and
toreign markets ? May they not be
come to be impressed with the truth,
that it is their interest and dutv to
take a part ol their population from
the {dough to supply the rest wit it
the manufactured articles which they
now import, and to prepare, in a
i manner the most profitable foral'o
j r ign market, their surplus produce ;
as well as perceive that ihe cuituri
joi'tbe oine would afford them alu
j crative and perpetual revenue, if the
I sugar of the Indies were kept out ot
I competition ? May they not become
sensible that a judicious Tariff is the
! surest measure lor effecting tin -r
I “inis ad unite m prostrating all m-
I imical to it ?
I f nß n You impute too
! much discernment to the Southrons.
! they are an idle. vain, vindictive race,
i incapable oi thought, and accessible
only through their passions. By
having their whims humored and
avarice excited, they implicitly obey
their leaders, who, as you must have
often noted, never su-tam any meas
ure apart from sell-promotion. Their
editors, too, vociferous and ignorant,
are trained to an a’bsoluto supers is
or-bip and ronturm readily to ev* rv
suggestion. The opposition, it is
true, comprehends three-fourths ot
the ptopio t fiat being poor, with-
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out concert, and not worthy ol trust
they are easily kept under, esp, cial’
!> as the tew mi nos standing among
them ar. indolent and timid confin
ing themselves to a censure ol th. it
own presses, yet avoiding cautmu-ly
the aid of their pen ur purse. In
deed strong reason- exist to suspect
that the n.o-t distinguish among
them only wait for an excuse and
the promise of an office to join us
No essential injury to uscan po-.ihly
accrue from their presses, as they
are conducted by men unacquainted
with the rudiments of law and politi
cal economy, and whose abilities as
pire to nothing higher than a squib.
A- opposition, in tlqs quarter ti.our
schemes is sure to be attended with
pecuniary embarrassment, and by
exclu-ion from the genleeler circles
ol society, and as our mercenary,
presses are the mere Aarons, of
subaltern Moseses, no reaction of sen
timent can happen. The aid which
I 'formerly gave (lie Tariff, with a
view to the national welfare, has
been more than pardoned in consid
eration of the zeal with which 1 nave
latterly promoted ihe intentions of
our party, and which 1 co sequrnlly
continue in order to forward our
personall expectations, and perpetu
ate to New York (lie monopoly of
foreign intercourse with the Allan,
tic States, which to our State is
equivalent to a tribute from (he oth
er-. I repeat it, that no revolution
ol opinion on this subject can trans
pire. The fools enllui-iastirally an
tiripate the i-ue of the election;
and, out of a superabundance yfgratl
itmle, term me the Master Spirit.
( S- To me, you have al
way- appeared lo lie too sanguine,
lathe present m-tancc, hope, I fear,
leads you to the coni luion in-tead of
a deliberate comparison ofprobabil
it ies. The Legislature of Georgia
i-pledged to support Jack-on; and
South Carolina, in con-ideration of
Ili- nativity, Will. 1 apprehend, follow
the example.
ments were Ibrese n and provided
again-l. The opinion of Jack-on
"ifh regard to (he Tariff' is to bo
e-allnl lor: and, you knovv.it will
not vary.—'fhe Carolinian , a- I ob
-i i v. and before, have been taught to
view that impost as bring so des
tructive of tin ir welfare, that they
w ill set t heir laces agaiu.-t all its
Irie.mls. This at once removes th*
difficulty vv.lh re-p ct to them; and
will ai-o have considerable < fl ct in
Georgia, Ihe legislature of which are
provided with an ample evasion.
Ihe new members ol the se-sion
that choose Ihe i lectors, are bound
licit her morally m r conslitut onally
by 1 1 io iicl c> I their predoce-sors, and
such ofthe members a- did com ur
in the pledge, can evade it by alledg
mg that it on- given on supposition
of hi- repugnance to a Tariff. That
promise was a mere fine-- to answer
temporary purposes. Their hatred
ol Jaek-on is deep-root and and un
i Imngi able Dal not their Electors
withdraw their suffrage from Cal
houn, in enn-eqtiem e ot his friend-,
-hip tor him, and vote for me, al
though tie y were convinced that my
election lor the \ ice Presidency at
ihat time was impossible.
C g. Their secession from
ladliomi and its cause cannot h*
questioned; and I admit that the
nira-urcs might succeed, were a
-uitiihle rival selected But C- and,
-ir, is wholly unlit Ills habits and
disposition render linn an object ot
degu-t and pity. To day, he for*
noon, he smelled like a still,and could
hardly stand : w hen he sat down to
the chess-board, all were duteous
and eager to please him ; hi- oppo
nent played w ithout the queen-piece,
and made many false moves to give
him the victoiy ; yet when the ap
proach ol dinncr caused a deci-ion,
by the capture ot’ his pieces, to be
come indispensable, did you not re
mark, that lie complained of unfair
nes-and concluded vvkh upbraid mgs'!
To he associated wilii such a man id
the administration of national co i
cerns, can he productive only of
- liame and miscarriage. What can
lie expected from him, hut pevisb
ness, error, obsAnacv and a constant
hindrance to the discharge of every
duty tending to popularity or use
fulness ?
V n B n I find, my dear
friend, that you are belter acquaint
ed wit h accounts than with men. It
w * mid be disingenuous iu me, to de
ny, to you, that C and has irre*
eoverabty become a sot, spirits be
ing as necessary to stimulate his
heart to discharge the blood mid
propel it tothe extremities, as -team
is to the action of a pi-toi.; but the
tin t must he concealed from the rab
bit', and our subalterns in tin House
ol Rt prr-i (Unlives brought to credit
Ins reformation, untii the election
shall have closed, by exhibiting lam
.. tew days sober at Washington City
pending the canvass ; after r Inch,
the sooner tie gets drunk and the
deeper he drinks, the better Ar
rangements have been conceited tor
the occasion. Dr. Capsicum*
Savanna! , Dr Branham of Putnam
county, and Dr Jorie- ot Newton, are
to itleiid him to the Federal City*
and, by administering Hr. Loisseaits
anti-mebrini mg nostrum, in small
doses, tii keep him steady until h#
hall have been maiiguateid. In
election, all the niarilißie States, el
- ept N> w Jer ey, will be fl.ntcnj*
with the prwfeet M