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ll . VERMONT riKKM V. 'T ' - ' '11 ftli rl 1 Wfl.t.lU'l , V,. ia j BRATTLEBORO, Vt; JULY 1844. BY WM. E. It Y T II Ii 3 It . VOL. X. NO; 46. ' WRIGHT'S INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS; on INDIAN PURGATIVE. THOUGH many medicines have been before the public for a much longer period than Wrioiit's Indian Vkof.table I'i i.i.s, yet nono stands now in hlzlier repute, or has more rapidly attained n firm hold upon popular estimation. The thousands that have used them throughout the length and breadth of the Republic, all lieur cheerful testimony In their thorough cllicacy nnd mild operation whenemployed in the most distressing disorders "which flesh is heir to." The theory of disease on which WmnitTNl's nuN Vegetable I'ili.s are founded, Is this, vizi Mat there is only one primary cause of all the disorders that ojjlict tilt human family, and that is corrupt humors; or, in other words Impurity of Uluod. This principle is now bo generally admitted, that it may in laci no saict to be BUstaineu by an universal ity of opinion, the few dissenters constituting but n feeble minority. It is useless, therefore, to discuss the soundness ol tins theory in this place and con nexinn. The one disease principle being admitted, the mode of attack professed by all practitioners be comes the same namely, purgation. Hut many of the so-called specifics now before the public, pro. iluco only one form of l'tirgalion; they are either sudarinc, lalliartic, Mieurelic or Expectorant.- Wright's Indian Vegetable I' ills combine all there properties, and are therefore calculated to attack the elements of disease at nil points, and by a har i - i i !.. ... l : ...is Illuinuua uiiu uuniuiiitru iiK'rniloll l( I'XIIM lb ruui- cally from the system. Their effect is almost mag ical, and is no less astonishing for its mildness than its efficacy, llotli Sexes and all agrs may employ them, according to the directions, without fear, for while they are certain to cure all diseases that are remediable, they never inflict an injury upon the system. These Pills as we before remarked, operate by purgation by thoroughly cleansing the entire sy. lem from nil impurities, and making the invalid in the homely, but expressive phrase "n new man," whether the disease is mciriOT consumption, which insidiously attacks the Lungs, producing that dry hacking cough so painful to the friendly car: or cutaneous, showing itself upon the skin in eruptions or blotches; whether the Kidneys or the Dowels be the affection. Wright's Indian Vrgeta- He Pills are equally efficacious in warding off danger. Their expectorant, cathartic, sudorific and dieurctic qualities enable them to take hold of each form of disease. The perfect safety of the medicine is another all important quality, and one which has contributed more than any thing else to its extension and popu larity. In a word, this medicine commends itself strongly to the patronage of the public, and its nsc bids fair to become before long, almost universal. CAUTION. The citizens of New England are respectfully in formed that in consequence of the grrat popularity which Wright's Indian Vegetable lills have earned by their astonishing goodness, a gang of Counter feiters are now industriously engaged in palming on the unsuspecting, a valueless, and perhaps danger ous medicine, under the name of Indian Vegetable PilU.,, This is to inform the public, that the genuine medicine has on the boxes, "Wright's Indian Vegetable Tills, (INDIAN PURGATIVE) or the North American College of Health,' And also around the border or the label will be found in small type, "Entered according to tho Act of Congress, in the year 1810, by William Wright, in the Clerks Office, of the District Court oi the Eastern Dis trict of Pennsylvania." The public will also remember that all who sell the genuine Indian Vegetable Pills are provided with a certificate of agency signed by William Wright, Vice President OF THE NOItTH AMERICAN COLLF.OE OF HEALTH, and that pedlars are never in any case allowed to sell the geniuine medicine. All travelling Agents will be provided with a certificate of Agency as above described ; and those who cannot show one will be known as base Impostors The following highly respectable persons have been appointed agents for the sale of the above named Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills, Or THE NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH. AGENTS' NAMES. DUTTON & CLARK, llrattleboro j M. Whit lied, Vernon ; Henry Holmes, Grafton ; Win. Har ris At. Sons, Windham ; Niles Aldrich, Londonder ry; Darid F. Gushing, Combiidge Port ; itirchard &. Sawyer, Fayetteville; D. W.Grimes, Saxton's River ; G. W. Daniell, Westminster ; P. R. Chan dler & Co., Putney ; Green & Fleming, Uellows Falls; Joel Codding, Uroukline; R. Birchard, Dummerston; Chester Olds & Co., Fayetteville; Plimpton 4- Higgins, Wardsboro ; Merrifield A. Newell, Jamaica; F.G.Stanley, Wilmington; J. & II. Rice, Wardsboro; Jesse Cone, Marlboro; S. F. Thomnson. Townshend; N. Cheney, Jr., Townsher.d ; Sanford Plumb, West Halifax ; Thomas Cook, Jr., West Townshend; Winn & Chaie, Whitinghiim ; IJ. B. Murdock, Nnrthfield, Mass ; T. O. Snarhawk, Greenfield, Mass.; lJrown & Hunt, Hinsdale, N. II.; C. Farr, I hesterfield ; O. II. Huggins, Chesterfield Factory ; Wm. Cobb, Warwick, Mass.; A. Ferry, Bernardston. The only Office in Boston where tho Indian Vege table Pills can be obtained is at 198 THCMONT STItnKT. 198 Race 19 SPEECH OF MR. GEO, P." MARSH, ON THE TARIFF BILL.. HOUSE OF REPS. APRIL 00, 18 M CONCLUDED. Principal Office and Central Depot, street, Philadelphia. FOlt CONSUMPTION OF THE I,UNGS. nrtHR I.Mt medicine known to mnn for iiicip- ft :rtt r!,nuiimnlinn. Asthma ofeverv singe, Bleeding oftho LungH, Coughs, Colds, Liver Comiilaint. und all diseases of the Pulmonary Organs, mav be had of Agents named helow, MiTiinris nVN PRESCRIPTION. A compound "Balsamic preparation of the Prunus Virginian or "Wild Cherry Bark," combined with the Extract of Tar, prepared k.. ... -I. nmL.nl nmcesa. nnnroved and rcc- ommended by the most distinguished physi cians, and universally acknowledged the most va unhle medicine ever iiiscuvcrru. NO O HACKERY!!! MO DECEPTION. CK-AII publinhed statements of cures perfor mi !iu ih U medicine are. in event respect TRUE. Ue cnreful and get the genuine "Dr w,i.na1Uf.sAM of Wild Oiierkv," as nnridus imitations arc abroad. Orders from any pnrtof tho country should be addressed to Isaac Butts, No. 125, 1? ulton street. New York. j. ir-n-Snld in Rrnttlehoro 1)V DUTTON & CLARK, Fayetteville, II. IS. uaKer. t do not propose to inquire Into tho con stitutional power of Congress to lecislato with n view to protection ; for I have not observed thnt constitutional scruples oppose any very serious obstacles in gentlemen's way, when a favorite project is to be car ried. Besides, these scruples nre particu larly rife among the very same class of poli ticians who entertained no doubt of the right of this single House to exercise n power, in restricting the right of petition, which the express words of the Constitution deny to Congress, and who, in the case of the four recusant States, maintained the power of the House ot Representatives to nullify a solemn act of the national legislature, passed in strict conformity w ith the letter of the Constitution. Sir, I have no fear that gen tlemen who swallowed those camels will ever be strangled by so small a gnat as this. The constitutional cholic, is indeed, a griev ous complaint, oftentimes an excruciatingly painlul disease, but, happily, it is never mor tal. Gentlemen arc frequently attacked by it, they sicken, they sufTer. In the words of the law, they languish and lauguishingly do live, but die never. In the long rows of our departed predecessors, in yonder cem etery, you find the monuments of those who have fallen a prey to death in all his varied shapes. Gout, apoplexy, consumption, fever . and even tho linnd ot violence, each hath had its victims, but constitutional scruples, none. For such a disorder, it would seem superfluous to prescribe. IJcsidcs, the very vis meditatrix of nature sometimes origi nates milder forms of disease, hy whose ac tion the peccant humors ol tut: system nre carried of', and dangerous organic or chronic complaints arc prevented or healed. Who knows hut this constitutional malady may serve some like prophylactic or medica tive purpose in our political system ? These scruples are often of excellent use, by way of apology for voting with our party, and against the plainest reasons of general good, or the interests of our own constituents. Moreover, in debate, they are a good tub for the whale, and serve in nipnrty siege to divert the attack from the weaker points, the salient angles, of the fortress. It would therefore be hardly fair, were it practicable, to deprive gentlemen of so convenient a re treat when pressed by arguments which they are unable to answer. But however serious gentlemen may be in insisting on constitutional objection, it can hardly be expected that the country will now abandon as unconstitutional a system sanctioned by the framcrsofthe Constitu tion in the Congress of 1780, and approved by every President, from Washington down to the immortal successor of his own "illus trious predecessor," who has been, and is, on both sides of every supposable question but two the abolition of slavery in this District, namely, and the expediency of the selection ol a certain tavoritc son, a certain northern man with southern principles, who shall at present he nameless, as the next Democratic candidate for the Presidency. On the former of these points I believe he is committed : and I rather think there are gentlemen hereabouts, who, if they saw good cause, could tell how and why he be came so. As to the other question, I have never understood that he entertained any hesitation, unless it may be a trifling doubt, whether tho people, upon "sober second thought," would confirm the nomination which the convention ought to make : and whether they would not, under the influence of ancient prejudice or new delusion, reject the cashiered pilot who asked to tie rc-in stated, and prefer rather a more experienced and trusty helmsman, There are certain kinds and branches of industry which, as all men agree, lawfully may be, and as matter of expediency ought to be, protected. You secure to the author the copy-right in the coinage ol ins urain, and vou guarantee to tho inventor of a new process, or machine, the exclusive right to his invention against every competitor, whether native or foreign. Here is protec tion, in the odious form of an absolute monopoly ; yet no man questions its justice or its expediency. I am well aware that, in the case of the celebrated cotton gin, south ern chivalry thought fit practically to nullify tho patent law, and to deny to the meritori ous inventor all substantial reward tor ins valuable machine ; but in general tho policy of the law is approved. fMn. Holmls hero interposed, and ob served, that South Carolina had purchased tho right to the use of the cotton gin. And Mn. lliiETT added, that tho same State had afterwards made a voluntary grant of 20,- 000 to the inventor. It was also suggested that North Carolina had acquired tho right for tho use of her citizens by lair purchase. compelled the Lnglish to improve their ail abiWrdum you arc inevitably brought, if Dimming umi waiving apparatus, i nis im- you aeuy the power ol Congress to impose a provement re-actcd upon us, and, in like proteose duty. But if Congress may leiris mauticr, led to new contrivances; and the .., rur ' ','": ' . whole process of converting cotton into 'aa " . ' Pn?,u ''r, ,d , Pf 'T' " ninth !, mo, .t. f ii.. ) not also for that of capital invest- nm, "n::Z r,V c" !1 nnm.racl.irwt The building, the w wi (w(ssuviai m. i riWiioi,wui.'iiijU 1 1 'in ii i. : i it . U'.l .1 . . .. . b' a vastly facilitated and cheapened production "'""'u7' n "Vr.ous Mages or cotton goods," and of" course n proportion- ,.,,' ' ally increased use of them. Cotton has, to Ilc iua ot elaboration, the land, whose value de upon the successful employment of il... : ii .i ngrcatextent, supplanted linen, which is " , v '! ' ,, u" ,," '. " '"e-o nro prop- more costly of production, and far less ca- Xl'Zl f , " T" f "C ?Jmi'11?'' pnblc ofelaboration by machinery. Cottons ' pS r '. " l"ds of the have also been Inrmlv l.l,.iii.,in,i fn-...i l".a ,,tr' ""A viewed "uiply as property, lens, in the shnnnV rn.tn,, fln.mnU n,l w"!10"1. roS lo higher considerations of other thick fabrics ; and they arc interwoven ' J "l vn J " "1,Icl C,,,,,,CI,MM will, linen, with silk, with wool, with the An eric Ln i. ' ' , 'r.01cc"0,,-r T,,p fleece of the cashmere goat, and in fact with , ( c" 1 1sl,1 '' ".n'.un.ct.iro., every textile substance Cotton U used in "! ,d' T1" en cl " "V" Sieved to amount vast nunntitinft fnr l.n.lirm .,,.,1 nnd.lin rnr 10 ". c " tllMI four hundred millions - " , ' i-.".....,.. ui canvass, and innumerable other purposes, to ? ' iau" " 10 ' ' nnr I'-l"-""'" which none thought of applying it until "'n "tnt or iireau on the ...;..,; .1.0 in- r..,nD V7L.f ' ' lll"s a". To this vast sum. - j - it-Hie liiiuL- men; is a , ,,,1,, f 1 1 1 ... demand for this product almost without . :.V,,'UC of '""' ' vicinity of limit, and the planter both buys cheaper the! ' rr's' 'g """",li'c'!". n" y" "'"Vo an I lira prosperity of mil the 111 manufactured article, and sells a vastly in creased quantity of the raw material. Such arc the efiects of protection ; and I cannot forbear to notice in this connexion a remarkable instance of tho interdependence between diflerent branches of industry, and of the unforeseen collateral benefits which flow from this eminently wise and paternal system. -The enlarged consumption, and wear of cotton goods, has proportionally in creased the supply of rags for the paper market, and the raw material for the most important of all manufactures the hand maid of that art which is the conservator of nil art and of all knowledge is furnished in inexhaustible abundance, and at greatly reduced cost. Illustrations of this sort might be multiplied without limit, fur there exists between the various branches of pro. luctivc industry the same common bond. which according to an ancient philosophical orator, unites the entire body of the liberal arts into one harmonious whole. But, sir, is not this very bill designed to protect a particular branch of capital and industry, and that at the sacrifice of all oth ers? It is hinted that fokkion trade is largely interested in the overthrow of our protective system, and for that very trade protection is demanded. But 111 whose be half is this protection asked, and for whose benefit are we called upon to sacrifice our own productive classes T We learn from unquestionable sources, that of the importa tions irom Urcat Untian sixty-live per cent is on British account. Of those from France and other continental countries, not less than eighty-three per cent, is on foreign ac count ; anil ol course nearly the whole profit uii tills enormous proportion nl our trade goes into the hands of foreigners. Shall we legislate for the subjects of Great Britain and of France T Shall the foreign importer Inmscll determine the duty which lie will condescend to pay I Are Ins interests chiefly, regarded in the legislation of this Hall .' lint were it otherwise were the advantages of this great commerce the proper gain of our own citizens is this object of the promotion ot lorcign trade worth not only its present cost, but all the sacrifices which arc asked lor it I In leUu, all men abandoned their refpular occupations, and set themselves to buy, sell, and get gain and such was the neglect of agriculture, that even oats were imported from the banks of the Elbe to feed the horses that pastured in the valley 01 tnc nioiiawK. I lie excessive trade of 1836 was followed by the convul sion of 1837, and there has been no lack of lectures from our Democratic brethren upon the causes 01 that convulsion, i lie crisis of 1837, said they, was not owing to the. specie circular, to the removal of the de posits, to tho relusal ot the Government to rccharter the United States Bank, to the multitude of State Bunks chartered hy Dem ocratic legislatures to fill the place of that dead monster, to the derangement, 111 line, of the currency of the country by the action of Government : No, it was none of these things, nor the combined action of all these things, but it was the exodshive importa tion TUB BFIIUT OP OVERTRADING which caused all that ruin. Is then the spirit, which in 1836 was a spirit of darkness, now become an angel of light? If the foreign importations of 183G involved the whole land in bankruptcy, ruin, and shame, is it now wise to stimulate importation to the highest extent to which legislation can carry it ? Again, sir, is not the maintenance, pro tection, and accommodation of this foreign trade one of the heaviest items in the cost of our national Government? To what aggregate icarccly inferior to any of the items which make up the sum total of our nanonai wcaitu. Destroy tho protective system, and vou annihilate at n blow this great accumulation of wealth, this immense proportion of our national resources. In regard lo the prop erty invested in manufactures it is In be ob served, that the destruction involved by its sacrifice has no compensation. It is anni hilation, not transfer. Thousands are im poverished, none are enriched. You make your country poorer, by ihe amount both of the capital directly invested, and tho dif ference in value of the lands and other properly alTcrtcd. Let a flourishing fictory spring up, with its capital of glOO.UOO, and H adds to the saleable value, and actual nro- I . . ... ouctivcncss o. tnc lands m its vicmitv. at least as much more. Destroy it, and nil this wealth has evaporated. In the case of the removal of the public buildings, and the construction ol the works of internal iin provement, there is often an apparent loss, which is, however, balanced by a compensa tion in the increased value thereby given to property eiscwiicre. construct a canal, passing three miles from a country village. instead of through it. Its prosperity is des troyed, uiie by one, its most cnterprizing inhabitants desert it, and the aged and the poor alone are left. The cheerful din of its industry is hushed. The grass grows in the streets, its cottages arc no longer the home of man, and the fox looks out at the window. Here is ruin, here is desolation melancholy enough no doubt but there is airather side to the picture. On the banks of that canal there arises a new villairc. which in its rapid growth anil improvement. uir uutsirips an mat the most sanguine lanc.y had ever hoped for its older rival. Here is indeed p rival. Here is indeed a destruction, but there is also a creation of wealth. It is a transfer, not an annihilation of prosperity, and though individuals may suffer, the sum total of national wealth is undiminished, and even increased. On the oilier hand, strike down a great branch of national industry, and where is your compensation ? Do southern gentlemen imagine that the ruin of the manufactures of Massachusetts will raise the price of cotton ? Do the forgemen of Pennsylvania hope to sell more" iron, when the busy industry of New England shall be still, and the clang of the anvil and Ihe hum of the wheel shall no more mingle with the roar of the watc'lall 1 Does the western farmer suppose that he shall increase the price of the lands, or the profits of his husbandry, by compelling Ins eastern breth ren to devote to the growing of grain and the feeding of cattle the millions of acres which they now occupy for sheepwalks, and for the cultivation of the teazle and other vegetable products required for the use of the manufacturer? New England is able abundantly to supply her own population with bread-stufls and meat. Her toil, though inferior lo the prairies of 'the West in fertility, is superior in variety. Sir, the Vc3l can produce nothing, absolutely noth ing, which the soil ol New Lnglaud cannot also be made to yield in superfluous abuu dance. Even in fertility, the difference be tween the Last and Weft has been greatly exaggerated, bir, 011 this subject I do nut speak without bonk. I have seen the priuci pal graiii-grnwiugtStatcs in the West 111 their harvest, and being practically familiar with agriculture, I claim lo be able to judge of their productiveness. The western people, with all-their virtues, and. I accord them many, are little prone to talk in Erclcs' vein; and 1 have heard on the prairies some gas- am! other imported goods ? Even admitting the truth of the false principle assumed hy the report, that a reduction of duty is a re duction of price to thu consumer, he will find that few families would save filly dullais, the laborer, probably, not ten. But, on the other hand, would not this gnih be more than over-balanced by the inevitable reduc tion in the price of his produce, resulting from the Ions of a market which consumes, annually $100,000,000 oftho products ol' the umi-maiiufiiclunng fctntes ? Sir, where the western States would save one million, they would lose ten. But, I repent il, it is not true that a diminution of dii'y lowers the price. Reduce them so as lo destroy donie.-tic manufactures, and do you think tjiat the Britith artisan, when relieved from American competition, will cell you his wares as cheaply as now? Will lie not rather take advantage of his monopoly of the market, and compel you both to buy and to sell at his own price ? Attempts have been made to excile the jealousy of the South and Wcet, hy inflated statements ill regard to the prnhts ol the manufacturers. It has been proved, by cal culation, omitting only the use of capital, wear and decay of machinery, lixtures, and buildings, taxes and insurance, and the nu merous contingencies to which these estab lishments are pre-eminently liable, that the eastern manufacturers muU have cleared lint less than twenty or thirty per cent, per annum for a series of years. We have the best authority for saying, that the profits of the cotton inanuf.icturer.s have lor yens not exceeded an average of six per cent. ; and as to woollen mills, it is within my personal knowledge, that there is scarcely a woollen factory in New England, which has not lost a sum equal to its entire capital, since 1837. Under the tariffof 18-12, these establishments can live, but they never can be a means of the rapid accumulation of wealth. I wish to present another general con sideration. I refer to the importance of do mestic manufactures, as an essential element in a system of national independence and defence. Gentlemen need not to be told, that during the late war with Great Britain, the Government was forced lo connive at illicit trade with the enemy, as the on!) Protection has. ns I have before remarked. nlronrtv rlnnft its work for tho nreat staple ofi ford to pay for its promotion it... Kniiih? nnd no man familiar with the Every gentleman who has other end do you maintain a navy, at the , conading about crops, which would have P n "II? .1! il...ia .in fliulifiiinf l. A tir-lnMl l'iui.l Wn expense 01 six minions per annum, 10 uis-.o m nliiv vonr nrotectinir flair in everv sea ? For ofthe East, as manufacturers and shepherds what other nnmose are vour foreirrn embas- are. lo some extent, dependent on you of Bics, your costly custom house establishment the West. Destroy our industry, compel and a vast proportion of your civiUlist ? ns to exchange the loom for the plough, the Sir, I argue not against these thiugslas un- sheep for the ox, turn ns from consumers to necessary, but to draw attention to the fact, producers, and you have lost your best cus that trade too has its protection, and to sug. lomer we buy of you no longer. Of the gest the inquiry how much more we can al-. forty millions 01 tne prooucc 01 otner ounes I Wilicn .luussuuiiiiscua cunsiiiiii's, diiu wm studied the require not a dollar. Add to this the sup- demanded for the manufacturers of 1 . r .ml nn.i Knlnr u of hiclnrvnf tlm nrimii ot this Uovernmcnt. Plies Ln ti.m Lu. knows that tho orotection of nronertv. os other States, and you have not less than Intive projection has been the indispensable 'well as life nnd personal liberty, against one hundred millions of American produce, i!.' e.i . ...n.nn.;u n., ovi.ni. in! 1 thn violence and the no lev of foreirrn lor which a uiarKei win no longer exist. to be nt- Where do you look for compensation for this loss? You have not tho smallest rea son to expect that the British corn laws will it soon lion es domestic industry requires, has been be repealedno other Luropean nation surrendered bv tho individual Stales, and win iaie your pronuce, unu wueu y.m uru unless it has 'lodged in tho people of the ready to sell, none will bo found to buy. Union, to bo by them exercised, through us, Let the western farmer examine this bill, their representatives, it is irrecoverably gone, nnd calculate the saving which lie supposes Tho surrender is valid to pass the power out he would make by tho operation of this nnti- of tho hands ofthe grantors, tho States, but lal'or nrifl'. How many dollars would he vantages onioyed bv omx manufacturers in not good to vest it in Congress, the grantee, save 0.1 his cloths, how many on Ins iron Zabundnnccand cheapness of water-power,. Strange anomnly-and yet .0 this reduction ware, how many on his gs, l. o'ocencs, , , - ... ... c , - ,.. ed amount oftho cotton trade. The en- powers, was uio cuiei enu sougm 10 ue at coiirarement early aflbrded to tho growth tained by the establishment of the confede nnd working of cotton, induced investments racy. The power of granting such protec- i. e r-ninrn nmi ii snnn tion ps domestic industry rcQuircs. has been ill llllo UrUllim l Miniiumwtuiu w .. attained a considerable degree of importance. The mechanical ingenuity of this country, and of England, now began to exert a re ciprocal influence. The admirable con struction of our machinery, copied and im proved from that of England, and the ad- 1 ! 1 1... n.i ii Cni-t 11 rnr 111 means of supply of such articles as neither Government nor the people could live with out. Shall we again subject ourselves to the inconvenience and shame of smuggling from a hostile country the very blankets which cover our soldiers ; and while slack ing fire, that the smoke of our guns may clear nwnv. shall ' we negotiate with the enemy fur the purchase of powder ? I am sorry to say, .Mr. Uhairmun, that 1 am not among those wuo discern 111 tne signs of the timrs sure tokens of abiding peace. The age of conquest, il is said, has passed awav ; but at a moment when our own administration is meditating a war of conquest, and has already virtually declared hostilities in that unholy cause, it lies not in our mouths to say, that such wars are no longer possible. Sir, I have too much re spect for the cool judgment of our states men, and too much commence in the re gard of our people for the principles of jus tice, and the integrity ol the Union, to be lieve that they will assent to the consuma tion of a project, which, under the circuin Miiuccscau only be characterized as supreme' ly unwise, and pre-cniiueully flagitious, and which must necessanlv result, not in disscn sion, hut in disruption. I do not therefore apprehend a conflict with Mexico, or its necessary corollary, an immediate war with England ; but I cannot be blind to the fact, that we .ire in constant danger of a rupture with the most formidable power upon earth. Great Britain, sir, holds Canada on the North, her fleets command the Atlantic on the East; on the South, she has extensive pos sessions in the West Indies and on the con tinent; and she occupies, lo say the least, an equivocal position on the Wcist. But this is not all. Her ships are traversing every sea, and seizing upon every ad vantageous position, which is cither unoc cupied, or whose possessors nre too feeble to reoii-t her encroachments; an American whaler can scarcely bring ofl'n keg of water or n boatload of cocoauuts, from a coral reef in the wide Pacific, without paying tribute to the outposts of England. I know, indeed, that she lias disclaimed that atrocious outrage, the forcible fcizurc or the sove reignly of the Sandwich Islands, but I have not yet heard, that she has hung, at the yardarm of his own ship, the piratical lord ling who perpetrated it. Sir, I charge not Great Rritain with cherishing dreams of wide-spread conquest, or aiming at universal empire ; but he must be blind, who does not see that she is striving for 110 less n prize than thu control of the commerce of the world. America too is ambitions. She disputes with England the sovereignty of the northeastern shore of the Pacific we are rivals in the same branches of trade, and the red cross nnd the stars anil stripes float side by side in every hnrbor of every sea. With all these points ol contact, dare we hope that we shall always escape collision; and is it wise to doff our armor while our adversary is lacing his helmet? Sir, on this subject let mo not be mis understood. No man can more cordially detest Ihe practice, or deploro the necessity, of n resort to arms ; none can more deeply abhor the hellish passions, the awful crimes, that constitute the very being of war, than myself; and I am not prepared to say, that any, or even nil, of the pending or adjourned questions between us and Great Britain nre worth a war, But, sir, 1 know that Lng land is regarded will, angry and inflauimti bio jealousy along the whole frontier, and a small Mnrl may at any moment kindle that t inder to an appalling flame. Thus situated, I hold it to be the part of wjadprp to foster and strengthen our own domestic resource, rather than to cherish nnd reward the in dustry of the alien nnd the stranger. Hut I am wandering from the subject, and 1 tt'ill only pause lo express my surprise, thaj'gqii tlcmeti ofthe South, who dread (lie interfe rence of EnglamLvith Texan jlai'cry, -and . fear the contagion of her example in her West India possefsions, should yet advocate, a policy, which necessarily implies much more intimate relations with that formidnblo rival, and probable enemy. Destroy our manufactures, and subvert thnt revenue sys tem which has, from our national infancy, been the soul of our finance, and we arc at once practically reduced to a state of colo nial dependence upon our ancient oppressor. Sir, il was not for this that our fathers fell at Bunker Hill, at Bennington, and at Sara toga, and that yours hit the dust in the hun dred pnrtiznn conflicts which at a later period of the war of independence, dyed )onr sands with the best blood of the South. There is another point of far deeper. j. though less obvious, interest than the mero question ol revenue, or the present pecu niary gain or loss to the consumer, add which is most worthy of the profound con sideration of the philosophical statesman. . I refer to the influence of such manufactures as are carried on by machinery, upon tho progress of mechanical improvement, and the consequent multiplication and diffusion of both the physical comforts and elegan cies, and the higher refinements of life. The encouragements which inventive genius has received at the I ands of the manufac turer, is the principal source of (he astonish ing advances that half a century has wit nessed in practical mechanics and manipula tions, in the application of science to thn arts, and even in the progress and dissemi nation ofthe physical sciences themselves. The wants of the dyer, the bleacher tho sugar-refiucr, have led to curious investiga tions and most important results in scientific analysis; the necessities ofthe mechanist have prompted improvements in smelting, refining, casting, and forging metals, and to better knowledge of their ores, constitution, and properties ; the demand of British manufactures are the parent of improvements in mining, mineralogical research and geo logical science ; to them we owe the inven tion ofthe reciprocating steam-engine, and the introduction of raii-ronds, by means pf allwlnch, not only are all the operations ot government immensely facilitated, but the conveniences of life arc so multiplied and cheapened, that, as has been well said, the humble cottager enjoys more comforts than an emperor of Rome in the days of her greatest splendor. Knowledge, too, literal ly runs down the streets like a river. The power press sends forth its sheets by thou sands in the hour, nnd books now cost less than did the paper on which they are printed within the memory of members of this Mouse. These arts are emphatically the arts of peace ; these arc the true philoso pher's stone, that turns all to gold ; these are the means through whose aid alone the philanthropist can hope to level up sufferings depressed, and debased humanity. Ma chinery must supply the physical wants of the indigent : the power press must furnish Ihe popular instructor with his textbook the missionary with his bibles. To the improvements in the mechanic arts we have contributed our full share. We have then a proprietary, a paternal in terest, in their prosperity. To them we, of all the nations of the earth, arc most deeply indebted, nnd from them we have most to hope. Shall we lay the axe to the root of the tree which has borne such noble fruits, and which is still rich with the blossoms of future promise? What does not the South owe to the cotton gin and the power loom ? and what would now be the condition of that mighty West, to which we have so often appealed, without cntinls, railroads, nnd steamboats, which derive both the motive and the means of their creation from the progress n( manufactures? Sir, she would still remain' a howling wilderness, inhabited only by savages and wolves and the game on which they prey. Sir, let us have no more idle speculation upon the future consequences ofthe existing tarifl. Let it be jugdeil by its fruits. Show what evil it hath done. Prove that it'hns augmented the current price or diminished the supply of any foreign article of necessity or extensive use. Show that it has reduced the price or curtailed the sale ol any impor tant article of domestic production hut terrify us not with prophecies of future evil r .1.- i .i.. . 1 , 1 ' iruui iiiu upeniiiuu ui inni cause wmcn lias rrowned thn past and the present with abundant blessings. Jl Victim of Intemperance, The rreliminarrv cx- nininatinn nf llobert Dale, charged with the mur der nt his tvil'e, in Iinston, by hlnUR inflicted with hid fist, on the Mill of April Inst, dUcIntrs one of the moat melancholy caets of confirmed Inte mpert mire on the part nf Ihe dertaerd woman that wo have ever known. Il appears that for teten innnllin preceding her drolh die was helplessly drunk near iv the whole time, nnd that her liuUiand need lo' heal her at times very severely Though the con duct of her huslinnu is inexcusable, there can bo no doubt that he had n crest trial tn his patience in the bciislly luibita of the companion of his bosom, nnd Hint he was provokfd to ejeiciee a tevrrily, liieh, under oilier circunif tonrrr, would huie bent fnreif.11 lo his nature. Tie prolat ility is tlint ha will be dischaiged on the rrrniiiid that the woman's! death was nn( so much occasioned hy the blows she received from her husband, as by the lone con tinued and poisonous effects of intoxicating drinks. Oire Ucanth. It nppeurx from a Parliamentary return just prinletl, that the amount of duty on nnlen medieines, In the ten yenra ending on the 9th Jnnuary, 1844, was, on nn average, nearly 30,000 d yeur. 110. I'lth 01 iov, is Appointed Tot' tho "it TuMie Thanksgiving hi N. Ilamnahite.