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In 1846 the exports went up to $27,700,000 



1847 68,700,000 



1848 &quot; 37,473,000 



1849 ; j_ &quot; 39,155,000 



1850 ~7F&quot; only 26,000,900 







So it is seen these exports are returning to the old 

 standard ; and, with a decline in every article, can 

 Americans stand and look on in apathetic indifference, 

 and, like a Hindoo or Mussulman, when calamities press, 

 instead of exertions, envelope themselves in the fumes of 

 tobacco ? 



Mr. Walker, late Secretary of the Treasury, had bet 

 ter hopes for his country some years ago ; and he esti 

 mated the exports according to what he supposed from 

 antecedents, for the past years, more than treble of that 

 which they are, viz. : 



1846, value of exports were $101,718,042 



1847, &quot; &quot; &quot; 150,574,844 



1848, &quot; &quot; 132,934,1 21 estimated $222,898,350 



1849, &quot; &quot; &quot; 132,666,995 &quot; 329,959,983 

 18*0, &quot; &quot; &quot; 134,900,265 &quot; 488,445,056 



These are grave subjects for Americans to consider 

 deeply, and to turn their undivided attention to mend, 

 instead of those horrible politics. I have been in these 

 States for nearly eight months, and actually I have heard 

 nothing but politics. No other nation on earth, not even 

 England, with all her morbid intolerance in religious 

 matters, has suffered an equal drain on her mental exer 

 tions on this head, as the people of the United States. 

 There are few nations that have n equal number 



