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but a sliglit (ligTCSsion to say here that considerable 

 British soil has, at a much later period, been shipped to 

 Germany, and sold as guano ; and tliat when England 

 accuses us of being fraudulent, she might well look a 

 little at her own adulterations. It is quite possible that 

 those Hessian soldiers, who did her fighting in this 

 country, were paid in tobacco, which had more of the 

 name than of the nature of American. 



It is a singular fact, that, from the close of the war of 

 the Revolution, the exports of tobacco remained just 

 about stationary for sixty or more years. It can be 

 accounted for only on the ground, that the dearth of to- 

 bacco, during the Revolution, induced the nations of 

 Europe to commence its cultivation for themselyes, and 

 that they have kept up the home production ever since. 

 The adulterations practiced by the English, and perhaps 

 by others, would naturally tend to the same result ; for 

 the people, of course, found that the tobacco grown in 

 their own gardens was about as good as they could 

 purchase under any names whatever ; and the conclusion 

 was, that they could grow it cheaper than to purchase. 

 Will the effect of our present war be to stimulate the 

 growth of cotton otherwhere, and thus lessen the demand 

 on this country ? Time will answer. That the former 

 war did lessen the demand for tobacco, and that very 

 permanently, extending sixty years at least, if not to 

 the present time, is certain. 



Previously to about 1840, Virginia, Maryland, and 

 North Carolina seem to have been the principal tobacco- 

 growing States. Since then the cultivation has become 

 extensive in Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and other 

 western and north-western States. Ohio, Indiana, and 

 Illinois are now largely in the business. New York, 



