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ferenee in the market, greatly to the detri¬ 
ment of the more delicately flavored Cevkm 
Coffe?.” 
“ r )he interests of the public, of the colo¬ 
nists. and of the revenue, therefore alike re- 
quir* that the above cited Act of 1822, 3 Geo. 
IV. cap. 53, which has never been formally 
repeded, should again be put in full force. It 
is trie that this interference with Chicory has 
been vaguely deprecated, on the plea that it is 
a “iative product,’* but so is the leaf of the 
sloe, and so would Tobacco be, if the cultiva¬ 
tion of that plant here had not been put a 
. stop to. In these cases, the legislature has 
seen fit to decree proscriptions against “na¬ 
tive products/* and thci'e is, therefore, nothing 
repugnant to the principle on which our le¬ 
gislation has hitherto proceeded in such matters 
in kting the 3 Geo. IV. cap. 53, take 
its ourse—that course, he it observed, invol¬ 
ving no proscription of the Chicory, but mere¬ 
ly a regulation of its sale .—Another plea in 
favor of Chicory has been drawn from its 
nlledgd wholesomeness, which has been much 
adverzed in Germany. The truth is that it 
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is singly diuretic, arid the habitual use or it 
must r eaken in proportion to its power of ac¬ 
tion. Tis refers to genuine Chicory, but wh at is 
sold tube retaileras such is a mixture, against 
tbe whlesomeness of which the very strong¬ 
est preemption is justifiable, and the most 
respecta'e wholesale bouses have felt this so 
strongly as to induce them to take into their 
own hats the manufacture of the Chicon 
which tly sell, purchasing tliemselves the root 
and kilnrying it on their own premises. 
