Mr. HENDRICKS. After I am throu h. When was it known that such atariff prevailed as governs the country at this time? When was it known that there was such an adjustment of the tariff such an exclusion of forei competition as that the manufacturer could charge the western consumer forhis cotton prod ucts the same rice that he asked when cotton stood at 300%. more than it does now? and ct, sir, such is the condition of the country. atever the western man today buys he pays from 30 to 100%. more for than if the trade of the world ay open to him; and this has been accom hshed during the period when a culture was but partially represented in the case of representatives. y colleague is afraid of southern votes in Congress. I am not upon that question. Men will vote in accordance with their interests, when not controlled by a constitutional duty or basense of right. During the 5 years that have passed the southern agricultural States have not been represented in the HoRep, and a most unjust and unequal adjustment of the revenue system has been adopted, much to the reju dice of the State that my colleague and Represent in this body. Now, sir, shall we so permanently arrange the representation of the country that agriculture cannot holdup its head? Shall we so permanent] adjust representation as that the spindle and, the loom shall always be more productive and honorable than the plow and the harrow? Sir, I do not consentto it; and without any reference to sectional feelings or sentiments, I ask for the West simply e nality in the legislation of congress. Demaning that much we ought to be card; but we have not been heard during the past 5 years, as the tax ayers of the est very well know. While NewEngland has been making her returns to those who have invested their ca ital in manufactures of from 20 to 100%., the western farmer, when he buys the necessaries of life at the present charges and settles his accounts with the tax collector, can scarcely provide the comforts of life for his family and for the education of his children. Is it not known to every Senator that when manufacturing establishments can make divi dends of from 20 to 70%. there is wrong done to some interest in the country, and that is because agriculture has not been fully represented in Congress during the past 5 years?