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( f X ) i .1 JiJ UUUU JUJ,, ,c:- It isM rii f ale4m V, --.! -I.:.L L ' '' !' i' 7. '.. " I . ' . 1 f I j -rs" - , 1 J- u :uu ... , y , . ' . i ' " BiBiiinf mws on cnnvinneei . . . . , ' - , - ruv;-ni;nToss ru.uon.j-. fr I f.ft ... I ft ft ft utiia, bihi wmca win m era4 wfth imfo rtmors. -. ' Dr.lta. SALISBUKV. ftOWAN COtOTy, fl. CMM0NDA JCJLVH. ! )r, Ctahniitg. VOL., Mil ....NO V.JJ. j Hr t !' common Jrftnri.H I give yt the .tnns: s WUSTERS CJMOllXIAy !'!f7.'worJ -fJu tr h"Ut p jV tit0fi Win trill bt rtecivfd for 4 u r Aflrk mdiff t$ TAt'of of a rill , u'tUteonHii't, one mmth Ufa? ihi rtjH fttifm ' yw, i toi(lerr.d,u$ a pew rifAgtmrnt. m croi procuring l tdrfnCHib' ttf$Wi to Carolinian, tkall iiivt'4 Mnntk puptr gratis 1. ,f . A(Ivrtiii al (ha umikl rate All lAltrt aMnutri to lt EJHr ftv$i bi pa paid pr' thtfjtUl not k at: Utulfd 0. V- , , a 'Hum " J -SPEECH OF : 0 WW 'propomn ti rtdurfion of the Aut'ut -0n impart. Delitxrrd in thr Jloujte'of Rtprtientcuiiti, Maf 28,' W0 bav. (Hum far, considered tbii a 'fturatt m only u it tlTctft ho reltliw t- 'if MfblUtrA ft HftUtthjftA . 1 1 .. all h.fili!jr af foreigner, ieArAf in tear w in fract; for lha honlillly f natimit to f n inner 1 not rwtiiia 1 (nmr or waf, lii coinm'm drfence niunt prMVid' r aa milch asainat commrrcul riu1ry an ain( wnrliU invaaimi f.if ibo apinl 01 intne, aftfKl wuh mmr, a the axiw rkftce of maukinJ hii p wpd, j? more ir)tlalf ami m ire grnxping thun all XUn He MikIcm and Cwra that ambiritm tmi mflictod on Ilia rate of roan.,' N'ow, air, to ty notiiMig (ihe okximn oflalking alxiut koatility in tim t peace," a thing wincn I do nut f actly comiirf IwihI, I cannot rteognite that a a fiart of tU in- teriwliima! or moral cxIo of civilized na- at a pui.uo enemy in Hiimi of peac. amrtwhicli an eternal war ofextennina tinn i to b waged, y all lha power con fijrred Uixm tlii truvcrnnicnl. fr , r-f r coinimm defum a I ! I rniwt admit, ho aver, ifiat tfilTrTew of th - mibjoct etltibilt the truo character and geniiM 01 tlw profcclint; a item in a mare clear, alriking, vtid undmjiiiwd form -Jerrt -f lheiHeitdirrjr lrtter Twlt",1 Wv wfcePw (wen if pirwnted. no cwmiaa t in refcrtnea to the infin. f' 1 njr thiivj.of the hiMory and ob- jecu oi me lederal cnnatitutmn, iia prima itely . iriort imprtanl coanideration ol nhcirtifaa. And here the difference be fween tbd,cla'" of t'w amitbern plnntcra "" flfl"thtf v 'rfljSt'n'rnntfactoref ts tfto obviona to aicapo tb dullest peretplion. No no ntl ircnrur to maintain tbat the plsiitera claim any to which they have not a natural and thdefoaaiblo riht. They do not atk foveramcnt to Rim them arty . Aid oi any kind . thy 'ouly ask that it tvill fet them mlone,'- while honestly am pluyed la the purwit bf happine. Have tJ,":iiHKi7wipti 'Mrtttfitl rtht te ffoiluce cotton, tubacco, and rice T Have - they not 4he ame neturaj right to tejl it whenever they can do it moat advautaire- onaly, whether at home or abroad, invojv . ing tbo right, of ! bringing, borne,, without - hinHraiJeo or rettrictioa,the eommoditiea blamed by that vale T . It ia clear,1t U wlf evident, that, in exercising theae natural jjt'tBi,tbe jplanlerf dd oot . violate the ftgh'i of any other claaa of rititena, how. ' .1 - A . - : ry end w the protection and defence of foreign commerce tn the tninntiet t . . r. -j 4 ono- TWfrnce y jwrtlgn ntHani, aiHl not the protection ofone branch of doineHtic industry, engaged in producing manufac ture!, againat another branch, engaged in producing the nchangca of foreign com (borco. It ia ao great an outrage upon our vernacular language, aa it ii upon our federal constitution, to call this protection. 1 will tell you, air, who'. .according to iv vie of the ..aubjoctV,. U the odu kind of, protection which trfin or any other Gov. erninent. may lawfully ,e.jtofd. to lje cit,i-.( cena, who owe it allegiance. In this re- pe;t, the duty of government is exceed ingly plain andmmple. The first great protective duty of government, m to defi-nd the country against the injustice or vio- lance oi foreign natioim. To this end. K-S&y? !! -?1?.PT of maiutnining mien ana armiea. j ne second irreat dm P.nilatvl fr the former f It would U as imponNiUe, Brj (1 (he man of Mancrtea tot 4t - bring Iim . bhioiU into eMmiwiilinti with thune af h man of MtsMeliqaeti', U bf.my Ih to Hear anreewfolly an the for- IftbflMthemftutflwort auult W an earthquake, or if cotton, tobaeca, and rica !'ro iii ken from the lint of natural pre uctions by aoine revolMtina i the law ofrmture, ia tVre lay hiaa here ao uttor. I)' igboranl of the Uwa of commeroe, m to ui(pcme that the twenty Cut rattco of Ma-naehmrtft would rfquirt any protee tion agHiiwt llio ten cent e alieoof mrbtnilf it - .... 1. ney never couw be DMuyht mto comrwi. uiKm. m wnai manner, ami for what purpose would the Hriminchain and Man. chenter minufH'Jurcn bring Uioir good in to tliemiirketa of lh United States, and hat would lliey otriain in eichange (of tliem ? 'eiillemen will find this a very piiMlmg mou.ry. id. a view to execute our nationiil preiudicc aiimt Ike ni 'fJJ'.W .?! bom wo trade, tod par. ... .rij ngmnm iwi;iana, Hie mieit valua ble of all mr customers, it ia aaid that our bread-Hiitr are excluded bv their lawn, and that, of the vawt ai'mniiit of our anmml exporU to thoe comrtriee from wmVh-we reemtr ma7mfaeturi.! iU doctiooa of the nortbarn States a,iBount to a mere bagatelle. Now. Sir, manuiiicfurin inhabitant vitbin its juriiidiction from the injustice or fioleore of all othercitizena or inhabitants. To this end lawa are mads, and public tribunals are eafab!iLnd y fowiga Cavrtriiiiietitifltct wf violence, or an act ol toswlalwn, eommits ear directly t tney , may come iri conflict lctive duty is, to defend every citizen or wiui ineir tiwerriM. - . f-MW-nf "geutleiaan lae the goednes .'to' point " out What right of the mauufact- re?l wlf whenl cirrym cotton to TiTinijahal ai y fi t a ti tm if Ct aw Ci arise asi sasml 1 J IPl'M'a-SIW'aejiajfiBjif gaj l VT HIUMUH1V IUI V3 klllU lnHii them into the United Slates tot the purpose of tuing them myself, or of selling aa ou,ra?e "P00 'no person or propertv of inem 10 tner peopio r no, air, it cannot vnwn, n n me ninj or triis r; T M done.. On the otlier rights of the wovernment,. at ny reasonable expense Wanteri whf?1sywrvlo!at wher) you abac "v. We their xchaflgea vith jrietiom, and iocurabu7 Uom " wftnMeay Fn "order to rS. -Nf k mufMtfoo iolate. Jlboir tight ofproparty llm nghttnmake 'lbe most they can, in a lawful way, by the ftMwtfwi 6f tholr InduAry." - y.To "what .,1 charter; human or divine, fcin you appeal for the power ol taking Hway the property of one man lor the twrposA of gfving it to another ? No Cfovernment onth: faceof Jhe earth tjver had, .or can have, the right to exer. ' sin awckai poww; mttet Aeactly or indi. wextlyt ope or in disguiao . It really-ap-t poars io'ime, that in " the evil times on "V "raicb we. havy &lhm, language has lost it meanisg, and that th world is govem- ti by a ,n.isemble cant of hypocricy and ernment itself becomes the iqstrumonrof; k dwejiHofWiiiV .-...V-- f w inflicting the -ry injustice to prevent x , ".ppomjano uoDiusningiy perperraie i which waa uie groat ana cardinal purpose ailing it ISroleclio'ti T: Do irentlemen on- f That the pmnmiiiM : Jr the irr-irtorwords? Protection! distinctly the real object and bearing of rrotection, "a!ainit what 1 Is there a this protecting system upon the two it real BflWt-ftf - -trtff.tthf mBW.n.u. tkwihtrttimw I I... .- ; . - i ' . - - . v.,u.g nTttl uiicmu upon wmcn it operates. I -to plunder and -toy waste the mamtfactn now call their attention to statistical . lnJ - e-tabli?hmeHts'; qf . the. north T . If fact which, t am aure, yiU "sixik vry ' there be any ux!i dange to be apprehon- one as being extraordinary. -t - - i aon, you Jiave only to, carl upon the gco. l:ul n P . C inoasana' domestic and not foreiga industry that Will umlei vniif atanAarA nnJ I .. - . . - ' . -i-i iu- Iir :V.r7 manutaciurera call - for nrotecUon. A'HU higiTanJexTrTvTganr-proI MhtT ,lH,rt "-"JP. "y because foreign manufticturea are mTrehai mtening mvonndi again k, ed with the production, of the lomhern KlTalnat What M It -thm th mimirnnl..M . . .r i" r . ; jjtatei, and became these productions are i- . prodded by ahve Ulor, .which U S , Sev dV. " ir" ! tim- - 'liroperation.of.gru " i r----- . culture as tM white labor ol the northern of Mood: or e)f treasure, to vmdicato the right ana ifBagothe wrong. .Ifaoy ct'ti w-nperpetrire Btficrervmltmco or injtjg ticc against, the. peraon or pronertv of an. Iuiiici, un vruvrruineill II OOUnO 10 lUP njsh a remedy for the outrare. bv resto. ring what fcat-'Jawftlly-lakeiiror icauuing indemnity to be mado for it. When these things are aeeonrmliished all the protective luiiclioiw of Governmeut are tulnlled. The moment it goes bevond this ooint lander the. pretence oCaivina protect ion I and pruatitutes n poetia lha iwUIW j ed purpose of confiscating the property of one ciass oi omen to irive to another. i. . - however, sacred the ' names undr which this outrage may be perpetrated, the Gov ti j iyi!, diagoise UJ0ttjmnj,jjlf Jo jhis miiuriiWtt' miiJt" comTat The 3,, al invaders agti ins! whom this tlnmorosw for nmtfVflirl 2a miBArl mm ft. lanuys of ' cotton, - tnlmceo, and rice. h5 arw the true rivals of the northern ttMniifacturerj, and hut for 'them not a sin. . .. fi ioe would bo heard, from one et- iretnity fthi cohfederaey td the other, -CMngfor- iMofecting laws. ' n w port,jeccntly;jibmhted to the Jtouse by thu committea oa ManofadureB Ppw- of this Gowrnraent f- protect fcanfoetms i, paei ,, er tire. jy icvr and original. ' The power to due?. on a cotton plantation in south CfwoJina,- doe not earn jmbre than twetvtti and half cents per day. , This is the true and only cauiie why the manufacturers re qtitre the govrnmt to iatefpmw tM pow erful a,rm to , kocp down competition. It is, when properly considered, the greatest of all abeurditiea to suppose that it ia ag ainst the Dngliah manufacturers that this protection, is demanded. This is a mere flimsy disguise to cover the traud, and conceal the. outrage, perpetrated agaipst the planters- I would ask ttw-gentleman frorrriMasrtnchtiwtt what,, harm th( Man chaster' manunicturert with his ten coot calico, could ."ponaUy , do him, with his ia cimwo irorfl that Dart of the li;,.n rtKo .n m.-.llfu- .i tianift v ("- .ii 1'iero wn nf Qoiuesnic pro'jucnon o tnj! i if England, and the other nations of Enron.', w ill noi receive any the productiona of the north. ern Slates, I beseech gentlejuen to uiform me now the nortuern Slates can require protection a-'amM the manufarture .1 nw uauona -niiai Higher protection can they ilcnirc again4 londgn manufac. lures tlim; llmt which arises from (lie want ot me means of paying fur them f Sir, it has oflen struck me, as one of the most arrant of those dolusions that some times come over communities of men. thai the northern States shotild .attempt laju-v tify tho exclusion of English manu&t tur- H upou tlia ground that England wittnot receive their grain. This is not the foun dation of the protociing system. - ft is not because EnCUnd excludes American pro ductions, but rcauxe aha admits them al. m.t tree of duty that the northern tnanu fHCturers demand protection. This system is not designed to do so very absurd a thing as to prevent those from puriasirtg English luauufacturpa who have not the means or paying for them; but it is de signed to prevent those from purchasing un inrvna. oi paving tor thfrn, te promote the- interest of tboee who have not. to .allrgo thai tliey labored tHxter great disndvaotages iu eiehantiH their staples ,m wwiiufAtare thai lJiy had to go in I'Jm Jltfrw pnj .ht-aryaiptniei .mmmamg uir fUflm ifwoad, WmI W brmglHg bank th Wuhofiirtorea olrfuined ia thow r fttmi aU whidi f pm-a the eonneiio nftiiufaeturra were fortunately exemped, having llieir curtomcra almfwl 6t their owe doors. And suppose thut, to fountervail thee disadvantage, and o encmirage Amerran emnntr?rre, they wr to invoke the Covcrnniout to Dermii t!ni lo import foreign manufctnren, free oi aury, while a protecting excise duty ol forty per cent, should be Hied fir their nvoeni, upon an the domestic maunractnr. s that came in cirtopetitii with Iheir lm. pons this would be demanding prec.i- ly inaaaiM prolaciion against the menu- Ucturera which llw roanufsclurers now de mand and enjoy against thcia. I dify any one to draw a sound distinction be tween them. How, then, would the man ufarlurers stand affiled bv bavinif the f'le which IhexJiave fojmij jppUiUo others, applied to tlieinselvas f tritmnal of Nr fLigland 1TtrmirTtTiaTc"an no organei, that tf England would agree to n-ceive the jrein of the Unit ed Slate under a moderate revenue duty, it would be impoieiiLle for New England to cnrr on with Old England a commerce consist, ingof an erchange if tDs' agricultural pro., ductions ol the former for Ine manufuctur. tBf.tlw'fatterWJkw.4tJ kiwwB tht the price of .agricultural labor is much jtar ii h northorn State than itkiii any part ol the Luropeanr world, does any one suppose that grain can be produced by such labor, sent aoroad under a revenue luty in foreign ports, exchanged lor for eign niHiifacturea; and that these can on brought into the United States under an. ether revenue duty, and sold as choaV aa 4mjaa4k .mnuikctoiimU gland, were to abolish her corn la we to morrow, such a trade could not be carried on. The northern manirtacrurer could still make goods cheaper thin the northern tanner could purchase theiri abroad. And it ii not untd the former comes In comhe" tition with efficient agricultural labor; op erating at I2i cents a dav. and oroducinif ouoouno most luahla staples of the earti,'that he rinds it convenient to have his rival put down by" act of Congress ripeak bfwhatT know exptirimenlaiijr, when 1 my that if the nlants rs of South Carolina were oompcllod te pay My cents a nay wr ine jaour tney employ on - theif piauiaiions, uiey could not aflonl to nm. duce cotton for less than 29 or 30 cents a pound. If I should attempt to cultivate it at the preient prices, by jauch labor, my wnotecnpitatwooltf MnDtharKtedrTniTI shou.ld beirtteriyirolycT)liri lesa thao tco years. - Then, Sir, it is obvious enough that it is (lie cheno labor of the (KNitharn States, and not the cheap labor of fwetsro countries, against which this exterminat ing war. ol prohibition is waged, by the whom coiUilcracy of . manufiMstaria la, terests. . ',.. f t l-wiliwW imn -ih contf uctx aid the taints of our adversaries .to, a. test hv wliirh-evwry christian combatant aboard bowiiaing- to Ixj tried. I wilt wdy'sssk thai they do unfo lthe what they' would that others should, do unto them. A treat deal haa. been said about compromising this question. Now, in ordor to sea where the true middle ground lies, upon which tho intending parties should meet, I wilt first show you what are the two extremes. The-manufacturers contend, taaf, high protecting duties shall be levied. Tot their benefit, upon the productions of the south - cm plantar,- Thia ia one extreme. 1 will now slate the opposite extreme, which npcisely corresponds with it. Suppose, All tWr manufactures Hint come in eompetjtion with imwrts would hve to pay Into the Treasury a duty af forty ner cent, to encourage nod protect the p'ant- u? " rm' wouwrj t the south:- mini mis or . ui any resneat. more intuixi than-the nreeeut protectinir ivn.ml Would it tuA be its pe.-ft counterpart! wno wihiki oe injured by these pro tecting exciwe duties levied iion northern mamimetures r be producers of these mnnufactures T Oh no ! H'e have ken a llwujflod liimie 4oi4 Hhat thr phdiic'er bears no pert of tlie burthen of a duly lev id on his pmdiictious, but that the "whole burthen (alls upon the consumer. If il... be true, the inanuf.ictui-ers would snstninj no burthen, and have no came uf complaiut ... wMwuurnrr oi nistiMIM-tinv eiriM i In. iy. ii would tall exeluivly on the c-m summ, and brthu di4tribnteremiully all wit iuo union, m it is altesed of the m t"-"K ium oot lrtiM n iroe in mm. case, it is undoubtedly true in tho other mm rn oe true, as 1 otien heard it raid wtien I si Mying arithemetic which will iKrt work both ways. Yet, air uwe were to annly to the inailtlfjrtonira me rule which they have ami bed to il. tllllMlaM . .C.n . : - I . . i. m r " umy oi lorry per coot, war levied and collected from their productions, as the import duty now is iwn i no prouuctiooa oi the south, a do mor would be forthwith raised tlmKiuhout ..v .'..ii.i,,iuini piaioa, lueinat urn tersai mitibub" which Milton d. And if a political Wtwmist should rise up , and lll theni te make lhsmM.1. J when thoe aitfhl iniiliLul f i....,l . . . . 9 ' "I ..."UWIIIW. .'Ills . TTTr . m v"I ' "wtf I tU, lh meaityvf wmi iJeoawnv tfW'rilwa in Ida infumiftl . A :n . T"nriT . -T.. . . .s,v,. - rt miinon ei voices ? rT-w mainiatn, oetore any would cry out. oiremn f dmmhi.ion war; vengeances V off "Rive :detrnved our mtuiumciuraii you nave reduced us to beggary L ..Aod, sir, woe unto the anda cious political economist who should dare (ml ami iIm. . .i.m. W?u!4 l.!li:wiitiy IThJct Lm OmiJ.iL..,. a ftL! -.1.!! . ' ..n pniiwpny. . ' rtlf ft U lru aa-l gefcrar Vr position, that all indirect taxes levied vp. onfommodiliea operate, m anma extent, as burthen Uim the rluers, it te much mora obvimi-Jy tha en-e, and lo nnvb greater extent, where lha duties ara m.d rqualfy levM upon the entire qMsntily tif "MoiiKKiiries ooneumed 14 the couo. ry, tun wire re partial and dl-rm... duties are Wied wthr amauV'f portion only ol the national femmmptioft. And su h is precisely the- condition of thitigs, an! (he operation of tho protecting duties in the U, 8," " " I will illustrate tm view hv referrin- in tl........ I .' . . ' " m miuui mmm m ine imftortt and e.n. Uimti.Hi of the cotton mamifacfurea, 1 he vsloo of ret ton Poods brodnced In til" I'. J., for sale, al I lie VsriniM itikn.L. facu.ric . na y . Le eatioMiad at twenty, four millinfw ol dollars j the value of aim Har nrtiilee) Imported from abroad, has bt-en, taking an average of several rear. -L... -.'I. .... - . .. J . ' "iHwrigni millions of dollars ; making the wholo nittse of cotton manufar1un i a ... "T auinaud coaaumed lo lh. I', H. amount t ininv-two milllnaa. JB this atstc of our inme, the tiovernnvmt levies a duty, it will be asNumeil, of fifty per cent., not upon the hole tWrty -1 wo1 million-v. ortfi ofeotton mamifacturts consumed in the country, but only upon the eight millions worth whicn are imported Irom foreign eoumriea.. And m tmwttnte of farti.; his a l a . ... i I rumeiwea iimi tne (mwtir prwJticerf of the imported nmnufacttire4he olanten ft-.L- .i .. . . V" "'' are not aui.jected loany pe, cuhar burthen by these discriminatimrdu. lies upon their production, but that (lie wnoie txirihcn of the duty is thrown et . ciunreir npoa trie conmimer of eotloa giHeJsr- Jjet ir eTamirm"fbil T5rKfioh; ami see to what atraiiira eonclnsjona It ""'"J" T"o A duty of fifty per eent. upim the eTgfit ''mirn'one ediwiportoj cotton niarmtacttrrea, yields a revenue of f Hir millions of d-Hlsrs, which ia wvid mto the 1 rea-ury. Now, if the whole burthrn of this duty falls ufvHi the conwumera of ini ported cotton gooda, it caa anly be ao by the enhancement of the price ol these goils fifty par cent. In tho market, f ut they come into a market wliere there are also domestic goods of th yery same kind io mo amount of tweuty-four millkma. ; V A it wevWenUkflL th impertiJ and domestic artklea of the' same kind and quality cannot maintain different nrieea in i tromraoa market, it IbHowt-rhatrif 1ha prios f t ho ttttportcd cornxnodiTiashlW nanccd filly per cenf. bv the dutiea. that of the domestic comaiodUiea must rise u precisely the same level. Tlie whola nta f cot,ofl nMnufitctures would linn be an. to stundun muuAtt .ha ..!,. ...i ... . r .. .,m mifu uii-iriiif r . ----- w. to console- the maiiii4etffrerr to rKjni& P!2rJ fi"T P nfrr.rJlulv them, aa the sontbert peopl ha tcSh sot WJifa' on only .tne-ferth oRn assured, tliaf: .they Tiad mo cuuao whs te ver Jo tn. An ii . ovar.vAn'faawawJUia luaitne whole burthen of liio duty must H4ianIy.ioatftn then, having seen the two extremes, it is easy w no.i the middle ground of com nmniiu u . I ' L. I.' 1. .1 .. I'.uuim wmtu uva ueiwoen uiein. It ia ii.: . - I . - lum, w any i our auversarmsif yon will permit our import! manufactures to come in free of duty, we will permit your uomewio manutactures to renuiin.edfiailv aompt 4rm taxation 5 or, to phC" 1?0ff l uwmjriKKter suiit'o to uie wants of the uoveromflnt, whatever duty yoo will con sent t(rhav levied on your domestic man. ufactures we will agree to have levied on our imported maniifucturea. II this were to briginai5iieStion,T aofcranly believed, indeed 1 know, that this would be the true point of equality. It would br aa eaual as a system et indirect taxation could be rendered. You Will perceive, therefore, ?w hberaj ia. the conceasiim wbicb iha bin beiowi you ma fees to the manu&ctur. ing interest, and how far it still ia froia putting the snath anon footitiir of wimli. ty with the north. ,One half of lha wK.J acheme will still he a tax upon the produc tive industry of the south, and bounty to that of the north. ' ' f . V j .-The, mQtmatyjSitv.you-.-iB.poae . a -duty jni um mon(nciHres i too north, you open the eyes of the nunufactuiW to the absurdity4, of the doctrines which main. tains that thowhole burthen of thn A,ii falls upon the cmwumer. It never was true in any country, or in any condition of IkWt tUat th) producer of, omaditie part of our emwumption r and 1 tai nf four mi!,n!,.?'f dpljtr collected and fjd; M the Treasury, would conneoitentlv onerata aa a. burtheit of sixteen milliont tipotr tha poopto of lheir.SfalcsTB'iit loials noV Mia wil?1 ttrange ' eonsequenca thar followat if the Government wereto-'imnoM a dot of fifty per cent. equidly tipon the igbt millions 01 cotton goods importod, and the twenty-four millions mA i. tha II. fi would not be oretendnif thai it,: ?.f! ffl M? niaiinotUe Ui htij " "7-wsijr, ocree,. ikd, admiitm hat Ihoy eat U p.y Hf w , tt be 1 distributed t , It mutt.! efaualrv dif.' KiW tt lh wWathirty-twAit . of eoxti maimfscluros ammimed. In the) counlry. Fir tmllionf of duller ""tJierta. rofo, lh amount hf tautiob ImpoM will ' operate aa a ta of (waive and half mt ' comumari of Uie.tlHrtv.lwi - millione af cottoa f,!. in (he'l'mts rVaba.-Ar It ia obth4ia tho ere ol importod cot ton manufactures ouJJ Wl3T bear, in the ca stated. a hurthrn of Iwelra and a half per cent., it would eeeto - iiww, as a carolliiry, that l n iuaia. . tog tlurtyvea anil alalfper rctil. tho duty paid at the cusfin bouae mo-t U paid by the producers 1 (r, it uuy be Ui4 ' down as a universal nU. th . r f ny pmriBctior.r.e tst. ever part of that duly t annol be thrown up. on the conmimore. mut. il ivmU.. r,!7i on tha producer. ; y Those views rftWinjeet, UehtW I kava-very Wiatinctly presented, hnnff me t whet I twiril at a ter topic iaUiia discawsW t 1 ilimL, t . k! -- tarrasmont & conAmon which rsauli. Cmm stimalinF the value of aver, i u . : ey, and habitual eonCiuoding of th ptwjth the rhanprabU klu i ml commoditiea. If the erftoo planters, lot example, waro to carry their cotto te v Bsvoangw H lor manmUcrurr without Ibr inleirvei.lU r ' commercial agents, and if the Government l levy the teieara kinrf K flu..- from the planttna, I wiH aupnuee iVty out of every huudred bnloa of the goods into which they had converted their cotton, ra ".M ail l pcriya that tha yatetj of protecting. duties would ho unequal, and opprMsiva as rlif wicBe.iBe vv.mati coma ,mu VUX nUUig tt be more certain than that tk ii'.., . of commercial splits and l due. no 'change whatever, either in lha extent pr (ha distribution of tha burthen af taxation 1 will hoar attemnt t. ..l- this demonstrably claar, by analTnoa tha actual nperatjona of the oJmr f our; loretgn commf f iiv b. a.S;-' oat the.ii Jlueoce of our eiunn,-Li "P" .' velutivw value ofspeciaaui 1 Of other emiHoditW.- - it ia a very common remark t(nang tit advyate of the rearrictiva JCj-rtJjint' t- .bfi ttjuiialiHitZ fo -Hutifeit- Upon th f 3tp,.rla gIwaf ,& f,-' s"av!j ching- t tiinif it wera -tree that tuV imng eouia ao oi.tam. aimmd for our tU ' poruieutiQetirrpomyrTiu'h are sul.j.cf '"' the duties in uawAitm. 'f!i,i. ' ii ii ' thia ia IM tlje. epM,; iuauuch U the c rtl - - v coo ptaiittr urn tiiioort u mv.. (or hit!otfmr, hH;b4a ouloV. juty -'? r at amNowrtW crn and 'dW) 0f ITl Mil it 1 twsv big Ihaj specie has a ied and iuiBru- - yaiw. wwnjWMj awtt Umt eommodtttct; wqen-aw. in imin. us reutiva ...:.. aaaubjl V) tha toauencoor cummcrciaf rcatricnoiia aa that of any other artir.!a af commerea. Stmnoae. fr th hi.,A.- illustration, that, under JTVulxm .... fcctly free trade, tea and oce were " , , ' M " P"ce, an I the RiMMtrmia paradox that a-revenua bffour tuiUiona of ximmrm levied upon eiUiU millions or nro. duetioosr hr prachtelfa lurihentomo 10 w people aa a revenue of sixteen millions of dollars kvied upon thirty-two millions oi proounionancan upon those gonlle men who maiutain Ibst the whole hue). of the duty Cilia upon the consumer u a. oaiiuon tnoir theory, or admit thota to be its legitimate conclusions. I am mwm pa th.atjhe ajvocatea of Ara ttade once nmin. lamed these opinions, and heuce inferred that lb flwriullicturing States' wore as much oppresaeiil by the nrotectihff avstem aa any piher portion of tha Union. But tfte people oT Ihoea- Rtaiew; fooling, and eeeing;and kncnir;th1t1ey7wereTira atata tHtigli prosperity, lauguei aV.theaa as mere speculative llieorios.'; T.'.l .3 he truth w, that when a small portion only of a certain description of commodi. ties Ib selected for taxation, and a discrim. inatine duty is levied umm thnt nnrtina it Jporrwhich topoarnrewirdat1srroroft e4 ind.j?mscnbed articl.a1t fj upon vied, coold throw the whole burthen of uhw outiea upoq tne consumers, fjren tathe state of things most faviM-ablc to the h'sult,herlre'dutirawTmw.difrnn Iho enflra quaiil(ly of the taxed coinnmdi. tics consumed in the country, the ttknle burthen cannot be thro wn from the proda.' cers to the consumers, though lha princi ple part of it undoubtedly would he in most instances. If, for example, on any emcr gency, aa excise duty, should bo levied upon hats and shoes, do vou imagine that the.wholit biirtheii of tlio'mi -duties'1, would tall exclusively upon the wearera of hats and shoes t So far from it, the mechanics engaged In producing thc tmmuCtcturfs, cuma oy the uno;nog instinct of self-in- iijeir nnwucert. N ll 6wa tHniofi h wtilSUtfjmjdod. tijton i principle that. is pprectjy l.,.af . fem ftfwrti, which the coiwumera and produccra res pcctively bear of h burthens impowd; must be,- in some decree. t-nnUui One proposition, jtiowevee, may a confi, deatly alTiraiedwha a-nouut ohm aggre gate burthen imposed tipod all the const. mers 01 cotton goods, foreign and domes, tic, doesW etceed the amount pf thaw, venue collected by the (rovernmcnt upon tha eight millioaa which wd import fooni abroad.'. JfthehightmiUioim const iiut. ed the whole consuwption of lh country, it y concedo'J that, even in that case, it wmi-i be ihincuJt.t transfer tho.ii.hole.. ST" - "-' "... VHIH.ll Vmiittm5 inn etunga which wouli tofwwriia IharelatiyetxchnndU vtuuo or t,8lV tW9 tJtick, by eabjectinr one; of hemto a duty of 80 per cent., an kWnff the othor entirely exempted from duty. x It ia oeifortly plain that, wherras' ont p(uridof cofToo would purchase en pound of tea, it .ld Hflerards rrqir pound and a half of coff-e to B,Tnrnpls-,V Jhs same lijocUt -.This rf mark is as plain, ly applicable lo any other articles, er claws o article, where il. ruisW act ata.l. -Lt, 1 . . at aaui.se tcdto a duty fromweich the other ia. ..F.o. , nm 011a wilt Ins found to dia... pule eo- obvioiii -a principle, ao Ion 2 aa ii is confined to tha prdmajy iuiWBilii-r. . "Tr'"" ,Hjgjnaagitt.yiMi rwpost -i-rv -v--" v.v, ,1ns nuuumarMlin'' sconur ' to be wifondcd iftul oewUdorrdwin - - J-.. pcrhapa, to tho, habitual essorinti-m b J which a fliod and umlMbi. .? tached to ee,e as the universal cqui va, ' . , n .t 'a4" nr"moditie.. jimidbl " all th fl'ctution,,.in.tljeilatiy. prieei am exchatjgeabla volua;of th variolar. - ' - arry oimitrnf t cfmnga mxfa nla live. ,, ' otapdclohasliadanyagmcy in pnlucin . , these- flnrttnibrtn --....,... : .. ' 'i actri , aubject to the name I,ws in tha ' roapret as any other. f ,r 6VHm,..a ' 8 one hundred i in JJu ' TT! chaae one hundred yards of doth uniler 1 ind. ).. this atata of things, a duv el kX at miof cloth, no proportion ran be W - : hle to dispute, than th,t one hdndieJ.,, I " k ffty Jnslad of 000 ruiinled dollars woull ' W required to purchase one hnudred vartf , " ftloth, after the duty on cloth had been -long enough in operation o pti5ue ill Mlaral elc t ttpon the icnnDgeahl.r val- . weof therr? yrttcb!: The certain tTt' . -. -
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
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July 16, 1832, edition 1
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