V
(nmrmlMrriAfjiwu
I
n'i I
il ill
!H'i;T.ov,ci;ak;i:.i
;r nit us.
p 'WF.STM.S cinot.ixi.w it
' i;,klaur9 reck at 'i'w J) Van n r
IV Jiif-1' arrr$r:iri are
mJ, wdmaL ihtlllUjr't diM crtixin-
St vM'tiptie 'H b; rac'tred for a leu
if id in to u'tfiif tht VJUiirvf n rtA
tf a 'in', riu w evnnilmd at u
jlnl jtir.vm pntfiinnz tit iidcent $uh'
wSot l In ivrjwmw, tnuif narc a
iilu-iii-iiij nl I'"' uiia rate.
i'l liter ml In W ' Ar r.Utor
Big y p ot jmid or ai not .
term will bo trirlly 'nl
snco.M) si'tKCii -
'(' IU. MtVUrnKrfS. CafuliHa, oh
t't It.'l projtonf a rfJiiclinn of 'the
PiMn on imjHtrtt. DrltprrrJ i ihi
lluute uf Rtprtwnhitieety june 1 83'-2.
ln-, 111 fun I'Im ia,"i 01 uu irnci'('(ini4
m tin Ixll, if il wore tt ifi otluT (mrHimi
' tLii I lx-ttov nine Km ill murk if
tert I'' mcmnrT of on uuf'irtuimtf
'bTZTTThim riTfinva3jrfuny io-
Uf ire ! in tliO Cuiiimiltefl of l!w wlwlr,
ulL'ft iIuti wilU'Mil even Hit roiiuirni
mm uf liriili4' buriiil, OVPiI.ii l ami
i'nn'v cullcJ iifvm to o lojt in 1(4 ntvnd,
fiv'fi whiIi it in ny jriiiciph jurio
, la ( i. ar olf tfiti i'vi'il, (i'id expo iu dcfurin
fa to ihi II uihl llii imliofi. J
"rriXirt rre.7ITSfrfpJ, dial, enrly in llm
rssiua, thi Committee of Wyt uu;l
in foptirtcl a bill on lliis ubjiv-t,
bi..Ti Wvolvwr - in my opitumij the i!vf
A iriif can bo wrmwiently i!rtitcd.
-T ,H'i' ifl" iC iM lull miiii tfmMU i
, v;om5UiiUliyutaiwa:iilouU
I ! k J-fird from tl viilorem luiitii
! tofl imivirU anil tlia Mutl.ern Ftut'!n
rLiift sterarprU"r liwruF' concfisnion,
id ciilii2 tint Innre than onohalfof
:iijLKiA:& ,I,,n rj?-
Jw-ti ifwofllieir" iiMliwtry. Lcn by tins
jMlt 3 cmretwion' mi tlm wirt f tli
wtii, ri Binre thutt'duo half afllifr ilulic
have boca bouiitim to thn imlustry
"wIiyWsrrirtVMiw(lcifafinV" It ?eti
Onrcrciii'iiiimislv put -Hinle in (lit-t'nn-,mitice
of llic VVholc, oni.nntbin
Vcahcarl f it 'sihcbV I wilf now r--'ced
to make an aimlylicftl cvaiiiiimti m
(ilthe bill uiKin wljk!ivciiiiiakiutioi
; ami I think I c un satiSry any iinpr-
tMlyinlii'mw, Hint, ait tii ffntfl h.lvinfT aiV
tiatuif tii Iw considered as n cuinproiiiiw,
itkilu:Juost unequal wrti W jbf5T
in tW nos tpftrrwnvft tar itl'thuV bn e
.. firM place, lot us inquire what
U' the agriati- nmonut of tlio re-
durtiuti liic4 it will rll.' ct ill the public
. ntoane. . Acconlina to tho dftniled csti-
Biateof tho STtrtnry of thn Treasury,
fitfmW iHn tbe provisions of the bill os
- it oriin:illy came from the Cmn itlee n
Miimiiicturfs, the niliK titi wouM bnv)
becootilv fe.ll77,OO0, even it it sbouIJ lie
" pwmed th.it no inrfpoe of imnortntions
Tri!.t result from - tlie !lminnti(ar tf lhe
iu'rs. "Si'nce "the till was rrpof led', bow
- ver, scveriil alterations have been inaoV?
ttits Drovihions. some iiicreasim and
: rme(!ii)iiiiis!,inlfl rut of duty. The
effct of these I have minutely in-rira-M.
ami find the result to be, that the bill
Mil now stands, will effect a reduction
ni tliihr ;ri;er than that estimated by
r the Supri'tarv, the precise amount being
Ttii'ii 000." What,' then," will bo tne'iih
DMid !!tn"unt of thn- revenue after this art
iIiaII have poue fully into opernlion ? The
v: Hh ;ts iM-yciitedayy.Jhe.jr!Bpuei
tniii from NfaKsacliusctl, that, it was "most
much as it would reduce tho taxes some
fiive, six,-eigbt or ten mjlliona ofdollnra-
wtfvlse and extraordinary iikmIo of
ati(i2 ihe result of an estimate made by
Ihe f hairmnitof a committee, upon which
. the (louse is called upon, to found an ira
JKvrtant act of legislation ! Five millions
of variation is certainly a very liberal al
lowance for error in an estimate which
-ri guseeptible of reasonable . certainty !
- The Secretary of the Treasury estimated
JJie revenue w hich would bo derived from
Hrtr-s1ttriti HggfrfiWitt.ftrfxtwIey-
1 .xx nws, at o,auu,uuu. ; iicUiter irorn
. this aniiumt t( ttin tpilnrlion nrnnord.
waiI ! Bve still nrt annual revenim of ve
rV nenrlv lunnlv Iwn million nl dnll.'ir
."eVrived frenr-litfArls. I confidentlv at-
"'aai ij wul tie at least twenty minions,
Ato (his the income from the pubrie
noA. ..4i..i..i:..:.U...i 1 -i !..
hiri itv nriir 111 iticuuaf aim w inny
avenue of 823.500,000. This is aboiit
" tb nyerage annual revenue of the last ten
- J'sfs, and will leave an.onnual .surplus of
'Tml!iiWof dntlars, niakihif the" Itiosl
liiral4Uovatice for tUe public expendi
II la eVe; ( ,r
'fll" i-l'i.ll .,fi. .
!i i.H V!-r mm in I
Ml grilling I !w mi
. I'-ut lei uu ii.i.Mfi drtniU i.f!msi
ro.l.i Ii,u, i,J h,,w ,1, nj,,.,,,, j;
on iron nicl wm iim HiViam t ro.l.if.
IKMI M AlJM,liU, w,wnil) w.m,.-
"Jf,,.u.(K.v l' .HK.lu.la all jUh mlfcc
....... uiiim ( (, i,mO nii'irl
"..v.i m recnvt'lj III ett',Ir-r.l Fif 0lll
i ru xp ru, on I a:nnunt t. rwdy i.o.iit
uui ,iHJ fe:!uctionVfi I w ..'I pr,w..,
. - ro mucn nriro tii.i-j c.iu,nerIiLi..
ccj by ftt'ier piovi,i HU f tl)(. bill rtlaiivu
to cuh!i l,,i,(t J tliii:ii4i3I oredit on
tlif:o jiroteeiml artK-ltM.
, It um tho 0MuiiHi 1 .Iii. Riiblwin,
thiit tho ' withdiunnl of the credit ii"w
ull'iwi d on dm liopfirtiitiim of wvoIIoih,
would fa equivalent to an iucren-N) offif.
Ieeiit r rmituin in tlm protnclin duties
iuijKcd up,)! iitn 1 mid I Juimv it li
the opinion o ,jnte of the mrt intellijent
of our merchant that it U fully equal lo
on i increase of ten K-r .fentuin. Awu
iniiig the anaua ainoutit of tho imp irta
lion of woollen to bo $0,i;)0,(WO, it fd
l'w th.it, on these firticle alone, there
will bo an iuereoMi of 1 ,00t),0(0 add'd to
tho burthen of the prwiiiijtvalem, to
eiMitilorlnlanre th n'lOiinfil reJuelion of
Hut tlie" crmliU on ull ' Gllei T
prM' ird a 1 (,chi -uru re Jm J on auliV cr:
up: fmr uii'l a hulf mouths, which i euuivii.
lent lo live per centum, tqwo tho prinei
iiown a to wioliuu. A'utniii!
N.rteJ to Imj S.'j.OOil.UOll, we Iimvo fcl
Otli) us (ho mereas of the burthens
of (ho prolix-ting dutie, to bo jda'uod in
contract w ith a.noinin;il reduction of 8 117'
roi.rat with a-nouunal reduction ot 9 1 17-
t0(K-It rjHi'ilnt-theS?ren.aH
niiuiil burthen of (he nruleeliiiL' duties I.)-1
iiiiiiiiI burthen of (he prolcelin duties Iu
vioJ on- tMaifiempmHuctim i 'mmiin-
ally nwlueed fcr)H,H0, aim! inin-iisedS,.
SJoO.OW, leaving tfic sum ofl,Ha,nn.1 i'm
ih attu.il iucreasp at lliu burthens of the
south. A 'i 1 this, sir, is the olive hraui li
of cuneili:itiiMi and coinprouiis" which is
lube hfhl out to the so i'licni St iles toin-
duco them to suhmit Tdth pnti.m-3 tothts j
nciieino oi iiijiimico una ojij.e.no.i .
"" BuCsi.' tliff lucqmhtT of tii delnsm?
plan ofrediM-fioti'i- ireatfy iiicrned, onrt
other ju-oviou of. the bill. Tu whom,,
ir, u tho reliel really extcmlea wiucli
Ihi bill provide t Is it lo the antith,
n!T.(!(,Vt!t,."ft r-'i'm ..wfd- h "vtnjrt the,
isactualy inking tinder the weight of it
intolerable oppreion T So far from it,
ir, we have seen tlmt theailditioital Jsir
thc:i imtHrtea.ujuii Uic. t'uixian eA-haujca.
f tilut m-ift' tbe - wsi o,-w-il
while, rt f "-ill now h.iw,. the tiirrin ex
chants "f.th" north ilHu actually re
liev.l Irooi duiies to utiich thev are now
subject ti lh'' amount of li?-'!," -0.0(10.
And this rebel, mi. wiM Im- tlm most
'sulbtanlial aiid u i-i v ..-a! nature, l or
.JO v
at least three MillioiioT it
uil! re--u!t Irrm
n.loiitll:. iiluiii.it C'llire V fire nt 1I11IV
- ' 11'
foreiini orticlos whU-hare exchi-yvflv tut
hi cxcWiWi"e fer-lbJr.j4ucUol.uL
tmrmwtlieni SiNls.'iut Jage-i'rtilll ot
whicji-w- estluioiy-eyitjiuuwJ .w . Wi
States. :
' Tho existing ilulic oh the articles
made entirely free by this bill, amount to
039,000; thoso on tea, which will come
in with a mare nominal duty l one cent n
oound. amount to about $i,4iW,fK)0 ; thoso
oocotfrw, whicji will pay only halt cent a
.w.Mi,.i:iuu.iiiit lo fc237.'WU:Jiiaso.on si"s
which will como will come, in under a du
ly of ten pTr centum, amount, to about
8;oO,0aQf aud.rtbu50 . ou wjuca to Itr,
wo.-- r '
In addition to these articles of the un
protected clnssv there wono of the protect
ed articles which id almort exclusively
purchased with the production of north
ern industry, uponAvhich a reduction u
mado.-I alluxlc Jo brown wgajt,AfsMm
inrr Uio annual imKrt for consumption to
lie sixty inillions of pouuJs, tlicicductiou
will itmovtnt to ;tyi,fltMW.'pcMMi.wir.-
With thp exception of the wines and a
nortion of silks, all these are the peculiar
exchanges of the northern or manufuctur-
mfStateSpnmert
tiieir promictim
HAviontuitrindnstn'
-.IB a .. . P
It iA mutter ol ciinositv, sir, as wen 01
minutely into the detail of fliosm article
which are to be admitted free of duty, or
. . 1 I'll A
at a mere nomial duty, m mis um. a
inong the Ace articles, I find cocoa, ol
monds, raisins, fig, curranH, d'ates, fib
liert,' nutmegs, ciunanlon ginger, olives,
gropes, pine apples, and all those foreign
luxuries which supply the tables and finish
.1.- Aa,u f It.i. u.'pntlhirl inlondiwl. no
lllU ciiv .- ' .
1 'i .i . . nni..i..irt.l tt
tocrae v wnicn wu yuuu tun-uiuivu ,i
cream' and maintain. We have- also in
n feiforv. niarble. oaiitt ina . ,and
drawings, to ornamont not the palaces ot
the iHifir to which rcterenco. was w.m 17
the Tcritlem.-ib froin 'Macliusetts, in hi
'
- repQrt - lwt the PfVf,h "
who have become wealthy by having -the
cam'm" of the poor transferred 4Mhem
ikMiJi th BTencvot thi svstem 01 nei-
islnriom :;Theu,sif, we bave among- the
fnvore4rticWsrehmejxishuKlortoiw.
.un nuuir nn.l flmtiiiM-eiise. lo ornament
t.i alien, iii'.-"i-; , " ; v . ,
!ttjd icrfunw laJies.who tuDve m the, 111311-
nn from .r.v, whir!
ill i 'iM ( iy .,
fi t iii i'ic
I'mm H 1,1 i;.
ulw, I. ti 3 l,i9::iiMaiK,o(if4nr.p.,Iify which fi, no resj
SAMSimuv. UOWAN COUNTY, N. C MONDAY ATCl'ST 13. un,
t einl.:i nud rtllun ant "j'i;tsr
i;lt'u t or Iho iK'iH-lit of i!mt mit ufuJ
:iti I pro lurtiv" rl;,., nuiully known by fhu
liaill" of i lo ri. rnul.'t- M,t luuM.ull
f 1 1 - --
ouiro'H inn (KH-rcMMit'ieut of my en,
luuu, wlrH n twIturorcdTn min
til olilmii th, inr jdciital protei tjiMi of n low
revenue iiitiy.j MI;, Bro ef(;lfc,iv,.y em
vi 1 .. v -
010 iimiijucrurifirj fuie.
im.i iiu'ii jm uu tiuejJimriUii tlaWriuiuuiuiirIuiiei on wn ii urtirle a
01
' ''"'""'"'"'d in tHereneo either to the
.i,.e .1
o,i- .-in ci.ik 01 thn eouiiii'miiv, or t
tiio u.iijreiit wcti.ei of tho Union I How
Joe it rMH,a.J.. t iho juvl cluiui id", the
nli at this Rr:mt crUi of our history,
IMefxiMh,m,.nt ,,f , fl,iC(yj(,
" i put it irl tho power, nnd tnuda it tho
liity of t,oii;rei to an net of irra.-o an.
o I jn-tictj to that d,,pv a.rieved porliou
"f Iho CiiileJurarr J . U'hv. ir. it a..
Inally iuercuH. il the poiiivn burthen of
no iillie.ni Matc () ft cotiiideruhlc fx
liMd.and ory 15 really iicreawsd Iheircom.
JNiralivc burlhe.. ( ihi? ir-t .Jace,. five',
sulli of (he amount of iho redm tions ore
up n luxuries used unly by tlie higher ckn.
es. JInl. in I in w r.Hi.l i,1 IDA m . I ... I.
, . " 'i-- mi l Mill
I consider of much linro iiiip .riamo to
XXiatil'vnvcixtU.44ihiWtK.
lion are uimii imrvwl iS ifm m .m,e.i..
fclnlfs,- otmrniiira(mnirr"
U the bencHc cfihoprixluctlvo iatJustrv
of Ihosj Kiifes. -
' B?!';' pf our Cxtazn , commerce
wilUhirw-tbor tmrHtrttnettti xtifi TisTSfiit
ttr ( uiin 1
west iiiilie, consuls almost i.i;n lv .jr
exchaninj ih prixlui tious of the taritf
&latc (oik iho priKrurtioni ,f fa., tw;,
portion nf tl,0 clok; anJ tint our r,!.hl",rn export have Ixv5n muWt to verv
fcUl, KUrij
rl. i. . . . . . I i " .r l. .notK. Tim nr.no, I ,.f iL
111111121112 me-affricu himt !,. 1,.- ..1 .1.,.
planting - Stale fyr li Mm kind n-inHiiufHcturei.wJiidi-.iifo4mp.H-t.--
Whtl.
tin bill his acluallv increased ihe Jiurth.
eiisiniKsed upon tin Isttfrr branch of our
trad.-, vthii I, is tual to the pnrly of
the plaiilur- Slut, ,,. I( ,.M11mii nnii...
removed even h oniitmrv- hiriSmc
tUXlliioll from the C,llm.r iin.,,,1,. One of
my irsiWui UooUiw to-hw wil,
.,r- v men iinn.TuToie
if jri liad no otbVr, is this ),EHisivo dm-
TTTniiuutmu w-hirtrlTTiiii1ii?i Liiu...
U'U4 and mpro-ted nrtrcleil.-7'rbt'
ir, w mcli ere of all our wnports", Ihe most
appropriate u,j,.ri( wfuitii,,,, Whether
.iL a
Wnti irm trilling-tXCv,;, ,.inUi(l
free of duly, while the entire Wtho.ts of
federal taxaliou aro thrown upon those
arttcH iihich have Thu'iiioa iiliaii.iUf
chum to entire etempti.m.' I:s.n what
prijwiple.jiud (tr wlmfc purpone, ur llut
form'er VTiiss of articles admitted Irunof ail
Lit I Inve iVeipienlly hMrd it asked,
" iiill soinliern men uho m- mo much op.
p ived lo tax.ilion, eoiiijdatn tii.it we hike
"Ifliie duties from on, e.lji:c, wiuilks-,
imd vlln r lini ,1 1 '" Vim, sjr, no do colli-
irlon .ji'tliii-Mj
J- l f-;iiiseit rc.kwB tin-
ti' s but Is'eau -e in iironjrtiuu as von di.
Olllilsh itm revioioi rtrrnr. trisriT -lirw.i
i Ibiui i:awuji.vuu fcumuil.t.lu.a
ecsail v of iniHising and inaint-jreg slill horP
fief fuTie on the prWicttiiti'anuD'g
eg iif 'wniWbvrnii Hntlus'try.' D.j "' jrcSittoino;)
vuppo.ic I am ?uch a dupo as to he pcrsicii!
ed that this is nothing lo mo? Do Ihev
imagine that tlie peojile ol the south nr u
people of 0110 idea, and that they are so
utterly stupid as to Is: iucapahle of perceiv
ing that a projiositiou lo lakiY oil' Ihejlu
lies from the exchanges of the manufactur
ing States, is equivalent to a proposition to
put on tho m too amount of dtihos.up'Mi ihe
ejichaiige of the i)UuijJ'l1alesJ...JLw;r-,
tain" aiuoirnr '6f "yt-'Vcltiie 'is "iiecessarv' fir
the support of Cuvcrnmclit ; and the bus
vou raiie of tins amount from the exchang
es of the north, tho more you must tiyoes-
sarilv raise from those of 4iie south.
And here I cannot but remark wilh
what a keen .sagacity tho genjlemtm ..of
the north con iierceive tlie benefits and
blesung of free trinlo when the prodii'T-
tionoi.'.thoif iru iudasiry.? couslituUi, . thu
basis of it. H hen ihcy send their own
products and their own notions to foreign
coutnes, they have u most clear utw.loiiil-
I HpnrchoHsion of the. advantage:, w hich
will resuii loinem ironi ik-iiij iciiiutihi 10
toinrt,irtj' i iHHw.c. iii-ii.i.uuv.i
remve 111 exchange. J liey would regard
iiolicv of free triido in this particular
branch. ot commerce. .'But the moment
B nttemnt to annlv the same nrinciph's
to the productions nnd exchanges uf the
southern States, their pcrceplion and rea
oniiw fnculties undcriro a total change:
and they wonder that the planters of the
ai.ili nrn so bunded hv tticir pre unices as
O..I..I..P-.
: .I.a nK.nl n.llrasti.HA
in.it 10 iierceivu 1110 ';u.("- , u , . .
market wuimieir prouuciioii. ui,. mivj
do- go, fleing compelled to pay a penalty
of 40 or ou wir coau torimNjmhm
1 irontnist ta anirm. sir. not omv
inrbiirfhehs-of the south are
LlttS lW ruv'M
Ondiminishetf by Ma biJU but that the pro.
tection which it give t ail tne various
classes of manufactures is decidedly great
er than that which they received under the
isriiTof 1833. :iAnrf 1 am ery certain
that no intelligent manufacturer woqld
' ifeta a'gaijst-thi!! hiUt ,"wnleax frmH'.aome
peculiar catisesjvbich may .?ounjei vaiiu
jeuerai proTisioui iu ccnaiu j
":Mo iii thi l.r
'.in nny one U b'in l at not to sen that
lh. 'u.Klion, or, more prop -rly speaking
Ih'rtiMM.al of tho doirou tea, roll.'n, !e
atativ miHinfi tiirfnrTnimTttwriTfMT' i.rt
1 nrnpii 1 11, 1!. r; IM.ll' 11,11,, l I II I
XL,
tlx-
xiortiierii miii-diclnn f- Tluut urv two
twief of pviny fli-prme(Tli,n f,, ffiejn.irP
til ifturin Hl.ite 1 lh ori eouiis in iuc
pinjf ilmie niton sih h niiiele a thev
Niahf-t!iniiitfi'lvf ifu, ilfirv iiitiiifiiv j.lt'
. '
they nousiima, nn l d i not m,,k0 n,rf
lst nHiir from nhro.id in exrlmnA fir
wiiim' of tlinia own donilie proilm-tions.
In thin twol'dil aH'Ct of the subject, I je
Sard ihi a one of thn mot iiyniisi ly
contfwi I nrlnino of pmlertiou tlml ba
ever lsui prewuted tv Coiigro.
t)(o r 'ilui tern -of duties forwhieh this
hill pitwiden, n!rmt one half is o direct a
S rotation u the niauuf p-iurer a if il
ad 1 rmtisted In n 11 inereaso of. ilutie on
the reticle fy tiuiUc In prp-irtloli a
you rmliieo tlio ct if lea and collie you
JitMiii!i tlie wae of l!io operatives, aid,
inprufKirti'Mi n ysi dimioish tho c.wt of
lie material nsfj by the inanufaetiin'ra,
you dimi.iisl t!ie cqst of pnJuclu ihuir
.nanuficturc. ...
AuJ .iccc,.eirJ ttiJlcalJjJjc.nllcirtiou.
of tho Jlousu to 'nnotlir view of llris ub.
U b4U aloug LccuJjitt..?'p!reo f
Cooiplamt, on the pnrt of tho J lautin
htnies, tint, a4 hey pfixl'M-eJ two thinU
mf (he exuorts, they conseiptontly mislaid
r' brlM.'iArj
taxation. It na lieen. assmneo:, in urx
u,o,'" comjdaiiit, a the Ciet of tho rnse
have heretofore warrtinted, that the nor-
thoso ofihfl Btiith The c round of tH
cutiip?.iiiit tm bcennt thnr tho' riorthTti
cxhj.-U were exeiuutcd from Jaxntinu, but
that they were aoamultin amount a to
cause a very - uoepi -tliatribulinn A the
hurl hens of taxation. And bow U thu
caniplaiiit atwwered f Hy removing or
Uuuwahiiu tbe jucqMalily U Nu, air, but
bv iiicrcasuis if ix-yond ai proporh uf
iTbo Juiiumlic -cipoti. id tlicu inuiJufaciii.huxili,oi L(W it iu cusucqueucc of iho
rrn-Wcs amount to abaut 9I3,OIRuO(l,
ay.iiuM 6 Idf.tinn.WO bebminixli ihi! pbni-
ttrrrr
otateii. " It 1 olvions, t hnl, in this
tat-T1,,H,f lUiuaaavettau equal al ealanui
du!v onall imiiorts, would thr ow'iijMn !ie J
pluming 8fas mr than .lool-lo lh i'
tuo. r. )onioaWthe 5iblia..iisi'tJtort
US, Vwaniwa I 'US'" Vlsif pfiv.p I
1 i.ti.T
aNmt. two thirds ol tlie iiiuxrls w . ;i .in
obtained abroad for northern prooucli.jn
h dleonitlu fn of duty, and the rciuaui
iug.Utirdi lie auhjoct Jo -tho.sudiu irv. bur.
theiU ol laxati.vi. In this estiuntn, I re
g ird tea und cotTeeiTicurig su)"t uitiuTly
lieu, as lhcrf dufte rclaiiiqil am. Hcarec-.
I r worth the trouhle uikI expense of cl4
lectin" them. Indeed I can conceive of
uo iibjotl to be gained ly" retaining tliese
mure iintiiiii.il duties, unless il U lo pro
vidu oinployni'Uit: for - an aJiJilkmaLuum-hcrofcu-ilotn
b.Kjjy oOiccrs. The rejull
ol' ihe wh.hi isr-tlwt ouli '-aUiul ix- or u
IstTtui TWiirbe af alt iUibjoct to- tho burthen
of taxatwr, while thirtire furty miilifirHt
of 4i wthiv ''M port ,iij -bah aul.jOct,
11 it only torcveriue duties, Tint fo higb jiv
lectin,' duties.
L 0 'king to the cntiro o;s-rntion of (he
whole scheme as n measere both to raise
revenue and grant indirect bounties, it
may be confidently afllrlned that the man
ufactliring Stale w ill not fuel th burthens
f this bill at all as a measure of luxation.
Am I wron" i - Is ihi mere bib simc.ula-
tioii ? I will lake lip tho bill, item, bv
item, nnl mauc every novocain 01 mis sv.
in the "House verify what I have said in
he most decisive manner. I w.lL propose
to lliem, successively, to strike iu every
... 1 1 .1.... : 1....:-I ti;:n
article uiKtii wnic.11 a uiuy is ibviqu. "iu
my oiie lie striken out T Vould a major
ity of this House, u a mere matter tif po-
cuniary calculation, ngri;o 10 reuuee any
nno of the duties in this bill, with the pos-
iblp..c.3(iqMwn.0 ."i!? .J,n;)J,'. rljlesef
110 moinenl 1 .very inxiy ituows iniii
they would not consent to p-eal or reduce
a.burlhen iinpnsed upon theni'ur tbevrcon-
litutt t--.--l cannoPr bslieye. any., inan
w outd tmf e -sa rimciiTfTrYititcry; nnd,- it anr
OMstHJHtftibis words
tie weight when put into tno scalo a;rauist
bmdn'ils. I havcJtiLil to hi ivj jlufx to
nmsetit this brief exiHisilioii A the nracti
caromu ation of this bill. I huvetvi'av.
mmt u sho that it diminishes the reve
nue verv little, and tho burthens of thu
eounlrv . slil less and that, while ,t
f ... ' . . . ... t.
il,' rec iice the azzreimte burthen ouue
. . . ...... i...
udiobi pmmtrv. it' eroatly iiicroasc that
inenuUitvr of which tho soulliern State
. ,r .. 1 .... ;....n:.i....ii.. ...,sik
1 ,
tiaVl
ii:
Uiiye aOIOII'UIIU no inuoi-viuuii. v,uuiuuo.
Ifliyiifiiltirfg
of pomnronii.se. and whatever .other eeh.
which I would not sooner penorm man 10
ive any smclion to it tiirectly or indirect
u. I iiikn it for'irranted. that if it should
pass with llio ' overWhelmmg innclioii of
tlte rotes by which it was last mgnioruer
tA to a third readin. so far as the Con-
(rnM ofibo United States is concerned.
the door of hope wiU lie fofPvcr closed up-
air . .' i 1 . i '
onjhcsouth. xes, sir i .stiau regard ine
passage ofTbis bill 1y fluclT'a vole, aad
tdcr'TuicOTjM iirpvocably fixing
irl o( the riiUcn, mi l which will Ic rvadrd
.. .. . . .,,
th" d siinie, f , M,i!,crt, itt.m an far
a Ihi, (j, rrnnieot ran fix their ilesiiniea.
I will now aft Hm imtiit
1 1-mi ; ' iL 1Z7nr5u;;ti'fr:&&
f. t.ui iUtMiuiinJ Uiifi Ie"ri7iia"n-
W!,rr'HijT cMiriTi4"it'i74'triirt-'.Tiii2 )'
K ' ' , '!'" (""ona writtrl i,ti down 10
op'-hufTlii oisftiwloiu I have kflid, air,
(hat Iho elllvt of ihi bill will bo to throw
tho whole t,f iho fiteiil biwiben of this
lioyernimmtm the planting Stale s and,
I will a id, that the maiiu(.irur:n Sla(e
will hail it wiiH-M;i iircofd, us a ulessin?,
instead f roiirdiua it a alnrrthen. " The
principle wliicn bavu conducted nro to
thi c inclusion have been controverted by
vnrioiM geuiiemun, and, amon othem, by
a worthy collcagua of mine, (Col. Dray
Ion,) who ciMih! not co min heud tho pre-
cess by w hich the exchantr'-abla value of
cotton w reduced by protecting duties le
vied uki the manufacture receivixl in
ex"c!iani fr it. A Reullonuin from jMaa-
nacbusecllt (Ma. Oavu) realing Ihe
art'iiiuont winch Imj used two year a,
and my colleajue remating it afW Inm,
uiaintuiti llml if lim rlur of our coiloti
c ai Id le rodiK'ed by our protecting duties,
it wmild fdlowthtt the wrier of American
cotton must '. be lower 111 the market of
IIuiiiK! ikau iluit of Koitt luJia or Briuib
ia collon of ihe aamo qunlity. Now, il
iso lfl recr'M.Hl that fp-rillemen who
have d'iio nS thofi Wt to noticT rrrr nr
ytioM-iil, li.tj nt taken tho vrry triiini'j
p.iius which if woolJ have cost tbeiu I
Uii.irfiiiJ - wka..-iUj-iUy-"Was, .Two
year aj:, wiien 1 uiieuril tin quexiion
hre, hiiiI every liino I havo disrued it
luce, 1 discktiiii'.! tue uiea that our ou
liesc.MiM muteiislly diminish the price of
"AuM-riciui.'.iir anyolhef' cotf.,ii, in Liver"
p'sil or Manchester, in as strong and tin
phitid language a I could .command' " I
difciiiM-lly alMlt'd that the valut of cot loo
infJc United Statrt wa diminished by the
Hut let levied on the import received fa
il, bcciinsfl the price of il ii llurripr could
not bt tnhancrd in consequence of these
duties. . I coifilind, that-whellier I
sold niv cotl.m fr m nv or t r manunic-
dutv, tli.ui I couUbavi; ohfaincd if no strch
duty uxUtcd. That, in cuji I exchanged it
r'l'cirv
rWr--iTOnTncTrtrrn-f.TreTprKir
w e 11. iui, i iha.-lv4raoul
. ., r 1 . I
s:.' - ': . 1 : 1, . mi': third of thorn, or,: which
i - de ,wv Muug, fifty per rout, on thrir
nhnu;4 he iliiprrWssLisvf iust that
ttt 1 '1 r I priif, uJ il- nttritu;, mom
ot ; i .-.Moo w.iii i uv, to that e
, niio;e I. Tin-., sir, was my nr
.1. Iirit nel, 1 vchuively. to the
t -iii
riit iiN. i' ot exi-liati 'v ihlo vnlua of Aoier-
tean c t on ,n- ati,n''.t tnar ftns exehtn
enliie value w s hilv icr ceiil. 'ie iler in
irox than it w.iti 111 llio L'mt d Stales
in purchasing nniiui icnire, in conne
piencaofa litTy per cent duly iinpoacd
ox th iso manufactures.
If, for example, the cotton planter of;
ftmtfi perutitted triiirpon Brlll!!i
4iuiufiicturi!i without paying any duly tii
hw iiowrmufnt,-1 H-not self - ew-.leid-v-wniil'H wiPimode uirtil tit watrr nhmrt
t UtijoT -SV Tiuijoiii Uly. r4Ju 3T of Til iol-i'tIie'Jaiu U'"!ul' be, raised, jjch feet," wlieo'ij 4
ton woul.1 " he"." lilVy " per: cent. ' grcaw : wVniM'" be-jlii; find enntinuo' to rmi over t1 - i'
thti.rt'tbhf efhe American eottmi pltmi'-r.' ; dm'i.oW-i''-! esWg;! "TT
t ue A !tch of ' b'u
au.!piiceortheaainequaiitirj' fmanun--j And, fir, as long as the dam should con ' -.
tuns in Liveriiool ! Tim DruziliuV ! tiieie, tlu artifi'ial aceunmlation of water - 1 -
wiKild Is; permitted to iuioi.it and retain j
the whole
Amcric.tii
of his manufactures, while the j
would b peruiitUitl to retain
otilv two-thirds of his.
(f South Carolina should enjoy a per
ftctlv free trade, nnd Georgia should eon-
timiu -to.be subject to this protecting sys
tem, is it not apparent that the South ('ar-
nlinaTotion wouhtoe worth front to' four
cents more iu the pound to the Smith Car
olina planter nnd people, than the Georgia
cotton wi,uld bo wort y to llio ueorgia
huiters and per pie, though both Would still
receive the samo price in Europe ? Cot-
ton would command jast so much more of
the condorts nnd enjoyments of life in
South Cwdiua Uiauit woiibl in-Groorgia j
and, assuniiiio; .fi?iKjr'Jv,?.ll'.e nvrr
n.ge duties paid in Georgm, Bouih'CHroU.
mi would lie just tisvvealihy with onebun
drii'd thoU vind bales ot cotloti fis CJeorgia
would bf witi one hundred an I fifty th.Hi
satwlf fnirxfc'titttnrtaB:'Liip"' pliiittur tniro
tilts,! lwubi Jjike t know what it is.
liut iu case 0 plainer siiouki exennnge
cottan-far; niiy i'i, Mvcrpyl.; mid
erinjf this into the United StiiUis, I Tai(i-
tuiucd that the erP-c't of thn duties cduld
not lo evadisd-iu this waVbtfeause money
would Iw depreciated III comparison with
... I ' ' . I .n , . I
vvery thins 110 wist.cu loouvm 1110 unucu
States ; or, iu other worns, the excnai.gea
bl'c vahjo of money would be dinnuished
exactly in proportiou to the enhanced price
of nmuufaeturcs. "
"'The setitrenwurfifl Mawwchu setts,
"wWffir sfolfWtniTWPTrxf?
l'KT02,j answering very iriuiopnaiiuy, ani
araumeiii wnicn i uiujiu' use, una lugm-
oustv passing over 1 no one 1 uio
id use, uiiuu-
taiiied, what no human being ever thought
ofdenyihg. Jthat a dollar in the United
States; ai 'colnpared witlt "a doHar in Feg-
land could iut be depreciated nioro than a- jot tho piaiutsrs. .
bout two and a half per cent.; thia lieing tlie Money is a mere measure of value, and
cot of tfansptrting-pecie fro.m one coun- if your restrictive laws meroase the llom!y
try to the-other." -It wnottofcdoul.tcid.ipiice of nmnufaclurfts-rjO per cent.,-wlula
-sir, that a silver dollar or a gold eagle f ; t'.r-,y certainly aild nothing to the oioney
Berftifed'Stilf We tehi 'be'"yn;t!ijt';1 frtee rfcoxtottr'w,yt'' !' f fftct; WJaCT thaf
will jpay a debt X this umwyit toEiiglti-J;'-tIid nhtutcr ?ha!l givoa bale and htlf f
with firtln remorse.
Jr, L.auntag.. -
VOL. MIL ...NO
and if llieaeoiiM were depreciaie in tb
United Ktale more tUij twa and a Mf
per eriit. ill rnmpiml with tht lltlf fM
iV'irUrit: tfW-i' WoiJIittlcVarried'otil JT
lIir;Vo'ur of e,- bitiVe fejft)f "j;
.Wriesua-JuiiTaiiy utU u l H ,.. .
gland., .:, .r: ' . :
15ut every pmclieal man, vfie lnfw
any Ibiug of Ihe law of traijc, urn -4 pr,
ceivo tint no one who di 1 n"t oe ti nnf
in liigland would buy a tiH -r exehenga
on t fuii. -country, tbiHb money 'bnuM If
deprriald in ibe liuilcd rt
full r Tteiit of Iho protecting i!ulici w ceav
pnred with protected mmfatturru- Anfl
debt in Xngla: J are ou'j fwitnicted,
in point of fad, by ptircliasing inawnVtvr .
es, it in obvious that a bill IiJ,'lttl
would never riao alwvo Iho natural fiite m m .
eV-'lwHg'S Ibmigh iwaiey in the 4'ile -fStale,
a compiired 'with manufacture,
should lie worth U p r C4uit. Il tluin j$
should be Worth io KnglamL" ; " , '
11 us iiul iho matter to a plant ted. f
afTinn that the value of money here.
in piirchusinif nianufa. lure, u l per
rent, less than il i in Englaml. Tbe grrir
Ib-maiifiom Masacluisell isiya thii cuiv
not lo so: for that, if it wcre. he rate of
exchange wouM indicate if,' o6 bill 00
Rigland w(jul befifly irceu. ab,vo per.
He, accordingly, purchase ' rwr one
thousand dollar, ami fives fiflcabrcj
dollar P.r il-" Jlutiu abot. rnrpoa
he ooi'lv this bill in rudandi ivur l
(Mirchase mamifacture, c.aitiiig i tlioC-iuaWiV-bi'uig'
llifin.bflCAH'i.r.1,
Ihcm at the market pricI If be jiboujj
do so, be would bave lo pay Ibe Govern
ment live lumdred b liar at the custom
house, which would be proci ly rquiva
lent to-the premium be" hl paid for- bf.
bill : and it follow that bo would awdia
n tlear toty-tlifr Y-pTration to-tfre full
iiuMiut of that prenuuiu.
It i obvious, therefore, tbnt unlewa fli
vhM r money in the United State sTiouty "
be ilepreciattd more hnn 33) por cent
below it v'ahio in Lnjland it would ..peyr;
rise alww Iheir natural rnte of two or tfirej - -
pir contV, so lolig a7 tbe protecting dulicjr'
reuiHiooJ t aa average ofwjy pereenu..
lut ono oftbe geulleiii-n n,"n
btwetoi, (M'r..Dvi,f 'ftefiirr' prhoj
cliuaettfl,
nS tirwrw himeeu -iisuh iis omocuu vj
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resorting taa figure which bns been verrl , t.
fiqiRjutly, and very pprof''llr,y PP"f 3
lo-tbis wibiei;-' "II"! -st we mtf
not iiiiw-oii im,isr-h T..U
but that, like water, it would pntura:K-
eek ita owu level. iS'ow.sir, without go. I
lug very deeply into the ductrinea of Jiy. ... i i
drotntici I ehould iinKe that the ctV """' f
tlemaii, livtng a lo -), in atttintr -
..Tp,,,,,.,.. .-. -
when) machinery is luipolleu .Ly walei j
must hin aeon many proof that water - - "
can imt only "Lo 'ifaiscd,' but TcrniaucntTyrtT4
retuiueil aliove its uatural lovti. Ifagooi 1 . i
I nnd siihstmiitinl iia'iiTshould tw thrown a. ' ' .
cross the current of stream.'nnd
h the" r b'Varinn ot t'.m Jct nbov that cur
rnt, the lonult would.be liut tie curmt
in th.- pond would be thus maintained a. --
hove it natural level. If the gentloniruj
had taxsl his imagination for the purpose.
lie count not nuvo wvuisiiea me with
nioie Bjipiwite and forcible illutratioa 4$
my prow.siiioii.' . , ..
rrocclive dutioe upon imports operarl
as ajgrcat iiitfiimal , check jam.w . vVheTi..,
first impfised, they nrqiri)y ninpcnd lb ' i
imporlation of tlie articles to which thy
apply, and mniey coiitiuiis to accuinnbit '
until it rise to the level of this lgwlativ.
embankiiient, w hen the importation o t)ij
taxel article is again resumed. And a, '
in tliecnse of the water, lh same qnaatiryf1"
of foreign manufacture will eojne into (ha
United Hafos, ying the duties, that ori,
1 , ..... 1. . 1- 1 j -.
giimMy cenie in without any duty,
, unless, I
those exports 00 .iiuuiiiiiliod which are tha
true fountain source of this branch 61 our
ci(hiinefcp.'" -r- .--
One of I lie most obviowrpflocbi oTltmsa'
cwnTrnercinl Tridiom which give ah ra-"
tilkinl value lo certain productiiai,.ia to .
increase the quantity of money "wliie $
necessary toeireuimw tltoseproduetion
If the protecting aystom has added an av
erage of fifty per cent.Jo the nominal val-uo-
0 money price of all llio protected ar
ticles it follows, as a mero corollnry. that -a
proportionately' larger mini of the pre
cious Tnetals, or of their represeiitntrvcsi
pnjier crwlit and circulation, is now -rtoce.
sary to affect the exchanges nf the commu
nity, in those ai titles, than would iioi
eesHary if the protecting avstem wero re
ICrrjdrAM tTiiff aluntlnMFufpry'llruTo.',l
ney was originally fiiriiisltctT at the ecclu
sive e'pense"of the pTuiilihg Staleii ir iho
TxcTusiyo Ixiriefit'f -the- inanrrfiicturiii'
oSt.'tes, nud amounts to nothing less than a
permanent authority- to the inumifurturera
to draw this sum anuually front tbe iucum
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