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PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY EDITOR JlJVD PROPRIETOR. THE CGftSTITfTTIDK AND THE UNION OF THE STATESTHEY MUST BE PRESUBTEB - ' - .u'.4,.,r.,. i... ....... I ; It ALEIG U, IV. C, WEDIV ED A Y, NOVEMBER, 1 843. PA YABL& ltf AD VAJfCE; .11 TERMS. THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD THREE DOLLARS) PER ANNUM, IW AD VANCE, Those persons who remit by Mail (postage paid) Fire Dollars, will be entitled to a receipt SixDollars, or two yeats' subscription to the Staodardroae copy two years, or two copies one year. Tot four copies, : ' " : 1m. " : : $10 00 20 00 . ,.. . ; : : : 35 09 tv me rate for six months. ftAny person procuring and forwarding five gabacribers, L rS15. will be entitled to the Standard Willi v " ' ' free o f charge. Advertisements, not exceeding.Wn lines, will .wrted one time for One Dollar, anatwenry-nve rents for each subsequent insertion ; those of greater in proportion. Court uraers ana .aa- wisemenfJ will be charged, twenty-five pet Cent .v,r, rt, above rates. A aeaucuon 01 m 1-0 Der cent, will be made to those who advertise by the year. 03" If the number of insertions be not marked on them, they will be continued until ordered out Letters to the Editor must come free of postage, or they may not be attended to. Saturday, November 18,1 843. For lh North Carolina Standard. To the Freemen of Worth Carolina. No. 12. Having-said in our last that the Democratic party acknowledge the usefulness of Banks ; that they wish the virtues of the system, without its vices; and that such, in their estimation, was at tainable; it may not be considered amiss, should we devote this letter to a discussion of its practic ability. S In the discussion of a subject so momentous, and which has exhausted some- of the ablest pens, and about which there is such a variety of opinion, we confess that we approach it with no little de gree of embarrassment, arising mainly from our inability to doit justice; still, this consideration does not deter us; for we are yet impressed with the truth of our original proposition, "that m times when erroneous tenets are diffused " it is. in cumbent upon all to contribute their mites for. the purpose of disabusing the public mind. In the remarks which we may make that are of an elementary character, e to the nature, offi ces, and properties of money, we claim no origin ality; and should not present them, but '"from a two-fold consideration first, to refresh your minds with what are axioms of acknowledged truths in illCl U"M political economy, and as such are doubtless fa miliar to you J and secondly, hoping that by sim plifying, we may be enabled 40 present these truths in such a home-spun dress, as that they may be the more readily recognized, and impressed upon the minds of those who have never bestowed much consideration upon the subject. We will endeavor, as far as we possibly can, to-withdraw ourselves from any party bias or prejudice conse quent upon the formation of preconceived opin ions; we will not "mould facts to ideas, but"will adopt ideas to facts." And should we. depart from this, so much as even to give an opinion, we wiH at the same time give you the reason on which that opinion is founded, so that you may judge for yourselves. We ask, then, what is money, and what are its offices? Without a proper solution to this in terrogatory, all discussion wiH be vain ; it is the foundation, the very basis upon whichbank edifi ces rest, and an error here will be fatal, for the reason that the mind will be suspended between truth and error, and be left to vacillate impotcntly before the unsteady current of popular opinion. Money is the instrument for facilitating the ex changes of the country ; and when considered as money alone, this is its only office. If this be the casn, it would follow that the cost or price of the instrument used, ought to be equal to the co$t or price of the article given for it To illustrate: If a barrel of flour from Guilford county, be ex changed in the town of Fayetteville for five dol lars in specie, the cost of growing the wheat and having it manufactured into flour and hauling it to market, is equal, and xnly equal to the cost of) QlffinfT the Silver nr (mill nnt rf tha minna ffni- carrying it to the place where the exchange is made. It is in reality the exchanging the fruits of one branch of industry for another ; and takes place upon the supposition (which is the fact) that both the Guilford farmer and the FayettevitfS mer chant has that to spare which he parts with, and gets that which he most needs. The grower of the wheat finds it more to his interest to' raise wheat to procure the silver, which the wants' of bis family may require, than to dig it out of the bowels of the earth. And the miner, who ex changes it with the merchant, and who furnished it in the first instance, found it most to his interest to work in the mines for the precious metals, and exchange them for whatever his necessities might require. So the merchant, in his turn, -finds It to bis advantage to deal in his calicoes and silks and supply both the wants of the farmer and of the miner, and to receive in exchange the silver or gold which supplies his wants. This will hold good in every instance in which an exchange takes place, from "the selling of a load of cotton down to the purchasing of one quart of nindars. 11 m familiar language, swapping the fruits of lie labor of one for those of another; and that bich is the instrument of this swap or exchange should bear an even proportion, in quantity, to t&e f'uits of the labor which it is mads to represent, anI for which it is given. In other words, the cst (measured by the standard of daily labor) of procuring the money, should eaual. and otTlv Cfl'wl the cost (measured by the same standard) of iwjucmg ihc barrel of flour, the load of bacon, or whatever else tne larmers 01 the country may grow. " . ; : "i '; ' ; We have in our remarks confined ourselves to specie, preferring this course, to avoid any unne eessary complaints or confusion of ideas, after which we will speak of paper money. Now if digging in the gold mines shouid. be; come so promauie in ixorin oaronna (and. m or der to avoid still further complaints, we speak of North Carolina as if she was perfectly insulated and had no, connexion, by commerce or other traffic, with, any portion of, the globe) that the same amount or daily labor, which it took to pro cure the five dollars which was given for the bar rel of flour, should procure ten. dollar and if at the same time the crop of wheat should be no greater than when the exchange was made, the consequence would be that flour would rise to ten dollars,lfor the simple reason that" the -thing used as the instrument of exchange has doubled in . . - . , quantity, and being doubled it has therefore less ened in its comparative value; for if you, will now compare the labor necessary to procure five dollars, you will find that it is only half as much f and of course the silver the instrument used, and which is 'made to represent the property being doubled, without any corresponding demand for it, itsycomparative value is lessened. To be a cor rect representative, it must be brought back to the "standard of daily labor" that is, to the cost of that for which it is given, arid into whose shoes it steps. Here you hav, in a nut-shelly the meamirig of ivhat the Republican party say, when, they tell you that inasmuch as Bank notes are taken in the room of specie, . they should be tompelled, un der the heaviest penalty, to redeem their notes; and you have also what they mean wbenthey say that the Ranks, by issuing their irresponsible paper, control the productive industry of the coun try, and by imparling a fictitious value to proper ty generate a system of speculation in reality un friendly to the agricultural interests, purely jao- thing can be more unfriendly to the thrift of a far mer, than fof the price of his produce to be up to-day and down to-morrow ; he wants something permanent, upon .which, he,, roaymake his caJicu lations. ...... If he wishes ta purchase a slave or a tract of land, for which he gives his note Jbr 1,090, he does not wish to pay $2,000 for itr whieli ha will do, if the produce his farm will only bring one half it did at the time of making the contract. Here you have arv illustration of what the Demo cratic party taeaH, when they say to you that Banks, by expanding or corrt (.acting their issues at pleasure, make property ris-or fHll, Now wnr asky in conclusion, is it not reasonable that institutions (capable of -good, yet patent' of much mischief) should be so restrained as to get Use virtues wkhottt being exposed To the vices of the system 1 - Hotv, then, can we substitute paper money, tvhich is the most convenient, atrd-BVoid the dan gerous excesses of over-banking? We answer, that the plan - most likely to attain tfnswid, is to make the'stockholders indtvidvaUy fraMe for all the notes of the Bank ilnpose the -same charter restrictions which you do now, with that super added. Now, what will be the effect"? Suppose you and you neighbor have 10,000 which you wish to invest in a JSank. Would1 you not,- in this case, be governed-by the same prudence as in forming a mercantile connexion 7 Would you not look round and hunt up discreet men who had substance at stake, to become your partners ? Or wouhl you join in wtth the mere adventurer, who had all to make and next to nothing to lose? Certainly not. If so, the number of Banks would be fewer. They would not over-issue, for the reason that the motive would be wanting; afid even if they were so inclined, they would not have the ubility to sustain an over issue. Their notes would be better, for the plain reason that they nld have fewer out. They Woold Jiave enough to supply the commercial and agricultural wants of the country, for the reason that it would be to their interest to supply them. Now what good reason can be given why men who are associated in banking, should not be lia ble for their notes? -why men who are permitted to issuenree times tne amount ox weir capiiai, and draw interest on it., should not be liable to the same extent' Chat the farmer is liable for the notes which he gives ? Why should the one be allow ed, when you present his note, to fold his arms and say "We hare suspended, sir," and the-other be compelled" to pa his contracts even to the sa crificing his lands and negroes, ' pots and kettles? No solid reason can be given; and for ourselves, let others do as they may, our motto shall be: Individual liability ', on the part of the stockhold ers, for all the notes they issue;-and we fondly trust that every Democrat will have it inscribed upon his banner. ., - r A WESTERN FARMER. Manliness of Henry Clay: It is well known that there is a violent feud existing between the Clay and Wickliffe families of Kentucky, and on many : public occasions the bitterness of their ha tred, is allowed to vent itself on each other. 'It is boasted by some of the Whig prints, that Henry Clay, in defending Cassius M.,' foT the butchery or Brown, wandered out of the track and scathed "-young Wickliffe,: the Minister to Sardinia," .' ' " Help yourself'1 H Sally," said a lover to his intended u give us a kiss will you Sally?" No, I shan't." said Sally; " help yourself:' : : : ' . Froni the Txenton Shet Anchor. . Col. Johnson's : visit ' ta Trenton Jlis , j . . Reception, &C. &C. , ; Yesterday was a great day for our usually qui- et and peaceful City. It being understood on Sa turday that Col. Johnson would reach here yester- oay, the two bodies ot, the Legislature, : made the suitable arrangements oh uheir part for histecep- tion, by appointing committees &c; ' On Saturday evening a public meeting was :called, and the citi zens on their part, who made every arrangement necessary to welcome the war-worn veteran, and statesman, in that warm and enthusiastic manner that his eminent services entitled him to. At an early hour jn the day, the mass of the population were wending -their way to the corpo ration umiis, wnere naa previously been stationed held piece, and .where the National Guards were formed in. line. . - . A little after one o'clock the cortege appeared in sight, escorted by tne Princeton Troop of Horse -and ten minutes had osiof elapsed before the barouche containing the gallant Colonel was at the station designated for his occupation, the Mayor of the City then' approached the barouche and taking the Colon! by the hand, in a very af fectionate and impressive, manner, wejeomed him on the part of the-citizens of Trenton. lhe Colonel, in his manly, bold, and unaffected manner, replied that he would be doing his feelings injustice did bo, not reciprocate the hearty welcome he had received. He alluded to their being on the very.ground so memorable in the revolution, where the tide 01 war was turned back and. the liberty of this great people secured by om? of the noblest achievements in modern history. But as he would have an opportunity of .making a more lengthy communication to the people he would how only wish the citizens of Trenton might al ways enjoy the same prosperity that he witnessed this day and the same liberty 'and happiness se cured for them by their forefathers: I he procession was. then, formed under the di rection of Gen. Samuel R. Hamilton and aids, and moved down Warren street to Seconal,' and down Second tothe State House," where the members of the" legislature were individually introduced, as also the-officers of the Corporation and those of the National Guards. - TJie ceremony of introduction being gone through whbr Mr. Wright, on the part othe mem bers of tire -Legislature, arose and addressed Col. Johnson as follows: - ' Colonel Johnson; " x " ' " m 1 t am directed on behalf of the Legislature 0 New Jersey, and-jny fe!Iowitizns generally to welcome you to -the Capitol of, New JetseyV' On their behalf I'bid you welcome as the' peoples", guest The gen erous feelings-the noble conduct .oX the Ameri can people on occasions like this, aro justly deserv ing of the highest praise. Fresh from" the fitI3 of po litical strife, we come with the- snow white banner, and the peaceful pulumet, to unite ia wcicomingl tne war-worn veteran. . - You stand upon ground consecrated ijj die his tory of the 'revolution. Here it.'was, sir, that the first efficient blow was given in the cause-of "hu man liberty and human rights. You havo just passed a spot dear to every Jerseyman ; you paus ed togae upon that, battlefield, where the whiten ed bones of the sacred dead repose in pac?. .Blest- spoil Halwwed by a thousand endearing rcnwnis- cences! wnen. memory recaus mo octuircucca ui mai c ventful period It was here the nation's sojnted fa- ther. Washington, beat back the serried ranks of Britain's host, with that little bund of Jersey Blues, by whose bleeding fetf each -step to liberty . was " , 1 t 1 ' J . 1 1 - 1 mar tea, ana wnose aaring circus nave crowncu them with unfading laurels. ' From sach as these descended,- we drank in a portion of that sacred fire. mo.uidriog .withki the breasts of fteerrren, it now again bursts forth to gise a heartfelt welcome to the sacred and aged warrior the Hero of the Thames. Friend of the toiling million, welcome! And, rf-st assured, that in no portion of this great nd happy country, will you find more ardent friend ship fervent patriotism more pure affection than that which now comes forth in one universal un broken current, to greet the slayer of " Old Te- cumseh." Cheering here ensued and considerable noise made ; - after something like qu iet was -restored, Colonel Johnson arose and said, Gentlemen of the Legislature of New Jersey, ana vyitizens or 1 ronton : 11 is wim uhuuuuucu feelings of gratification that I witness the cordial manner, and receive this generous welcome from you. I am but a. plain man, and make no pre tension, to pomp or ceremony, it appears mat you all understand me, and have given me just such a reception as is most consonant with my feelings. This is not the first time that I have visited this interesting portion of our countryhal lowed by so many recollections connected with our revolutionary struggle. It was here that the Jersey Blues,Jed on by the father-of his country, achiev ed that glorious victory that raised the drooping spirits of the desponding, inspired the timid, infus ed new vigor into the breasts of thd brave and pa triotic. It was undoubtedly the turning pivot of the Revolution. I cannot look upon a company of Jersey Blues, but I think of my own gallant hunters of Kentucky they arc both alike. You riave the same" bravery and the same willingness to fight, and what is more like my own hunters, you never fire at an enemy until you see the white ofhis-eye. (Great cheering.) - I would praise ou New Jersey men, but you need no praising. You -are out of debt dont owe a cent, therefore, you must be honest, while! other States, some of them, are in inextricable em barrassment Jt reminds me of an old friend who lives near me in Kentucky. I often go over. , to drink his cider he always has capital cider, yes, as erood cider as your have : here in New Jersey. Well, to put the joke on me, he gave me sorae-'of his hard cider. ; 1 drank, it, and praised it he then gave me some of his good cider ; I drank it, but did'nt say a word. Why, what's the" matter Colonel, you did' nt praise my cider? Why, friend Rogers, it is so ood, it don't need ny praising. : (Great cheering.) Just so with you, New, Jerseymen, you are so good, you don't want atiy praising.. - . I'could have been out of debt,.it is a great bles sing but I ; have' been' serving my country'for forty years . I! had no time to attend - to my own business, J always thought I was a.public man- a people's man-and sever, charged for the; thou sand and one services performed for the peopje. If I had done as others ' did, I might 'have , been rich. The people think that public men can live on wind. A friend once said to me Colonel, why donVyon gb $ome and attend to your dwn affairs? I told, him I Would "whert the people said so. Well, .it seem3 tb people concluded I had better do it, so. J. acouiesed., (Cheering and laughter.) The people of my county1 wanted me to go to the Le gislature but I told them no. I wanted to visit the East, and once more near the Marathon of A merica once more to Bunker Hill, Ger mantown. Brandy wine, and particularly Trenton. It was at Princeton, Monmouth, and Trenton, that the leaden hand of tyranny - was divested of its power,1 and Washington "cheered his tnenby saying," never mind, boys neveT despair, our suf ferings -are only a foretaste of our future liberty. I am proud that such fields of glory exist in New Jersey,' I wish they were :nKentucky I would go every year to see them if they were a hundred mileoff We now enioy the blessings of a free government Sometimes we have, storms and the ship does not make exactly right; but the people soon . right tt when they say the ; word- however -wrong" the course may be: she is soon made to take the back track! I am'no speakerI can fight better than l ean speak, and if I had a thousand Jersey Bluesoetween me and the enemy, I would have no fears. I used always to tell my boys never fire until you are near enough to the enemy to grapple him by the throat,., and then if you let him whip you. it is your own fault. That is' the way we "Kentu'ckians fight yon most let us brag a little, we never shed blosd until we come to the grapple then let the enemy whip us if they can. I never knew anv thiner of tactics, fierhtinp- by the book) but I managed with my Kentucky boys to make 700 British succumb to 500. And now 1 want to wind up with'nrf anecdote of the battle of the Thames, about a Baptist preach er, tor 1 was brought uplo love preaching and 1 always go to meeting when I can get n?ar on Sunday and although it jdonVdo me as tnuch good" as it ought yet I hope I come home a' better man. Well this Sucker, be had his meetings. I Avent privately to hear him and befere.he conclud ed he used to say, now ?t me tJl you you can't die till your time comes.. And if yo'ur'e ia .battle, to morrow and a cannoaball 9,0m es straight towards you yet it wont kill-'you- nor hurt you, if-your time hastrt come. And if your time has come yoU de whether you are in. the battle of hot Well,say$ 1, the next momiogr, Sut-kel 1 11 try yeu, and put you at the head of a colum-for you can t die tit! youMime omtJS. Weir, after we had charged, Sucket hejeept'e-'n till f&ey got right on the British when his .liten &ed and 70 balls killed 40 qr 59 of them, and -belaid after wards it must have teen because meiftinr "had come, r ; . ' r " ' , ColoneT. Johnson -theo concluded with an- ex prcssion of -the - thanks of his overflowirrg -heart,. amid loud and repeated careers. " Hrfnvas intro duced to the National Guards andcrtizens and then conducted, to owJI s hotel tojdiny. A Frenchman's actsunt of O'CottneU. The fbllowinffsketfehes'of O'ConneJl.y Vi comte de Cbrmenin are extracted from two vorks, pubrishedibehe-ir 1839, iBe other in" f84i-r- tinder the assumed nnmr of Tnon. Gormenin commenced bf writing Odes on Napoleort Hav- ine made use of his opportunities, he became auditor to the council of state, aad & baron tie also served the Emperor dflrriag tire hun dreidys. He was emploVeds a crown law- the emigrants, and obtained,' through Peyron- net, a majorat, with the title of Viscount we took, nevertheless, an" active, partrinvuie.taljung department ol the Revolution of j 830 since then he has becrr a contributor to tbe National, whale Armnd Carrel edited fc a-pam ph lyteer (having defeated, by his letters Str ta Lisle tivile, the -attempt to pension the heir of France) a member of the Chamber of Deputies andj lastly, author of the two works here quouid. tit1 seems to have some knowledge 3f the world. - His Cleveland showy style means less- tharrit f eteds to. He has great readiness Jrt forming systems and opin ions, but theyjvere not of equal rnerit, being of ten spoiled by affectation and impertinence. On the. whole," he is a pleasant gossiping sketcher. The Quarterly Review, to whifh we ovethe ac count of bisjife, says he has wa low brow.aod a sharp nose ;" awd therefore, though probably a good hater, ""cannot hate with magnanimity" ar subtle conclusion, which we leave our readers to. deal with : ORATORY OUT OF DOORS. Oratory: in the Open Air doesnot suit all places and all seasons. Not all places for though, in America, Ireland, or Germany, a meeting of 100,000 men will listen to an orator calmly ; yet in Italy, Spain, or France, you'd hear a cry " to arms, and musicet snotsm ten minutes, mor at all seasons for 'lis rather comfortless to listen to an .orator under .an umbrella or a parasol, while the audience have the wind on their noses their Teet in the mud, or the sun on their head; but one must submit to sucrrthings. Yet the goddess of eloquence fs no'slifflame she can bend to circumstances. Sometimes she jumps up on a barrel- sometimes she.shows her- sell to the public through the garret winuow ox a tavern sometimes hoists herself over the hind wheels of a . hackney-coach she daubs herself with wine-lees scales the n'ustingi-to theaccom- paniment-' of-rattling keys, cabbage turnips, and rotten apples she tucks up her sleeves to- the shoulder; and, drunk with bellowing, and blows, and strong beer, she only gets out of the fray with her apron torn to tatters, Jher ribs bruised, and her nose bloody ! That certainly Is not the handsome side of the business. ' But if eloquence out of doors has her Saturna lian, she bas also great and noble festivals. Then comes she on like a queen, preceded , by flags, where hername is blazoned v in azure and gold she is'bofne fn aTchariot,' drawn by four mighty steeds, and she divides the waves of ttre adoring multitude, who strew flovVers and "Incense in her path, and' make the heavens to echo" back. their thousahdshouts. - - 1 - -" ! lis with no slender voiee,-and chicken hreasLlah HnpoTtant portion of the early bistory of The and dwarfish fbrrn and philosophers, heirs, andTpEOPLE ,of North Carolina. VVs thanc. Col t ' I -1 . - . t 1 r .1 t... . humble eves, men are eloquent vin the open air, The people can't understand eloquence save in the form of strebgth. ' The people like to look opto wuai lrioves- 11 onjy yieias-ro wirai presses 11 11 only bends la what pulls ; it it only uhderstandsj what it nears weu-itoniy iouows ine eye wnicn it can see far off-its neart Only . clings to what ayiiaica it, ft breathes with its orator s breath, apdj gives out only what he has told it ' -1 l j v f 'Tis perfection for such an orator ever to make 1 the multitude believe him only the moufh-piece of its opinions, prejudices, passions and interests. I It is then almost indispensable that the people's orator naye wiau stature, a thunaering voice, a manly air, and .eyes, full of fire.; . He must seem inseparable frorn, the multitude he must overtop the popular wave a full head or more must rouse them with a gesture and calm them with a look - he must be the master, the absolute lord of. all tne men whose servant he seems he must summon and seize his audience, and bind them with the golden fetters of his eloquence; - leaving them no lime to reflect, nor rest, nor wander he must stir up from the bottom Of their "souls all those great sentiments of liberty, equality, tenderness, reli gion, and virtue, which slumber in the hearts of alt men. Liet him call tip belore those gaping mouths, those burning and fixed eyes and; won dering heads, the great images" of glory, piety, and cbtmtry--let him ' be : by 'turns poetic and showy, merry.and sarcastic let, his great utter ance come like the swelling, cry of a city or the roar of the tempest He may . ramble by laugh ing fields' and enchantsthem' with 'the faint sounds of the reaper's sonsr. Be it his to apostrophise aught he pleases, and be sure it will answer him. There .is one man who has tbjs power, and that man is O'Connell. '. " Eloquence has not all its inflnenc, its strong, sympathetic, stirring Influence,- except on the peo ple. , Lock at X)' Connelly xha greatest, perhaps the only orator of modern; limes t " W-hat-a colos sus I Hsvv he draws himself opto hiafull height! How his thundering voice sways and governs the waves of the multitude! Farm not an' Irishman I hare never seen O'Connell-r-t do not know his language, I should not understand were! to listen to him. Why, then, am I more moved by his discourses, badly translated, discolored, raaiin ed, stripped, of the allurements of style, gesture and voiced than by all those beard-' in my own country It is becanse they, bear no resemblance to our rhetoric, tormented by paraphrase ; betfarsel passion, true, passion,- inspires hun the passion which can and does say all- It is because he tears me from the ground, rolls with me and drags me into the torrent that he trembles and I trem ble that he kindles, and-1 feel myself burning that he weeps, and tears fill my eyes dthat his soul utters cries which ravish mine that the car ries me off upon his wings4 and sustains me in the hallowed transports of liberty. Under the im pression of his mighty eloquence, I abhor and dJtest with a furious hatred me tyrants of that un fortunate land, as- ff I were - the -countryman of O'ConncIJ, and Intake- to lowrrg la, verte Islande almost as much as. rryvpn CQmiry"Book of Orators Uwre ses Orateurs par rtmon. -- Jfrom tbe Nevf York Evening Pdst ' " " - TARIFF ARGUMENTS! -"55our genume whig is-a pattern-0 reasoaer. A s. the young ladte say, ia .the senthnenta-1 ro mances, he is a yiejy 'Jove" of a logician. He is more acute than the most irfefraginle of the choolmen : more comprehensive m his w?nerali- zatiorrs than the- iendef of the French ec4ctirt. , 1 a . --- -.! He-Tviriprove you almost anything to be toie; or, if it suits his purpose, heyjn ."show you with an cqua-Ifiiciiiiy that is false. " The puzfe of le gal gentlemen. " to make white bkcir, or black white, Is no poz-zleto' him) it is'inereolukPsphyi he will do it is the. shift of a wtnd - !. Haw adcnkable, for instance, is his modo of sap porting the doctrine of a protective tariff I -.lis will firt tell you that a tariff is rtceded to shield the domestic manufacturer from the ruihoas com Deh'tioD of fbrevicrners. J The oldwdricL he aa-rs. is stocked with anlovcbundunt poor poauiation ; tabor cm- be bad for a tnere tnoe: we roto-f wages is; nejt ta nothing ; and ho wherefore, caajpished chiefly7 by means of national internal itn you aslc our robust well-fed wnrKrnen to brmg I their muscles into competition with English pau- persf riavmg'annnis, ne rooKsaaotrr arm, mm a triumphant air, a though ha had floored nil opponents. Let no dog venture - to bark -any more. But some one is fcardy enough to suggest that a man has a right to boy where he can buy the cheapest,' that a protective duty has he effect of raisrrrg the -price" of an article to eensumers, -who are the great body of -every natipii, and whose in terests theftfore are the most naipprtant What says your tariff" man then? " Why, bless you," ne replies, you are aitogeiner mJsiaKen i. a pro tective tariff has no such effect as you suppose. It does not raise the price, of that feratected com modity, but on the other hand, finally diminishes it, so that our own- manufacturers come to sefl it at a less rate than it can be procured from abroad. coarse cotton goods: and other wares. They are I iiOo ic at brass-Keiues ; iodk a nnseea oit; iookjii sold at a lowerprice nenv, when the tariff" is high, 1 1 ., ' ' 1 . n 1 1 than, they were when the tanii was low. And again, he looks around with the self-complacent stare, of one who had completely annihilated op position. - - ' : - It is true, that several questions might hero be suggested which vould disturb the profundity-of conviction in an ordinary man ; yet it has no ef fect on your disciple of Mr. Clay. For example, you might ask him, if the domestic manufacturer can undersell the foreigner, what need is there of a protective tariff) to. keep out foreign competition) seeing thatgreater cheapness 'is itself an effectual exclusion? We might ask, diow . it is, that the same manufacturers who have discovered this new ji process ot reducing tne price 01 goous oy rnipos- ing a duty on them, are themselves the greatest sticklers for low duties on. the raw materials of their peculiar products?1 Why is it that the maker, though a decided friend of high duties . . 1 . . 1 1 t' r . 1- 1 . 1 ... when applied to jack-planes and adzes, has such a marvellous repugnance to high duties when you propose to apply them tgjhe iron or steel of which his tools are made ? We say we might ask these questions, but we are quits certain that we should get no satislactory reply. - THE.REGULATION "FAN," - The concluding number of the "Fan for Fan ning" is published in this week's Patriot To many of our readers it may have proved a dry story; but lor ourselves, we are glad to preserve it in oar files: as no inconsiderable' illustration of Wheeler for giving these old time papers to the public ''-.;.;'-' r ' ; T-his last number of tbe " Fan" cannot fail to prove interesting to any reader.; , Peruse it nd then say whether it is at all surprising that the people should have complained of their grievances ana enaeavoreu 10 reuress memt 1 ' is 11 10 oe won- dered at or regretted; that they, at last tied up law- yer Fanning a la Lynch to a.tree,and adminisr tfired a Heal number of striae? on his bare back ? is ft .surprising that they took up arms for their liberty and their rights? -:i i- i ;iT. i: :-! -' ; u jt is time, and justice to the memory of a host of honest hearts requires; that this instance of resis-r tance to foul oppression" shotrfd cease to be stigrna tised in grave American hietories as a "rebellion. A rebellion to what?( The vice government f a( British viceroy, against whosa parent government the whole American people rebelled a, few years afterwards. The Regulators of North Carolina have had the- absurd' stigma attached : to their? memory of being rebels to their hiasr. aadioriet to their country. Posterity is doing- them tardv but sure justice. ' Chreens. Patriot. . MR. CLAYS VIOLATION OF THE COM' " PROMISE OF THE, TARIFF. We have in occasional articles traced Mi Clay's course in regard to the tariff of 182S which j be now affects to condemn." and have shownvfrom.the debates recorded in tbe Register' of Debates, that helabercd 1832, on his jetura to Congress, to make it more onerous tban it was when first passed. We shswed from the record!- that Southern Senators, the most moderate in their demands, the most temperate; in their conduct, the most anxious to preserve harmonv between tbe different section? of the Union--such men as Colonel King, of Alabama; Mr, Grundy, of' Tennessee ; Mr Brown, of North Carolina, and pother rejected the terms as offered hy Mr. Clay. x et tnis gentleman adhered to thcr measure re--sjsted meagre concessions made by his niantrfaft urine: mends in the House resisted the recom- nendations made by others who had voted with him in the Senatevrad voted against their propos ed retraction on coming back from the coafewsnce with the committee of tbe House. The small re daction effected in . the tarifl' of 1828- by that T 1832, for which Mr. Clay eiauns credit rn His Georgia letter, was carried vais his consenf ; So the coniprortjtse ' act vhich was an im mense redaction as we have shown, by extracts from his speech tbjeu made, and written out by his own hand was not a willing oblation, freely tendered for the sale of peace, to relieve tho South from their peculiar oppression, or. the 'people gen- eraliy trom unnecessary taxation. Mr. Clay ad mits that it was.extortedby trre circumstance that Uhe presidential and consrcssiaftal erections had rendexed-ihia forestalling steji of gradual reduction necessary to -save the protective systein from tho more immediate. Sand effective lopping-pflT f the heavy restf iclions wiiich ho declcired inevitable if he awaited tho action of the ; newly-elected Con gpess, under the reeonrnendations. of Prrsidrnt Jackson. He then, entered into the compromise with the Southern-membeT3,and pfedgfd himself to abide, by timity per; cent, ad vatorrr'as the limitation finally of the protective duties; unless thd necessities of the GWefnrnent "e?onornically administered should requite higher imposts for But no toons had the tariff under tbo connprrJ- l l - 1 . 1 . . a.- inise reached its lowest .nmnt- rolwithsuindintr. du ring the whole process of reduction, manil fac ta res and commerce continued- to thri ve than' Mr. Ctay . began- systematically (o , legislate to defeat his own compromise, for which he had taken so much credit as-. great and patriotic- measure of pneification;. and to do ibis, be- not nly -violated the, solemn pledges of the comprounisQ bill; but prmctpLes in regard to ther-great points of nation al policy, which he bad proclaimed shotild bo pet--maaenr ..: . ,'V.U..- .. -. - . ;. r.-, ln41832, returned to iheenate, he shaped his course- jbr the renewal of his,whok) American system, as .lie -called it This was to be accorh- proveaarnslo exhaust th treasury to ma ke that vacuum which would render necessary the imposi tion of high .duties, to feed his manufacturing clas ses with bounties. ; In developing his whole poli cy, herald: t . ,. " T hope, too, that, either in the adjustment of the public revenue, or, what would be preferable, fu the ajTproprifltion of the proceeds of the public lands) effectual and permanent provision will be made for such internal improvements as may be sanctioned"by Congress. This is due to the Amer ican people, and emphatically due to the Western people. Sir, temporary causes may exact a reluc tant acquiescence from the' people of the West in the suspension or appropriations to objects of in ternal improvement; but, as certain as you preside in that chair, or ns the sun performs its diurnal rev olution, they .will not be satisfied with an abandon m'enr of the policy." " ine appropriation or ine procerus 01 ioe puo- lie lands, or a considerable portion of. them, to hi . 1J k ' . . 1 1 mai oojeci, wouiu ue a inosi uuiurai utiu euiuiuic disposition. And I do hope, sir, that that great re source will1 be cherished and dedicated to some national purpose worthy x( the republic. Utter ly pppedjis, f trust, -Congress will show itself to be, to alllhe mad and wild schemes" but to that latest, but maddest and wildest of all, recommend ed by the Secretary of the Treasury, for squander ing the public domain I hope it will.be prcserv ed for the present generation,' and for posterity, as it has beeX received from our ancestors a rich and bountiful inheritance. Id these halcyon' days of peace and plenty, and an overflowing treasury, we appear W embarrass ourselves in devising vi sionary schemes for castuSg away the bounties, with which the goodness of -Providence has blessed us. Bur, fcir, the' storm of war will come when, we know not7 the day of trial nd difficulty wil ris- tool-isuredly come; and now is the time, by a prudent If I I J ; : . . J -.tl-, VL - lorccasi, iu uusuanu uui resources, auu mis lue greatest of them all." 'EetS them not ber' hoarded and hugged with a misers embrace, but liberally used. Let the public lands be administered m a generous spirit, and especially towards the States within which they are situated - Let the proceeds of the sales of ; the '' public lands be appliedin a season .of peace, to some great object; and when tnr does come, by suspending that application of them during its continuance, you will be ar once put in possession of means for its vigorous prose cution: More than twenty-five years ago, when first; I took a seat in this body, I "was told, by the fathers of the Government, that 'if we had any thiftgperfect in our institutions, it was the systeia for disposing of the public lands; and I was cau tioned against rash innovations .in it Subsequent experience has" fully satisfied me of the. wisdom of their counsels, and that all vital changes in it Ought to be resisted? : ' ;. ' Hereit'will 'observed that Mr. Clay hcldii pose worthy of Uhe Republic V'-Hhat they should be disposed Vof only for i siich internal improve- menis as may te sanctioned by Congress.' "More tKwn twenty-five .years ago, when he 'first had a seat in this body, he ft was told by the fathers of tote a sacred principle Uhat the Jands should be devoted exclusively to great f national Icbjects- " cherished and 'dedicated to some ' national pur T
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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