Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-11-23

country is equally clear. They do not
SAVIOUR of the policy Of a nation IN which
" all men are born free and equal
articles ofeonvenience and comfort. !,
per cent.
1. Watches, clocks, and time pieces,
tartan plaids, bombazets. darnask table
cloths, &c, are subject to 10
9. Plated ware, China, and cutlery, 20
S. superfne broad-cloth, kersey-
mere. chiatzes, and calhcoes, 70
articles Of mere lurnry.
per cent.
1. Laces, lace wells, pearls and dia-
monds, iewelry. and all articles ~ho'iy
or chiefly of gold and silver, pay a
3. Silks, satins, Canton grapes,
Chambray gauzes, &c. pay 10
3, Grandolcs and lustres, pays ~
4. Cashmere shawls, and Brussels
carpets, pay 90
Now, gentlemen, appeal to you, as
, men oil honor add candor, have | not,
quo al hoe, established my position be-
yond the possibility Of controversy
Would you not be ashamed to utter q
word, or write line, in defence OF those
hideous features of our tariff, indepen-
dent of various others, which, to AVOID
prolixity, defer for the present Has
the world ever Witnessed any thing more
monstrous? A woodsawyer, porter, or
lahnrer, who works hard, from Mon
day morning till Saturday night, for tour
or five dollars--a poor sealnstress, who
earns, with equally unccaslng labor TWO
or three dollars per week, pays, out OF
This sorry piitance. one handred per cenf.
on brown sugar---one hundred and fven-
ty TER cent. on bohea tea land forty-t7co
her cent on molasses while the wealthy
capitalist, with an income OF 10, 90, 80,
10, so, 100, or $50 900 dollars, pays but
seven aud haf per cent. on his side
board of plate, his Jewels, the lares tor
his wife and daughters-ffeen FER cent.
on Canton grapes, silks, satlns, and gau-
zes-twenty her cent. on lustres, gran
tloles, and porcelain--and tzoenty GOe
her cent. on Brussels carpets, snper'lne
broad cloths, chin'zes, &c. Less op-
preston and injustice than is here dis
played, has not unirequcntiy overturned
mighty empires.
Yet these duties are fairly extracted
from our wonderful tariff, "Me admire
ton ofthe statesmen Of he old auoFld,"
on which commltle o! Congress, a, its
last session, with singular proprleiy, and
Justice, and policy, declared that II was
inexpe.,ienl TO legislate. N
invite fair discussion OF the subject,
and shall, be thankful to have my errors.
pointed ont, which shall cheerfuliy re-
tract. believe HE cause To be great
and glorious one, demanding the best
talents of the country-and I regret that
its present advocate is SO lily able to do
i, the Justice its importance demands
But shall, endsavor, by industry and re,
search, to compensate tor the deficiency
of talents. further deeply regret that
=, many hundreds of persons, who are
highly Interested in the discussion, and
who, as far as language goes, appear du-
" sensible ofthc immense importance Of
the subject, shrink from the exertions or
sacrifices which such cause IS calcn-
lated to put into reqaisl,ion.
notice the friendly feeling and usba-
ni,v which induced you, as you state, to
(" suppress passages otpapers from your
correspondents, personally abusive to
me, which, you unprecedented, would
wound my feelings" But while am
duly sensible Of, and grateful Ter, the
motive which led to this procedure,
wish it understood, that l am perfectly
Indifferent a. to the personalities in qnes-
ton. am not 10 be silenced or DIS
composed by such pal,ry, contemplate,
and dishonorable Weapons OF attack.
have lived long enough to have learned
to dcspise them. The cause have un-
dertakenis too transcendently imporlan'
to be abandoned in consequence OF such
an unboly warfare.
II your correspondents are disposed &c
disgrace and dshonor themselves, BY
returning scurriliiy and abuse for strong
facts and plain arguments, let them ID
gra,ihed. This artillery will be throw
away. The public is sufficiently en-
lightened to perceive, that such coaduc
is full proof either Of the unsoundnss'
Of the cause, the weakness OF the head
or the wickcdness Of the heart, ofthe ad
vocatc-perhaps OF the whole combined
HAMILTON.
! October 70, 1922. ~
| N. B. Contrary to every principle o
sound policy, the plan Of our tariff ha
been, to raise as large PORTION 9th
revenue as POSSIBLE, on articles not IN
terfering with the national industry, q
teas, coffee, zvines, &c. &C and to en-
cn,lsana M Il n rkntin1, af MANI 1cfufeR