Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-07

for he present reap the profits oil the pro.se'""s
duties on spirits. The duty on raw co'.o" "
crates 10 the benefit Of the cotton planters. n"u
there is 40 deukt that if tobacco shou'a e
tiyated in any foreign country. SO as 10 irse
the tobaccoo of Virginia and Maryland 'ne pau,
tiers Of those states would readily pet.e,' :"
policy Of 3 protecting duty on that ar'ie...
The question as to what degree oil pro'eeto"
it would be proper to extend 10 the na.u'a
lures OF The country, has often oeehag,'a'eu "
it is a fac, we'll known TO those VIM " az
euainted with that branch .of our pohcy' VA
the South has generally been opposed OF yie'u
Cd a reInc,an, assent to The projection given
1t is also a fact well known, that that reluctance
or. opposition. has in the progress of our gov
eminent been constantly increasing, ana mn
the .noliticians ofaihe Ancient Dominion' nave
taken the lead. Blu, tie totdi denial % INC f7S"f'
is a doctrine new in the history OF our govern
ment. :,
Now. when these facts Of the settled ana 10
creas;pp imposition of the south 10 the policy Of
protecting the domestic manufaciures-oi 'heir
recent denial of The righf-are contrasted WIN
,hp before mentioned facts Of The acknowicagea
riph: by The Grst congress-, and by the trainers Oh
the constitution, of the continued pracuce OF
the government to give that 2rotecuoh' anu u
successful result Of that policy-we are reiuct-
an,ly driven to inquire for the cause. ne Ell
feels we have seen and felt III the opposition OF
the Southern states TO the policy OF lhterna' I'M
proyements and domestic manufactures for
every effect there is an appropriate cause DOES
| this paralizing division in our counci.s result
from interests really different, or only from an
imaginary difference Of interests!
This inquiry necessarily leads to some con-
sidera,ions OF ex,reme delicacy. BIT as no
sense of drlicacv can supersede Tue Necessity oil
"a PHYSICIANS searching out and finding the
c,u,e ofthe disease he would cure, so, Also, II
is equally necessary, (thc delicacy OF the Inves-
%tipation notwithstanding for the people TO un-
ders,and the cause of a division so uuprorltious
10 efficient government and 10 their natural
prosperity.
LIE, US then, with an honest effort 10 arrive at
truth from a candid exposition ~offacts. fearless
" view this question Does not the difference
| of opinion between the states wblch are extern
,iyelv Shareholders, and. the non slavehoidlnP
s,a.es. resul, from the difference oil the labor
force of those sections Of the union!
The citizens generally in.those states 40 NOT
labor themselves They are fed, clothed and
sustained, by the labor Of their slaves,
A state which holds slaves extensively, Fever
c AN be a manufacturing stale, except IN a smail
dcpree-because The masters cannot submit I?
labor, and the slaves cannot be trusted win
such important concerns, nor inspired with 'hat
degree of emulation necessary to arrive at eA'
cellcnce in any art, ard consequently necessary
Such a STATE cannot therefore participate, but
in a small degree, in the immediate benefits Of
manufacturing Establishments.
In,proportion as domestic manufactures sue
ceed, and the use Of any domestic article super
sedes the use Of The foreign, the revenue arising
from imposts must decline.
This deficiency of revenue VIC shall be ena-
bled TO supply just in the proportion which the
whole cost Of the article saved to the nation (by
being manufactured at home) bears TO the small
amount Of duty lost to the treasury.
This supply must ultimately come in by
means Of internal taxes.
But, although the family Of the states will be
abupdan,ly able TO render this supply (even by
direct taxes the slave holding states will have
10 paw a greater proportion Of it than if it were
paid by 'du,ies. The impost is paid by the con-
sumner, and the immense slave population oil the
South consume much less Of the articles upon
which duties are paid, than the laboring classes
Of the free states, consequently the South pays
a smaller par, of the duties. And in addition
10 this, il is only when direct taxes operate, that
The slave holding states render the qua pro quo
for the extra power they have in the government,
in consequence Of adding three-fiiihs OF their
slaves to their free population, to make up their
federal numbers.
These positions, It is presumed cannot be con-
troverted, and they make out a case OF apparent
interest in the Southern states 10 he opposed TO
the progress Of domestic manufactures. But
Then "a question arises in regard to that interest,
is it not of a pecuniary character only, and
wholly sectional? If this sectional interest IN
the South, opposed to the protection and encou-
ragement of manufactures, is in fact
opposed not only to other and greater sectional
interests, but to 'lhe general welfare OF the u
niled States" then that opposition ought to be
surrendered upon the altar ofunlon&pattiotlsm.
1t would seem to be superlnous, at this day,
TO ~reiterate the numerous and unanswerable ar
gumenis which have been urged to prove that
it is the interes, Of this nation to foster by pro-
lection and enc enlargement its manufacturing
industry. The continued and successful legis'
lation of the general government for thiriy-seven
years, places this policy beyond the necessity OF
argumen, to support it. But as the "signs OF
the times" clearly indicate that our southern
hire brep moi contept with beinp DroteCtct In