Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-07-03

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wen Address, in preference to the i'm
proved maxims If Mr. Van Buren,, would
LOOK with alarm at the spread OF such
course OF action, and we ourselves
should participate somewhat in that feel.
ing OF apprehension, were we not taught
that 1t can be fully reconciIed by the
great exposItor of the North with the
lustrighis Of the States" To him, as
the great head of the new lights, we
should prefer to look for the origin and
Justification of the declaration, rather
toan to the precepis of the worthy Pre-
sldent OF the College. although he deems
thatI IS almost time for the Southern
reople to calculate the value Of the U.
mon " We incline tn think, however.
mat this College declaration may push
tue new doctrines little too far. Sun
pose, for illustration the Northern spin.
ners we're to say in reply, I've will use
no cotton, produced in South Carohns.
or flour from Virginian-and good rule
should work both ways-we rather think
I would puzzle DIR. Cooper or DR.. Van
Buren,, ay, OF the Doctors of the Rich
mopd Enquirer either. 10 show how
such sy STEM Of retaliation wouId re-.
dound to the general good, or where il
would stop, II, in their scheme of '.res
tof'ng the lost rights Of the Ststes.'' it is
once set once fairly going.-.Nai. Lsi.
Southern opinions We have advert.
ec' IN one or Two recent papers, to the
strong terms IN which the new Tariff has
been denounced IN South Ca. DINA aud
Georgia The editor of the new aaner.
tue Savannah Mercury, maintains oa,n
IONS on this subject quite opposite to
these OF the mass of his Southern fellow
| c''Izens, and expresses them with Free
dom. The following is an extract from
one OF bis late papers:
Our politicians were equally clamo.
rous against the Tariff of 1894 as thew
are now against that of 1923 It was
asserted that the price of all articles up.
IN winch II operated would be enhanc
ed; that the planter would be oppressed
by its operation, and. that Southern inter.
esfs would be entirely DESTROYED. Sc.
| Now, time and experience, those intal
ible tests of truth, have proved The fal,a
cy OF those assertions in the one case.
as we presume they will in the other.
The prire foreign goods has not ad
vanced in our market, but rather fallen.
since 1921. What becomes of the pro-
position. then, that "a protective duty
is a tax on the consumer for the benefit
OF the manufactures? Iii proved to
have no foundation in fact For it has
appeared that domestic competition has
been July sufficient 10 keep down the
price Of the article; that the protective
duty has had no other effect than to keep
the prices more nearly steady at their
former rates. Then, wherein has the
Southern planter been injured by the
Tariti! His fears have been excited.
/ bdt his purse has not been affected
I'll we had no manufactures in our
own country il we depended solely and
entirely upon foreign supply--then
duty on any article would raise its price
in market, and consequently be tax
on the consumer But, while we have
| home manufactures, nearly adequate
to the supply of all our wants. the for
eigner cannot raise on his articles, be.
cause, IN that case, the domestic manu-
facturer would undersell bin. Conse-
quently, the duty comes out of tie for
elgn manufactures, and not out of the
| consumer. That such has been the O
! peration OF the Tariff OF is24.we appeal
to the experience ofthe lastfour years
Casualties On Inursda, Lass, Jacob Needler
y 'h's county, vas cutting grain in the harvest
| held, the point OF his scythe caught snag and
| threw the heel on his leg and gave him severe
| eut--he survived about thirty minutes. On The
| same day n man in the harvest field near Brens
| Iron works, vas so overcome with The heat
| that he died before night. And on Saturday las,
Thomas Austin, of this place, was harvesting
| IN Jefferson county, also came by his death in
| the harvest field.
Distressing. "A most distressing acct
dent occurred on Sunday afternoon,
between Mr.. Jonathan Kearsley's resi-
dence and Harpers-Ferry. As Mr. A.
masa w Mars was on his way home
wards 10 his gig, accompanied by his
vile and two small children, bis horse
took fright in strip of woods, and run
of preeiptating the whole of them from
the gig. One ofthe wheels passed over
the head of the youngestchild, an infant
OF about months old, and killed ii in
stantly. Mrs Mars and her other child