Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1828-12-26
From the Natipnal .AIpOcate.

From the National .4fuOcafe.
Iii said Mr.. Nc Duflie has been trying his hand
at political economy, in the Southern Review NJ
has come down upon the tarfin the real ralo heaa
and bloody bones style. He has gwen a compound
Of magnity, fury alsehood and folly. l. is worse
(wherc it is not copy than evea the Boston report
which was so lauded by that paragon OF statistical
learning and accuracy, the editor OF the Evening
Post who had placed it second only to the ia
NOUS book out of which sprang our recent dlstin
euished member IF Congress, G. Z. Cambreeng.
But the production which adorns the 4th NO OF the
Southern Review. out strips both. HIS first plunge
is at Mr.. Carey and Hezekiah Niles. If they had
Introduced original sin, and committed one halt Of
the actual transgtessiuns consequent upon original
deDrayity, tte would not have in the opinion Of has
author deserved more severe anahemas. The mon
strous, unconstitutional and diabnlcal tariff doc
trines are attributable. in his eyes. chiefly TO THESE
two men, They have persuaded the whole, or near
" ALL of the United States to adopt these nnnsfrous
doctrines, absurd as they wicked, and calculated
TO inure every body aud benefit no one; yet these
men strange as it may seem, are scarcely, II ms
writer is worthy belief sing remove IRON IDIOTS.
Mr. Niles in particular never attempts TO use ms PEN
hut he sinks at once into the lowest depths OF the
bathos He is as destitute of genius as demon IS
Of grace Now is not this provoking to man oil
penus that such thing should conrou public opin.
ion and will ynp deny that Mr.. McD ihe vino pas
ses Judgment 10 this sweeping manner 10 not the
yery nerfecton Of genius How is IT that SO large
proportion of the country have got their heads turn.
ed and turned too by such consummate dots, and
that Mr.. McDufie with all his knowledge, his elo'
ouencc. his wisdom, and exalted genius cannot set
them rightf
tmust be Mr.. McDufie, that the point OF your
~ genius is too elevated suppose you let down ttle
and take a new aim You appear to be aware oil the
difficulty you have to meet in making your denuncia
tions quadrate with that part OF the tariff winch mas
been tested by our experiments on cotton goods
The Boston report is put IN requlslton 10 hep yo'
tarongh this difficulty. hope you will bring dowl
YOUR vast conceptions from their lofty height to ex
anime particularly the accuracy ofhe facts you re
Nv upon. Page 587, find the following quotation
in relation to cotton goods =
:. We have now before US statements from SOM
ofthe most intelligent importers, supported oy tn
testimony of others, and confirmed by the persona
observation of the committee, proving the rates 0
main goods imported this season, and affirming al
profit to be 10 to 80 per cent" The average pc
centaqe is therefore 80 The foreign manulactur
er according to this statement could manufactur
so much cheaper than the American, as to be able
give our government go per cent, and then sell :
low as our manufacturer and still make good PR
ft This was done in Boston. Now 1t may d
that things may be done in Boston, that we New
Workers would be puzzled to perform. We hay
cheap kind of plain shirtings which are Afforded
our market at cents per yard. Suppose the IN
porter to come to New York with similar goods
he can afford the same article at cents, accordl'
TO MIR. McDufhe's account, and sill dehuct oo
cent, and have fair profit after all--deduct ~ p
cent. from cents and it will leave one cent, whit
according to Mr.. McDuffie, pays the foreign man
f,curer we'll for the cost OF the cotton sPinln
weaving, and transporton, insurance, &C. 70 !
United States, and profit in the bargain.-Mr IN
DufIie in this same report admits the cost OF colt
re 25 per cent, more to the British than the Amt
lean manufacturer. The cotton here would
worth 10 cents per lb add IS per cent, 1t VIII eq'
Y2Acents Ifone yard takes a OF a pound OF c
ION. the cost of that alone is 81 cents, which is
cents more than he gets for his cloth, saying moth
of the profits. How sthis Mr. McDutae! 1th'
YOUR genius will be little puzzled
Mr.. Niles without the aid ofgenus, never CO..
hebroueht into such dilemma. He is matter OF I
man, and Won are genius. There is kind OF
6ius Mr.. McDufie, which sometimes makes n
appear as Cervantes says, most lamentab'y fooll
Men of Genius should avoid figures. they are d
gerous things for that class of political econom
whose principal power lies in defamation. "A ST
torian voice, or the ephets of Johnson, can
change a cypher into unit. The safest way 4
Yant; call the manufactures as they have been call
Goths Vandas, and Algernes, blood-suckers
robbers these are the appropriate names for M
ern Anti Tariff political economists to deal in.
as sure as you NEEDLE with figures the quote
will be against you for this plain reason, figures
mot lie. BOREAS