Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-05-05
TIE TARIFF.

In late Northern paper. we find the
following language. attributed to the
Columbia IS. c. Telescope: "Lf The
Tariff Lar is not repealed, there must
be jiood-ieffing-the Southern States
must stand 10 their arms
Violent as has been the course Of
that print, we were not yet prepared
for such an extraordinary declaration
as this. We hope and believe that the
people Of South Carolina are not pre-
pared for it. BE that as il may, how
ever. the Editor of the Telescope, aud
all others who reckon upon the co-ope-
ration Of North Carolina in any mea-
sure OF violence against the Union, for
any cause that has yet arisen, will fiud
themselves mos; egregio,sly mistaken.
IL we know any thing of the feelings Of
the people Of this State. they arc devo-
tedly attached TO the Union, and will
never be driven to leopard n for any
but the most unmingled acts OF opprcs-
sion. We had almos, been tempted to
say that nothing could occur to induce
them to lift hand against il. The
horrible idea Of the blood Of ncichbors,
friends, and relatives. i'm q civil war,
has yet found no abiding place in the
mind OF a North Caroiinian. Nav il
NEVER find place there! But above
all, God forbid that press in North
Carolina should ever dare openly 10
promulgate such sentiments as those Of
the Columbia Telescope.
Injurious as the Tariff has been 10
the South, VIC think that the amount Of
that injury has Seen greatly overrated,
aud that when Southern members of
Congress attribute the desolation and
dcpopulatlon Of our streets and lands
to the tarlff, they surely err. Remove
every law imposing duties. and il
wouiu not put a stop TO emigration
from these comparatively sterile re-
glons to the fertile lands Of the vest.
Ihither the yeomanry Of the South
bent Their course before the Tariff Of
1923, before that of 1924, and before
that OF 1916. Thither they will 90, in
spite Of all tariffs. To the sales and
SACRIFICES OF property, consequent upon
every removal, and TO the irresistible
temptations 10 those who remain, TO
90 IN debt for the property thus sacri.
iiced--w hich they seldom want, and as
seldom can pay for--is owing much
more than to any Tariff, the poverty
Ui the Scutb.
In North Carolina. for every dollar
drawn from the Planter By the tariff Of
1898. over that Of IS24, we do not hes
i'ate TO say. that he loses FIVE for the
want OF good highways for the convey
anoe OF his produce TO market. Let
every Improvement Of which they are
susceptible, be made upon our roads
and rivers; let Education be dilIus.d:
encourage the introduction Of an i'm
proved culture OF the soil, aud We bid
defiance to the Tariff.
After all, the Tariff is calculated 10
promote an object which might 20 some
little way to reconcile the patriot to
The 'uiterance If present inconv enienee
from II. The war of 1879, not less
than the war Of the Revolution, found
our country dependent upon the man.
uiactures Of her enemy for the very
clothing Of her soldiers. It is well
worth SOME sacrifice 10 secure us a
gainst a recurrence Of such a state of
things. We must suffer something for
the sake Of indep cndence.
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