Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-31

II thank you, feilow-citizens, asais and ,,...
for the numerous proofs you have given No :;
your attachment and confidence. md nav
fine city continue TO enjoy the advantage. a W
enterprise, industry aud public spirit Of i, s'
ehauics and other inhabitants; until i, ,is,
wealth. extent and prosperity with The larys, ::
our Atlantic capitals"
Our readers are aware that the princ,paI A..
ment urged against the Tariff BY the NulGs.-
Of South Carolina. is its oppressive bearing nm.
the people of that State. Their picture: of r.
tress have been so highly drawn as to make s,",
believe that the State is on the eve of bankrr.
cy. and its citizens reduced to the mos, air..
poyerty. A writer in the Charleston Soy,f.,
Patriot contradicts some of the principal s....
tons of the last Southern Review resEectja, n,
oprration Of the Tariff, and asserts, that thr On
in the price of cotton resulted from cause. Az,
eeth,r unconnected with our Revenue Lly.-
He says:
- imreach the Review of having pcopaas..
in rhe article on the Tariff, that the revenue b,,
tina, is. the Tariff Of protection Of 1924. a.
that Of l82S,--had caused the depcpu4lion an
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the low country which were once he pride an,
ornamen, of Carolina, when the reviewer olJ.
10 nave known the truth to be. that, aa,erirr
the alleged cause, the effect had agcaiyb en-,
duced"
The effect Of placing tie truth before ii,
community. must be TO calm the agitation VIII
now corvuses it i.e; the people know INA. ID.
decay Of the low country plantations Is oria.r
inevitable causes. not IN tie power Of maa,on
slst. That the present price Of produce is hi
natural a,,d yeg,aiar prize, the currency bsa;
more valuable. and Al! ether ,hiugs lailing II L.
same proportion"
tina; excess Of cultivation in our Own COZ.
try, and new supplies from others, aie te,..
the control Of Government
.. The general impolicy Of high tariff i.
constitutional! power Of Congress to impose b.
er duties than each and every State shall app@,
are questions with which [ have not inous vs
Der to interfere.
IL only say that it is not true that SoqtA e.
rollna has suffered so far more than any Ulc
State Of equal populations: and | defy the rba,
talent of the Southern Review 10 retu;e ny ,nis
ment. Every fisherman in Massachusetts ga
wears a peajacket pays his proportion Of the
riff, as well as the wealthy planter who CIo.aa
his negro in plains. And every Merchant {.
penter, Doctor, Lawyer and Par.on. WHO We,
a broad cloth coat, drinks tea, coffee wink
brandy. pays his share-and the vain and tcos|
idea, that because a few Planters RAISE RI.
Tobacco and Cotton, they pay mo-thirds oi u:
revenue, is a delusiou INV Orthy Of Re'U
and is a humbug only suited to the WhisSey ta
rangue of demagogue-l solicit and del, cal
fu'ation by fact' or "rg"ms"''' l de'P's R-1
and Can't"
The Petersburg IVA. Republican closes" .'
sibie article on the subject Of public ezeeuIy'
with the following appropriate remarks;
"While on the subject, we cannot forbear 81.
> ing. that we think the whole manper OF eAel.'
tons in this country uarAng, s'.d fha %''aANA
who attend them reflection on the characf.rd q
the people. tits folly to think of producing ,lJ
good effects by such scenes. They should n.s
place in the privacy OF the oelIs.or in the prison
yards, with none TO see them but the oiicec
Justice and the ministers ct religion. Tteuon.
should be eXcIuded--the black and whe-n'
old men and the young-the matrOnS and mads
tender-hearted creatures, who at home vol!
pretend TO faint at the bleeding Of cbdc,
should not be permitted to indulge their n1na'
curiosity in beho|ding the death-agOfe' Of aid.
low mortal--frai. yet formed in The m'.''
Him who gave being to all ~