Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-06-18

other historical analogy, calcuatedi that be possible
Ito exhibit in s,ill sron point Of view the state
OF political ceg'ada'ion to which the Souh, Stats
are reduced by the prohibory system. Tn. recent
war witt Great Britain will he memorable in the histo.
~ OF the country as the second OF
The evident niency OF the British pret@D.cns To re-.
co'onzs the United States, caused every enlightened
patriot to see and TO feel that such the true char
acter OF the contest Now, what were the
OF Great Britain! 10 the very strongest point OF view
thew amounted to no more than the assumpio~ Of a
right on the part OF Great Britain not to prob bit, bu
to shdekle and cucumber, during the tcdr. the com.
merce OF the u States, with the adverse beiigerens
Suppose she had up the broad observation-disclosures
TO that now eutofced by the tariff Stat1s-,hat we
should trade exclusively with her. an should not
with France, .uher In peace in war; There is not
patriot IN the Union who would not have his coun
Try one vast catecomb OF slaughtered ffc.men be for.
he would have tarnished the memory OF his
oy su hitting to terms 70 ignonnious and des rading
Every plain would have bscn Marathon, and avery
strait Thermopyl9. and Great Britain would never
nave succeedcd III establishing her arrogant preten
until none but slaves survived TO acknowledge and cub
INIT toit And yet the Southern States, who so ylor.
onsy sustained war wsged against this are
now actually reduced 70 state Of degradation and ,,s
pendsnce, beyond all question than that which
would have resulted from s establishment IL we had
been actually conquered by the British arm.-if we
had been compelled to PROSTATE the in.igna of our So
veregn'y al the teet Of the and the terms of
our subms lon had been dictated AT the head Of vico-
riou' egionS, nothing could have been impo.e
upon The whole coniederscy, by the right Of
'nan the oppression and vasa'age to which the South
gress
fall the commercial nations in the world were to
unite in conspiracy, TO cripple and restrict our com
merce, by hostile regulations, far their own in
tcrcsts would be promoted by il if all the restraints
interpesed by the law Of nations protect that com
mcrce, were annulled and the nations Of Europe had
| the unlimited power to make what regulations thew
pleased in regard to it, nothing could possibly be
done, than what own legislation has done already
It's true Sirf there be any consolation i'm that-that
the injury is not inflicted by foreign power but by
md fall oil;
zens But am far from perceivng any thing in this
circumstance TO mitigate the injury. | soemnly de-
clare, would rather it were inflicted by foreign pow
err. dagger plunged by the hand of brother, carries
severer pang to the heart Of the injured party from
the very consideration that the blow inflicted by
one, who was under the most sacred obligations IN ar
rest 1t, ii aimed by another.
must now invite the attention. of the COMMITTEES.
Tor few moments TO brief exposition of this actual
condition OF suffering to which the Southern States
have been reduced by thi, system will draw no pic
turo Of the imagination but present f decisive fact,
that will speak language too unequvocsl TO admit Of
but one inter- rotation For the last twelve years Ia.
condion OF the country has been growing worse and
worse, in steady progression. Daring this time the
price Of cotton has fallen from thirty TO ten cent.
pound, and every thing else in CORE spending degree
This state of things is peculiarly distressing Almost
any condition is tolerable which is permanent We
become reconciied to it by habit an make al eur cal.
cua;icns and pecun,ary arrangements TO accord with
IL. But when tariff is passed after tariff extending far
Their and farther the oppressive infuence of the sy.tsm
constant pecuniary embarrassment 10 the almost una.
vG liable result. No prudence avoid t. An unex.
peced de cline in the price OF produce battle. tn. cal
culions even OF the most cau,io,s and in ihi down
ward tendency OF things, the planter almost invaria
bly, hods each successive year, his means of meeting
his pscuniary engage nen;s, less than he reasonably
Calculated when he made them.
The profits OF the planter, with all The natural
advantages with which Providence ha. favored him.
are now actually less than those OF any other d-scp
ton OF capitalists in the Union. speak of what per-
sonsliy know, when ASSERT that the labor of slave
IN the fell, does not yield the than IL 2
cents per day, on an average. Now cir, leave it TO
any gentleman from the Midi e or Easern States, to
say, whether the price of field labor IS not
three or four times high Taking tie average OF the
var ous kind. OF labor in tne.e States. feel authorized
TO say it may be set down at nifty cents a day. am
aware OF the prevalence of idea. that slave labor i.
moi as efficient free labcr but, regards agriculiu
raj pursuits, it's entirely erroneous No white man
from New England any where else, do more
Geld labor than a South Carolina slave Taking the
average Of the year, the Southern planter has greatly
labor performed by each hand, than tn. Northern
tirmer. Wiih us, thers is season oil rest from
end OF the day, from end of the year. to the other
The winter which is period OF fe'tiviiy and
rest with the Northern farmers IL, with planters
period Of active and aborious preparation for the
ensuing spri1g IT, not wi,hsianding he cult Yates the
most valuable staple in the world. and works thus in
cessanty through the whole year, the labor of the
Southern pauer il not sourth part productive as
the average OF N)rthern labor does it not furnish
striking commentary upon the runous and exhausting
effects, OF your oppressive System OF taxation? IL the
soil and climate OF Pennsyl vania New York were
as wall adapted 10 The culture OF cotton those OF
South Carolina or Georgia, am well satisfied, Penn
sylganii New York farmer could not afford to cu
tvate cotton Tor less than twenty cenis pound, with
all the iudpstiy AMI economy he could Let any
man acquainted with The business Of cotton planting
make estimate OF the price for which he could al
ford TO raise cotton, using hired labor at 80 cts day
and he will find The statement have made amply con-
hrmed by the result.
know there time, SIC when il was believed
III the Southern planters realizing so rich
harvest of property, and such ON profs thai
II was thought nothing than justice cut down
their incomes by this species of Agrarian legi.la
oD to level with those derived from other modes of
employing capital. But, even ii you had any Gem.
hlance Of right to exercise this arbitrary power OF cur
failing incomes and oquslzing profits, you havs carried
II entirely beyond the point, at which your own prin
ciples would require you stop. II you have right
to reduce the labor Of the planter 10 a level with your
own have You any right to carry the reduction so far
tina, ysu shall receive three four times a. great
reward for your labor the planter does for his? No
agricultural community, that carried on the ahors Of
the heli by free labor, could have endured, would
have submitted 10 this system Of oppressive exacon
until the price OF labor had reached low point OF
depression i, has in the Southern States There il
no example exiting of 40 great fall in the price Of
gny agricultural production, as that which has taken
place in the Southern staples. From century TO CEN
fury, the pri,e OF corn fer example. maintains almost
uniform price, because the cost OF lis produc ton-the
actual labor required to produce it, cannot. in the
case Of manufactures, he materially diminished by ma
chDfry. THY years ago, the price of cotton wa.
nearly ihree times as high as 10 at present. although
the same quantity OF manual labor is necessary 10 PRO
dnce II at the former period. corresponding
reduction in the price OF labor il the necessary conse
nearly high in the grain growing States taking an
average Of several years, il thirty wears