Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-08-02
THE VFRGENEAN.
,yNCBBURG. AUGUST 2. 1880.

daring this hOi weather. 10 core our readers
nth any thing in the way Of an Essay upon
,to good or III effects OF the Tariff. Our design,
:. f,s,. TO quote an extract from Charleston
..ns,. showing. yer, briefly, but very conclu-
.;..,y the utter absurdity oil the Notifying doc.
..;aa--,,eoudlu. 10 copy letter from MIR. JEFF
..,son. about the genuneness OF which there
has been no doubt expressed, in which his opin-
.ons both as TO the consti,utionallty aud The eI-
o.Jency of protecting duties, are decisively
,;ven. and placed beyond cayil-snd. thirdly,
- condemn Professor Cooper out OF hts own
,,,nlh. by making a brief extract from the
Prospectus of the Emporium, periodical
.ro,k published by him al Carlisle, Uenn.) in
1913.
And, first, the Charleston paragraph;
uetan embargo be laid the Atlantic States
pnllify, who is to gainsay them Take the
a,re,,nt Tariffs it void rs to Coffee, Tea and
snch articles as are lightly taxed South
Ca,o,in, will nulIify the duties on coarse
woollens. Iron and coarse Cottons Massachu-
se,ts will nullify the duty on Molasses, md so
On Where is this to stop LIE, the truth be
told Congress have the express power to lay
an,ies on imports, but s. Carolina thinks that the
d,tios imposed in 1916 we're high enough, and
che objects 10 The additional amount fixed in
1904 and 1928 II is the amount only-this
"a admitted. Now, does not this amount 10 an
imnroyident use or exercise of an undoubted
right and where IS there suIer remedy than
che experience, the justice, nav, the interest OF
the majority That a minority of manufac,u-
.ers can long "p.under, rob, and Impoverish'
n majority of consumers III free representa-.
i've government is an absnrdiiy. Massachu.
sets fought as sioDghty against the Tariff as
South Carolioa he Boston merchants fur.
nished the text book from which the statesmen
of the South have been preaching ever since.
defy any man IN produce sound Argument
against the Tariff, which has not been borrow
ed iran the Boston memorial, and dressed up
and new vanished for a speech. Where then
is The Deces si,y for all This Every consumer,
East, West North, and South, is equally inter.
esed TO aid in removing unnecessary burdens.
IL is a mistake, or worse, TO say that this State
alone is so goaded The law is general in its
effects upon the poor mechanic of,he North,
as well as the wealthy planter of the
South. II insults the merchant of New York
as much as the young wouldbe Ensign of
Charleston
The following is the letter of Nj. jefferson.
II was addressed TO The Secretary of the Amer
rcan Society for the encouragement Of Domestic
Manufactures, which existed in New York in
1917 -
"MosTICELLo, JUNE 26, 1917.
SrR.--I am thankful for the honor done
me by an association with the American Socie.
'y Tor the encouragement of domestic manutac-
lures, Instituted in New York. The history OF
the last,seniy years has been sufficient lesson
for us all TO depend for neCes saries on ourselves
nfone; and hope that twenty years more will
place the american hemisphere under system
Of MS oion essential peaceable and industrious,
and-not needing 10 extract its comforts out OF
the eternal fires raging in the old world. The
efforts OF the members of your institution being
necessarily engaged in their respective vicini.
i1es, consider myself, by their choice, rs but
link of uninn between the promoters there
and here OF the same putriotic Objects Pray
ing you TO present to the Society my Just ac
acknowledgement for this mark OF attention, I
lender to yourself the assurance of my grea,
respect and consideration.
THOMAS JEFFERSON"
But, above all, let our readers look at the
following forcible calculation Of the advantages
10 be derived from the encoura gemeul o! do
mestic manufactures, from the pen of Thomas
~ooper-the same Cooper who is now denounc.
ing h" own recommended system as scheme Of
1eeallzed robbery u punder--ihe same Cooper
~ao has likewise made the wonderful discovery,
that TO do that, in 1923, which he recommend.
ed with all The force Of bis gifted mind in 1918,
an inirac'ion OF the constitution He is the
'aiher OF all the REASONABLE sentiments which
nave been circulated in South Carolina, as we'll
as all the denunciaiions which have weakened
'he bond of our Union. and rendered il Of in
poite'y less value than we had conceived il
sonla possibly become, in this generation Mt
'sast. Harsh as the sentiment mny appear,
therefore, we should rather regret it, than other
wise, should the storm which Mr.. Cooper has
~ eh''nenily contributed TO conjure up. blow
aver without scathing aim. Tnpunity wonid
only give him broader license, and he would, in
DIS he1t essay, speak less reverently thhn is
now his hab;, Of that Union, formed a, such
n1oi toll, blood, aud treasure, he fore lie had
s'''u'ed our shores With his footsteps -
10 ffdct from the Prospectus ofihe Emporium,
periodical work, edited by Judge Cooper #
kenilsgtUdnia,. noio President Of Colombia
college IN South Carolina.
Our agriculIurists want a home market.
Manufactures would supply il. Agriculture,
a great distances from sea-por,s, languishes
'or want OF this. Great Britain exhibits an in
s'dhee OF unexampled power and wealth by
'eaIs OF an agriculture. greatly dependent on
" ', system OF manuiactures--an her agriculture,
.' situated, is the hest in the world, though
'"' capahIe of grea, Improvement.
we are too much dependent spon Great
-,""'n tor articles that habit has converted
mo necessarips. A state Of war demands pri-
.a''ns mat large portion Of our citizens relnc
,""'y submit to. Home manufactures would |
greatly lessen the evil.
by means OF debts incurred for manurac-
u.t' we ara almost again become colonists--
Z. a'e 100 much under the influence, indirect
", ". u Brush merchants and British agents