Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-01-26

son who is represented to be an extensive y. "a
facturer, in which he says: "sAs
/" The only true friends Of the nsuaufacb...
are those who no,O seek 70 repeal The r,dculo''''
rifof 1898. Pit a duty IF rerenue alou.
cloths. and remove the duty on wo,I. II We
be much better for US, ii We were placed mug
land; for we could there, With our pre.entL.
and advantages, make cloth, send it to New Vas
nav the duties. and take more money Than .Urt
now. Tile difference is IN the stock; AID ,his ~
ference is attributable TO the absurditi,, ~ Wy!
.4n,erie N system, as it stands. The du,y;.,
dye-stuffs, oil, soap, and wool, taken in Conn.,.
ion with the arrangement Of trade, by makiDs y
manufacturer an exporter, amounts to S s~
higher protection to the foreigner, than ali ~
tariff affords to Us. Such are the-facts, and ,'!
the fruits. of the SYSTEM which the Amer;s,''
manufacturer has t"iled to support"
Thus, sir, it will be seen, that we who prooos.
repeal the tariff of '28, are the only true i;snH
Of the manufactures, and thar they are their vo,s FL
enemies. who are striving to perpetuate the a,s
surdities of the American System" Neu =.
have the opinions of Mr.. Niles himself, .h,,
the act of 1923 was the result Of political Ia,
gain, and passed on principles disrrputaJle "a
Congress of the United States" to which II.
enlightened author Of the exposition, very u,,l,
adds, " that nothing can be more obvious than 4.
folly of pretending to encourage manufacture,
industry, and at the same time to tax the ns
materials, iron, hemp, FAX, wool, lead, iudl
60. and other component parts of manufacture,
and constituting the principal value Of them, from
Fifty to two hundred per cent" And here, lam
willing to rest my case.
The gentleman complains Of frauds upon n,
repe,,us-and fraudulent invoices, and a smu,
gins-but it is his system which has producs
these evils Smuggling. from the very nature Of
things, must exist, when the duties exceed The
risk and expense of the illicit intercourse. PO,
a season, Sir, the high moral sense Of young
and interrupted people, may oppose some obs,
Gle to these practices. No government on earth
can prevent them. Napoleon, in the pIen,ud.
Of his pnwer, was unable to maintain his CONT
mental system His prohibitions and restriction,
were constantly violated with IMMUNITY. Yes
Sir, he who sported with kingdom, who construct
ed thrones on the ruins Of empires, and APPOINT.
ed the officers of his household to fill them; whose
armies were his custom-house officers, who drew
his cordons around the nations which he CONQUER.
ed, was utterly unable to put down the great prn
ciples Of free trade. 1t has been we'll said, Sr
Is that when'all Europe was Obedient to his nod
the smuggler disputed his commands, sci at
naught his edicts, laughed to scOrn his power, and
overthrow his policy" How is It with England,
that sea.grt Isle surrounded with thousand shps,
and thirty thouss nd guardians of her revenue!-
Sir, do we not all know that smuggling IS there
a profitable trade, and that the revenue laws Of
England are constantly violated with mpunityi
And how is it in Spaine A modern traveller as.
serts that there are hundred thousand persons
in that unhappy country who live by smuggling,
and that there are thirty thousand others, paid by
the government, to detect their practices, but who
are in league with the Offenders; and as to the
condition Of things in our own country, the
gentleman has told US a tale this day, which, IL
he be not himself deceived, shows what fearful
progress these practices have already made
The time was when smuggling was absolutely
unknown any where, in this country as il still is 10
he Southern States. 1t is your protecting sys.
tenn which has introduced it. 1t is the natural
consequence Of high duties-the evil was fore.
told, and, as we predicted, il has come upon u.s.
The protecting system has already. IN the minds
)f many, removed the Odium which formerly
rested on this practice. 1t was but the last year,
that distinguished Senator rose up 10 his place
lere and held this language: "Your tariff policy
compels respectable men to violate your law;
you force them to disregard its injunctions. 10
order to elude its expressions. 1t was his per.
ect conviction, that there was not yirtuous
nan throughout the Union, who would now think
t criminal to smuggIe into the country every az
ce consumed in it-andwhy Because you force
hem to it in self Defence" Sir, when these
sentiments shall become prevalent, what think
you will become Of that system! How long will
t last after the payment Of duties shall come to
,e considered badge of servitudel
Mr. President, the proposition of the Sena.
or for Kentucky, is, that the protecting system,
Is it now stands upon your staiutebook, shal!
'enain untouche,l-tImt all its contradictory pro.
visions, its absurdities, injustice, and inequali.
y, shall be maintained invioIate. Let US look
hen, at some Of the existing provisions Of this
system. Some of them. in the exposition 10
which have before referred, are detailed wilhs
,learness to which nothing can be AIDED by me.
Here are tables Of the duties on wooIlens, fan.
,els, baIzes. and carpeting, ranging from d to
upwards Of 200 per cent. will read few eI.
racts in illustration Of the effects Of these du.
les. Here MIR. Hayne read several extracts
rom the work in quesiiun, shelving that the du.
les on coarse woolens, such as are used by
tage drivers, watermen and other Iaborers, for
,reat coats, pea-jackets, Sc are 80 exorbi,ant.
y taxed, as to raise the cost Of the articles to
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