Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-04-20

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at tEia y-hTr E.lllons, of which, the pro
portion ofSeuth Carolina w hatever standard
whether OF wealth or population, be adopted,
would be about one million. OF course, on
this view of the subject, she actually pays
only about one-third of her fair and lepiii-
mate share. repeat that have no per
sonal knowledge of the habits of actual ex-
penditure in South Carolina they may be
greater than have stated, in respect to 9th
er parts OF the cotton country but ifthey
are, that fact does not arise from any defect
IN the system ofpublic policy.
q. An abandonment of the American
system, 1t is urged, would lead 10 an addi-
uon to our exports OF one hundrad and fifty
millions oidollarS. The amount of one hun
dred and fifty millions Of cotton, in the raw
state, supposing no greater measure ofval-
We TO be communicated, in the manufactur-
ed form, than that which our industry i'm
parts. Now, sir, where would markets be
found for this vast addition TO the supply =
Not in the United States, certainly, nor in
any other quarter of the globe, England
having already every where pressed hereof
ton manufactures TO the utmost point Of re-
pietion. We must look out fornew worlds;
seek for new and unknown races ofmortals
fabrics.
[Genoral Hayne said that he did not mean
that the increase of one hundred and fifty
millions 10 the amount of our exports, would
be OF cotton alone, but of other articles
what other articles: Agricultural pro-
duce-bread stulls, beef and pork Sc
w mere shall we find markets for them:-
Whittier shall we go? To what country,
whose ports are not Theoretically sealed "a
gainst their admission? Break down the
home market, and you are without resource.
destroy all other interests in the coun-
try, for the imaginary purpose of advancing
the cotton planting interest, and YOU inflict
positive injury, without the smallest prac-
hcal benefit to the cotton planter Could
Charleston, or the whole South, when all
other markets are Frustrated, or shut against
the reception of the surplus OF our farmers,
receive that surplus? Would they buy more
than they mghtwant for theirown consump-
ton! Could they find markets which other
parts OF the Union could not il? Would gen
tlemen force the freemen of all North of
James river, East and w est, like the mis-
cradle slave, On the Sabbath day, 10 repair
to Charleston, with turkey under his arm.
or pack upon his back, and beg the clerk
OF some English or Scotch merchant, living
In his gorgeous palace, or rolling in his
splendid coach in the streets, TO exchange
his "truck" for bit of flannel 10 cover his
naked wife and children No! | am sure
L do no more than justice TO their hearts,
when believe that they would reject, what
l believe 10 be, the inevitable effects Of their
policy.
5. But, it is contended, in the last place
that the South cannot, from physical, and
other causes, engage in the manufacturing
arts. deny the premises, and deny the
conclusion. | deny the fact of inability,
and, If it existed, deny the conclusion that
we must, therefore, break down our manu-
features, and nourish those of foreign coun-
tries. The South possesses, in an extraor-
binary degree, two of the most important ell
ements Of manufacturing industrv--water
power, and labor. The former gives TO our
whole country a most decided advantage
over Great Britain. But single expert
ment, stated by the gentleman from South
Carolina, in which a iaithless slave put the
torch TO the manufacturing establishment,
has discouraged similar enterprises. We
have, in Kentucky, the same description of
population, and we employ them, and, al
most exclusively, employ them in many of
our hemp manufactures A neighbor of
mine, one of our most opulent and respecta-
bic citizens, has had one, two, if not three.
manufactures burnt by incendiaries ; but he
persevered, and his perseverance has been
rewarded with wealth We found that
it was less expensive TO keep night watches,
than to pay premiums for insurance, and we
employed them.
Lett besupposed, however, that the South
can manufacture; must those parts of the
Union which can, be therefore prevented
Must we support those of foreign countriesl
l em sure that injustice would be done to
the generous and patriotic nature of South
Carolina, if ii were believed that she enyied
or repined at the success of other portions of
the Union in branches of industry TO which
she mighthaPpen not to be adapted Through
out her whole career she has been liberal
national, high minded.
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