Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-05

We 90. VA nOfns, all utilci hoihS e"u "PSs
bones, and horn plates tor Ianthorns also Tree OF
duty. So even the value oil the beef that Is
sold bv the farmer to the butcher is to be lessen
ed, and the butcher is to lose his profit: Why
not, upon the same principle, make all hides du-
| ty freel The Manufactures, | perceive, Is to
have all the profit, even in this case: SO that II
will hardly be worth while tor poor man 10 20
to the trouble of skinning carcase win Dad
hide, if he is to lose all the profit upon the bones
and horns Reeds manufactured, and rattans
manufactured. duty free, that the slay-maker
may have all the profit, and that the people OF
this country, who nav now make few cents oy
their fishing. rods, raised along the shores OF
North Carolina, shall be debarred even OF TINS
poor pittance!? Then quilts and flax also irfed
| from duty: another blow aimed at the agriculture
! and interests OF the poor Why qulils should
be free Of duty is curious enough, when they are
generally used by people able to pay for them:
! In what sort OF manufacture they are used, l
know not; but dare say the knowing people of
the North convert them into something very pro-
ftabIe, and the poor peasant that lives oy raising
a few geese is TO lose the value OF their hides
They make calome duty free. That article, by
the pound, (suffi, lent to kill hundred people)
is cheap enough but free or not free, the apothe'
carries in this part of the world, like the North
ern manufat turers, will have their 800 per cent.
profit. Then come all the rich spices of Araby
the blest-to heat and dry up the sources OF lite,
they are also duty free; and do not think the
poor will thank them for this: the, are now clear
Of gout--and if man has the govt now, he pays
for it by drinking too much wine and eating too
many spIccd articles. But presume that the
Manufacturing Committee think that the poor
have az much right to the govt as the rich, and
| IL no mt N r n0thlnU
! should like to know If these gentlemen are ve-
nv temperate men; for should judge not. from
their fondness for cloves, cayenne and black pep
per. pimento, capers, nutmegs. cassia, camphor,
ginger and cinnamon, all duty tree. Methinks
the ginger is intended for the fine Northern cider.
I am not now surprised that the Temperance
Societies, with their general agent at the North,
do not attack cider with the same warmth as
they do ardent spirits. These Northern men, |
see, always think OF home: apples are not duty
free!! The finest keeping apples are raised IN the
North. and the Southern people pay gold and s'
yer for them Opium. also. tree OF duty. In
the name of wonder, do the Manufacturing Com
mttee mean to convert the people Ut this country
Into Turks? Is not the use OF tobacco bad
enough! Or is it side blow aimed at the staple
of Virginia | do not know how to take these
Northern people-they are so cunning IN all
their manouvres. Surely thew have no design
against our fair countrywomen. | hope they do
nor mean to introduce the practice Of eating OPT
um among the ladies. II would be most foul
and horrible IF Congress have this horrible
design, | trust that the Southern ladies will pro-
test against it; and, sooner than submit to such
tyranny from high handed manufacturing arts
tocracv, prefer the tobacco of the good old an
Gent Dominion, or even Kentuck. And hear
tily desire that our fair cuuntrvwomen OF the
North will send to Congress petition against
the cursed treason that is there Matched against
their beauty, their health aud domestic haPPl-
ness For, should ,hr Committee succeed in
this treason, | am afraid they will lie for erect
ing square towers for the confinement Of all our
lovely danes, and breaking DUNN all the laws OF
marriage, and again subjecting the female sex to
all the 0diOus and tyrann'cal customs OF the Easf
II mean the oriental notions OF Asa. Lauda-
nun also free. When will this bitter comnound
of the strsngest bill ever cease?. Not only allow
opium free, to make Chewers OF II, but opium
and brandy already mixed, To convert alcohol
into laudanum drinkers, and even deprive the
apothecary, whose poverty aud not his Will con-
sents to sell poison, of the large manufacturing
profit, for changing the solid stupyfylng drug m
to liquid. Then. down and feathers OF oil Kinds
also Tree. lneSe SeH'iemcu WIZ ""'e o' wv
country women upon them, for deprecating the
value of their fowls. But were it not that the
manufacturers use feathers and down in making
rich, expensive and unhealthy beds. would sup
pose that the introduction Of so many feathers
was for the use Of our allies and pupils. the In
dians?! Even amomiIe flowers & corlander seed
Sic e sic omnes Then come bristles. What
becomes of the hog raserl IL this does not
ro,ss tho n.tr;o,ism of Old Kentucky, | am
much mistaken am surprised, as brlslles are
so valuable for making brushes, that the Kentuc-
XIV man does not raise hogs equal to the Russia
hogs, and then duty which would 60 INTO MS
pocker would be laid upon Russia brlstles But
you see that this bill for the benefit OF the North
ern manufacturer, and by no means for the West
ern grazier or hog raisrr.!! Oh no. By no means
for his ben fit. Then comes telescopes. AS
..the light house in the skies is not yet built,
suppose there is no use for this article: but as
soon as that IS erected, we shall have Northern
manufacturer. and there goes goes a heavy
500 per cent duty on the importation OF tees-
cones No duty on seXtants. quadrants ana spy