Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-05-15
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We give below an extract from Mr. Niles re.
view of the projet Of tho Secretary of tho Trea
sury for remodcng tho Tariff. That tho conse
quences to South Carolina by u reduction of tho
duty on sugar, would be indicated by Mr.. Niles,
arc to us as clear mathematical demonstration.
Ii is intimatcd in tho following extract that South
Carolina sees tho danger, and that tho bill of tho
Secretary has an eye to this If there be any pro.
position in Congress to reduce this duty still more
as is highly probable, shall look to the votes of
the cotton growing States with great interest,"
Wo cannot believe that the hope Of dctaching
Louisiana from the Tariff will BIO sufficient lure to
cntCap North and South Carolina and Georgia into
voting for it. They have learnt little wisdom, it
is to be hoped from the result of the oxpcri-
ment in the Tariff of 1928. A burnt child breads
the fire, and beside there will be Martin Van
Buren, in the Senate to cozen them this time with
false hopes.
"SuGAn We have left this for the last of tho spc
cited articles in tho "second section" about which
have any present remarks to offcr-and wo shall
offer them freely, though briely-for the time is
fitting, and the subject deeply interesting, seve-
raj accounts.
1.-The duty on Sugar is to be reduced half n con,
per lb.--HALF A CENT! This article is touched with
sparng and kind hand-so are the duties on iron,
and so the duties on cotton cloths. Heaven knows
wa object not to these proceedings-but they have
tins 'rctorm" of the Tariff-and if they can the
price of Sugar will not be ut all influenced by this
half cent reduction of duty, for the yet existing
amount will retain its present efficiency, and en-
ciude the foreign product to the iphOle ertent of the
domestic supply, it should. Tie price of Sugar
is slow cnough"-wc would rather that it was high
er than is well for the sure, (but fuurc) bcne-
Int OF consumers as the present interest of plant
crs. III reduced duty shall lessen price, and SO
prevent the establishment of plantations in
Louisiana, positive advantage to existing planters
will be ained,-for there will necessarily be
rise of price. Such is the law of trade. Molasses
however, Is subjected to duty of Is per cent. ad
valorem and this would certainly increase the price
of Molasscs, unless for the that is an in
voluntary product of the Sugar Planters"
ain that prodigality of thoughtlessness which so
often characterizss the Southern AntTariff Party,
at seemed, at time, resolved to concentrate
their forces against Sugar, that Louisiana, in the
Senate, might be permanently "detdehed" from
what they have boon pleased to call the "northern
policy" and in the bitterness of our heart, except
because of the liberal and worthy people of that
State, we have almost ishod that this thing might
have been accomplished by the South.-n further
and full vcrifcaton of the saying, QUEEN Deus uult
Perdere priuS dementdt: but could not wish that
though the Incorporating enmity of the own
ers of black slaves against the successful labor of
free white men, seemed to deserve the terrible pu-
nlshmcnt which it had devised for Others for some
of these have had the audacity to say, that invo-
luntary, slave labor, should rather be sncoura-
ged than that of free white citizens of the United
States! If the duty on Sugar were tondha1ked,
and the present laborers on tho sugar plantations
turned over to the cultivation of cotton, (or which
the land is equally fttcd,) what would be the fate
of lower Virginia and South Carolina? Cotton
can be cultivated much cheaper in Louisiana than
In these parts of the country, and it is, besides,
more valuable articlc-and transfer of labor in
the last named State from Sugar to Cotton, would
Immediately add to the already ovcr-supplied
ket, not less than 300, 900 huge bales! And what
1hcn-aye, 1chat then? We much inclined to
say "what them" but shall not, at this time. South
Carolina can more bear the full competition of
Louisiana i'll the product of Cotton, than wool
len manufactures, (yct in their infancy,) bear
up against the long protected and faithfully esta-
blishcd woollcn manufactures of England But the
reason for these disabilities are totally different
Sol and climate give the advantage to Louisiana,
and also to Alabama, South Carolina--and
the planters in the two first named States may do
profitable business at prices that will deSoLate
South Carolina, though labor in both shall be, it
is, performed by the same kind of persons-sub
sisted in the same way. But the manufacture of
wool is not performed by the same kind of persons
ID England and America, and, we hope in Cop,
yer will be! 1t is by pduper subjects in the first,
but by free and Saucy citizens in the last; who
"know their rights" and ",eiH maintain them"