Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-03-09

/ paying n0ne-to transmute the duty into
bounty TO the manufactures and. just so far
| as this end is attained-that is to say, Just so
far as the tariff is protectiUe-must il cut of
the public revenue. Dove not all remem-
Der, that the leading argument in favor off
the protecting provisions of the tarilfof 1924,
was, that they were necessary, "to put down
Il ruinouS foreign competition :" aud did not
one ofthe fathers of that bill publicly declare,
that the vital principle of the system was,
that the nation should command its own con-
sumption, and that when the nation should
command its own consumption, importations
| and imposts would cease" Sir, there are
two distinct features in the tariff of lS24-re-
venue and protection. 1t is the former that
has filled our Golfers and paid off the public
debt ; and, so far as the latter has operated
at all, it must have diminished the revenue,
and delayed the extinction of that debt
Sir, will put il TO the candor OF he gen.
tleman, whether, fthe protecting duties UNI
der the tariff of 1924 had been less, the rev.
enue would not have been greater, and that,
too, without adding 10, but on the contrary,
diminishing the burthens Of the people, since
they would have obtained the article of their
consumption in increased quantities, and at a
cheaper rate, and been relieved from the
heavy tax which they have been compelled
TO pay to the American manufactured
Why, Sir, the policy of 1924 actually taxed
to prohibition large amount of goods for
merly imported From a report made by
the Secretary of the Treasury, in January,
1880, il appears that these prohibited arti-
cles amount TO about 5000, cooper annum,
being one sixth part of the whole ofour im-
ports. Has this part Of the policy contrbut-
ed TO fill your Golfers {? Sir, the case is too
plain for further argument, and tried by this
test, the policy must be utterly condemned.
The next test by which the gentleman
proposes TO try this system, is "the rich fruits
which it has scattered over the country
Sir, where are they TO be found? Is it in
that quarter. We have heard great deal
of the flourishing condition of the manufac-
turing establishments elsewhere, but where
are the manufacturing villages, the joint
stock companies, the splendid dividends, and
other evidences of prosperity 10 be found in
the west! | submit TO the candor ofthe gem
tleman, whether the benefits OF tic project
ing system, so far as the west is concerned,
do not still rest an hope-whether the system
would be sustained TO day, if it were not for
| its supposed connection with Internal I'M
rovements-whether it is not indebted for
its popularity, In that quarter, to the unhsp-
| py, the fatal marriage between the tariff and
internal improvements union which yet
hope 10 see dissolved. TWAS letfhanded-an
unlawful marriage, & surely those whom God
hath not joined man may put asunder. Sir,
there are doubtless some hourishing manu-
| factories scattered here an there throughout
the western cOuntry-chiefiy confined, how
ever, 10 situations beyond the reach of for
eign competition, and owing nothing to the
] d. al.
( been rendered prosperous by the establish
ments appeal confidently TO their actual
condition at this time. it'll regard TO the
gentleman own State, will apply lest
which cannot deceive us. When the policy
of "a was before Congress, the Senator
from Kentucky stood forth as its champion,
and it was my lot to attempt to answer his
arguments. 1t is true, Sir, that his speech
was made in the other House, and mine on
this floor; but his argument had been sent
forth as the manifesto of the party-it was
printed in pamphlet and laid on the tables
the Senators, and, embodying the view Of
the tariff party, ii was impossible for me 10
pass il over | well remember, therefore,
that, on the occasion, the gentleman argued,
that Kentucky was to participate in the pro-
tectng system by raising large quantities OF
hemp, and supply the Southern States with
cotton bagging and he strongly insisted
that she was then only prevented from so do
ing, by the ruinous competition of the ncon-
siderable Scotch towns of Inverness and Dun
dee And what is it, Sir, that we hear now
after the lapse of eight years? The old
story repeated. Kentucky still deprived of
the benefits Of the protecting system by those
formidable rivals, Inverness and Dundee. e.
They still constitute 'tthe lion in the path.p
and foreign manufactures ever will be Sd
lion in the path" to those whose pros
perity depends on the protecting system.--.
We know that the manufacture of cotton
bagging is simple process, requiring hard
~ any skill or capital, and yet the great State
of Kentucky cannot get along with it, in
consequence of the formidable rivalship Of
two miserable Scotch towns, the inhabitants
OF which are said TO be o poor and destitute,
that they are obliged TO import their fuel, and
send TO Dantzic, 1900 miles up the Baltic,
for their hemp, paying freight equal TO tho
first cost. 1t is perfectly clear therefore,
that Kentucky has not realized the promised
! blessing OF the protecting system and am
told, that il is substantially true ofthe whole
west. But, Sir, il the west has gained moth
! ing by this system, she has had her share Of
! the taxes which IL imposes-she has paid her
| proportion of the duties TO the government,
and bounties to the manufacturers; and in
consequence Of the dire calamities the sys-
tenn has inflicted upon the south-blasting
our commerce and whitening our prosperity
The west has very nearly been deprived OF
/ her best customer When the policy Of
! 1924 went into operation, the south was sup
! piled from the west, through a single ayen-
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