Southern planter., 1832-12-15
:, 1A1ss1Ss1PR1 SATURDAY MORNING. DnonNrBrR Is 1sao

Ihete is no right which cnte norc eesentinIlv no
Inst conception Of liberty, than that of the lieo and
unrestricted use Of the productions Of our ndnslr,
This clearly involves the rpht of carving he pro.
duclions of that industry wherever thew can be
most advanlageously exchanged, whether ~ ~Goreion
or domestic markets South Carolinn produces. al.
most exclusively, agrcur lral siaplcs which derive
thoir principal value from the demand for them m
ioregn countries Under these c,,cun,s,s,..,
her natural markets are nbroad: and resrictiye I'M.
'iesimposed upon her intercourse with tbose mail
cts, diminish the exchangcable yaluc of her ptodnc.
TONS very nearly 10 The foil extent of tbose dut,e,
Under system Of free trade, the aggregate crop
OF South Carolina could be exchanged C,r a larper
qnanliiyo OF manufactures. by at least one third.
than ltcan be now exchanged for under the protec.
lng system Il is no less evident. that the value of
that crop IS diminished by tho protecting system
very nearly if not precisely, 10 the extent that the
aggregate quantity Of manufactures which can be-
obialned for il, is diminished is. indeed. strict.
ly and phllosophically true, that the quantlty Of
consumable commodities which can be obtained
lor the cotton and rice annually produced by the
industry ofi state IS u precise measure of their
aggregate value. But for the prevalent and habitu.
al error Of conioundng the money price with the
eXchangelble value of 0ui agricultural staples.
these propositions would be regarded AZ selfeyi.
dent. II the protecting duties we've repealed. onr
hundred bales OF cotton or one hundred barrels of
rice would purchase as large quantity Of manuiac.
Inres' as one hundred and fifty will now purchase
The annual income of the state, lts means Of pur
chasIng ana consuming the necessaries and com
forts and luXuries Of life, would be increased IN a
corresponding degree.
Almost the entire cotton crop Of Soutb Carroll
m. nmounfIuU onnunllv IA tn,... a.
of dollars, is ultimately exchanged either for for
elgn manufactures, subject to protecting duties. or
for similar domestic manufactures. The natural
value Of that crop would be an the msnuf,c,ures
which we could obtain for il, under system of IN.
restricted commerce. The artificial value. prodn.
ccd by The unjust aud unconstitutional Lepisntion
of Congress. IS only such part of those mnnuhc
lures as will remain after ayinga duty of fifty per
cent 10 the Government, or, Ia speak with more
precision, TO the Northern manufacturers. To
make this obvious to the humbes comprehension.
let II be supposed that the whole of the present
crop should be exchanged, by the planters them.
selves, Tor those foreign manufactures for winch
II Is destined, by the inevitable course of trade Ia
be ultimately exchanged either bv themselves ar
their agents. Let II be also assumed. in conGnrmi.
y with the facts of the casc thar New Jersey. for
example, produces Of the very same descriDtion of
manufactures, quantity equal to that which is
purchased 10y the cotton crop of South Carolina.
We have, then, two states of the saine conlcdera-
cy, bound TO bear an equal share of the burihens.
and entitled to enjoy an equal share of the ben
efits of the comnon government with precisely the
same quantity Of productions, Of the same quality
and kind, produced by their lawful industry. We
appeal 10 your candor and 10 your sense of Justice
TO say whether South Carolina has not a title as
sacred and indcleasbe to the full and undiminisb
ed enjoyment Of these productions of her industry,
acquired by the combined operations of agriculture
and commerce, as New Jersey can have 10 the like
enjoyment Of similar pr .ducions of her industry.
acquired by the process of manufacture? Up0n
no principle OF constitutional right-upon no prn-
clple OF human reason or Justice, can any dscrim-
inaton be drawn between the niles of South Caro-.
Ina aud New Jersey 10 these productions Of their
capital and labor. Yet what is the discrimination
actually made by the UNJUST unconstitutional and
partial Legislation of Congress9 A duty, on an
average, of fifty per cent is imposed upon the pro-
duclons Of South Carolina, while no duiy at all is
imposed upon the similar productions of New Jcr.
sey! The inevitable result is, that the manuhc.
lures thus lawfully acquired by the honest industry
Of South Carolina, are worth, annually, three mil
lions of dollars less 10 her citizens than the very
same quantity of the very same description of man.
uhctures arc worth 10 the citizens of New Jersey
a difference Of value produced exclusively by the
operation Of the protecting system.
No ingenuity can either evade or refute this prop.
osilion The very axioms of geometry arc not
more selEevdont. For even if the planters of s.
Carolina, IN the case supposed, were TO sell and not
TO consume these productions Of their industry, il
Is plain that they could obtoip no higher price for
them, after paying duties to the amount Of S30OO,-
600 than the manufacturers of New Jersey would
obtain for the same quantity Of the same kind of
manufactures without paying any duty at ALL
This single view Of the subject, EXHIBITS the
enormous inequality and injustice Of the protecting
system in such light, atwe feel the most couso-
ling confidence that we shall be fully justified By
the impartial judgment Of posterity, whatever may
be the issue Of this unhlppy controversy. We
confidently appeal to our conlederated States, and
10 the whole world TO decide whether the annals Of
human Legislation furnish parallel instance Of in.
justice and oppression perpetraled under the forms
of a free government. However it may be disgui-
scd by the complexly Of the process by which It is
effected il is nothing less than the monslrous out
rage of taking three millions of dollars annually,
from the value Of the productions Of South Caro-
lima and transferring it to the people Of other and
distant communities No human Government, can
rlghtfully exercise such power. Il violates the
pripatploa If unfufal iustipa and convprts