Southern planter., 1832-05-26
MARK

How much better off the CANADIAN colonists arc
than the Frcemen the South.
The Quebec Gazette holds the following Ian
guase on the subiec, Of the American System;
Our duties on the whole of our imports do not
perhaps average onesiNth ofthOse paid by tho u
nited States. The effect is felt in the annual in.
crease of our trade, and increasing wealth and com.
i9rts OF our Population. Ga. las duties could not
however, give 10 our trade and Industry d,o ;sa
pulse which il has lately received, without the aid
Of the American Tariff. II proves nearly as bene-
fetal 70 these Provinces as the American Embargo
Of 1910. and we shall, without being very solicit
ious Of discovering the cause be happy to find that
the majority Of the people oftwo neighborng coun.
tries continue to be satisfied with system Of du.
ties on imporlations so very different
We believe that tho dIfties on importations into
the United States f6m those colonies along tho
frontier from the Bag Of Fundy 10 Detroit, dis
tance Of nearly fileen hundred miles, Is the same
as on imporiations by sea; while on our side, inn
portaiions from the United States are only subject
to our low duGes Our people generally find no
Inconvenience in this. and arc only desirous that
our duties should be still lower, and il is to be hop
ed that this object will finally be obtained
In that case there will be fair trial of the old
system Of protecting industry by taxation which
Mr.. Clay has adopted, and dignifed with the name
ofthe American system, and tho free trade system,
which we are happy TO be able to agree with Mr..
Clay, is fast becoming the British colonial system.
Mr.. Van Buren, in his reply to tho letter Of con.
doence from his friends in New York, upon his re-
ecllon by the Senate, speaking of Gen jackson
snys "To have serred under such chief, and to
have won his confidence and esteem Is sufficient,
glory" &c.
n 4
ion of the course ofthe Senate, for il demonstrates
that MIR Van Bnren is very unfit representative a.
lrnad ofa republican Government. In reading this
eminent, we can almost fancy that we are fallen
back to the time OF the Caesars translated TO an
Eastern despoiism, aud lslenngto the iawning fiat
'ery of servant Of the palace. That, at this age
of general enlightenment prominent agent Of the
sovereign people oithis country, should have de-
scended TO such unseeming man-worship, Is depth
If degradaion that could not have been anticipated
from the most grovelliBg sycophant. II, however,
Mr. Yan Bunen be satisfied with the service Of the
masters the constitution has provided him, and look
elsewhere for support and reward, lot him take the
consequences of his choice, and seek wages from
he public lfthe confidence and esteem Of Gen.
Jackson be sufficient glory, the confidence and es-
ieon Of the people cannot be properly demanded.
The affected phrase by which Gen. Jackson is de-
scribed as the Chief sounds harshy on the ear, as
loo closely connected with military domination.
Mr. Marcy, the manager Of Mr. Van Burcn in the
Senate, has openly ayowed the principle that offices
belong to the successful party as the spols' ofvic
tory; and Mr.. Van Buren, in this passage, upon the
same principle, seems 10 consider the Presidency
as a regular conquest ofa chief who may fairly de-
vide its rewards among its vassals. Not only in
this phrase, but in the administration Of the Gov.
ernmeni generally, tho Presidency appears to be re-
parded, not so much an agency for the public good,
as an instrument, through the power Of appoint
msnt, ofrewarding political fiends One may OPP
pose ad lbaurD the great measures Of ihc admins