The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-18

are for equal benefits anu lol -,
1890 Nc never Nill consent 1hA'
ss,isiss aIIu.uTy, NhIsb arc consumed
4, n, rI.h, shsll be imported Tree o.
Ss,V- md articles u usesssl1y, con
ssGtd by de peer. shall be buraTnso
.ith An ths means Of taxaiioh, usfe-
n Zoe .bs benefit Of The manniae.efsrs.
ih,, has been the source Of all oar
s,rax.Ie. ,nd difficulties heretofore.
I, zane we'll nigh once plugging ihls
country in al tie hOrrOrs Of civil
commclion. By ell the exciting as
socistiOns eOnneetrd With thai gloomy
neriod. 4 enirest gentlemen sho YET
cherish the fsvOriis idea Of diseIinin-
alton and protection, TO sesnaon y
forever. You cannot enforce II With
gu, endaBgerins The stability Of the
Union.
Then there are ultra men on The
other side. Who oppose this measure
simpI, because IL is an imposition Of
duty, without rsisrrnre 10 The objects
on y hich u is intended 20 operate, or
without looking 81 the real cause oil
that long aud uniform opposition
shich ~ss v aged by the south against
The tariffs 81 "a and '2s. The SEN
iIemsn from Mississippi Mr.. \ homp-
sonl srrms perfectly horrified a. tbs
nrs tariff. ss nc calls Il, and asks y
this same measure Of duty ou i'm
ports has nollong bren the great cause
of complaint and difficulty beiwern
the south and the north. lean answer
his question. and tell him no. The
south never complained oI the rese'
nue. for the supporio Of The Government
being collected from duty on forrigu
articles.
TMr. Thompson begged leave 10 ex
plain. lie said he did not mean 10 inii
mate that the south VAS opposed TO raising
. revenue from customs. What he ssit
Was, that . tar on foreign Importation
had been The great cause Of complaint OF
the pan Of The south.
Mr.. r. A tar on The foreign imports
tons! Exactly. sir. That Is the sam,
hing. siill lake issue with The gen
ilsmsn. I deny that The south has eve
complained that the revenue for the sup
port OF the Government, was raised by /
iax on foreign inporlaiions.
The south well knows. and always hs
known, that !, 10 The only practicable
mode Of supporting the Gorernmsn
among people Is sensitive as ours ar
on The subject Of direct taxation. Il i
the principle Of discrimination Tor th'
protection Of The manufacturers in a Ger
Tain section, Of which the south has al
ways complained. A protection which
while il increases the cost Of consump
lion 10 all sections alike. jet diffuses il
advantages in the vicinity Of the manu-
fac,ures OF the north, wiihou, b,ingin,
any correls,ive blessing 10 us Of III
south. The south is not only willing d
contribute lie revenue aud its wealth. bu
i,s blood. IL need be. in ssppori Of III
Government and the Union. The obicc
contemplated by the proposition Of m.
friend from New Yoik, 70 the very him
we have always contendej for. Th
North has heretofore refused 10 grant
10 us--lhey would not caIceds il in ID
compromise aet-bul now, IL | under
stand them Alright, they are willing :
| yield il. and can We hesitate 10 accept ii
My eloquent friend from s. Carolins, mi
Thompson) who addressed Ne so ably IN
other day. has put This matter in It's pro
per light lie has proven, from the record
hat an equalization Of duties, upon IN
protected and unprotected articles, wa
thegrsal object eon,ended for by the di.
,inguishsd southern statesmen who min
e!ed in The political conflicts oi y: ..
'33. Sir, We are now es'opped, virtual
ly esioPped from otjecling 10 this pro?O
si,irn. / thank my friend from Soul
Carolina for the gallant manner in whicj
he has met this question al the ser
threshold. IL came with a peculiar fl
ness from him. He comes from regio
OF political dsrknt s., though sIill from q
oasis in desert waste. His position i
one Of high moral sublImity. Despite al
the efforts Of persecution al home, be Ia
stood up for years. almost single handle
and alone, as the unterri6ed advocate @
liberty and truth. With heroic course
be has refused 10 quail before power an
prescription, and whether al home or oI
this floor, he has. with a giants arm, sha
ken of his asssiIsn,s, as {" the lion woul
shake The dew drops from his name.
lie says ha is sw are that The den agnsu
cry oil Tariff! Tariff! will be raised 10
the purpose Of exciting popular pr.judic,
against him al home. That is probable
! sm aware that. humble as am, I shall
be subjected to The same charge. Blu
J my friend Gen. Thompson) need civ,
himself no uneasiness on lha, account
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