Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-31
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n SOUTH AyD pRorEcrIyg DUTIES

THE SOUTH AND PROTECTIVE DUTIES
We copy with pleasure the fllowing, from the Sa-
vannah Republican, in reference To the subject Of
protective duties Il Is most gratifying to witness
the changes which are fast taking place throughout
the South in reference TO a subject a. important to that
section OF the Union as to the North. 10 have prop
ehy Understood.
Protective Daties-Tbis subject uf late years has
been made as complete a bug-bear.ns possibly can he.
ond one cannot propose n moderate duty Of protection
but The cry of 1.-The accused Tariff" is rung through
all its changes-lt becUnos the people uf the SouIh
To examine this matter for themselves. and not i'm.
port opinions on n subject Of vial importance 10 them
md whirh they should weigh in The scale Of their
own interests. regardless Of prejudice. That il is
The interest Of England and France. to food US with
their manufactures and Injuries. and drain US oruur
specie. there is little doubt, and we should consider.
II in order to keep mp this advantage. they do not
tak more about lree-irade Than they practice. Lot
US see what articles of American produce are al.
miticd into ihOse countries for a less duty than So
per cent and upwards. Is il Rice. Gram. Flour
Timber. Naval stores. Provisions or iobaccoi No. u
IL Cotton alone, and that. inio England. where thoy
cynnot dispense with u. TO keep their immense fac.
tories in motion.
But they have measures already in progress. which
promise TO be successful, to supersede the nee essiiy
Of depending upon us for CoIhn. Their experiments
In India have proved successful. & they find they can
obtain from here just as good an article a. any ofours
AS soou.rhercfore,as they make s)me further prog:ess
we shall see n heavy duty laid on our Cotton. to the
protection Of theirs. Our Foreign demand will be
lessened, and our planters will not find sale for al
they can produce. They mus, then turn their a.
tention IL other objects of industry. and that will
doubtless be manufactures or the culture Of Silk. 4
Is then. that they will see the advantage Of check.
ing by moderate duties. the heavy influx Of the sur
plu gnods of OverstOcked Europe, and preventing
n balance of trade, which run be no longer paid IL
produce. hut must certainly be paid in specie. Thi,
is the case OF this time. for Notwithstanding our large
croPs, bnih north aud south. and our increased eI
ports. SPECIE is carried from New York by almost
svery packet. Particularly so to France. 10 whom
M State debts are due. showing the great drain {,
be created. by The almost free insress OF Trench wine.
and Silks.
Tue views Of Southern people have been much
changed of late years, and they do not view pro
ieciive dulles with quite so dstempered IN eve
Tor their own factories are already growing 10. Ir
Georgia, there are Cotton factories, Eatonton, Athen,
and elsewhere; in North and SDuth Carolina and
Virginia. there are several, and they will continue
to increace. II is ohly within a moth that 100 bale.
Of Cotton Yarns have been shipped from this State
To other markets. This is n good omen. for the time
is not distant. when we shall find our best markel
Tor Cotton al home. and we shall then be a self de
pen lent people. A war with England would show
~ the vIlne and necessity of this. nnd for this we
should be preparing.