Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-12

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iureIs, and he has moro than minated that IN,
burdens of n tariff fall principally upon the South.
As our attention has been called to this subject, LEI
us conparc the population ofthe South with inc IA
pula,ion Of the Moth, that we may be able TO de-
cido this question. Take the cotton, growing
states, and nearly one half Of their en,irc
population nre slaves. Now, il cannot ho
pretended, Tor single moment Tho, 49,,
population consume any thing lik. The amount If
du,iabe articles which ia consumed bv The S,ea
nn'nion Mt the North. Their food nn1 their clo,L.
ing pay but little duty. White all this chs, n,
Southern population contribute hut little 10 ,h 80
port Of the Government, the l'boring classes NJ IL
North are in the constant Of those article, Va ~
pay revenue To the Government. Their C,oL
her dress, tho furniture ni their houses nll con,r
outo 10 tho national treasury. five allow thnt m,
wealthy portion tho Southern population consu,,o
an equal amount Of du,inblc articles wit, IN, .nn,s
class nj the North, suppose IL will he found truc
my mere - ',rser portion fihc white population
:" 'hs southern States who nre moor than will Lao
found in tho Northern States The opcrntiy.s az 20
.o.'Sn NM consume articles paying ten times -.
"Gea nuy ms the s'mc number cf Southern sioy,s'
m. Sell, anu worse than idle to pretend that
NC SCUM ~ moro heavily taxed tb,n tho Nj
| INC ruin ~ the very reverse of this f. -,
char'ctcr and nahi,s II nur population Nh, ~ ''e
VI .nNauon mus; iall more heavily upon IN. MI
bu'' pc,hins, II may tees said TINT tho free ,,,,.,.
those which are used in manufacturer, =. 10
Suneu NJ the Nor'h marc than nj the South III,
may he true. But some of tbes, Iroe ,,,;.t wa
WOO, MEOW cents. for cx,mplc--und some Of tho
I cn n
express benefit Of our Southern friends H.. 'o
nave Official documents which will deed, This -.
uon' communication from 'he Trrnsnrv D.
"c"', SUBMITTED 20 the 26th Congress, giving n do.
taied account OF the i,nurrutone into nh. e =. uo
STATES, from the year 1921 to Is3g sbov. ,L :. @
AVERAGE ratio per cent. actually mid on Tho H.,
amount "' 'mrorlo,inns, including the FREQ NO =, ,i
~ .ne uo,noie nriclcs amounted in NJ ..s,ch,,ss,,.
10 - per cent, aud in South C,rolin, IN CT os
per cent. makinc difference of 10 ner cen, l.; .
OF South Carolina. And still il is repcqcn,,d,t
.ne south bear tho greater part Of the burdens 80
the Government ~ S'''e"s VI
oro "u Mo'uh, even as compared wi the West.
are taxed tho more heavily by imnos, dn,;ss
ms Is no subject OF complaint bv N,,,i,o,r
men, " arises, not from any inconnli,v in NM
,a"s, tut grows gu, of the nature If Tho c,sn
nno an NV countries the inhabitants depend moro
upon 'he'r own rroduc,s FOR food and ar. los
'rWagant IN their Dress han in older G -tt,cn,on, w
ul''" ,hr son'oo'rd, have more temniniinns IN H.
~ nnn ext'avnsence in dressing onr per,on, 'nI
Western wilderness S" Hi mo
we nave been told upon this floor Tim, -, d..
.r'h'ha'ln, t''ii was tax nnon Southern Labor
uo,nc'ees, Nonh'rn capital. Tie contest, ,ent,e,nn
tcl us. IS te'wecn Northern capital ond So,,,t.e
lnboi! Mir SPEAKER. wish 10 nssou no no", ~
INC county; but, sir, compelled 10 saw ,ho,
th> truth IS the very Of this I, i Son,Ln,
I capital against Nnthern | Dor. The North Inns r.,
I'em,Y oc,n tann'cd MS being rich aud sruspny.
Ient'cncn hfve pointed 10 our manufactured, IT
lagos as evidence That we were f,,t,nip, ,,,,T -
amor at what they denominntc the ,-rc,t n,nd,,.;
STATE: Bot why do gentlemen poin, TO onr n,on,,-
'Hc'ur'ns vill7gcs? Let them look 10 on, son
r"usn ana rugged as il is. and con,pnre M, cui,;
V'ed hclds ~ih their cxhau. ted .oil and b,i,t
tNa'cd Plantations, and ask themselves xb,,hs
,hHy cannot account for this difference hv o,r
employ. " tue laoor
nor is 1t true that our manufactures M. c,rr;oa
w or o"neu oY me wealthy. to the extent thu, p,n
u ,fA wonld represent. Many of our cotton aud
lilo
small capital-thn laborers in the mill. o- 800; w
portion oi The property. Many snecies nj n,,SS,
lectures prosecuted in Massachusetts (ord I h
oi my own State only because | can sneak of Lcr
more nndorstandngly than of any oth,r\ reo,,;
but very little capital. We ranufoc,ur. Ion,f III
shoes to the amount of Sis 600 900 n,nunIIv To-;
urge sum rs 10 great extent the product ,c -
nc conversion 81 raw hide into shoes i, rrodu,.J
ny human o'. The minuficture Of furni,nrc al
chairs amounts TO 81 SOC, 900 annually nnd I,Lo !;
inc principal ingredert in this Product, TIC s.,ro
10 Uuc OF mats, which nre manufactured m ,hc
n,,o ui OF eoouI s,oo,ooo per year. The annual
S2,oOO,O0O and this begins and ends !, L.
,'por, TOO mostly performed by women mi Eli
dren t'y the official statistics Of M,se,rbnso,, :,
w.. oe seen hn' mere are produced annually o(hese
liitc articles, these household manuioc,u,esI.rho 90
straw nnd palm leaf hats and bonneis-n -, -"
amount. In some towns, where such articles ,,o
manufactured the amount in lollnrs is ION ,;r,os
'he amount ct the roanlnton Of the town; and in
some lew cases twice that amount ba, 9
a town OF two thousand inhabiinr will
produce oil straw, palm-lenf, and articles of this
character, s2OOpO and, in soma cases. $40 600
though, in the latter case, n portion of tbc o,;.I
partly manufactured was obtained in the adiacent
towns. These articles are, To srent jcs,e. H.
product oil labor, and are produced principally bv
the women and children. And i, is bv unrem,,,;rr
toll, by patient and continual npnlicotion I'm, h.
procucts are brought forth. By means such os
these, hundreds of poor families Of lone widowsnnd
destitute orphans, are supported.
And would gladly ask my friend from Sop,b
Carolina whether he car present picture like th;s
from his own State; whothcr the females or tbo
males there will submit toll like thisl He knors
that they will not. And still he speaks Of our ma,
nuac'urers ms though they were all men of over
grown capital, rolling in luxury and in wealth,
will give the gentleman n specimen of Yankee ma
nuiacturcs. There IRE gentlemen within fifteen mr.
twenty miles Of my residence who manufacture
wooden And what Mr. Speaker do vou
suppose they producel wiIlelI you. They ma
nunctu-c pals, and wash bo1rds md mon .handlss
nnd clothes pins. And where do you sun pose thew
find market for these s,np.G commodities? will
tell You. They send them into the Western will
derncss' They have actually an ngency in Mis-
sour, 10 which these articles are sent for sale
We have another class Of manu- ,ctures of , DIFF
ieront character Oar cotton, woollen, glass. iron.
and paper manufactures turn out an annual nroduc,
about equal to tho capital invested Take all our
manufactures together. and the annual produr, ia
NJ least one third moro than the CAPITAL invcs,cJ -
Rot that the annual product in so much c'eor gain.
iT otherwise. The interest md insurance on Tho
capital and fabric the Of the raw mn,crsI Tho
cost Of the labor, and other incidental cbnrscs o,c
MI To he dedu tod. la fact, n company NAV ,prn
oh IN nnnun product greater thnn the cnpi,nl in
vestcd, and still prosecute their business at n loss
From this vow % our manufactures il will bo
seen that our fabrics IL great degree the pro.
duct nj labor, md not ~ capital. Bu, how is il
with the nroturtS Of the South} Take their front
staple. cotton; n what is that tho produrt7 of labor
or nj captn3 OF cnuiinl, almos' exclusively Their
lands IRE capital md their slaves are canital, nndo
s. 10y their own laws IL stric'nets II aorech tbev
'nve no labor in the sense in wi ici that word 10
used, ne distinguished fom clpital in the produce
'on NJ their cotton crop, If we e1cent the overa.ers
and tho few white men who nrc employed 10 ,ln
institutions and laws NJ the South their slaves ara
noneriy-cn?iinl in the same sense TINT our nm
ch'nery IS; End, when they talk Of protecting their
abof, they mean II they any thing, protecting
their property.
In ibis view Of the subject | cliim M orieinoli,v.
Mr. woodbury., TINT Northern man with Southf IN
principles Mr. Woodbury., late Secretary whose
authority will no. be disputed by nv friend from
Souih Carolina presents the same wow in his re-
port upon cotton in 1896 lie estimates tho vbol,
amount of capital employed in the cotton culture M
CAPITAL in lands 1923 600 600
Capital IN slaves Ana OOn onn
Capital in horses, cattle, sc. 2OdOOOOO
FLOATING capital, for taxes, tools,
oVerseerf, &c sO.6OO,OOO
Making n grand toinl Of s77t ono OoO
p, WIN these facts staring them in tho ince. will
Southern gentlemen this n1or have the oCT,on,e,v
to toll rs that tho doctrine n protection iq con.
tcst between NO-thcrn ,n,t,I ,,,t -,