The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-06-02

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opFrsle very sdvsnisgeonsly. The eoun
try 50 understands il. and knows. TOO. 10
what Influences is destruction Is anr.bs
table. But must take leave nf this parl
Of the subject. have fsng6ed The Senate
aud myself. loo. by hobbllng along IN This
kind 81 running 6ghi.
During ihe remarks upon ibis rsrt Of
the subject. TIE honorable Ssnsior from
South CarnIins replied 10 and commented
upon some parts 81 the speech Of The Sc
nsior from Ksniurky. (Mr. clsy.l sho
rose and said. he should decline answer
ing. but Ihefssfier should insist that the
Senator from Rhode Island should be per.
milled 10 90 on without interruption.
Mr.. Calhoun said he should NOT have ia
ierroplfd 50 oiIen, bot The appeals and
illusions were male 10 him personally. I
Mr.. Simmons. Ihave made no person
nj sllusion in any offensive sense. hope.
The remarks applied 10 ihe sFgnmenls
end observation. Of The Senator. and not
10 him; and turned towards him ihal |
nigh, be understood. in order 10 convince
even him. as well as the Srn t.. that II
The disInbn'ive administration nf The mo
ney Of lhis Government should actually
become Is local aad partial in i's character
Is in the instsnce he has put Of The two
counties, IL would fnrnish no ground for
The notification of law made 10 raise
supplies. OF Of serious complaint from
those parts OF The country whose people
might moi get employed.
will now examine The other ground
Of camplsini-which is the supposed inc.
qualify Of the burdens imposed upon dil-
lerent paris Of the country. BY the pro.
posed mode Of levy ing daiifs.
The honorable Senator from South
Carolina Mr.. Calhoun) has repeatedly
called upon me (when memorials in favor
Of protection have been presen,ed) 10 show
why il WAS, that the people Of the South
regarded these duties as oppressive, and
that 81 the North they were pe,i,ioning
Tor them 10 be laid.
confess il does seem strange that such
q geographical dis inclion should exist.
and appesr TO be Influenced solely hy cit
mate. | cannot 80 well tell why The
Sonlh complain so bitterly sbuul paying
duties, but will explain why the North
do not make these complaints.
We OF the North look II This matter Of
psying the expenses Of Government as |
necessary thing. We keep perfectly cool
and conclude they must be paid in some
form or other. Bnt in Other parts Of The
county they would seem to think that,
il they can gel rid Of. or lessen, The duty
on a given article, they can avoid paying
II altogether; whereas, if il is taken of
Of one article. il has surely 10 be put on
TO another. The amount must be paid
in some way.
The controversy which created so much
disQuiei in The country from 1928 10 1888,
had its origin in theoretical, rather than
practical evils. The docirine commended
for al the South was, that uniform rate
OF duty should be laid upon all articles
--ihose that came in competition with
our own products, and ihose which did
not. | shall presently say something oI
its adjustment; but | am first TO answer
the questions repeatedly asked OF one by
the Senator from South Carolins, why II
is that The North DO not consider il bur.
den 10 have a high duty laid on some ar
ticles, and low duty, or no du'y al all,
on others!
have already said we know The ex
penses must be paid: and | will answer
these questions as II The Senator were
really couecl in saying that the duty en-
HANGED the price; which. howeser. Is mol
the fact. in most il not all cases who're an
adequate supply, or nearly So, can be !nr
nished by ourselves. | will take The su.
gar duty for an example, (that has been
81 cents per h.. equal to 80 per cent. al
Ieas. on the foreign cost. and the article
of coffee. which is free. We ofihe North
can raise neither; our climate is not adapt
Ell to their culture. The South raise SUI
gar, and The duty is all laid on the foreign
sugar. Why do We not insist that IL
should be laid half on each. according tn
the Southern doctrine! Simply because
il makes no difference, in The cost Of a
cup OF coffee, whether the duty IS all pu'
on :he sugar. or lsidhalf and hall IN each.
When we take up cup Of coffee tn drink,
il really is not always We think that we
are paying ajax; and if ths, thought should
glance across our mind. il would noi spoil
the sweetening, 10 suppose tha'our South
ern friends we're getting some encourage
ment and protection for their labor IN
raising sugar, by having The duty thus
laid: il would make the dish even more
palstsble; and We should take il Int. AMI
make a good breakfast: while our South
ern trends. bent upon the'r theory, t'hs,
duties must be alike on all ARTICLES. would
90 into their abstract reasoning To show
how much they we're oppressed by put
| ting the duty on The sugar. instead OF The
sugar and cutf.e bn,h; get lnia passion
abouti', and at last make poor breaklas
. on cold coffee aud bad logic.
When we think OF the taxes we pay on
molasses, We satisfy ourselves by tae lac
that in every instance in our history
IL. H.. Laa., SaI thu