New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-30
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The slavery Question.

| Southern notion. Of Free Trade are great az
.ncro1chment on the rights If the North. a Adolf
| tion j. on the rights OF the South. and want TIC
| apology OF bencyolence. The free rade system
| ieleats the very end, FOR which government wa
| instituted, namely. to promote the happiness OF
he citizens AID to the independence Of ~
Country from foreign aggression. In order 20 e.
ect these Objects the resources OF tae Country must
De rendered available, and the labor Of TIE GU
zeHs must be- employed to furnish me necessary
| article. required for general consumption IN time
| If peace. and 10 equip armies and furnish them
| with all the material for defensive ~ar without
| being dependent upon Foreign Countries tor sup
plies. either for the Country or Army
| Irfict upon this country the Free Trade system
# twenty per cent duty for three successive years
| and every furnace aud forge. and rolling mui 10
,oersfion in the Atlantic State. and on the Ono
| tennessee and Cumberland rivers, (wEcr- force n
ron can be supplied az low ireight-.) "l. have
| 70 suspend operations. except 80 far A. j. uece--
AIRY FOR the supply Of boiler iron which commands
| 4 a CHER price than the foreign auic.s Eeen
scotch pig could BE- delivered on Lake Inc at
szs prce per ton than i could be produced IN the
| al dining country.
| Bar iron can be delivered at the Dover iron
works on the Cumberland river al a less prce
| han i pad for the bloom, from which the iron
| there fOilf0. MI i TT lNc lVA 4"A'!'Nh h4'ti'
hat would suffer; all the manuiact.rie, If blank
cts. calicoes fine woolcus and cotton. and cutlery,
would .e closed and the capital and -,ill cm-
| 3leycd ia them boz lost to the country. And
| should the nation be involved ia q wal the enemy
would find her impoverished and po"eress, de-
pendo for many OF the necessary article, Of con-
-urnp,sn and mean. Of defence, on iorsi-n sup
ply. The clothing and equipment Of our oliccr,
| lud even the blankets OF our soldiers. would have
| TO bc obtained from abroad. And If the PROSTATE
| and half extingmshcd energies of the country
could be aroused years Of priwdiou and suffering
mus, be endured before the manufacturing interest
Of the country could be call,d into action, and IT,
prostrated resources restored 10 prosperous con-
iiton.
| If it l. inquired. what Is 20 be offered az an
quvalent for all this ruin. and sacrifice of tine n-
| tcre.,s and indcpendcnce Of the county WHY,
we are TO have Free Trade with Great Britain.
hat is, We shall have the privilege of competing
with her yauper. halt-siarycd ha.i-paid laborers.
| and Of opening our markets for the products OF
the labor Of these pauper. a, a nominal duty. Ms
Free Trade i all side. All the products
Of American agriculture brcadsiuiis. well as to-
bacco, still To bs charged with proEibilory
duties. except when prices range very high 90
British ports. Such free trade # offered 10 h.
majesty. the King Of A.hanrec, would be- rejected
with scorn. and ought To be regarded "a insult
20 the understanding Of every American.
II eau never he expected that cnh ghiened and
Et-lgent American ciuz'ns. well clothed and
well fed, supporting th-ir families. and educating
their children a. becomes frccnen, caa cemrcic
with the operatives of Great Britain, who arr
compelled to labor 10 the utmost Of human cndur-
,nc", mi.crablv clad, and receiving as wages "a
pit.ncc which cannot satisfy the cravings of appe-
lite with the meanc.l food.
American mechanics could compete with any
other. in the world who ate, dte--cd, slept and
felt like men. If the manufacturer in Great Britain
was required by laa lc furnish hi- operative, and
thrr families with good boarding. clothing and
lodging az is furnished To tire same elias. Of labor
r.. in America. we should need iarid or Gov
.rnment protection. But with the unrequired
.abor of the wretchcd victims of British tyranny
millions of whom are doomed to deepest misery,
even slave labor cannot compete.
But suppose our Federal Government should
eiys place to two Confederate. the southern.
comprising the slave States and the Northern. the
| rec-whaievsr the latter might lose by the ar
rungcmcnt the former could neither carry ont her
Free Trade system, nor IN any degree be relieved
from abolition interference with slavery. The
southern nion could not hope to prosper without
manufactures and these could not succeed without
| no doubt be successfully employed in ali the vari-
ms branche. of manufactures, a> has bern tested
| Al Richmond Va, Vet they could NOT "a. before
| remarkca) compete with the British operatives,
The grinding soul-and-body killing policy which
prevails in BRUSH factories would not he tolerated
IN tbs country even among slaves. Let abo-
iionists say what they NAV, the Southern slaves
are generally we'll fed, well clothed, and mode
r,tely worked Ny own observations in several
If the slave States Justify this remark.
\ protective Tanii would be found more ne
ces>ary for the South than FIR the North. in the
South manufacturing would be in It's infancy. AMI
rcqIirc several wears experience To equal the
North. which could not even now succeed on . 20
per cent Tariff
The agricultural interests Of the South are do,-
tined to undergo an essential change. which will
make protective Tariff indispensable To her isde-
pendence and prosperity Whether she remains
IN the Union or nullifcs, from this time forth her
enterprise and capital will be rapidly diverted
from the culture q. cotton and tobacco. and applied
to manufacturing.
Although she may not see, Vet shc already deeply
feels the operation Of the cause which J, to effect
this change, namely, the supply of the British
market with India cotton Thi- supply j. even
| now large and every successive wear viii give "a
large increase The past wear it was 80 600 600
pounds over the preceding IL very few years
India cotton viii not only entirely -uPcr'edc the
uso of American cotton IN England, but viii meet
il IN all the markets of Europe. The extraordinary
efforts which have been made, and now making
by the British Government and people to Increase
the quantity. and improve the quality of India
cotton. and the success which la, attended these
eNertions are extensively known to the American
public.
| - Home 14eayre Cash Tailoring Estnb-
lIsh meat No ~ J nu->f.-lAr >uncIttr la Uprned
new Can Tailoring establishment At Il Joha-.;rett and
"a on hand general a.ortmeni of Cloths and Ca,
American nauuiIctlIr. superior >tylr aui nn.h and
'ariety 1T coior. to WI hr the attention oi tho.,
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