The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-12-01


doe 0Ened ~ ihdi, iisals.
The passage nfs nsH iariG d duiiss.
a lhs la,l ssssinn 4 Congress, u q hap-
81. viii Esllsrs ne nsil0n from lie q N,
2arasy .hi;is ii issuing treasury no.ss,
or 81 rssoriing n ioans. 10 meei lie cur
rent expenses. and u pay iis dehss. Al
ready lls ed. eis are visible IN llle ineIess-
Cd sfiisisy sf Ansriesn industry. snd ~
The growing Icns o. some Of the Egro-
psan janrnals. and 10 doe time. ii Is be-
liessJ. all BE- visible 10 lie increase
Of our revenue. Bot sesrcsly has the
Lao gase into odefa'ian. before We hear
- repeal IhrsaIened. bsesuss lie oLisel
u soms.king beside raising revenue. II
70 high lime. Ihe principles. sndes shieh
dstlrs nay be imposed. should be setI'ei
and adhered "a. The principles being
settled. The extent 10 which me power
may Be exercised. then becomes D mai.
lfr Of txpedisney. All sgrse that duties
may be imposed 10 raise revenue. but
some contend that they can be Imposed
forno other otjsei. lllhis latter doctrine
be Tree, lhfn are We shorn OF some Of the
mos, important pfsrogalives Of Q soye-
reign people-Ihen may ne be subjected
20 The most sbjsel commercial slavery.
lii be sdmit ed that Europe can pour inIo
our country, The excessive productions Of
her pauper labor. whenever she chooses.
and can exclude our predictions from her
markets. or tar Them so high a. to &c
rDinoas 10 ne. and that we have no pow
sr 10 protect Ourselves against the indUx
Uf lbs ons, or 90 counieraet the oppres-
Give exclusion or heavy exasiions Of The
olher-lhen. indeed, are we in helpless
condition. The svo~sl Of this doctrine,
10 ~eli calculated 70 invite foreign pow.
ers, who are so inclined 10 forge. right. q
impose I'll such tyrannical restrictions up.
On our commerce. ss their cupIdiiy may
'ufges. Indeed. for some time past. We
haze been spproximsiing this condition.
Europe has bsen flooding our country
~ilh The products Of her labor. 81 tai oil
come 90 per cent. while the productions
Of Aaericsn labor have been either total
~ excluded from her markets, or taxed
from 80 TO $500 per cent. Her writers
upon the wealth Of nations descsnt iC
Us upon the beauties Of FREE TRADE.
Her polite ! orators and journals. shout
u U. arrass The A lanlic-" FREE Trade
and The glorious privilege Of buying
from xhom you please.
Same Of US re.scho Free Trade. and
The glorious privilege Of buying 81 WHOM
We please. Bot from none Of these de-
~e hear. the shout Of Free Trade. and
The glorious privilege Of selling where
we please. and TO whom We choose. II
10 ss inpcrisnt 10 Us. To have the privilege
Of selling, without exorbilsnterscuess. q
!, 10 10 buy without then. lfe'sry lscili
" aud inducsmen, TO purchase The indus
try 81 others are opened TO us-bst ever,
facility aud inducsment 10 sell The product
Of our industry are obstrucied OF closed
then must we become, mos, surely. ~
ined people. This sentiment, s,tered B.
one Of our most distinguished Presidents
in 1924, in relation 10 . tariff, and at
tine when he was before the people as {
candids'e for that high Office, 10 fully sus
tuned by eighteen years of subseqnen
experience. He said" In short. SIR, VI
hsss been too long subjec, TO the polio!
OF British merchants. Ii 10 time v,
should becose a little more .dmericmiif
Ell. and instead of feeding the Pauper
snd iaborers Of EngIsnd. Jeed our orn
or. el.e, in q short time. by continuing
our present policy, we shall all be render
ed paupers ourss!res." The policy ihs'
recon mendetl. by him, las not been Pnr
sued. aud how truly he Swallowed f"ill
our present condition. Let US resist III
policy Of British merchants, lei us be
cone a good deal more .7merieaa'sed
le,u feed our own paupers, and laoofets
insttal 81 feeding tho.e Of Englsnd, l,
us sbaadon tina, policy which leacs I,
pauperism. and sdop, that which vii
raise taupers and laborers 10 eomPetene
and Independence. Let US declare gu
commercial Independence, end procls't
TO the world, We have the power No
only to raise revenue by imposing duties
hu, that nc have the power, by impos'n
/ then, to protsc, American industry
against European industry. and 10 couH
, ieraet By eur legislation, any foreign ies
isla,ion hostile To our interests. hut.
the same time, let US invite all nations
, a commercial intercourse with ne, upo
+ terms Of the most extended l'bera'l'l
but. they must be terms Of equality a"
. reciprocity.
Tina, The general government has pow
er TO impose duties Cur the protection
. American industry. against European u
. dus,ry, and 10 countersct foreign ies'sl'
,iun hostile to oar interests, think cal
no. admit Of doubt. When the ''a''
became independent. they had the pose
1 unques,ionsbly. All their powers TO 10
, pose duties. they transferred to the gen
r ral government, by the adoption o. u
constitution. They then ceased to ha'
1 The power; and. il The general Cover
nent has i, not. then The power |" sx',n'
f Is there an American, willing 10 adu