Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-08-04


Kingston Royal Gazette. and of the
Morning Journal, to the 25th ut.
We regret to see that the general con-
dltIon OF the country. in respect to the
negro population, is discouraging. The
negro IS represented to be more strongly
rlveted than ever to habits of Incidence.
The Gazette remarks:
"Thefts, burglary, and assaults, are
undiminisbed in their commission and
one of the judges, this very week. had
only expatiated an hour or two before up
on the prevalence Of larceny. VIXEN his
own dwelling was robbed. This is the
general condition of the country in res
pect to the negro population and we,
therefore. fear but little advantage will
be derived from the bounties with which
Heaven has visited us.''
The news lrom flayti is Of the most
unfavorable character. That island is
said to be fast returning to barbarsin. -
President Boyer is considered to be fast
approaching his end.--.A. 7. Joau. Com.
SENATE The discussion of the
tariff is confined, for the present, to the
details ,f the bill. The item which oc-
cupied this days sitting was the specific
duty of cents on hagglng for cotton
bales. The Senate's committee have
proposed an amendment reducing it to
81 cents. Mr. CRITrENDEN opposed the
amendment, and on grounds showing
that the high imposition was proposed to
secure monopoly. in the name Of protec-
ton, to some twenty-odI bygging lactori-
es in the West-not to provide revenue
for the Government. The outline of
the remarks made by Messfs. CALHOUN,
Walker, and CuTHBERT, render this
obvious.
From the precise statement, made in
figures. by Mr.. CALHOUN, it appears that
the proposed duty gives,a bounty to the
manufacturer of bagsing and rope, ara
mount which it will require one out of c.
very thry-seven bales Of cotton to pay;
that this will levy tax Of one million and
q half yearly, on the planter without con
sidering the extortion which that mono
poly puts it in the power OF the twenty
three bagging makers, by combination, to
practise, when the foreign competition is
banished from the market. MIR. WAL
KER gave some striking examples of the
excess to which this extortion was former
" carried, under high duties. Some of
the planters were induced to defend
themselves against this iniqaitous con-
splracy to take from them the profits on
their cotton. by charging double and ev-
en- triple prices for the bale rope-to re-
sort to iron hoops to supply tie place Of
rope.
The cry raised-of the impending ruin
of manufacturers, unless they have "a
greater bounty than the 90 per cent. now
afforded under the existing taritI'-was
never more absolutely a crocodile cry Of
greedy avarice, than in the case of the
bagging making monopoly. The hemp
grows in the next field to the factories
in Kentucky. When the seeds ale sown,
the fat lands. the rain. and the sunshine,
bring the plant to perfection without la
Dor. Slave labor prepares it for, and
works it in, the factory. 1t is borne in
few days, by the cheapest of all naviga
tion-the descending steam navigation
of the Kentucky, Ohio, and Mississippi
from the loom to- the spot where it is to
envelop the cotton. How is it possible
that hemp raised in the north Of Europe
can be brought to Dundee or Inverness.
can be there worked up by free labor. and
thence transported to the banks of tie
Mississippi, through our Atlantic sea-
ports, undergoing tratash;pments amt pay
ing 90 per cent. duty, and then come
into competition with Kentucky baeging
at its own door, at such prices as to rum
the manufacturer Scotch baggng may
and does come in at such prices as to
prevent exorbtant profits from being re
allied Oh the home made article, by the
hemp-grower or the bagging-maker. But
as to running the business of either, Or
stopping their work or their. thrift, it is
just as impossible as for the scotchman
to stop the flood Of the Mississippi with
his bagsing. The Kentucky far. + may
not be able to get seven and eight dollars
for his hemp, which he conld raise for
three-nor the bagsing maker triple the
prices of his fabric, as formerly, when
competition from any cause was exclud-
ed. But we verify believe. that If the
cotton were to be baled in Europe, and
the strength Of the Kentucky soil and the
energy and skill of the people (black and
white) tasked for the purpose, basging
could be made there. and sent to.under-
sell the Scotch, at Dundee; and this
without running the persons who had the
land and negroes to engage in 1T. The
truth is, the rich farmers of the West
could easily furnish bagging for all the
cotton in the world, at Scotch prices, and
make money 10y it. And unless they
can make more by other agricultural pur-
suits, they will unhesitatingly engage in
competition with the Scotch, without
bounty of about 90 per cent. to add to
their profits. With this, we have no
doubt they compete successfully with the
Scotch. and gunny bags to boot. - Globe