The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-04-20
rF,o,o ne Y. j. Er"ning PoSf.J

a. w tho ror;ons rraat questions OF pHGlic coiitlo-
~ VII Nv W. could wish that his liberal ana cll-
1:sL;o,oJ r;ov.s could penetrate the lntcHcctS
nfnur more DISTINGUISHED men. W hat IS S"'u
wv Tho subject OF the tar has an cSpcc'al ,pFcc'
VII aht fret sirlt," lie says, 'thIre is something
oant;v,,nr in the theory OF procc'Ioh:-
'rho 1ca ofbcin@ Independent, ana OF i'aA''%
ovorv thing for ourselves, proauccs Il very Pc"I.
mt sensation in the mind ol rcpno'!ca'i It
sounds so patriotic TO talk about aiding Ni'Hi'-
can enterprise, encouraging American I'i"''',,
and fostering American mann'acu'rcS: ,i'" w."
tbcn the idea of keeping all the specie Ill tl!c
oountrv. this is irresistible. O, there IS Magic
IN b,rj money. and it is so delightful 10 ti,''lh
chat nrotcct;on will enable us to keep 1t al, 10
onrsolyos, But unfortunately this Chinese uoc-
tr;no when weighed in tic balance oi re1so'''
;s fonnd wanting When examined by Tie nshV
of facts. il is clearly seen to he deluslon-
u1,ncrican industry is most eacoHF6Sc@ ""I"
:, recc;rcs the 7argcM rcmard. If some 1ahkcG
sbouldhakc fancy to spend his TIME al" cap'e,u Co.
IN cult;vatino tea and coffee, and should so lar
.rncood as to raise, of an inferior quality the ono
o. w oxncnsc of five dollars, andthe other al an
cxncnse of fifty cents pound, would Coh&icss
no nrotcctnr American industry, should 'iey
nrobbit. by a heavy duty, the importation ol iol
Zion tea and coffee, and thus comPci our VIM
nonulation to buy these articles OF tli's i ~ T
eyorbitant price! Would our industrious lei-
low.citizcns think it was encouraging tl'c'r 'iuus
trv. thus to make them labor tvc DAYS ior % MiIa'
tbev could before purchase with one Gny 5eo4'
and. after all, get poorer article! "oui" IL W
good policv thus to sustain TINS man III 'iU PH
Secution of an Improbable business! "our"
this be iudicious way OF crcatln@ hoii,c i'ta.
let1 Would it be any consolation 10 lhe lar
: Nc. - ho told that this man bought the produce
oftbe;r farms1 Would it satisfy the mechanics
20 bo told that the shoemaker had one or TWO
roore customers for his shoes, and the tailor lor
bic co,tsa This is but one illustration OF inc
tboorv of nrotcction. This shows the prnciPIc'
and leave the reader to apply it to oher arllclcS
which exncrience has taught lis can be imported
from abroad cheaper than they can be raised at
home.
"The advocates of protection overlook TINS oo-
yious fact; all commerce is an exchange VI 'o''i-
modities, and when acc crchdnSe AMe' '0' P'o.
dyc,s far f0reinn manufactures, the LdHcr arc as
mich The res,tH of American labor, as Mo"Sh
made bu Americon hands, In one caae, we make
tho art;cle ourselves; in the ORDER we made OF
r,iso something else, that we exchange lor IT,
Tbe farmers plow is an much the product OF MS
industry. as if he made it himself. 1t wonld not
no more impotic to compel farmer to make MS
own tools, than it is to compel nation 10 dePeho
altogether upon its own resources. ,, :,
"a division of labor has ever gone hand IN
bora with civilization and social Improvement
The farther it is carried, the greater Is the h'-
+;on,l wcolth. and the comforts and conVehieI'
ces Of life are obtained by the mass OF the people
With loss amount of labor, and are consequent
IL enioyed with greaterpcrfectlon ana aDu'luane!
Bastrictions upon commerce prevent the prlhci
pie e 5SI Iab9T from ! oenG nGs sa..reu @
I-p.7 aasAd prevent the fi5T '5een Grca,
interests yebt customer, our country might even
now be suffering all the horrors of bloody war
The intelligent philanthropst will ever be found
among the advocates of free trade. The inter-
ests of humanity demand that all obstacles shall
be removed that the hills shall be lcvcllcd and
the valleys raised"
He then closes with the following statement
of facts:
81. It is a fact, that for the last 90, years,
{from 1921 to 1910 inclusivc-full returns for
lS4l not having vet been publshcd,) the imports
of specie into the United States, from all coun-
tries, exceed the exports by more than fifty mil
lions of dollars.
2. 1t is fact, that estimating the value Of
American goods at the prices they brought in
the foreign market, Great Britain and her coo
neS received from us one hundred millions OF
dollars worth of goods more, during the last 20
wears, than we received from them.
3. 1t is fact, that during this same period Of
twenty years, our imports of specie from Great
Britain and Ireland exceed our exports of the
same by Sl96,799.
4. Itis fact, that during the highest tarif'we
ever had, from the year 1929 TO 1882 inclusive,
we imported specie from Great Britain and Ire
land to the amount of $40S,47i, and exported
specie to those countries to the amount of $4,-
976,35l. 81
5. 1t is fact, that when specie is worth more
in our own than in other countries, it will be
brought here; and when worth less, it will leave
us; and no earthly power can prevent it.
6. 1t is fact, that the banks have no peculiar
claim upon the specie of the country, and that A.
has as good right to buy English broadcloth
with his gold, as B. has with his flour or pork.
7, 1t is fact, that specie is but commodity,
like wheat or broadcloth, and unlcs there is
something rotten in Denmark" no more evil
will result from the expectation of the former,
than would follow from the expectation of the
latter.
8. tits a fact, that those honest and well mean
ing citizens who signed their names to a certain
"Notce," calling meeting of the friends Of
protection, and containing an assertion, that a
tbo no