Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1842-11-26
READ ThlS-THE TARIFF,

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Now, as to the matter of protecting man.
utacturars, 1t appears there are alb III three
millions OF the people engaged in agrlcu!
ture, one hundred and twenty thousand in
Commerce, and only ninety thousand il
manufactures. Why does not Congress
institute committee to see to the protec.
ton of three millions as well as the ninety
thou and Why is one class to be pro
tected IN preference to another ? Who
are these 10000 individuals, that they
should make so much ado in this United.
States.ot- America world of ours demand
OF Congress laws for their special prUtec.
ton, and denonnce all who oppose their
scIf,h ends as enemies of the people Are
they, CO lectvely or indiv ually, better
than the three million ? They demand
of Congress thai laws shall be made to
tax the articles Of their manufacture, which
other people are now mixing and bringing
into market to Sell So heavily that hey
will be forced to abln4on the business
and then they will compel three millions
and the rest OF the peop'e to buy their ar
t.@es at their own prices For instance /:
II blacksmith can now purchase English
cloth enough for a at for five dollars, and
these 8 COO can procure a Tariff, or BY
law, compel the Englishman to pay a tax
OF % cents per yhrd for every yard he
brings into our prtS-the blacksmith, he
purchase the Eng i>hman'S cloth, W Il have
Just the additional twenty five cents per
yard 10 pay, Tor tue country merchant hav-
ing it at par himself, in mlrkei, adds it to
the price which he sells it in the county.
But, saws the Protective Tanhitc. if he has
this ad litional price to the EngIi,hman, he
will not purchase of him, but buy of his
own country manufi CURE. 1t may be he
wiIl-bul the effect of increasing the price
of the foreign, is 10 increase, in an equal
degree, the price of the home artio'e-and
the consequence is that the blacksmi h, if
he purchase of the one or the other, will
have his additional price or tax TO pay in
consequence of the Tariff. The result of
the matter then is, that the blacksmith is
taxed to support these 10000 men, who
have an exclusive privilege from Congress
Of Protection, 10 enable them to Compete
as they Call 1t, with freign mlnuf ,ctur-
ers.
Now, in our opinion, the people ought
not to be taxed for any such object-and
yet they are, under a system of what the
Wings call 'Protet ton
1t is plain that the more these 10000 |
can induce Congress to tax th Engl.>b-
,,,r I,r tho ,r.,,,I ,,o az @ d, I'm, h, IL, IL
this country, the b.uer. If he cpnnot az |
ford t. sell /: all, ~ much the hctIer they /
have, then, all The protection they wish
They can manufacture their arti les; COM
pei The poor man t. purchase them at what
ever price their cupldty and avarice see
it to set upon them, and are protected by
he government from interference from auy
quarter.
This is the sum total of what this 'Pro.
lection OF home manufactured is-of
which the people of hrs State have heard
% mlrh. IL ia taxing the bla ksmith, the
h EN- tker and the carpenter, to ill the
'ockets OF tle lordly manufacturer, and
Iader the specious guIse Of projecting
home indus ~
Any ia if Is 4 tax upon the people. IfI
he Go ernment wish 10 raise two millions
If dollars, and lay an additional tariff on
ca, the people nseq' entity pay int, the
Treasury the two millions in the increased
,rice of tea. This is a Tariff of Revenue,
mi is tax on the people 10 support the
Government. A large portion OF the
Iroad' 10th used by the people, is manufac.
ured In this cOuntry-say one half. Then
the pvernment levy The same tariff on
hat article, the price of the home article
Increasing with that of the foreign, OF
;our>e while they pay two millions into the
Treasury OF the Government, they also
'ay au extra lwD millions into the pockets
If The manuf ctnrers OF the home article
This is Protective Tariff. Is there la.
'or ng man IN Vermout in favor OF such {
rot ction =! And yet this Is The Protec- q
ion they have heard so much about in The |
Wing papers. {
These manufacturers and their papers q
ave ia ked and written 10 the people so 7
much about protection, thai one hall have {
ONE to be ieve that they, individually, are I
n s,me way prolec ed Nv This high-sound-
~ protective policy. The truth of The c
latter is, however, that they are taxed by v
/. IL is the lordly manufacturer, like our 1
Iutocrdlic Governor, that is protected p
nd every man whU buys any thing he Il
is taxed to protect him. y
We say, this dOcta1e Vt having tarIis to d