The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-04-07

ton Of the Constitution, but we are no.
willing TO admit that the measure that
lead TO the disalleciion in South Carolina,
is such measure. Now, as "Anti.Ta.
riG" processes 10 be good democrat,
(by the by we believe he IS a psuedo whig,)
and follows in the footsteps Of Mr.. Jeller.
son, to be consistent, lac must give up his
opposition 10 a protective tariff, because
Mr.. Jefferson clearly favored such a mea-
sure as the following extract from his Mes.
sage in 1906, shows:
Shall IRE suppress the impot and eire
that ddUdEtoee 10 foreign orer domestic
manufactures! On few articles Of more
general and necessary use, the suppress
sion, N due season, viii doubtless be right,
but the great mass Of articles on which
lmpost is paid, are foreign lururies, pur
chased by those only, trho are rich enough
10 afford themselves The use of them. Their
patriotism wonld certainly prefer its con.
tinuanee, and application to the great pur-
pose of public Education, Roads, RiCers,
Canals and such other objects Of public
improvements, as il may be thought pro-
per to add to the Constitutional enumera.
lions of Federal powers"
This writer seems not to be able to un.
derstand how measure can be the true
policy of the country, yet inexpedent-
We will give him cur views. /; viii
be admitted that tariff of protection has
not been resorted TO for much more than
ten years during the whole time, if so long,
since the formation Of the Government.
and this measure at the South bein o
considered unconstitutional and oppressive
because the people were led from an ex.
animation of the subject by men who
were governed by sectional jealousy
for, instead of tayoring any measure that
would seem 10 benefit our brethren at the
North they would rather give to England
what ought TO have. been left in our own
country-the attention was also drawn
from the necessity of erecting manuiac-
lures and of striving to live within our
selves, for the South was not looked upon
as being capable of manufacturing, but ex.
perience has shown otherwise. Well, the
energies of the Country have been divert
ed from this policy and turned into other
channels, and at the South the whole force
of the country has been engaged in the
cultivation Of Cotton, So that a large amount
has accumulated and there being no mar.
ket at home must be sent to foreign mar
ket to be sold Now, if high tariff
should be laid at This time, England woulC
exclude our Cotton and the planters Of The
country would suffer to a very grea
amount. This is what we mean by the IN
expedlency of the measure. Bat let the
energies Of the country be applied in other
directions-lct the South raise less Cotton
and turn her capital into other channels
and then viii grow up home market and
our whole country will be benefited, and
competition will keep down the price and
in short time every species of goods will
be as low as ever. Some of the friends of
the Tariff contend that it has the effect to
lessen the price. This we shall not at
tempt TO explain as we do not pretend to
understand the SUBJECT.
The policy of free trade is contended
for by this writer as well as many others
at the South, and we should say give us
free trade too, but how stands the case be.
tween England and this country-its adyo.
Gates want England to bring hor goods
here free of duty, bat how does she act
towards us-a duty Of 100 per cent. is laid
on wheat; on Indian corn 200; Oats 300;
barley, rye and buckwheat 200; potatoes
ito , bSSL ioO1 POlN loOs OuttCI ~
cheese So hay II5; cotton 5 rice $50
tobacco 600; timber $50; sugar $50;
whiskey $500; fish, prohibited fruit 200
per ceht. This is free trade with a ven.
geance, but this is the policy contended for
BY "Anti-Tarifr." Now we leave it to the |
part of the community to say if
free trade is the true policy of this coun-
try.
We stated that we believed that protec-
ton was the true policy of this country and
that time would show it, but we did not
expect so soon to see a movement layoring
our views at the South, but a meeting was
held i'll Mobile few weeks ago TO take
this subject into consideration. We have
not seen the proceedings ortho meeting, bu;
he Raleigh Register thus notices them;
1t a Convention of Southern Planters,