Holly Springs gazette., 1843-10-13


Specimens Of articles which have dec H.
ned in price since the new tariff went into
operation can be multiplied 20 any extent,
and | venture 10 assure you that if proof oi
an average fall of 10 per cent in the price
of goods since Sept. is required, can furn-
/ ish it i'm abundance
! But we are told that this may all be true.
ond vet no, benefit the cotton pllnler. Sup.
pose we concede the point far the sake of ar
gument, ia what an unenviatle light does it
place US Blessed as we are by Providence,
with climate more empsrlte, ani a
soil more fertile than any portion of the u
MON, il would be the height OF selfshness, TO
oppose u measure which is demand, d by the
wants of our /. SIS favored brethren. |, is true
we not engaged in raising flour and ba-
con and onions as the northern and western
states. but it is because we arc enabled to pro-
duce a staple which is eqaivalen; to gold
a1d silver at our doors. With these advan-
tages. how ungenerous to deprive others
ofthe means of wealth and s,imnlous OF in
dcstry This would he our position. even
admitting the soundness ofthe argument
But when we show that ii does not raise or /
affact prices in any sensible degree. our sell /
fshness is made more apparent The in
crease of the northern manufactures, is high
" beneficial 10 u.s. One fourth of our cot
ton crop is now consumed in The United
States, and the home demand is rapidly in
creasing There are but two ports in the
world. which receive more of our cotton
than B Raston. and New York is next We
are vitally interested in the increase OF the
home manufacture. because the day is not
distant when it will constitute our principal
market e ,azi and Egypt and India. are
already our rivals in the cotton trade, and
heir production is on the increase. Who
AN say that the dly will never come, hen
We of the South, will clamor for protection
10 cur COTTON to secure US the home markell !
How long will it be bsfore North Miss:s- ,
ippi and Alabama. and Georgia. like Ten
lessee and North Carolina, will abandon
he cotton business and become grain grow
ng States 2 Let us not biindly pull down
lpun our heads. the pillows of our future
icuItural as well as the m inufacturing pop {
I.a,ion. The sugar planter of Louisiana q
nd Florida. is enabled to produce tha: art 7
lie which. otherwise. we would be compel
ed to purchase abroad Here again our S
elh>h opposition to protection would resuIt a
O our injury. The moment we take away q
be protection from sugar. we drive irto the I
o,ton f Id no less than rs or 100000 slaves, y
, come our competitors. The West La 6
IL sugar planter would obtain the. monop-
". and supply US the article at his own
aice. Like The flble ofthe frogs, King
.,g will have been changed for King
;fane. and we would not have even the
DOR consolation of those animals of being
tiled for our folly. y
1t was considerations similar 10 these
'hich prompted our forefa.hers. without
gard to party. TO establish the system OF !,
'dic;ous protection. We have the expressed
pi lions OF Washington. J+ffssson. Adams :
Iadison and jackson. alt m,re=or less ad u
'cating protection. 1t is still democrat
doet inc IN many parts of The Union. and II
ne have heretofore said. the difference be. n
'een the p''ties on this subject is "a distnc- =
IN without difference The Pi.sbure O