Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-11-03
The Tariff i'm the South.

There is strong evidence. that tho VIC
lence Of the opposition IN the Souia TO
the Tariff Is yielding TO the force of
argument, and the results Of experience.
ltis only necessary, as we believe, tbat
the cloud Of prejudice should be remov
ed TO ensure on this subject, in q great
or degree, unauimity of opinion and
unity Of action, among all parissIn all
sections Of our common country. A
glance at the existing state OF things
will show what IS the tendency oil pub
lie opinion.
]. The impulse given to American
industry, since the passage Of the Tariff
by the last Congress- has extended over
the whole country. There is no longer
that deafness 10 all the business affairs
Of life cramping alike the energies and
the means OF all classes. The exports
from Boston of Domestic goods have
been steadily on the increase; no less
than fourteen hundred bales of manu-
featured cottons having been sent abroad
from that port in ono week; while in
Virginia, and in all parts Of The South,
especially where there are manufaclur.
ing establishments, new life has been
infused into its industry. The stand
stilI' position, says the Richmond En-
qulrer, has been passed, and far more
activity is manifested both in the indus
try Of The North and the South. And
this is true in every respect; and it is
true also, that, while this improvement
is going on, the manufactured fabrics Of
our country havO increased in excel
lence, while they have been diminished d
in price, and that as compared with
former years, the importation Of foreign
fabrics have greatly fallen off, Such
generally has been the effect Of the Ia
riff upon the industry of the whole coun'
try, and if we can only improve the ad-
Vantages we possess for manufacturing,
we shall sec these United States really
independent, and enjoy prosperity
which nothing but our own folly can
disturb.
2. The credit of the country has been
mainly restored through tho Tariff
We doubt if any nation, possessing the
resources we do ever were Tepused as
we were, when seeking o small loan
abroad. Money was abundant at Lon
don, Paris, and Amsterdam. Capitalists
there hardly knew how 10 invest it,
Yet though wa were out Of oebt, and
thoOgh the sum asked was small, and Tho
security beyond all question, our govern
ment could not obtain a dollar by way
of a loan. Nor was this all Ham
burgh, while deeply embarrassed, and
several Of the smaller Kingdoms of Ger
many, RISo heavily burhened with debt,
were enabled without difficulty to make
loans upon the most favorable terms.
In the gIoomiest hour Of the Republic,
our credit was never lower; and where
tore7 Because it was seen and felt
both at home and abroad that our Gov
ernment did not, as an independent
government ought, protect and uphold
its industry and its own interest. 10
this crisis Of our public affairs the Tariff
was passed, and what folIowed9 Why
that homo capitalists came forward and
loaned to the Government what money
it needed, thus restoring its lost credit,
and giving confidence once more to the
national world Nor we're these capi.
talists mistaken in their calculations -
The Custom House at New York shows
g steady increase Of tho means OF gov
ernment and its growing ability under
tho Tariff 10 meet promptly all demands
against it.
3. The growing prosperity of these
portions Of the southern country where
manufactures are established, Fayetts
in North has no advantage over Camden
in South Carolina, while Columbia 10
the latter has greater advantages over
LIncolnlon in the former Sale. Yet
look at the comparative prosperity Of
these places. Test it in any way, eth
or as 10 increase Of population, the price
OF property in these towns, or the prcs
Of lands around them, and the immense
advantages Of manufactures arc seen at
once. Lncolnlon is situated above the
nayigable point on the CSlawba river,
and has besides no good roads leading
TO and from it-but it has It's m4nu.Gc
turing place, it has its oil, cotton, wagon,
&c establishments; it furnishes a good
homo market for the farmers of the
counties around it; and the consequence
ia that all classes thrive Land is high
er, and better cultivated; the price Of
property stesdier; the industry Of The
people greater; and every thing in it
and round II looks fresh and prosper Gus
as if the people there possessed aud en-
loved n permanent prosperity AZ COM
pared with Camden or Columbia, where
The great interest is cotton growing, it
stands evidently on frmer basis and