The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-10-03
THE TARIFF.
FROM TUE CLARION.

bearing uulustiN on Nnc pm ~" VI 49,
MON 10 the advantage Of another--and IN
those instances where il affords protection
is denounced as stealing from the pockets
OF the many Tor the benefit OF the iew.--
This seems to me to be q soleclsm OF H.
self, for, as in our country, me many arc
represented, canno, understand why they
should legislaie for the few. II is false
position and cannot be sustained. Ii we
will treat OF the subject IN detail, we shall
/ find that the present high and elevated
position of our Government at home aud
abroad, is mainly owing 10 the protection
afforded at an early stage in lis existence,
! to the manufacturing OF the various artI-
/ Giles Of home consumption. The manu-
| factories of the Z. States have produced
more capital in this country, than the asrl'
cultural; and every where, whenever fac
tories have been resorted to as means oil
productive labor, agriculture and COM
merce have tlourished 10 equal proportions
If We had still existed as an agricultural
people exclusively, and paid out OF It's pro-
duets the expenses and debts OF Govern
ment, no person is so simple as 10 believe
that we should have attained our present
national wealth and prosperity, by hun
dreds of millions of dollars; and If Gov
ernment has protected these establish
ments, the more easily and readily to raise
revenue for lis support aud credit, these
same factories have protected the whole
agricultural interest Of the country, by
Withdrawing part Of the capital IN more
lucrative Investment, and creating the ne
cesSity for a greater consumption OF agri-
cultural products at home. In illustration
of this, would ask Your attention to the
fact that in the dry and bleak rock lands
of New England, the agricultural interests
are in higher state OF cultivation and I'M
proyemen,, than in thuse portions OF the
country, unsusiaiued by a manufacturing
interest. Their lands Weld more annual
ly, and are worth more by the acre. The
reason is plain. Their products ale sale
able at home-are not worn out Of their
value by transportation, or consume them
selves by storage and freight. The two
interests support each other for while the
manufacturer is consuming the products
of the agriculturlsi IN his diet and house
hold economy, the agriculturist IS using
the products OF the manufacturer in his APP
parel aud farm yard. They might be
classed then as mutually dependant-mu'
/ tually supporting. No person now, with
the present lights before him, can have Sc
little regard for his own Judgment, as tC
assert that agriculture i not materially
| supported BY manufactures. History, ex
perlence, the facts Of the case, are too
plain. They admit of no cayl or qualifi
J cation. And if the Tariff affords proiec
! ton TO the manufactures alone, ii is quite
suicidal for us 10 denouncc protection. -
Wipe out from the face OF your country
, all your factories, and besides the deslruc
ton of millions Of dollars, you will create
! distress and famine through half your land
, 1t will inlure all the States. Fac,orie'
have bcen established about 90 years il
this State, and as u other sections, have
! tended to enhance the value Of adlacen
lands, and elevate the standard Of adlacen
r farming. Prior to their introduction,
: pound Of cotton could not be spun for les
than 30 cents--now the farmer gets ii al
, ready and better spun Cor ; cents. Tie
D cotton had to be shipped and sold, through
B the Intervention Of half a dozen agencies
, subject to draw backs Of delay, portage
!, doubtful aud capriclous markets abroad
!, and 10 the fluctuations of exchange. Nov
r the farmer makes his own sales al homo
n upon his own terms, and whenever he
I willing and ready to deliver, pockets hi
f change, without The taxes of agents, delay:
5 damages, freightage, or other cost incldeI
d 10 expectation, and that too at the Norher
D prices Does history Of the bushes
e teach US that any Of the fabrics Of cotio
0 have risen in value on account Of the pro
+. lection afforded to the f;.ctoriesl No, a
. cotton fabrics are now so cheap, that a
!. can use them without stunt. They ar
S literally as cheap as dirt, and they are not
Of universal use.
4 n. Carolina is the last State TO oppos
J, factories. Nature has fashioned her OF
q for one Of the best countries in the worl
y for their existence. Her natural resou
d ces are immense, and have made for mat
i what ART and genius, and talent and III
:. master Of them all, Industry, could no, az
!, compIish in thousands Of years. Look ,
il her genial climate, her bright blue skies
{. her sloping valies-her rising hillside
II checkered variety Of high land aud 10
a and-her snow.capped mountains and hov
10 cry meads-her creeks and rivers, all il
wiling the manufacturer and the farmer
JOIN IN the glorious work of making ever
thing for the comiOn, convenience, luxur
!. and independence Of her citizens. With
a her borders, she has water power sufiicie.
r to drive all the machinery IN the world
% She has enough soil to raise products f
= the population Of the Union, and BY wis
Is system of division Of llbor-a mutualt
re between the farmer and the manufacture
IS she could Soon cucase herself in a Chimes
D. wall, produce from her soil all that ma
could use for his support, aud manufactur
everything he could desire, for his comior
luxury and protection. Go to her rio