New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-09-11
lybts Principles In Georgia.

MilledgeviIlc Georgia. with that able, high
minded Statesman, JOHN MACPHERSON BERRIEN
at their head, have issued noble Address to the
People Of the State. 1t ortifcs, by the most I'M
answerable reasoning, the cardinal principles OF
the great Wing party and commends them, IN
eloquent and stirring appeals, to the judgement,
the interests and the affections OF the people OF
Georgia and of the Union. OF that portion Of 1t
which relates especially to the affairs of that State
we need only say that it sets forth clearly and
calmly the disaster and confusion which have iol-
lowed Loco-Foco Legislation, there as every
where; the ruin it has broughtupon the finances
of the State, the unnecessary and calamltous m
crease of taxes it has effected, the manner IN
which it has wasted the revenue, destroyed the
education fund, Frustrated the State credit, con-
cealed fragrant abuses and failed in every way to
accomplish the good which ght have been ef-
fected in the administration of the State affairs.
The Committee denouncc, with all the emphasis
of reason and truth, the wanton and unconstitu-
tional refusal of their Legislature to obey the APP
portionment law of Congress, and their adhe-
ncnt hazard of depriving the State Of her repre-
sentation in the national councils, to the old
method of eecting members of Congress by gen
eral ticket; and they call upon the people TO cs-
cape as speedily as possible from the hostile att-
tude which their State has been thus made to
assume towards the Federal Government. The
position in which the Federal Government stands
to them, they declare, is one from which the
House of Representatives, of the United States
cannot revoke "without sacrificing at the shrine
of party their solemn obligations to the Constitu-
tion.'
Upon the fundamental principles Of National
Policy which divide the two great parties Of the
Union, the Committee are equally decided and
equally eloquent. They cheerfully accept the
specifications of difference laid down by the re-
cent Loco-Foco Address to the democratic
party in Georgia )" and agree with them that
these questions relate TO, i. The Tariff; 2 The
modification of the Presidential Veto; 8. The
establishment of a Bank of The United States;
d. The Distribution Of the Proceeds OF the Public
Lands. And upon each of these questions they
fearlessly assume the same ground occupied by
the Wings of the Union, and urge their import
ance with cogency of argument and an clo-
quence of appeal seldom surpassed
We regard the language of this Address upon
the question of TARIFF with peculiar interest,
not only for tho strong and conclusive reasoning
with which the policy of Protection is indicated
and enforced, but still more showing the steady
progress which the principles of Protection 10
Ameritan Industry are making at the South,
After showing that regulated impost upon goods
imported is the least oppressive system of taxa
ton, the Committee hold the following language
on the general principle:
alt is true also that the duties imports, udicousy
laid fall with equal force all classes OF the community
or rather they fall equaby the different classes slAce
men pay for what they consume, aud moie but this
again is downright heresy the Democratic chu,ch al
who are versed the mystery of the forty bale theory
will be ready TO avouch. That doctrine it may be remerm
bered the producer Of forty bales OF cotton export
ed TO foreign market paid the whole Of the duty
levied OH the articles ofore merchandise wcwere
ceiyed in exchange for them IL is more orthodox taking
Democracy the STANDARD 10 speak OF the incidental pro
lection resulting from the tariff as exclusively gwen 10 the
manufacturers Of the North and West THIS Is the pass
word Of party but can the proposition be maintained "tn
subjected any other test Let IT be remembered We are
agree be ghtful afforded AID that the
whether this operates exclusively to t be-
nef of the manufacturers Of line North aud West Nor
The protection afforded 70 the domestic man'Jaci'e' Is
against the pdupsr labor Of The old rO'id But he IS
thereby enabled furnish with the articles which
auire cheaper tate than Obtain them from the Tor
cig, manufacturer are we not benefited also CcmpGt,
the present prices ot articles ~ daily const
fio ,ch those whieh they bore in lSll remember tia;
the tariff was then almost at its mitm@ and that we are
living under high tariff Not assuming the Office Of
instructors this subject ask 70 inquire ut Your
selves Blot the manufacturing establishments OF the
United States IN whatever quarter they exist aud consider
what would be the consequence The first effect would te
,ha; the remaining occupations Of citizens, those 81
agriculture and commerce ,cotld be RAPIDLY orerSocked
Would it benefit Georgia if the capital and labor
which now employed IN the production OF sugar. for
ample diverted the culture of cotton, still turtle:
diminishing its price, by increasing product which a.
ready excessive Let our opponents inquire OF Nr C'-
houn. And what would be condition III relation 10
those articles which manufactured IN the United
States and sold cheaper than We have cNet.
fore obtained theml Would be the OIL
foreign manufactured, aud subject his Sactlcus But
asain why should this incidental protection be exclusively
enjoyed by the Northern and Western manufac;uer Why
should in Georgia also share The most obvious
principles Of economy invite US 10 dirison Of Prcdtc.
tire labor The product of great staple oNcessl
and our lands impoverished Our climate the face oi
country, copors and unfalaG power the
abundant supply OF material and the cheap labor which
we command apply portion OF our labor
snd capital 10 manufactures Does doub; that tbs
will be done long and that shall share the beue
fits OF this incidental protection y
This is not the language to which the South
has been heretofore accustomed. But a few years
since, it would have required no little boldncss
thus openly and maniully to defend the doctrine
of Protection. The South had been 50 thorough.
ly and perscvcringy taught to sheer at the post
bilisy of Home Market for their staple psodue-
tons, that all the argument and all the facts mar
shaled on the side of Protection seemed utterly
wasted. England then furnished the great
market for their Cotton. The possibility that
this could ever fail or that its place could ever be