Holly Springs gazette., 1843-08-18

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that in this. majority ofthe democratic lea
lers concurrcd He read the opinions CT
Washing. on. Jeffcrson. Madison and Jack
%. in favor Of such protection He took
. Mr.. Browns illustration ofthe effect of
] he tariff on the price Of sugar. and asked II
sngar had ever been purchased SO low as
since the tariff He read f ON the proceed
Ings OF democratic mass meeting at New
Orleans. in which they affirm that the pro-
lection Of sugar is fivori,e democratic
measure. n also read letter Of Mr. Cal
houn. 10 ex-senator Nichol ia which be
says that sugar is Identified in interest with
cotton, and that he viii prot, Ct the Latter a
aainst the efforts of the anti-slave States
Fl showed that it was the interest Of fth cot
Ion plin.er TO continu- the protection Of 81
gar. for if driven flom raising this ,-'isle.
the sugar planters would b~ compelled %
produce cotton and biag wo to pre- Of
our great staple Re showed now It was
that reasonable protection enabled the
Manufacturer ID proiuc, the article cheaper.
by extending his sales and securing hrm
steady market. He could not see why ouI
cotton night not be sent abroad in the shape
of cloths ready for use, as well as in the raw
state. BY manufacturing it at home. we
provided a market for, our provisions to feed
the laborers employed in the manufactures
By sending abroad the raw material, the
English agricuturist bad the benefit Of this
market lie showed how il was that the
duty in most instances fell upon the foreign,
importer and not the consumer. He explo-
ded Mr. Browns grand export proposition
by showing that from 1892 to 1912, his IA
vorite period Of illustration, tnat our imports,
exceeded our exports more then at any for
mer period That is that though we did re-
ceive more, yet by nrgl-cting domestic la
Dor we bad to buy more, and actually run
ia debt at the end of the period This e
brought home 10 tie sense Of every thrifty
farmer, who made all he consumed at home
Upon the subject Of distribution he was ief
but to the point H. showed from the deeds
Of cession. that the public lands were ceded
TO the general government for the express
purpose of paying off the war debt. and then
for the benefit of all The States individually
The debt has been paid. and il the lingn1ge
of zen. Jackson 'the public lands should
now cease to be a source of revenue" but
Congress should dispose of them in its dis
cretion
Upon the bond question he was unanswer-
able, and unanswered We feel that we
cannot do justice to his able argument upon
this subject. He proved its constitutionaIitv
% the entire satisfaction of many " no had
previously doubted it, He showed that eve
ry department Of the government had so de-
cided it. executive, legis a;lve and Judicial
Two Governors, three Legislatures and the
Supreme Court had so pronounc~d it. ard an
immense. majority ofthe people had so con
sid red it unIil the Union Bank scheme pro-
we'd a failure, by mismanagement Fie d.
moished the argument that the suppiement
changed the security provided n The oEiginat
charter, by showing hat the bonds issued
under the original charter. aud that the 5th
ction pledg1ug the faith of the State was
not touched b. the S pplement. He read
the opinion OF ,he supreme court that the con
sttuticn required only that section to b. refer
red He also read two other bills pledging the |
faith oft the State, In all of whic b, the paftcu-
lar S. ction pledging It's faith. was directed to
b. referred to the next legIs 'ature h show |
ed that The legislature actually thought they |
we're pr9vidiug a better security to the
State, by taking stock in the bank, as had |
been previously done IN the Planters bank |
and that under this impression tae Supria- |
meut passed by much larger vote than the
original bill.
He read from the journals. votes Of Nj /
Brown's n pledge the faith ofthe State for
S2l. 900. 900 for building rail roads and oth-
or purposes He showed that he voted for |
bill requiring the governor to execute and |
Ill The rou7ininp so 500 900 of State