The Arkansas banner., 1843-11-04
THE TARIFF.

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
 Feilon- Citizens-In America, the peopl, govern themselves. We elect our rulers io,
 our own benefit; and when they disregart
 our interests, we have the right and power
 by the ballot box, of rebuking them, and o
 protecting ourselves. The present is an in.
 teresting period in our politics. A great par
 ty, mainly existing in the non-slaveholdino
 States, and known at different times by the names of ''Federalist," ''National Republic an" "Democratic Whig,'' and "Whiq, ;; have, during the past year, in Congress, vio- lated the Constitution and trespassed on the rights of the people of the South, by enact- Ing high Tariff, to protect domestic manu- lectures. This law is to benefit small DOT ton of the people who own factories, by se- curing them in large profits for their business, at the expense of the great majority of the people The people of Oglethorpe, of Geor- gla, and of all the South, have always oppos- ed this kind of legislation. We have uni tormly, for twenty -four years, denounced 1t as uacoastitutiOnlal, unjust, unequal, and op- pressire. Ever since the year 1919, the ta- riff has been subject of strife in the United ptteSSe oiAd SiiS Poot'lC Ol 1toigitt. DN Inelf oolnen.lons ana legislatures, nave heretofore solemnly warned the manufacturers, and the politicians who court them, that Northern doctrines on this subject nusi not be carried too far Let us call your attention to the po- sltlon and language of the State Rights par ty of Georgia, on this subject:
 l. On the 18th November, 1920. our Le- glslature passed a vote of thanks to our mem- bers of Congress, for opposing the tariff (See Dawson's Dig of Res D. 2)
 ?. In December, 1929, the Legislature adopted report and resolution, in which, among other noble opinions on this subject, the following are stated, viz:
 l. That the slrif policy is one obvious ly grinding d0Wn the resources of one class of the States, to build up and advance the prosperity of another of thesame confederacy.
 7. ''But we do most solemnly believe, that such policy Is contrary to the letter and spirit of the Federal Constitution'
 5. That the moment any law, regulating commerce, loses sight either of rerenue or of. the sole adeantage of commerce, ''then, it Is a departure from the spirit and true intent of the Constitution
 1. ''lf other States are obliged to pay the cost, or even divide 1t, with the State seeking to establish her manufacturing institutions fl their exports and imports are to contrib ute to the welfare of Northern money-mak- ing projects, and to advance the schemes of private capitalists, depend upon 1t, the only method that will be pursued, is the one found Ill the increasing exaetions of the tariff laws.n
 5 ''Less could not be said, for the sub ject IS of such growing magnitude, and Is producing sensations of such inquictude ansong he peopte of he South, that they ought to be made thoroughly acquainted with all its bearings, and certainly can never be too often admonished, to be prepared for tue porSt ercnts. The committee are fully sensible, that every degree of moderation is due to the question, upon which they lound- ed the present serious complaint-hut they owe it to truth and sincerity to say, that 1t is their decided opinion, an increase of tariff duties will, and ought, to be resisted by all legal and Constitutional means, so as to avert the crying injustice of such an uncon- stitutional measure.0
 6. 'This State ought to oppose, in every possible shape, the exercise of the power, on the part of the General Government, to en- courage domestic manufactures, or to pro mote internal improvement
 7. This report concludes with a resou- ton, to request the Governor of Georgia to lay the report before Congress, and to send 1t to each of the other States, for the concur renee of such as approve, and as notice to such as disapprove.s ''That Georgia, as one of the contracting parties to the Federal Con stitution, and possessing equal rights with the other contracting party, will insist upon the construction of that instrument, contained in said report, and will submit 10 no other"
 This report and resolution is found in Dawson's Digest of Resolutions, at the end of his Digest of Law, page 85 to S9, and is signed by Thomas Stocks, President of the Senate, Wm Y. Hansell, Secretary, Irby IIud- son, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Wm. B. Dawson, Clerk.
 3. On 10th December, 1928, the Geor- gia Legislature, in the adopted report on the South Carolina and Ohio. resolutions, say = It Is believed, therefore, that the tariff laws of the United States, so far as they have for their object the protection of a particular branch of labor, to the injury of the conner cial interest of the country, and of the agri- cultural interest of the Southern States, are unconstitutional. ."-Dawson's Digest ofRes, p. 1l5,-ll7-
 f. In the address to the Tariff States of 18th December, 1928, the Legislature say :: s'We have as much right to lay prohibto- " duty on hogs, horses, and mules of Ken= lucky and Ohio. to promote the encourage ment of raising those animals, as the general government has to prohibit foreign goods to promote the manufacture of them ill partic- ular section; or that Kentucky should vote for duty on bagging to compel us to pay a greater price for the article. The whole pro- hibitory system is founded in error, and hu- manity weeps over the fading patriotism of those, who sordidly pursue their own inter est at the expense and utter sacrifice of the holy principles of liberty and the Constitu- Digest of Res, p. ll8,- 1l9.)