Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-08

nv fHoHh ANA not HFlEltlHfGu Bt lhstH HtipUll fbi
w %becone established tar The time .-~what y
ta ctftiy has The the manufacturer or aperail,
=, under such n law, thai II will not be rspsaIe
lie ms soon "a phpnlarlndlgnaijon shall have ha
time to drive The unfaithfuI fepfosentatiy
10 who have thus betrayed and given up The
trust, from the rnuttsels Of The nation I Pc,
manfney is The Last attribute that ought 10 h
aseribsd to a Tariff enacted under auci, eit
n cumstanfes.
We have. 80 far m my knowledge sxtond'
mad but one commercial arrangement, wi,
i, England. without treaty, aimee tho origin c
ir this Government. refer 10 that d~isastrou
h arrangement relative 10 the opening Of III
British Colonial Port, now universally conpId
@ ored 10 BIO one Of the most unfort u.ata neyo
t~'ations for thia country because we Iost b
o IT, ~ was predicted by Mr.. Clay at The Tim
r ofihe negotiation, n carrying trade OF imn,enp,
I value 20 III. In that case. party diaciplin,
n carried tho arrangement into effect through
b The tnsana Of a legislative act. England I'm
!, medIately afterwards established her own rs.
gnlations, and took ~eflectual advantage Of gu,
) folly, In that case. we cannot, by the repeal
, Of our own law. remedy tho evil which wa
brought upon ourselves. But we shall profit lit.
tie by experiences, If we have not learned from
that lesson TO look with l~ealou#y upon any more
preparations for commercial arrangements
with Great Britain.
viii not dwell 10 long upon this subject
no 10 tatigue your attention ; Though | feel
that The subject In not half exhausted, Hut
lei me %eolomnly aJnonish you and all ether
friends 10 the protection OF Home Labor, 10
beware Of NIL untried experiments ~, n sub.
ject 40 vitality affecting the best interests OF
th,s nation. Above all things, lot ua Impress
II up n tho minds Of our aRrieuitu,tata that
their only safe reliance IN upon the home
market OF their own country ; and iha. every
attempt, whether made by protesting friends
or open enetuies To ALLEVIATE the former to
depend Tar the consumption OF hin grain main.
" upon foreign countries rather than upon
his awn eounlrymer, 10 eminenly dangerous
10 himself, al his W most certain and best
c%ustomer.--Let the Farmer, wiosy produce Ia
chiefly maize. or indian corn, moi be sedneed
by any suggestion which artfulIy half coneeals
and half disrlosea a plan by which he may got
a foreign market for his grain, more beneficial
10 him Than our owu. Our own operatives, if
not destroyed by the reduction Of our Tariff,
will continue to consume, IN they have here
iofore done, the surplus Of this valuable sta.
bic and NJ their numbers increase, under
The Increasing operation of our presen, pro-
tective dutiea, their consumption Of this arti.
Gle will increase with il. It would not bear
transportation 10 England, until il has under.
gone tho process Of kiln-drying and En-
glishman have told us already, that they pre-.
for any kind of bread 10 bread made Of our
Is parch corn."--The people on this aide of
the water can alone enjoy, to the fullest en-
tent, the blessing VIII CHI Providence has, In
this particular. conferred upon us. At this
moment, our manufacturers are sending largo
quantities Of American cottons goods into the
English market, in despite Of the
duties which England has established to
protect her W operatives against The effects
OF American competition. We are, at the
same time, successfully competing for the
markets Of other countries, which England
formerly occupied, TO the exclusion of all the
rest Of The world. Let the good work 20 on.
Let us play out The play that we hav so sue
cefsfully begun. Our Tariff is growing in
popularity in very part Of Our county. Every
prediction which Mr.. Webster made in his
personalities, in the year 1924, forelelling
disasters 10 us as nation, from the adoption Of
The protective policy, has been centradieted
by an actual experience Of its benefits while,
on The other hand. the most sanguine expec-
taIion held OUT 10 hs conn,rnmen by Mr.. Clay.
III his much greaier speech, made in the
place, on that same occasion, in oppo-
sIsion to MI. Webster, and IN bohalf o. the
American laborer, have been realized and
confirmed 10 the very letter. In justice to
Mr.. Webster, we must remember that he
was originally an opponent of the Protective
; that he opposed it in 1915 in his
speech at Faneuil Hall, in 1920 ; and again
in 1924, as hane stated ; and that when
reproached by Mr.. Hayne. in The debate on
Resolution, in 1880, for the i%nconsis-
'ency Of ha vote in favor of the Tariff of
1929, he openly acknowledge that, az an
question, the authority Of Congress
10 exercise the revenue power, with direct re-
to the protection Ut manufacturers.
a questionable authority, far more ques-
in ha judgement, than The power
# Internal Improvements" He did hot deny
he had opposed the Tariff on Constitu- |
:ional grounds. And, if il be true, az some |
nave alleged Of him. that he is about to 60 !.
yer to the support Of Mr.. Calhoun, he may :
hink himself just fed for his desertion of the
Protective Policy; and his adherence to the
Of free trade, by pleading that he
8 only returning to his first love. ,
The parting Of friends ~ death in mi. |
nature. You have not, 1t IL true, the
,lazsd eye--ihe closed i'p-the damp 8
iush-the marble conference.-the ghasl- :
y form, and the horrible repose Of dea,h !
'ut you feel that which chiefly emhItters :,
the agony Of separation. Yet We !.
with our friends daily, and there Is :,
omewhat Of cheerffhi1t4sss mingled with ;,
he reluctance with which we fAks9 leave y
f each other. A sI'ghLgIow On the cheek, y
tremulous grasp OF The hand. and II few ;,
ighs soon d~lssipated IN the surrounding
.tmosphere. are the freting memorials OF h
he severance of the living. :.
The hope that We may meet again, and !,
he belief that we will meet agaln-and ;,
be confidence that heaven will continue ;.
0 Us IFS merclful protection-these are =
he consoling stamina Of happiness. How
1retched then must he be, who, in death, Z
ath not hope, because be hath no faith. =
would, therefore, be a blessing, =
ven # its promises fail Of reality. A be ;,
eff in the experimenting goodness of thu +
betty Is Il safe and delightful substitute >,
,hen The whisdoIn of this world fails. as II ;,
lusts and Its promises die, and Ills beauiy :.
AIDES. and its hopes are wrecked and de !.
olale. !.
A Miser's waH.-''I give and bequealh IL
, my slster.In.law, Sarah DENNIS, four "
Id worsled Stockings, which she will find Il
my bid TO my nephew, Ch. II