The North-Carolina standard., 1843-12-06
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TO the Freemen of North GaFolinsa..
Lew-oIFIzENs In our last gave ron the lead
ing principles held by Mr. Clay with the proof Is 4
sone ofthem, thatthsy were sofSei FeaisO sttetnpt
ed TO the arguments which have been ad-
dncsd by the whig party, justfcation Of The present
high Tarf, The present number we shall devote 10
combating the other positions which they have taken in
its defence whichw hold to be equally pntenab4ee
They now say that the duties although gh aFe not
6oily to hemanufac ctdfe; that tFey.ncrease not the
price Of the goods which the farmer purchases, but n
the contrary many instances make them in reality
cheaper and therefore the farmer shand not complain
They seem perfectly to Understand ideas which are
the most apparent apt to have deeper mpression
than such asdepend distant and remote combi-
nations ;and in this instance, in others they pre-
sumo too much upon the ignorance ofte ssTagar
the clod hopPers suppose them incapable of dis
terminating obvious truth, when attempted to be con-
cealed under the rubbish of seemingly plausible argu
ment for we do not deny that herestoo, there is
fblance show oftruh which is well calculated de-
eeye many upon its first blush ;ut like the morning
dew, it win disspate when exhiBed nakedSo the rays
of truth. 'F+H ~ q"
Let examine it and seeif we cannot expose IFS
soundness We viii frstapply some of the chaFacteris-
ties of. andthe reasons which given for, bountes
What, then abounfya bennty is its name pur-
ports, gift. gratuity; and Adam Smith says, his
Wealth of Nations, that it sgiven to make up the Toss
which tradesman sustains in selling his goods for price
which does replace to him the capital, with the ord
nary profit and that it is to encourage him to continue
for public good Mr. Smith, with other writer's
political economy, ''bounties and high duties
syhonoous terms-with this exception, that the former
is applied TO exporaton and the latter to Importation
High duties possess all these characteristics they pro-
hib the Introduction offoreign goods and this enables
the manufacturer to se higher and avoid the losS and
the public good is the wings say themselves 10
der Us independent of other nations. .s s..5 ...es
We start out, then, with the proposition, which we
shall attempt TO make good that all duties bounties-
in other words taxes imposed upon the consumers of The
protected articles oT the benefit Of those who make them
We not going to breaehthe forty bale theory urged
with much ability by Mr.. McDue, that tax upon
Imports o the precise erte, upon exports, al
though are inclined to the opon that, in addition to
what We pay as consumers we do feel, in smaH de-
gree the bghting effects Of this accursed policy in our
character fsrners producers of the material
Is it not reasonable thai system Of policy the part
the GeRerd Government, which has already shortened
importations by many millions of dellars, must be felt
somewhere: If So where, weask. il it SO likely f
upon the shoulders Of those who grow protect
feed all! The way they feel it, producers, the
restrictions which the system puts upon commerce,
thereby lessenng the demand in the regP country for
the material made this We have before stated
that GH commerce is nothing but traffic barter-you
give what you make spare for such of the things
need and which Ra1eto spare and will not take
of you, yoa have not the OF taking from Here
too beautifully expressed by Mr. Calhoun, when
speaking of revenue tariff, Whie it takes, patron
izes and petronizes that it may take mnrc" But TO the
question: That duties are 6elnltieS, have from the
(Which is of notorety) tat the manufacturers them,
selves continually calling out far higher duties and
asking aid against foreign competition Now duties
do OF two ings-they either raise lower the price.
But IL as the wings say, the Prceof manufactures gen.
orally, has fallen since the tari supposed " why
sts continuance advocated by the manufacturers them
sevess Il Henry Clay (wko is extensively engaged at
this moment in the manufacture of cottonbaggingt and
the other manufacturers of the Union such stupid asses
to be desiring to bring about, at0 eoafiae stale
things suicidal to therr interestsl II the mannacur-
eTs lost money at the former prices and they still
lOcceT under the present state efhngs, not aOnndy
but in reality they tools to advocate it? But it,
as suppose ourselves, the nominal price insolns in
stances may have fallen, yet the comparative and real
price has been advanced-hOw, we Indignantly ask sEe
he industrial pursuits Of the country bene6tted?.
That duties are bounties, prove, in the second
,lace, from Mr. Clay HIMSELF for, in his speech in 1924
which have referred he said that Kentucky 70
participate largely in the benefits ef the protective poll
y; that she was then prevented from dsing by the
tagging which in Inverness and Dundee, and which
brought and sold to the cotton planter at less
'rice than the hemp raiseS could afford to make It. And
sehy and nodests urged upon Congress to exclude
he one. to benefit the ofherI
That duties bounty, we triumphant1y appeal TO
Alexander Hamilton, the leader of the Federal party,
authority which Federalist ought 10 deny.) Gen.
Hamilton was able and too honest TO resort TO
deceptive argument to carry his points. In his Official
epor, made Congress while Secretary Of State, upon
he subject Of manufactures he openly aVOws that duties
taxes. Hear his language; he says they "eUidenty
mount to virtual bounty thedomestic fabrics, since
enhancing the charges foreign articles they enable
he national manufacturers underse all their foreign
competitors * (Hamiitcns Official Reports, p. 124)
Again: If discriminating duties do not enhance the
,rice to the consumer and thereby enable the manafac
uRdersell his foreign competitor why they
nposed in 1924 1928 and 1882, when they not
uired for revenues aud why they nOto imposed not
With an eye but to the exclusion of foreign
,oods!
No, felow-czens, it is dsingenuous, it is quibbng
the wings that duties not bounties, and that
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