Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-04-04


manufacturers Of the East. ssJosth, South
and West. are all the sameP To be sur
1t is by no natural law of trade. but b,
your unjust ard partial Aesislation. tina
: they are brought into conflict: but the con
Hict is not the less real on that account
II the great staples of the South an,
west, were equally. diff'uscl over III,
North AID East, and the manufactures a
the latter, in like manner, difi'lse.l owe
the inrmer, do you suppose This system
would stand tar a single wear? ! do no
believe it would command ten Yates i,
this body. Or consider this whale ooun
try, with its now conflicting interests. \.
an estate belonging TO single proprietor
Would these Interests stand i'm Confiic
any l"nse.? Would such propripto,
have the consummaie folly to cnt off n,
imports OF foreign manufactures frnm ore
branch nt his estate. that he might SIM
ply tacir place, at an increased cost al
40 per cent, by another branch. Sir. II
is in vain to disguise the fact that it is
because the interests of the United
States are not homogeneous. that This
protective system has grown IN to its
present gigantic stature. II the inter
ests Of the peop'e. like the government.
were unit. and the question uas. how
TO produce the greatest aggregate incom.
Tor the whole. not man could be found
5" absurd as to propose the exclusion 81
tore'sh manufactures at higher prices. as
a means OF increasing the national il,
come.
But, MIR. President. to bring all these
views To practical test. and to demons
strate the gross and revolving inequality
! aud injustice OF this protective system, /
will suppose that the U.iun were nov
peaceably dissolved. and that three sep
arate coute,lcraci.-s were turmed-one
consisting of the Middle and Eastern
States ,anOther Of the u estern and North
western States, AID the third OF the
Southern and Southwestern Sta,eS-de
| nominated respectively the manufactu-
ring. the farming. aud the planting cum
tedeIacies. Each of these would. of
course be RENTED. tn its original and in
herent right OF self government, aud di
vested OF all power To contrul or intiu :
ence the legislation of the others. Now
propose to inquire what would be the
obvious policy of each Of these conte,lar.
acies On the great questions of free trade
and pit ctlon, .ansi how the interests of
| each. considering the subject with view
to national wealth. would be affected by
the political change have suppnse,l.-
And | Will first draw Il faithful ! icture of
the cohd ton Of the southern. and sDu,h.
western contetieracy under the new or
der Of things and hold it up to the yie.w
IF the Senate IN contrast with It's present
cun,litiun. aud ask the advocates Of the
prot,ctiv policy to 'l"oa at this picture.
and Look d, that and say whether il is
not Hyperion to a Satyr.'
| Jud.in. from our past experience, i,
wou!d b. within limits to assume that the
exports Of the planting confederacy would
am"unt annually to at least IA hundred
millions of dollars under that system If
! Tree trade which would. OF course be "a
dopfe,l; and in return for this there would
be an annual amount OF inpnriS equal to
oGe hundred and twenty miilionS 1t dol
lars; for we should sell as much aud 6uy
AS much as possible. havin. II" dread "i
IA balance OF trade in oar fav =, in other
wards, Of receiving more value than we
gave A duty Of 10 per ceut. on these
imports would Yield an annual revenue
OF $4,000, 0OO-a most abundant sup
hly for all the Imaginable wants of me
i governments; which would Mt Only be
raised with one-fuurth pant al tae bnr,en
now imposed upon aur people. tut the
whole of it would be expended among
them; whereas of the enormous contr
buttons now drawn from the productions
of our industry, SCARCELY anything is re
turned to us IN the shape of dssbur~e-
ments. Now sir. have made a state
ment, with all the truth aud adorned
simplicity ofhlstory. OF what every man.
must know would be. the policy pursued
By the southern and southwestern State.
under separate government. and the
results OF that pollcy as it would sffecl
their wealth and prosperity. Aud ,ei,
sir. that statement. in which DEFY an,
senator to point out The slightest coIprlps
or exaggerat;an .tlisciusps to every mind
capable &c cnmpiehending II, the elr-
ments and causes e nne of the most ex
tramtlnary revolutions in the pros part,
of States to be- found il the hsior, Of the
world. whether proc e,lins tlom change
of government, commercial discoveries.
Lar afsV other cause. SIR, no Imagination
can adequately portray the increased
prosperity Of the States in question. il
all its developments. Their annual in
come The annual amount of consumabt
commotlities which they would receive
as the reward Of their industry. to b,
/ distributed among all classes. woul,. b,
increased from $79 0Q0,00 to S108,
OOO.0OO, or in that proporllun--to SAL
nothing Of the employment: and means o
enjoyment which woult! result from tn,
! disbursement Of the reveHve. The citie
. Of Charleston, Savannah, and New Or
! leans, in some Of which it may be sal,