The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-05-25

uniform line in dsfegH'"'"S wy
L.,xeen Injuries and nccrssafics' e"o "''
tween articles made or not made al ho''e'--
! in doing this, IL disregard' d''''oc"0"
founded 10 The nature Of 'hing'-a d's''"''
lion maintained in al previous 'eg'''""o"-
admitted mos, recently by The 'rfreme" ,'f,'
trade outhorities--and too accord'n. WI"
tho sympu,hes Of mankind to DO oo''.e''
ted BY statute. We cannot make inc 's'", |,
upon that act, bu, upon Tho old system u
revenue duties and incidental protection,
with discrimination between Injuries and
necessaries, and between articles made or
NOT made at home. We are not to make
war upon manufactures: we do not 90 H.
Mr.. Benton thus defines The KIND Of d
,arfr he is in favor of, and declares openly
for the Incidental protection principle:
Il am for discriminating between articles
of luxury and necessity, and for making
Injuries pay highest. am for discr'm'na.'
inc between articles made at home, and not
mate at home; and placing the highest rfre.
me duty upon the foreign rivals of our otrn
productions. In word, am for gong
back to our old Legislation on this subject
TO the system before The war; not to the pre-
else terms of any one Of the acts, but to The
and structure, the objects and
the incidents o! the whole. They were all
modelled upon the same plan. All tool,
revenue for their object; all admitted in'i
dental protection; all Disseminated between
Injuries and necessaries; and none of them
admitted false assumptions of value by
minimum valuations. Tney were all G.
qualy free from the abuse OF minimum
valu'ions one nd,and the arbitrary level
ling of the horizontal principle on the other
am for returning to this system, with the
single Limitation that no duty, whether spe
cific, or ad valorem, shall exceed maximum
of 80, or 33i per centum,
And now, reader, compare the foregoing
views with those expressed by Mr.. Clay il
another column. Tha, distinguished States
man, whilst he approves the present tariff
says. correct any thing that may be found
upon fair trial, TO be defective in its de
tails. And whilst there may be difcl
ence Of opinion among individuals respec
ing the precise amount of duty to be impc
sed in each particular case, It is an aricI
in the creed Of the wing party, that impos
duties should be so adjusted as TO affor
Incidental protection 10 our national inter
es,s, at the same time the wants Of thu gov
eminent are supplied. So says Col, Bentor
so say two thirds of the Locofoco party
And yet The leaders here in The South have
the unblushing effrontery to denounce thi'
doctrine, when contended for by tho wings
as the true policy Of the country, and pra,'
about t,renty per cent. aati accidental pro
lection tariff, as the kind off one approved
by the party. Such is the means adop,e
by them to manufacture political capital ou
of supposed unpopular question in tn
South. How long will Sou'herners be d.
ceived by Locofoco prot essions. opposed =
these are to their pruciice?
Mr.. Van Buren, thus replies 10 the feal
entertained by some that Texas will be 10
to this country. unless we all throw up o.
hats and hollow hurrah for the immedial
treaty annexation scheme, secretly ha.che
by set Of gambling politicians, (messr
Tyler & Coy who are playing for "powe
and place."
cit is said, also, that if Texas is not az
y quired now, the opportunity will be foreve
e lost-that some other power will acquire il
and, indeed, some, of the rumors of the da
= have gone so far as to say that the I'exia
minister is already instructed, in case {
D failure here, to proceed forthwith to Europe
II with full authority for the accomplishment
of tina! object. We must not forget, tina
besides great public considerations, tier
: are extensive private ,ntfrests iarolred i
b this matter; and ue may, therefore, ueH
!, dis'rusbM ofMe thousand rumors achich ar
from day to day put caoat upon this sutj;ec
What comparatively few individuals, act