The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-24
A WORD TO FARMERS.

this city, Witfremsfnber that The orator devoted
much tine and pains to what the FedeTaliss cob
sidex fair view Of the benefits of protective
Tariff And wherefore did he dwel1so earnestly
and particularly upon this question: This rs che
reason: A National Bank, Distribution, or in
sother words, AAsspmptiou OF. tho State Debts and
"a Protective Tariff, are the main and necessary
ipstrupaepts, which MI. Clay would use to establish
a splendid geEeEnuJent = anda Psoteeti9e Tariff,
being the head and parent Of them all, he Of
course devoted the greater portion of his remarks
to that He wants a. high Protective Tariff to.
create surplus Of money to found Bank upon );
he wants Bank TO control, as he said in his
speech, the prices and property of the country J;
and he hopes to reconcile 4he States to both and
all these Odieus measures by distributing among
them, at stated periods, ,sums.ef money fsomthe
Federal Treasury. These measures Of his rau-
TALLY support and sustain each .other; they are
only fragments Of nighty and dangerous sys-.
tenn, which is destined, if unfortunately caFrfed
out to convert This government into an engine of
favefitism and oppression. Fl. - = s.
7 =" But who heard MIR Clay say even one word
about protection to.tAe tfarmer2 Under the pres
ent Tariff, which Mr.. Clay pronounces gaOiss
land aropex' and which his friends 10 ali sections
are endeavefihg to- perPetuate upon the country,
the artter pays an enormous tax upsn everE arti-
ele Of prime necessity. Upon bis raw iron he
pays more than ,one hundred per cent--npon bis
tsah one hundred and thitty4hfee per eent---apoh
bis sugar one 'handEed per cent--and npon the
implements and utensils which he must have upon
his farm, from seEenty-6Eestn one hundred and
fifty per eent4 This is what Mr.. Clay fnea6s+by.
t"a Tariff for revenue; 7discrin mating for protfc-
ldea." But this Is not half Under this tariff
laxuties used by the rich, and the dye-stafS used
by the uaapafacturers, erher pay bot light duty
or no duty Nv hatevef.. Mr.: Clay, it is rHe, SAID
moi long since, that e agriculture nteded 10 pro-
tiou p hut we, expected that IN his late speech be
you'd at least sag something fos the artnetsrr !.
The truth is, the fIrWfng in;erests76f the eooa-4
try have been sacrificed by Mr.-Clay and his
friends to build 'upthe pretensions and the 66pu,
lence of traders, and SHAKERS, and manufacturers
and the Issue now is, as it has long been, between
a PROTECTIVE Tsfif and the Farmer = To the
manufacturer the 7hrnet isfwiliirgt giHf,a Ia
riff fot. revenue, 5zith pEotectioh nr its incident );
but he caanet and seiU not give him a Tariff for
projections, wilt revenue for It's incident a Il
But let gs:look finle fuzsher' at the present
tariff-reTne.nbexing at the same time that Mr.
Clay approves Of .H-and see how il operates in
hyoc Of the ,nanufacturer, and against the far
mer. The following articles, which used ex-
clusively by the manufacturer, come In. free OF
duty: ,.s.
cofm nd ahJaSI
used principally in dying all dye woods in sticks
bafi1a bark Of the cork tree; uaanufactured BELLS
or bell metal old add only fit to- be- manufactured
brass in bars. brass only fit to be Eemanu
faetured Brazil wood crude drugstore; burr stones
unwronght clay nn~r6ug ght; cochfnsal old copper
fit only to be tured India rubber bottles
Sheets or otherwise nnanuaetured old junk and oak
kefp madder and madder root :; mother of pearl i
nickel palm leaf, unlnaRuactured pewter, when old
ed ivory, aananufactdred plaster af Paris unground
raItans and reeds, ananufacturea safPetre, when
cE1de stones, called poiishng stones stones called
rotten stors tartar when crude woods OF all
kinds. unnanuiactured, not herein enunerated.""
,Se-it appears that the manufactures. gels his !
materials free of duty, whilst the farmer has to
pay hundred peE cent: UPON the implements of
husbaadry. and that too befors he can make bis
cropt Truly the one has greatly the start Of the
oiheE.. The one has every thing to bis hsod,
withest paying atax on it; but the other has but
futile that rs Ant taxed ehorraee1sly. -
But Mr. Clay, IS for a a:scriiasAatihg tariff
Well let US see 4eo0 he discsininates bearing in
nainG al the same. time, that high duty upon the
foreign artcls favors the domestic articles and chat
i loo duly is against the domestic article. Upeu
raw hides Prodnced by 4he farmer, the duty is
Eve per cent and upon, leather, made by the
the duty is'thirtyfve per cent Is
sot his against the fafrner2 Upon tfnseed the
iRY.is fxe per cent; but upon hnseed OIL an.ar-
icle extensively made at the Napih, apd by the
Manufacture of which many large fortunes have =
'eetr made, the duty is twenty five per,centl Is
lot this also against the farmer, and IN favor Of
he manufactured indeed, article afsr ar1icle1
night be enumerated ia which the preference IS
.iven to the tnanuhcturery and ndtfefarmerpeglecte lie
d. This, then, is the sum Of MIR, Clay's boasted
ystem Of diserimilation-a aAiserimipaion which q
axes the farmer for the benefit of the mannfactar-l
E, and makes a, government founded and support
by the farming Interests Lavish alfiss '9paren, t1
#" hvors upon a fewaveahhy capitalists And
ct the farmers arc called. upon to vote for Mr..
lay and Mr. Clay htrnseif patroa.of. .rDei :,
fhe shave and speculate, snd dehaud under5he y
ing-ahd pfotec.fon Of an unjust governmensAis