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

'oHowcd, ~ necessary 10 secure tho indo.
psndsnes of the ctun,ry, and liz ability for
defence in ,imo Of war; and as furnishing
TO the agricultural producer a homo mnrks,
IN addition 10 tho foreign mnrkc,---in other
words Two markets Of sale and two markets
Of purchase. Mr.. Clay concluded this
branch Of his subjec, by declaring himself
in favor ola system Of protection, moderate,
reasonable, certain and durable-y ieldIng
no more revenue than 10 necessary for an
honest and economical administration of
the Government, and within that limit, dis.
terminating in the imp' sIion Of duties, be.
tween those articles which do and those
which do not enter into competition with
Domestic MISUNDERSTANDING the heavier
duly on the former and the lighter duty on
the latter He said that on this basis this
great question must be set.led-thdt ire
must lrre together, We cannot do otherwise
and there mus, be some common ground
on which we should meet. That the advo.
Gates of Free Tiade and The advocates of
prohbi,ory or high Duties, occupied The two
extremes; and safety and pence could only
be found by taking the middle path. That
neither interest or section could expect 10
| have il all their own way-the matter must
be adjusted by concession, compromise, con.
ciIiaion-such concession, compromise,
and Cancellation as led TO The adoption of
the Federal Constitution; and under The in
Huence of which, our political union would
continue to fluff its sacred trust sLd move
forward in its high career, blessing to our
Race Each interest must concede some.
thing, and thus a system Of equivalents
would give satisfaction to all. And we
should be the more prompted TO this result,
as The concession would not be to Foreign>
ers and Foreign in eres's, bu, to Domes,ic
interests, 10 fellow citizens If u common
country, 10 brethren of the same family"
And now, reader, peruse the following
extract from the New York Tribune, an abe
northern journal. and one of the most ultra
prints IN The wing ranks upon the subjec, Of
The Tariff. Compare i! with Mr.. CIays
remarks, and observe the perfect agrees
men, in sentiment, as well as The striking
similarity in language.
"The Herald has discovered nd parades
in 'argc black letter tina, Mr.. CLAY has
abandoned tho "High Tarif System
Indeed! We did mol know that Mr.. Clay
had ever been en- advocate Of a prohlbi,ory
Tariff! Look into any edition of his Spec
ches, and you will find him holding, in 49,
IL, 1894, 1882, and at all times, just tho
present.
| lie is for moderate, wisely discrimne.
ting bene6cent Tariff. to afford of itself atm.
pie Revenue for the Government, and pro.
,ect incidentally the Coun'ry,-in short,
he is for the present Wing Tariff, with The
correction Of any defects in details which
must naturally develop themselves upon a
full and fair trial, in a measure so vast and
involving 80 many complex considerations,
as good Tariff must be. We believe
most Of Mr.. CIay's opponents are begin.
ming to discover that his views are sound
and behe6cen', and to admit that he never
was in favor Of an exorbi,ah,, prohibitory
Tariff We hail the change with pleasure,
and are even willing they should fancy it a
change in him rather than themselves
! A Happy Old Farmer The following,
drawn by an old farmer, eighty yeas Of
age, is one of the bes, sketches Of human
happiness we have ever read. We bespeak
for it an attentive perusal, as it shows how
easy il is for man TO find contentment If he
would but seek it in the only way where it
is to be found.
d have lived on this farm more than half
century. have no desire to change my
residence, as long as | live on earth. |.
have no wish to be richer than am now.
! have worshiped the God of my fathers for
more than forty years During that period
| have scarcely been absent from the sane.
tuary on the Sabbath, and have never lost
more than ono communion season. have
never been confined to a bed Of sickness u
single day. The blessings Of God have
been richly spread around me, and ! made
up my mind long ago, that i wished to be
happier, must have moro religion.
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