Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-10-05

I'd attention to this III what ia5 called Tor ID
he explanation, which reflection would hite re-
ID defed unnecessary Hitti tha candid, while III
ID thing vii DO II witii ttids8 WhU usg Tic f6tH
j ef opinion only ~ q stalkiug ltgfae. 10 eatt
e their disloyal pf0pehHities, - lhbp Us IN etc
nal Ragghgo 10 4 tofeisb aud o itohdly Peo
i pie r.
When these opinions we're given OF III
/, itnp0liGy 0f " bat Ia 10s5 improperly tallea b
lfBG Trade system and IN favor Of Tie maui.
. featuring policy, ne had just cone Oat If
war 10 which We bad been victorious owe
Q the greatest Kingdom Of tho gafth N1iwitll
standlng We bad proved ourselves 10 be ;
f9tnphtght 70 maintain our iEhtF, 60tIl On thI
i laiId aud the Ocsa6, yet Jefferson vas d. iJod
y opposed 10 The doetftag nov called tret
{ rude, no f6hdsGis the doetfine Of those VIII
would " Keep Us IN yassallage 70 foreign al
htIfle1dly peoples" as disl0yal, disaVUmA thi
doctrine Of debe hdente Oh EbRland for GU
markets and supplies, and boldly declares
That domestic manufactures arc essential Il
our Independence.
Such we're Jetfsfson's opinions when Tie
foundations Of our present protective Or die.
eliminating policy, we're being laid, BY the
cid republican Congress. Let ii not DO salt
that the tariff ofI5iG Ma d ~tafifrlof rafenue
tAA4iuAj ~ tViEtttRE hlH IbHt4IT Nun lis EHeI
sinbaffassBehts and ltuaNy debt, and not for
protection. Tho face Of HE bfli ITSELF affords
uhdeniable proof thit ii vas not only intsG-
ded a. tariff for revenue mofely il would
have imposed autias on all our Imports, grad
uallbg Tie duties according 10 the nature Of
iHo imported article, 80 IS % raise tic largest
amount Of revenue, IN aceord4ne6 With the
present doeifino0 OF South Carolina politicians.
But the face Of the bill proves that II imposed
dutt6s upon 4 much fever number Of Import
ed articles tfh1 does tie tariff of ls4ga 80
far ffgtn fts spreading The duties out upon ali
ltnparthti0fa sths horizontal doctrine would
have them spread, 1t confined and limited
them to ! smaller number Of articles, aud
tDade Tho duties more unequal thah The pre-
sent taflb does For instance, does the pre-
tafiH impose q duty Of two cents per square
foot on ais by 10 Wihdsw glass, CONSUMED
bytle poor nan That Of 1916 imposed d
duty nj ~ cents. Does tho present tariff
fix the minimum valuation III all cotton fabrics
90 extensively consumed By the poor every
where, aud which sntef sy universally l1to
The consumption Of The South for negro cloth.
ing aud other purposes at d minimum valuation
Of ~ eghtbf Iha tariff Of 1910 fixed the
minimum valuation ST IS cents, ihers6y ina.
king the duly mitch higher on cotton goods
worth less tlatf 10 cents than tbs present tar.
III does. IL also imposed j bigsr duty upon
Sugar and M6lasges, 50 generally consumed
by the poor, and many other articles that
might be- mentioned If there should ba any
doubt yet remaining 10 tho minds Of any indt-
yldaal, tho old Republican tariff Of 1917 was
not, ~ lie pr0pgs gense Of The word i FRoTEe-
TIVE tariff, aud was not intended 10 be so,
that doubt will be removed by turning 10 the
Annual Message Of James Madison, Decom.
Der BIB, 1916, Niles Register, vol ", page
256 in which that great statesman and IA.
Their Of The Constitution especially recommen.
dsd 4 tariff for teyonue and fur Yrofscfi0n, 70
the very Congress which before tho Session
closed, enacted H.. Midison proceedg /" In
adjusting The duties on imports 10 tie objects
Of revenue, the influence Of the %tartffop man.
uiaCtufsB will necessarily present Itself for
onstderati0n-iiow aver wise The theory
may be, which leaves 10 The sagaciiy ard III.
torest Of individuals the application oftheif
industry and resources, there arc III this rs
in other cases exceptions TO the general fules
Besides the condition which fhs theory it.
self IMPLIES Of reciprocal adoption by other
nations, Experience teaches that 50 many
CIRCUMSTANCES must occer III Introducing md
maturing establishments. especially Of The
more complicated kinds that 4 country may
remain long without them, although sun.
GENTLY advanced and 10 sofas respects pecu-
ilarly fitted for carrying th0p on with success,
Unicr circumstances giving . powerful i'm
pulse TO manufacturing industry, II has made
among " a progress aud exhibited and eff
cieaeg. whtch Justify the belief that with q
proper prOtecfi0n not more ban IL duo 70 the
egtcfpf isiHz citizens Wit0se interests are nov
Al stake, II VIII become III an early day. not
only gafo agalust occasional competition from
abroad, but a source Gf domestic wealth and
even bf external commerce. In selecting
lbe 5rtnaca fnpfo especially entitled 10 public
patronage, 4 preference is obviously claimed
b. eacB as VIII relieve the UGrsd States
if5u Il dependence on foreign supplies ever
subject 10 casual failures, for articles neCcs-
sary Tor tb" pulls defence, or connected With
the primary 0t Individuals. II viii be
al ad5Gjonal recommendation Of particular
m~anutaGurge, when the materials for them
are extensively drawn from our Agriculture,
and consequently import and ensure 10 that
great fund Of national prosperity and indepen.
dence; an encouragement which eaBnot fail
TO be rewarded" Madison c~autions On.
Qresss MOTTO c0nfnund the protective Or dis
eliminating taff poItcy, wb,ch be recon
mepded, With iae European systemic Of reguIa.
ting by law the pursuits Of l0en an error
INTO which The opposers Of the tariff policy
have since fallen.
lie shows that if the theory of leaving
things 10 regulate themselves, Or "the let
alone" theory As II ID sometimes called, were
true, that there are exceptions 70 the general
rule, and that the tariff policy is one Of these
exceptions. lie dives not into the inazes Of
metaphysics to maintain his position, but true
philosopher like he refers 70 the teachings OF
experience. He advocates proper protection
"a our manufactures, but not more than 10
due 20 the interests at stake. With an eye
looking far into the future, he sees that this
protective policy will ere long be a source oi
domestic wealth and even OF external CON-
merce. lie sees il releasing his country from
dependence and foreign nations for articles
necessary for the pubic defence, and he be-
holds it supplying The primary wanis Of Indi-
yIduals, and resculng the American poor from
| the iron grasp Of %nonopolies, by making the
manufacturers and a~rtlzans ~neIgbbOrs Of Ag-
| riculturaIlst and the toIllng Poor-not diTL-
Edngthsm by oceans.
Madison no doubt had his attention fixed
on cotton, he great staple ofihe South, when
he recommended to our manufacturers and
~artizans to turn their attention to the mate
rails drawn from our agriculture, and advised
Congress to look upon all such maRufaciur-
ers and a%rtizans, who might engage IN work
ing up the materials Of our agriculture, as en-
titled 10 additional encouragement, because
such manufacturers would ensure 70 agrlcnl-
ture, that fund II national prosperity and IN
depen4eBce-an encouragement which could
not fail to reward The t~iiIerofthe Fnil. Il acclr.
dance with this sage advire u Madison. IN,
old republican Congress establlsheI .ne min
mum valuations on cotton goods and impos
ed double duties upon those r.luimum vatua