The Arkansas banner., 1844-09-18
Tho whigs labor in vain to make fl appear

nc WhlgS labor III yaln to make lt appear that competition between the British and American manufacturer makes goods cheaper. When their policy destroys this competition. And the more they try to explain 1t, the darker and the more unintelligihle they make II. Every time linear their speakers, or see thelr writer's attempt it, 1t reminds me of the Seotchman's definition of melayhvsics. On being asked what metaphysics meant, he said, "a hen man speaks what la ane under stands, and what he dis na understand himseI, that's metaphyscs,e So when the whigs speak land write what 10 one understands. and what they don't understand themselves, that IS the meaning of the competition les senmg the value of the pr0tected articles That an agricuitUraland cotton raising coun- try, should contain men,as citizens, who will advocate protective taFia, to enrich North- en monepolsts is one of the anomelios of the world--one of the wonders of the l9h century. They carry out the scripture max m, beyond the letter: ssWhen man sues thee al the law, and takes away thy coat, let bHLl have thy cloak alson And all the noise made, about home market for the surplus produce, is the veriest cafch fool that ever entered the head of man. When the truth IS that the.home market will forever be regu- lated by the foreign, while that foreign market takes Lfree toQrths of ou, produce.
 II We are so fond of protecting our people at home. why don't aH of us purchase ercry afteie, groceries and all, from the merchants II Little Rock, instead of sending to New Orleans or Cincinnati? find the very men who make the loudest noise about protecting odf own people, f they have a few dollars to lay out for goods or groceries, they will send 10 New Orleans or New or,, and our own merchants may keep their goods till they rot m ther stores, if they can buy cheaper elsewhere Now, 1 admit this Is the free trade principle that every democrat contends tor: let every man carry the proceeds of his labor where he can buy cheapest and sell highest or, la other words, where he can make the most profitable exchanges.
 Il there should come q season of scarcity oi corn Ill our state, so hatitwould sell high, say for one dollar bushel, but could be brought by the steam boats from the neigh boring States, and sold at Little Rock, for 50 cents, and our Slate should pass law that our citizens should not buy 1t unless a duty Was pad on tito bring ii up 10 dollar, with View of protecting our own citizens, who had corn for sale, would we submit to such a law No sir! We would rise against il co aas&e. But atsueh protection 10 our corn fasefs here, to the oppression of the other citizens, would be altogether as just and rea- sona5le, as laying protesiye tariff for the benefit et the dear, laborions, Hdrd pressed, money loving, purse proud, monopoIizng, austocratcat manufacturers of the North, to tIle inpeyershng of the Southern agficultur- aiist We must lay countervailing duties. 10 match England in her high protective tariff man must cut off his nose 10 spite his face : l care not how rich make q man by trading #ith him, if ] make myself richer. Nor need We care how profitable our trade may be to England, fiji be equally profitable to ourselves. But what becomes of our ship ping and seamcn, while we are protecting our manufacturers and crippling our com merce For just so far as we shut out im- Pouatlon, by our protective tariff, we curtail our commerce, and lessen the number of our vessels and seamen. Let a war come sud- denly upon us, and how easily could we mount cannon upon our merchant ships and transfer them 10 the navy; and the gallant tafs that manage them, become marine sol diers and officers And in this wav,we could easily create an additional number of war vessels, support them economicallv, and sup ply, certainly the strongest arm of national defence in time of war.
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