Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-09-25

he represented tue COnSIeSsloEal'DisliIS VI
Edgehed and Abbeville, and declared that be
would now say what he had never said before
10 any portion Of his former constituency. that
throughout his whole career in the Lower
House he was sustained by measure of con-
fdence which was never excelled, and that
amid all the delicate and embarrassing topics
in which il was his fortune TO bear part, he
had never for the first time asked himself the
question, shall be sustained BY the People Of
Edsefield and Abbevie? No. He knew
that he had but TO make the best use Of the pow
ers with which Providence had blest him, TO
come to the discharge Of his duty honestly and
conscientiously, and he would find generous
response in the hearts of his constituents.
The first topic which claimed MS attention
was the Tariff. This he regarded as perhaps
the leading question, and he devoted the most
of his time 10 the exposure Of its mons,rous in
justice and oppression. He denounced the
whole policy from its beginning through the
successive stages ofits progress, TO its final con.
summation in 1912.
Never, said he, vas there a stronger illus
tralion of the truth than tha, tyranny Should be
resisted at Its very threshold. At first IFS ad-
vocates were modest in their demands, pledg-
ing themselves that if granted they would
never ask for more. But boIdnees came with
success, and the meianchoy truth now stares
us in the face that nothing can satiate them
short of The utter destruction of the Cotton
growing States. lie compared very particu.
larly the Tariff Of '32 which was nullifed
BY South Carolina with the Tariff of az, Sc.
leetug some Of the leading articles TO illustrate
The truth that the present Tariff is far more
onerous and oppressive than that which the
State resisted. On cotton bagg,ng, for eX-
ample, there was comparatively but small
duty when we nullifcd; now that article is
taxed so high us to amount 10 prohibition or
the foreign article. The singular truth is pre-.
sented that while our great staple is lower
than it has ever been, baggng is higher But
aiew years since the best Dundee rianufac-
turc was aidat the door of the planter for IL
to lG cts ,and Cotton brought20 cents, and now
Cotton is from a to cents and the bagging at
such price as almost TO anountthc value ofthe
Cotton. Upon whom does this nonslrous tax
fall? And for what end? Fhe Talitf IS the
work Of q combination Of men whose bond OF
union is plunder, whp. forgetting the great
interests OF The confederacy, and dead to the
calls ofjustice, carry their patriotism in their
pockets, aud feed and fauen Oh their il-go;len
gain. What is the result of this tax OH bag
ging' The growers Of hemp, and Mr.. Clay
among the number, are now making from two
to three hundred dollars to the hand, while the
most skIul planter among lis cannot make
more than from fifty to one hundred dollars.
He spoke also of the tax on Negro clothing.
And here. he said, is presented very apt ilTs-
uation ofthc tender sympathies Of our North
ern brethren with the poor oppressed Southern
slave They will take the very clothing from
hisback 10 minister TO their uvur1ce and cupid
iy. AS much as they love the poor African
they love money more. Great anu expansive
as is their benevolence, with hearts bleeding at
the thought that poor colored brother is in a
siale of miserable oppression, they will yet
rob him of his clothing and make him pay his
regular tribute to swell their unexampled opu-
lence.
Mr.. McDufie selected but few out of abon,
one hundred articles on which the duty has
been increased by the last Tariff. The sys.
tenn oppressive and dishonest as it has al
ways been, is far more so now than formerly.
It's friends have grown wiser and more arful
by experience. Al a time when not as well
schooled in party tactics, they called Tariff
for protection by its right namei but now when
the purpose is more distinctly TO protect than
il lever was, when the rate Of duty is far higher,
aud The manufacturers are reaping golden
harvests, they call it by the modest. unassu.
ming name, of Tariff for Rcucnuc. Itis thus
by resort to all SORTS of subtcGuges, by mys.
liiicalion, by promulgaIing the most stupid
opinions, and by bold denial of the most set.
lied principles Of poliicaf economy, that they
have succeeded IN deluding the American peo-
pie and in riviing upon them, fear forever
this foul and iniqutous system. Among these
political aZoms, for which we are
indebted to the inventive genius Of Sir. Clay,
is the one which justly claims o'be the fnnda.
mental principle of The Tariff Party; that high
dn,ies reduce the price Of an article. In
other words, that the higher you tax an arti-
Gle, the cheaper youmake it. An eminent PC
Iilical economist of the North, and President
Of one of their Colleges, said that lfa youth on
examination should give him such an opinion
he would be refused admission, aud that Mr.
Clay could not geta diploma from him: Well,
says MIR McDufie, if Mr.. Clay's principle be-
correct, that the price OF an Article is renduced