Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-10-12


out Of Tic price. If wo could getfid Of III;
duty, 10 far as cotton ID concerned, BY mani
featuring it at home, we would get rid ofth
heaviest duty which, affects The price--th
English duty, which falls On the larger half
our exports. Whereas, the American dui)
If ever SO high on cotton fabrics, cannot male
rally affect tie price Of our staple beeaus
il falls on q very small part Of E0gltst export
comparatively d very small portion Of thl
cotton crop ia consumed III The United States
lie South, rich IN agriculture and bioBsel
beyond any other country ii happy, peace
ful peasantFy, is nevertheless poor and eW
barfassed. II lies IN an uhlfnpf5ved eondi-
tiOn-its lands except some choice spots wit
scarcely sell 1t all, and property d avery kint
IL below is intrinsic value. II cannot coin
paro WI h The North. Those who. do not III
derstand our Institutions attribute those evils
very ofr0neougly, 10 slavery. Nj WeDufit
aad some other politicians Of the South Caro-.
llna school, have tnade q large portion Of TIE
Southern democracy believe that Glle NORTH,
IN some way has got the advantage 0fthe s0uth
and makes the South pay tribute 70 L, aud
that d discriminating competition tariff, such
as The old Republican Congress Under Mad.
s0n imposed, 10 the instrument TO exact The
tttbhtB VT III ptHBI WlEuB IL EDU Tie ESUlIEI4%&
It is difficult TO convince those persona Wh0
lake heated and short sighted yi0Ws Of things
That d duty Of a cents pof yard on baggthR
and a still heavier duty on cotton fabrics docs
not cause the consumer to pay as much 10 ad.
ditloh as Tic dhty atnoutits 10. ifthis post
ton were correct, still, as ! have shown, ii
would not account for the itBpoyefishment of
the South. few cents more OF less fof bag
Rlng aud cotton goods Canh6t impoverigl tho
Sou i which makes about 21 millions ofbales
Of cotton, besides rice, sugar, and tabseco ii.
abundance. II the tariff wore 100 per cent
on cotton goods, a planter making 800 balos
of cotton would only have to pay about 875
per annun more under Tho tariff than lie would
have 70 pay without It; because S150 VIII pur.
more than enough Of cotton goods 10.
supply the persons engaged IN making 300
bales. The present duty on baggi1g and rspo,
If added 10 the price, would Not amount to-
more than S~ll4--which added II The S75.
would make $3.50 That is too small i sum
to impeYefish Q planter making 300 bales. In
other respects, The planter would not feel Tie
tariff on other aftle8 mora than any other eiti.
zen Of the United States. This additional
amount Of $3.50 imposed upon q 300 bale plan.
under tue eupposition thai the duty ID add.
ed to the price, cannot inpeg6rish hin. What
does impoFeristl him4 Lei him chip lis 300
bales 10 Europe direct and he will soon see
the true cause. Between a third and a fourth
tho whole sum, which his cotton sells for,
10 taken away from him in the English market
and much more in the French. The cotton
comes TO the English manufacturer cioeged
. heavy freight, besides a duty of 80 per
bale, stamps, dock, tow aud trade dues, &c.
manufacturer, not able to give the true
value for the raw material, takes the addition.
u charges, about S12, out III the Price Of tie
irtlcle and gives the planter that much less
han he could afford 70 give without them.-
The planter, therefore. losea about $50 on oy.
Try bale lie makes for not having a market
II homa-ior not having done a8 Jefferson
old him to do, viz 40 place tie manu(aciu-
'er by The eide gftbe agricuHHraEtsl.0 1t il the
tribute Of 70 millions Of dollars, ali.
pad by the planters Of the South TO the
government Of Great Britain on the ar.
.icles OF cotton, rico and to5aCco and the dis.
Of the South to The advise of Thomas
Jefferson which have impoverished the plant
ug states and not the tariff on cotton goods
md cotton bagging as Mr.. McDufie and the
south Carolina politicians contend.
The Northern States have foilo8e ed Jefer-
IONS advice. They have placed the mau1fae.
.uror by the eide Of the farmer. Like man
md wife, one helps the other. The farmers
,o1sume q portion otthG goods and wares Of
he manufacturers and mechaDicg, and the
nanufactuTers and mechanics afford our
Northern agriculturists market for The great.
II part Of their provisions The south, old
,achelor-Iike, having never welded the arts,
. obliged to look abroad for 4 market, while
lie North, having long since done SO, finds a
market at hone. Thus, while England is
the rich old bachelor to the tune of22
.afifOns per mum by way Of duties on cot.
rice and tobacco. She can only eXtort
bout 5 millions out ef the whole ofthe North.
m, Middle and Western States. These States
re protected against British rapacity by The
hammer and The weayer's Doain-
he artisans OF Massachusetts alone consume
0 millions Of agricultural products, which but
jr them would have sought d market abroad,
nd there paid duties to Great Britain or some
Their country. The South Carolina politicians
/ Directing TO the taritt on the ground hat il
exports, should add 10 the exports,
he agricultural products, which the artisans
not only in Massachusetts but in all
Inerfca. This Is an old Federal objection,
nd has been again and again answered by
re Republicans Of former times.
But it is true that the planter pays more for /
cotton goods and baggIng with a tariff,
ian without one! In some instances, and /
II a short period, it may be 80. That q iu- {
cious discriminating tariff, VIZ: a compcti- +
Oh tariff, in It's general tendency, clteapens ]
jods, is a political paradox very easily ex- ]
aimed. Tie importers and spectators
. larger sum on the goods imported c
abroad than the democratic tariff a. {
10. Thus Stephen Gerard, and other n
lporting merchants, bringing goods-cotton
.ggIng for nstance--from Europe and the S
1st Indies, were not content with a profit OF a
VI cents per yard, when they could extort /
II. TO break the hold which such mon0po. b
had on the labori1g classes of the coun. D
7, was one OF the principal reasons which o
the old Republican Congress, acting b
lder the advice oil Jetfeison and Madison, to {
opt Tie discriminating or protective policy !
nat policy, by encouraging manufactures b
d the various products vi American indus o
I, to spring up near every poor mans door, !
ceased the poor every where from tue eXac- I
,ns and extorllons OF m%onopolists and spec o
ators. Have We all forgot how v~aIiautly d
at old blue light tederaljst, Timothy Pick g
ing, fought the battle Of The importing mo- +;
against the peoples measure, a dis t.
mlnating tariff! Il
yiew: Great BritaiA has ayoWed &
intention OF aboIIsbfpg slavery throughout Al
? world, 1t is humanity, is II phlianthro- 8.
I No one who knows England can sus- 81
ct her OF such a motive. She wants to el
dish slavery because she sees in it the I
OF the downfall OF her oWn bioated ii