Port-Gibson herald., 1845-09-11
RRITISH GROAN9

WING TARIFF Of the United States, and thu
similar tariff Of France, upon English commerce
"Whilst we see France and her protectlv,
tariff yearly advancing round the Mediterrane
an, and closing region after region and pert after
port to our commerce; so in the New World We
tind the United States, whose protective tariff
ls OF our creaticn, spread that tariff with its flag
over shores tho most open to our influence, the
most favorable TO our trade. If it was empty
honor we lost, or the balance Of power, or any
Of those euperannuatcd, though to US good mo.
tives, which this age has obliterated. we should
say nothing; but we are losing trade, profits,
power, shipping and substance, wanting alike
the skill to keep or The spirit to defend lhem. "
Now aoe donot, like our opponents, term any
party Of American citizens British party, but
such a term is daily applied by them to the
Wings, and we ask any candid man who reads
the above extract to tell US which most strenu-
ously oppose the interests Of their own country,
and blindly seek to advance those Of Great Br-
tain? The Wing Tarifiites or the Locofoco Free
Traders? The answer is evident, and is a tri-
umphant proof Of the wisdom Of whig policy.
There is brief portion Of the brief extract
which we quote above, to which we would call
the particular attention Of our readers; it is that
sentence in which the British editor acknowled-
ges that the American Tariff, which is sapping
the foundations Of British commerce, is Of Brit
iSh creation. Yes, it is Of British creation, and
the origin may be traced back 10 the time when
nearly three-fourths Of century ago, the great
Earl Of Chatham, alarmed at the manifestations
Of American energy and enterprise, the result Of
which, though then 'no bigger than a mans
hand,' were, to his far-seeing eye, ominous to
British interests. Even then, before the Decla-
ration Of independence had burst like thunder
clap upon the ears of the startled dynasties Of
Europe, that great English Statesman declared
in the British Parliament that this spirit should
be checked, and that the American colonies
should not be permitted to manufacture even "a
hob-nail,''
But this proud spirit Of selfreliance was not
thus repressed, and when British insolence had
lighted the flames Of the Revolution, American
mothers sent forth their sons to the battlefield,
clad moi in the gaudy attire which rolls from the
looms of Europe, but in seryicable American
hOme-spun, woven by the fair hands ofthe patri-
otc daughters of America.
The Revolution broke the spell Of British do
and new measures on the part Of that
Empire became necessary.
These measures, laid as British plans usually
re, not for Immediate but for final effect check
d the growth Of American manufactures, made
ur nation tributary still to Great Britain, by per-
hitting the latter power to furnish us with Eu-
opean fashions and European fancies; yet the
ast energies Of our country triumphantly over
anne these attempts of Great Britain to make
er former colonies tributary to her Commercial
nd Manufacturing power.
The wars Of the continent Of Europe, which
lcceeded the French Revolution, gave to Eng
md pretext Of enslaving our countrymen-
losing the continental ports Of Europe against
lr Commerce, and again endeavoring to reduce
be old thirteen and younger sisters to colo
al vassalage Again they were mistaken
gain the looms Of the American larm-houses
tered their busy hum, when the free hands of
e American girls wove the garment of the vo.
ntary defenders of the American Republic.
This second war with Great Britain caused
e springing up of various small manufactures,
ected by laboriRg men, to supply the necessary
ants of the country. They were found profta-
e & useful during ''the second war of Indepen-
nee, as it is most appropriately termed; but no
oner was the war triumphantly concluded
an the British manufacturers again began to
er upon US, and attemptto seduce our citizens
,m the path of National Independence. Ame-
ans were told that Britain could clothe them
eaper than they could clothe themselves!- 4
We us your cotton, said Britain, and Ue will
turn fabric cheaper than your countrymen
n manufacture it-give us your carrying trade, Il
d we will charge you less freight than the sal n
5 Of America can afford! Such were the pro- g
ses of Britain, and her conduct afterwards ii
oved that these offers were but part of plot to is
luce the American States to their former CO. R
lial dependence. a
Britain, alarmed at the progress ofthe factories
which this second war had given birth, sought d,
'ir destruction, and BY means other immense Ct
oital, threw into the American market large q
sr-supply Of manufactured goods, which were s. s.
at ruinous prices. Ruinous to whom? not to
the English manufacturer who was able to e
II temporary loss for the sake Of permanent o. o.
n, but to the ruin Of The American mechanic, ii
ose little capital was embarked in his adven- So
c. TT
Lord Brougham, in allusion to this matter, &C
], that it was we'll that the British manufactu- of
) should thus overstock American markets, CO
undeTsell American artisans, for they aoould Ia
S starue out and break doUn those rising ma ga