Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-09-05
THE JOURNAL.
Friday. SeDternbcr S. 1916.
observation-disclosures.

mean properly directed industry, wants or re-
quires, at the hands of government is, that II
will not be moIested or restrained in pursuing
whatever channel it may think proPerto seek
The free, unTesiralned pursuit OF wealth, hap
piness and prosperity, according to the theory
Of our enlightened constitution. is guaranteed
to every citizen in the Union. There are those
amongst us, however, who think that 1t is the
province OF government 80 to order things by
it's act, on that men will be compelled to aban-
don those paths which they, either from incli-
nation, circumstances, or sometimes necessity,
have chosen, and adopt others neither congen-
ial 10 their feelings nor compatible with their
circumstances. The Federal party, claiming for
ita motto and watchword, protection for home
industry, insist upon it, that the general gov
eminent should SO !egislate as TO make what,
from the nature of ouE country and the habits
Of our people, must, for some time to come, be
but very small portion of our national indus
try, enormously profitable, at the expense Of
all other classes. We allnde to that class Of
our citizens employed in the business of man
featuring. We scarcely open paper publish
ed in the New England towns but contains a
statement to the effect, that this or that manu-
featuring company has declared dividend Of
Is, IS, 80 and as high as forty per cent. per
annum on the capital invested. When the
Southern planter reads these he asks himself,
how is this here are men living under the
same constitution, citizens of the same repnb-
lie realizing 80 and 40 per cent. on the capt.
tai invested, when ], who work as hard and
pay as much towards the support of govern
ment, can scarcely realize three or fonr per
cent. on my capital. Is this the natural
legislation. He cannot but feel that it is the
latter. Is this, then, the purpose, he asks,
for which the general government was organ
lied ~! government, which itself, is but an
agent, constituted and appointed by the will
and the power of the sovereign States of this
confederacy to effect certain objects and to
perform certain specified duties. Was it ever
intended by our fathers when they construc-
ted this federal superstructure that it should
De turned into an engine, the machinery Of
which should move only to force riches, pros
Of one section of the Union to the palpable
and fragrant prostraton Of the industrial pur-
suits of all other classes and sections. But,
says the tariff monopolist, if this business of
manufacturing is SO profitable, why don't you
Of the South go into it? To this we answer,
that suppose it would be profitable at the
South, it could only be SO to few, leaving all
the balance as much oppressed as ever; and,
again, it may be we'll answered by the South
ern man, that he does not wish TO embark his
capital and industry in the business Of manu-
featuring, and that he does not think the gen.
e.al government: has any right, by its action,
to compel him. The South is perfectly will
ling that every man that feels so inclined will
become manufacturer, but she protests a.
gainst being dragooned into any particular
path of industry by federal legislation. The
South says she is willing to pay her fair share
of the expenses necessary t" maintain the
general government; that she is willing to ex-
pend the last cent in her Golfers. and the las:
drop in her veins, to maintain the honor and
the integrity Of the United States. But she
says that she cannot, nor will she bear to be
feeeed year after year by that very government,
not for the purpose of supporting itself, but
that small class Of the citizens Of the North
ern States may be enabled to realize princely
fortunes.
When the Southern man looks around him
gloomy indeed is the picture which meets his
eve wherever it wanders. He sees the grea
staple Of his country, year after year. deprecia'
ting inTalue. He sees farms and farm-hous
es dilapidated broken down and neg
lected. Is it then singular that he would re
gard, with feelings little short Of hostility
those laws under whose blightiug influence
his country is languishing7 What the Demo
cratic party asks is, that industry may be LET
Observation-Disclosures every one may be permitted
to pursue that line of conduct in thu
employment of his capital and his energies
which inclination and interest may dictate
without being forced into any particular path
This is what we want at the hands of our &c
neral government; and this is what we hav
right to demand. Let, then, the Democracy
from one end Of the Union to another, rise i
it's majesty and invoke the next Congress c
the U. States to repeal the oGious tax bill G
time. when we are called upon TO unite in on
long and strong pull for the accomplishment
of this act ofjustice.
The 7Hrpentine Crop.--A gentleman, hin