The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-08-20

iects upon the prosperity o. the laDorlne
classes generally, consoles himself by com
ing to the conclusion that we entirely fail
ed in sustaining our position and thai
therefore he deemed it unnecessary to ex.
anime Them. However, after inventing
this pretext for retreating, CATER having Sc
valiantly thrown down the GAUNTLET il
seems he resolved to strike one Of two more
blows in defence Of. his favOrite and we'll
beloved Tariff system.
He thinks thatwe are not serious in as.
sorting that the Tariff Of 1912 lessons the
prices, and restricts the expectation Of to-
bacco. Were-afirm it, and our assertion
is maintained by facts, reason, and the uni
versal laws Of trade. 1t is a truth which
no one will deny, that the more extensive
the market for the sale of an article, and
the greater the demand, the higher is the
price it will command. A reduction Of the
duties of several articles of foreign manu-
facture which the present Tariff imposes,
would have opened an extensive market for
the sale Of Tobacco--its consumption would
have increased, and the consequence would
have been an increase Of prices.
Again the Wing says:-
"Secondly. The Democrat quotes Doc
tor FRANKLIN, and attempts to show that
he was opposed to restrictions on commerce,
or to speak in common terms, tariff, sup
posing DR., FRANKLIN was opposed to tax
ing imports, what does it prove ?-Nothing
at alas no one pretends to say, that the
country, in his time, could supply the de-
mand, and we were compelled to look
abroad for what we could not raise"
"The Democrat attempts to showl" By
to our article it will be seen that
we not only attempted, but PROVED that DIR.
Franklin regarded the policy of restraining
commerce by high taxes, or prohibitory or
protective duties as injurious to the welfare !
Of nations, and as evidence Of their ignor-
ance Of the policy calculated to advance
heir true interest. The following is the !
strong and forcible language he used in
to the subject, and we again
quote il for the edifcation ofthe 'fincorrigi-
BY dull" genius who presides over the
Wing. "Most Of the statutes or acts,
sdicts &c. Of princes, parliaments, and I
States for regulating, directing OR RES
OF TRADE HAVE WE THINK BEEN
POLITICAL BLUNDERs OR JOBS OBTAINED By
ARTFUI MEN FOR PRIVATE ADVANTAGE
UNDER PRETENcR oTPUBLTce Good" How
ever, from the following It is probable we
were mistaken in supposing that patriotic
statesman and wise philosopher good au-
thority for ave" of the Wing.
DR.. f., with all his philosophy, had as
little conception Of what this country's sit
uation would be at this time, as VIZ have
as to its condition century to come"
To give the wing the full benefit Of his
we will again quote from him.
"The Democrat still adheres, also to the
old and refuted declaration that the tariff in.
creases the prices Of all protected articles, |
which, of course, comes ont of the poor la
borer. We can only advise our neighbOr
to call at any store in this place and CON-
pare the prices to what they were before the |
tariff was passed, and we think it will find |
a great reduction n the articles that are
highest in the scale Of protection"
We were under the impression that the
intention of a protective tariff was to ex-
clude from our ports Tor admit only at a
heavy cost by high taxation such articles
as are manufactured in our own country so
as to prevent competition with Gas the pro-
tectiOnists term it) "foreign pauPer labor"
which would bring down prices, and there
by as they assert seriously injure our man.
lacturers. But according to the logic of
our neighbor, competition in trade has not
) tendency to reduce prices, but the exclu-
non Of Il has that effect If his conclu-
lions are correct, land our neighbor is a
sensible man, what a great mistake in re-
gard to the lawsOftrade has mankind hither-
o labOred uhderl 1t therefore follows that
he high Tariff protects manufacturers and
'ther favored classes, for whose benefit (
vas enacted BY compelling them to sell
heap-cheaPer even than under a different
ystemI and what Is more atnnes fhar