Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-02-26

OK TIM wRose BEY. The NO. Triple
a high tariff paper, being disposed TO puff
% American Manufactures" seizca upon
an extract from the London Times, where
IN thai paper 10 advocating q repeal Of the
duty on American raw cotton, states The
notorious fact that the American cotton
mahuiacinrers--lho class who 20 loudly
beseoch Congress for the passage OF laws
to enable them to plumber other classes Of
the communty-can, and do, undersell
tho British manufacturers IN China, South
America, and al the neutral markets OF
the world, This Is one Of the strongest
arguments against the prolectIye--or plum
der--syslem, and we are at loss which
most to admire, the ingenuity which the
tariff editor displays in applying the ok
tract to his purposes, OF the low estimate
be seems to place upon the intelligence Of
his readers. The Times Gays
Tho American has, Of course, great ad-
vantages--lhe cotton produced at his very
door, while We must deiray the expense
Of carriage across the Atlantic, and their
charges, said TO be 7.i6ths Of penny in
the pound, before we can compete with
him in the neutral market. This unayold-
able burden we almost double [by the duty.l
The result Is that In South America aud
olherqu quarters, even in Chna--China which
our own arms have opened to tho world
wo are losing ground, which the Amerl-
cans are gaining from u.s."
And yet, the advocates Of "proioction"
tell US that our manufacturers must have
100 per cent. bounty to compete with the
British in the home market Tho mono
poists who are striving to pnuperizo labor
on this side the water, are fruitful Of spe.
eious and plausible arguments to justify
their schemes but we had expected they
would disguise facts 80 fatal to the very
foundation Of their tariff system the ne
ccssity OF protection at all. Tho adyanta.
ges enumerated in the extract, with the
per cent. agreed upon as the maximum Of
revenue tariff, would surely afford sufli-
Gent protection against British pauper
labor But no--this is not the object
The aim Of the monopolist9 is not to pro-
tect but to plunderi not to increase the
wages of labor, but ultimately to reduce it,
as such systems have in other countries, to
the lowest rate by which the sickly inmate
OF factory may sustain miserable exist
encc. We hope tho article IN tho Tropic
may be extensively copied, that those who
pay tribute to the manufacturers may have
wing testimony to the fact that, while the
manufacturers demand 100 per cent pro-
lection, or bounty, TO sell attheirown doors,
they can undersell the "mistress Of The
seas in all other quarters of the world
II may be said thotit Is only underlhe ope.
raIons OF a high tariff that this can be done.
II this were true, as it is not i is certainly
a strange perversion Of terms to call that
an American system which robs the
American for the benefit Of the Chinese
and il is certainly tenablo position to as.
sumo that our government should look IA
Their to the welfare of the American peo-
pie than Of tho inhabitants Of the Celestial
empire.
While on this subject, we call attention
TO tho extracts In another part Of this pa
per, tho one headed Prospect Of the Cot
ton rlanters,n the other an abstract Of a
communication in tho Charleston Mercury,
We do not agree with I" Mercato," ia his
recommendation OF resistance as of yore"
(by nulldcaiiorl ;-beieying, as we do,
Tint the mandate Of the people will ulG-
mls,, y, lbrogato these statutes of plumber.
We still hope and bolleve that the tariff
will be reduced to the standard Of the com.
promise act, before the close of Mr., Folks
administration.
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