The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-08-28

ga IN insoicr 81 ihs silk lars. smospt-
ins 10 ons lhapsand dollsrs. shsrh Weigh
>. twenty pounds. liPsys daily be weight.
4 he rate d - 50 per pound. o. course.
he whols amaurl "a duly 90 The insoics
SIS b0l $50. o. eve per cent. .. ths
sane Tine sew 81 insoiee 81 roflon lsees.
smaUhling 10 one thousand dnllaIs. xhieh
paid iuiy q eco. OF 20 pes rent. Les
ne slate il lhu.:-fhe rich, in tuying
one thousand doilsrs ucIlh u lace. pay
tx 10 The gnsetratntol only ESQ. Tie
pror or mindl.ns classes. IN buying one
Ihoasaad dollars worth Of lace, paw sisx
20 the government e2O0. And this is lhe
tariff 50 Just in Itself. 50 equal in il bens
eiIs. and 90 neeessary 10 he prosperity
af The county llsjusiee 10 bu, lie rob
bery. lis beasfils bul craslly and wrong.
I..ll rs iniqui.lss Be s~spl from the s'al.
ule book. a IT."
In he foregoing sXirsst from The N.
Yolk Eysoine PosI u % asserted lhst
. ak lace 10 expensive, end lev bon the
really wealthy can use is "a any quan'iiy."
This 10 not 50. Silk lace 10 the mesness
and ehespe.l Kind of lace. and 10 bat In /.
de used ., 81 by either rich or poor. Al &
most abe only Kind used 10 black, lor trim-
n,ings; and some idea may be formed Of
ne chlapnsss when u 10 considered that
il 10 bu, little sgeuief Than crbwtb. ard
thai 10 ~ill take from one 10 flee lhoUssnd
yards OF IL 10 weigh pound! Whi,s
elk lace furnishes sssily end sill not
wash, % every lady knows. and iherelors
is not much used.
.C0tlon laces are cheap. and are used :
BY every female who has noi the mtaas !
of purchasing the silk article" says he
PosL The first part Of The sentence 10
correci.-- COTTON lsces are cheap, -but
that they are only usedlby females who
have not ihs means Of purchasing Tie
silk article" is false. They are used By
both rich and poor, because they are beth
chesp and durable. An estimate may DO
formed Of their chespness when We slate
the fsci Ina, merchant of this place ex.
|, hlbi,ed 10 Us, the other day. the invoice
, OF The whole uf bis cotton laces, coniain.
ed in Two boxes. and measuring nearly
one thousand yards, the whole cost Of
which in New York was less than eieren
I dollars! The original cost vac probsbiy
half Of this smounl, and. consequently,
,be duty is about three.six,eenlhs Of
cent per yard. Very ouerous, this. np.
, on poor eople! As to durability, they
have become 30 popular as TO almost ex-
laas a. d hIE aaaa a Gsfs Ssiy
BY the rich. II any one doubts Tie facts We
have here stated, they can be confirmed
} by spplyirg 10 any dry goods merchant.
| Il is not ire, therefore, thai 10 The article
/ &c laces 1.-THE poor are taxed more hess-
{ lily In propm,ion Than The rich." 0
Al Ills no, stated in the extract from the
$ Post ihst this onerous duty is laid 10 pro.
i iect the American manufacturer, and put
n money in his purse; but, We presume. il
1 was LEFT 10 be inferred. Now we haze no
elk or cotton lace manufactures in this
!. county Except what is made in families
q for their own use) 10 come in competition
a with the foreign article, consequently The
+ duty on these articles 10 purely rsUenue
: one. end goes 10 The support Of The Gov
J. eminent.
e We advise our neighbor OF the Caro-
. linian 10 be more cautious in his selections
!, hereafter. when he wishes 70 demonstrate
!. 6 the injustice in The operations Of the
/. Tariff law" We think in The present
f instance he has been peculiarly unfor,u.
nate. But we presume he was misled by
!, his sympathy for the poor to adopt The
article wi,hou, proper examination. This
sympathy is very smisble feeling. and
eyiuces . soft and tender heart in those
who display il; bu. to make imaginary
expressions The theme for jeremiades,
h indicates also that there is soft spot
. somewhere else. &