Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-01-02

Mr. PAYNE II the dagna BE- true, as ho and the school
which he bel1ngs teach that duty upon article
aA upm the consumer and ha, |, dues not consequent,
!, effect the produeef II the effect Of this proposed
STATE duty upon Kentucky bagsing and Pennsy lvana
tDn should mol be high enough 10 exclude them from
ADbama and South Carolina. Of COURSE according to
The reasoning Of the free trade aslos the people of
these States would be compelled TO pay higher price.
or these articles than they did before, lolhe precise OK
tent Of lha, duty And lhie "remedy" would be conse
qneny 50 far from being measure Of relief, be sg
rfa ya,ion Of tho disease Il would manifoStly not re
eve the pee e Of those states Of the "ax imposed by
the general government upon the foreign commodity, but
would compel them 10 pay this tar upon their bagging
and IRON whether they obtained the ono from Kentucky
Scotland. and the other from The mountains Of Penn
lsyyania Wales. Truly this is only applying FIRE
10 burn, ous keeping it therel But Nh Payne and
bis friends mol such lmpotons 10 suppose that
tho imposition by the state governments Of tax upon
The products Of their sister States. consumed within
ihor Limits. would have the effect Of relieving them
from the burhon Of an equivalent duty levied by the
general government upon similar products from Europe
Not they. What, then, do they anticipate from it p
First that WILL oy cnrialiog the market for The sale
Of tina articles thus dued make the manufacturers Of
them feel lis fleets, and compel them eilhor to dimni,
the product to deduct from the price. when they
reach then destination. sam corresponding 10 the duty
imposed upon thom. And. secondly. that by thus bur>
thenng The supply from those States they may call into
life and activity their own industry and supply themselves
rs they are well capable Of doing. with good articles
al less prices, which would nlablo be the result of
such policy, rgdly adhered TO- in reference TO all
such products the Southern States are able To produce
II they have beds Of iron ore within their limits, they
would soon be able to undose the iron masters Of Penn
ssVano rs the latter under tho Influence ola protective
duty upon foreign iron arc now enabled to undersell
those Of Wales. And 50 Of Kentucky bagaing sub
stiiu'c for which, Gas that is substitute for tho foreign
article formerly almost exclusively used,) may easily
be found in the cotton growing States in which is
snmed. ludeed we ser. in the absence Of a State
duty manufactures springing up in the extreme South
ior this very purpose. A late Naiohoz paper informs
us, Tor example, that establishment in the vicinity of
that city is about to go into operation, sufficiently exten
siye "to supply the whole country with coarse negro
clothing. bagging, Irvine. candle wick nseys, jeans
&c. 1t is new manufacturing article Of cotton bag
gng out of the refuse cotton such is altogether
merchaniablo. which for strength weight aud durabi
~, is unsurpassed by the very best Kentucky bagging
Build up institutions like these aud all necessities both
for tho State reto and for State Legislation will be SUI
perceded-aad 1t cannot be doubted tina, under the
douby stimulating effects Of duty Imposed by the gen
eral government upon foreign sbrcs and by the State
governments upon domestic, the manufacturing system
N tho South would soon be fully adequate 10 supply
the home demand. at lower prices even than they now
give for similar articles. Such, doubtless, is The i'm
preston of Mr. Payne, and Of those. who like him. do
sign to resort 10 tho system of State taxation as rem
edy" for tho duties imposed by the federal government
upon foreign imports. On any other supposon, indeed
the tenn remedy" would be a misuomer-for If = du
~ be necessarily tax upon the consumer such n avs
ten would only render that tax more certain and more
onorous. by extending it to certain articles now oxemn
unless In so extending H. they could Gas they cannot,
remove 1t from those upon which is now levied No
cannot perceive, in truth, with what propriety man
who contends that duty. imposed by tho federal poy
ernmcn upon articles imported from Europe can urge
as of relief the imposition fEsin,ilar tax by
the State Legislature upon articles Of the same kind
manufactured in the L. States. The sugreslion Of
such "romedy" is uemonsta,ive tina, those who pro
pose ii do not credit their own doglnas