The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-05-30
THE TARIFF.

THE TARIFF.
MI stewart of Pennsylvania, is about the
| only man IN Congaess who has now the brass
70 stand up against the advancing intelligence
OF The day, and advocate the exploded absurd
ties OF restrictive Tands. lie, good failbfr.
coon, still sticks 10 all the old humbugs. and
still holds the doctrine long given 10 by The
more sensible tarlflites, that high tuues make
low prices, &c.
IL may be SUPP osed good hard headed de.
voice, who thus sticks to the old humburs, ia
,he richest subject going; and the LOUISVILLE
democrat thus touches up some of the lsugha
Ole points hls eccentric stubborness develope,.
The taT1ifites should not get out of temper.
1t is very undgnltied, and besides gives their
! opponents an advantage. man blind with
rage Is apt to make himself very ridiculous: es
pecaIy when he undertakes to arrufy and
make their last stand. Il is well to die respecta
IDLY.
We are reminded TO give them this caution
| from The iucubratlons Of Mr.. Stewart, ofPa. He
insists upon ii that England has not abandoned
me protective system az system; that Sir
Robert Feel is only guarding English interests.
Is all very true, and the way to guard il ia 10
abolish protection, The corn laws. The farmers
| OF England talk just like the manufacturers Of
this countay. Protection affects both classes
he same way. Wing cant about American
industry, and tory cant about English industry
are about the same. English manufactures are
about the same. English manufactures are
like the agricultural interest in this country.
Neither can be affected by tariff, except TO a
very trtling extent. England is aiming to aid
! her manufacturers, no doubt. She is afraid OF
Yankee competition, MI. Stewart thinks "I,asi
year" ne says, "we exOrted hundreds of thou.
sands dollars worth Of cotton goods into the
British East Indies, and beat the British ia
Their own markets, after paying discriminating
duties imposed 10 keep us out first eight. then
Too, a"a4!y Eitecrs per eef,ts ~ - =
Here the author shows himself in a nassion. I
nor he states fact which he upsets his whole
eIot IL demonstrates that. the tariff is a. 4
useIeSsto our manufactures as it ls to the Ear. I,
Hsh' reel Is lowering the duties on the latter,
ana OF course there ~ no hazild N lowering the
lhues OF ours. What shows sliil further that I
oteWaFt Is IN passion Is, that he tells what is /
lot true. we exported to the East Indies I
S2Ol0 worth of printed and colored cotton y
'loth, SJ6, 40 worth Of white, and S66 DIG o
votih OF nankeens--a little over one hundred v
thousand in al---not hundreds of thousands. II
MS shows, however, that we have no need of
'Totecuon, II we can sell thus much and nav
Aigh duty, IN spite of England, when her goods
re admitted free, certainly she cannot com
ete with us IN the same kind of goods at home: !,
! indeed, these exports are not accidental. n
We should like TO see the profits made before %
'e draw any differences. II these cottons. +,
O"eVeF, were sold at sacrifice, then the fact a,
'ouId not answer the purpose for which it is a,
uoted. Any way, Mr. Stewart is in quanda. ES
Y, II either shows that the tariff is uselessor \,
shows that Peel need not be afraid OF compe. ar
lion. - =,
Hero is another queer remark.
"Slr Robert Peel understands his business: pr
proposes to take the duties off of breadsuff. VI
nd raw materials of all kinds used By their WI
manufacturers, aud use every burden, so as to IN
nable them to meet US and beat US il our mar ne
cts and IN the markets of the world" re
SO, duties, then, are burden in ENGLAND, az
What are they IN this country!-Ilave not the gu 81
JrIcuiturlsts OF this country right to ask to ~
relieved OF the burden of paying duty to the r
manufacturer, especially as the sgrcuIturisrs -
axe nihefeen-tWentieths of the community: ''''
10 as they have to compete with pauper labor
Europe IN raising wheat as well az other er
ngs, why should not every burden be reno. die
I'd from their shoulders! bu
This tarlifite is evidently so wrathy, he can't int
e on inch before his nose. Referring to the on
crease OF importations, he exclaims: res
VII
"But where will we fnd money to pay for he
EN-: There's the rub"
England does not want money. She wants
heat, corn, RICE cotton, tobacco, cheese beef ne
rk, &c. Let HIM ask Pennsylvania ifshe ' a'-l
mot find plenty Of these to pay for all she o W.
ants OF English manufactures. -;
GEN. Thomas RusK, SENATOR FROM TEX. ''i'
-Genera Rusk, the associate Senator of
en-. Samuel Houston, from the new State of
axas, is one of the very finest looking men in det
e Senate. He stands full six feet, strong SIM VIII
W frame, well proportioned, and, perpendicu SIM
|. He is about forty five years of age He is n
nth CaroInan by birth and education. He 1t.
ldied law in that State, and in 1924 removed
Georgia, where, in the CO urse of ten years
sldence, in practicable practice of law--he Sta
irried. In 1884, he removed to Nacopdo. tan
es, in Texas Qhe Red River coun,ry) where the
resumed the practice of his profession In
. formation of the provisional government oil
sxas, in December 1895, OF which David G. hl,
'rne, was appointed President General Rusk
IS chosen Secretary OF War. lie was pre- ,
ri in this official capacity at tho battle of San ly