Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-01-30

the plough, tho hoe, and the axe, requires the
same manual labor it did q century ago. The
soil and the forest yields less-laborers cost
more, and the profits have been greatly sredu-
| ced. The manufacturer has been more fortu.
nate-aided by mechanical inventions and the
application Of steam and water, he Yields
power that numbers cannot supply. The a.
blest advocate of protection said in one of his
speeches, s'that it had turned the world up
side down." Permit US to add, and brought
into existence new order of Aristocracy {,
likely to become the most formidable the world
has ever seen. The nobility of England al
ready feels its folce., The corn laws, so es-
sentiafto their interest, are giving way. TITS
wealth, the offspring of their improvements,
farrayed agains. theit landed interest. titles,
and hereditary succession. The issue of the
conflict is no logger doubtful--the manufacta-
ring interest will predominant and eclipse the.
power and splendor Of the peerage. 1t would
seem then, on this side Of the Atlantic, the
able statesman and lover of his country could
not enlist himself on the side of power TO
make the rich richer, and the poor poorer
the effect of uniting capital and bounty-rath-
er let them turn tito account, and give il such
direction as viii produce general good. Free
trade undermines monopoly Of every species,
and brings to all the comforts and elegancies
of life. The repeal Of the corn laws will give
us market for our bread stuffs, and the man
ufacsuring interest, both at home and abroad,
stimulated by competition, will be sound and
healthy, and afford an Increasing demand for
our cotton. This interest is in the ascenden-
cy, and aided by mechanical invention, cam
not decline. Napoleon, for a season, made
kings and Kingdoms, adapted to his purpose
and pleasure. 1t was the force Of masses Of
men. of superior organization and discipline,
directed and controlled by unrvalled military
genius. to one great end, his own personal ag-
grandizement. The application of water and
steam to improved machinery, 10 paramount
to numbers, and gives to our manufacturing
establishments a force that the grand army of
this once mighty man, If terminated, with all
the aptitude and skill Of that day, could not
supply. . ..........
Why, then, this outcry in favor Of protec-
ton I! il, The answer is not difficult. 1t is the
union of capital and bounty. Every dollar
thua accumulated, renders its possessor more
Unsuitable. The manufacturer stands at the
head Of disciplined corps-they move at a
given hour. Their tolls commence with the
earliest dawn, and cease not with the setting
sun, and operatives of the tenderest age and
sex are not permitted to finch. What plain
man, who cultivates his own soil and duly
appreciates his rights, can become the advo-
cate of such monopoly. Direct taxation, how
ever just, has its evils. The collection is diff
fcult, and the mode and manner objectiona-
Bile. If the tariff of lS42 is not repealed, the
foundation is not only laid, but the superstruc-
ture erected, for new order. Noblemen in
disguise, with wealth, power, and train of
dependents, surprising feudal times. This
repe.l, however essential to liberty and equal
ity Of rights. is not all. The plantation States
have maritime frontier, or rivers communi-
eating with the ocean. They must export and
import for themselves, or concentration Of
capital will ensue, which will naturally and
inevitably produce consolidation. New York
is already referred to as the Empire State. 1t
is an old saying, il is better to be executor
than heir! though the accounts are closed in
two years. And why because the assets
pass through his hands. If, then, the Cotton
Bags, Rice. Tobacco, Naval Stores, &c., alt
bulky articles. are shipped coastwise, and pass
| through the hands Of northern agents in north
ern cities, and the imports or exchanges sub
1ject to alike, melciless exactions, does it not
follow, in contrast with the executor, they
occupy the vantage ground Through the
intervention Of the chancellor, the conscience
;. of the executor may be purged, and justice
ultimately obtained; but that retinue of char
}, ges-.he result of ruinous inspections and a.
: gencies-psesen,s nothing remedial. bnt leaves
the grower Of the productions the lesser profits.
, Wehave thus attempted briefly to explain,
, what to .someis a mystery, why Southern
:, towns and cities are stationary, if not decli.
$ ming. The plantation States, far less popu.
4 lous, affords near three-fourths Of the exports
! Itcannot bethe superior industry of the North
t Facts are stronger than arguments The South
: is the great laboratory of profit. Your ton
), mage, merchants, seamen--nay, the revenue
- ITSELF is dependent thereon. Such a concen
n traiion Of capital and trade destroys that equi
: Poise and equality amongst the States which
= must be preserved, or the coneederacy will bt
n in danger. A crisis is at hand-the time ha.