The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-07-03
From the National In.elhgeneer,



ltHs great e%ea pliicatiOn of American n
.genuly, Projected aud prosecuted under
sdlsle doubts otis Success, has Tar more than
Iequalled The hishesi hopes of the patriotic
gentlemen who originated and carried il ior
ward. During the cnfire fortnight that ii
has been open, lis immense sllnons have
been lhTonged By day aud cru ded by night
with interested aud gFaliied spectators, VINO
have come hither from all quarters to view
It's treasures. As an experiment il has been
Crowned with the most complete, and, we
will add, the most muri ed success. Sach
display % beautiful specimens Of American
| skull aud pr gfesS ia Tue yar.nn0 hTauches uf /
manufacturing, mechanical. aud scientific |
industry, was we'll calculated TO praiify alb
hearts which cherish tie real Independence |
OF the COZ n'Ty aud its solid prosperity. Is. |
IpeciaIly must it have gfauied all such 70 oh |
serve the numerous and varied proofs Of on
Countries dependence Of The foreign world
IN all these palmer but more exec Iial fab,
rics VIII ch belong TO the comfort Of tie PEG.
Iplo Beautiful and r.cb and admirable as
were the countless specimens o: ingenuity
in the embellishments aud luxurIes OF life
mich as there was to delight the eye-we
confess il was the vast display Of The home.
lier prod ciions, essential to individual aud
lduEestic comfort, which impsrted to US the
highest pleasure. All this. however, will
be treated OF appropriately, aud with due
DISCRIMINATION, by pens aud ia publications.
devoted 10 the subject. We Can on,y say
that the National Fair has been a source al
pleasure and Instruction TO the tbousspds
WHO have visited IT, and OF no lii'ie adyan>
iage, We believe, TO our National Metropolis;
thsd we feel that our city "a much Indebted
10 the liberal contibp eTs 10 whose 1ublic
spirit We owe il; and we trust that they
will 6nd In the success Of their experiment,
a efflclehs lnGncemenl to repeat it periods
lcally,or Occasionally, hereafter.
Should person, without ary strong pre-
lcancel ed OPP ninns respecting Tariff, Pros
tecuon, Free Trade, dc, have visited this
Fair, MS opinion, alter having examined us
contents. would. we think, tie expressed
lsune wtal in iis wise: ''fhis exhib. ton al.
torts the strongest evidence Of u happy
thriving peop!e aud prosperous naliot.
lIeIe is a proof that, whilst all the more
CNlsmnn aud useful arts of life ara success.
fully prosecuted, the more elyated ones,
AEch Improve the taste and elevate TIE feels
: Jugs OF people. are advancing with aimost
iuhexampled Tap'dtt." IL our friend we've
thUsVo' express himself, be might near some
tsee-trade advocate al his elbow accOst him
!, as followers: "Ifhis exhibition 10 alluge,h.
r, eT deceptive: the result has been brough.
about by The sacrifice of The interests Ul
!. eighty. three per cent. of the people for the
enrichment of he remaining seventeen per
cent. The eighty three per cen, lave been
r taxed, and are taxed, fOr the beneii of the
:, seventh en-. The eighy.three per cent. OF
. he population who are not engaged in
,r manufactures, but are principally engaged
e ia, and ali more or less interested in, ayr
r, culture. who are the consumers ofihe goods
/, manufactured by the seventeen per cent.
have 10 pay more for those goods than they
n. had TO paw for similar ones before the pas
sage Of The Tariff of 1912. or than they cOWIl
'r nor purchase them for from the lOYeigI
- manufactures. Aud, besides, the price o
;. all agricultural produce is much lOlBer nOa
n. than il was prior To 1912; caused, no doubt
by the closing of our markets, in argFea
measure, to The introduction Of fcTeign man
''r ufaciures, and the consequent prevention
sr' cf The fore gner from purchasing our bread
ar stufs in return"
er. 10 all this a very short answer is alon
necessary, aud we can imagine our unprc
JUDGED friend thus 10 give that ansN CT, III
~ Prompting of cOmmnn sense and the resuI
b'r of Just reasun: 81 do NOT pc ,ceive how, Ill
r., der representative system Of gsyernuWr
Ike ours, the interests of eighty three pt
Ct, cent. of the population can be sacrificed
t %, that Of seventeen, seeing that the represer
b,r ta,ives Of the former exceed those Of Il
b'r latter nearly as 1--WE 10 one, unless the fnru
Sep er are either ignorant, very venaI, or boil
Sep The reply to this rests with our opponent
,h,Pr again" continues our friend, "with re
p's, pecl To The charge hat the consumers Of una
g'st UiLctured goods have 10 pay more Tor tho
'er. goods than they did before 1912: / a
very much inclined to doubt the fact, al
PEP rust continue 10 do so until you can addn
nb,r some leading articles at prices before a
nb'r after the tariff winch will support your ass
nb'r tons. As TO the prices at which Euro Je
9Dn manufactures say they can Tow sell y
Sen goods. have no doubt tile prices that Oh
- Iquole will bear out your assertions. Th
7, would be glad TO clear out their over Jade
ed warehouses at lhuse prices; but, rep
your tariff, destroy yoar oTn manufactuF
leave the foreign manufacturer in unind
par mbed monopoly of your market, and 4
par. how long he would continue these price
par. The experiment would be hazardous 0
q. aud certainly not worth making 81 the
P rs, pense ofihe interests involved. You cha
8 the tariff Of 1912 as being the cause Of
depreciation Of agricultural produce:
have YET TO satisfy me that there is any G
: DOL merton between then. The only posi-
10 connexion which ! can imagine Is, that e1
do. man who has been encouraged by the 1;
do. to engage in manufactures has cOrsequc
~ ceased to BE- an agriculsuFist How
$3.50 would raise the price Of produce by dri'
$50 these people tack into the ranks Of the