Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-07-01

oppresses The agriculture and commerce
of the United States.> 49,.
mus, ..also request your insertion of
the preliminary letter Of Mr.. Brown to
:myself, herewith enclosed. which will ex-
Eplain why |; have made public a acommuu-
ication Of his addressed to anoiber gen.
tleman. -.
/ remain, dear sir, =
Your truly friend and ob'tservant,
SID. BRADFORD
Richmond Hill, Liverpool, I
18th May, 1916. s
Abbott Lawrence, Esq. ).
My Dear Sir-.f am very much obliged
to you for sending the copies Of three let
lers you wrote to The Hon. w. G. Rives.
Of Virginia, bearing date the 9TH and 10th
January, and 23d February. and for the
very: fattering manner ia which you are
pleased to speak Of my Judgment, in noti-
cling an extract from letter of mine TO-
Mr.. Rolfe, Of the 10th of October lasts:..
injustice to myself, and | hope without
producing on your part any change Of
opinion as 10 my Judgement must to-
tally dissent fron:sbe Inference you have
drawp from this isolated paragraph, that
1t is;in support Of your protective duties
my arguments merely went 10 tsh1wsthat
|theslandlords;of this couilry hadsno Just
right by high duties TO exclude your wheat.
flour, maize, &c.; for thaEthe na:uraEa adj:
epan,ages that they. tbrougb bsogf iIanulacs,
Ffuress possessed, eaatlfcc them to lrans:
mute a9arge quantity ofgrain. into hard,
ware, broadclolhs, &C., &C., for expo1ta-
lion, and tbatlheir monopoly, kept us ina
state Of commercial, warfare with you, and
other corn growing nations, who have the
means 10 some extent of supplying our
wants oh az good and better terms that
they can do. no selass: inierea inSany
county, whether farmers, landlords, or
manufactures, ought 10 be sustained by
protective or prohibilory duties for their
benefit, or to enable them to carry OH a
business which is misapplicalion Of skill
and capital. and HOT onl injurious to. those
who arc more Immediately laid under
contribution, but to The country at large.
The United States have advantages
which We do not possess for sustaining
your natural and native industry. in the
manufacture Of wheat, maize, rice. cotton,
tobacco, pork, &c., &c.; and i, is not
important 10 you whether they are expor
ted as wheat, maize, rice, &C., or trans
mitted into cotton, pork or tobacco. -
Whatever pays you best is your interest.
The words "nalive industry" have been
very much abused as applied to the ma
king Of manufactured goods only. 1t is
still more native as you are, situated, If
applied 10 the cultivation Of the sod.
There is no doubt that we can manufac-
ture many articles cheaper than you can,
and il is equally incontroverlible hhat you
can supply:ns with much that we cannot
oblain elsewhere so advantageously.-
Now the question to be answered is sim.
ply this-lsil our interest r spectiyely 10
take from each other such ailieles:as We
can import cheaper than we can make or
produce them at home? I cannot con.
ceiye that there will be a.mpmentous hes
i,a,ion in answering in the Affirmative
Neither. think, will it be disputed that
the mere we can Induce other nations 10
take what we can advantageonsly produce
and spare with advantage, i. is our inter-
est to do So; aud see no way so effect
ual tc accomplish this end as byremoving
all protecting and prohibitory duties. II
older nations are obstinate and will not
reciprocate mutual benefits, do not let us
aggravats the evil aud pulish ourselves by
retaIiating and depriving ourselves of many
of the necessities Of life by high duties,
which 10 the extent The duties are imposed
must produce this effect, as it costs US
more labor to obtain and supply our wsnts.
When these prohibitions are carried Too
far they either annihilate the trade alto.
gether, or smugglers step i'd, as 10 Spain,
to the iolury ofthe revenue and demorali:
cation Of the nation aud we have ample
proof from experience that moderate duties
produce the most revenue. .and that by
removing restrictions we have materially
increased our exports to nations who have
become more stringent in their prohlbi'
j,ions. / send you the anti. Monopoly So.
ciety's report for last year, ip the appeudi1
ito which, you will 6nd proof Of this. 4