Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-07-16
BY GEO H. BEAMAN.

BY GEO H. BEAMAN.
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Ma: HOLMES, OF 8. C., but a question to
MR. STrwART. whether all this was not done
6y taxing the Sou tn for the benefit of New
England
The gentleman asked whether all this ben
eff did no, grow on, Of tax upon the South
Mr. S. would answer the gentleman: if ,he,.
factories were built by Government, then
this might, 10 some extent, be true Blu, they
were built, not by Government, bu, by ind.
yidual enterprise, and wha, sor, of a tax was
II upon tie South TO give them better goods
for one-iouth tho price they formally paid
Nj 5. said he was very sorry that his excel.
lent friend from South Carolina should feel
such deep regret at the prosperity of New
England II he though, that New England
was ge,ting rich upon manufactures, he would
advise him to 60 home and do likewise; to
follow the example and grow itch also. The
gentleman said that the planters Of tho South
were working tho whole year for profit OF
four OF five per cent while the mapufsctu-
rers OF Now England we're getting forty or
sey: Wss q 70. 9 irss Seon!Il Z VIE ieys
Old not he Sossh engage In tho same forty
or fifty per cent. business, instead of work
log on a four or fvei Why did no, thew
commence with coarse fabricks. made from
their own cotton. just as New England had
done before them But New England was
now passing from that stage, and going into
the higher and finer business. The South,
he was lad to learn,were now commeuc ing.
True, they were yet in the A B C Of the bus
mess; they we're in their infancy they wan
ted the fostering care and protection OF G ov-
eminent. The tariff on the coarse fabrics
was now for their benefit. New England
wanted it no longer on the coarse, but only
on the higher q finer fabrics, in which they
were now struggling with foreig ner., who
were endeavoring to break them down by
flooding our markets with these articles at an
under value hoping to indemnify themselves
for temporary losses by future exorbitant
prices, oItorted from US when American com
petition is put down and destroyed.
How was il that Southern gentlemen could
shut their eyes to the result of their own I'M
wise policy Let them look how they stood
and then look at the North. The North APP
piled their shoulders TO the wheel they went
to work to better their condition; they hu shan
ded their own resources; they employed and
div" rslfed their labor they lived upon their
own means; kept their money at home to re-
ward their own industry, instead Of foolishly
sending it abroad to purchase what they
could so we'll q so profiab ~ supply at home.
But South Carolina and her Southern sisters
would touch neither hammer nor shuttle
They sent away their money toNew England
or to Old England. And what was the con.
sequence OF those two opposite sys,ems'-
South Carolina Was poor and dependant,
while New England was independent and
and prosperous. South Carolina, when the
Federal Constitution was adopted, had FIVE
representatives, North Carolina five, and
Virginia ten representatives on this floor
They all cherished a deadly hostility 10 eve
ry thing connected with the manufactures,
internal Improvements, and progress of every
kind. They denied TO this Government tho
puwer OF self protection and self-improve-
men,; they went for the stand-still lie down,
go-to sleep, let-us-alone, do-nothing policy
they had tryod to live on whip syllabub polit-
ical metaphysics and constitutional abslrac-
lions, until /, had nearly starved them 10
death, while the Northern States had wisely
pursued the opposite policy and wha, had
been the effect on their relative prosperity
New York began with six representatives in
tina, hall; now she has thirty. four. Pcnnsyl-
vania began with eight, and now she has
wenty four. Virginia, with North Caro- H.
ma and South Carolina, had commence
with twenty representatives, and now
they have, altogether, thirty, and New York
alone has thirty four. Such are the fruits OF
the opposite systems OF policy adopted by the
North and the South Judge the tree by its
fruits. Will men never learn wisdom from
experience He would rejoice to see the
South as prosperous 4 as happy as the North.
They had all the elements Of wealth e. pros
perity in profusion around them--t the raw ma.
terials and bread s,ufs, minerals, and water
power in abundance, running 10 waste. II
they would allow him TO offer them advice,
il would BE to abandon an employed and ru-
nous policy; follow the example of the North
and share in their prosperity. Instead Of
coming here repning and complaining tina,
the North was rich and prosperous, making
FORTY or ffly per cent. profit on their capital
whilst the South realized but four or FIVE
lust turn round, quit your four or five per cent
profits, and 60 TO work at forty or fifty. II
the tariff was confined to the North, you
might complain; but in was free to all alike
NORTH and South. East and West Go to
the hammer and the loom, the furnace and
forge and become prosperous in your turn
All these blessings are within your reach, Il
you will but put forth your hands In grasp
Them; they are offered freely to youi acceP-
lance You enjoy great advantages. You
have no, only all the advantages enjoyed by
the North for manufacturing, but you have
others superadded; you supply the raw mate
rial, and, above all, you have labor pifhou
pages, perfectly available for such purposes
the hands ofthe young and old, now useless
for the field, might, in factories, become
highly profitable and productive operatives
Take hold. then, on the same industry which
has made New England great, and especial
" on those branches of 1t which New Eng
land now could and would spare. Their
S Carolina would be. thus far. independent
both of New England and of all the world
She could no longer hope to compe tie will
Texas and the rich land. OF the Southwest il
the production Of cotton. Her worn out field
mus, sink in contest with The virgin soil 0
new States. Then let her address herself Il