The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-10-30

lengthy, his breast heaved and swelled as |
the bellows of his soul was BLOWN up a bit o
a hurricane, and when he spoke Of the wealtl
of the bloated aristocratc Manufacturers, hi
eyes flashed asmall1 streak Of lightnin, bu
when he spoke of the impositions, as he Gale,
Fem, these tarnal wings wsh to put on tn,
poor man, his eyes locke as juicy as we
weather spring. But the Col. made, as ,ho't
some mistakes, and committed some election
eering errors So as was a good democrat II
many respects, and had formed quite partiali
ty for the COL, arter he had finished his speech
just takes him aside and sort o. confidential
ly axed him few questions and gave him my
notions on certain pints. Now, says j, Col.
like your speech nightly in some respects, bu
there are certain Tariff suggestions you max,
4 cannot exactly see into In the first place
youlsay the Tariff is notthe poor mans friend
For, say you, ~ once went into factory and
saw awoman spinin, and axed the manager
how much this woman spun, and he said as
much as one hundred and twenty used to do,''
now, says you, Show can the tariff be the poor
mans friend, when one woman can there spin
as much as one hundred and twenty used to
do? is not one hundred and nineteen thrown
out Of employment" Now, Col, says 1, | am
plain spoken man, and all this sounds like
regular out and out 6sncom6; if your argument
be anything, it is in plain terms, this, that all
the improvements in machinery are to the poor
mans disadvantage; a proposition, that is con-
trary to all experience and reason. Why, if
believed your argument would take this 'ere
stick o. mine and smash my spinnin jenny into
cush, split Kate's fyin shuttle loom into kind
| lin wood, and would twist thread on the eend
Of sticS to sew these 'ere shoes Of mine.-
The Col. he looked sort o. cotched, and asham-
ed of the argument, but when called it bum
comb he sort o. readened up, for he is mighty
TEDIOUS on that pint, but he saw was his
friend, and was only talkin for his good. So
arter found he was gwyne to take it well,
went on to show the fallacy of his position
says j, Col, you say this 'ere woman could
spin as much as one hundred and twenty used
to do, the balance one hundred and nineteen,
some cardin, some sraisin poultry, and some
raisin vegetables, the puny hands at light work,
and the able bodied at the more difficult; thus
by division of labor, the product would be a
great deal more, and what the poor man has to
buy'agreat deal cheaper, the wages in either
case being nearly the same.l saa2eag ~
When the Col. found explained this pint so
fully, he began to be sorry fnrhnv IN besn offcn-
ided when called his argument buncomb, and
said he believed it did look like it, but he did
not mean it SO, and then he axed me to go on
and give him my other notions. Well, says I,
Col, all this fuss and cry and abuse of a tariff
for revenue, with leetle incidental protection,
| think is also mixed with leetle buncomb
pepper. "Why!" says the Col, 81 thought
you were Jeffersonian democrat" am, says
/, and just let me explain to you. You know
you called all these manufacturers bloated aris-
tocrats; you said that every poor mans leetle
crop and negroes corn patch, was taxed TO
swell the Golfers Of these manu- facturers; in q
word you seemed tarnal mad with them, and
regarded 'em as nuisances. My notions, Col.
about manufactures are these, it is better to
have them, even if we have to pay leetle
bonus to them at fust. by way Of given SEN a
start, they will pay it back to us arier while.
At this the Coils nose looked like a red hot
poker. Why, Mr.. Jonsing! you democrat
and a poor man too, to talk in this way. You
are in error, and can show it, for reason on
this pint is straight as a looms leg. Why, says
he, the very hat on your head, and brooches
you wear are standing evidences Of the evil
effects of the tariff, every cent Of tax that s
laid on these goods you the consumer pay
Then he went on to show it, by takin bale of
wool, or fur to England or France, havin it
there manufactured, sent back, and payin thir-
ty per cent tariff. The same course he had
about the forty bales of cotton, l 'spose you
know it by heart. I'd gse 'eafs g.t7 n
So soon as the Col. insinuated that these 'ere
pants and this hat of mine was of Turin make,
the nap on my pants and the fur on my hat,
almost riz up with indignation. Says l, Col,
these very articles cry out agin you, for you
see, when I was fust married, these merchants
used to ak me three prices for all the lincy
woolsy and my Kate wore, and il I objected
70 the price they said, you must give it or 60
naked, and the fact is that was the only chance.
)ne day, says |, Kate, afore will be imposed
,Pon by these skin Aints, will make deer
kin pants, bear skin jackets and coon skin
laps; but Kate is q treasure Of wife. Ben
ays she, just get spinnin Jenny, hew out
Dom and make me a wheel and will show
hsse fellows thing or two. Nuff said, says
I, sent right off for the jenny, and made the
ther articles and it want six months afore l
ad them counter hoPirs, stingy breohes mer-
hants jumpin round me like hopPer-grasses
6 asummers mornin, begin me to take their
toods at half the old price, So much for bein
BILE TO break down a small monopoly, by max
q my clothes at home and Col, says I, IL maxi
n my clothes at home keptthe merchants from
!ettin me in close place, wont maxim the
Iation's clothes at home, keep form nations
rom eettin this country in close place , 81 n
find il only employs my rainy days to make
hose ,ere shoes and hat o. mine, would IL not