The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-09-26

which he North has no direct concern; and the
more ~, in matter where the constitution -
the oaly resort and protection for minority
against the majorify-is clearly against the
North The North cannot force the Snrihern
States 10 remain members Of the federal Union,
| ir its own Injustice drives ihemfrom it. Blood.
| spiIIing is sad alternative among bsatbren,
and God grant that the f6lfy or madness OF
knaves and bad men never force us into it.
Let the Southern S,ates have .heir conven.
,ion: let them in Erir and friendly spirit dis
cuSs their grievances, and LEI the majority in
Congress meet their statements IN the spirit ot
accommodation, and redress them. We thus
avoid difficulty, and. above all, disunon, and
star. trrard again, fair and fresh, in our Wig.
ore+s rppsrbliean career ot greatness and stabll.
iry; and as a preparatory step let the common
sense of the honest n,eR and patriotic citin'ns
kick To- the devil those lB' i.r spirits whose pal.
try arnl,ition and ioxe- Of office, power md
plundes have brought the country to this cri.
sis.
ln f,Fmer letter have alluded 10 Southerp
n,nRsiactures, and tho consequence hat will
result from ih"m 10 tAs Northern and Eastern
sections. This has been brought about by
long continued unjust system Of delusan> sPoa
the subject Of protection, beneficial to few
aristocraic nabobs IN tho North, and deadly
| to the entire South, from the planter who raises
! 10 bales ofthe raw ceseoa to the planter who
rsses 800 halss- We cannot exhibit the real
result hesses than by stating case which clear.
ly exhibits thai Il hnended, and that the effect
Of our protective system is, to make the labor
and capital Of the North, profitable, al the ex'
pense Of The labor and capital Of the South.
We will suppose A to be a Southern cotton
planter. residing in Charleston. He raises
800 bales Of cotton.
Bis New England manufacturer, and re.
sides in Boston, and makes 300 bales Of domes.
tics.
4 and q are here understood TO represent
the South and the North.
We will suppose the 800 bales of A to be ot
precisely the same value in the home market,
as the 800 hales Of B. Attic Southern planter,
ships bis 800 bales ofco,ton direct from Char.
lesion to Liverpool, where il is sold for sum
Of money which enables him to purchase 800
bales Of English cotton goods, Of precisely the
same quality and quantity as those made ny b,
leaving sufficient sum Of money to pay all
the expenses Of the 800 bales purchashed, to
Charleston. When his 800 bales Of English
manufactured goods arrive in Charleston, as.
suming the duty to be SO l.2 per cent, land on
an aggregate It is more than ,hat) and that the
duty is paid in kind, A will have to deposit 100
bales in the Charleston custom house in order
to obtain liberty TO hiring in the remaining 200
bales. He then finds B with his 800 balrs Of
manufactured goods ready to under sell him. in
consequence Of the protective duties imposed
by the government for his protection. This
drives A out oft own market, makes labor
and capital of 4 unproductive, and compels him
to abandon cotton planting, and resor; to man.
ufacluring. or some other employment, or 10
continue with very little prof, beyond the out.
lay.
But this is not all. The 100 bales in the
custom house are the property ofthe United
States government. B ou,votes A, and then
takes It to himself in the various forms Of aP.
preparation. He thus has, in reality, 400 bales
againt the 200 Of 4. owing TO the unequal and
unjus, interpositinn ofthe government; and in.
stead Of an equal income, has double increase
from the same cause. Alter having impov.
erfshed 4, by this process, he assais the labo.
rers Of 4. on the gronnd that they are unpr"fit.
able, attempts to destroy his property in them,
on the ground that is sinful and unproductve.
This is the whole state Of the case, expressed
in short metre, following triaing deduction.
which goes to A, in the form Of appropriations
by :hc government. We think those presses
who are ridculing the South and its institutions
will find it a very different matter to answer
this statement. That the South have suffered
a great many evils from the unequal Legislation
al Washington, in the past period Of thirty years,
i. no, to he denied. They have rights in the
Uninn as we'll as the North, and if this Union
is to he perpetua,ed, those rights must b. re.
spec,ed by the other section, even ifthey have
tho majority, and can carry any congressional
enactment. We love the Union, and it needs
but justice 10 all from all to make the United
States the greatest country in the world. We
don't caro- a straw for the South more than We
do for the North, hut we are determined to see
fair play-more than this, we wish to lay be.
fore the North the real stale of these sectional
relations, and that our Northern members may
no. rush down to Washington the coming win
ter, and in ignorance plunge the Union into
civil struggle which cannot but result in its de.
slruction, and destroy the North; for the South,
it cannot he doubted. would be, when separa
ted from the free States, more compact and
more prosperous than she has ever heen. Take
your time, ye wings, and remedy this state of
things, and don't drive matters to eItremities
and ruin your party and country.
VINEYARD IN MoHlLE.-An association has
been reeeaily formed in Mobile for planting
and cul,ivating vineyard Of the ScupPernong
grapes, with view to the manufacture Of wine.
The committee to draft articles Of association
are, G. N. Stewart, (Sta.o Senator from the
county.) w. w. Mcclure, (co.edi,or the Her.
ald,) and o. 3. Beers, Qhe city Postmaster.
Committees were appointed to select suitable