The New York herald., 1850-06-10

CANTON, CnERoKEE Co., Ga, June l, 1Sse
Tie Hoge1 of Manufactures at ihs So~th-
The Effect Of N0thos Cfamor for Protective
Lssttes, &c. &c.
have nsticed article copied by several
Southern papers from the Hs,ais, with which
wss greatly pleased, not only foe ts manly and IN
dependent lone, but Tor iu TGIh, iorclby spoken.
The article was In relation to the North havlRg
forced the South INTO naDuiactuIlng, and COM
ment on its tlnal CONSEQUENCES. Uu will pardon
entire stranger when he begs 10 make few re-
marks on that subject.
! am conversaDt with the ruth that high
tariff, 20 long and pcriinaciodsly conIended Tor
by the North,rI Stairs, was The main If not the
only cause OF the Southern States engaging IN
the manufacturing of cotton. Was bora,
Iai-ed and spent many years OF my manhood IN
South Carolina waslhere Ia 1928 ana heard the hrst
Notification spec. delivered III the House OF Rep
resenaves on the subject OF ne terilf OF That day
theIe during the exciting scenes lrlsng out OF
the agitation and final settlement of that subject,
ard remained there for years afterwards AL that
time think there were but Two or three very si All
cotton manufactures III the State, owned by North
eTn men of small capital Indeed, II had scarcely
entered into the mind OF any one that man born
and raised south Of Mason and DXon's ine, was
capable ofspDning cotton. then thought II strange,
that if Northern manufacturers were making such
immense profits they were represented by Sosth-
politicians TO be making, after deducting the ex-
pense Of two shipments OF the cotton, that the south
ern people might not avail themselves OF greater
made. South Carolina has now her GraneMlle,
(the "Lowell of the South, y the Saluda Manu-
featuring Company, the Byengsyille Manufacturing
Company, the Pendleton Manufacturing company,
besides various smaller cos Germs, mostly owned by
ividuals, but making, in the aggregate, large
amount, for the time, invested IN the spinning ana
weaving OF Gotten.
Georgia, though. is far ahead of South Carolina in
cotton manufscturing-KIany are IN operation
many building, and ten yeaIs will TRIBE the amount
Indeed, the idea is daily becoming liked In the pub
lie mind that the day is not far distant, that our
people will send off most of Their cotton, already
manufactured, TO foreign markets We have been
gradually led into all this by the pressing iinpor-
tunties Of Northern bretheren for high protec-
tive tariffs. The wheel is in motion, and they who
started IL cannot stop IT, We are now paying nun
dreds of thousands TO the North for machinery
this will last for while, but moi always. We will
finally make il at home, and competent men, with
the means, would do well 10 20 al II now.
The day of high protective tariffs is passed, and
passing away, but the agitation OF the more fearful
one is not--the subject of slavery. III the presses
of the country, North and South, would take the
bold, sensible, and independent course OF the
Herald on this subject, the agitation, the fanat-
cism, would be allayed but unfortunately for the
South--unforiunatey for North and South, most OF
them are party presses, and many OF them wholly
dependent ON party influences for the bread they
eat. They are unaware (or, IT aware, heed II noD
that they are tanning the flames OF hle winch
will consume us-wilf consume them-will engulf
in common RUN the government ana people oil
this blessed country. Let US alone; give To US
what the constitution gives us, and we ask ne more
We have five million (or thereabouts) OF slaves,
who were born with US, raised with US, and have
our best sympathies. They are CASA whole) happy
people; the burdens under which they are sup
posed 10 groan are imagnary-ills at distance are
more potent than those at hand; the poor you
have alway with you, but the (supposed) poor alta
distance have often the greater share Of sympathy.
Evil and nothing but evil result 10 all from the
agitation of this subject.