The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-03-14
Nos4


Gus 10 the north. If the south should
be disposed TO act III hostile or reveng-
ful spirit, even the equal favor TO nor
lhern trade might be withheld with We
ry slight Inconvenience to the south
for, while the products and the markets
of the south are Of vital importance 10
the north. the commodities Of the lat
ter are of little Importance to the for
mer. Even iflaxed by equal duties.
nearly ali manufactured commodities
could be imported from Europe moro
cheaply than from the northern States.
Fqrlher-If the southern States, af-
ter their separation, should pursue tho
same policy thai tho northern states
have 50 strongly advocated, (and have :
gained so much by, at the expense Of
The south, IN encouraging homo manu-.
factures by imposing prohibitory duties
to the like foreign commodities, then
all the manufactures, and nearly allthe
products Of the north, would be shut
out from the south. Their fabrics could
find no markets in Europe, as every
where, there they would have TO meet =
the tax Of protecting duties, instead Of
having them operating as indirect boun-
ties and gratuities, as heretofore in sup
plying the southern states. Enormous
would be the loss TO northern industry
and trade, and enormous the reduction
of tho present rich sources of north
crh wealth that would be caused by
even the least favorable of these new
conditions. So heavy blow would
be Obstructive to the prosperity Of any
country not possessing in high degree
the qualities Of industry, skill, energy.
perseverance and frugality, for which
the northern people are justly disIin-
guished and deserve the applause and
admiration Of the world.
If, then, the dictates either Of passion
or of policy shall forbid all supplies
and sales Of northern productions to
the South, while the results to the =
north would be most disastrous, they
would cause no great Inconvenience or
loss to the south. At our choice ws
could either buy similar European fab.
RIGS as cheap or cheaper than those Of
the northern Confederacy; or other
wise cause them to be manufactured
at home, by merely protecting our own
manufactures by the same kind and
rates Of indirect boundaries which here
tofore we have paid to protect and 10
force the manufactures Of the north
1t is not my purpose here TO advocate
either Of the opposite policies Of free
trade or the protective duty system
But whatever may be the benefits Of
either, the south will be able to avail
itself of them TO the fullest extent.---
The choice Of either policies, compared
to our heretofore commercial and fnan.
cial lelations with the north, (of which
we have bone the peculiar burdens.
aud our Northern fellow citizens have
obtained all the peculiar profits,) will
save to US annually many millions OF
dollars, which have heretofore been reg.
ularly drawn from the proceeds of our
industry, to swell the profits and the
wealth Of tho north. Oul cities will
then grow rapidly by enjoying the prof
It's of the Southern, trade, which have
heretofore served 10 build up New
York, Boston and Philadelphia. The
ports of the south will be filled with its
own ships, receiving cargoes of south
ern products, OF having retuCned from
abroad, freightcd with foreign commot.
tiles obtained in exchange for our own.
For whatever Of evil may result from
the severance Of the present Union.
the southern people will not have to
reproach themselves in the least. They
have already done and offered all that
freemen could, to try TO avoid such
result which was truly and universally
deemed a great calamity. They have
for along time, submitted TO wrongful
injury, insult and degradation, INFLICTED
by their northern feliow.citizena, and
tie iniictlon continually increasing un.
I'll their even daring to resist the opPres.
sion or any threatened increase Of the
measure. is deemed incredible and lrea.
ted with ridicule and contempt by The
expressing and lriumphing party. The
dissolution Of the Union maySilow bo
deemed inevitable and near, for 1t 10
only TO he avoided by ono Of two alter.
natives. both Of which are extremely
improbable. One is that the north shall
forthwith curb the fanuiical action of
abolition. redress the wrongs already
committed. aud respect, hereafter, tho
rights of the south. The other will BE-
the continued submission Of the south
to all that the abolition spirit shall Ia.
HIct, and the heavier infections il now
threatcns-wilh the progressive degra.
datiOn and final proslration of southern
rights, interests and prosperity, at the