The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-08-15

cause malnlybenehclal to the Sduth.-l
And who cares for the Suuth Whall
is the South? An ass Of the tribe Of
Isaachar, "bowed down between two
burthens;" thirty millions to be paid |
into the Treasury, and twice as much
more to gointo the pockets of the Nor>
thern manufacturers. What if Lord
Palmerston should offer now, in return
for a teducionofour tariff to revenue
standard, to take oflhe English duty Of
seVenty>Gve cents on our T0baceo.-
Would it be acceptedl No, sir, no.
It would but enlich the tobacco States,
and what do our masters care for theml
On the the other hand, let Southern
Confederacy, in adopting theftee trade
overture, ask a dllferential abatement
Of ten cents of this duty in their favor,
and how long would Virginia aud
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky
and even Maryland and Missouri, de-
ay to avail themselves of the arrange.
ment? Depend upon it, sir, such
Confederacy as | haue supposed would
hardly be formed before every slave
holding State in the Union. would seek
admission into it. The prestige" Of
Union once dispeled by partial So
cession, the Middle States would be at
no loss to choose between Union with
their Southern brethern, OF with their
Northern enemies, prosecutors and
slanderers.
But the thing would not stop here,
sir, Pennsylvania at this moment, with
all the advantages Of protective tariff,
finds her manufactures often on the
verge Of bankruptcy. A tariff may
protect her against the compilation Of
European manufacturers, but not against
the superior, skill and capital of New
England. Against this size contends
as well as she can in the markets ofthe
South. Take that away ard she will
SINK at. once. Even now Ma-sachu-
setts gtadges her the benefit of the Fro,
teclion which only enables her to hold
up her head. But let the Southern
victims ofthat oppressive system eman-
cipate, themselves from it, and my life
upon it, Eve years win MT pass over
before it IS abolished What then will
be Tie condition of P pennsylvania, ,plaC
ed on the border between a Northern
C1ufederacy, in which she is overshad-
owed by a superiorcapilal skill and a
Soushern Confederacy Of which she
might become the workshop? A res
venue tariff often per cent, would he
worth more to Pennsylvania asa MEM
ber Of d Southern, Confederacy, than
forty per cent, is now--more than all
that protection could do for her, were
the South Withdrawn from the Uuion.
!, Let us lodk a little to the West, sir.
begin with Illinois, because she reach
, es farthest South; because she is near
est to New Orleans ard furthest from
) New York; and because she begins to
) be aware that slaves are wanted in the
} Southern part of the State, & seems moi
quite lnsensible to the proprety oflet
! ting such of her people have them as
! have need of them. Now, what will be
, her situation} No man admires more
! than that noble system of inland nS
J vigation that connects the waters of The
> Mississippi with the Lakes. But tolls
! and tow paths are expensive things,anc
$ canals are sometimes broken by floods
J sometimes laid dry by drought, ant
winter rarely fails with her icy breatl
TO close up the navigation Of the lakes
But the MississipLi-bro broad, deep, ant
4 full--is ever open 10 bear on its flow
!, ing bosom all the bulky and weight,
! productions Of Illinois, at the loves
J, possible rate ofexpense. ! am aware
sir, that the law Of nations would Sc
y cure to lhe States on. the waters of tha
. river, free passage 70 the ocean. Bu
; that law would not exempt them tror
4 impost and from exports duties, an
j. from all the inconvenlences which mus
I be encountered by those who necesss
: rlly pass through foreign country t
J their own. A great river, such as tn
$ Mississippi, like an iron clamp, hold
:, together all the country penetrated p
e its tributaries, lard no amount Of huma
g perverseness can long prevent ther
s from blending iuto one "like kindre
d drops" a
What Ihave said Of Illinois apple
g with equal ferce to Indiana 10 may
g in time, apply also to Ohio. At pre-
: sent, sir, see nothing in that regio
9 which we designate as Ohio, Of who
v any sort ofmoral or political 'characte
G can be predicted. See q vast mutt
) tude of all kindred. tongues. and nat
i ons, swept down and tapglomeraie
( like the wash of hill side, or That tfor
, the mouth of a common sewer, heaPe
e as againsta dam, on the north bank 9
e the river Ongsuch an alluyiat depos
z you may raise cucumbers and onions
III but the majestic forest oak can lind Y
j root there the stately edlflce no sta