The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-11-05
No. q.
"Free Trade, with greater prosperity to all tn

No. q.
"Free Trade, with greater prosperity to all the
various interests, agricultural, III chancal. conf
mercia and Manufacturng-cotton never eSs
than 10 cents per pound--ofencr 20.
This is the second blessing HAT rophet >"ys
would arise from DIsumion-and We uEhestatng-
is hoi that in this he is atrnc Prophet.
Di>union would bring as lis natura' result, "free
Trade" All systems tina! have been started IN
opposition 10 Free Tradr," liza ; been for the BEN
eiii cf the North The Tariff on lron is to build
up the Pennsylvania Iron interests-not to benefit
the southern Planter In a late case the Railroad
from Chattanooga to Nashville-the President OF
that Road went to England, bought the amount Ct
Iron necessary and returned in one mon,h-and
bought the iron at $36-the same iron in Pennsyl-
vauia, he would have to have paid $63 for. Now
deduct the amount that the tariff on iron raises
the English iron, aud see the vast difference
Union makes us pay $63 for iron Dsunlon gives
us "Free Trade" and consequently iron at ab>rt
S25. And the vast amount ofiron that We shall
need, in the completion Of our internal improve
ments, would make that considerable item. Our
gods would be likewise lowered. Instead oi
bringing them round by way Of N. York, paying
duty, paying per centage, and other tems' all OF
which must at last come out of the southern pur-
chaser, we could get them under the influence
of free trade at very reduced price.
7 ,,,.;.> tL,ra u.nuld ho uruatpr DroSDprity to
all the various interests, agricultural, mechanical,
commercial and manufacturing. Our agricultu-
raj interests would prosper from the fact that
br ueht into direct intercourse with Europe,
would find never failing market for our produce
and the fact of all odious duties being removed,
tile European market would yearly enlarge and
there could and would be no competition in our
agricultural market Our mechanical interests
would rise as fby magic. "Thornton" would see
his Buggies rivaed all over the South, and "Blan-
ding and Avery" would have to make their teeth
Of of"b-aueous ivory pearly white" to secure the
prize. Our commercial interests, now so depend
ing would rival the ancient follas Of TarsIsh.-
No country on earth possesses so many means OF
commerce as the South. Cotton, Rice, and 10.
bacco, the staple commodities Of the earth are hers.
AT her voice the world Of Manufactures in the
North aud Europe, either move OH or stop. The
vast multitude OF the working masses OF this and
other countries can only live BY southern cotton.
With our Rice we feed starving mllions-and the
luxury of tobacco-s our peculiar product. Slave
1. hoe mis-
dying hea,hen, in one year, than the whole ofabo-
Iitoni>m since it first reared its Gorgon vsage be-
meath the stroke Of Wilberforce's wand Of fanat-
cisn.. The commerce of the South; no Ell Dora
do imaginative have evel fancied its wealth. Its
sails would whiten the waters of every sea-and
in every harbor of every nation her ships would be
found. Our manufacturing interests would expe-
rence an equal prosperity. 80 long as we found
/, more profitable to engage in agricultural Pur-
suits we would do SO, but so soon as we found
ourselves in possession ola latent capital that cap
ita! would find vent in manufactures. And from
what source would we fear competition. Produ-
cling the raw material ourselves, Opnins our ope-
ra,ivc<. and ,h" products free from tariff, there
couG 81 10 sucCcSsiu coIip"ution. Nature, II
s..n>, intended to aid us--ond our natural ad-
vartagrs ale uurivaIrI. Cotton would never be
!ss Than 10 cents, and o!lencr 90, tor various rga.
sar- The firm balance whcl! would he able
10 fnd FIR our capital would prevent our planting
too largely. The amount we would consume at
home would lessen the exports, and the facility
i;,r .I,,S. a, morris wnuI q auayS r,usa n IN ,o,,
mand high price We have only touched on
subjects each which would afford matter for vol
umes-f we can only call attention however to
these points, We will have succeeded in proving
that one Of the many blessings of Disunion would
be "Free trade, with greater prosperity to all the
various interests, agricultural, mechanical, com.
mereiaI and manufacturing. Cotton never less
than 10 cents per pound, ofener co."