The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-03-06

TO consent to be thus degraded ant
7 onsaved, instend of the pity, they woulG
meet the scorn and contempt, of the universe
The men of this generation, who wouldbe re.
sponsible, oaghtto be whipped through their
fields by their own negroes. l ,hank Goo
that there is no one in my district tRa,s IthnL
SO meanly OF, as to believe thafhe would moi
readily come into whatever movement. nigh,
be necessary for the projection Of our rights
4andlibefty. Itell northern gentlemen. Whe
are in hopes that the South will be divided
that we shall not have halfae many traitors
to liangr as, we did Tories IN Tie Revolution
49,. II gentlemen mean that the Union, ,upor
the principles ofthe Constitution, is desirable
/, VIII not controvert, that. opinion. But the
s4S Union never could have been formed wiihou,
I the written Constitution. So, if you now. by
.,your gsactien, practically. destroy the. Con.
stltution, those injured, y.if able to resist
will not submit. That Instrument was or.
dained, in its own language, to "establisl
justice, insure domestic TRANQUILITY, and
secure the blessings of Iborty' to ali
parties TO it--namely, the (reenen of the
rs OnioH, II, therefore, under its form
: gross tyRaice is done, instructions excited
and the citizens of part Of the States political
~ enslaved,' then the Union ought not ,o
Stand, as an Instrument of wrong and oEproo!
sion. 81, 49,, -
~ There is throughout the South strong at
taebment tot the Union OF the States. This
atisentiment rests not SO much upon any calcu-
s 1ations OF interest as Oh historic associations
3sflnd the recollcctions Of common ancestral
Z struggles and triumphs. Our people take a
. pride in the name of the United States, and
sSln being members Off great republic that
/ furnishes a cheering example to the world
But the events Of the last few years are rap.
idly weakening this feeling. Seeing iha,
there appeared to be settled purpose in the
iNorth to put them to the wall, many. of our
people, regarding dissolution of the Union
I as the inevitable result of this aggression,
have looked forward to the consequences OF
s,cl a state OF things.
sss; Will tell northern gentlemen, in the hope
sthat many Of them arc not yet past the point
sof reason, whit the view presented in pros.
iyPect 10 many Of the highest in,cl1ects in the
South 1t. is, well known that the existing
royenue system operates hardly on the South
Eand the West The Government raises up.
wards OF thirty millions annually by duty or
TAX, upon Imports. But this system acts very
nnequally on the different sections of the
c6uhtry. For illustration of the mode Of op-
seration, will take a single article. Railroad
asson us produced in England at so cheap3a
ratc, That it can be t5ronght to this country
and sold, we may say, for $40 per tons This
q much cheaper than our people can afford
I'd make il at. They therefore ask the Gov.
ernment to require The payment of $50 per
ton by way of duty. The importer, there.
fore, insteai, of selling for $40 per ton
mus ask 500, TO reimburse himself for
/ What he has paid out abroad, and to the
Goyernrent Every person, therefore, in
s8the Urted States, who purchases railroad
}sjron, ias to pay $40 more for each ton
1tgtrhea are, however, some advantages 10
scounterbalance this loss. In the first place,
Ssomc our people, finding that they can make
IA profit by selling railroad iron at $50 per ton,
engage n the ulanutacture, and thus find en-
5,loymcnt. While so engaged, these persons
fonsumc the produce OF the farmers and 9th
Iefs, and thus make n home market for 'agri.
scuItural productions. We Sec however,
lihat the loss of $50 per. ton falls on all those
I, any Fart OF the United States who may
consume the iron. But the benefit is con.
lined 10 those persons who are engaged in
making iron, and those who live so near thcm
that they can conye,isientiy tgetaher produce
|tnthc factories. In fact this sort Of manu-.
featuring is To- tue state Of Pcnns,,1g
fyais'a, y; and pofi.sps few other localities.
But my constituents ehf no more nav the
W lot lTON III tIlC
Eprotiucts of their farms, than they could the
A3ritish iron-lnasers. 1t is therefore To our
advantage; rs VIC must pay ior it in cash,
Ito get the iron at the lowest rate. This .is
ftrue OF the southern and western people gen.
sesally. This illustrates the effect Of our rev:
venue and protective system. The burden is
tdifinsed oyer the whole country, but the
Jbencfit is limited to the manufacturers and 10
athosc persons who reside SO near as to have
atherebya better market; very little more
Sthanone- third Of the Union gets the benefit
Aos the system, in exclusion mainly Of the
gSonth and West.
4 ( 1t is not easy to measure the precise extcnt
2oEtlis burdcu. 1t has been estimated that
Atwo-thirds of all the articles which would, if
be subject to pay duty, are pro-
3duced in the United States. To return, for
aeady illustration, to the case Of railroad iron.
II two of every three tons Of iron consumed
&in,the United States were made in this coun
s$ry, it would follow that the person who con-
sssumeu those three tons of iron, while he paid
q AWentY dollars to the home manufacturer;
lsndif he lived SO far from the manufacturer
aAhathe could not pay him in produce, it would
81 lollow that, in fact, while he paid the Gov
sstrnment but twenty dollars, he would lose
SEs;xty himself on account of the duty. When,
81 fhcrelorc, the government gets. as 1t is DO
Sug, .hirty-three millions of dollars revenue,
81 AlieAwho!e burden to the consumers of this
S5h,nonntth he South payF, according to its popu-
81 alton and consumption, forty millions OF dol
liars. This sum think too low in fact in
SSRhc Patent Office report, made to the last ses-
sion OF Congress, Qhe last cne published, it
sA4s stated byihe commissioner, Mr.. Burhc, a
,orhern man, that the annual value of ar
"A ;cles manufactured in the United states is
&Aive hundred and fifty millions of dollars
"a rhls statement does. not include iron, salt,
oal, sugar, wool, the products Of fisheries,
.setitl othcr articles on which duty is colec-
Jed; adding these, swells the amount to near
sss5y seven hundred millions. Our imports for
s8sA Ahat year were unusually large, on account
ssbt The famine abroad. Nevertheless, all the
articles imported, on which duty is collcc.
#ed, including the above omitted in the state
,H8ncntof manufacturers, are in value only one
sss4siflr red and c}pvoN millions ono him. red and