North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-03-15

OF lhe consumers of the country generalIv and
were' In consequence of the forty millions ~ y. .Mey
tn government, enhanced in value 10 the con p'u
to the amount of at least seventy-6ye miliOS
more remote the consumer from the noin, Gus The
ton, and the greater the number of hands ,LPoEt
which the article would have to pass to ra.oh
the higher the per centage, and of course. the ni
the burthen. HtaVie
AS the government actually realized the sum s,,.,
It IS obvious that the additional cost to the cone
must have occurred. This, however, is onIv unes
OF the burthen. As the imposition of these H. paR
Increased the prices of the articles generally I"a
sum was paid for those of domestic produciion oIR
example, hve-sxths of the iron used in the H. ~
States IS believed to be of domestic production ud
one-sixth of that used being imported from aS, ung
What is the proportion with respect to goods ~0Sa
ally, cannot be aScertaned with precision bss ek
supposed to be two or three times as much s,I"s
In value as the imports. There can be little deSa
therefore, that the amount paid to tie mapuf,s,'b
indirectly, is vastly greater than that received
government. Undoubtedly there is some conn.,. ~e
ton In the benefits derived from the existence s
manufacturing establishments, but this is IiIu,. ne
most entirely to the immediate vicinity of thoso d.
tories. "e RH
The great body of consumers in the W0s,,.
well in the Southern States derive little NJ
the benefit. 1t costs the consumers there ne.J
much in the way of transportation from the domnS.@
as it would do from the foreign establishment
purchasers. therefore, it is their interest to Inv
T., traEo,
to the place of its production. 'els
| Nor do they derive much il any advantage froua
home market, its benefit being confined TO tboa%e
the immediate vicinity of the establishments. W.,
comfort is it to farmer who knows that he Is m a
ing too much for his iron, cotton, and woollen i
and other articles of consumption, and who POS
ing little or nothing for his produce. to know t,
other farmers who are living five hundred or tbo
sand miles from him in the vicinity of msnnf,
ring establishment are getting good prices for tbs
produce. L repeat, sir, that am DESTROYS Of sao;
manufacturing establishments spring I'd tbrourGo~s
the country, and l am gratifed to see the ex,rsOJ;
nary progress made in that species of industry, Ts
North has made great mistake in getting I'D the Io
anti-slavery agitation Instead of endeavorno toIf
slavery to the territory where it now exists ,b
had consulted their interests, they would have co
senteG to its extension even to the shores of the D.
cifc. By thus allowing the slaves and their owners
to be diffused over wide extent of country. thsv
would have been kept employed in agriculture ana
the competition of their labor would thereby have
been escaped, and they would have continued uOoi
customers. But by limiting them as to TERRITORY
they will be driven, whether they will il or mt inn,
manufacturing for themselves. The conduct of The
North, while in my jud gment crime 10 u.s. was like
| Napoleon's invasion of Spain, blunder for them
What they Intended as an injury, like MANY Other
seeming evils, may prove in the end benefit So
wise and benevolent is the system ordained by Prov
idence that it usually depends upon ourselves wheh
particular occurrence shall in its results be an
evil blessing. In the language Of Burke, our
antagonist is our helper" The energy which We
have summoned to our aid to enable us to resista
threatened danger, will give strength for forward
movement great impulse has been given to the
Southern mind within the last twelve months Much
of this is due to the direction, purposely given to the
debates of the last session, by of the speakers
Whlle therefore, cannot too strongly denounce The
acts of the last session in relation to the Mexican
territory, do not, nor have l ever pretended that
they would be followed by any great immediate prac
| tical injury to US. Undoubtedly deprivng US of all
share in the public territory, and limiting slavery
the it occupies is the greatest injury, with
reference to that interest, which the government could
possibly inct u.s. until it shall have attacked the
institution in the States themselves.
The other measures proposed by the AbolitonSSare
omparatvery insignificant IN their ultimate prae-
cal effects. l do not pretend that this exclusion
could be claimed political victory by the Free-so
or Abolition party. That party had staked itself on
the passage of positive act Of exclusion, viz: the
Wilnot Proviso or Jeffersonian ordinance. After
few weeks discussion 1t driven from this ground
being defeated on direct vote. 1t then fell back OIL
| W hat was called the Presidents plan to wit: tn
admission of territories as free States. In this move
ment, after long struggle, they were frustrated an
foed by the dilatory motions which the minority E
sorted to, and which it seen could and would
ndeinitvely prolonged. 1t is true, however, tia
the measures actually passed, did in the end Pract
cally give them the exclusion of slavery which the
desired. This, however, was owing to the action
Southern men. who by their votes consented h
this section of the Union should be excluded. VIII
have right to complain of is, that after the Abol
ton party stood thus defeated before the countr
Southern men should have been willing to give the
PRACTICALLY all the fruits of the victory. it is sail
however, that the South saved its honor So did Il
Mexican army at Monterey. But though it capit
lated with the honors of war, it surrendered up Il
city, the object for which the battle was fought
had nd
ty could better have borne their seizing the trul
| of the victory. By giving up thus all the Mexlca
territory them, in addition to that previously he
| by the government, and made free by acts OF 20
gress, we have putt in their power to call to their
at future day, twenty thirty additional free State
If we have found them troublesome now, will tn
not be more formidable when thus strengthens
should they be reused to another attack 1t is Il
view of the future which has produced the deep d
satisfaction existing in the South. Our people +
that outposts have been surrendered to our
and that courage and frmness can alone protect the
Even those among US who have defended or apo
oiZed for these measures, have tacitly acknowledg
the peril to which they subject US, by insisting Ii
the North should be held under the most rigid oh
CATION not to renew the attack. Calling themseIv
par excellence Union men, and stigmatised by tn
opponents submissionists, they have neveIthele
! found it necessary to lay down strong dIsunl
platform !; because they have declared their purpo
to dissolve the Union upon issues and oontingencI
which no one, not even the most ultra thought
making year ago. If the Abolition party encol
aged as it probably will be. by these great acqul
tons shall make another formidable movement again
US, it will most probably result in the overthrow
the government and the disruption Of the confeder
cy. do not apprehend, however. that they Will
able to succeed in abolishing slavery. Two plans
entertained for effecting this object. The first
Immediately and directly by legislation to attack
in the States. This mode has not now adVoca'
enough to excite much aPprehensions in the pup
mind. The other plan, by which they expect TO
complish the thing, at day not far distant
a nalion's progress, is the following: They say u
the slaves of the country being confined to the oIa