Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-03


in the free ports Of Bremen, Hamburg and Lubec,
whence it is mostly smugglcd into the other portions
Of Europe by both sea and land
promised to dwell in detail on smuggling and
ndalteraton Of stmdli caused by unwise and unjust
opposition to them, for which, there arc abundant
materials in facts III BIT nrfayed and principles TO be
developed, but fear, MEssRs. EbIToRs, that the
patience of your fcadcrs is becoming exhausted, and
therefore, will only reassert that these two crimes
which fgurc so cJnspicuously ih modern times are
for the must part confntl tu stimuli, and engage
to make Gd6d that assertion whenever is disputed.
cannot however f0rbear in this connection to say
something Of one ingenious device resortcd to in
France to smugglc Tobacco and other articles, as
publications hostile to tile Government into that
changing Kingdom, Republic, Anarchy, Empire and
Drspotsm.
Or course it is difficult to pass sea- frontier pro-
tected by fortcations, coast guard and efficient
CustJm-house establishment, nevertheless it is habit
ually aiid regularly done, by daring and proEssed
smugglcls of responsibility, who daily visit the Ex
changes in England and France and contract for
premium far less than the duty upon item, to de-
liver stimuli, other art;c:s at any po;nt within the
area of either Kingdom And though It is much
less difficult to smugge along land frontier, yet it
is not unattended with danger even h+rc, as the ne
ccssty for the following device will show. by this
it may be seen that the people in the Northern and
Eastern parts of France dU hot smugglc Tobacco
themselves, but that they do it through horses and
dogs. The plan Of using horses was entirely sup
pressed in 1925, but it is done now by ncans Of
large dogs, which are selected, raised md trained
for the purpose. These carrier dogs are conducted
in packs to the foreign frontier, where having been
kept without food for MANY hours, they are beaten,
and laden and started upon their travels a the be-
ginning Of the night. 1t is said that they do much
mischief to agricultural property by taking the most
direct route across the country to the abodcs of their
masters, which generally selected at two or three
leagues from the frontier where they well treated
and supplied with food. They often 60 mad frun
the tormcnts Of fatigue, hunger and il-usagc, which
they receive at the hands Of their masters, and BY
being hunted in all directions by the custonl-house
officers, whom they are also trained to attack in
case Of interference. An officer died Of IIydrDpho
bin impaired by the bite of ono Of these dogs in
1929. Not more than one dog in screnty-fvc is
destroyed, even when notice has been given and the
dogs are expected thoroughly are they skilled in
thur dishonest habits. y single dog frequently car
ries from twenty to thirty pounds weight and it is
said by AIcs.rs. EII.LIERs & BowRINo in thrit Re.
port on Smuggling, that as much as 100000
pounds Tobacco, Cotton Twist &C., has thus been
| imported into France in one year. In the neigh
borhood Of Dunkirk dogs have been captured with
burdens worth $780,
Such is the practice employed to get Tobacco in
France, where, though the Government has 4 COM
plrte monopoly Of the Tobacco trade. yet it is still
not near highly taxed there, as it is in England,
which leayies three times as much duty upon it, as
any nation on the Globe. Indeed, as have said
before, England seems to lake advantage Of the i'm
pcrious necessity which actuates man to usc stimu-
lus Her annual Revenue is about 1925 100000,
Of which, to say nothing Of the immense income Of
the East India Company from Opium, Tobacco pays
Sl5,OOO,OG0, Tea 500 200, Coffee $4,000 900,
astonishing sum Of SO 900, 900, making total OF
Sill 600, 900 paid by these four stimuli a'onc, in
the form Of duties, aside from the additional tax
Of Excise License, which amounts perhaps to two
or three million more. Thus more ,lian half 6f the
Revenue Of the British Empire is derived from
these four stim, some Of which she has sought in
her folly more than once to destroy. She has not
only tried to prevent the by her subjects of
Coffee, Tobacco and Spirits but she has cndcavorcd
to destroy their very eristcnct as articles Of Com
mcrec and finding that she could not, has learned
that they are good subjects for taxation.
Is it not strange that after this result Of two hun
lrcd years Of British legislation upon the subject Of
stimuli, that South Carolina will not heed such cx-
pcricncc, by taxing Liquor and granting license to
whonlsocvcr desires it, but must needs initiate Maine
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, her worst enemies,
in their futile attempt TO prevent the use destroy
the existence Of Spirits. have yet some conf
dcncc, that til. Legislature Of our beloved little
State will remember this, when the Bll embody 'ng
the Maine Liquor LAW s proposed for their coEsi-
dcrat:on rs it will be no doubt full soon, and fur
ther hope that they will abolish the odous feature
in our present I;c:nse laws, which gives power to
the Commissioner Of Roads and the Town Council
Of every petty corporation in the State, 10 grant or
refuse license in their supreme discretion Such dis
cretion ought at least to be taken from fhc Contt
House Corporations, which are but little better than
local tyranncs cmbodyins Legislative, Judicial and
Executive control over this matter. The Court
Houses in this agricultural country are public proper
ty, and the Farmers who assemble ut them, ,hould
never bedebarrcd the right to drink in gres shops if
they ehnosc. II is much more important, that Bar
Room should be open here, than ten miles distant
in the solitude Of nature. cannot quit this branch
of the subject without doing the Commissioners Of
Roads tho justice TO say, that have never heard
any npfa:nt against them in any quarter Of South
Carolina. They seem everywhere to act like men
Of sense and libcraly in granting license TO any one
who pays the tax and gives the bond.
England by such heavy taxation of Stimuli, as
above stated, and especially by prohibiting the Gu Ii
walton Of Tobacco within the limits of the United
Kingdom, which is so well adapted to its growth,
would seem to initiate the Emperor Of Russia in his
treatment Of the Jews. 1t is well known that the
children Of Isra,l were universally acknowledged to
be the best masters Of finance til they were beaten
in this department Of knowledge by the Yankees,
and wherever you find one Of these people, even
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