Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14
From the Franklin Bannerl
Reason Why Money is Scarce.

Mr.. EdttOr-Ihe question is on every mans
lips, "Why is money so unparalleled scarce in
the parish o. question very easy to answer,
which is, the past, present and prospective de-
pressed price of sugar--the only staple of the
country. That is the answer, and correct
one-one that cannot be upset. 1t is a fact be-
yond dispute, that had the democrats not re-
move the tariff of lS42, the people of st. Mary
would not have owed one dollar. The reno
val of that tariff has at fair and liberal calua-
ton decreased the revenue of the parish at least
$200O,000. But it is now too late to remedy
the evil; all we can do is to hand it down to ftl-
ture generations as a grand democratic error.
And now for the remedy, which is strict econ
omy. The planter ought to use every means
in his power--frst, to make a sufficencv of
bread and meat for the consumption of his fam
lily and plantation. He ought in fact, to pur-
chase nothing that his land will produce. True
it is, by so doing he will produce less quanti-
ty of sugar, but at the end of the year he will
find himself richer man. He ought also to
teach his wife, sons and daughters industry and
strict economy, teach them TO shun those for
eign fancy frl and ribbon shops, and to appear
at all times clothed with the manufacture of
their own country, thereby keeping the cash in
cirealaton within the bounds of the United
States, and not indirectly support rotten Euro
pean aristocracy; because the manufactures of
Europe are the property of the aristocracy.
For example, let an American ask an English
man or an English lady if that coat or that dress
they have on are American manufacture, they
would answer no, it is home manufacture; we
never encourage foreign, as your stupid DEM
ocrats do. Now why should an American en-
courage foreign manufactures, when an Euro
pean will not. That is by no means reciproci-
ty of trade that the democrats are so very scru-
pulous about, when at the same time we have
proof that every article of American manufac-
ture for the ornament, use and comfort of man,
is of as good quality as any foreign, and many
are much better. But the democrats say for
eign articles are much cheaper. admit many
are; because the poor European operative la
bors for triie, but the enlightened American
operative will not work for nothing--he knows
better, and he is perfectly right Here again
the democrats are encouraging arristocracy by
preferring foreign articles and, at the same time,
they are indirectly guilty of keeping the poor
ignorant European operative in the dark. But
the democrats say we must have free trade; be-
cause if we do not purchase from Europe, she
will not purchase from us--England has adop-
ted the free trade system, and we must follow
her example. The democrats appear not to
see through the policy of British legislation;
she adopted free trade because she saw plainly
that the United States were fast rivaling her.
Why does England purchase from the United
States her supplies of cotton, rice, pork and
many other leading articles? Itis because she
cannot procure them elsewhere, otherwise she
would not purchase one dollars worth here.
The democrats also say, if we levy high spe-
cific duties other nations will not supply us
with coffee, tea, silk and other minor articles that
we cannot produce. Here again they are mis-
taken, because the European consume the
whole of those articles, therefore suficiency
must be sent here, this being the best market
for all productions, because the people can af-
ford to purchase all such necessaries. God in
his goodness has blessed the American people
with climate and soil amply sufficient TO sup
port many millions with all, or nearly all, the
luxuries, necessaries and comforts that man re-
quire, making her Independent of Europe. Her
institutions are such as are capable of making
her indisputably the greatest nation that ever
appeared on earth. Why then should the dem
ocrats retard that progress by crippling her