Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-01-24
The Sugar Duty

We give below extracts so,,
ing New York journal. on the s" "o 'sa',
removing the presen, tariff from OF
sugars. They both unrnask ,bo r
foot of Abo'i'ionism that lays sn,.' s'sa
the heart of the movement: e. N
1.-THE DurY on sue,R-r
attempt to grow cotton on large .:,, new
foreign comtries-whethe, in T,a cs'e IN
RIGA, the West Indies, or South Am. At
every proposed substitute for co,,on
every proposed substitute for SUGAR 90. md
which tor the moment, is supposed ia h.s''
any chance of SUGGESTS cou.h, ua's
the Abolitionists and their coad;1,o,.
the easerness of desperation, in ,hs s saa
that something will result ,heref;om wye =
damage the interests of the slayehoIs'o
States. Hitherto disappointment, h,s
tended or followed ali such ,,,. ten H.
The Southern States still are, and =.
likely to be, the grand source Of .,, ~
for the co''on-spinners Of the world E.! E.!
Just nor the eountenances Of the p,enaa '
philanthropists are Frightening iii soss
in regard to sugar. They find II. y
dnction of sugar in Louisiana h., ,Is.
off from 495,ooo hogsheads in lss sI, "a
100000 in 1856, and they are now n.
posed to complete the ruin Of the bu.;, -.
by making imported sugar duty.fee. !,
present it is 80 per cent.
We are opposed to this me,.rr. =,
National grounds, unless its advocate, -.
prepared also to remove the duty from i'm
ported cottons and woolens, nellie, n
which branches is at this time 50 mrss
depressed as is the sugar culture, ".
do not mean to say that we are in syo, Il
making woolens and cottons dutv.fiee-,,
present we are not. But if 50 impo,t,n
an interest as domestic sugar is to b.
crushed because it happens for tia. M
ment TO be depressed, then va sav ,b,,
the same principle ought TO be appliedb
other articles which are struggling with
foreign competition Jour. Of Con.
"THE SUGAR QuEsr1oN..The ,ccu.
mutation of surplus revenue under on,
present tariff has afforded a pre,ert 6r
the exhibition of the residuu, Of bitter
feeling that lays at the heart Of he DE-.
feated Black Republicans. The quiniupls
alliance of the press is again unit ou
the only possible common ground Of agre
ment-hostility to the South. The sugar
question is put forward as the entering
wedge 10 reopen the slavery agitation.
and we fear bitter results If the people Be
not aroused to the real motives that IN.
derlie the apparently pure action Of he
movers Of the repeal Of the duty on that
article. An appeal has been cunninsh
made to the selfishness Of the Nonh lpd
West, that they may join issue and over.
whelm the South, and thus strike 1t Tie
only branch of Southern industry that re.
ceives protection under our revenue law.
The New England element, with The id
Of the West, may succeed in carrying this
point, &C., &c. = The
truth is, that many Of those who are fore.
most in attacking the sugar dulles, 'r
now, and have always been protretiouiss
but they are willing to give the lie to he
profession of their lives, and 10 eIhibtths
most glazing inconsistency, for the pur
pose Of inflictins vengence on the South
We feel impelled to speak out on this n.i i!
ter. We repeat, that this question will
not be decided on its merits, industrial OF
commercial. II has already been pressed
into the service Of the defeated party.
Partizans who subscribed their 'ten thou
sand in the late contest hare it in chags,
and intend to use it as a political wsreg
to arouse the North against the South h
appealing to the pockets Of the toms'
for tho purpose Of enfeebling, impo1en'a..
ing, and infiicting vengence on the laffei.
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