New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-24
THE TAX ON NORTHERN M4NUFAo-
TURES IN MISSISSIPPI
.ua.nee Of The N. Y. Tribune.

Correspondence OF The N. Y. Tribune.
VIcKsBuRG, Miss, Nov. u, 1859.
The Legislature of the State of Mississippi has just
met. and the Governor has delivered himself Of his
Message. He seems to have fed upon more IRE
than il commonly consumed by the majority Of the
Fire-Eaters" in this fre-eang part of the Union.
He recommended two measures 10 the assembled wis
dom of the State, to wit:
1. The passage of q law, providing for a Convention
of the people Of the State, to organize Southern
Confederacy, in case Black Republican n elected
President of the United States.
III. The imposition of tax of twenty-five per cent
upon all Northern manufactures imported into the
South The object TO be attained Is to make the peo-
pie of the North feel in dollars and cents, the conse-
quences Of the they are making upon the ns'ita-
ton of Slavery in the South. so says the aosernor
Tke Vicks6urg tVhig says: 1.-The Governors mess
cage ia reyoutionary--the very essence Of treason.
81 Have we the right to impugn the motives OF the
"North 7" The Whig is the ablest paper pnoiished
in the State. -
charges ON that paper thus: II IL against the Aboi-
"ton fanatics of the North Governor heWiihe huris
"his anathemac and for doing we see him abused,
'derided and ridcued by paper published on south
Germ soil-aye, even on the soil Of Mississippi On,
I" shame where is thy blush! - ..
Sol NAV be seem the position Of the freeaters is
not Jug handle affair. The South y Tar rom oehs
recoDciled TO such UHTdts, NJ SPEAKS ou' ia io WV
ernors Message.
ne Mig speaks the sentiment of the great body OF
the people Of Mississippi. In private circles and Oh
the street the 25 per tax is discussed The people
are no FOOLS they ask the question:: Out OF whom
the tax TO come Clearly from the consumer. IL rs
srpposed. however, this tax will promote the esta6-
shment of manufactures at the South and thus enable
us to produce among ourselves what we need To TINS
il il answered: This il the work Of a century
Self ia everybodys god; touch the pocket ana inc
patrioc nerves vbrate Human nature Is the same IN
every cline; the same among the cold barren hills OF
| the North, and in the swamps OF Missisnppi ana
Touisana where we eat FIRE, raise cotton, paint our
faces with saffron and orange peel, and die shaking
| hands with chis and yellow fever Your farmer on
bis stony hilltop and the rich planter from the cane
| brake, acknowledge the same God, Whenever the
people of Mississippi adopt these ultra measures, 10
will be seen what results will follow. Property Ne
always timid IL will be proclamat on 70 the people,
warning them Of their weakness, and the Inauguration
of system of destructive taxation. Negroes viii be
nonpayng property. Planters viii cell out and leave
the Stale and when there is one 10 bay, negro
property will be abandoned TO its fate. And what viii
be that fate
The negro problem is yet to be solved: the Governor
of Mississippi has not bit the nail the head Ne
Qroes are sold here prices almost without precedent
Negro men at from fifteen hundred TO two thousand
dollars Women from twelve 10 fifteen hundred dol
lars Yet the negro-dealers complain Of but few sales
The truth IT, but few can afford TO buy at present
prices and others are deferred from investing their
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