, 1860-09-06


markets. Of tho country, rs to enable them TO
compete with jamaica and Cuba Ihooen
;urar and molasses have become articles ol
or;ma,nscessity in all families in the Morrill,
md thoukh there il no house or cabin so poor
That they. arc not articles Of daily eonsump'
lion therein, the demand OF that handful Of
moro than fye hundred
in a1l-was promptly complied with, and
,hera il not an ounce or loaf ct muscaEado
sueaz, or . pint Of West India, New Orleans
or Sugar House molAsses used by our North
crn 1sboring population, which does not now
pay an ouerous tar, that these few men who
work sugar plantations with unpaid labor,
may be princes and nsbobs in the land. su'
gar, hemp aud tobacco are the only articles
nroduced in the South which would DO bene-
fitted By a tariff; and they have all the pro-
lection which those who produce them have
asked. Let US now look North: Tho States
Of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 1llinos, Wit
copsin and, Michigan, to mention.r .ro more, have
an abundance Of mineral wealth. Iron in all,
md coal in nearly all Of them are the. natural
products Of the soil. The development Of the
mines Of these minerals would be the mems OF
employing large numbers Of free men now
tied to other and less profitable pursuits, OF d.
verifying tue national industry, and Of adding
largely to the national wealth. Il would
create home market for the products OF cur
Northern farms and would at the same time,
cut of our dependence upon the mines of tue
old world for the iron lead, copper and zinc
which are 30 eminenty necessary Tor the uses
Of civilized man. But mlning is Jet in lis
infancy. The enormous capital and the Skill
ed labor demanded for its successful posecu
lion cannot be created upon call; and they
will not engage in mining pursuits "11hoo'
the certainty Of a sure ard an adequate re-
turn. The South, controlling the Demo:fauc
party, and, through that the Government IT,
fuses to the North, for the benefit Of the mn
ing interest," that rule which she has been VII
linr to adopt for the productions Of hlor1aa'
Louisiana and Texas. It is certain that a
brief protection extended 10 iron and its pro-
ducts, and to lead, copper md zinc, would, BY
exciting home competition and guarant5lng
the investment Of capital, in the end, reduce
the prices to q point below that which import
cd articles Of like character now touch; Jet
inas1nuch as mining and manufacturing are
only successfully proEecuted by free labor,
and as their direct effect is to diversity and
reward Northern Industry, all tho demands TOT
an alteration Of the commercial policy oi the
country are unheeded- Tho rule which ap-
plies to tho slave sugar Of Louisiana loses Its
force rs soou as extended to tho metals Of the
North. Hence, while we are taxed 1or tne
sugar Of The South, we are denied the meafs
Of paying that tax from the unlmproVeo
resources Of which tho North has such an
abundance.
This is but single instance in which tho
policy Of the government is purposely shaped
TO giys large rewards to slave and neageE
cav to free, labor-in which the free man IS
taxed that the Shareholder may flourish.
There are others as notorious and as g1aring
in fact, we may say that wherever, in the rogu'
lation Of commercial affArs, the North may be
dealt blow, that blow falls; and wherever
the South needs support, there the fostering
hand Of government may be seen.
ne arc not stick1ers for Tariff for Protect
ion. The question involved in it is one that
may, We have long thought, be prohtably kept
out Of partizan politics; but we shall moi
cease to protest against that rank injustice
which has one rule tor the South and another
| for the North. Leaving ali discussion as tt
the merits or dement's Of Protection to be
elsewhere carried on, any dolt can see that
duty on sugar may be levied for the benefit
! Of slaye-holdiDg interest in Louisiana, like
| duty on iron for the benefit Of the Tree labo'
Of tbs North, c.nnot be amiss. It IS thls
everlasting fayoritism Of the South and Of TIT
dominant power, and this everlasting hostility
to the North, Of which we complain, ant
which We have no doubt the election Of Lin
colu will destroy. If free trade is tue rule
let us have free trade in the products Of th'
South as well as the North Free sugar ant
free hemp are no less necessary than free irol
and lead,