Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-11-22

capabilities of crops. he has large crsp Of
corn in Arkansas. but he has no hogs tSere
to be fattened with il and thereby tc supply
his-people Nth pork. He has no corn in Ter
nessee, but be has hogs here, or he buys one
thousand hogs from his neighbors and drives
Them TO Memphis, and wishes thence to ship
them to his places in Arkansas.
Chat such are facts, do not prejudice the
force or appositeness OF the illustration.)
Well. it 20 happens that there is alarm in
Arkansas about The hog cholera, and the
people are up in arms against the introduce
ton of hogs into the State: The Legisla-
| ture has passed law Imposing tax to the
point of prohibition Isl 900 fine for every
head of hogs and $4,000 for the head owner
OF the hogs and ten years imprisonment: And
to guard against The cunning devices of men,
tue like p-nalIi,s are threatened against the
smuggling into the State of picked pork or
bacon! Well, a little further: You wish to
dispose of your corn ard cotton: But no:
Every State prohibits the use, the introduce
ton aud transit of such articles: and
peeialy Of negroes! Mississippi tried this once.
Here are all Z" the points of prohibition"
fled and sharpened, aud set directly at and
against you. As you have already asked,
..What will you do2" (What are you going
to do about it?) See Towards R-port, p.
sos, and onwardsl"
cannot dismiss this Revenue measure
without further remarks. see 1t presented
Of, IL in,
messages, private and public Leagues,
pledges or agreements. If such ebullitOns
of passion, or Of patriotism, (as it may per-
haps be more respectful to denOminate the
sentiment,) were sure to accomplish any good
even a temporary good, (Which, under
some circumstances and in some respects,
may be- they should not be harsbly con-
demned. l mean a refusal to purchase. not
to go further in debt, bat TO economist. With
this purpose in view, the adoption and obser-
vance of such course may often be prudent,
wise and beneficial, where there is the most
friendly feeling. But these Leagues and
pledges not to buy any article from the
Northern States, are not adopted from mo-
tives Of prudence to husband resources with
the view of liquidating debts, bu: rather with
the aim TO cripple, dsappoint, and, if posi-
BILE, bankrupt persons and communities or
States, towards which we have taken dislike,
and as We believe, for sufficient cause-'re-
peated and aggravated prOvocation.'
Under excitement, the fact is sometimes
overlooked or scorned-that there are always
two parties concerned, and therefore it is not
strange that some of the errors and fallacies
of the dark ages are kept alive and presented
new discoveries in political science and
governmental art.
Surely the light and experience of The
nineteenth century expose the folly of heavi-
ly taxing foreign articles of necessity and of
general utility. As to articles of luxury
they may be taxed h.avily. even to 'the point
If prohibition.' and yet persons who could |
afford the indulg nee and would like to
have them. may suffer the privation and yet |
live happily and well.
Let us see how it will work We are no |
longer Unitrd States. but 'sin our pride of |
State" we are TWO or tbirtytwo magnificent
Iy proud little sovereignties; and we have |
aiken an invincible disgust 10 each Other ard |
to all the manners and customs, and to ev-
cry species of property and product made |
and raised in any and every other Slate.
E,ery body and every thing beyond our Ii
mi'ed sphere and our prescribed boundaries,
is an abomnation to u!
Pr,cul, procuI este profunil
We will TASTE not, touch not, handle not,
any article polluted 10y your manipulations.
However. nevertheless notwi hStanding. we |
will not rfuse to sell to you any articles we |
produce. We have large surplus of cot
ton, sugar, rice, tobacco. molasses, oranges, |
sweet potatoes, rOsin, tar and peanuts In
deed we-but no.--yes-.we wish to raise a
revenue and we prohibit he Introduction of |
any and all articles of your make or which
may lave passed through Your ports. We
intend to raise a National Site Revenue by the
points (pints?) of prohibition. All your fire
arms and gun caps all your locomotives, ma
chinery. cottOn-gins, cutlery and other hard
war, your cotton and WOODEN cloths hats,
shoes, watches and jewelry, wooden nut
IN, Is and bundled tOOth-pIcks lucifer-match-
es and gim-crdcks,-we will none of them,
away with them,-they are ta6ood, even to
the point of prohibition.
The following colloquy is not exactly re-
ported, but will serve our present purpose:
'.Will you not receive some of our good
lOur, hay, oats, apples, picked beef. excel
lent pOrk,--our carriages, wagons, horse
power, threshing-machines piows, hoes, files,
'aws,-no cutlery? Not one of our little
.pringy, why elOthes-boys, nor of the thou
sand beautiful, ingenious and useful articles
Of gutta percha?"
"No, Stree. I'll make my old stock hold
put"
Il guess your stock won't last forever. A
ew months since you said you must replen-
sh your stock. We can supply you cheaper
han any other persons: better take some. A
air exchange is no robbery
No. stree. You belong to another State.
We have set up for ourselves. We have con-
,eived great Remedy, and it will inevita-
ply kill us to give birth to it. We intend to
leal With nobody. We mean to go it alone.
We'll, am really afraid You will break
hings and split your breeches''
You go to thunder. Go to old Abe
he rail-Splitter. You are all in 'Abraham's
,osom' now, and mean to trample upon our
tights"
My dear sir, pray the parable may never
ind its exemplifcation in the misery of any
IF these United States. You greatly mis-
Judge your Northcr.. brethren; your fears are
groundless; your conclusion hasty and some
Of your measures more hurtful to yourselves
than to any Other people. Social and COM
nercinl intercnurSe may be cultivated tn mn |