Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1860-12-21

the pale Of the pe.aonal liberty law of
that State, the courts coudescended to hear
the masters plea for his slaves. They de-
cided against him Of eourse, upon the
principle, suppose, that the Constitution
superseded the law Of nations, and they
superseded the Constitution. The liberty
of conscience is as boldly invaded, as the
right Of ProrertY in those States. In
every church where msjorities rule, they
have usurpedpapal power, without observ-E
ing papal clcmency to Southern chyistians.
With all power civil and eclesiastical-
in their hands, what is 70 become Of uss
The Union has nothing in it 10 endear it.
to. the people Of the South. How much
has it cost the South Z, l will not answer
in round numbers. because you would not
believe me: and cannot answer it fully,
without wcarying or bewildering the reader
with figures. will endeavor, by few
simple facts and illustrations, 10 open the
eyes Of the honest yeomanry and youth Of
the country, for whose benefit mainly I am
writing, TO the tremendous extortion to
which they have been subjected for four
and forty years by the things called tariffs.
Suppose, plain farmer of North Carolina,
you should go to Kentucky and buy one
hundred head Of horses, at QUE hundred
dollars piece, for sale in South Carolina
and that when you came to the line, an
officer should meet you and demand ofyou
how much your horses cost you. :. You tell
him the price. That won't do,' says lie
show your bills of SALE You DO it. All
right says he; hand me over 50, 500, and
you may bring Your horses into the State
otherwise you can't why, what does
this meanT cay you. WELL says the
officer. 'the Legislature has passed a law
that every man who brings horses into the
State, shall pay into the Treasury twenty
five dollars worth-in other words, yS25
upon their coat, or ya!ue; or, in common
parlance, has laid an ad valorens duty (or
tax) upon all horses brought into the State
And What is all this fora' you inquire.
TO enable the people Of soutli Carolina to
do a profitable business ip horse raising, OF,
as it is deceptiyely- called, to protect South
Cardinals home industry They cannot
raise such horses as yours and sci! them
for less than Sis, to make profit on
them. but If; every hundred dollar horse
that is brought.into the State cap be made
to cost $125 then the South Carolina Tais-
erscan do 2 splendid business-he can put
bis price up to$l24, and sell fora dollar a
head less thansthe iWportet's horses cost
him: But. South Carolina, we suppose,
cannot supply a tenth part Of North Caro-
lina's demand for horses; how pow2 Why
hundred dollar horses in Kentucky: are
worth $3.50 in North Carolina. Nov, the
.droyers begin 10 import again-pay the
State sQ5 per head, and $25 per horse still.
But the South Carolinan, without any buy
ing at all, MAKES thirty-fye orfs.forty dollars
per head :, for we haye seen that without
protection, The could have sold at s115,
In the mean time al-the farmers are buy
ing horses, simply saying, why horses
have ran. up nightly and having 20 idea
that tits the lawsof their Stats; thai -has1dn
them bp. Negertheless, though they do
notsknow itslIsysare paying 500 uiorar for
every horse Stl,sE buy thap tlley 'ought to
pay. IN tie lpeshtime the treasury Is fl
ling up With ussfess money, which. mptt'be
spent: Suppose the. Legislature orders
eight doIlars spent id South carolipssfor
avery one spent in North Cerolina.; the eff
feet mdst bethat soath- Carolina must grow
ricbxsspace,. while Norihs sCatolina is at a
stand .shll, iusenaibly sinking or i,npsreep-
tiblg risjng.- Now, stllis is precisely; the
game Which has been played, by lhs orb:
upor the South forty Y.fonrx years, except
that1he proteetiqnfis not q yo,tpeighbors
jnstsoY lhe line, but ;to.asfangsfa thdh-
sandfmiles off-nqta 70 fieaasss ta enc.
nies; not on 'oas.artie!e, but upon every
aticye you eat drih, wear pr uas that
coHes fronabresd. Net a duty Of 81 per
esat, by. 30, 4o, so, end esen 100 per
cent on sqme'ertisles.. g.Why, ,,sayy6d, 1t
must aHS55hnt to mill idRs ppen nilIipns..,'
It does; and this e tlle,way TIE Nortk has