Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-04-12
From the Lexington, (Aa) Messenger of March 2s.1
The Tariff Again.

From the Lexington, (Ala-) Messenger of March IS
The Tariff Again.
The Democrat tries to make it appear tina
the people are not at all injured by the tariff
established by the Southern Congress, but
unfortunately the facts overturn its theory.
The tariff may not be so high as the federal
tariff, yet it issoppressixe for all that. For
merly we only paid duties on foreign imports,
and as these imports were mostly the super
fuities of life, the duties fell wholly on the
weather. classes while the middle and poorer
classes paid nothing to the Federal Govern
ment. Under our new tariff, the middle and
poor classes of society have to pay duties
Also. The Southern people are now actually
paying double duties on foreign Imports
duty is collected on them at New York and
then collected in Southern cities. We for
merly paid no duty on goods manufactured
in the North. All our common goods-such
as are most in use, are made in the North,
and for these we now have to pay duty,
consequently we pay hundred fold more
tax than we ever did before. The duties
formerly fell on such as used the luxuries
and superfuities of life, but now they fall on
the necessaries as well as t4e superfiuities of
life. Our iron, whether irebars or manufac-
tured, our kerseys, domestics, cheap calico,
casinets, ready-made clothing, furniture and
hats, are all madein the North, and have
heretofore come to ussfree of duty, whereas
we now have to pay duties on them ranging
from % to 10 per cent The consumer al
ways pays this dutJ as it is added to the
price of the goods by the retail sellers. We
havesalso to pay heavy duty on tobacco,
whiskysI6 pts, chemicals and medicines. 1t
is is3eSss9eny that the consumer pays all
theeduties. Our merchants are compelled,
in sheer selfdefenee, to add the duty to the
price of their.goOds, and it follows that every
man buying their goods helps to pay the
duties imposed. This is the iniquiIy offs
tariffs. In. addition to these new burthens,
the plantefhss to pay sixty-two cents per
bale on hisc6tton where he formerly paid
nothing at all.
The men that have been so shocked at pro-
tective tariffs, have all at once fallen in love
with them. Wp.pay duty of "a per cent.
on foreign sugar just to enable the sugar
planters of Louisiana to grow sugar. Is not
that absolute protection to Louisiana sugar,
and don't it drive out foreign competition
There was the same duty under the old gov?
eminent on sugar, but as we of the South
have always hated protective duties and con-
tended that they are wrong in theory as well
as Ubiquitous in practice, we supposed, when
we cut loose from the North, all duties for
protection would be Topped off, A duty of
"a per cent. is beyond all doubt, protective,
and it clearly shows that bu. for this duty
foreign sugar could be bought cheaper than
Louisiana sugar. We are then saddled with
a bonus to the Louisiana planter.
We have before said that it was false and
slanderOus to charge us with disaffection to
the new government because we disapprove
of some of its acts. We repeat it again.
Neither the sneers nor the calumnies of the
shall keep US from uttering our !.
sentiments freely.