Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-23
The High Tariff Policy of the Republican
Party.
From the Memphis Appeal.

The speech recently delivered at Pittsburg By
the President elect Of the Northern Cenfederacy, no
longer leaves it a matter of doubt as TO what will
be his policy upon assuming the reins OF govern
ment. He there explicitly indoroed, without res
ervatiou, the protective plank which was iEcor2O-
rated by the Republican party into their Chicago
platform. Besides being blue-hsht federalist, be
proves himself high tariff protectiOnist. His party
have already shown the bent of their procyites by
their firm Endorsement Of that stupendoOs fraud and
gigantic political svindle, known as the NORTH
Tariff bill which is in process Of passage through
the upper House Of the "Rump," Unlteo otstes
Congress. We have already exposed some OF It's
most ubiquitous features. and will now rest SATISFIED
in dwelling upon the unjust and oppressive method
Of its operation as protection scheme upon the
people Of the slave States.
The Southern States. as is vel known, are es-
sentially agricultural aad commercial not manuiac-
turing. But of the $S06, 600, 0OO now annually
made bv what was known as the United States, the
soutb furnishes $780, 100000 Of them, or about
two-tbirds The value Of the goods consumed by
~ Iove States amounts to about $780, 600 600 per
.nnun Of which ore-third are foreign and the re-
mainder dom sstc. The present tariff fixes a tax
Of twenty-fve per cent upon all imports, which
would make the total revenue upon foreign goods
consumed by US equal to $25,000000. The came
rates are Of yaid upon domestic goods in the
shape of bOunties to the manufacturer, burden
which the buyer diets not appreciste-owing to its
iudirection This, being allowed at $50, 600, 900,
will make the whole amount run up to the enormous
and almost incredible SUM Of SIS, 000, 900, every
cent of which is furnished by the people Of the
slave States to fill the Golfers Of the Government.
and uphold the manufacturing interest Of the North
As will be readily observed the present tariff sys-
tenn is thus tantsnuunt in its workings to tax of
more than 50 Epor each white inhsbitant in the
South The Morrill, bill above mentioned averaging
double the present rates, will virtually es can be
demonstrated by parity of reasoning, impose
e,qhfeea dollars tax upon every man, woman and
child in the South exclusive of the negro popua-
ton This is doubtless startling result 10 those
who have paid no attention the statistical opera
ton of the measuse to which we have TINS briefly
alluded, yet facts and figures, which 'never lie,
bear us out in our conclusion.
The current annual expense of the late federal
Union, apart from the large lost by frauds and
Ipeculations reached as high as S60,OOOO0O, which
we regard as liberal eStimate at any rate, 1t could
readily have been administered upon as little. TAX
ing the expenses o. the Confederated States at one
/ half of this amount say S30,00OO OO VIC would have
in our favor were the South united the clear bal
ance of S45 100000. This large sum is now viz
tually donated every year to the so-called free
| States for the wholesale vituperation which they
pour out upon us If the tar which is in this manner
coyertly imposed under the hidden guise of pTotec
| ton were collected directly from the people II
would "precipitate" the border States into ''reVo
luton" before another thirty days could roll around
An Oppressive and colossal swDdle is thus practlsed
upon the South IN such an ingenious manner as tc
eyade the indignation of its victims. We trust the
time is not far distant when its iniqultes may be
disclosed to the full understanding CT betrayed anc
deluded people.