The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-02-28

ton sumclenily potent TO originate all our
troubles!
We OF the south have been con.idcring
our side of the question only; We haze not
stopped to consider the other side. We
hase asked that opposition to our indus.
trial system be Withdrawn; but We have
not proposed TO withdraw our opposition
to the administration OF q policy deman-
ded by the industry of the north. Our
demand is just and ought to be accorded.
But while We ask for what is just, it is o.
qually incumbent upon US to be just iu ac-
cording to our ueighbors xbat they may
Justly be entitled to from u..
Led By these considerations. We arrive
at a. sound basis Of settlemeut-a basis
which requires no concessions from either
section inconsistent with honor or inter-
est. but which both Interest add honor
impel both regions to accept and accord,
viz: Let each section cease its opposition
to the industrial policy demanded for .be
other. Let this be done by constitutions
al guarantees sui,ale and adequate to ac.
complish such purpose, securing frm,
judicious, uuhuctuating, protective tariff
on the QUE hand. and the safety aud sta
bility of the southern industrial system,
as required in the original Crittenden a.
mend ment, on the other.
The objections tc this solution, which
have been suggested to NE in conversa-
tons touching it, have been:
lst 1t proposes to concodc to the north
what it does not want, and is not deman-
ding. Very true, the north is not de-
u sanding such guaranty, but it does not
thence follow that il does not want or
need it When it is remembered how,
under the huctuations in the protective
policy of this government, northern idus.
try has prospertd snd been depressed;
how. at one period, under, adequate pro-
lection. factories have sprung up. bushes
Gourishcd and wealth accuu. ulsted; to be
followed by bankruptcy, ruin and unlyer
sal distress upon a change in the protec-
tive policy, 1T must &c apparent that a
constant, moderate, well adjusted tariff
is as essential to :he property Of the IN
duatry of the north ss the security of sla-
very in the south is essential to its well
fare.
Iudeed, Ehat rejecting N an doubts but
that the shcle industry OF the north un-
der the foctuating protective Eolicy ad-
miDi>teTed by the soserBBent would have
leeD rro,trste. aud the whole country
taukruTt, trt for tie iuGux OF gold from
California So far from lis being q fact
that the north does not need or desire
Tor its industry The protective policy, the
dominant party attained its power be.
cau-c it proclaimed itsolf the champion
OF protection 1t is well known that the
great con mon nwealtb OF PenDsy lyania, aud
her gallant little sister, New Jersey, sup
ported Mr.. Lincoln not for the sake of
the negro, but for the sake of the tariff.
1t ia also we'll known that throus bout all
the mauufscturina States Mr.. Lincoln
bad DuDerous supporters, without whose
votes be never could base been elected
tariff ueD. rallyins to lis support TO Sc
cure the triumph of the protective policy
rather than from eng hostility to the III
-titu;ioD OF the south, except 10 SO far as
that institution has been made the occa-
siou Of hostility to the protective policy.
This brings NE to q most Important
consideration, not to be o7eriooked by
the southern people, in this connection, if
they would understand the hidden causes
Of our troubles. That consideration is
this; that the people Of the north 6nding
tha. tbs southern people, combining with
the free traders of the north. were able
to present the sd zinistratioD. by the gov
erpnent. Of the ouly policy which could
sustain and develop northern industry,
we're driven for selfprotection to devise
means of increasing their own weight and
influence. and lessening that OF the south
in the national councils, with the sole pur-
pose OF ultimately securing, as the peFma'
peut policy OF this gosernment, aJadiclous
protective tariff.
In this view it is easy TO understand
how the bortaern aud southern industrial
systems, related TO each othrr by the c'c.
sest ties OF mutual interest as they are
we're oade to assume hostile attitudes 10
wards each ether 1t IS easy to under
stand how aud why they were the occa
sion for "a great struggle Tor ascendaney
by weight of representation in CnDgress
Aud those who suppose this mighty but
; unfortunate struggle to bave originated
in sny dislike on the part of the northern
/ people towards those of the south, or ir
; any hostility towards slavery, per Sc, and
not in the absolute necessity OF the pro
tective system for the northern industry
are floating upon the surface OF mighty
, tide whose under currents they but little
dream of.
, We may readily understand bow. in
country like ours, where opinions hay'
free SCOPE, few thousands in the nortl
nay yield themselves to extreme hostllit.
towards the Institution of slavery in tb
G south. aud endeayor to make that host;l
: ity the basis of political action, eve
q thouzh il should cost the destruction o
their country. But it is utterly inered'
& Bile that the great masses OF the mos