The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-10
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Sunday Morning, June 10, 1865.
.0aem Deus yult l,ertaere, prius DE
rnent1t.,'


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.0iem Deus yult persere. prius De-
nentnt.r
In taking the above quotation as ons
te1y we mean to apply it particularly
to the ruling faction in the present
Congress-. The classical reader knows
the quotation, but for the general
reader we translate it thus: WAo,n
God tcisAes to destroy, He .tiast msakes
1e<sft. ,...-s .--s---,-.' -. ~ --.N-- 49,
We hold that this is peculiarly ap-
pEcable to. Thad. Stevens and his
party in Congress- This is especially
developed and proved by the pro-
posed tax of five cents per pound on
cotton. Whatever spirit--revenge,
hatred or oppression-may have die
tated or suggested this diabolical
measure, its effect. will unquestiona-
bly, be to- drive the planters of the
South from its cultivation. The
Southern States have long been pre-
eminently the great cotton producer
of the world; they have defed compe-
tition from any quarter, as they we're
enabled to deliver this universally
demanded staple, at the great marts
of the world, cheaper than any other
producer on the face of the globe.
While it enriched the South, it
brought to the great commercial
marts Of the North and West the
products of other climes; it built up
the great commission houses Of New
York, Boston, and other ports; it in
fused new life and vigor into every
department of human industry,
North, East, South and West; and in
short, governed finance and commerce
more powerfully than any other of the
worlds products.
Is it any wonder that the wisdom
or self-interest of the New York
Chamber of Commerce caused this
great body of financiers and mer-
chants to call upon their representa-
tives in the rump Congress to forego
their purpose? Is it any wonder
that the practical and far-seeing
statesmen .decry this attempt, not
only to injure the South, but to injure
the great commercial interests of the
whole country? No! while the mon
strous doctrine Of protection and
protective tariffs for the benefit of
Thad. Stevens and his co-ironnon-
gers of Pennsylvania has long brought
into their Golfers an untold wealth of
unjust gains, the Southern planter
has never asked protection for his
products. The cotton of the Sonth
needed no protection, for, as we
have before said, it can be landed at
the docks of Liverpool and Havre
cheaper than the same staple can be
delivered from india or any other
country which tries to produce it. In
return Cor the vast shipments-three-
fourths Of all the cotton raised at the
South-the thousands of vessels re-
turned to this country laden with the
products and manufactures of every
country in the world.
And all this is to stop, with the
vain hope of crushing the South, in
taking from her every induccment to
raise her principal staple The radi-
Gals, by the imposition OF this tax,
would give to England q premium to
enable her to supply herself from her
own possessions in the East. During
the four years that the American
supply was cut off, India, Egypt and
Brazil made large fortunes by supply
ing Liverpool and Manchester.
The New York Chamber of Com
merce, in their memorial to Congress.
says:
whatever may be said to the con
trary, the quality seen of India cot
ton is good enough even to drag down
our own growth, as happened in Liv-
erpool, last month, to the extent of
sixpence sterling per pound-equal
to fifteen or sixteen cents of our mo-
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