The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-13
CHA r, T, E,S TOM.
MoRNIN G. FEBRUARY as, ISL
/: THE TARIFFS


We have received from the American Free l1ade
League, a azcnfy of No. 8 'of their orsan' l"e
Free Trader in which are reprinted Two at'ices
from the New York Eoening Posi-, the hrst NJ heaeeu
sThe Bill to Increase the Price OF the Necessali.s
Of Iifen the other ssvosing in tho Senate. -. -
warned Congressman against the atroclous In laln
Rill then before the Senate; says tina: no man WY
ornecta To continue in public life can afford 10 'oee
for that bill, which dscriminatss heavliy aesnl0s
tho mechanics and farmers of The country ~ iu'of
Of the wealthy. .i!a=ts9
esIt does this in an ingenious way, which makes
t,o tariff a. middle to any but experts; but we re-
,oot what wa wrote few days ago-if the bill be-
comes law, its oppression Will be quickly enouen
felt, and the people will resent it, and punsh lE'
authors It is fact that IN this 1ar'H Dill jug
cheaper qualities of cloth are to have much
higher proportion Of duty laid upon them tnan 1ne
high-priced cloths.
1.-THE commonest kinds of cutlery are to pay from
one hundred to two hundred per cent. duty; that
is to say, farmers md mechanics, and Worh1ne
ne ,ple generally, are to be made to pay oy 1nls
atrocious tariff twice or thrice as much as the ar
tcles can be imported for; for of course the nome
will at once putt his prices TO the
highest limit at which he can just underael the
importer who has these duties to pay.
ssThis atrocious swindle upon the. farmers, me
chanics and working mem. OF the United etates
ought to be called 20 bill to still further increase
the prevailing high prices and to grind the faces
of American workingnen.s atwill be its effect,
if it becomes Law; it viii still further raise prices,
ada greatly to; the cost Of home production there
by entirely disable ,,s from trading with the rest Of
the world, and make the country poorer and poorer
MI the time. The people are learning. costly
lesson-they are beginning to find out that this
continued tampering with the. industry OF the
country produces evil and only evil to them, how
aver. Il NAV enrich few favored manufacturers
ssBut if protection is demanded, continues the
Post swhy is it not better that each State should
foster such industries as it chooses, by direct
bonnty? IN that way many millions would be
saved to the people every year, over the present
system. We do not see that the proteeti9Sa!ists %!
favor this PLAN, but il they we're sure Of their
Ground Il their rargnuaents were sound, they would
agree to it very quickly; because it would relieve
them of many difieulSies.s i:
The statesmen Of the South for many years pro
tested against this odious and iniquitous because
yerv UNEQUAL taxation Of the industry of the coun-
try; their w,rning remained ulheeded.. Led away
by the frenNed shrieks Of New England tanatlclsm,
! tbe agricultural States of the Northwest were
blind to their own interest, abandoned us, their
natnral alies. and joined hands with their protec.
ZIONIST oppressors. They are now beginning to
feel the bitter fruits.
Even q hasty examination Of tho material, o.
which the present Republican party is composed
must reveal it's innate weakness Whether we
1ook Mt the character and antecedents Of The men
who constitute it's leaders, or:at the very hetero,
geneous interests they represent, ,;We5 must sts
arrivd att thessame oonclusion- that the Radical
bond of union is a mere rope Of sand The love y q
;poWer, and the love facRoas CORE
as5eR ss5ees II sSaBepaHH Pf
found to have been q ahallucinaton, il notn swim
die, and when measures viii be considered on
their true merits, the said Black Republican plat
form will prove to have been the baseless fabric Of
vision, and in it's utter demolition leave not "a
wreck behind. :. = = 80 -
We are much interested in the Tariff bill above
named, and could say o great deal against it
show clearly and without difficulty, that it's only
object is to carry out to the very letter what the
Protectonists seem to consider Biblical injunc-
tion ssFor unto every one that hath shall be
given and he shall have abundance but
from him that hath not shall be taken
away even that which he hath Ito still
more enrich the wealthy, and grind the
poor into abject and hopeless misery. We could
say all this and more but as We have no voice in
the councils of the nation, we will be wise, keep
o,1r. own counsel and bide our time! y s.,J