The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-12
Exemption OF Manufactures.

crave voiir indulgence when seeking rellei
through your columns.
! sent YOU a short letter the other day,
containing kind words in favor OF the man
ufacturing interests lii TINS state, eSPeGlailS
tho manufacture of cotton; not thinking
bowever that there was any one IN the
State at this advanced age. with the exam
nie@the successful eXample-of Georgia,
not thinking, / say, that there was any one
.canable of writing for The CLARION VINO
yanld advocate a policy that is detrimental
70 that great Interest," but to my great sur
nrise | find published in the same column
with my letter, a communication from an
ANONYMOUS correspondent, calling hlmSeil
two stars. He is not only anonymous as TO
lis name, but he is so as to tue purpose lot
which he writes The intent is evidently TO
give his influence against the exemption OF
cotton machinery from taxation Ihougn
we NAV never know the name or this
writer. we can easily see his purpose whlch
is to orevent,o at least to oostruct, the man
ufacturing interest of the state, oy With
holding from it the advantages when are
granted it IN other States. Ii two stars was
a lawyer, he might take a different view
from behind his constitutional DreastWorks.
| herewith send you the legal opinion OF
Messrs Harris q George, which nope you
will publish it for the benefit ef all parties.
If two stars is an advocate of fostering this
great ano vital interest in our State, and
has discovered there was some constitution
al impediment, as friend he should nave
asked his Legislator to take the necessary
steps to remove this constitutional DISABLE
itv: but instead of that, he uses the assumed
disability as mask under which to night
the interest itself; he also makes use OF
the abuses of the grant, TO abuse the grant
himself. Now, if two stars is friend to
this great interest, or the parties who are
now developing it in our State, and has seen
them violating this grant and favor, as a
F,;o / Ian
they were violating said grant and favor.
by eXempting plantations, store houses,
ETC. But instead of advising them of their
error, he hides himself behind two stars,
and Publishes to the world that certain par
ties have done a very ugly thing in giving
in store-houseS, plantations, town lots, ETC.,
as machinery, under special grant eX-
emptng machinery from taxation:
| suppose this fling was made at the Wes
son Factory, and shall treat it as such, until
two stars takes off his veil and informs us
to the contrary. and | here say, without
the fear of contradiction from any
constitutional lawyer, that the Wesson
Factory has a right to give in town
lots until sold, and store-houseS which are
used to furnish the employees with food
and raiment, and the mill with fuel and ma
teral as the capital that by law is exempt
from taxation.
Two stars condescended to some things in
his communication which | cannot notice
such as the "two-bit affidavits" etc. but |
will say this IL uch, if were the man who
made the affidavit, | would demand an eX-
PLANTATION of him. The only point ,rOrthg of
notice in the letter of the double star of the
State by the Legislature, is the assessing
and receiptlng and going through the forms
as If they were going TO pay the taxes, and
paying the assessor and collector therefrom
when there are no taxes paid, | recommend
this Legislature to pass law eXemptino
all wooden and cotton machinery taE
alton, "Straight' without any circumlocn-
ton, and ifthere are any doubts about the
constitutiona.ity of the law that they in
sHtute the proper means TO amend the
cons ii tuition.
[ have made this letter SO long that dis
| like to commence new topic in favor of
manufacturing, but as one man that can
write has presented himself before the pub
| lie in opposition to manufacturing gem
orally, must crave your further indul-
| gence while give three examples of the
| influence OF manufacturing upon the world
not Georgia alone nor New England, but
| Old England and the whole world If YOU
will refer to your map you will find that
England is about as large as the free State
of Rankin ''couuty" and vet England is
known and respected everywhere as the
mistress of the sea. Well, how is it posi-
| bic that a few square miles of territory
! could get and maintain the character and
authority of mistress of the sea, not bv the
commerce or agricultural pursuits, not by
| fertiliZing or high cultivation of the soil
no, not if every acre of land produced two
| bales of cotton or two hogsheads of sugar
| but by her manufacturing interests Her
great wealth is produced by manipulating
| the products of other countries which re-
CURED large merchant marine for its
| proper distribution, and profitable ex-
change, which again requires by the laws
! OF commerce, navy to protect it, and each
being the friend and promoter of the other :.
the nation was made wealthy and the gov
eminent strong by the good sense and pub
lie policy ofthe people.
New England protited by the example of
ler older relative and commenced manu-
featuring at an early day of our national
existence, and our government availed
! Itself OF the teachings OF CLAW and
| Webster and adopted what was known
as the American policy and the same
manufacturing interests " hlch have made
England the proudest and richest nation ON
| the globe, have placed our Government al
most on an equal footing with that Droud
monarch that not only commands the seas,
out compeis much of earth to pay her trib-
ute and respect
Ihen If we will come nearer home and at
later day. under the full operation of our
republican Institution, and refer 10 Georgia.
WIich clam as worthy eXemplar of the
claim that make upon our present Lepis-
Iatnre. ! think we will then see that every
ooliar tilaC Georgia gives i'll the way of ex-
emption from taXations or in the wav of
bounty, has been repaid her ten fold i'm the
increase of wealth, and therefore the in
creased taxation in every county and neigh
oofh0od where cotton factory has been
established.
Ii two stars is as sharp as he pretends to
De dont see how he can overlook the ad-
yahtages that appear in Georgia. in New
England and Old England in favor of man.
uict9rng; or is he an old Hard-shell. who
SUN clIngs to the doctrine that it is contrary
to the will of the great Creator to make
railroads, to dig down a hill and fiji up
noliow ' that II the Creator wanted the
ground level he would have made Il So
ana ne who now attempts to violate this old
law Is worse than an fnidel and hath denied