Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-03-09
WINSTON n c., THURSDAY MARCH q 1882

| NOTWITHSTANDING he can compete.
according to the confession OF his
friends, with British paupcr labor
in their own markets, and can beat
the world, according to the Scna-
tor, in SO many Things, yet no SOON
er does he hear the proposition to
let him stand on his own feet, than
he is seized with trembling in all |
his joints, and ut the very sight of
a pauper he falls down in q fit like
old despair, of Doubling Castle $
or, like Scotty Briggs when the
parson hit cut with his left, she
!; hunts grass" Prolonged laugh
tor.
Truly he is a terrible infant. [,
would have said in P.rs;an terms
an "enfant TERRIBLE" but l seorn to
use the language of foreign pau
per.
There is ano'her peculiarly
about this infant he seems to af-
feet cold climate, and to rigidly
deny to others any portion of the
protection which he enjoys. He is
jealons of new baby in the family.
Desiring to participate in the pro-
lection of this tariff. the people OF
t the South are endeavering, with
; small capital and limited experience,
4 to begin manufacturing. Many in
f my own State are attempting 1t.
, Time and time again have they pc
: titioned for leave to bring in ma
chinery for this purpose, duty free !;
t but the Pennsylvania infant refns-
/ ed. Where, then, was your policy
S of fostering infant manufactures 2
2 Some people took notion that
y cheap sugar could be manufactur-
s ed from beets grown on the rich
h plains of the Northwest, and there
t. was much speculation thercupon.
n Immediately Congress passed an
n act removing the tariff from ma
" chinery brought in for that pur-
d pose The infant was not even yet
e born but being, as he was sup
s posed, of Northern conception, they
o hasten to protect HIM sen centre sd
: mere" The North Carolina child
t is still struggling against both for
- elgn paupers and Massachusetts,.
,e Now, will the Senator from Yer
= mont give this much help to the
ID cotton manufactures of fhe South
ID Considesing our poverty, that we
: were scourged by war, "the pesti-
,e lcnce that walketh in darkness,
ID and by reconstruction, that dcs:ruc
lc ton that wasted us ut MONDAY
will he not let us have our machin
an cry for space of time exemp
~ from the Pennsylvania "astlntion 2
at A we'll known protectionist, who's,
to name has long been connected will
he that Of infantile ferrnginous swine
es announced his ardent compassion
r.) for the people Of the South to tn
es tariff convention in New York re-
It. Gently, and declared his readlnes
lp to remove the tax on their "appl
lis whisky > nay, he went further
ng and declared it unconstitutional
mt and with boldness that did homo
m to his conscience added that as W
er did not any longer need the reve
til nue. we might now properly ODE.
i the constitution Will not til
~ Senator be as liberal as that Ere
%, machinery would be Of more serv
ng ics to MS than free "apple-whlsky,
Is, though | confess that we weul
er gladly pay almost any price exceI
'et an increased tariff, to get rid {
he that rapacious horde who paus
he awhile, now and then, from the
he political campaigns to collect til
ed tax on that mysterious beverage.
'c- The interest of ship building an
MS its fate is still moro remarkabl
ch though by no means an infant.
I'VE was absolutely destroyed by pre-
do lection it died under high ia,
if +; but, pursuing tho practice
ill DIR. Sangrado, bleeding and h
Did water, thoy determined to bring
ed to life by more protection, and
dc discriminating duties are levied
the favor Of American ships-thc ma
;an igation laws forbid the purchase
al any other-and all material fer t
ties building and repairing of Americ;
MT ships is admitted free of duty, a,
ct still the patient languisLes and ge
ac- no strength.
nr- Before dismissing this plea
IN homage, would like to ask OF a
olic one competent to answer Il
BOD question: If America lnannfa.
sh- urers, particularly Of iron, ste
'uts and cotton, can transport the
gor goods halt way round the wol
and compete with the pauper lat
to of Europe in those distant marke
en- in trade which is constantly
nu- creasing, why cannot they SO cor
and pete hero at lrcmc That tn
find profit in this is fairly pl
cry sumed since they do it. 1t
this would there not be still grca
L.