Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-29

nalists and politicians which would
sacrifice the growing industries Of
our section to the supposed popu>
of free-trade views.
The truth of the Americans re.
marks on the growth of our in.
dustriesscan be verified by every
man, almost, with a moments
thought and the use of his eyes.
Some yea1s ago, while writing An
article for an'seasteIn journal to
show the wretched state of our de-
pendence on Tie east for every>
thing we used, it occurs ed to us to
enumeI ate the articles Of room
furniture about us and give the
locality OF manufacture. In vain
we searched for southern man.
ufacture, and failing to find any
thing except a few newspapers
The Nashville Union and Ameri-
can predecessor of the Americana
among the number-we next di-
rected our search toward iOding
something containing southern
male: ial. and the cotton in the
ned clothes was the only thing
we could find.
l'osday the condition of things
has changed. All the heavier ar
ticlcs aIe of southern madufac-
tuIe and material. Tie bed is
clothed not Only with southern
material butwith southern nan-
u~facture. lbe values Of the furni>
;ure are decidedly on the SHE ut
southern manufacture, and II
we so desired we could replace ev>
cry article IN the oom with SUBJ
suitutes of southern manufacture
something which could not have
been done a decade ago.
What does this prove?
TVS mach, and much more;
viz: ThattEere has leen a Won
derful and general growch in
southern manufacture; that the
protective tariff is at least al ia
vorable to its growth south as
moth; that if it fourIs6es in both
sections under the protective tar
if, it produces an equilibrium
which makes it a necessii'r; that
the probabilities ale if the tariff
were ca5 down to a revenue STAN
dard, 10th sections fOu-ishing IN
der protection both would suffer
under the revenue standald; that
if either section shout: suffer IN
der the Ieyenue standard where
bouh flourish under protection,
tue happy equilibrium OF general
prosperity would he destroyed and
a deadly blow struck at the COM
mon welfare of the coun,rv,
The present fee Trade clamo--
disguised sometimes as "tarif re-
form as it affects the south is
much like tue old southern how
about "freeing the niggers." We
never believed that the old south
ern leaders wanted gore and sep
aration, They played that old
tune on the harp of Il thousand
stringsuntil the southern masses
were infamed beyond coutcol and
they fore ed their leaders into Sc
ceSsiOn and war.
So to>day they harp on the old
free rraaae moa9dy. They take il
for nusEhas the sentiment is
as ST 6ngas eyer, even after the
condisiSe2s y III produced it have
as totally disappeared IN the pro-
gress oftime as have the Jayan
islands which we're Swallowed up
the waters. The extinction OF
slavery was a veritable deluge
which eliminated the premises OF
all the old arguments Of free trade
leaving nothing but the sentiment
in its stead,
Outside of this local sentiment
these reckless demagogaes think
THAI the people of the east are
tired Of protection and restless I'M
der the old conditions "a most err
roneous sunposition. The senti-
ment in favor Of protection is as
strong there among the native
masses as is the free trade senti-
ment in the south. In cur callow
DAYS, fresh from the inspiration
of British Reviewers, overcome by
Allison's .stately polemics-as yet
free ffom the bewildering pic
lures Of Macaulay's pen-absolute
free trade appeared to is to be
the very inspiration of right and
national comfy. We could see
an ideal state not afar off when
tue British lion and the American
eagle and the Russian bear and
all the other vicious aad voracious
brute symbol Of the monarchies of
the world should lie down together.
To our good New England moths
er we exDounded this doctrine of
cosn:c polity. and see her now
as she tu"aed her head with neg
alive meaning and, sm ling, sad:
"A1y boy, you must. form your
views for yoarself, but } trust your
convictions are not yet settled for
good, grew I'D in the COnpre-