Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-03

BEFORE the war, when the South was
prosperous, and was the best customer the
North and the West had for their manufac-
tured goods, the selfish, narrow greed of
these same manufacturers, jealous Of our
success, impelled them 10 q brutal crusade
upon the people of the South on account Of
slavery. After the war the same crusade
was continued, and the freedman was made
the governing power and the means OF per-
petuating the most villainous political COM
bination ever devised by hate, malice and all
Observation-Disclosures. We survived that, tco,
and pro6tipg BY the advice Of the Northern
press, pulpit and people, We have embarked
in manufactures which We can carry on
pro6tably without the protection Of an
/ iuiquilous tariff. Our members of Congress
have said SO in the House and Senate, and
they have told the undeniable truth
Alarmed at thi', the very same class that rs
abolitionists persecuted Us on accouat Of
the slave and drove US into civil war, now
4 turn up as protectionists, and threaten
US with direst consequences if we
continue to increase our manufacturing in.
dustries and al the same time advocate free
trade. The American RotectioRist, the organ
|of this class, assails the idea that the Sou.b,
whether with hig h or low tariff. is destined
10 become the seat Of manufacturing indus
tries rivaling those OF the North, and it il
specially severe on Congressman Sunset Cor
and charges him with beipg "quite too busy
iust now with his Confederate trigadie
allies in depopulating New York to build VI
Tennessee and Texas" Mr.. Cox was guilt
of saying with regard TO cotton IN manufactur
ing in the South: "There is plenty of labor
white as we'll as colored, ready to be employ
ed there; and certainly in that favored re
gion and climate labor could live on fit,
per cent. less wages than in the New E E,slan'
states or Middle States. 1t could live a
least as well, indeed better, than il does no'
in any Northern manufacturing center.
Provoked beyond endurance BY this expires
zion of opinion, the Piotectionist calls pas
.ionately on Mr.. Cox to "go ahead" wit
'his associate rebel brigadiers," and "run tn
Northeast out of business without stopping t
fuss about the tariff" 1t adds for the peopl
of the South this menace: "But we warn yoI
asa preliminary 10 your own success, not
attempt to confederate and combine with Ell
gland to ruin the free white labor of th
North. England used you and fooled 20
or her own gain in the war for slavery, jos
s she proposes to do now, with the servc'
.bls aid of Northern allies, in her coute
or the suprenacy OF British trade" Aft'
hese kindly intimations the discreet PfOte
ionist goes on 10 express the opinion that
warmer sentiment of affection is felt by Il
bouth for New England than for Old E
land, and urges, with regard 10 the Sout
hat "her glorious future lies not in rival
lhrough treason, but in cooperative progre
uder cur great Anerican national policy
chus bsaadly seeking to lead US BY the es
INTO the higd-tariff fold, the Protection,
ysterically exhorts Hcongressmsn from Il
South" TO vote for permanent and sd
ate" protection, aud to pursue policy
loyap competition with the West and
North: /: in other words, to help the maaop
lists to become richer at the expense OF q
sopls of the country.