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VOL. I*
ATHENS, GEORGIA, AVGUST 24, 1832.
NO. 23.
The Southern Banner,
IS PUBLISHED IN THE TOWN OF ATHEN8,
GEORGIA. EVERY FRIDAY,
nr albon chase.
iadvance,
From the Southern (Charleston) Patriot,
“ Address of Gen. Ilayne and others, to their Constituents.”
We have undertaken 10 show that the leading statements in this document are unsupported
by Act. The averment in particular that the duties on the protected articles had been “ in
creased by upwards orone million of dollart,” is not sustained by an examination of estimates
We have shown that this allegation *e contradicted by the statement
from official sources.
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IPBQSIPIBQWS
for the publication oj a Literary and Miscel
lancous Journal in Athene, Geo.
to be entitled the
gEMI-lttONTHIiY ICAQ.&ZXNS.
BV JAMES A. WRIGHT.
I N issuing proposals for the publication of a periods
cal like the one contemplated, the Editor is aware
I ofthe difficulty which must attend it, but bavins been
■ long convinced that tho entire absence of such works
lin me South, and particularly in oar own Stale, ansee
* nor* from a want of literary enorgy than literary rc-
.oiircessnd capabilities; he has consented with the
Advice of a few intelligent friends, to issuo this pros-
welut. ■ *
It is considered entirely useless to enter into a parti-
ular course of teesoning, to demonstrate to the pub-
c that a piper devoted to literary and miscellaneous
intelligence, published in this Slate, will not at least be
of.i much utility as other works of the same order,
ubli.hed in distant parts of the Union. It must, how.
.set, be obvious to every reflecting individual, that the
noat strict and general reliance (with few exceptions)
n each and all our native resources as a people, in an-
trering those demands unavoidably arising from tho
:ial compact, must ever result in general aa well as
jrial benefits. Why is it that our •• sister states” of
he.North, und to some extent the West also, have gone
jo much farther in the develnpement of genius than
ourselves 7 This question cannot be solved without
taking inlo tho account the fact, that there there are
mediums thro’ which the effusions of genius c*n with
out difficulty or delay meet the public eye, and receive
its effrobntion, while here no such outlet exists. If an
■ndivtdu.l in our own Stato should feel a desire to com
[pile and arrange a few incidents which accident hgd
thrown in his way, well calculated “ to point a moral
Jor adorn a talc," he has either to pay it. postage to a
Idi.ltnt state, or perchance see it gadding to the csbt-
I net-of a etutcamsn in the columns of some political
1 newspaper. This reflection will at once produce 'bo
H conviction in the mind ofevoiv thinking individual, that
■the establishment of a literary and miscellaneous pen-
lodicalin this state, will be well calculated to call forth
| the: productions of individuals possessed • fgenius—the
I mere scintillations of which, have lieretofi no been ron-
*j fined to the immediate community in which they reside.
* The general circnlation of a periodical containing
fusing and instructing information, will be of great
ulity In numerous other respects; it will create a
i»te for miacetlaneous reading, which when satisfied
i soma extent, will induce the individual to tum to
anything of a more solid and useful nature; and when
onducted cautiously with a view tn its moral influ
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linjly attached to virtue.
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id instructing nature. Original and selected pieces
i various subiects of general iniereat, both in prose
I verso. Extracts from the papers and periodicals
he day. No pains will bn spared to reuder it useful
I and instructing to its patrons. *
Reduction on Sugar
SALT.
Sail, value imported S671.079,
duty 20 cents per 56 Ike. amount
of duly
1,074,809
537.404)
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New York, August 10—St—JL
of Representatives, the reduction in the revenue was three millions of dollart, in protected ar
ticles, and with the amendments of the Senate the entire reductinr, is within a fraction of twelve
millions, comparing the Tariff just passed with that of 1828. In order to ascertain the truth
we have compared the duties which will accrue in 1833, with the duties arising Rom the im
ports of 1830. It is immaterial what vonr is selected in such a comparative view. Tho cal
nutations of the Treasury are founded on the imports of the same ye nr. The results of this
comparison are nearly the same as those of the Treasury, wjth the difference that arises from
the'deduction of the 10 and 20 per cent., now added to the value of importations, which has
been made by the Treasury and not by us. Tho statements are copied from the annual re-
port on tha Commerce and Navigation ofthe United Stales, which by law is required ofthe
officer who presides over that department. We have selected the five protected articles, the
largest in value of the whole amount of protected goods.
TARIFF OF 1828. TARIFF OF 1832.
WOOLLENS. WOOLLENS,
Plains costing 33 1-3 cents and under the Plains costing 33 1-3 cents and ttnditr, the
square yard, value imported $266,060. duty square yard, valpe imported $266,060. dillv 5
45 per cent, amount of doty, $119,727 per cent., amount of duly $13,303
Cloth costing over 33 1-3 cents Cloth costing ovor 33 1-3 cents
the square yard, value imported
$2,854,339, duty 50 per cent.,
1,284,452 amount of duty, 1,427,169
Blankets, Hosiery, Stuff goods,
Sir. value imported $2,478,185,
duty 10 to 25 per cent., amount
759,536 of duty 236 924
the square yard, value imported
$2,854,339, duty 45 per cent.,
amount of duty,
Blankets, Hosiery, .Stuff goods,
Sir., value imported $2,478,185,
duty 25 to 35 per cent, amount of
duty,
2.163717
1,677,396
Reduction on woollen* 486,321
COTTONS.
Cotton goods, value, imported
$7,918,534, duty 471 percent.,
amount of duty,
3.761.301
3,365,375
Reduction on Cottons 395,926
IRON.
Iron, and Manufactures of Iron
and Steel,value imported $5,466,-
992, duty 39 per cent., amount of
duty
2.132,127
1,882,330
COTTONS.
Colton goads, value imported
$7,918,534. duty 42) per cent.,
3 761,301 amount of duty,
IRON.
Iron, and Manufactures oflron
and Steel, vnlue imported $5,466,-
992, duty 331-3 per cent., amount
2,132,127 of duty
1,677,396
8,365,375
UufcUc Sentiment.
1,882,330
Reduction on Iron
249797
SUGAR.
Sugar, brown nnd white, value
imported $4,630,342, duty on
brown 3, on white 4 cents per
pound, amount of duty
2,667,926
2,256,487
411,439
sugar.
Sugar, brown and white, value
imported, $4,630,342, duty on
brown 2j, on white 3J cents per
2,667,926 pound, amount of duty
SALT.
Salt, value imported $671,979,
dutv 10 cents per 56 lbs., amount
1,074,809 of duty
Reduction on Salt
527,404)
11.799.880
9,461,030
2,338,850
It will thus ha seen that on the five protected articles of Woollens, Cottons,Iron, Sugar and
Suit, the reduction will nmoimt lo $2,338,860 Now it will be *aen that, copying the Treas
ury statement »f imports, we have estimated the whole value of Plains imported at 33 1*3
cents the square yards ($266,060) as paying 5 per cent, duty, when the minimum being 35
cents, under the new law, the reduction will be greater iltan we have slated on this descrip
tion of goods. With regard to the other protected articles the reduction on tinmnniifactured
wool is 10 percent., excepting that costing 8 cents and under, which comes in free On
Flannels and Baizes the reduction it 6) cents tbo square yard. On Brussels and Wilton
enrpeting 7 cents. On Venetian do. 5 cents. On Cotton Bagging 1) cents. On Hemp
$20 per ton. When these reductions are added to those made on the above mentioned five
protected articles, the aggregate reaull will not vary much, if auy thing, from the statement of
the Secretary ofthe Treasury, who Estimated the reduction on protected articles at about three
millions of dollars, although viewing the articles separately we make a less reduction on Wool
lens and a greater reduction on Cottons.
Now it will be borne in mind that the Address states that “ upon those manufactures which
are received in exchange for the stnplo productions of thp South, the aggregate increase of
the burthens of taxation beyond what they were under the Tariff of 1828, is believed to he up
wards of one million of dollars.” The articles we have selected for comparison constitute
tho great bulk and largest amount in value of our protected commodities, and four out of
five of these, namely, Cottons, Woollens, Iron and Soil are the almost exclusive productions
ofthe very country, (Great Britian)which tho address state* are “ received in exchange for
the staple of productions of tho South,” and are “ burthened by an increase of taxes of up-
wards ol one million of dollars.”
We shall extend this compsrison to the great mass of unprotected articles, to show with
how little propriety it is alledged that so great a reduction as nearly twelve million of dollars,
in a scheme of impost producing in 1830 between twenty-six and twenty-seven millions, can be
said lo afford no evidence of “ re-action,” but on the contrary proof of a system “ essentially
progressive.” We have said that the loss from the alteration in the pound sterling and of in'
i* rest from the payment of ensh duties and shortening the credits, will about balance the gain
from abolishing the addition ofthe 10 and 20 per cent, to the value of importations- Thi* we
shall show we think satisfactorily.
From tho Georgia Journal.
Anti-Tariff Meeting.—Wo publish to-day
the resolutions of a large assemblage of pen-
ple at Athens , on the 1st instant, in opposi
tion to the tariff policy. The meeting was re-
spoctablo ns much in tbo inleligcncc and
weight of character of those who composed it,
as in the number, thus congregated from eve
ry part of the State, without any reference to
State politics, parlies or any local divisions.—
These being entirely lost sight of, tho discos-
sions which took nn extensive range even on
preliminary quostions, naturally assumed that
unreserved freedom of couinmaicatiun, well
becoming those who had met to consult with
out any alloy of minor motives, on a great
matter in which alt folt a deep and common
concern. Tho constitutionality, and oven the
expediency of a protective tariff, was ndvorn-
ted in debate, hut received little support, per
haps we might more rorrectly say no support
at all. Indeed we recollect no occasion
where the public opinion appeared to np
proaeli more nearly to a perfect unanimity than
on this; that a tariff of protection is an un
constitutional and oppressive encroachment
on the freedom of labour, and if preserved in,
must ultimately sup the foundations of South
ern prosperity. The grant question that ad
dressed itself tn all, and pressed with n painful
weight on tlm attention of the most considerate
portion of th"m, was, how to correct tho evils
of the time without increasing them; how to
do at once, justice to ourselvos and to our
common country; whether it were possible,
nnd in whnt way possible, as mattors now
stand, to vindicate a violated constitution with
out breaking it. The question in these nnd
other forms,or in conversations that implied it,
was to be met at every turn. Every couple,
nnd every little circle of people, accidentally
together in the walks, the streets, tho rooms
and piazzas, from the first d#v of ths oxerci-
ses, were to bn seen discussing the subject
with an anxiety of countenance, and serious
ness of manner, and depth of lone, that indi
cated the profaundest interest. And this was
natural with such men;, and on theso, tho
hopes of the country must always rest. They
felt wo presume, that the freedom of tabor was
a principle that can never he abandoned; but
they fell also, that the constitution of the coun
try and the integrity of the Union must be pre
served.
Thero were some Missionaries of Nplifica-
lion who labored previous to the meeting, with
the zeal usual lo all propagator* of a newjaith.
Thoir vocabulary of cnmmim-plnees is vuri*
ous and catching. They have such words as
“ Courage!” “ High daring I” “ Chivalry I”
for the hot-blooded ardent spirit". And “ Lib
erty or death I” and “ Death before dishonor I”
and the like, to suit your deep tragedy vein.
The phrases of” passive obedience,” and of
Submission men,” ore to frighten sdeh as are
afraid of being called timorous; and then
“ Resistance” is a very convenient Delphic
ambiguity, to be interpreted according to the
fancy and temper of the hearer. Such spatks
ns these caught occasionally, but wero inef
fectual wilh ihe more cool, reflecting and dis
passionate partuf tho people. Somo set their
faces against such extremities, it may lie pro
snmed, from an habitual love of the Uninn;
at hors, we know, from a horror of civil war nr
any thing which tended to it. Tho govern
I reason,and the second our reason bodiesand all
'to the discretion of our neighbors. This wo
hope and trust will never be. We would not
have the poople of Georgia to assume their fi
nal position, but after very deliberate and ma
ture reflection; for which we hope, they will
take full nnd sufficient time; much less would
we have them adopt tho guidance of anothejr
State, and least of all that of South Carolina.
We say this, we hope, without nffenco. Tho
r.nntrnlling spirits of that Smte may have chan
ged their opinions, and with them, ( the Statq
moy have changed its course from*very high
and honorable motives. It requires indeed
much more moral courage to avow a new
opinion, than it does tn plunge onward in g
consistent orror. Leaving motive therefore
with themselves and the searcher of hearts,
and looking only to the fact, we think that
whatever honor their repeated changes may
reflect upon their candor, it cannot but dimin-
ish hv so much the credit of their judgment;
nnd Georgia may be well excused if sho now
somewhat distrusts their infallibility. Wills
perfect good will towards our sister State, to
whoso unsteadiness we have reluctantly ads
verted, we for our own parts, would be willing
to ment her in council, and to concert with
her nnd others the mode and measure of re
lief.- hut we rould never consent to pledge
ourselves beforehand blindly lo follow he(
lead ; much less to send her an irrevor this
letter of attorney to declare war (or us at bar
pleasure and discretion.
To people toho know how to read, Greeting.
—The present duty on woollen clotha cs’ied
plains, which constitute the chief clothing of
the blacks in the slave-holding States, if it
costs not exceeding 33 1-3 cents the square
ynrds, is 14 cents per square yard; if it ex
ceed 33 1-3 centa, the duty is 22 1-2 cents
per square yard. The new bill reduces all
that coats 35 cents and leas to 5 per centum,
which can in no esse exceed 1 3-4 cents per
n\ square . vard - TH,S 18 UNQUE8TION-
To Stage Proprietors# ably a great reduction, and
\Y-BILL9 constantly on hand ai d for! WILL BE SENSIBLY FELT AT THE
sale atlheOfficoof the South. Banner, j SOUTH.—Banner of the Constitution.
,w:
An Act, passed at the last session of Con
gress, will prove interesting to the Stockhold
ers of the South Carolina Rail Road Compa
ny, inasmuch as under it* provisinns there will
be a saving of duties on the iron imported for
its use, of upwards of $25,000, from the
amount which they would have had lo pay un
der former regulatiops.—Charleston Courier.
The National Republican State Convention,
held in Utica, recently, resolved to take up
the whole ticket adopted by the late- Anti-ms-
sonic Convention, aa well for State officers as
for Presidential electors.
ment had taken many years to arrive at ils
present avowal of the permanent protective
policy, and they, on their part, resolved to
tako a little time, not indeed to determine on
opposing it, for on this point their minds seem,
ed made up lo a man ; but to consider well,
how, and in whnt mnnner it was wisest to ap.
proach that ground that might hnvo to bn main
tained wilh blood, or abandoned with dishon
or. Thera wero others who suspected the
ultimate designs of Mr. Calhoun, Iho leader
of Nullification, and enemy of Jackson; and
olliers again, who seemed to feci some little
distrust of other lending men of South Caroli-
rccollecting as they said, that when some
of the first pens in Georgia opposed the usur
pations of the general government, we were
contemptuously told by the aforesaid leaders,
that our opposition arose from our want of tal
ents to aid in conducting the high affnirs of a
consolidated government; some opposed the
doctrine for one, and some for several of these
reasons, and some others, perhaps, for all of
them and more. But all this wns previous to
the meeting: no one advocated them in the
debate. Wo happened not to be present when
the final voto wns token, on the resolution,
but we are told they passed by a great major-
ity.
The meeting et Lexington, on Friday last,
wo learn was also large and respectable.—
We have not yet been able to procure a copy
ofthe resolutions of that meeting, but they ere
said to be similar lo those at Athens, but with
this startling supplement; that Georgia will sup
port any other Stale in such measures as it may
lake against the Tariff. This may not be so.
We hope we ,may have been misinformed
wholly or in part. Support? How? It
must be either peaceably or in arms. If pea
ceably, why then our proposed convention is
superfluous. Wo have only to echo the sen
timents, and register tjie decrees of such oth
er State. If in arms, then are we still further
relieved from the trouble of managing our own
affairs. The first supposition surrenders oor
Front the Sine.
Georgia Anti-Tariff Convention.—If there
is a sontimont among Iho poople of Gt.orgia
which mny lie considered universal, we Ihinls
it is a determination to emancipate them
selves, in somo way, from the withering oper
ation of a tariff of protection. The mode of
effecting this, has boon thus far the .only point
on which any considerable difference of opin
ion has existed. Many among us were dis.
posed to lake Mr. McLaoe’" bill as a first step,
nnd nn earnest of future reduction. But that
could net pass, nor could that reported by Mr.'
Adams, bui u bill that was worse than either;
an act which may properly enough be ce led
the Manufacturer's own bill, for it was alter
ed and aggravated nl the mere suggestion of
every petty manufacturing establishment.-*
For our own parts, wo certainly have not felt,
and wn are gratified in believing that we have
not evinced any disposition to act rashly or
inconsiderately in this matter. Reason wns
the weapon ef our first choice; believing if
must finally have ils due effect on those of Me
people ofthe North, the farmers, the shippers,
and a part of the mechanics; whose interests
are essentially the same as ours. But first,
Mr. McLann’s bill was lost; and then it be
came apparent, that neither on that or any of
the oilier* could ihase poople be reasoned
wilh. For our arguments could not reach
them. Capital, collected as it is there, in iho
hands of nn organized few, has ten thousand
means, direct and indirect, of influencing tho
presses and Iho talents of the country.—-
Few newspapers from the South cireulalo
there; end their own publications are gener
ally closed against all appeals from us. We
have ourselves received direct and recent in
formation from the spot, that they absolutely
refuse to insert such articles as may tend to a
vindication of Southern rights. This may be
natural enough, hut it strikes at the root of all
hope from a discussion of the principle-—*
How can we convince a poople who will not
hoar us ? Thus deprived of all access (0 the
reason of tho Northern people; not being
even ndmitted to the audience of those who
are bleeding us to death, whst remedy is left,
but resistance in some form ? What that form
shall be, is proposed by the resolutions we
have published, to be referred in our own
State, as it ever ought to be, to the groat bo
dy of tho people; and in this safe, this only
sufo and legitimate course, we cordially con
cur.
The Athens meeting comprised a large
innas of and intelligence, collected by the na
ture of the occasion from various and distant
quartersnflhe Slate. Thecouoselaofthatmee
ting have been adopted at Lexington, at Ma
con end Mnnticello, end we trust will be fol
lowed up by meetings throughout the State.
If such should be the case, the delegate* will
come to the convention fresh from the people,
familiar with their views, and armed with their
high authority. Tho whole State thus mo-
ying together as it has heretofore done on try
ing occasions, and up to that lime uncommit
ted as to the mode of resistance, will no doubt
be able to take such an attitude as the whole
South can concur in without any greater sac,
rificc of previous views than all men ought tq
make for the take of union in a great cause.—y
To prostrate a most grinding and iniquitous
system of oppression is ih* grout object of the
convention; and union to effect this object it
then and there lo be conceited.
We hope the people will meet m proposed,
end choose their delegates. They will recol
lect that in this high act afsovereignty there it
no elstuto lo restrict their choice tb residents
ofthe county, if they should prefeK persons
who may happen lo reside out of it. The
people of Camden or Bryan, for iostence, msy
elect if thoy choose, a delegate residing in
Hall or Jackson, or vice versa; and they may
elect him without reference to any office, lie
may happen then to hold. The people ot
