Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1826-1832, August 08, 1832, Image 1
m . Myron Bartlett,
Tbe .ifjcon Telegraph Is published every Wed
' r Office" » n M u,berr J r Street< ea,t ,lda
|W ' Thkfe Dollars a year, if paid in ad
"■Ibr dollars, if not paid before the
cear. Subscribers-living at a distance
‘ * a i| cases to pay in advance.
Eft
steam
«r JiftiD GRIST MXLX,.
Subscriber respectfuUy informs the pub-
i^itSAW & 0*11* MILL,
ijence, tvitbin one mile of Macon, is
.complete and successful operation. In
Itn oibcrmachinery- ho is prepared with a
' for ripping light lumber, such m
Saab, Palings, Laths, &c. In oonse
'J .i.- heavy expenditure incurred in its
"int it ii ueceisary that be should re-
“t, cash or bankable paper for Ids Inra-
i • h lie is disposed to sell at a fuir price.
W 'a first rate SAWYER, may, by ap-
Mediately, obtain good wages and a per-
Copartnership.
mF subscribers have this day purchased tho
entire stock of goods belonging to Wiley,
i, p or i in this place, and will continue the
a t the same store on tbe comer of Sec-
■ Street and Cotton Avenue, opposite Wash-
t. Hsll. under tbe firm of
XTER, FORT & WILEY.
w hare on band a general assortment of
h coods well adapted to the town and country
" which will be sold at low prices and on IT-
" by tho yard, pieco or package.—
a continuation of tho patronago of
ir customers and the public generally.
* THOM AS W. BAXTER.
ROBERT W. FORT.
LAIRD II- WILEY.
Lon, July L 1832. 1G1
1!IF, subscriber having withdrawn from the
lslo firm of IP7%, Baxter tf Fort, and sold
(interest to bis Brother, Laird H. Wiley, re-
Ltliillv asks a continuation of patronago from
■rirnds to tho notv firm of BAXTER, FORT
IVILEY. LEROY M. WILEY.
Iicon. July 1.1832. 161
dissolution.
1HE Copartnership heretofore existing un
dcr the firm of 117%, Baxter f>- Fort, is
Iday dissolved by mutuni consent. . The en-
1 business of tbe concern will be settled by
JxTER, FORT & WILEY, who will eon
L the busiuess at the same stand.
LEROY M. WILEY.
THOMAS W. BAXTER.
ROBERT W. FORT,
[been. July 1.1832. 161
T S3 2»IEDMOarT
I LINE OF STAGES
) INNING through the upper parts of South
' laJ .North Carolina nnd Virginia, to Wasli-
i Citv. mid which, at its Southern end, re-
| terminated at Po.vc'ton, Ga., is now in full
Kitplile operation,
I h-« recently been extended to Milledgeville,
> ; -!i place it departs on Tuesdays, Thi
1 S. tnrdays, at 4 A. M.
|cr particulars sco bills and the Milledgeville
WM. SMITH,
tapper Va., May 15,1832. 21 6in
ISi? BOOKS.
V ERE, by tbe autiior of Tremaine,
Jaquelinc of Holland '
Anastasias, by T. Hope,
Sketches in China, by W. W. Wood,
Philip Augustus, by the author of Rich
elieu,
Journal of the Itev’ds Tycrmnn & Bcnuot,
being tlio 1st, 2d and 3d Nos. of the
library of religious knowledge.
Kondoii Annuals for 1332.
rbo Amulet, tho Keepsako,
Literary Souvenir, Christmas Box,
Juvenile Forgo* ato not,
The Musical Gem, Musical Bijou.
Lhtch l 89 ELLIS. SHOTWELL &■ CO.
SHOT WELL & J. S. SMITH havo just
kero c'ivcd a largo lot of
I Msucy Dunstable Bonnets,
Cud. 1 6 enora l assortment'*.* Carved* Shell
PliBS, of the first quality.
And twofcoxes of.
iS&Bv.AOa: BSAVER KA*S
ppmor quality.
tfril17 120
&Hun Salt and 2Lirao.
Bushels Alum Salt
* \9 Sfc 100 casks Tliomnston Lime
K b y REA & COTTON.
|>I)20 82
■ 3 l'lUv re,,..:..: w " *
Second its,
Uw receiving from NcW York and Boston,
treth supply of Goods, which, in addition
* °. n bail “. will make bis stock very large
, otnp.ete, which ho offers on ns reasonable
** l “®7 c *n be bad in this refackct.' Ilis
comprue a general
Assortment of Groceries,
'*-150 bags Coffee,
45 hlids St Croix, Porto Rico and N
Orleans Sugar,
'1 bbls Loaf aud Lump do
nn ^ fl r c,les *» Tea
20,000 lbs Irou
,,10 hhds Molasses
loOO bushels Salt
™ P it ci ' s Hemp and Totr Bagging,
« l egs Nail*
Jamaica Rum -
Cnpiiae Brandy:
Northern Gin, Northern Rum
>' hiskey,
Apple Brandy, Wine,
Powder, Shot, Sic. Sic.
.. ALSO,
V?’ ,»Hardware. Cutlery,
[rockery, Boots, Shoes,
blankets, saddles,
Ac. &c. Sic.
43
HTh
Ph
COTTON BAGGING,
IIP i °* c °f*tattMEaT.
* 'abscribers have on the river, and will
m ■ few days.
^ h®rc ,£ l P ccs s * om P Bagging.
roanaH** j orfnu S* rae,| t* with their friends
, sn d Ch iriestnii to be regularly sup-
, gunutthe .eason, uu,l ■ they will at all
w„,l* r *P !lr ®d to tell at the lowest market
I*)!; 00 credit.
* * 141 rea &. COTTON-
«t,
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8. 1832.
-Sprigs and Summer Clothing.
T am nbSut r m " b - V ° alrea<I y 00 haadfand
f rc nhout ID receive, a more general and
CLOMHinoT' °[ SP l RraG AND B SUMMER
Anrin^A eimteV V{r be<, ° re 0,rercd
April 3 A. SlIOTWELL Si J. g. SMITH
Vol. VI—No. 32.
ll nearly
* ill bo sold i
Salo or Eschange.
FIRST rate close-body CAkr"
W « U; ^rS?» T . „
Hal], a general assortment of b ¥. Mn 7 25 144
European and American Goods,
Consistmg of Dry Goods, Hardware, Crockery
n D ±.?,' aS ^T,’ ? a,t, ”6*< L f aborn and Straw
Bonnets, Fine black and drab Hats, wool Hats,
Window Glass, White Lead, Cotton Bagging,
Bagging Twine, Sic. &c. b b
A large Stock of Negro Shoes.
SHOES &‘ lt Cmtm# ' boy ' and eWWren’* fin.
Merchants, planters and the public generally
can now be supplied from a stock inferior to none
in the state. WILEY. BAXTER & FORT.
&X&2.3
fcN New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, Sa
r vannah, and Augusta, in sums to suit pur
chasers. for sale by *
Nov. 10. WILEY, BAXTER & FORT.
55
Whiskey, Bacon, Sail, Sec.
SC BARRELS Baltimore Whiskey,
13 hhds do do
10 hbds Molasses
15 qr casks Marseilles Wine
_ 4 pipes Holland Giu
1500 bushels Liverpool Ground Salt
1000 do Alum Salt
20,000 lbs Bacon
30 Boxes Manufactured Tobacco
Hhds & bbls N. O. & St. Croix
Sugars.__For sale by
May 15 141
REA & COTTON.
HATS.
"BUST received a fow cases gentlemen's fash-
9Jf iounhle Beaver HATS,
dec 22 53 WM. II. BURDSALL.
300,000
BRICK.
- - - BRICK, deliver-
_ _ able in a few
days notice, for sale by C. A. HIGGINS
N. B. The above article can be bad in quan
tities to suit purchasers on contract, by giving
short notice to the subscriber, who acts as agent
for an extensive kiln in tbe neighborhood.
June 5 147 C. A. H.
_ „„ Circulating Xiibrary.
SUBSCRIBERS to the Circulating Library
can now be furnished with books.
A largo collection of Miscellaneous works will
bo appropriated to tho Library; and a number of
periodicals, together with many other valuable
works to afford general interest, will be addei
soon as practicable.
Persons wishing to become subseribers, will
lease call on Mr. John II. Ellis, (who will act as
.ibrarian.) or at tho store, where a catalogue of
the books can ho seen.
April 10 121 KLUS, SHOTWELL & Co
JpOUR good fa:
Fancy Clocks.
ANCY
April 19
128
Clocks for snio lew
C. A. HIGGINS.
STHING GOODS.
E. GRAVES & £031
A RE now recciviug from New York nnd Bos
ton, a largo and fresh supply of SPRING
and FANCY SUMMER GOODS, consisting in
part of
000 ps Calicoes, lfiOdo Fashionable Ginghams,
Printed Muslins
100 p» Italian,Grodensn. Sinchew, Sarsnet.Cimn
geable, Figured ana Fancy colored SILKS
200 ps Corded Muslins, Cambric Dimity, &c
Pieces Figured nnd plain Swiss Muslins
100 do Iritli Linens
100 do Pongee and Fancy Silk lldkfs
200 do Raw Silk do
100 dog Fancy Dress Shawls nnd Scarfs
30!) do Cotton, Madrass, nnd Head lldkfs
f.hien Drilling. Gentleraen's Stocks nnd Crnvats,
Brown Linen, Rowen Cnssimerc, Iicaverlece,
Bang up Cord, Circassians .
500 iloz Hosiery and Gloves, 300 do Spool Thread
50 dos Bnll Thread, 50 do Spool do
150 do* pr Suspenders, 20IJ do Tucking Combs
500 do Side Combs, Tortoise Shell drt
jress’mg Combs, 100 ps Mosquito Netting. Fancy
Inskets, do Boies, 100 lb Flax Three J, Sewing Silk.
Leghorn apd.Dunstable Bounds. Umbrellas—Mar
seilles, Silk, Valencia and Velvet Vestings—Bleach'd
Homespuns, Plaid do. Furniture Tlaids, Checks,
Stripes. Ticking, 20 bales brown Homespuns, CO ps
Osimburgs, Russia Duck, do Sheetings. . •
a general assortment of S UMMEJt CL OTIIIE C
consisting of Coals, Roundabouts, Vests, Pantalodns,
Sic. &c. A large supply of - ,
Shoes & Boots, Hats, Saddlery
&c. iVc. 100 doz 1‘aJm Leaf JlnlS,
A C'.Bplete assortment of HARD WARE end CUT
LERV. GLASS WARE. CROCKERY, Ac. &c.
The nbove Goods were purchased in New York
nnd Boston, a few weeks since, (of lecent importa
tions,) at twenty per cent less than former prices,
and will be told unusually low.
Alto.—will receive, next week, a large tupply of
GROCERIES, IRON &STEEL, NAILS
&c Ac., Fof salens dbove.GOOO lbs prime BACON,
march 31
SXXHS.
A N awortment of colored and black SILKS
just received and for aale by
. Nov 17 23 WM. H. BURDSAT.T,
LL Si CO
, , CARRIAGE,
nearly new, in good order, and well made,
o sold reasonably, or exchanged for a good
Lig or Chaise. Apply to C. A. HIGGINS,
jnne 8 148
T HE subscribers will sell their remaining
stock of CARPETING at very reduced
prices, haying a largo quantity on baud, and wish
to discontinue keeping the article.
Jan 26 A. SHOTWELL & J. 8. SMITH
just receive
E Sugar, Coffee, &c.
GRAVES & SON have jusi
• the following articles:
12 hhds St. Croix and N. O. Sugars
10 bbls Loaf do
50 bags Cofieo
40 bbls Rum
20 bbls N. Gin
20 bbls Whiskey
10 hhds Molasses
20 bbls Potatoes ,
2 pipes Cog. Brandy
2 pipes Holland Gin
2 hhds Jam* Rum
25 bbls Wine
20 bbls Cordial
50,000 Cigars
Boxes Soap, Candles
Pepper, Pimento, Ginger
Tobacco, Pearlash, Copperas
Boxes Hyson and Black Tea
50,000 lbs Iron and Steel
2000 lbs Hoop Iron
Castings, Sic. Sic.
All of which will bo sold vcryloW.
April 11 121
W „ NEW GOODS.
M. H. BURDSALL is now receiving and
opening a general assortment of
Seasonable Goods,
which he offers for sale at the most reduced pri
ces, amongst which are the following:
Superfine Saxony blue, black aud colored Cloths.
Merino Cloths.
Blue, black and fancy mixed Satinnctts
Duffic point and rose Blankets.
Red, white, green and yellow Flannels
Saxony and Canton white gauze ditto
8 and 10 qr. Damask tablo Diaper
Birds eye and Russia do
Merino Circassia ns
Black and Blue Bombazctts and Circassians
Irish Linens, Flemish Sheetings, Cotton Ozna-
burgs
Negro Cloths, Linscys
Thread Laces and Shell Combs
Pongee, Spittaificld
Black Ilaliau Lustring, black Sarsanet and Sin-
chews, black Gros de' Berlin, black Gros de
Naples, Colored do do
Mandarines and Florences, black and colored
Italian Crapes
Gauze and Satin Garniture
Ribbons and silk Velvets, Merino and Cashtnerc.
Thibet Wool, Damask Silk and Crape Shawls
Dress Handkerchiefs
Ladies diamond straw and Leghorn braid Bonnets
Misses diamond aud chain Bonnets
Lace aud gauze Veils, figured and plain Bobbinct
Flagg and Bandanna Handkerchiefs
A general assortment of coarse Shoes and Boots.
Men’s and Youth’s Fur Hats
Fur, Leather, and Hair Caps, &c. &c.
Nov 5 13
May 25
Plaster of Paris.
BARRELS of superior PLASTER
_ OF PARIS,'for hard walls aud stuc
co work, just received and for sale bv
June22 152 C. A. HIGGINS.
I®
Band in Newton.
F RACTIONS No. 333 and 334, in the Kith
District originally Hear? now Newton
ouuty, are for sale, Apply in Macon to
Dec 1 35 M. BARTLETT.
115
Drab Beaver XZats,
F tho first quality, just received ami for sale
by W
March 13 09
*>
WM. H. BURDSALL.
NEW SPRING GOODS.
LEWIS PITCH,
D&ArSR AND TAILOR,
I S now opening at tho Macon Clothing Store,
a new and splendid assortment of
Summer Gooas-
consistiug ofsuperfine Bombazines—brown, slate,
black, inixt, white and buff Merino Cassitncrcs—
ilaiddo. (a uew article for pnutiloous) white and
„rown Drilling—brown grass Linen—Prince’s
Cord, Nankins, buff and white Valcmia Vestings
—spatted and white Marseille* do. Satin Floren
tine do. black am) figured Velvet do. with n good
assortment of cloth, velvet and bombazine Stacks,
fanrv do. Spitalficld Hdkf*. silk, net and cotton
double end Suspenders—English silk half Hoes,
Random do. white aud brown linen figured Ora
vats, Italian do. Bosoms, Collars, Stiffeners,
Buckskin Gloves, black do. silk and brown linen
do. Epaulets, Ball Buttons, Ac. &c.
N. B. L. Fitch will receive in n few days a
handsome assortment of BUMMER CLOTHING
TAILORING carried on in nil its branches as
above—having tho latest New York and London
fashions, his work shall not be inferior to any. Ho
returns his sincere thanks for past favors, aiidso-
t. its a continuance of public patronage.
March 1 -
CARRIAGES.
*■ NUMBER of Barouches and Gigs, receiv-
ed and forsale by
May 25 141 El US, SltOTWLLL Si CO.
NSW WOR&S.
A RNO'rT'S Elements of Physics
Evidence of Prophecy
Rov. Robert Hall’s Works . . t
Essay on Formation and Publication of Opi-
nions
Essays on Truth, Knowledge, Evidence, &c.
Pitcairn's loan'd Otahicte, Ac.—last Family
Library
Ambitious Student, by E. L. Bulwer
Idle of Stephen Girard
Hall’s Lectures ou School Keeping
Romance of Reality
Sister’s Budget .
Wb'Apeis (o'a Newly Married Pair
Reports on Locomotive aud Fixed Engiues
Eleventh Edition Henry’s Chemistry
Alexander’s Biblo Dictionary .
Briof Rcmarkcr
BZodlcal.
Syme’s Surgery
Larrey's Surgical Memoirs
Gooch on Females
Gooch's Midwifery
Bell on Baths and M
r’s Ei
Carpeutor’i
MineralWalers
■’.ssay on Materia filcdica
Costar's Physiological Practice
Peurpcra! Peritonitis, by Dr. Bnudelocque
Ryan’s Medical Jurisprudence
With a large collection of Medical, Law,' Mis
cellaneous aud School Books for sale by
20 4t ELLIS, SHOTWELL & Co.
~ kbwcoodsT
J UST received from New York, a large ami
splendid asiortmcut of , ,
SPRING GOODS,
Consisting of n varioty of plain aud Itriped Ging
hams, plain and figflered Swiss, Adelaide Stripe,
Striped Cbambrny, Victory Moslii- npu “— 1 ■-
ces, do. Inserting* and Edgings,
Saniuet, Sinchew and Orb do Nap
Muslins, Thread La
ngs, Black Italian
Sarsitiet, Sinchew and Orb do Naple Silk, Color
ed Florence do.,- Black Italian Crape, Birdseye
Diaper, Cotfoa \Vatl&M&, MMhnito Netting, Mo)
Muslin', Lace Cap pa*:t<**trt’,«l«kJ8o4*ba*ine,do
Silk Froggs, Crape ac’dI ttWjzb^S&sWl*.; G?e«h
Berege and White Gauze VeKir Plan! and PahiH
ed Feather Fans, Ladies nml GentlemeftV OitPirHr
plaiu and bordered Cambric Handkerchiefs,
Also, a general assortment of RIBBONS.
A. SHOTWELL & J. S. SMITH.
AprU 17 120
From the Columbia (Pa.) Spy.
TO Mfss CATHARINE JAY, OF UTICA.
I Wish 1 was in V T K,
As once I us’d 2 B,
For there resides Miss K T J,
Aud her I long 2 C.
For I do love sweet K T J,
•I beliovo she loves me 2,
And if her love should e’er D K,
I’ll never love N U.
My K T is discreet Si YYY,
So is she Q'-P’some 2;
The •* might NV her her II,
When she looks up 2 view.
Another maid like my dear K 8,
I ne’er Xpect 2 C;
O how it will my soul L 8,
When mine she deigns 2 B!
I’ve wondered far o’er land and C|
A fortune to cre8,
I’ve >4'd the O I O and PD,
Far from my native St 8
Still KT J is far B4
All other maids I Cj
llerXLNCI adore
As a lovely NTT.
So here’s a health 2 Kl* J;
Thcro’s02 me so DR.
And soon I’ll be in UTK,
When I do hopo 2 C R.
KT, perhaps U wonder Y
So long I trouble V,
But NK time this meets URL
Pray think on W.
TO TIIE PEOPLE OF 8. CAROLINA.
Tho undersigned, a portion of your Represen
tatives in the Congress of tho United States, feel
it to be their painful, but Indispensable duly, iu
tbe present extraordinary crisis of your affairs, to
submit, for your grave and solemn consideration,
the following brief views of your present condi
tion aud future prospects, as they are effected by
the unconstitutional legislation of Congress..—
Whatever hopes may have been iudulged at the
commencement of the session, that a returning
sense of justice ou the part of tile majority would
remove or materially mitigate tho’grievous load of
oppression under which you have so long labored,
and of which you have so justly complained, the
undersigned are now reluctantly constrained to
declare that these flattering hope’s, too long defer
red, and too fondly cherished, have finally and
forever vanished. A dispassionate view of the
history and progress of the protecting duties and
of those kindred measures, which, in their combi
nation, constituto the “American system,” has
brought their minds to the deep and deliberate
conviction, that there is no principle of reaction
in the system itself which will warrant the belief
that Congress will ever voluntarily grant to the
planting States a restitution of those sacred rights,
without which property has no value and liberty
itself is the mere mockery of an empty name.—
On the contrary, experience has conclusively de
monstrated that the system is essentially progres
sive, each successive advance creating additional
motives and supplying additional means for future
acquisitions. There is bo principle of human ac
tion more steady iu its operation nnd more bound
less in its desires, tbnu the thirst for pecuniary
gain, not even excepting ambition. And itwould
bo just as ratiodnl to expect that a military cou-
queror would voluntarily arrest his own career of
couquest, aud retreat before liis qun\)ing adversa
ries, as to hope that the irresponsible majority,
who control the legislation of Congt-ess on this
subject, will voluntarily arrest this career of leg
islative exaction, urged on as they are by the in
stinct of self-interest, under the guise of patriot
ism, amt subject to no human restraint but their
own will.
In the history of the protecting system, there
are threo distinct eras,' each of them unequivo
cally marked by tile extended combination and
increased strength of the manufacturing interests,’
aud not less uucquivocally by the increased pro
tection of those iutcrcsts. In 1816, at tho close
of t* _war which gave an unnatural stimulus to
domestic manufactures, the liberality, the grati
tude, and tho patriotism of Congress all conspired
to recommend, that iu reducing and ndjuslmgtbe
revenue duties of llw war to tiio acquirements’ of
a peace establishment, the luanufucturiug inter
est, which had generously sustained tho Govern
ment wliilo other interest's had dcsertod it, should
be savetl from tho rninotts shock of a too sudden
transition, by unking the reduction gradual and
progressive. Accordingly (ho duties upon cottou
and woolen manufactures were placed at tho ud
valorem rate of twenty-five pcr'contuin, with the
provision that no cotton fabric should be estima
ted tft of less value than twcu'ty-five coats pur
square yaid, thnUiciug about the oxUliug price of
the coarse cotton manufactures then usually im
ported. -
Tbe duty on hammered iron was fixed at tho
rato of forty-five cents por hundred weight which
did not egcccd tweuly-livo per centum on the ex
isting value- of that article, und the duty on all
manufactures of irou was placed at twenty-five
per cent ad valorem. In fact, it may be stated
generally, that the average of the duties imposed
upon the protected class of articles by the tnriffof
1816, was not more than, twenty-five per centum
on their value, bnving reference to the then ex
isting prices, of such as were subjected to mint-
mum or specific duties; while the mere revenue
duties upon coffee, tea and wiucs, averaged at
least fifty per centum. Tho principle was hore
distinctly assumed, that the unprotected articles
were tho more appropriate subjects of taxation,
and ought to pay higher duties than the protect
ed articles, for tbo obvious reason that the pro
tection givcu by tiic duties on these latter article)
to one class of American’ producers, nccosxarily
imposed an equivalent burthen upon anoiber
class.
Buf e’veh these rates of duty upon cotton and
woollen manufactures, wore temporary upon the
very face of tho uct which imposed them, it be
ing expressly provided that, in three years, they
should be reduced from twenty-five to twenty per
cent ad valorem. So far, therefore, from being
placed at this rate, for the exclusive- pur|iosa of
protection, those duties were actually lower than
others which were exclusively designed for rev
enue; and, so far from giving au implied pledge
that they should he retained aud extended, wit fl
out reference to tho fiscal wants of tho govern
ment, the act of 1916 contained an express dec
laration, that even thcJmcideOtal protection of the
roveuue rates should not contiuuo above tweutv
per cent for more than tbreo years. Instead,
b'ewererof acquiescing in the pruvisicus of the
itcl of 1316 the manufacturing interest was the
first <0‘ disturb them, by procuriug the repeal of
(fteClause which provided that, in three years, the
ad Caiorcm duties on cotton and woollen manu
factures should be reduced from twenty-five to
twenty \<Ct Ctfif/
. But, stilt Unsatisfied with the protection so gen
erously yielded to them, the manufacturers coti-
tlmied to clamor for a yet greater increase of the
duties, until they succeeded in 1824 in having
them raised on woollens from 25 to 33| per cent;
on iron -90 cents per hundred; while, on cottou
manufactures the minimum was raised from 25 to
30 cents, the square yned, being equivalent 'to nit
average increase of 10 to 15 per cent ad valorem;
and, on most other manufactures, a very consid
erable addition was made to the duties. The ta
riff of 1824,- was passed with tho almost unanim
ous opposition of the representatives from all the
saulhern States; and nothing induced the people
of the south at that time to acquiesce in it, but tbo
solemn assurance of its leading advocates, thatno .
further call for protection would over be made id
behalf of the manufacturing interest. This plcdgo
was most distinctly made iu Congress during the
discussion of that measure. . But this was soon
forgotten or disregarded, and id 1826, renewed ef
forts wore made to extend protecting duties, par
ticularly on wool nnd woollen manufactures, ef
forts which were perseveringly prosecuted until
1828, when they were crowned with complete
success, by the enactment of what has been ap
propriately denominated a “bill of abominations.”
This act increased the duties ou woollen manu
factures, on an average of more than 20 per cent,
and most of the protecting duties to a considera
ble extent, though not quite so thitchi , ,
Such is a brief history of the progress of the
protecting system since the Into war, a history
which the people of tho southern States can con
template with no other than the, most melaucbo-;
ly reflections. They cannot but perceive that
what was modestly solicited and generously gran
ted as a temporary protection against the disasters
of a sudden change, produced by the act of tho
Government itself is now imperiously demanded,
with a more than twofold increase, as a matter of
right, aud as a measure of permanent policy.—
They cannot fail to perceive also, that after the
progress and improvements of 40 years—1G of
them under a protection of from 25 to, 50 percent,
during which our manufactures have had full tirao
to reach their maturity, a rate'of protecting du-
tios is now established as’tlie permanent policy
of the country, four times as much us that which
was recommended by Aioxander Hamilton, when
those manufacture* Were iu their infancy. Up
on every principle of reason and justice, and up-,
on tho avowed principles of Mr. Hamilton, tho
author of the protecting system, no manufacturo
cau have any claim to protection which cannot
dispense with it after a few years of probation.-—
But these principles are.entirely disregarded and
revorsed by tho present advocates of tnis system.
Tho experience, maturity, and improvements,
which, according to those principles Which should
induce the manufactures to dispense with even
the original protecting duties, have had no other
effect than to iocrcaee their demands. Tho in
fant which was generously nourished in its feeble
ness, now grown up to maturity, proves to be a
gigantic monster, which turns upon its benefac-.
tors and devours their substance, with an nppe-
tite increasing with its ttatUre, and which nothing'
can satiate.
Adverting to the- several iteps by which this:
system has attained its present dimensions, it wilt
bo sceu, that by tho acts of 1824, tho protecting,
duties were only raised on an avorago, about ten’
{ icr cent, nnd oven this increase was carried in the
iottso of Representatives by a meagre majority
of five votes only; whereas, til 1828, tho amend
ments of the Seiinte, which raised the duties on
woollcu'mnuufactures from 33} per cent to an
averago of more than 50 per cent, estimated tho
effect of the minimus, and other protecting dutios’
in proportion, were carried in tho House of Rep
resentatives bv tho ovorwhelmning majority of
117 votes to 07! It is thus apparent that the sys
tem is not only progressive, bitt that each succes
sive advance has bscn greater thaix tbo proceed
ing, and that tho number of Its supporters has'
steadily increased at every successive struggle in
Congress.
Considered in reference to the condition of the
coQutry, aud tho wants of tlio government, the ro-.
cent struggle, aud tho measure which has result
ed from it, form no exception to this remark. In-,
deed it may he affirmed with confidence, that tho';
system is, at this moment, stronger than it ever
has boon at aiiy former peroid.
In 1816, with a vast public debt to discharge,
it was necessary to' provide an annual revenue of
$21,000,000. It ts ript now necessary to provide
more than half that sum. If therefore, iu 1816,
the protecting duties did not average more'than
25 por c.cut, when it was necessary to provide
twenty-four rfiUlious of revenue, it clearly follows,
that upon the principles of the act of 1816, with
out reference to our prospective reductions, tho
protecting duties should now be reduced to 12}
percent when it is not necessary to pruvido a
revenue of more than $12,000,000.
Yer, what are the provisions of the act recent-,
ly passed? The burthens of tho protective duties
are decidedly increased, estimating tho cash du
ties and diminished credits, aud they now actual
ly stnnd at an average of more than fifty per ceut,'
while the Unties ou tho unprotected articles, which,
upon every principle of cqbality and justice,
should sustaiu tho principal part of the burthens
of taxation, arc, with a few inconsiderable ex
ceptions, entirely repealed. Upon those manufac
tures which nre received in exchange for tlio sta
ple productions of tho Southern States the ag
gregate increnio of the burthens of taxation be
yond what they were uudnr the tariff of 1828, is'
believed to bo upwards of ono nvillym of dollars;.
While redaction or repeal of the dime* on tho.,e
imports which are rccoivcd In change .for tho pro-'
dilutions of tho Turiff States and are principally
consumed in those States, amounts to about four
millions of dollars. While, therefore, the aggre
gate burthens of taxation nre diminished four mil
lions of dollars by this bill, tlio positive burthens
of tho Southern States are not dimiuised at all'
and their relative burtheus nre very greatly ia-.
creased. The relief which these Stute's will de
rive, as consumer*, from the reduction and re
peal of the duties ou the' exchange of tho
north, will not he more than equivalent to the in
creased burthen* imposed ou the exchanges of* i
the South. Ou the other hand, those iucrcasod
burthens on the exchanges of tlio South' operate
as bounties to the manulacturcriug States to tlio
amount or wore than a million ufdollars, and the
reduction and repeal of duties ou their exchanges
odd consumption operate as a relief to them of
at least throe millions more. It results from all
this, that the manufacturing State* are relieved
aud benefilted, by the provisions of tho now ta
riff, to the the uoiouut of four inilliaus cF dollars
annually, while the unequal nqd oppressive bur
thens Of the planting States are-nut oulf umiiin-
iuished, but greatly aggravated by their increas
ed inequality. The but'.Uu* arc precio ly ibe
same now that the government requires only
twelve millions of revenue, that they were when
it required double that amount. The extinguish
ment of tho public debt; to which they looked for-
wai d With tho most chccriug anticipations, brings
thorn no relief. On tho contrary, it gives them
the most unequivocal assuroi re of their hopeless
condition nnd final destiny, so far as these esu
be fixed by Congress. It may be be said, with