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Jiot fail to prevail, but for two strong impe
diments. Tlie first ofthese is, that the Van
Huron party at largo never entertained any
sincere purpose but that of using Calhoun
tor their own ends, in the progress of which
they made no doubt but that ho and his
party would be “used-up.” And secondly,
’.he Bentonian section could not allow a
bargain to be kept, which substitutes Cal
houn for their chief, and lays the latter for
over on the shelf. Certainly, either might,
/ in such a difficulty, consent to postpone his
claims, until the other was served. But
each sees, as to the other only, that he can
not bo elected, even if supported by the en
tire party. Both perceives that Henry
Clay will spoil the successorship of Cal
houn, if V an is run—of Benton, if Calhoun
is the man ; and that when the country shall
once have got a taste of a wise, a right, and
a coble administration of public affairs, the
redeemed, the regenerated, and the sobered
land will be little likely logo back to Jack
sonism, like a dog to his vomit, or a swine
to his wallow in the mud.
It is plain, then, what these parties, in
their present contest about a Convention
mean. The Van Buren party has no idea
of permitting Mr.Calhoun to he run ; and
the Calhoun party evidently ‘require only,
that the Convention shall bo assembled at
such a time as will give them a chance to
make it a Calhoun one ; and that, if they
shoulildfail, they shall then have the right
to pronounce it, (what it will probably be)
a fraud. They will submit to its decision,
on one very equitable condition—that it
shall have a majority for Mr. Calhoun.
NEWS AND GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1843.*
FOR PRESIDENT,
FOR GOVERNOR,
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD.
05” The mails, since the new contracts
have gone into operation, have been in a
miserable state of confusion, and several
changes have taken place which we are
not exactly used to yet; ‘ consequently,
some irregularity may be experienced by
our subscribers in getting their papers. If
it becomes necessary, we shall ehangd our
day of publication, provided, we find upon
trial that Thursday does not suit the pres
ent mail arrangements. We hope our sub
scribers will have a little patience if they
suffer inconvenience. “ Uncle Sam” is
more blameable than we are.
The Tariff.
The two parties, so far at least as Geor
gia is concerned, have chosen their leaders
in the approaching Presidential contest, and
have raised their banners inscribed with
certain principles, which differ in.some res
pects from each other, and of which princi
ples Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun are
the acknowledged representatives and
champions.
The first particular in which these dec
larations of principle differ is the Tariff.
The motto on the banner of Calhoun is
“• Free Trade and Low Duties”—a motto
which requires the brain of an abstraction
ist to understand. How free trade can ex
ist with any duties, is incomprehensible.
Either then the Calhoun men are in favor of
Free trade and no duties, or of a horizontal
tariff which imposes the same amount of
duty upon all articles without discrimina
tion ; for the credit of Mr. Calhoun’s well
known talents, we will suppose the latter
Is his plan, and that he has abandoned all
idea of Free trade and direct taxation ; in
fact we believe that impracticable chimera
has been repudiated by him and his men.
A system which imposes the same duties
upon luxuries and necessaries, which taxes
the wines, brandies, fine clothes and fine
. equipages of the rich no higher than the salt
and iron, tea and coffee of the farmer, must
be an excellent thing for the South Caroli
na nabob, we should suppose it would hard
ly suit the plain Georgia people. Yet, tiiis
is Mr. Calhoun’s system, and these are in
brief the man and the principles which the
wire workers at Milledgeville have called
upon the Democrats of this State to sup
port.
The Whigs have been accused of being
in favor of a high protective tariff—this ac
cusation is false as those who make it
know, or ought to know. They, as much
or more than Calhoun’s men, are in favor
of a tariff for revenue only, such an one as
will be barely sufficient to supply the wants
of a frugal government. Thus far they go
hand in hand with the Democrats, then
comes the points of difference —the Whigs
wish the greatest amount of revenue to be
levied on articles used by the rich and lux
urious, that articles necessary for the use
of the great mass of the people may pass
with a light impost; they think it democrat
ic that in the adjustment of the tariff “ the
greatest good of the greatest number,”
should be consulted—the democrats think it
more democratic that tiie few. most able to
pay taxes should he favored at the expense
of the many least able to pay them.
Another difference—the Whigs think it
right that in raising revenue by a tariff,
some favor should be shown to our me
chanics and manufacturers ; that the great
est amount of revenue should be raised from
those articles of foreign production which
come in competition with the business of
our own countrymen. The Calhoun par
ty, on the contrary, wish to place the Brit
ish or other foreign manufacturer on the
same footing with us in our own markets.
In other words, the Whigs wish to cncour- j
age home industry, so far as the laying of
duties for revenue only will permit them to
do so ; their opponents prefer that foreign
pauper labor should be encouraged at the
expense of our own. That the Whigs wish
to pass a high protective tariff, is, to use the
shortest and most expressive word, a lie—
and the Whig press have been most remiss
in their duty that they have not earlier and
more indignantly repelled the accusation.
We need only quote the words of Mr. Clay
himself to show what arc Ins doctrines and
those of his party.
“ Happily, however,” said lie in* his .
speech in the Senate, March 23, 1842, j
“ for the country, there is a common ground j
on which we may all stand. Yes, all— I
all, whether Whig or Loco—l hope they 1
will manifest a just title to be called Demo- |
crats —on this ground we may all unite.
All agree that the Government must have
the necessary supplies for the public ser
vice,; that ways and means must he ]
provided; & if in laying the duties necessa
ry to effect this end protection can inciden
tally be given, I hope there is nor a man on
either side of the Chamber who will be op
posed to that. I hope that the honorable
Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Buchan- ,
an,] will go as far as a general duty of 30
per cent, if it should be found necessary to
an economical administration of the Gov.
•eminent, or even if, by continuing tea and
coffee free of duty, it may become necessa
ry, as far as thirty-three and a third per
cent. I trust there will be no diversity of
opinion, hut that we shall all be found rea
dy to go for that rate of duty which may he
requisite to meet the reasonable wants of
the Government.”
In a previous speech he had made the fol
lowing plain and precise declaration, and
we are sorry that his entreaty not to be
misrepresented, has been so little regarded:
“ Let me not be misunderstood, and let
me entreat that I may not be misrepresent
ed. lam not advocating the revival of a
high protective tariff. lam for abiding by
the principles of the compromise act ; I am
for doing what no Southern man of a fair or
candid mind has ever yet denied—giving to
the country a revenue which may provide
for the economical wants of the Govern
ment, and at the same time give an inciden
tal protection to our home industry.”
What mechanic, dependent on his own
labor for a support and in danger of having
the bread taken from his mouth and given
to beggarly British and Frenchmen, if these
free trade doctrines prevail ; or u hat Geor
gian, citizen of a State, destined, one day,
to become one of the greatest manufactu
ring countries in the world, when the sur
plus lalior and capital, now somewhat un
profitably employed in agriculture, shall
be devoted to developing and usiiig her nat
ural advantages, resources,and powers, far
greater than those of any other State in
the Union; or what farmer who wishes a
market, steady and certain, at his own door
for the products of his labor, or would
have their value enhanced by the increas
ed demand for them consequent upon
the establishment of manufactories, can ob
ject to the above sentiments expressed by the
great Kentuckian 1
In another point the Whigs differ from
the Free Traders —the first would have the
productions of those countries which impose
heavy duties upon our commodities (such,
for instance, as Great Britain, which lays
theenonnous impost upon ourimportant sta
ple, tobacco, of 72 cents per pound on un
manufactured, and $2,16 on the manufac
tured article) pay, when imported into this
coumry, a comparatively high duty, and
those countries, which lay small duties on
our commodities, should have small duties
laid on theirs by us. The Calhounites, on
the contrary, would have the productions,
both of those countries which open their
markets to- our commodities, and of those
which close theirs against us by exorbi
tant impests, treated alike—taxed to the
same extent. A beautiful sort olfree trade
truly, which gives us ample permission to
buy but allows others to prevent us from
selling 1 Therf is little of reciprocity now
in our intercourse with foreign nations. In
1841 the value of our imports was a little
less than One hundred and twenty eight
millions of dollars, and our government lev
ied a revenue from them of fourteen million
and a half, or about percent; the val
ue of our commodities exported to foreign
countries, in the same year, was ninety
one millions, out of which the governments
of those countries levied a duly of One hun
dred and thirteen millions, equal to 124 per
cent! Calhoun’s men, instead of diminish
ing,wish to increase this immense inequali
ty by admitting the commodities of all
countries free of duty, no matter how oner- j
ous may bo the restrictions they plnce upon j
our trade.
We have, in this hasty and imperfect j
manner, attempted to set forth the points of
difference between the parties on this sub- •
ject, that our duty might be done in placing
the Whig party in their true position before
the people. Misrepresentation of our tenets,
and those of our great leader, lias been mi- i
sparingly, and almost without contradiction
poured forth from the Democratic press—it
is time the people should know what the
truth is. We have said nothing of the pre
cedents which all well icgulated govern
ments afford in support ofour doctrine; noth
ing of the unwavering practice of our own,
nothing of the great weight of authority giv
en to it by the many illustrious American
statesmen (of whom Calhoun himself is not
the least) who have advocated it; we have
thought it unnecessary to go into an argu
ment in defence of its constitutionality, that
none hut the most crazy, captious and ultra
of the Nullifying school now deny. Every
candid man, at all acquainted with the sub
ject, must allow the proposed policy of the
Whig party to be expedient, just, consistent
with State Rights, Democratic (in the true
sense of that word) and, above all, patriotic.
05“ The Constitutionalist of Tuesday
says, “We have been advised that the
.Candidates of the Democratic Convention
have accepted their nomination.” As, on
account of the bad arrangement of the
mails, we did not receive the Milledgeville
papers published on Tuesday, we have not
learned whether Major Cooper has resigned
his seat in Congress, or whether he means
to retain it until he finds how the Govern
or’s election will result. We presume,
however, from the Constitutionalist using
the plural word, catididales, that he has re
signed, else there could be no candidate for
Congress to fill his vacancy.
- -
“ He (Mark A. Cooper,) possesses all the
requisite qualifications for the office of Gov- j
ernor, being well versed in finances, prac
tical and theoretical.— Constitutionalist. j
The people can have no doubt of Mr.
Cooper’s financial ability, knowing, as they
do, that lie acquired it in an excellent
school—the Columbus Western Insurance
and Trust Company—commonly known bv
the name of “ Shylock,” from its merciless
cutting of “ the pound of flesh” from its
unfortunate debtors.
05“ The Democratic party of Madison
county have repudiated the proceedings of
the Democratic Convention held last month
in M lledgeville, and have called a meeting
o 7 C 5
in Danielsville to take into consideration
the propriety of calling another Convention
“ to recommend a suitable candidate to be
| run by the Democratic party for the next
j Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the U
j nited States.” A similar meeting is to be j
held by the DemocratsVif Crawford county j
on the 15th instant. This looks like trou
ble in the camp.
05“ Maine and Nevv-Hampshire have
both been confidently claimed for Mr. Cal
houn—:he signs in the Northern political
1 sky at present, seem adverse to him. In
Maine, the Locos lately held a Convention
and passed, by a vote of 144 to 74, Resolu
tions in favor of Mr. Van Buren for the next
Presidency. In New-Hampshire, a Demo
cratic Convention was held on the 29th ult.
in which a series of Resolutions strongly
recommending Mr. Van Buren as the can
didate of their party, for the next Presiden
cy, were adopted by a vote of 154 to five.
Every day renders it more manifest that
Mr. Van Buren will be the next Democrat
ic candidate lor President; the Democrats
of the North have evidently been humbug
ging “ the chivalry,” by professing a pre
ference to Mr. Calhoun.
05” Sam Houston, President of Texas,
has issued his proclamation ordering a ces
sation of hostilities wiih Mexico, during the
pending of negociations for peace. Great-
Britain is to be arbiter between the two
countries, and she of course, will pursue
her usual grasping and tyrannical course,
she will swallow the oyster herself and
give to the unlucky disputants the shells.
05” We understand, says the Macon
Messenger, that Dempsey J. Justice and
Archibald Brown, have been arrested in
Alabama, near Pea River, for the murder
of tiie Penitentiary Guard in Twiggs coun
ty, and have been brought on arid are now
in jail in Marion. We learn that there is
strong testimony against them.
05” A tremendous conflagration happen
ed at Fall River, Mass., on the 2d, inst. by
which three hundred houses were destroy
ed. The fire originated by a boy firing a
pistol in a Cabinet makers shop. Loss es
timated at from $300,000 to half a million.
When Miller sets the world on fire the
True Democrat will turn Whig. Not till
then.— True Democrat.
This is the way of a wicked and perverse
: generation — never honest until the hour of
death l Math/ielier Watchman ■
THE CABINET.
| President Tyler lias reconstructed his
; Cabinet ns follows:
A. P. Upshur, Acting Secretary of State.
J. C. Spencer, Secretary of the Treasury.
D. Henshaw, Secretary of the Navy.
- J. M. Porter, Acting Secretary of War.
G. A. Wiokliffe, I’ost Master General.
John Nelson, Attorney General.
Os the new members, Mr. Henshaw is a
man of talent, but of reputation tarnished in
connection with the failure of the old Com
monwealth Bank. He was Collector at
Boston under Jackson. Mr. Nelson is a j
decided and active Van Buren man, and is ;
reputed to be one of the ablest lawyers in j
Maryland.
It is understood that the Attorney Gen- j
cralship was offered to Mr. Potigru of S. C. i
but declined. JV. Y. Tribune. \
05” We think there must bo some mis
take, relative to Mr. Petigru, in the above.
Mr. P. is a Whig, not to be bought with all
the offices in Mr. Tyler’s gift, and he is a
strong friend of Henry Clay—of'course the
President would as soon have poison in his
coffee as Mr. P. in Ins Cabinet. Henshaw
got his appointment as a compensation for
sgmo brandy, segars and other groceries,
expended lately at Boston, in giving “a
treat” to Capting Tvler and his son, Prince
Bobuel.
A PURE DEMOCRATIC COMMUNI
TY.
We were conversing the other day, with a
citizen of Irwin county, who informs us,
that there is not a lawyer ob doctor in that
county!—as the people never go in debt,
there is no need of lawyers; and as they
live in pcimative simplicity,there is no need
for a physician. It is difficult to get any one
to accept the office of Constable, or Sheriff,
or Justice of the Peace. The Superior Court
is seldom ever held there; and when it is,
there is not business enough to attract the
attention of the bar; consequently the ses
sion continues scarcely as many hours, as
it does weeks in some counties thought to be
much betteroff. Still, the people of Irwin
are not poor. They have never had a pau- j
per among them. They raise their own i
provisions, and manufacture their own
clothes. Neither are they indebted to the !
East Indies for coffee, or the West Indies
for sugar. They make every thing among
themselves. Irwin is one of the largest
counties in the State,, and iias a happy, in
dustrious and thriving population. How is j
all this to be accounted for? Answer — I
There is scarcely a half dozen Whig voters
in the county. Macon Telegraph.
05” Why are there no more Whig voters
in Irwin?. Answer —Because, as appears!
by the U. S. Census, the number of persons j
in that county, who cannot read and write, j
exceeds the whole number of voters at the 1
Congressional I'llection last January ! No
wonder Irwin County is so very Democrat
ic! The Editor of the Telegraph had bet
ter emigrate to Irwin as lie will be out of
the way of Courts of Justice, and need not
be in fear of Sheriffs, both which he seems
to thinkjgreat impediments to the operations
of “Democratic Communities.”
The Thermometer here on Sunday .reach
j ed the height of 97 deg. ; the maximum,
!we believe, thus far of the season. At Phi
ladelphia 104 deg. is its highest point—
and high enough it is in all conscience.
At Boston it has stood at 103 deg. This is
very unusual. N. Y. Tribune.
A duel was fought near Savannah on the J
28th ult. between Lieut. Ridgely, U. S. A. j
and Dr. Schley, in which both parties were !
wounded—the Doctor lightly, the'Lieuten- j
ant seriously, but not mortally.
The members of the Masonic body in
England, have been ordered into mourning
for twelve months for the loss of their Grand
Master the late Duke of Sussex.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
The Senior Class in this Institution were
examined on Wednesday of last week.—
We had the pleasure of attending during
the forenoon. The young men examined
acquitted themselves honorably. We are
somewhat at a loss to decide whether they
or the Faculty merit most our congratula
tions.
College Commencement. —We are inform
ed that the Hon. George W. Crawford, has
consented to deliver the usual address he-
I fore the Literary Societies at the approach
ing Commencement.— lndex.
A Lucky Man. —A correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, writing from Washington,
says, “ Mr. John Dade, the warden of the
Penitentiary of this county, has, 1 learn, re
ceived information from Lord Ashburton,
through the hands of the President, th t lie
is now the Marquis of Townsend, with an
income of £60,000 per annum. Mr. Dade
is a genuine old Virginia gentleman and
will know exactly how to enjoy such an
income.
Gen. Jackson's Fine. —The New Or
leans Herald says : —“The resolution pas
sed by our last Legislature, declaring that
Louisiana would do justice to the greatest
of heroes and the purest of men, provided
the National Congress failed to perform its j
duty, were ordered to ho transmitted to Gen.
Jackson. Our worthy and honored Execu
tive has evinced a greatdeal of taste in the
discharge of that pleasant duty. He has
had the resolutions elegantly written upon
parchments, and put in a beautiful frame.
It'there is any thing that%an enhance the
pleasure which will animate the bosom of
the old Chieftain upon the receipt of those
resolutions passed as they were by a Whig
Legislature as an act of condemnation of
their own senators and representatives in
] congress, it will be derived from the manner
’ and form in which our executive has cho
sen to forward them.”
HENRY CLAY.
J he Charleston Mercury, one of the a
hlesi umJ most decide il Loco Foco journals
in the country, thus speaks of the noble
hearted champion of our Political Faith—
the gallant ILuutyof the West:
Mr. Clay :—lf we cannot have a South
ern State Rights man—if John-C. Calhoun,
by going.upon the forlorn hope of truth, is
[politically] dead upon the ramparts —like
a gallant steed fallen in the front rank—
borne, down and trampled upon by the rear,
—and can only hope for justice from those
who look upon these disjointed times, with
the eyes of posterity ; if, for disinterested
ness above, and political sagacity beyond,
the age, lie is to be sacrificed a martyr to
principle—at least call upon us to support
some man worthy of an enthusiastic trust.
Give us a man of some noble traits—a bold,
gallant, high-minded man of genius, who,
though we see his political errors, we can
yet assure ourselves, can do nothing mean.
Give us such a man, for instance, as Henry
Clay. lie would have our respect, our ad
miration. Not of solitary chieftain hero
ism—Oh no! but of a kind not at all rela
ted to the humbug family. We would not
throw ourselves into the arena for his sup
port, but we would not quarrel with the
Northern Whigs for offering such a man for
the suffrages of the opposition. Wo tell
the Northern Whigs he is the only man on
whom they can rally a conquering party, I
unless the people come more suddenly to ;
their senses than we have a right to expect, |
and at once do themselves the honor of ren
dering justice io the first man in the coun- j
try.
The “crowds” that followed Tyler’s pro- ;
gress seems to have suffered considerably
from pick-pockets : this reminds us of a rich
joke which occurred in 1840 at a Loeofoco
Convention in Lancaster. Mr. Buchanan,
we think, was on the platform, who. fret
ting that he once had commenced the ad
dress “we, as Federalists,” prefaced bis
present oration with the words “we ail here
are Democrats .” Almost simultaneous
with this expression one .of the committee
on the staging cried out “take care, fellow
citizens, we have pick-pockets here!”
Phila. Forum.
Trouble Brewing in Canada. —The Mon
treal Herald,of the 24th, ult., warns the
British Government to beware in time, —for
that though outwardly all seems peaceable,
mischief is brewing rapidly in Canada.—
That paper avers that meetings are fre
quently held ill Montreal, which are large
ly attended by the French Canadians, and
secret societies, having for their object the
dismemberment of Canada from the Mother
country, prevail throughout the French dis
tricts.
This editor will have it that another Re
bellion is in reality, organizing, that irre
gular bodies of cavalry and infantry have
been seen manoeuvring &c.
We place no great faith in these alarm
ing givings-out. The editor of the Herald
is probably more frightened than circum
stances warrant.
j
The following letter presents an interes- j
ting comparative view of the Cotton pro- !
duct in reflation to the character of the sea- I
son.— N. Y. American.
The Cotton Crop. —Extract of a letter
from the South, dated June 9th.
“As to the growing Crop it looks tolera
ble well, as I understand in some quarters,
but on the light land of Alabama and
throughout Georgia, (and ) presume South
Carolina,) the prospect was 1 presume nev
er before so bad. It is admitted to be eve
ry where a very backward Crop ; and w hile
in some parts of Mississippi, Louisiana,
Alabama, and tiie Atlantic States, they arc
suffering for rain, on the Red River and
some other parts of Louisiana and Missis
sippi, they are having too much rain, and a
good deal of damage has been done by in
undation.
I append some interesting data, to wit :
Cotton in bloom. Killing Frost. Crop
1836, June 4, Oct. 14, 1423,000
1837, May 28, Oct. 25, 1800,000
1838, June 14, Oct. 7, 1360.000
1839, May 24, Nov. 7, 2178,000
1810, June 6, Oct. 17, 1635,000
1841, June 10, Oct. 20, 1684,000
1842, May 25, Oct. 27, probably, 2330,000
These were taken in latitude 32 ; now
neither in that or any other latitude is there
any appearance of bloom, and I do not
think the majority of the Cotton, that I saw,
will be in bloom before the first of July. If
the season continues dry, the sand}’ lands
(us in 1838) will make very little cotton ;
but I rather !ook for a wet Summer and
Fall and early frost, and a very moderate
Crop. You will see by the above that a
late Spring is invariably followed by an
early Fall.
——
Consumption of Cotton in the U. States.-
A writer in the New-York Tribune, esti
mates that the consumption of Cotton in the
United States, which will not fall short this
year of 400,000 hales, will go on increasing
at the rate” of 10 per cent, for 15 years to
come. At that rate we should have ere
long a home market for nearly all the cot
ton produced here. The advantage of these
home manufactures are now being learned.
The best market for Western bread staffs is
now manufacturing New England. Scarce
j ly any is sent abroad.
The same writer says that the domestic
calicoes now furnished at from 6 to 15 cts.
I are better than those imported some time
since at from 18 to 27 cents.
Gov. McNutt, of Mississippi, in his late
publication, says : “ During the period of
mv administration, about $60,000 of the
public money passed through my hands.—
1 never used or misapplied one dollar there
of.”
So here we have the ex-Governor of a
State actually claiming immortal honor be
cause he is not a thief.
Louisville Journal.
LOUISIANA ELECTION
The election for members of Congress
and Legislature, took place in thisStateon
the 3d, and so far as tlie returns have been
received in New-Orleans, there is little
doubt but the Destructives are in the ascen
dant. The Picayune of the 4th contains
the following returns :
CONGRESS —FIRST DISTRICT.
Slidell. Roger:
First Municipality, 603 442
Third Municipality, 216 203
Total, 819 645
Majority for Slidell, dcm. 174
The parishes of St. Bernard and Plaque
mines to hear from. Slidell is no doubt
elected.
second district. — White. Labranchc
Second Municipality, 460 355
Majority tor White, whig, 111
Lafayette polled 781 votes—not counted?
EFFECTS OF THE TARIFF.
“A Merchant,” writing for the N. Y.
Tribune, makes the following important
statements:
The last Congress, after mature deliber
ation, adopted a tariff of duties which, while
it brings ample revenue to the. Treasury,
fosters to a liberal extent American labor.
Under the influence of this Tariff every
interest of the country is rising from a state
of unparalleled depression quite as rapidly
as could be desired ; and what will great
ly disappoint the opponents of the measure
the importation of foreign goods the present
year will be somewhat beyond the wants
of the country, producing a revenue from
customs of some two or three mill.ions more
than the estimate of the last Committee of
Ways and Means,
Ttiia.is not mere conjecture. A good
fall trade is anticipated, and the orders that
have gone forward for goods to arrive in
July and August will be found to be quite
large enough. The opinion 1 am aware
has obtain'd io a considerable extent, that
because this city is strictly commercial, its
citizens a; _ generally.opposed to a Tariff.
Such is not the tact. So far as my infor
mation extends, a large proportion of our
well informed American merchants arc the
friends of a Protective Tariff. A few, who
are exclusively in the importing business
the foreign interest, which is large, and
generally respectable, as regards charac
ter, and a portion of the Shipping interes:
are the advocates of what is termed Free
Trade.
Several of the most intelligent of the lut
ter class, however, have said to me, that
they bad no expectation that we could pre
serve a sound and well regulated Cur
rency without a Tariff Talk to them oi
Free Trade in ships, and they will tel! you
they couid not live without discrimination
Nor have the South so much reason t
coinplain of the present state of things.—
No section of the country is recovering more
rapidly from the terrible revolution of 1836
and ’7, than the States at the South and
South-West. Cotton, at the present price,
pays the planter better than the agricultu
ral products of the Northern and Western
Stales remunerate the farmer of those
States.
In Alabama and Mississippi, it is cstiina
ted that a good negro will grow 0 bags of
cotton. At 5 cents'per pound, this would a
mount to 140 to 150 dollars. To feed and.
clothe the negro, costs from 00 to 05 dol
lars leaving a clear profit from his labor of
abtiut 80 dollars.
The present value of the negro is from
350 to 450 dollars, and cotton lands which
in 1836 brought 20 to 30 dollars per acre,
now sell from 8 to 12. The natural increase
of stock, it is always estimated will pay the
interest on the in vestrn -tu
The consumption of cotton in this coun
try the present year, will no: y -bably va
ry much from 400,000 ba es, and hits far
il. has boon taken by our manufacturers at
prices that have paid the planter 10 to 15
percent, more than that shipped to Liver
pool or Havre.
And so of bread stuffs. For years past,
tiie safest and best market for Western
Flour has been the district of country in
New England devoted to manufactures ;
and although our merchants have occa
sionally felt authorised by accounts from
the other side, to ship Flour to Europe, the
result has invariably shown that the home
market is more to be relied upon than the
foreign.
Under the present system, it is fair to es
timate that the domestic market for the
great staple of the South will increase some
10 per cent, per annum for 12 or 15 years
to come; and before that period arrives.
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennes
ree, and perhaps Alabama, will have be
come Tariff States, each with its Lowell
and Patterson within its borders.
Just Receivedi
OF the Athens Manufacturing Company, i
few thousand yards very heavy White and
| Blue COTTONS, a very superior article for
Servants wear—low for Cash, by
HEARD &’ BROTHER
July 13, 1843. __ __ 46
EXECUTOR'S SALE.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Sep
tember next, before the Court-House
door in La Grange, Troup county, between th
legal hours of sale,- the following property, to
wit:
The east half of Lot No. (136) one hundre S
and thirty-six, in the twelfth District of Troup
county, containing one hundred and five and a
halt Acres, more or less, belonging to the estate
of Ann Leavitt, late of Wilkes county, deceased.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
GEORGE SHANK, Ex'r.
July 12,1843. 46
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
WILL be sold on tiie first Tuesday in Au
gust next, before the Court-House door
m the Town of Washington, between the usual
rale hours, the following property,to-wit:
One Negro boy uamed William, aged about 15
rears, belonging to the Estate of ‘Thomas J. El
: gton, late of Wilkes county, deceased. Sold
ir distribution. Also, one Gold Watch anc:
■ bain, and'several other articles. Terms made
Known on the iky.
WILLIAM B. ELLINGTON, Ex’r.
July 13.1843 46
