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No. 172-
-VOLUME XXIVk
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 428, 1832.
W . • W ' Ul V4* _
Wjiole Sd.—9020:
burgh, Williams’ and Muckle’a Perry to
OsmV" ■ “
Cook's taw Office, 05 miles and back,
oneeaweek. .
Lease White Oak erery Tuesday at 6
a eu arrive at Cook’s Lair Office neat day
by 8 pm.
Lease Cook’s La* Office every Thurs
day at 8 a us, arrlse at White Oak feu
^From Lagrange by Wood’s
Store to Franklin. 20 miles and back, onte
* Leave Lagrange erery Wednesilas at 12
noon, arrive at Franklin sanso day by Op
LeasoFranklin erery Thursday, at 6 a
n, arrire'at Lagrange sathe day by 13,
.£0011* A v n #
2423* From Perrjfcbjj^Travellers Rest,
pohdtown Lanoabaasee and Lumpkin to
King** Bluff on thfe Chatahoochee river,
and back, once a week. * -
Leave Perry every Thursday at 6 a m,
arrive at Kings Bluir tile next Saturday
by 4 p m.
Leavo King’s Bluff every Monday at 7
am, arrive at Perry the next Wednesday
^24^4. From Decatur by liorrsley’si
Blackstock’s and Johnson's Store to New*
nan, 48 miles <ind back, once a week.
Leave Decatur every Friday at 6 am,
arrive at Newnan next day by 10 a m
Leave Newnan every Saturday at 1 pm,
arrive it Decatur next day by 5 fm.
2425. FrotiiLawrencevilleby Warsaw
ssd Demise’s Fsrrr to Echo*.2 in Che
rokee county, 80 miles and back, once a
week.
Leave Lnwrenceville every Sunday at
Qam, arrive at Echota^iext'day bp7pm.
Leave Echota every Tuesday at Gam.
arrive at Lawrcnneville the next flay by*7
p m.
2426 From Blakely to Bainbridgg, 43
miles and back, once a week.
Leave RJakely every Tuesday at 3 pm,
arrive at Butnbrtdge next day by S p m.
Leavo Bainbridge every Monday at 8 a
m, arrive at Blakely next day by i2, noon.
notes. +
L The Postmaster General reserves
the right to expedite the mails, and to al
ter the times of their arrival and depart lire
at any time’during the continuance of the
contract, by giving an adequate compeu
eation, never exceeding a pro ruta allow
ance, for any extra expense which such
alteration may require.
2. Seven minutes shall*be allowed for
opening and closing the mails at each*of-
fjee, where no particular rime shall be
specified, boVthe Postmaster General "to-
serves to himself the right of extending
the time.
3. For every ten minutes delay in nr
riving at any point after the time prescribe
cd in any contract,the contractor shall for*
{eit five dollars. If the delay shall con
tinue beyond life time for tne departure
of any pending mail, the forfeiture shall
be equal to twice the amount allowed for
tarrying the mail one trip. If it be made
to appear that the delay was occasioned
by unavoidable accident; of which the
Postmaster General shall be the jndge.thc
forfeiture may be reduced to the amount
of pay for a trip; but in no case 'can th?
amount be recvltUed. The forfeiture-! are
otherwise unconditional, and will in all ca
ses be enforced.
4. Persflns who,make proposals will
state their prices by the year; payment*
to be made quarterly; in'the mo&Us pf
May, August, November and February,
than he is required by contract to carry
the mail, he shill dive the same increased
celerity and frequency to the mail, unless
the Postmaster General shall otherwise
direct, and without increase of compensa
tion.
15, The Postmaster General reserves
the right of curtailing or of discontinuing
any route, when, in his opinion, the pub
lic interest shall require it; and iu such
case the contract shall cease, so far as re
lates to the part curtailed, or to the whole
s if discontinued—an allowance of one
month’s extra pay being made to the con
tractor.
1(5. All contracts for routes embraced in
this advertisement shall commence on thft
first diiy of January next, and continue
two years.
Decisions on bids will be made known
on the 9th day of November next.
WILLIAM T. BARRY,
Post Masltr Gtntral.
General Pott Office Department, July 24, 1832.
aug 14 ^ 100
Just Received,
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Valley of the Mississippi, to which
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Sidney's Definacc of Poesy,Selden's Ta
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Brown's Works.
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particular notices of Amc.ieun Birds, il
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one month after the expiratiuu of each
quarter.
5. None but a free white person shall
bt employed to carry the mail.
0> Proposals should state whether the
person proposes to carry the mail in a 4
horse coach, a 2 horse stage, or otherwise.
7. 11* the person offering proposals
wishes the privilege of coming nmrip-
pers out of the mail, lie roust ttate it in
his bid; otherwise he •cannot enjoy that
privilege,
8. Propositions for any improvements
in transporting the dlail, as to the manner
of carrying, 4 increase 0/ expedition, exten
sion of roQtes^ yuenqtf jbf trips,or any nth
et improvements, are invited tos.be stated
in the proposals, and will be. duly consul
ered. ^ .
9. The number of the route, and its be
ginning and termination, as amortised,
should be stated to every bid,and the pro-
Butler’s l^ifervescent Mag
nesia.
F OR Dyspeptics, the Studious and
Sedentary is particularly adapted to
relieve indigestion, heartburn and nausea,
a . ! counteracts acidity in the stomach.—
1: obviates the necessity of having re
course to calomel,- eptom salts, and oth-
strnng and nauseous medicines, which so
often cause debility and suspension of bu
siness. A teaspoon full of this prepara
tion forms an agreeable effervescing
draught; effects a gentle operation, and
leaves the bowels devoid of constipation.
It is particularly recommended to thoHC
who require occasional aperient medi
cines, as it may be taken as often as ne
cessary, unattended with weakness or any
inconvenience whatever, i’repared by
11. Butler, Chemist London.
' A fresh supply of this superior medi
cine. Just received, and for sale by
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ang.18 ,i,J
103
Atkinson’s Cainaiiwr .Soap.
T HE cooling qualities of Camphor
are well known, anti when united
to Soap, is highly reviving and salubrious
preventing
ring it soft
—far excelling all others tor
the Slyn clumping, and preserving
and cool either in a hot or cold atmos
phere. This Soap is particulmly recom
mended for the East or West Indies,
where infectious disease is frequent; and
also tn tut antidote against the bite of the
Mosquito and otltet noxious insects; and
in these countries it is called Musquito
"tieoenl Post Office,Office of Mail Con
tracts;” and rfupersctibed/^ruposafr."
The flowing is a prapci (urut for u
proposal:
*’/ will convey the mail, agreeably to ad-
ixrlistment, on route No , from
1° fur Ikcuzari'j compensation of
d> liars.**
He must state the place of his residence;
and if not s contractor, he must accom
pany his bid witfijatisfoctory recommen
dations.
10. The dist ances, as stated, are esti-
nmed, aud may not be entirely correct;
out if any errors bar*occurred in relation
*° them, no increase of compensation will
. allowed oil (Jt.it * account. The con-
inform himself00 that point.
•I. The Postmaster General reserves
me right of annulling any contract when-
®ver repeated failures, to arrive within the
contract time shall occur; or whenever
nne failure shall happen amounting to the
*vf. J* * tr *pi or whenever any direction
obeed ma * *' T0 shall hot be promptly
li. No bid sfcal) be withdrawn after the
«me for receiving' it has expired t and
sod should any person refuse to take a
contract at hit bid, he shall forfeit all oth-
„er contracts that he may haveiwiththe Dc-
partment, and be’held responsible lor si)
ttHSormd 11 * re,u ^ fr°ra his. failure
r * 3 j nor bid can Ve trans
'ZZL*'**" the special and written ap
in aS ° n ofth# Poatmaster General; sod
«n assignment of a contract, orbid.with-
obt «lnedlii writing.
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Mrs. Trollope.
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index to the popular passages in the works
ifShakspeare.
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tour to Prarie do Cliieo, thence to Wash
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A Treatise on Ureeding, Rearing and
Fattening all kind, of poultry, cows,
swine and other domestic animals, by H.
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ADDRESS
To the people of the Congressional District
of Charleston.
Fellow-Citizens:—In consequence
of the near approach of the period when
the payment of the public debt was anti
cipated, it was naturally expected and de-
sited, that the late Congress, beloro its
adjournment, would revise and so modi
fy the tariff act of 1828, as to reduce,con
siderably, the amojint of the revenue
which it provided for, find also the rate of
the duties which were levied under it, up
on the importation of protected articles.
As early as January,]832, two resolutions
of the House of Representatives directed
the Secretary of the Treasury "to cojlect
information as to certain manufactures in
the United States, and to communicate
the same to the Uouse, with such sugges
tions as he might think useful; with a view
to the adjustment of the tariff, and with
•uch a tariff of duties or imports, as migh\
in his opinion, behest adapted to the ad
vancement of the publio interests.” In
the report made bv the Secretary of the
Treasury in compliance with these resolu
tions, he remarked, “that the impost sys
tem of the United States has beeu for ma
ny years, incidentally, but so intimately
with the growth and protection of Amsri-
can capital and lahor, as to have raised
up great national interests indispensable
to the prosperity of the country .and which
cannot be lost sight of, in any new adjust
ment of the system. In the circumstan
ce which require, at present, a general
reduction of the revenue, it is not deemed
practicable to preserve, for any length of
time, the degree of protectiou’hitheito af
forded to these interests which have grown
up under the past legislation. The state
of feeling thro jghout an important por
tion of the country, which with greater or
less intensity, calls for n revision of the
existing Tariff, is not to be disguised.
Both patriotism and wisdom dictate that
this sentiment should be respected, and
as far as may be compatible with the com
mon weal, that it be satisped, not from any
unworthy motive, but under that obliga
tion of ditty which requires that all be re
garded with unequal eye; that all be borne
upon with an equal hand; and under that
no less solemn obligation, to preserve by
any reasonable concessions, our inestima
ble Union.” In the spirit of these senti
ments, which rebound so much to the
credit of the head and heart of the Secre
tary, he prepared a bill for Congress,which
witlr some alterations, would, in my judg
ment, have 'been peculiarly adapted to
meet the exigencies of the times. This
bill was referred to the Committee on Ma
nufactures of the House of Representa
tives, who professed to make it the basis of
a bill reported by them, which, after hav
ing received various amendments, be
canto* law on the 14th ol July, 1832.
For the vote which was given bV m<
upon the Huai passage of this bill, all thr
newspapers, throughout tlte Stato, which
are attached to the doctrines of Nullifica
tion, have charged me with having sacrifi
ced tho interests of my constituents, and
with having acted, inconsistently, with o
nininn* wtuch I had prc v io»«iy expressed
Anxious that my fellow-citizens, whether
they be my political friends or foes, should
be m possession of the motives of my po
litical conduct, in order that they may be
enabled to determine whether l merit their
Confidence, or havp justly exposed myself
to their censure,* I will submit to them—
the reasons that governed me upon the
subject under consideration. The pro
visions of the Tariff Act of 1832, are, by
no means, such as I desired them to have
been, but when they were under discus-
siou before Congress, the problem for me
MitSui)nn nf i|T* member* °f *h*t b A dy. *•!
pot, 111 oiilinary circum»lauct»,'what a ta
riff ought to be, nor in what manner it
shonld be drawo, aoas to eatisfy the man
ufacturers of the North, or the agticultu
ralists of the Sooth—tho e*clu,ive friends
of protection, on tho one hand, nr of fpc
(ratio on the other—but whether any mid
dle course could be derived, which would
reconcile conflicting prejudice* nnd iuter
ests—allay the fury raging iu tfie bosoms
of rhe two groat tariff parties -into whioh
the people were divided, dnd prevent that
collision betweeu ’.hem, which might, oot
only disturb the hannouy, but eadaugor
the existence of the union.
The difficulty of effecting this.arrange-
ment, was probably greater than any which
had ever been presentod to the delibera
tions of Congress, ,ince tho adoption ol
the Federal Constitution. Whilst a targe
majority of tho people regard a ptotrrtive
tariff to bo umuthorixed by the conctitn
tion, a majority of them hare arrived at i
diametrically opposite condusiFi. Ifulj
those who were hostile too protective tar
iff, pronoooced it to bo unconstitutional,
xnd Hit thoee who were in favor of it, pro
nounced it to lie Constitutional, it might
naturally be presumed tMhthese discord
ant inferences resulted ttomjtectional pre
judices or individual interests. Rut such
is not the relative position of the contend-,
ing parties. The advocates of protection'
sre unanimous on their tide of the ques
tion, whereas its adversaries dilfrr among
1 themselves. Many of the most intelligent
delegates to tho Free Trade Consemion,
which met in Philadelphia in September
last, expressed their conviction of the ligi
liraatc power of Congress to pass protec.
life tariff act,, though they condemned
their principle as fraught w itb esil end in
justice, end the dime opilidns were avow
ed by Mr. Gallatin, the author of « Me
morial from that Convection, in which
the injuriondconaeqaeosv! of the iecWa-
ttrn Interference with the capital- and U-
bor of individuals, aro demonstrated trilb
of
an ability and clearneaa, which bare not
been equalled by any production which
hai issued from the American press. The
majority of the people not only think that
protective duties aro canititutional, but
they are bs confident, that they are essen
tial to the advancement Iff the general
weal, and in support of their views, they
rely upon the numerous protective tariff
acta which have been passed*, and upon
the approbation of them by every Presi
dent oi the United States. The miodrity
ore as thoroughly Convinced, that a pro
tective tariff impaira the property of the
great mass of the community, and' subjects
them to a heavy taxation for the benefit
of the comparatively few. When the peo
ple thus differ upon a subject. In which
their interest* are deeply involved—when
those interests ate believed to be fostered
or depressed by legislation, according to
geographical positions, it must be obvious,
that Congress could pass no aerso modi
fying protection, as to give complete and
general satisfaction. The only coarse,
therefore, which the late Congress could
adopt, to calm the public excitement, aud
to arrest the perilous march of deep and
bitter discontent, was to propose a law
upon the basis of mutual concession nnd
compromise. Upon this basis the act of
July;l832,was founded, by which the con
ditions of concession and compfoutise
were understood to be, that tbe advocates
of restriction should conseut to a consider
able reductioD in the rat., n(protect!-, du
ties and in the amount of revenue to be
collected from imports, and Ahpl some
Changes should be made in those parts of
the system where its pressure was pecu
liarly obnoxious. The uiua-icsiriction*
ists, and the partisans of Nullification did
nut subscribe to these terms, the Conner
being averse to any diminution oftho pro
tective duties—the loiter repudiating eve
ry species of compromise which did not
include the abandonment of tbe principle
of protection. These ullr.lists, however,
were a minority. The majority acquies
ced in the compromise which has been
tneotionod; but where the real or the sup.
pcsed intercut;: of the patties were so va
riant, it was vain to expect, that any com
promise could be so executed asto be ex
empt from mutual objections. An ap
proximation towards that which each of
them desired, was as much ns could have
been, reasonably, calculated-upon, in the
lassage of the first tariff act which had
>ecn introduced, during so many years,
with the deelared iutention ol reducing
the rates of protection. The approxima
tion, it seemed to me, wag effected by the
act of 1833, inasmuch as by it the tiiini-
tnume upon woollens were repealed, anil
the aggregate .of the revenue and the a-
mount of the protective duties conaidera
bly diminished.
lieiug satisfied, tli.it this act was, in-
comparatively belter Ilian that of 1028, I
accordingly voted for it. U pon what ground
1 can even plausibly, be charged with im
policy or inconsistency, for thus voting, 1
am unable to discover. It is true that 1
have always expressed myself adverse to
the constitutionality and the expediency
of a protective tariff, but whatever may be
my opinion of the opinions of the larger
portion and the citizeoi of the south, I am
compelled to admit, that the constitution
ality of ■ protective tariff, is not only a de
batable question, upon which wise and
honest meu may ami do disagree, but 111n’t
the weight of numbers and of great names
preponderates in favor of those who main
tain it* constitutionality. Under: these
circumstances, when I reflected that the
act of 1832, diminished the existing du
ties,repealed tile minimum* upon wollens,
(among the most odtoot devices ofamost
odious law,) and <ightened, generally, the
burthen of taxation, I felt myself not
merely justified, but imperiously required
h facilitate its passage, by every means
in my power. Had I supported a bill
which augmented the protective' duties,
which extended the deceptive tqtnimumt,
and which added to the public burthens,
tbe impolicy aud inconsistency of my
conduct might well have been noticod
as meriting the severest animadversion.
ft has alto been alleged against me,
that I gave my sanction to a law which re
cognized “the protective eyatem as the
settled |>olicy of the country.” Upon
what authority this allegation is made, I
am ignorant. U is not aatttined by any
words which I navo ottered, or by any
language in the context of the taw, or by
aiiy inference to |>e drawn from either.—
if it is to boiuferrcd from the fitet, that the
rcstrictionists, in the compromise which
they declared themeelve* willing to enter
into, did not agree to abandon protection,
which thtv claimed as a right, il is admit
ted that iftey did not. Nothing ie more
certain, than that no law would have been
passed, had this abandonment beeo de
manded as one of its conditioner The
basis upon which the law was professed to
be founded, was that of mutual compro
mise and cancession. Now where one
aide surrenders the very ground which is
in dispute, there may be victory or defeat,
but mutual campromUe and .concession
are terms, unfitly inapplicable toipclt fi
position oi the parties, lfbythe.alllrga-
tion, the meaning i* intenoed to bo con
veyed, that Messrs. Blair and Mitchell
and myself, who vote<(for the Act of 1632,
in spy mode or manner, recognized “the
protective system av the settled ptfiky of,
the country,” it will bn sufficient to moy
the imputation, nnd to ask for the proof.—
But neither the' conduct of those of my
colleagues whom 1 have named, nor of
myself, is susceptible of *n ambiguous
interpretation. Upon the flatir of. the
House nrRepreseuUtires,I repeated what
I had often stated, both there and efae-
where, that in my opinion, a protective tt-
riff was unconstitutional, unequal and op
pressive: I call upen the friends of Free
Trade—nof to ackeowledge the Constitu
tionality or thfi polieyof a protective Ta
riff—not to yield any principle or sacrifice
any interest—nut to forbear from insisting
upon the sadden gbaqdwmgnt of » sys
tem, which would be aided with the rain
of millioqs—to endeavortoobtain attamc-
Dotation then.of its provision*, by T
practise with their opponents, and to,
pone ell efforts for Rlt.pspe*l, to a future
arid mo inauspicious period. Geu. Blair
ao tpi frora eoncrtvtnff thhl hW vole nsi
protective eystem,” declared, that he “did
did not vote for the bill as fi Compromise
of tbe subject, or as > quietus of the com
plaints of the South, kit tut the principle oj
reduction;” nnd Mr. Mitchell, who spoke
at length against tbe bill, gave to it bis
support, for reasons similar to those which
had been assigned by General Blair. H|fl
my conduct in relation to this bill been the
reverse of what it was, had I voted against
it. and hid tfiis vote beeb cited, to estab-
lish that 1 had been Inconsistent, and trea-
chernnstoiny duty, 1 should have felt
that I was incompetent to defend myself
against these gave accusation!, f might
have urged, as a subterfuge, that I would
not suffer my name to be enrolled in favor
of any protective tariff; but would I not
hade been confounded and silenced by the
reply, that if the law wbieh I refused to
vote for, had been rejucted, a law more
grievous, and which contained protective
duties more onerouss would be in force;
nnd that by declining to exert myself to
accomplish the passage of the actofl832,
I virtually contributed to rivet upon my
fellow.citizens tbe greater oppression of
the act.of 1838. The compromisewhich
I recommended'in the House of Repre
sentatives, was intended, and was declared
to be intended, to meet the existing crisis,
which, in tho apprehension of many wise
and patriotic men, threatened the deftruc-
tion of tbe Union. To avert thin deep and
dire calamity, an immediate remedy was
invited and rapidly diverted' from its^d*
rural channels, intu investments Hi those
empleynmpts of laBbr which Vfire Simu
lated by legislative protection." These in'
vestments have been made open so exten
sive a scale, that a withdrawal of them can-
ttot be attempted, otherwise thin slowly
and gradually, without the inevitable ruiu
of millions iff our fellow citizens, a large
proportion of whom were originally, as
hostile to % protective tariff, as are bow
the inhabitants of our State. The sln pr
tips error of having aided in the paesase
atelrto
of the Act^f 18107 cannot be miputewto
me.* I am neither responsible lor thahhwv**
nor for the calamities of which it has been
the baleful source. I have never given a
vote upon any question in favor of iu prin
ciples. These principles I have alwaya
resisted aud I shall continue to relist them,
by all the means iu my power, which arc
consiBtcnbwith the obligations of honesty,
a respect for the letter and the qpirit ol
(he federal compact, and tjie preservation
of the integrity of the Union.
8ince the date of my letter to a Com
mittee of tbe State Rights and Union Par
ty, I havff received from .the Register of
the Treasury, a “statement exhibiting thfi
sccs-ary—«„a, iCuicuy voutu uot oe an-
ministrred without tho co-operation of the
friends and the adversaries of the protec
tion: that co-operation, to the extent which
has been mentioned, was obtained: it was
unconnected with nny compact, erprtssti
or imptieJ, as -to 'the tettkd policy of the
country,' or as to tho-true construction of
the powers 'to ley and colle'ct (axes' or ‘to
regulate commerce.' That the protect
ive principle is contained in the act of 18-
32, is undeniable; it was also contained in
the bill which was reported by Mr M'Duf
lie, ns (lie chairman of the committee of
Ways nnd Means; for in that bill duties of
S5 per cent ad valorem, for prescribed pe
riods, were to bo levied upon the protect
ed articles of Iron, Salt. Sugar, Cotton
Bagging, Woollens, tic; afterwards the
duty was to be gratlaally reduced to 12}
per centum, atl valorem, which under that
Bill, itae eatimated to he the rate of duty
which real ntcenary fur reran ue. The con-
itilutionality ofthe'protectivc system was
ns plainly admitted, by legislating for the
continuance of some protected items, dtf
ring a single ycarpas by legislating for all
of them. Without any.limitation as to time.
Although the principle of protection has
never been abandoned by any Congress;
llthongh it is embraced within the provi
sion oftho act of 1832, I hare yet, never
supposed tnyro’l 1- S3 at liberty now, then
formerly; to use all my exertions to erase
it from our Statute Book; and I derive
no little confidence in the repeal of pro
tective tariffs, from the facuhat a diminu
tion of the |iower of those who have hith
erto, been regarded to be the veteran nnd
ancompronmi'ng supporters of protection,
was manifested by the passage of the act
of July last, inepite of their unremitting
and ttrenuoue opposition to it, aided by
the co-aperation of several of those who
term themselves tho friends of free trade,
among whom were included, both of onr
Senators anti six of onr Representatives
Them Senators nnd Representaives might
have been able to reconcile their conduct'
with what they conceived to be policy and
duty. I could not imitate their example,
nor shall I bn prevailed upon to think that
I ought to hare done so, until I shall bo
persuaded that the butthen of protective
duties is inerdtud, by reducing their rate
and amount;—and that whero tlte choice
is submitted to n representative ofiabjcct
inn hi* enn«litn»r>i» r» « grester or a les
ser evil, he ought to prefer iuflictiug up
on them the greater.
Ameliorations In the existing Tariff
have been achieved by the Act of 1832.
When that change shall take place in
Congrese, which will be produced by
tbe f lection of new members, according
to the Apportionment Bill of the la.-; ses
sion, there is every reason to expect that
amount of duties according to the present
rates, eotnpated with the ifatidk as modi
fied by the act Of 14th July, 1832, predi
cated upon the imparts during (be year
ending Sftth Sept. 1830,” which I nave
left With the Editor of tlte Southern Pa-
Upon the assumption, that the du
tiable articles will'be she same in quanti
ty and pijcfi, after the Sd of March next,
as they were in the yeer 1830, Ibis state
ment shows that under the tariff act of
July. 1882, there will be*n teduction of
$1,669,056* from the amount ofduties on
protected articles, and of $5,187,078 from
tne amount of tcvenue to be'derived from
tlte customs.
Notwithstanding these deductions from
the revenue, and front the duties on pro
tected articles.it i£ asserted in an Adifrw
*Tq the People of Soutb-Carolina,’ from
onr Senators and six of our Sepresenta-
lives, that the tigrthecs imposed span tho
Southern States, will be greater by the
act of July, 1832, than they araby the ex-.
istinc Tariff. As this arrertiob may make
an injurious impressioU upon the public
mind, 1 will transcribe that part of “the ad
dress” which i* intended to establish it,
aud briefiy annex such remarks as may
prevent the errors which it is calculated
to disseminate. Accoidiog to certain pas
sages in ‘the Address:' “Tho burthens *
of the protecting duties are decidedly in
creased. estimating the Cash duties and
dintioisbed credits; aud they now actual
ly stand at an average of more than 50 per
cent; while th* duties of the unprotected
articles, which upon principle or equality
and justice should sustain the principle
part of the burthens of taxxlion, are with
a few inconsiderable exceptions,uiftre/y re
peated. Upon those manutkclUTes which
are received iu exchange lor the staple *
productions of the Southern States, tits
aggregate increase of tbe burthens of tun-
tion, beyond what they were under the ta
riff of 1828, is believed to bt upwards of
SI.UCO.OOO. while tlte reduction or repeal
of the duties on those imports which an
received !h exchange for tbe production
opt he Tariff States, amounts' to about
84.000.000. White, tlierefoie, the agtne
gate burthens of taxation ire diminished
84,000,000 by this bUf. the positive bur
thens of the Southern States sre not di
minished af all, and (hair relative burthens
arc very greatly increased ”
It has alrnsdy been noticed,that the Ta
riff Act of 1832, as compared with that
which is now in lorgn, redqpes the dntier.
upon protected article* by the amount of
81,869,036. If, notwithstanding lj|is rt-
duction, the protecting duties an inertasede
this increase must be uccseioneil by 'cli
mating the cash duties and diminished cred
itsNow, the cash dories are confined to
(be importation* on Wooyeos, nnd their
amount would be equal to £ percent, in
the rate of duty, upon Wollens not costing
mote than 33 coots the square yard, fipon
which the duty is Sr per cent, and on Vol-
lens costingjnore than $3 tents the senate
yard',(qf which the value ol between 9flbd3
still further advameawill be made, towards -inillioBi aro imported) it is 21 per cent?
the lulftimciit ol wliat it desired by the
friends of nmestricted industry. !u tbe
interim what has been dime, cannot im
pede, bnt wilf lather accelerate the progress
of more just and liberal ItguUtion. VVerd
I called upon to state what 1 firmly believe,
to he the cause of the tariff system which
now convulses onr State. I should, con
scientiously rvrily.lhst it is to bs attributed
to the Act of the 27th of April, I8l6, the
passage ef which was so strennoualy ad
vocated by three-fourths of the delegation
from Sonth-Carolina: they insisted upon
the necessity of affording protection to
increase in the rate of duty, such Cloth be
ing subject to a duty of SST per cent, on
the rest of onr importations, ffie distiu-
gtuahed credit* are equal to an Increase
bfaTnclJon less titan } per cent, the av
erage rate of duty'nnyil importations, ex
cepting Wvllegs,being about 25per cent.f
"vi-m, tbe protected ertielee uf Molasses sail
Salt, there was a reduction ofthe defies by tbe
sets of IS3S, smoswtiogtP *350.121, wbieh. add-
edto fLKS.Ouo, nukes lb* wbolo rcuocutmi
since tue act of 1626, to be |2,£>25;I77.
The value Imported iu 1830, of p ‘
ticUr, amounted to a
. .. Consisting- of \\ooh TToofieufi,-
ufaetunii to put them beyond the * reach of Cot toot,.Wood, arid jnaoofeettiraa.
contingtneyfrom foreign competition.’ Tlte oftlm Otsaararara, Iron * Steel and
restrictive measures of the government be
fore tlte late wur with Gteat Britain, and
the interruption to onr Commercdaring
that war, had virtually protected .domestic
manufactures; but wh»n the Act pf April,
1816. was under discussion, the duties
which were intended for protection, were
generally 'ns light as almost to have es
caped observation. , In April, <816, tbe
principle of protection was openly avow
ed.; and enforced in many instances
by comqpoodfiot duties. Then was
invented thn mischievous and de-
Insivo contrivance of the minimum*
whicb was first applied to that fabric,
the raw material of which constitutes the
great atapla of the South. It is true that
■ provision was inserted, that tbe rates of
duty upon manufacture* of cotton awl
woolnhoaldberednendwftbin4hreeyein|
bat diene mm' -the only restrictions II
that Act.' Its protective character in oth
er respects, was praservtd. The mini
mum upon Cottons, by the operation of
which those of the East Indies were driv
en tram our market, wap to.be MatM*it
420 cent* instead of 25 cents, without the
annexation of any limitation at to tinsa.
High dttiet open otter commodifies were
imposed; ■ without any reservation; and
among theta the doty apWtelt, wbieh is
tin ccoutHbushekwaa fixed *t 20 cent*,
and the duty '
under theact
pound, an* fixed at 8 casts tho pound
From the era of the paMago of the Aet of
ccognitwo“uftj*»tttkdpolicy of the{* Apf ii, 1816, tho ttausler ol capital was
v.
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manufneturo oftio- Cluthiitei ready
made, lists, Carpetia*. SaJ I)sek,
Cotton Uageior, Molasaaa. Brown
Sugar, ludlgo. Cordage and Twins.
Hemp, Salt. Cool, Window Clara.
Leather, and manufaeturea of do.
Marble, and manufaeUwea of do.
OU Cloth". Japtraaed,Plated, Quill,
Pewter, Brew and Leaden Ware-
duty DO the abovs articles trades
tbe exiting Tariff
14,01,77!!
Dety under the Tariff ofUly.waj, HJai.745
. £ T 4 jft
Reduction on protected articles ft.00,666
tOna close ealculotlon, omUlioJt tie lOaad
40 per cant adtfiriae to the vaBa on gesfia pay
ing sd valorem duties, the fallowing is tbe firi;
fercoge evisiag from the alteration of Ae pound
sterling, and the ctub duties, wtth*wtMp«
The 'reduction on protested article* *
Deduct lotereU « east defies on
Wotfiens, amount ofwltleh being
1,953,159, fur ten months at 0 par
DtaooJ3se**»5bar»rotragti«t- fir
tides amount bein*9,009557. (or
it month" at Cpar cent per an
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