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Official Paper of the United States.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
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Official Paper of the City of Macon,
MACON, GA., MAY 11, 1871.
Mr. Hunter,; a prominent lawyer
and most CHtinable citizen of Macon died
very suddenly last Saturday. His ailment,
wo are informed, was infiamation of the
bowels.
“PUT ME IN MY LITTLE SHELL "
So should sing the Middle Georgian, a pa
per which commands respect' bv its appear
ance, if nothing'else. It is like a common
land turtle: when it sees some one ap
proaching, it draws in its nose and shuts
up its shell, until it is . left alone, when it
gradually opens out, and waddles on.
The Georgian is one of those which says
things blindly, without sense or system, and
refuses to listen to a respectful remon
strance. It, turns a deaf ear to reason and
to argument, and wallows on in its narrow
rut of presumptions, and ignorant assump
tion. , #
\Last week we paid it the compliment of a
fair and candid review of an article con
tained in its columns, which common cour
tesy, if nothing else, demanded an acknowl
edgment of; but, like the turtle, it closed
its eyes aud pretended not to see it. Such
actions do us no barn), nor do we care a
straw for them, for we have long since be
come used to the presumptive rebuffs of id
iots. We do not intend to allow our ob
ject iu lifo to be thus defeated. It’ the
Georgian, or anybody else, ignores our argu
ments, they are arguments nevertheless, and
go before, perhaps, ten times as many read
ers as does the warped and one-sided re
-marks carried by such vehicles as the Geor
gian. We give both arguments so that
readers may come to an intelligent conclu
sion; whereas, the Georgian and its confre
res, dare not let ours, go before their blind
ed followers for fear that their eves may be
. opened and the frauds they are perpetrat
ing be discovered.
In pursuance of our usual course, we feel
called upon to again copy an article from
the Georgian, and show up its falsity, and
its palpable design to lead the people astray,
instead of trying to pour oil on the troub
led waters. We ask our readers to give
these rebellious sentiments due reflection]
and then determine whether common cour-j
tesy could be expected from such a source:
“TAXATION.
“What has the last Congress done? Has
it done anything that would distinguish
any like botvy of lawmakers for wisdom,
generosity, or disinterested patriotism?—
The majority, who constitute the Radical
party, had a wonderful Kilkenny tight over
San ■ Domingo, part of an island away in
the Torrid Zone, and another, in wi ieh as
a matter of course they were more harmo
nious. over the Ku-Klux bill and which has'
become a law. This is designed and inten
ded not only to operate injuriously upon
the Southern people, but to perpetuate the
power of the Radical party—a party cor
rupt and revolutionary in all its tendencies I
—a party who by design or ignorance in-!
tend to overthrow the liberty of the people. j
They have ignored the'burdens under which j
the people groan, and nothing was done to
restore peace.to the land by amnesty, or
relieve the people of the load of taxation
which hangs like an incubus upon their en
ergies and industry. Neither have the en
ormous expenditures of every department
of the government been reduced.
“All these things are nothing compared
to the existence of a party, who have de
bauched the public morals by bribery and
corruption to an alarming extent. An ar
my of tax-gatherers cover the land who in
solently demand the pound of flesh, or the
bottom dollar. All show that the govern
ment must be supported, and none are more
ready and willing to aid in doing this than
the Southern people. But they are not
willing to aid in meeting the craving de
mands of cormorants who live on plunder.
When they see that they are paying taxes
on every article of clothing they wear, on
every tool or farming utensil they use, on
every book or newspaper they read, on ev-.j
cry blanket on their beds or carpet on their j
floors, (if they are able to have the last j
mentioned at all), and on almost everything i
tyiey eat; and this too pot for the support j
Os the government, but for the benefit of a I
few favored manufacturers, then they think
it is full time to call the to ac
count for their conduct. *
“According to a calculation' of Hon. S. S.
Marshall, one of the strongest advocates of
free trade from the West, for every dollar
we spend on cotton fabrics we pay to the
government for its support 3 1-2 cts., but
to the monopolists for each dollar consumed
30 cts.; for every dollar spent on woolens,
we pay the government 10 cts. and the mo
nopolists (H> cts.; and for every dollar laid
out in refined iron, we pay the government
5 cts. and the monopolists 52 cts. Now,
this speech was made at the last Session of
Congress in the hearing of the Radicals;
we have no doubt of its correctness, and
yet these abuses were not remedied, because
the law whs not touched on account of the
fact that the attention of members was ab
sorbed by San Domingo and the Ko-Klnx
bill. j
* “Now every man who bnyscotton fabrics,
wollens and refined iron, knows how much
he is filched in behalf of a favored few.—
For three dollars spent on these articles —
one dollar on each—he gives to monopolies 1
nearly one-half, viz: $1 T 2. This is a beau-]
tifnl way in which the money goes to en- ,
rich a few at the expense of the many.
“No wonder there are more millionaires
at the North than in any other part of our
country. No matter who are poor, if they
are rich and bloated with wealth.
“This is what is meant by protection of
which we have heard so much of ever since
1816. And is this to be the settled policy
of the country for all time to come ? If
the Radicals remain in power, we have no
doubt of it. It is their intention to enslave
thfi people under the pretext of Ku-Klux
ism. The farming class—by far the largest ;
—who need protection as much ns any otli- j
er are to* be made liewers of wood and
drawers of water for all time to favbr a few
who become rich at their expense. Our
only safety against such unjust and unequal:
laws as well as against imperialism, which
means the overthrow xl the government,
lies in tho downfall of the Radical party.”
It may be true that Congress lias not
“done anything that would distinguish it
for wisdom, generosity or disinterested pa
triotism.” We are rather inclined to think
it lias not; but it is because its patriotism
has to some extent been displaced by the
adruissiou into its body of men whose, pa
triotism is alone for the “Lost Cause.” —
Did Congress act upon impulses inspired by
i patriotism for the Governmet, it seems to
us but reasonable that it should come to
the relief of its friepds, and punish its en
emies. But who can claim that such has
] been the case ?
Taxation is complained of. Who was it
that-made the present system and fate of
taxation necessary? And now, that the
I Georgian and its friends have plunged the
i country into an exliorbitant indebtedness,
lit complains of the burthen, borne equally
i with those upon whom it has been thrust
in spite of their loyalty and their adhesion
lto tho government. This idea again expos
|es the narrow, selfish, dishonest spirit
| which prompts such grumbling,' aud more
than ever satisfies ns that to expect courte
sy from such a source, would be equal to
expecting to dip the crystal waters of puri
ty from a cess-pool..
The statement that the expenses of the
government have not been reduced is a fla
grant, wilful falsehood, as any reader of na
honest rebel paper well knows. The ex
penditures in nearly every department have
been largely decreased, and arq, continually
being decreased. The special taxes have
been abolished with the exception of those
upon whisky and [tobacco, and in addition
to the reduction of taxes, the debt of the
country has been reduced, under the dread
ful rule of the Radical party, since March,
1869, considerably more than $200,000,000.
Yet, notwithstanding this historical fact,
this little whipperdn, published at Griffin,
asserts that these things have not been done...
The Georgian says that “none are moke
ready and willing to aid” in the support of
the government than the “Southern peo
ple.” This assertion will admit of construc
tion, as there is a division as to who lire
“the people.” Persons aud papers of jthe
class of the Georgian uniformly contend
that the whites of the South who still main
tain their rebellions disposition towards the
government, are the only ones entitled to
■, be called “the people.” If that position is
the true one, theif the assertion of the
[ Georgian is the most transparent falsehood.
]lf that class aid in the support of the gov
ernment willingly, in wliat particular do
; they show it ? Do they speak favorably, or
even kindly of the government ? Do they
respect its agents except from fear? Do
they exhibit aud admire the country’s ban
ner on all proper occasions? Ready! and
willing! Eh ?
A most inglorious attempt is made to
| throw sand the eyes of the readers' of
J the Georgian by a blundering attempt at an
i argument in favor of free trade, in tbe
I course of which it isstated that the people
j are required to pay taxes on various articles,
and among them, newspapers. What more
tax do the people of Griffin pay for the
Georgian, than they paid for the Southern
Democrat under the administration of James
Buchanan ? On other articles the price
may be higher now than then, but we are
naturally led to inquire how this came about,
and trace it readily to the votes of “the
people of the South,” and their usurpations
in 1861; but to offset these prices, the pro
ducts of the country are held at much
higher prices. Mr. Marshall, or anybody
else, can figure,up the advantages of free
trade, and may deceive some people who
refuse to learn anything by experience; but
an enlightened people, such as constitute
the population of the United States, will
' never submit to a measure that will retra
; grade them in their glorious career. This
: country is made up of too great a mass of
j laboring -people, with votes in their hands,
; competent to prevent the aristocracy from
making paupers or menials of them. Free
trade means to throw open European pau
per workhouses iu competition with the
American mechanic. It means to close np
our local manufacturing interests. It mean s
to supply us With every article we want
cheaper than we can produce it at our own
doors, unless our mechanics and laborers
will work at prices upon which no man can
live and be arnan. Children of poor men
must be put at labor at eight years of age,
to obtain bread. Wives must be servants
or factory women to help make np the pit
tance upon which they are compelled to
support their families. This is competition
under Free Trade. For the edification of
the doubting, we submit a carefully pre
pared tabular statement, showing the dif
ference between the wages of the working
classes in Europe and the United States:
Men's Weekly j
Wages.
OCCT'PATIONS.
EUROPE j AMERICA
Accordeon makers....!.. $2 52 $lB 00
Artificial flower makers. . . ... . 2 52j 000
Bakers.... 2 88] .......
Barbers.. ... .L ........ ..j. ....I 144 15 00
Basket makers ........ .. 216 9 OOjj'
Barrel makers 3 CO 10 50
Beer Brewers 324 16 00*
Belt makers & workers in bronze j 4 32 15 00
Bicachejrs ............. J. ; 2 88;' 15 Ooj<
i’ook-W rulers ... ....... 288 15 00 '
Jrass-founders 4 56, 2LOO>
>rusli shakers.. ...V' j....... - 72 15 00 j
Brick layers. 2 88; 24 OQU
Brick maker 5........ ..j..... 0 00 12 00 ;
Butchers 2 88 13 50;
Button makers 288 13 50] j
Card (Iplaving) makers..., 288 13 50
Card (carding) makers. : 288 12 00 j
jCabinet makers : 210 10 50;
Carpenters 324 13 ,QQi
Cartoon maker 5......... 1..... 3 24, 15 Off
Cigar makers ............ 240 15 GO
Chair framers. 2 88 12 00
Chemical manufacturers 2 40 21 00
Chimney 5weep5.’............. 72 9 Ok
Clothes finishers. 324 12.00 j
Cloth weavers..... J 300 12 OQi
Cloth shearers L 2 88, 20 0?P
Cloth printers 3 00. 12 00 ]
Comb makers. i l 44j 13 501
Confectioners . ! 1.80 ' 15 00 j
Coopers ■ 3 GO] 10 50 I
Cotton spinners ........ 3 00; 15 CO
Ray laborers. 1 234 9 00;
Distillers 1 44 18 00 |
Dyers oi silk and wool .j. ; 2 88; 15 00]
I Engravers ~.. .....] 3 60] '26 oft
]! Farm laborers. 2 50' 10 00 !
i File cutters 2 88 ( 15 00 j
! Fringe makers.. j 2 40; 13‘lfr
Gardeners .....; 3 GO] 12 w
,Glaziers ! 2 88] 18 00
; Glass workers j , 2 90, 20 Ok
! Glove sewers 1 44] 12 00
Goldsmiths 3 24 i 18 00
Gunsmiths... L] 1 GBi 18 00
Hatters 2 52! 18 00
Harness makers. 1 08] 15 00
Iron founders ........ j 432 15 18
Machine builders 3 24, 18 00
Locksmiths. . .’ 4 82* 18 00
Cutlers 2 40i 18 Otr
Nail makers M 240 15 00
Blacksmiths ..... 1 08 12 00
Screw makers.. 4 32; 15 00
Lithographersi I 432 30 00
Millers ! 192 45 00
1 Needle makers. ! 96 0 00
Oil-cloth makers. 1 240 12 00
Potters....... J ,1 240 18 00
Printers — ■ •
Compositors 3 GO; 20 00
80y5...;..,... ... 9(! i 0 00
Rope makers 96 12,00
Saddlers .... ..' 96 ],TOO
Saw-mill laborers 2 881 12 00
Slaters ....... ... 1 92] - 24 00
Shoe makers '.. 1 08 ; 16 0(|
Shoemakers’tools ..j 2 88j 15 0k
Soap makers .....] 2 88] 12 00
Stocking makers (machine)... .. 5 04; 10 50
Stonemasons 3 60] 24 00
Stone cutters 7 20 15 00
Stone quarrymen 216 1350
Tailors ....,*. 88 18 00
Tanners .... ..! 144 21 00
Turners . V|..] 108 15 00
Tapestry workers. 240 12 00.
Watchmakers 2 88, 18 00
Wheel rights 288 i 24 00
Worsted work... 1 08; 12 Off
Wire-cloth makers....... 1>; 2 16; 15 00
Weavers (silk)...._ 1 2 40, ; 15 00
Wool combers j 2
I $2Bl C 2 $1,238 50
The “monopolists,” the “Radicals,” the
“favored few,” the “millionaires,” are epi
thets applied to the successful business man,
by this stilted critic of human progression.
Does the Georgian advocate the “Commu
nity System,” where every maivis an equai
owner, independent of his abilities or. his
capital ? If there are more millionares at!
the North than at the South, it has only re
cently been admitted,* for that used to be
claimed for Southern gentlemen. If it is
true, that there are more at the North than*;
at the South, whose fault is it ? Do not the
Southern people have the same opportuni
ties, and only the same restrictions that ap
ply to Northern people ? If the Souther©
people prefer indolence, encourage a con
tempt for labor, and advocate brigandage,
they should not grumble at the thrift of in
dustry, economy and virtue, and lay the
blame at the door of a political principle,
the rudiments of which they have never
learned.
The closing paragraph of the Georgian's
article, we leave to answer for itself. The
man or woman of intelligence, who will
read it without grinning at its ludicrous
ness, will have better control of their facial
muscles, or less of their humorous faculties
than we have.
POOR FRANCE.
For some time it may be expected by those
who feel an interest in the future of France
that, in the words of Cato, shadows, clouds,!
and darkness will rest upon it. M. Thiers,
it must be confessed, has shown himself une
qual to the great responsibility which was
thrown upon him at the time when the Ger
man conquerors permitted the National As
sembly to be elected. His retreat with that
body to Versailles, though rendered neces
sary by the action of the counter-revolution
ist in Paris, destroyed his prestige. Even
the fortifications of Paris, hi3 own work
thirty years ago, have turned out to be a
failure—it might be added, like himself.
They were inadequate to protect Paris from
foreign besiegers, and they are equally un
able to guard the city against internal riot.
They look formidable enough, in that, re
sembling tbe author of “The Consulate and
the Empire,” but are found to be inefficient
in the hour of need.
There is an uncertainly about M. Thiers’
politics •which is very much against him.
Starting as a strong republican, he became
such a decided Orleanist after 1830 that the
doors of official station flew open to him,
and he was Prime Minister twice daring
Louis Philippe’s reign. After 1848 he
again manifested republican tendencies; was j
one of the arrested on December 2, 1851 ;<
found an asylum in Switzerland, where fie!
completed his Napoleonic; history, and
thereby significantly intimated to the neph
ew of his hero that, if an experienced Cab
inet Minister were needed under the re
stored Empire, Barkis was remarkably wil
ling. :i M. Louis Napoleon had an idea that
he wonld be his own Prime Minister, and
M. Thiers also had an idea that, once in tbe
Imperial Cabinet, he, and not the son of Hew
tenstj Beauharnais, should govern France.
These rival ideas being incompatible, all |
that Could happen was thajt one of the great
men should go to the wall; and so, during
the seventeen years and tep months of Lou
is Napoleon’s reign, M. Thiers never was
placed in office. On the fall of the Empire,
last September, he turned up again, and as
was to be expected—for he is a man. of abil
ity, experience, authorship, and eloquence
—M. Thiers became a power in France; be
came nominal head of the new Republic.
At tliis moment, however, his power is in
considerable.
It is reported that Germany will inter
pose, and will endeavor, with the strong;
hand, to settle matters in Paris—probably j
"by restoring the Regency, with the Empress
Eugenie at its head. It is doubtful whether
that lady, who has born her reverses ex
tremely well, would reassume such a peril- 1
ious position. It may bo questioned, too, |
whether her husband, if it were offered:
I him, would return to tile Tuileries. He j
j has failed, and failure is a crime in France, j
In December, 1851, when |his coup d'etat j
j took place, lie became popular because lie ■
I was successful. His life, were lie replaced
|on the throne of France,would not be worth ;
I ten days’ purchase in Paris.
Some believe that Adolphe Thiers, hav- !
ing a remarkable historical example before
his eyes, may play the part which General
Monk played in England after the death of
Oliver Cromwell, and effect a restoration, j
This is possible, even not wholly improba- j
j ble, bui—Who shall be restored ?
| T iere are now at least three pretenders
:to the throne of France. First, the Duke
of Bordeaux, grandson of Charles X., whom
the few adherents of the fallen Bourbon
dynasty call Henri V., while he himself has
j assumed the modest title of Count de
jChambord; next, there is the Count de
} Paris, eldest grandson of the Citizen-King,
j Louis Philippe of Orleans; third, Louis
| Bonaparte, who was Emperor of the French,
|by popular election, from December 2,
i 1851,until September 4, 1870, when he was
j deposed by a popular vote in Paris, assisted
by his captivity in Germany. The only
.representative of the elder Bourbon branch
is a gentleman of moderate abilities and re
spectable character, now in his fifty-first
year, and childless, after twenty-five years
of matrimony. There are tico Orleans
princes ready to reign in France, 1 if French
men will have them. One is the Count de
i Paris, the other his uncle, the de Nemours,
j who has such a very good opinion of him
self that he thinks his nephew ought to be
nowhere in the game.
As nobody seems disposed to place the
nominal Henri V., on the throne, M.
Thiers, if he will go in for a restoration,
has but to choose au Orleans or a Bona
parte. Having made his political reputa
tion (and a fortune of 6,000,000 francs) in
the service of Louis Philippe, and having
been considerably snubbed, to say the’least
jof it, by Napoleon 111., one would think
that M. Thiers’ sympathies would be
against the latter. Yet the current rumor
in Paris and Versailles is that he is dis
posed to have France governed, pro tern.,
under a regency of three—namely, himself,
Marshal MacMahon, who shared Napo
leon’s defeat and surrender at Sedan, and
the Empress Eugenie! It was hoped that
I Prince Bismark would baek up this last
! named project.
All these speculations may be premature,
but; it is well to be prepared for the future,
because if is clear that France cannot, will
not long submit to the political and social
chaos which now pervades her capital and
some of her great cities. Ere long, most
prcjbably, some arrangement will be made
in -the shape of a compromise.— Philadelphia
Press, sth inst. v
j(jgg- Here is a specimen of the open
arnjied welcome that Northern people are
given by a certain class in the South, who
boast of their chivalry and their hospitality,
and who are loud in their hypocritical pre
tense that there is no proscription or preju
dice towards Northerners. It is the lead
ing editorial in the Warrenton 'Clipper of
the 4th inst. :
YANKEE PREJUDICE.
There is roaming through the South at
the present time, one Henry W. Raymond,
a correspondent of the New York Times, in
whose Yankee heart lurks the bitterest ha
tred for every Southern enterprise in which
!the thieving Yankee is not allowed to par
ticipate.
This roving “Bohemian” recently visited
Augusta, and from the complimentary de
scription he gave of the natural scenery
wh(ich adorns Greene and other streets, of
that fair city, and the vile slanders he ut
ters against the Merchants, Hotels, etc., he
certainly imagines that God is a Yankee,
hence his laudation of shrubbery and igno
rance of every thing evincing the genius and
enterprise of the merchants and public
men of Augusta.
His opinion of Southern Hotels, general
ly, is an evidence that he expected to be
‘•'dead headed” throughout the South, and
his bare faced lies regarding the Planters’,
and. slurs against the other hotels of Augus
ta, is conclusive testimony that he was sad
ly ! disappointed, and had to fork over his
“four dollars a day,” which, to a Yankee
liilfl Raymond, is equal to drawing eye teeth.
Neither Goldstein, of the Planters’, or He
witt, of the Gloke, are addicted to extend
ing courtesies to representatives of such
malignant and black hearted Northern
Journals as the New York Times, hence the
junior Raymond’s wail, and his inability to
find a “first class” hotel in Augusta.
- »
Sgk. They had a gift show at Waterbury,
CL, the other night, and after it was over
the prize chamber set was seen to go back
to its lender, with $5 for its use—Ex.
What sort of a chamber set is meant ?
Was it mahogany , oiled walnut, or only com
mon granite ware. ? |
THE STATE BOAD LEASE.
We find our sentiments so exactly ex
pressed by the Newnan Herald of the sth
inst., relative to the State Road Lease, that
we copy the article and endorse it:
The following letter written by Joe Brown
to certain members of the Legislature, and ;
probably all of them, has called forth much |
comment by the Press of the State. Here
!is the letter:
Western and Atlantic Railroad Cos., )
President’s Office, >
Atlanta, Ga., March 26, 1871. )
Dear Sir :—As you are one of the guar
dians of the public interest, and your posi- i
tion will make it your duty to look into the :
jj matters connected with the State’s interest
relative to the Western and Atlantic. Rail
road, I enclose you a free pass for the year
1871. and invite you to pass over the road j
as often as you tliiuk proper, and will i
thank you for any suggestions which you!
jinny make at any time. It is the intention j
'of this company to comply with its contract 1
| with the public promptly and faithfully, j
; and to observe all its obligations in letter
! and spirit, and we desire to afford the rep- i
j reseutatives of the people every facility nec- |
j essarv to enable them to see that this is |
: done. That I may know that this has
' reached yon, please acknowledge its receipt.
Very respectfully, your obt. serv’t. .
Joseph E. Brown.
Joe Brown may have designed to bribe
members of the Legislature by these ten- j
ders of free passages, as thought by some,
but we don’t believe it. While we are not
an admirer of the ex-Governor, yet we have
at all times given him credit for the posses
sion of shrewdness and an extraordinary
amount of common sense, and hence can
not conclude that he would be guilty of en
tertaining a thought so silly as that a mem
ber of the Legislature of Georgia could be
bribed into silence by the small favor of a
free pass. In brief, we think Joe Brown
has faith in the fairness and legality of his
lease, and is willing for the question to be
examined in all its phases, and hence meant
what he said in his letter.
We know nothing of the circumstances
attending the leasing of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, except what has been
published in the Atlanta Constitution, and
we have been unable to discover anything
fraudulent or illegal in the leasing. We
however, wish the affair probed to the bot
tom to ascertain if there has been fraud
committed or favoritism shown, and if yea,
we shall clamor for the application of the
proper remedy. Under no circumstances/
however, can we ever favor any measure
which will place the road again under the
control of the Executives of Georgia and
their political favorites. We may have
placed an inproper construction on the let
ter of the Ex-Governor, but we shall not
believe it until the contrary appears. We
are loth to think evil, when it is as reason
able to think well, of the motives of others.
jj£g“ Every utterance in favor of their
peculiar theory, from any source whatsoever,
is now being seized upon by the State’-
rights Democracy as confirmation of their
dogma that this is a confederation of States,
and not a union of a people. A recent de
cision of the Supreme Court that the Uni
ted States has not the power to tax the sal
ary or income of a State judge has given
great satisfaction to these recklesss stick
lers after State sovereignty. One declar
tiou, that of Judge Clifford, that the States
exeisted as independent sovereignties be
fore the Union was formed, and hence that
the Union was their creation and derived
its power from them, is particularly pleas
ing. That this inference is a wrong one is
proved by all records. In forming the
Federal Constitution the States were in a
great measure lost sight of and the people
alone considered. From them all the pow
er was derived, and in them alone it exists.
The abstract question of the constitutional
ity of the income tax as applied to State
officers may be right as decided by the Su
preme Court, but when it comes to whether
this is a confederation of independent
sovereignties, as determined by at least a
portion of that tribunal, there will be a
very wide difference of opinion, and we in
cline to the belief that the men who hold
such views aro just as much nulifiers, and
secessionists as Calhoun or Davis.—Phila
delphia Press.
jjgy* Some people have strange notions.
The Middle Georgian of the sth inst., prints
an article under the head of “Our Foreign
Trade,” in which it finds much fault with
the Government, without suggesting a plan
for relief. As usual, it whines about want
ing “peace” and “prosperity,” “equal laws
for the whole country,” &c., and ends by
saying that the South furnishes the greater
amount of exports, and insinuates that the
South should be favored in some way or
other so repay her for the excess which is
claimed for her exports. Is that the way to
have peace and sectional equality ? Is the
South, as of yore, to be petted and humored
in all her unreasonable and never ending
wants by the great independent and self-re
liant North ? If the South is really so im
portant to the commerce of the Nation,
why does she not assert herself, and by the
common laws of trade, compel obedience to
her demands? No; all such grumbling re
sults from an indisposition to admit the fact
that, although the South has natural ad van l
tages possessed by no other portion of the
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