Columbia telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1819-1821, June 19, 1829, Image 2
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III* lilchmntid t'.u>|?iiicr ]
lina?AnDNAinrrACTi'iiM.
Iihh ugaiu "run a-toul" of our
ii? xuhjcrt; and poured out iu
r the litllowing disquisition on
! thing* in ^vucrul:" -
?? i* friend Mr. R?ix not a clone calcu
A pound of tobacco that pay* a du
r ity-nix cent*, iu KngUua, i* hardly
'/? fiurt of Mr "ditlk'* of a pound of
Ju-ii cloth, which, under the dollar nun*
w ould pay a "cottddontbly lew" duty
? admit that llui officers of the UritiHt
. ment may bo more Efficient, if not
vigilant'* thun our's hecaiwo of the
up niration of the laws under which
1. Tobacco introduced into Kngland
t paying the r?*pubr ditto, i* hone*t
?manfully smuggled, at a well
i and very mjvere haxaid; but the
jhiy that wo complain of, ia that of
paxsting through our custom house*,
? lelivered "to order," to be m?M by
oeeni, withthehaaard only of meeting
next payment of duly, it','perchance,
b ua-rv- linn iiiiiui] laimuar Willi mr I
iat vast quantities of cloths really J
7 orS*. Murling, have boon imported j
tin-one dollarminiiuum?and rrwnt
otiu case, the duties which amounted i
v 1-100 dollar* on a lot of goods as <??
, *m' ma in to amount to more than I
on the gemls as u/i/tralsrd. N. Yorl;, j
radise of Hiitihli agent*utul American
neers,?is grand theatre ofthwo op
iih?not, an we think, becauite of the
io?ty or want of vigilance in the ?*j?
rs, hut from delects in our laws or the
of energy in executing them?and ho
of the facilities altorded to lrrca/ion*i
reigtt?r* to defraud the' revenue.?
? facilities arise maiuly from the inigh
lOUlit of hiiMUi'SH transacted at the OUs
oomo of that city, owfn cign account?
ant of Millicieiit agents or officer* to
aud absolutely e\amiue a sufficiency
e packages?ami the management* of
jction system, which are embarrassing
?i gular merchants, robbing the trea
and mining the growers aud mauufac
s of wool. .Mr. ii?is probably not n
that the price of the alock?that in, of
*ool, dye-Mulls, tie. usrd t.i making a
of Mich cloth as \\ <? have just ultovo
?n of in Kiiglan I, ?s i.i.>s iiy tiii:
lis a::'*k\t ok u< t\ , than *< tit:
II KAYS Wll K\ THIS IMVi'irrill)
Tin; I'mtko Status. Thi> is <a
iin<?oi>:opd when we reilect a moment
he llritish governm-nt admits, " the
" Iuiv.it free of duty, while wo hoax i
\ it.
t'esnid nothing about a duty in France
1 tlio instruction of the editor <>t the
:iror is gratuitous. Wr?lti?ew tli.it tin*
co busiio ss was a government nion >j?
i that country?hut the inducement to
gling i* rather increased than d-niiu
on thut account. And the "bulk'* of
lo.tities, though Mr. K-*~dweUsoniU'."h
thai, as. w.' ha\o already stated, af
no protection against smuggling <>f o?
? into (J. II. and Franco, that r<t
?, with much greater force, to "hou-s
glingb" of llritish cloths into the I i i
tatcs. A pound of tobacco, paving t:0
duty, liny l*? pro.'sed into the >;n- e
tx tJ cuhic inch'-#; hut a quantity if
Tpati w ' itk*> aiii'.unl of duty, unri.r
oo d'>|)j, .uiiiiinmu, v.vul I occupy nia
ibic iu<h< *. It i* the duty that pre
inlurennut to >miiigEhiig;r.ud though
oas* is e\t?Uhive and esous'-d, we di>
elo vo tltat much smuggling [pro;vrj
plae?\ T > carry it on, more uumi-di
- requirox the mfJncy of Ann ri.:,v.i citi
?hav ing n common stake in our eoun
ud res|H?nsil.le in character nn 1 coti
rJuirvfiie foreigner, in the other less
> way of cheating the government,
inthing t.i f.-ar hut t!??? payment ?f a
uty on ItN goods: and .?ven if lie shall
ir to hv an unqualifK.il rascal, it mn?
ut little tn him if he escoposthe pr-nal
Uir raw for perjury, fee. fie changes
cation tit pleasure; and, at homo, will
>e r ?garded as a very "clever follow,"
uiilucky man, as !>e succeeds in his at
? to defraud "brother Jonathan"?
X himself justified in doing towards nn
?hich, rogue as he may he, he would !
?trained from doinjj towards the i?ov
;nl and poo)de of his own country Mid ,
anifoM reasons that must occur t<> uvo
o." i
..Nii'si< (nwiiuli to roin
ht'Ki'iii'^lin^oRolKieco into Ku>r|.md,
that nf the lowest sort of Wpollot
? s.?IIr? keeps out of view all the Hut
irftill *<??rtsof devaiption, wliutlu'r ol
linen, silU, Sir. v hose value in so
ill nr'portion to their hull*.?Had
>rt of cmiijMriMi'i l.oen made, the re
n< t.? po**!hility of Hinugxlin!;, wotiM
been essentially ?i<ft?-r*-i*t.
pax**;* over the other i riw for tfreat
tliU oTtojuggUug iu thiscountry, than
inland. \ u 'he c renter vi(filai?;e and i
nage tlieri?, tV:;i lur-re, with this jf'o-i
mark, vir..?'".he tatter or^nni'/zitiitu |
bwanxi'Icr w Jii--.h they iut." Would |
'if. introduce tliopame system horn an
! Won 11 hp introduce as strict audi
sive ;i police? sn many revenue-rut-1
?tid1 waiter*, the whole hody ofrcnti-j
ver the rewnue, whirh tlicy have in
d airJ in England! With our Ion*.
f nca roasts wnd ??f the l.ik'ss! Would
e g?in frequently rost more tiiau it
ii1 Would th? Revenue |ny the ex- ]
-'.a?t to speak of the habits of a free i
, which forbid surJi nn inquisitorial i
I of "xri?o and ru?tom-hon ?e officer*?
ild he multiply appraiser* to the nuni- i
iich thf> KrrijtiniKiiiK *y#teni of mini - j
and the complicated system of duties I
reqnitv to enforce it??Would it not
| fuy with a considerahlo part of the
? .And after all, wo licpr hint to recol- j
? temptation* it hnM* out to men to j
tones*, and the fair d'-ab-r to become a
i lyinf, and unprincipled sumir^ler?
*pe?k of the opprrtedon* which it
u|?oii one section of the country, for
nefit of iinethor?and even that not
l?cn?filted, as it eniteutltM over
tiou; dome?tic competition, which
? to low prices nnd ruined rrtannfac.
r -Of which, there are already too
melancholy instancy in Neir-Kng
<'? !Yin<">. \r *?<!<?# thD'pn^otin we
*iv/?n for !<? ? rumpflfftHve tlmrtiro <>f
.[in*; totaivn, w?? c?ll to hti* attention,
illforitffi Cho privi!pjr?v| dealer*
?)? w?tatring over evfity nbu?w>, *ml
*4t ofofltar* which art iflteMixhH fr>
' t t!??t or unjr other ill kit (fouling.?
Mr. Nlfi* introduce thrf whole *j*~
'fti9 rf' nrme* irttn tlii* free wrtin*
lit eontmry to tlw prinriplo* of
atxl Ihn Mpirit of ? Om (!oun
if ttf
J!
' all. wr <nvW*'an?l th?t the #mutf
[n tifltgfotul i* v try roneidevuhfo.
though it i* IcMwnod by the extraordinary I
vigil* nee ol the officer*, and of Into no many j
>rt) required a* to abaorb i larjru proportion
oi'the revenue derivable firuju tho iui|K*i.?
S!u>uld the inducement* in tho U. 8. be
made equaM>y high dutie*. our eowt and
line* ure ?o extended that the buftineaa
would he much aurer in tlii* country
titan in Krieland, and, therefore, carried on
very largely. Nor will ountcoploeoiwrnt
to m? lar^e an incroiute of officer* as will be
reuuiitite to guard tho revenue.
A frieutl, who i* more conversant with
these detail* Uuui we itretend to be, haa fa
vored u* witli the following stricture* on
Mr. Nileft'remarka:
Mr. IN ilex ih now complaining, that
KikhIh pans the American Custom'House*
w ithout pay in# tho regular duties. 80 far
a* wo have heard, Mere were but few ca
ses of smuggling before (he passage of the
Into law, tail thai it would incrcoso the illi
cit tmde has been always contended for,
and ?? considered an a very Mibxtantial
reason for refusing all increase i>|' the law
of 1821.?From Mr. N'sarticlo it cannot
be perceiVad how ho would remedy the
evils of wldch lie complain*. lie tell* us
of a Kindle invoice that wax no altered by
; the nppraiiterx as to oblige the imiiortcr to
S pay $5000 ii.stead of ?1,400. Tins is Mirc
j ly taking care of the revenue ; but Mr. N.
say* *0 much business is transacted in New
York, thnt the appraiser** cannot tlior
oughly examine nil, and that there are de
fect* iu tho laws, fce. If the law holds
I out such temptation to commit fraud, as
1 notwithstanding the honesty and vigilance
.of thoappraisers, they are, mivcrthclex*,
I extensively and Miceaxfully practised, wo
1 should expect but lew ituppoi icrs of such a
; law. 'Hie inducement to irregular entries
ix certainly very strong, when a yard of
{??loth which costs 110 ceutx in made to pay
t the same duty ax if it cost 250?for should
j the iui|Hirter have it invoiced at 100, the
J duty would l?e allcr tho 30th June noxt,
; ??> 1-2 cent*. whereas, at 110 (for any thine
| from 101 to 2.*),) the duty would be 122 1-2
cents ; thus by under invoicingMii* goods a
few cents in U ?? yd. he would effect a sa
ving of 73 cents in the duty, uiul that too,
when the amount w as only 40 1-2 cents
laud so with the other minimuinx. >Vc
| have nlwits obiocted most particularly to
j the minimum mode of estimate, l>clicviiig,
{th:?t by a course <*f averaging, '? e fuir ini
? porter would he mon* injured t.- ,1 |?y the
old plan, and these impositions cannot Ik?
detected except every piece of goods is
particularly examined ami measured, which
'?? entirely impracticable, unless, indeed, a
large .miiouiiI ofduties l?e expended in their
( securing. We understand that such exam
; illations are now made as to occasion vexa
! tious delays, not because of ncgligencc on
the part of theotlieer* hut growing out ol
? the dilliculties of ascertaining the duties
under the laws.
" It is scarce neces^arv to go Into the ex
amination of the cost'of wool, dyestufi's,
, Kc. in F.ngland, for it .Mr. N. in correct in
, slating that these are as much less there as
the whole duty here, it does not ill the
least alter the opinion, of the Aiiti-Tarifl
ites, haling ahva\? maintained that adutv
froni 20 to '25 per cent, was abundantly
h'tih; l^r, that added to the usual charges
? on importation, and mer.-aiitilc profit, gave
1 an ell ?ctual advantage ol upwards of ft) |H r
ivnt? Allow this not to be spilicient, and
? In* iinpolicx of forcing the manufacture of
c! ?tli. at a higher cost, will we,apprehend,
a .?p; ar much more forcibly to the reader,
I ihan any reasoning at all* on the abstract
J <]!|cstio]i is.likely to :aake it.
j " Mr. Nile* says, cloths w hicji cost 7 orN
. shilling* strrling have been imported under
j the miiiimum of 100. There is no doubt.
; but that there are such c.isex, but it is ex
. pecWd in uinsl instances such descriptions
arc not imported by tlu- fair trader, ax the
j duty is too high tor him to expect remune
ration. It is expected that Mr. Nile* ix
[ much in the; dark on the subject of the prcs
j out cost of some hinds of cloths mid caxxi
? meres, for it is understood that the tiill iu
bni;laii(l in the last nine months is very
considerable, and, therefore, if the good*
I now received, are to be compared with
similar qualities iminuted previously to
the passage of the Tariff, they must ap
pear so low now as to give the idea of
management or trick to evade the do', s
The experience of the last half a do/?eit
years, ought to satisfy Mr. Nilcs, how im
possible it is lor the prices of manufactures
to Ik- forced up higher, than their proper
compnrti.ive worth to the great articles of
agriculture. It .-coins to have hern the aim
of most governments, and ours alwive all
dherx, to compel the consumers to pay
'uglier for whatever manufacture* thev buy,
not only of foreign iiroduction but of home
fabrics, these l??t through the iiixUiimen
tahty of the former, hut the effort seems in I
no cr.?r to eftel t (he object to the degree de
sired by iii advocate* :?for tho' priccx
may lie somewhat increased at first, yet
the diminution in consumption consentient
thereon, ami the effect of smuggling, nerve '
together to keep dow n prices, and the fair
honest dealer is (be principal Miffin r.
" Nothing has occurred to almke fln?opin
ion tliMt the iicnip?l?iti of manufacturing
would incroaae in the I'nitcd Slate*, like
other iMihtne*#, whenever nntl whwvrr
wanted. jtinl in the anine way that MilN
for tin? manufacture of Hour, hprimr up in
every neighbourhood, kohooii as the quiin
ti?y of whwit rro? n, make* it the interest
of the f'apitnliftt to manufacture Hour, and
we cannot help con*id<-ring it unwiw in the
Legislature fo force the cotton smJI woolen
manufacturer, by extraneous inducement*.
The present mode of collecting the revenue
in to he preferred ; and there i* no rennon to
object to the dutie* being from 20 to 36 per
cant, on the cost of imported article#, ex
cept Home few kinds which are readily in
trodueed without paying any dutv, *ucl?
for instance a* Jewelry, l<ace*, fee; hut
more than th**e rate* in Iwlieved to be in
juriou* to all clause*, hy the temptation
which they afford to the prosecution Mn
hu*incx*, not culled for by tne want* of the
Community.
?' One word a* to the price of wool.?It
will l?e recollected, that in \H9f\, it waa *aid
the manufacture* required additional nun
port, and at tlw iiriwloii of 18?l 27, the. Dill
to increase the dutie*, paaaed the H n?ae of
KeprcHentativca, and ao confident were it*
n.lv. it? i at ili certain tfactment* tit (no
next *e**ion, that the raiding of alieep waa
greatly extended, and the Mipply now ao
much exceed the demand, that price* have
fallen materially, porbajm a* much a* 90
Krceut below the three Ia*t ream. Our
tintry ia ro happy in the at*mdance< of
fine land?. that the mere pro*pert of rojuu
neratton ia followed hy over production,
not merely of fJrain. Cotton, and Tnlweco,
hut of every thing?foe which ia the prodpee
of land; and eon it tw> expected that wool,
or any <ma article, ia to fi?rm an exception 1
We Sow thi* atate of thing* waa predicted
by aome, who IimI watched cloaely the
rouraeofthfngain thia country; }?t their
view* were ridicuUtl, aud there is reasou
to fou, that (he mom doctrine* ai
be brought forward, which In piece of re
lieving, will only aggravate the evil.?
Let the Uoverumeat cease its;i?lffftimpo?
with the punulta of the iteople, uxt 'each
state aud individual will, without delay,
ti iid out and pursue that business or occu
lta tkm, which hi* interest will dictate."
Wo call upou Mr. Niles to tVamo his Bill
for re/ireiihg smuggling and eec titrating
manufacture. ' Is ho for raiting the tariff
higher t'How will lib prevent, 1st. the
?niuggling of cheaper, foreign goods 1 2d.
how prevent our ow n citixenN from being
tempted tio over dealing, and domestic
competition, and raising more goods than
they can profitably engage in! For,' we
hold both pro|xmitions, that the higher the
duty on Foreign goods, the grrater the
quantity of go<ids that will Ihj smuggled,
and the greater the danger of over-uianu
ferturing among our owu citixrnn. In
1810, the manufacturers (tainted their dis
trcfweit and begged for aid.?The Tariff of
*1G wan grunted to them.?In. 1824, exces
sive competition came on, and their com
plaints obtained the tariff of *24.?The Mime
cauKcs produced the sauio effect?over
dealing. The same game was played in
182H?with an increased list of evils, conuie
j titioiiN, low prices and ruin?even wool in
ho low that the wool-growers complain lien
i nily of dixappointmont and Iomi. IVell!
what next 1 More Tariff?Or what does
1 Mr. Niles want. Let liiui tell us?and
' give us his bill.
The following remark* from the N. Y.
Kvening Poxt are so appropriate, that we
dismiss the subject with them, by way of
anix'iidi* :
??'l'hc Ho*ton Courier, a zcalou* advocate
of the "American System," admit* that
the condition of the jVlamifucturers in that
part of the countr) I* cxtiemcly deplora
ble. "The evil," it proccedt to *ay, "in:
fear it not yet past, and it i? with melan
choly forelioding that we reflect u|>on the
embarasrmeut that may yet come upon the
wool grower* in tonwquencc of thi* *oill ot
ahominathus.' They have large stock* of
wool on hand which the manufacturer* can
not purcha*c but at low price*, probably a
thin' oilu* price* of la*t season." Thi*
is a melancholy picture enough, but what
Khali be done Shall we raise the duties on
wool? The manufacturer* who arc unable
to purchase it now, >would in that rase be
less so. Sliiill we raise the duty on impor
ted woollen*.' Alas, we have been raising I
;thc duties on woollen* from time totimc,!
| and the higher we have raised them, into j
the deeper distress we have 'dunked the1
manufacturer*, The duties on woollen* I
and the manufacturers seem to bejike the i
two endsof a sees .t?\ When the former goe* j
up, the latter domes down.
,%\Vr are surprised that the Huston Coil-j
rier or any other paper should undertakeI
t to vent its Spleen Upon us, on account of the |
i miiw'hiev?>iis consequences of the late tarifl'.
Were we iu lavor of that measure 1 \Ve
admitted to be sure that it was as lair an ex -
emplillcation ?i| tin*" Aiuerieau System" j
las could lie devised ? a most direet, (earless
carrying; out of the principles of that svs
[ teni into pr.o tice ; a law Inni^ht with inis
: chiefs and burdens to every section of thej
j Union ; a measure most impartially and i
.equally oppressive. We expressed ouri
! hope that the odium that Would attend it
would induce the country to shake it ofl'jj
and we now repeat our hope, strengthened !
as it i* by the general impatience of the
people. (hit i( we were not in favor of the
incasUM>, we recollect that Mr. Webster
, was. lie voted for it, and in a dinner
speech afterwards assur-d the people at
l Ho>ton, that the t.late of Massachusetts
j would be a gainer by the measure. See
; w hat i? become of the prediction*,and what
value is to Ik* placed on the |Kilitical wis
jdomof these sages of the restrictive sys
? teni ? We should think they were the pro
I per subjects of the attacks'of the Courier
! instead of the presses which oppose that
j measure.
j "The lioston Courier, probably, has not
a very go4?d recollection of what we said on
| the subject of llm late tariffat the time it was
under discussion?at h*nst if we may judge
[from the way in which it niiarep'rcseiit*
us. We never said that it would enrich the
mnnfactunrs. We said ih.twos the object
1'inl we ilepreci>ito?l It as a most unjust one,
' because it could only enrich them at thu
|expellee of the rest of the community.?
; When we were told by its advocate* that
I it would make goods cheaper by the com
j petition it would ixvasirtu we replird that
( then it wtmld ruin the manufacturers.?
j The first immediate effect, we urged, would
1 In* lo raise the price of woollens, to the
disadvantage of the purchaser.A ml such
has been the fact. < The state of the mar
kets soon after the passing of Ihe tariff,
made good our words. Wliru the execs
sivo competition, invited by the act, should
have time to produce its effect, and when
the smuggler should have time to intro
duce his goods illegally, we showed that
the consequence* would hi- to distress the
very class of persons whom the law was
intended to encourage and enrich. This
consequence has now come to pass in its
time
" Hut let lis look for a moment at the
consistency of these people. They told
lis we must raise the duties hccausf* this
rise would cheapen the article, and the
consumer would he benefitted. Now these
very people complain bitterly and loudly
because flic article is mi cheap. The man
ufacturers are ruined liecauso they cannot
get an adequate price for their fabrics.?
They want still higher duties in order
that they may get lietter price*. Hut ac
cording to their ow n reasoning, the high
er you raise the duties the lower the pri
ce* wiil lie, and any increase of impost
would, therefore, only serve to sink the
manufacturer info deeper embarrassment.
" l<et ua not l?e deceived. The Atner
i"an System is a system of the grossest
and most ahaurd quackery? and tT?evpre
sent tariff has proved it so to all who can
l?e convinced liy experience. There is no
mode bv which woollens can lie manu
factured mi cheaply in this country as they
rould Iw procured from Kngland, if charg
ed with only ft fair duty. The high rate
of wages and value of capital herd utter
ly and inevitably forbid it. The moment
domestic woollen* eome down to the pricc
for which they might lie inq>orted under
a reasonable tariff, the domestic manufac
turer cannot sustain himself. Whenever
they ant olnive that price, the public are
faxed for the manufectmer. There are
no truths more evident tliau these to an
unprejudiced mind, and the delusion that
prevents them from being seen ia vast
yjjMWp to +? proof Ot actual ex peri
*' AMERICAN DOMlWriCS."
Mn. Kbito*??? A subscribe rM In a com
munication published in ynat valuable pa
per tomt (fay* ap<\ very clearly c*poied
a part of (be absurdity oi *tetter from Hk>?
oriRlnnUy published in the Philadelphia
Gixtttc, and afterward* ctfM into the
Baltimore Gazette* la which ? was assert
ed that the British could hot come into
competition with the Americans in the tale*
of coarse cottons in the markets of Peru,
Chili* or Beunoa Ay res; and that the Brit
ish aaleamnn exhibited his goods with the
qualification that tbey were American l>o-1
mcstkn. This famous Kio Letter has been
qtfoted and commented on with so much ap
probation bv those who are in the Intele%t? f
those Manufacturers, who'ere not satisfied
with a moderate and reasonable Tariff, but
would sacrifice our shipping and commerce
?md Agriculture, for the purpose of rearing
that sickly, hot-house plant, the *'Ameri
tap System,'* that I, who am opposed to
sacrificing the interests of every other class
to any one, must ask you to do me the fa
vour to publish the following excellent arti
cle from the Kditorial column of that well
conductcd Journal, the Boston Commercial
Gazette.?Baltimore Republican.
AKOTHfcU St'bSCRIDEH.
/Vom the Motion Commercial Gazette.
The Wellington Journal quotes n letter
from KloJuneiro, xviittcnby u private citi
zen unknown, to prove, beyond the possi
bility of question, that the manufacturer of
the coat sc cottons of the United States can
undersell the British manufacturer in the
miirketsof llmxil, Chili, and Beanos Ay res
"where we arc on the same equality of du
ties" with the British. The Journal at the
snmc time reommends to the Boston
Gasctte, with the greatest appearance
of self-complacency, "to keep in shallow
water, and not to go out of its depth."
I The letter, on the strength of which this
I friendly advice is given, (it was assuredly
well meant,) is as follows:
??In all countries of South America In
which 1 huvc been?in Peru, in Chili, and
ihienos Ay res, 1 have observed a decided
preference is given to American cottons.
The British,cannotinthese countries, where
we are on the same equality of duties with
themselves, compete with the American
importations of the coarscr cotton fabrics.
Allowing the respective yard of each manu
facture to cost at home the same, the Amer
j ican is far superior iu point of strength,,
weight durability, beauty of thread, and of j
late months, general appearance.
"With regard to trcferencc, it is notori-i
ously n fact, that the vigilant British Kales-;
man cxliibitathisgoodswiththcqualificntion '
that they arc ?American Domestics!* And
1 have witnessed myself an American firm j
rn Buenos Ayrcs who Its'! some British,
shirtings consigned to them, break the pie
ces from the bales, that they might more
I easily practice the deception above alluded I
jto."
I It will l?e pert eived that the writer of the
above derides e.v cathedra, that the British
cannot compete with us in coarse cottons in 1
those countries where we are on the same
equal tv of duties with tliem, and sustnins!
his position by the assertion thnt British
{salesmen offer tlirir coarse cottons as'
"American domestics " The same things [
have been said repeatedly before, but they >
Save failed to produce iu the public inind
the convictions which they aeem now to
have impressed upon the National Journal. !
It is well known thet the Hritish w ho were j
in the habit of sending slight and flimsy '
| goods to South America, long since percei- J
ved that the stout domestic cottons which :
formed a part of the assorted rat-goes from '
the United States, were preter en to their i
own coarse cotton goods; audit is known!
also that tlicv straight way manufat tin ed
I i-oods pi triscly similar to the American,!
j stamped them as American, and itntlerto/d \
the jintericam hi thtir otrn ar tic let.
It is known that about as large h quautitv
of British cottons have been i c-eyportcd
from this rouutry to South America, as the
quantity exported of American manufac
ture. It is known that the aniouht of coarsc
cottons exported from this country to South
America, compared with the export in the
same nrticlc from Kngland to the sume
country, is ridiculously small, when consid
ered in relation to the question of our com
petition with O. Britain in any of the mar
kets of thnt country. It is known that we
ate obliged toiippose an enormous duty to
keep the British out of our markets at the
\ery moment when it is pretended that we
compete with them on equal terms in Br^
*11, ChlJl, and Peril, and yet, b- cause the
English salt-man in South America recom
mends his coarse cottons, made to resemble
Americans nt less rate, than we -an make
them, an "American domestics," the Jour
nal is convinced that we cuu compete with
the British Hi the articicnf coarsc cottons iu
Braail, Chili and IV u. If it were so, why
are our cottons sacrificed at auction here?
Why is our manufacturing stock at (.dis
count? Why are not our surplus cottons
<l? snatched at onct toSouth America, to be
%?id there nt a profit? Some, it is true, !
have b< en sent there n* parts of assorted j
cargoes for several years back. Some arc
now sent there her*u*e they cannot he sold 1
at home and mn?? be sold somewhere, even f
at a sacrifice But until wc can show, that ?
our cotton* .-an eompcte with the British in I
our own markets without protection: until
they ran be sold nt such a profit in South
Aittetien, as to raise manufacturing stock to
it* par value: until we make them so cheap
lint Ihc Kngtish cannot Immitate them ex
actly, and undersell ua with what seem our
own goods let us iiM be accused of shallow
ness for not believing mi anonymous letter
writer, who slty* that the Hritish cannot
compete with us in Bratil, Chill and Peru.
The following comparative statement of
lire while Population of the Parishes com
posing the District of Charleston, as taken
in the year* IftlOand IW9, has ??een furnish -
i-d for publication by the gentleman appoint
rd he the Slate Legislature to take the Cen
sus the present year?
/*urf?het. I enm* 1BI9. Cm tut 1829.
Kt. Philip'sandKt. Michaels, 18,83-1 18.177
Ht. Jame*', Creek, l,0Bf> | |0S
St. John'*, Colleton, rn
Kt. Joftn'a, Berkley, 617 Wl
Kt. Stephen'a, 440 011
Kt. .lames', Hantee, 4|| oao
Thrist Chneh, 412 32
Kt. Andrew,a, 000 ant
PH. Thomas' ami K1. Dennis' 212 I???
Tofct. 17,706 iiTaot
Wh PnrsKavATiow or Kona.-~lt has
loug l?een known that egga may he kept
pe AeUy welllbr nine or ten Months & linVe
water. A etUI mora effi?rttial war of pre
s rving them has bent tried; it la that ofee
positing theni ill a weak solution of hydro
rhl?>mte rfeh.ll, (thirty win, <*?.!(??
Ho treated, they have lieen kej?t for* who!e
?rouW havo the MUM ?|h>t
j. FBIUAV, JUNK IP, 119
To oub Pathow*.?It affords ua much
pleasure to redeem, t ?day, tha?gomlse,
whkh we made to the public fwHMiir
ago. We pledged ourselves then ta etdhrge
our paper i UiU we have done, at no little
expense to the e?UblUhinent?eince it re
quired the purchase iif a 'new press, addi
tional type, and expensive apparatus. We
were satisfied that a paper at the seat of
government of 8?uth Carolina, and whioh
printed the proceedings of its legislature,
ought to present a more respectable exte
rior in slae and typographical execution;
than the Telescope did. We hope this pa*
per will hereafter possess these merits}
and this we make clear gain to our present
subscribers, and those who may favor us so
fur as to become so, for we make no addi
tion to the price. We must however, ask
leave to suggest, that the weekly additional
expense of publication, together with that
of previous preparation, forms some fair
claim to an increase of public patronage,
which we hope to see recognlxcd by une
quivocal evidence.
Our advertising friends are requested to
remember us occasionally. A respectable
paper is of high importance to them, as it
afforda them useful facilities ct intercourse
with the public. It is from this quarter
principally that any remuneration worth
naming is received for our labors, and we
indulge the hope that our paper will pre
! sent sufficient attractions' to kccure a liberal
' portion of this patronage.
We mutt be permitted to allege, that our
I friends of leisure and literary habits thro''
out the state, have been extremely unmind*
ful of us, which has been not only a sou ice
of regret to us, hut of loss to the public.-?
We have now several columns at the ser
vice of corrchpondtnts, and wc should like
to hcc them creditably occupied.
The " .Vr?? York Morning Herald" ii
furnishing column* ot ?? extracts from the
facts of a plain practical man," for the pur
jkisc of exhibiting the " fraud* of auction*."
The whole of it amounts to this: tjmt the
importer always furnishes to the custom
house one invoicc, and the good* arc *old
according toahuthcr: that the cuttom home
invoice represents the prime coat of the
good* at from 23 to 33 per cent below their
real co*t at the place of manufacture.
All this array of ex /larte evidence about
fraudulent entries of importation* ut the cus
torn house, is intended, nvowedly, to inflict
" public condcinnat on" upon auctioneers,
and the "friends of auctioneering" are in
\ ited to defend them.
Our readers arc not now to be informed
for the Hist time, that the project of totally
prohibiting auction sale* has been pressed
?upon Congress by the manufacturing inter
est of the New Kngh.nd and middle state*,
with all their characteristic zeal and club
bing co-opirf.ti"n, .?s the complete finish,
the last high polish, of the Clay-system.
| Cruth com/ictithn, is the motto: it must be
pursued in all it* shapes and ramifications:
the consumer must br fettered neck and
heels and lib purse mut. be opened to the
glistening eye, and the eager fingers ot the
manufacturer.
We ore of opinion that a moic selfish, ty
rannical, and injudicious measute has not
been broached by the party who have suc
ceeded for some years past in converting the
legislation of the general government to
their own private and sectional interests,
than this of prostrating completely the auc
lion business. It is intended to close the
last avenue, which the prohibitory policy
has left to the cousumcr, of intercourse
with foreign nations, and this ton upon what
we deem the most hv|>ncritic'd suggestion.
It is charged that thro'the dishonesty of the
auctioneer the government U defrauded n|
its revenue. Now, with what propriety do
thosi who have waged a war of extermina
tion against all commerce, ard hnve there
fore evinced a rerkb s* indifft-rrnee about the
national revenue, nflV<t to shed their croco
dile te rso\er thed 'nger in which they pro
fess to believe the auction business has pla
red it ? A more flagrant inconsistency can
not be imagined. They eare not a fig for
the public revenue, unless they can sack
the treasury ami* appropriate the spoil to
the construction of roads and canals, dock
yards, naval academies, deaf and dumb asy
lums, fee. and all this concern about such
an object, we do most sincerely lielieve, U
profoundly hypocritical, netting more than
an ad captandum argument to catch the
credulous and ignorant. How happens it
that the auctioneers are so much more
basely and universally fraudulent in their
importations, or in behalf of thoae who im
port for them, t*?su the regular wholesale
dealer in hi* importations! We do not
know how fraudulent the aartiooeera
New York may be, hut we cannot com pre
he ml how they are to much more wucreas
ful In cheating the custom house, than any
othet clans of men who ire connected with
the foreign trade. We, therefore, very
much question the premises.
But suppose, the evil to exist, and the de
ct#ntl"ft nt the revenue in Boston and New
York to he justly attributable to it < what It
the cause? la there ? man In the world who
does not know that smaggtlnfr will he ear
ried on, and every fraud pntrtk-ed which
ingenuity eftri devise, when the government
is unwise enough to make wealth *nd for
tune depend upon successful enterprises of
this sort? Can any man doubt that U Is the
Tariflfc of 1HS4 and !#&' which have be
IN* *he parents of this miifehlef? If
then the Mowing Herald ^nd its c?-adJ*ort
rttfrite to curt the frMdufwf
tatioos of foreIgo goods, to the great preju
dice of the public revenue. let them strike
it the mimt; let them withdraw the temp
A raoit disgusting and shameful state of
thiogs has been introduced into this country
by the prohibitory policy. It b one of tho
great principles of the common law and
court* of justice attempt to apply It with tho
sanction of severe penalties, to protect tho
morale of the community. Congress has
chosen to reverse the maxim. They have
enacted laws which a large potHoo if this
community do not in their consciences feel
bound to obey. They believe them to have
been enacted for unconstitutional purposes,
by actual and designed usurpation of pow
er, and about their folly, there Is scarcely
any longer a doubt What then most wo
imagine the effect to be upon the moral
feeling of a people, of a law which they re
gard as imposing no obligation upon them
and which they would and do rejoice to sec
violated? It will convert the' nation Into
smugglers and abettors of smuggling.
Special provision has been made by the
Tariff act of 1828, as any man will see by
looking at it, for the very case of fraudulent
invoices. It is made the duly of the secre
tary of the treasury, under the direction of
the president, to adopt such rules and regu
lations as the president shall thotk proper,
to secure a faithful appraisal of the valve
of the goods imported, the number of square
yards, - the parcels or quantities, which arc
chargeable with duty. The collector of
eaeh district, is enjoined to have all isnpor
letionssppraiscd by commissioner*appoint
ed tor that purpose, any invoice to the con
trary notwithstanding. Why then is the
government defrauded? It is not for want
of power (n the president, the secretary of
the treasury, or the collector*. It is the
vicious character of the act itself which
generates and invites smuggling, and no
power on earth can prohibit it. But it need,
not be, nor do we believe that in many in
stances it i?, made thro* the custom houses.
It is independent of suctions, and furnithev
the same argument for the suppression of
auctioneers that it would for the entire sus
pension of all commerce whatsoever; which
is the covert object in view.
We beg leave to dircct attention to an
interesting articlc upon the subject from
the Richmond Enquirer, which reached us
us wc had concluded the remarks above.
Tiik Union.
" The political sin of the federal party
we have stated plainly. In the other great
party, example* of unfaithfulness to the
union might alto be produced. Whoever
reverts to the language of Virginia on tho
subject of the alien and sedition law#, or to
the more recent proceeding* and declara
tions of Georgia, In retpect to the Indian
territories within her jurisdiction, or to the
debatca and resolutions of the legislature of
South Carolina at Us last session, will learn,
that n sense of the sacredness of the union,
nnd of the greatness of Us blessings, is but
faintly apprehended even by that party
which boasts of unfaltering adherence to it. '
The foregoing is a paragraph.from an ar
ticle on the union, a portion of which we
published sometime ago. It appeared iu
the Christian Examiner, and is generally
attributed to the pen of pr. Channing, one
of the most celebrated HI vines of New-Eng
laud, whose acquirements Ma scholar, and
wlioM*ability and style aa a writer, have
justly given him much prominence in Eu
rope, as well as America. 'lTie article, up
on the whole, is an excellent one.
The ingenuous spirit ofdlsinterestednessatHi
uncommon ImpartiaHtygjadded to the pat
riots fervor which run-through it, hate
commanded our decided approbation?and
we hope ami believe that It is destmed to
effect much good in the UnUed States.
Dr. Channing frankly avows himself to
belong to the federal party?but condemns
nome of their leading principle*. He con
siders that the rock upon which that party
split, was a weak faith in the ability of tho
people to govern themselves. He admit*
that in some instances theyltave venerated
the Union lesi than they ahonld have done,
but balances the account with the republi
can party, by the remarks which will be
seen in the paragraph above. His observa
tion about the alien and sedUlon laws of
Virginia has been answered by the Rich
mond Jtnqufrrr : that in relation to Geor
gia, by the Georgia Journal, in a sensible
article which we have placed on our first
P*8?
As it regards his allusion to South Caro
lina, we beg leave to ask whether Dr. C.
has not relied rather upon the dlsingenunu*
misrepresentation and ignorant clamor of
those print* which come more immediately
under his inspection, and which were obvi
ously intended to subserve political and par
ty purposes, than upon * careful and thor
ough investigation of the facts and the doc
ument* which belong to tho nubject t Can
he shew any document which bears tho
sanction of the legislature of this state,
which breathes one sentiment of disaffec
tion towards the Union f ' Let him coo suit
the resolutions of 135?the preamble and
resolutions of I ?97? the protest, oxpoenIon,
and resefottons of the lr?t year, and point
out the sentence which exhibit* a flint ap
prehension of the sacredness and impar
lance of the Upion upon tho part of this
Nate. The mistake i* this?that there U
no tense of tho sacredness of the Ur>ion by
Dr. C's. own countrymen and neighbor*?
he famishes conclusive testimony of tho
fact fcyMa own argument. W* never com
plahted of the Union upon its original terms,
?ut we see vcr* little of the landmark* of
1 W-and we beg to know who have oblit
erated them f If the prohibiten y sy*tem is