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THE NORTHERN STANDARD
CHAS. DE MORSE
LONG SHALL OUR BANNER BRAVE THE BREEZE THE STANDARD OF THE FREE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR-
VOL. I.
CLARKSVILLE TEXAS JANUAEY 21 1843.
NO. 20;
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY C. DE MORSE
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AGENTS FOR THE STANDARD.
Tnxvis G. Wright P.M. Pine Creek.
Samuel M. Fulton P. M. Franklin Lamar Co.
John R. Craddock Paris. Lamar Co.
J. W. W. Stinfield P.M. Hnrrion Co.
Jesse Shelto.v P. M. Fort Shelton Lamar Co.
Bailey English P. M Fort English Fannin Co.
D. Rowlett P. M. Lexington Fannin Co.
J. G. Jouett P. M. Raleigh Fannin Co.
J. J Williams P. M. De Kalb Bowie Co.
Gen. E. H. Tarrant Bowie Co.
A- Sterne P. M. Nacogdoches.
Trivis G. Brooks P.M. Sail Augustiiie.
T. M. Bagdv Houston.'
Col. Wm. L. Ca2neaC Austin Travis County.
A. McDonald Huntsville Montgomery County.
Col. G. T. Wood Liberty.
John W. HiRRisnt La Grange.
B F. Iohsson Washington.
Sm'l B. Brigham Matagorda.
C. Etter Fulton Arkans.
Dr. James Riciiet Clarksrillc Arkansas.
Charles Hood Esq. Washington Ark.
Berry & Tannehill Nashville Tenn.
Col. D. P. Armstrong Knoxville Tenn.
L. S. Houghton Vicksburg Miss.
James Harrison Esq St Louis Missouri.
G. C. Gooding. P.M.. Fort Towson.
WJ. Davenport Caddo ParUh Louisiana.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
TEXAN SANTA F EXPEDITION.
BT GEORGE W KENDALL.
(Continued.)
The Old Jesuits' Hospital and Church An Apache
Woman and her Ch ild Stngu lar Incident of the
Itrst Jlevo'ulion Examined as tomy own Death
An Excellent Bi eakfast Sfc.
The building in which we were confined was one
of those old Jesuit establishments to be found in every
part of America where that learned but austere and
intolerant sect first obtained a footing. That part of
it intended for a hospital prison and offices was fin-
nished but the work was stopped before the church
was completed. Had the original plan of the Jesuits
been carried out. the church would have been a mag-
nificent affair and the building generally would have
served as a fortress impregnable at least against the
attacks of Indians; but from some cause the work-
was suspended before its completion although im-
mense arches columns and a part of :he dome are
atill.standing. jrr
. The "room in which we were confined looked out
upon a large yard in the interior The back of the
church occupied one side of this square the kitchen
and other apartments for servants another side while
the ether two were appropriated to quarters for sol-
diers rooms for the sick offices a place for punish-
ment and a dungeon. In the yard an Apache wo
man witn ner cnuu were connnea. sne was allow-
ed such liberty as she might find in roaming about
the building but was not permitted to go into the
streets she was extremely stout and fat and appear-
ed to bear her confinement s-jch as it was without a
murmur.
During the first war for independence the Span
lards confined no less than thirty-one revolutionist
prisoners in the room where we were placed amontr
whom was the old Hidalgo who was a principal lea-
der.in the earlier outbreaks. As the story goes they
were an ordered to be snot one each da' in tlieyard;
and as the month in which the sentence was first pass-
cd had but thirty days in it they waited until a month
rolled over which bad a day for every prisoner. In
this month they were all shot one at a certain hour
each day. When it came to the old Hidalgo's turn
the Spanish soldiers in such high respect and rever-
ence was he held by them could hardly be induced
to aim their muskets at him and many volleys were
fired before he received his death wound. The very
spot where he fell was pointed out to us.
It was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st
November 184 1 that we were introduced to the Sa
lon lot Distinguidos of the old Jesuits' Hespital of
Obihuahua. At dark two American gentlemen
came to our door butthe guard would not allow them
permission to enter. One of these gentlemen asked
me in a low and hurried tone if I could give him the
particulars of the death of Van Ness Fitzgerald
Howard and mysc If. That I was not a little surpris-
ed at bearing of my own death ray readers may ea-
sily imagine. I gave the gentleman my name intro-
duced him to Van Ness who was present and told
him that both Fitzgerald and Howard were alive and
welL and also in the town ready to corroborate my
statement. It seems that Col. Cook and Dr. Bren-
Aham had reported that we were shot along with
Howland at San Miguel believing such to be the
case from the statements made them while in New
Mexico. I told the gentlemen in few words for the
Eentinel at the'door appeared anxious to shorten our
interview that we had been fortunate enough to es-
cape being shot thus far although nothing but a mir
acle saved us. The gentlemen then left us but not
until they had promised to use every endeavor to ob-
tain the consent of Governor Conde to visit us in our
room.
It is so seldom that a man is called upon to relate
the particulars of bis own death that few of my read-
'e'rscan know what feelings the inquiry will excite.
Our ownwereofa nature exceedingly mixed. There
was something pleasant to Be sure in the eiicum-
stance that we were able to answer all anxious inqui-
ries in person; but it was not without a slight mis-
giving ns to our chances in perspective that we re-
counted the particulars of our recent fortunate escape
from a death that seemed almost inevitable.
Clean matresses and sheets were brought to our
roomand we passed a quiet night and slept soundly.
The next morning the gentlemen who had visited us
the evening previous sent in a splendiJ breakfast the
hrst really substantial "meal of victuals I had seen
sincethe timel left the United States. It consisted of their superior intelligence standing and influence'."
plain beefsteak of delicious flavor baked Irish pota-. Here I was expressly implicated as one of the leaders
toes and most excellent bread together with a gener- of the expedition and for this I at once knew that I
oussupply of coffee. That we did full and ample' was indebted to the traitor Lewis. Armijo as I well
justice to this meal my readers may at once imagine. I knew contemplated giving me my liberty at San Mi-
The Mexican servant who brought it informed us' guel the reasons for his not doing so were now ob-
that the gentlemen would endeavor to sec and con-1 vipus. Lewis was fearful that I should be in his way
verse with us through the day; and one of them who
passed our door during the morning remarked that
so soon as our depositions were taken in relation to the
prisoner confined next door the foreigners would all
be permitted to visit us. We were still left in pro -
found ignorance as to the name of the unfortunate
man or the nature of the charges against him.
A Meeting teilh the Prisoner in the Adjoining Dun
geon His looks of Coldness and Scorn Kith the
Probable cause The Secret Out A Dinner
sent by Mrs.McGuffin Kindness of that Lady from a soil wich did not bclongto them was set down
VisilCil by Americans A Mexican Neicspaper as the easiest thing possible especially when the
with its contents Laughable and Ludicrous Mown braver' of Chihuahua soldiers was brought
Pair' lis itobear upon them. When it is considered that the
. .. '" J"". ... .'inhabitants of that city are really prisoners within
Although there was no entrance to the intcnorof thcir ou.n walls hardly daring to venture outside on
the square on one side of which we were confined 'account 0f the during hords of Apache and Corn-
save through a large archway fiom the street we manche warriors continually prowling in their vicini-
were not allowed even to cross the square unless one t the ;dea of an invasion of Texas from that quar-
ofthe sentinels or guards accompanied us. While ter is ludicrous in the extreme. But the editor had
passug a gateway near the entrance to the kitchen a seea evidences that the Texians were not absolutely
dragoon trailing close at tny heels I encountered invincible; he had seen some three hundred balf-star-facc
to face the prisoner confined in the dungeon ad- ved pr;soners from that country marched bv hi: doors.
joining our apartment. He was dressed in a green
blanket coat with black collarand cuffs; he wore his p m u laughable tissue of fanfaronade and bum-
hair very long and with a huge pair of whiskers and iasL Thesame paper too contained a stirring ap-
although his complexion was dark his face was ex- pea from some poetjCal correspondent to a favorite
tremely pale. 1 was about to accost him when he
gave me a look so full of mingled scorn hatred and
revenue that I was chilled into silence. My watch
ful guard would not allow me to stop and I was for-
ced to advance without being able to gain anv clueto
the mystery which hung over the imprisonment of i
this man. That heconsidcred himself indebted to us
for his sufferings nnd the loss of his liberty was evi-
dent enough there was no mistaking that dark scowl
he gave me as I passed him. Ignorant alike of his'. ?
J: !..:... ;.i. :: ..-. i u: ... .. half of th
nuiiiv uiuiiii-ac ui lilt. LULUtllcuililc ui 1113 Ul II 31 tlliu
conscious oi mv own innocence in the matter 1 was
.nrmi. ...;.. . - . . !-.:'. k...
my watchful guard would allow no communica -
tion and I was forced along without a chance to justi -
fy mvself from the erroneous imnressions under
irom tne erroneous impressions
which I knew he must be laboring. Two soldiers
accompanii d him and he was shortly locked up in his
gloomy cell.
About noon the mystery which eiled our neigh
nr ... t;nll.l a ...... -r r r j. .
companied by another officer of state and a Mexican I "rdprer but how often has Us vulture tooth sunk-
lawyer who 'understood a little English arrived atep into the female breast inconsequence of the neg-
our quarters to take depositions in relation to the case ' !KCt: barshnpss. and abuse which springs from tntox-
of Capt Drvden which turned out to be the name of! Va!on: untl1 dcah ltsf h?s becmera bIfssc re'ef.
the prisoner have just spoken of. It seems that he I Vho has J10.1 slcn a Iovc'y J'olnP femae' lhat haJ
jh Wn .;mi ;m f ii -o r.t' been reared in the nrms of parental tenderness her
Texan Commissioners as a man of whom thev miirht
consult on reaching New Mexico. At the time Capt
D. w.is residing in Chihuahua and on receiving the
intelligence of his name being found among the Tex-
an papers he was immediately arrested and confined
in chains in the strongest dungeon of the place.
ft u .:... l .ru ?j i. '
depositions Gen. McLeod. Messrs. Van Ness Fal-
coner and myself were called from the room and Mr. ;
Navarro was examined alone. Afterwards Gen. Mc-
ri.i.irnn;ntn.u. a .:j : :
vate the .Mexican officers taking every precaution to
prevent any thing like collusion. Mr. Van Ness was
next examined and the testimony of all taken down
in writing. As Mr. Falconer and myself were in no
way connected with the expedition we were not ex
amined. 1 he amount ol the testimony of all went to
show that they knew nothing of Mr. Dryden ibat
his name might have appeared among the papers but
that it was probably without his conseht-at all events
hn was in no way identified with the Santa Fe Expe-
dition. The effect of this testimony was to procure
the release of the prisoner from chains and allow
him a greater degree of personal liberty and his
American friends were afterwards allowed tb con-
verse with him. What his subsequent fate wes 1
have never been able to learn but it was thought he
would be liberated.
Scarcely had the officers of state left our room be
fore an excellent dinner comprising a great variety of i
aisnes witn two Domes ot cnampaigne wassenlto us
by Mrs. McGuffin the wife of Samuel McGufSn one
of the merchants of the place. This is the same gen-
tleman we had passed on the road between San Migu-
el and El Paso with a large quantity of merchandise
he was bringing from the United States by way of
bt. Liouis and banta b e.
Although we had not the pleasure of seeing his
wife she was represented to us as a kind-hearted af-
fable and exceedingly well informed lady a Mexican
by birth haring been born in San Antonio de Bexar
before the Texan revolution. Mr. Navarro was well
acquainted with her and I believe called at her resi-
dence while we were at Chihuahua. Two or three
of her children fine intelligent boys called upon us
dailv at meal times for thcir mother furnished us re-
gularly with three meals a day having obtained per-
mission from the Governor to that effect.
After dinner we were visited by nearly all the Am-
ericans and foreigners in the place the Governor
having no objection to their calling upon us after the
testimony in relation to Capt. Dryden had been taken.
They offered us every attention and kindness procu-
red us books and writing materials as well as clean
clothing. From this place I wrote a letter to Mr. El-
lis then our Minister at Mexico as well as to my
friends in the United States. A part of these letters
only reached their destination ; but as the larger por-
tion of them were written ith the idei thai they
might fall into the hands of the Mexicans I cared but
little whether they ever got safe through or not.
Among other papers brought to our room by the
foreigners was a copy ol La Luna a small weekly
sheet published at Chihuahua. It contained a letter
from Gen. Armijo to Gov. Conde giving him the
number and rank of the prisoners. The last sentence
of this letter read something as follows: -'You will
please guard with especial care Senors Navarro Mc-
Leod Cook Brenham and Kendall on account of
I at Santa Fe and accordingly made such statements
'to Armijo as induced him to send me to Mexico as a
prisoner of importance. It had the effect of insuring
me better treatment upon the road it nothing else;
fr theMexicans invariably treatlheirmore important
prisoners with the greatest deference.
1 be same paper contained several stirring appeals
both in prose and verse to the patriotism and valor of
thecttizens of Chihuahua. An immediate invasion of
Texas was recommended with all the force which
can be infused through tne Spanish language into a
war nroclamation. To drive the usurping- Texans
anj his ion!rncni up and furious wrath found vent on
grcv horse imploring said horse to start immediately
with him to the blood-stained prairies of Texas. Of
the two 1 have little donbt the animal wasmuch more
ready t0 undertake the
'.
perilous journey than the
man.
Fron the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
WOMAN AND TEMP ERANCE.
I would appeal to every man in the country in'be-
If of the female sex. Have they not suffered
enough already in consequence of the vice of intem-
perance? Surely every man who is a friend to wo-
lman u'u ' S.ad-y "-d co?a y '.te '"?? enerPrse
' ha for ts obfct lh al'"'a'n of her sorrows
:Thedr.u.nkenne.s?ofmcn basbeen the prolific sourceof
moslofihe troubles ofwomenfor thousandsofyearspast.
Oh! think of the millions that have been the innocent
victims of dissipated connectionsthat have toiled and
strove and hoped and prayed until a cold sad despair
uas lasieneu upon tneir neans. iwissry is a
slow
heart .swelling with the delusive hopes of inexperi-.
"'.' Ied ""I. ronnnbial lite with prospects
'bnght and promising. And again have you not
marked.'"e fitful melancho v the fading cheek and
ne an.II0.us 0K wncn 'a "e npnump sumjiwoim
as to him in whom centred all her hopes and affections J
were Dusy at her heart: until the tatai trutn Durst
UfT her' f C fUnd h" ff" t0 Vllu"ns
and jasPfd ln lc arms of living death embodied in a
dru?ken husband. And she may Wave struggled on
against cruel disappointment and degradation and
anS"'sh until kindly consumption gently led her from
pnnhlv 1lffprinf !ntn nmmllTirfi rrni-A Ann hpr
encircling friends poured forth the copious tears of
- .....J WM..V. ...4 II4IW I. (l V I.IU.U. V ....w. .. ....
unmitigated grief asthey beheld innocent victim ot an-
other's guilt released from the pangs of tortured af-
lection and consigned to that narrow bed.
"Where lowly grief and lordly pride
Lie down like brother side by side."
Everyman that is afflicted with this worst of curses
throws his afflictions with accumulated weight upon
his female relatives.
It is calculated that at least 30000 dieannualy in
the United States of this destructive plague. Each
one of these poor creatures has a mothe1 perhaps sis-
ters many of them a wife and daughters all of whom
are subjected to indescrib able tortures for an indul-
gence which they have no power to control. What
a frightful amount have we hpre of annual misery and
death! For every 30000 who die of drunkenness it
would be safe to calculate 70000 female relations
who are in somewaj partakers in thir woes Hav-
ing already enumerated a hundred thousand yearly
sufferers we have besides all in our own country
from 300000 to 500000 inebriates with an equal
number of female victims in the relation of mothers
wives sisters and daughters. So much for the rava-
ges of each twelvemonth. Now let us go back for a
period of years and imagine if we can the magnitude
of this evil. Cou'd we group together for genera-
tions gone by the annual sacrifice of 30000 human
beings until wc should have collected into one grand
multitude the hecatombs of the last centuryjcould we in
addition to this mighty throng call up from their se-
pulchres the grief-stricken mothers the misery mur-
dered wivesnnd the sorrow blighted sisters and daugh
ters or all these wretched suicides our conceptions
would still fall short of the awful reality. Our men
tal vision would have to rearh back to creations down
and embrace every quarter of the habitable globe; it
would be compelled to explore the depths of evpry
Iakeriver and ocean for the wrecked and slain that lie
buried there; it would be obliged to people the earth
with skeleton witnesses a million times more numer-
ous than all the tribes of living man. and even then af-
ter having brought into view this vastappalling host
we should have but a poor and feeble idea of the ach-
ing hearts the bitter moans the bodily pangs and the
nrenlal anguish which they were made to endure be-
fore they sunk to untimely graves. What i horrid
theme to dwell on what mountains of sorrow in the
aggregate.
It is said that we have at the present moment in
the Union not less than n hundred thousand licensed
dealers in intoxicating liquors. A standing army of
100000 men quartered upon the public festering
upon its vitals. An army more expensive and cor-
rupting and hardly less destructive than that which
Napoleon led to Moscow. Although the 30000
which are annually slaughtered by this army nnd
the hundreds of thousands that are poisoned depraved
ahd imbruted by them until they are neither fit to
live norto die are principally mei$ still their warfare
falls with remorseless cruelty upon the peace and
happiness nfdefcncclew icoman. Where then is the
man that has a spark of humanity or generosity in
his nature that will not step forward and do what he
can to dry up this fountain of bitterness to the female
sex. Who in the view of this black ruin will be in-
strumental in sustaining any longer this vampire
horde more desolating than the marauding troops of
Alaric the Visi Gothwho are deluging our faircoun-
try in tears and blood. Come then you that would
befriend injured and helpless innocence you that pro-
fess to value and admire this gentler portion of the
communuy-that would cherish and guard them trom
every blight come band yourselves together and
wage a war of extermination against alcohol their
Lgreatest enemy. Come sign the total abstinence
pledge and help move on a cause in which the desti-
ny of woman of man and of civilization and social
progress is embarked. S.
Lord Morpeth is preparing for the press his obser-
vations in America. The Sheffield (Eng.) Iris says
The opinions of so distinguished a statesman so
honest a politician and so good a man with regard 'O
the Amerians and their institutions would be particu-
larly useful at this period.
Illinois. It appears from the message of Gov.
Ford that the debt of Illinois is $15000000. The
Governor gives out the idea with some distinctness
that this debt never can and never will be paid.
Mr. Benton over his proper signature in the
Globe thus defines his position with reference to the
next Presidency :
"lam no political enigma and need no solutions
on the presidential question or any other. My con-
duct has shown me to be for Mr. Van Burcn for the
presidency and against myself for any other place
whatever except the one I have; and with this dec-
laration I hope my correspondents in all parts of the
Union will be satisfied and will consider their enqui-
ripsfully answered."
Sunday in Paris. The Paris correspondent ol
the New York Union thus briefly alludes to one of
the pastimes ot the fashionables of the French metro
polis:
"Last Sunday (Oct. 9th) the Paris races came off
on tne unamps ae jiars. aunaay is tne aay wnicn
the French dedicate to all extraordinary feates new
plays operas &c. The crowd of carnages and horse-
men was immense and the pedestrians innumerable.
The day was beautiful and" thecours presented a
very exciting scene partly from the masses of people
and partly from the number of soldiers infantry
lancers and dragoons in charming varieties of cos-
tume." The Death or a Duellist. Much the'same
sort of feeling seems to have overshadowed another
successful duellist. I allude to the well-known Capt.
Best the well-known antagonist of lord Camelford.
The duel was forced upon him. An abandoned woman
prompted it and Lord Camelford before he went to
the ground told his second that he was conscious he
himself was in the wrong; that Best was a man of hon
I or: but that he could not bring himself to retract words
he had once used. He fell at once the aggressor
and the sufferer. But Captain Best was never his
own man afterwards. He died at the early age of
eight and forty at a boarding house called "theiilan-
quests" near Worcester. Sorrow and remotsc had
done on him the work of years. In his closing hours
he is said to have told those who were in his confi-
dence that the recollection of that duel and its re-
sults had embittered every moment of his life; and
that there were times when Lord Camelford seemed
to standbeforehimand gaze on him with an earnest-
nesss and tenacity that rendered life a burden. In con-
sequence of some embarrassments whence contracted
I know not for he inherited West India property to
a coniiderable amount he was for some time within
the rules of the King's Bench. In his domestic ar-
rangement too he was unfortunate. His marriage
proved disastrous and was dissolved by a:t of Parlia-
ment. But he once and again declared that every
sorrow would have sat lightly on him could he but
have succeeded in wiping the stain of homicide from
his brow. The Bishop's Daughter.
For tie Xorthtrn Standard.
TARIFF NO. 2.
In answering objections to the tariff" I will confine
myself to those made by leading characters in our
own district. .
Objection 1st It is unjust to compat'C Texas with
other commercial nations we are not comine'cia.'
but agricultural.
Answer. For the life of me I cannot discover
why our being agricultural prevents our being
commercial also One is not incompatible with the
other but both are necessary to constitute our na-
tional feature. Besides if we are not commercial
why this ado about the tariff? The duties are
only imposed on foreign articles and I hold that
all articles imported into Texas and all domestic
articles exported from Texas is commercial and
T rlpfv anv man successfully to controveit this po
sition. I therefore justly claim the testimony of
all nations in favor of a tariff.
Obj 2d. We have no- manufactures to protect
and therefore a tariff's unnecessary.
Ans. This objection has been made by many
and Col. Titus our present Senstor in Congress
one of them. I saw it in his circular in the late
canvass. The Col. added " The duty has to be
paid in the par junds of tho U. S. which is gold
and silver we have it not and therefore cannot pay
it." How tho Col. became " so wise above what is
written" I cannot tell but certain I am ha read
"without book." th paying our duties we have no
more business with the U. S. or the "par funds of the
U. S." than we have with the governmental change
of the moon. Our own "par funds" is sufficient. But
to the objection : ' "We have no manufactures to pro-
tect and therefore a tariff is unnecessary."
This argument (if argument it can be called) is al-
together illogical. In all logical deductions we must
have the same in the conclusion that we have in the
premises. If the Col. had said " we have no manu-
factures to protect and therefore a tariff to protect
manufactures is unnecessary." his argument would
have been good and logical. But because " we have
no manufactures to protect" it dues not follow as at
necessary consequence that a tariff is absolutely ne-
cessary for that purpose. Hope the Col. will not use
such arguments in Congress lest the school boys
laugh at him.
Obj. 3d. A common objection is " I was always
opposed to a tariffin the U. S. and I am here." This
is about equal to a child's reason ' because" and I
think proceeds from a want of consideration on the
difference between oursituation in the U. S. and here.
In the U. S. the Northern politicians advocated a high'
tariff" 1st To protect Northern manufactures 2d
To raise money for internal improvements. 3d To'
distribute it among the Slates. To all this the South
were very justly opposed because the South paid the
greatest proportion of the duties; while the greater
proport-.on of the manufactures and internal im-
provements wero in the North. And also in the
distribution (after leaving hundreds of thousnnd"slick-
ing to the hands of Collectors) the South got tho
smallest proportion of the dividend. But I never
knew any person in the U. S. object to a tariff for
revenue alone. Now. the advocates of a tariff in
Texas only ask for one sufficferrttc collect a part'
of the revenue at present; then should we' be" suc-
cessful as a nation as our population increases our.
revenue will increase so that in a few years direct
taxes may be dispensed with except for county pur-
poses. These things considered the objection is"
futile.
Obj. 4th. We think a tariff has an unequal bear-
ing and wo want a revenue that will bear more
equal.
Ans. I have never seen the inequality pointed out'
and perhaps I may not easily understand it. But I
have never seen a revenue that bore equally on all
except a poll tax. To be sure property tax could be
made to bear proporlionably equal (whether our's
does or not) So also the tariff bears proporliona
bly equal each ono paying m proportion to the arti-
cles used and all have the privilege to consult their
own interest in the purchase. Tbere are many loaf-
ers topers black-legs and ruffle shirts about towns'
that have but little if any direct tax to pay but by
meansofa tariff they would aid in the support of the
Government.
Obj. 5th. Our owu merchants do not supply our
wants we therefore have to go over the line to pur-
chase from the United States merchants and our du
ties are calculated on the heme prices which makes
them come too high. 1 hat is unlortuuately true bat
under the present regulations we have not a fjir
cbancein trading there; our produce is not only pro-
hibited in exchange for their commodities but we have
to pay a dollar for a passport to go thereto payout
our money and every dollar thus paid is taken from
our circulating medium. I therefore hope that no
man who regards his own standing or the interest of
the republic will think oftrading on such terms our
own merchants may supply our wants another year
but if not we can reduce our wants tothesupply. We
have grappled with difficulties until we arc inured to'
hardships andean rough it out a little longer.
Obj. 6th. I am in favor of a judicious tariff but
think ours too high necessary articles such as sugar
coffee salt iron and steel should come duty free and
let the great barthen of the tariffbe laid on broadcloths
calicoes silks and other finery.
Ans. I think our tariff too high in some cases bon-
nets hats queens-ware and tin-ware should be reduc-
ed to 15 per ct. Fire arras powder and lead should
come free. Emigrants should be allowed to bring
what they please for their own use. and horse and
mule drovers should pay at least 5 per cent on their
sales with this modification I would be satisfied.
The tanffdoes not effect the price of necessary ar-
ticles to the consumers except so far as they may be
importersalso. I give the following in proof. These1
articles comes as cheap this year as they did beJore
the operation of the tariff The tariff" is the same at
all seasons of the year but these articles are much
higher in the autumn and winter than they are In tho
spring soon after they arrive. Again I was at
Doaksville last summer and found there necessary
articles as high in cash (where ourtarifTdoes not op-
erate) as they were in Texas for cotton I asked the
cause of the high prices the answer was '.'these arti-
cles arc in great demand and we must hav our pri-
ces." This is exactly to the point and proves that
the prices of these articles depend on the supply and
demand and not oil the cost. Recollect if the tariff
is not on necessary articles it will proveabortive. On
the subject ol broad cloth I have but little to say it is
a "ood wear and saves much trouble to the women in
carding spinning and weaving let those use them that
- - . high duties on the ladies wear
phoni. As to ca icoes. SlIKS xc. i " " " s
..J fmm VnTptudinamn'sm. Men .conscious
0??"-- deficiency may have a strong aversion to
rfh?'T; Mi dised up in silks and its ac-
see their better tnJ""3 - -.u.
companingset ofGcwga; 'est they migntattracuue
eye of some more sprightly beau. But I have no
such horrid fears I have ever been partial to the fair
ex and so far from a wish to increase their difficul-
ties! I would icduce the price.of every article they
want even down to a sugar-plum and looking-
By-way of conclusion I will remark that I am as
much opposed to unnecessary impositions on com-
merce as any other marl. I should like to see the im-
portations fully to equal thedemand it is only by this
means that we can expect to get our supplies on rea-
sonable terms. But recollect distinctly that allin-
ported articles must be paid in domestic articles oth-
erwise the balance of trade will be against us this is
the main cause of the scarcity of money in Texas our
imports have exceeded our exports and money had to
supply the deficit. The remedy is Industry and
Eeoncmv. A FARMER OF LAMAR.
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