CLAY AND THE TARIFF, OR Polk AND FIRE. T.,n,
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ILAF AND THE TARIFF, OR Polk AND FREE TRADE
! Which is for che best interest Of Nississ nm; ,
By the first the sugar planters cf Louisiana are


protected in the cultivation of the cane, but with
Polk and free TRADE, the culture of sugar must be-


come unproiitabe, and be relinquished. With


duty OF = cents pound, the culture of su.


gar, IN the proper cane region, is more profita.


bic than the growing of cotton in the same lati.


tude, but remove this duty, or reduce it to one


cent, as proposed by Mr.. Polk, and the whole


force of slaves now engaged in it must be at on ce


employed in the culture Of cotton, which would


inevitably overstock the market and reduce the


price materially. Again: let Mr.. Polk and his
party reduce the duty, at the same time, on
cotton baggng, and the hemp growers must
part with their slaves at the market price. for
Their labor in the cultivation of hemp will no
longer be profitable; and this force also will be
added to the cotton region Then we may ex-
pect, also, in the event of Mr.. Polk's success.
that protection will be denied the other cotton
which will deprive us of the |
present home market for 400, OO6 bales of cotton
ard which is every year increasing. These are |
very PLAIN matters for the consideration of the |
voters, and particularly the cotton planters of
Mississippi. Let them be well considered and
then judge whether it be for the interest of our
state to have CLAY and the Tariff, or Polk and


It's repeal.