Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-12-09


all the transactions OF the same period,
part uarly OH custon-house bon,s, are
not brought into view. Some have rated
them as high as 40 or so millions of dollars.
Indeed, there is no one year in which so
many goods have been imported. Oar
streets swarIn with them. Il les and
packages every whsre meet our eyes,
And Doubie Duties upon IL these So,
that If we have more goods than we really
want, We have at least this consolation,
that 1t enriches our treasury, props our
credit, and enables US to carry on our
" iiSs of Improvement and defence.
The President. in speaking OF finances,
rgcs word In favor ct the Manufacture
cTs-lle recommends that in adjusting the
'uties on imports to the object Of revenue,
such tarffm y be used as to protect Ger
tain manufactures, more especially art-
cles necessary for the public defence, or
connected with the primary wants of indi-
viduals. And, certainly, this is matter
worthy of the attention Of Congress. 1t is
due to men, who have riskcd such large
capitals on such articles, to save them
from ruin ey preserving the duties on the
articles which they raiss, at high to-
The business % france cannot receive
to1 much attention. Congress viii, have for
gotten al that we have learned during the
list war, if they do not give it their most
serious consideration. Why were cur re-
sources straitened Why, cur operations
imPedtds Why, were armies stopped
WY, campaigns arrested but, from the
want OF cash.
Oar Revenue is now drawn from vari-
Gus sourc $.
Imhorfs-these ought to be revised
For, dcU5is duties were indiscriminately
lasI oil -
would bear it touch better tnan others
Hence tariff should be adoptcd--such
as the Secretary OF the Treasury has been
taking steps n procure.
.. Ercise on manufactures, Gc.-Most
OF these ought TO be struck CT as soon as
poss &c. u
5..Oirect Iares on Land, I'c--Though
thes came in with the war. they ought
not to go out with 1.-THE last war has
she'd a light on this matter, which il
would be infaMation to conceal. What
s ali we again trust to one expedient for
al! our resources? Shall we rest on I'm
ports alone. winch a Blockade may ex-
inguish No-let US pre,erve portion Of
hose taxes, which are derived from Inter
| nal sources. 1--we 90 rot, VIC shall ne
yer engage in another contest with En-
| gland, without seeing our whole financial
| system liable to be shaken and deranged
The President is lcat as TO this branch
Of taxation. though he presses upon Cen
| gress the arrangement of the finances,
with view To the receipts and expeudi-
lures OF 4 permanent peace establishment"
insists, that "it is essent,nl to every
modification of the finances, that rhe bene-
tits OF an uniform national curreGcy lould
be restored to the communiv."- IN the
course Of his suggestions Tor this purpose,
ne states shat "the probable operation OF
( National Bank viii merit consideration
\ Let ms, however. p ~ that Naticnci ha-.y
Wenld be -ful d framed upon proper prn-
ciPies; and let Us grant that such right
/ ought 10 BE- given 70 Cougrs SIS, yet until the
/, power Is given, Congress have no right 30
cst biish one. The Constitution gives no
| such p>wer-wiliing as we are, that it
.aonld be DOW amended, So as 70 give it,
"a this point, as well as that viii, h relates
! . National University IL the District OF
! columbia, we thiI;is the Pres ldcnt has gone
| TOO far. Congress have no right, under
the Constitution, 90 establish a Sem nary OF
! Learning, always saving and excepting
their own little territory, their ten m les
| square, in the Di,t;'ict of Columba.-Rut
even there, they have no right to establish
! any institution, Cont Of the hu6Ec funds,
which is not recognised by the Constitution.
hey have no right either to raise, or to
ktse, ont OF the public funds, one cent, or
an inch OF ground, towards tie erection of
seminary OF iearning-On roads and ca
nails, the President, indeed, has reserved
himself on the constitutional question but
not AS to Schools. we are willing, that
the Constitution 8hCilLd be SO amended, rs
10 give certain jurisdiction over roads *
canals; Tor, exc usiyely of other conside-
rations, the late war has removed many a
doubt Il is now apparent, that the States
arc much more disposed TO fly OF than to
tall together-and, that hence there is
less dalg ger in extending the power of the
Union.
The great measures, however, before
the Fourteenth Congr S., will be tn use
connected with the dejcnce of the nation.
Let US not fold our arms in sleep. The
character of the times particularly incul-
Gates the lesson, that whether to prevent
OF repel danger, we are not to be unprs-
pared iorit." When every thing that sa-
yours ct Revolution, is secuted in Europe,
| aGd the doctrine Of legitimate sovercisns
Is alone received. how can we expecc thc
only Republic ON Earth to escape che ten
pest' Whea England enyies as well as
hates Us, how IN we forever expect to
escape her Vaccinations 1t is, therefore,
that the President has recommended works
Oi defence, both fixed and coating" ON
our MART me frontier.
And here we beg leave to ask, whether
fort cannot be erected at the mouth ef
the Chesapeake, On mounds sunk, like
those OF Cherbourg? Could VIC command
that important pass we ruight in case of a