Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-17

We have thus traced our way through all the sta
pss e.,'borfed from the u. States.
We have anaiyzei, in the srat place tie 6rodscts
Of me Seas showing ths qadnnty OF each article
annutt'y exported, thei" zai- anl the STATES which
p;incipa Il export them:
in tl'e 81 piac" ne p,ofacfs ofMe Forest their
exports, 'sne, ard the St tes which export them:
In the 81 rvee. the Products of horticulture
stating them under the FIVE scliow:ng classes.
viz.
1st. Vegetable fo7d;
I'd. The products 0i animals
Srd. Tobacco;
9TH Cotton and
5ih' \ miscellaneou, group Of subordinate arti-
cies, MS iisN iax-seed, hemp, sugar, indigo Sc Sc
And what IS the result The same old nroDos-
ton with which we started That each section ortbe
u States has its staple-Ihe East hiss lumber and
ashes, and ish---the Middle States their prsins-
Maryiand and Virgins, tobaecoes and wheat-N.
Carolina, naval stores and i,lmbcr-S Carolina and
Georgia, cottos, rice and indige-Loasiana s Ceor-
ga, sugar-and the West variety of articles fr,,,
their cFudest to their refined state.
OF these, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina,
Virginia and the West, are blessed with the riches
| stapes-stapes which in demand, and which
cannot be So easily supplied from other quarters.
from their requiring popularity OF stst and soil tn
raise them. In these States therefore, manufactures
anu ndc.Sdf9on are not apt TO flourish Tire.
vest, however, may prove exception-manuf,e-
lures mag go to a considerable extent among them
because they much farther from the se,, and
1
and expensive for them to import foreign goods for
| their own consumption.
| Those other States, which do not abound in the
richest staples, must necessarily be driven to other
sources q weailh-'oHs cation and to n,aaufac-
fz.rea-to shipping or to working up he raw staples
OF the producing states.
nus, II IS strange, but true that he interests of
Massachusetts and Kentucky should be the same
rs 70 S'awttacf1Tes-Niassach must cultivate
uien from the want of adequate staples of her nwn
and Kentucky, from her remote distance from the
foreign market. Ii was, thus singular spectacle
to behold, during the last session of Congress the
same cooperation Of interests, the same anxiety to
extend the rates orthe tariff on certain article, The
stuifs 49, 1850"
Norris it difficult to see, that new combinations
o'pohcy must spring up from this diversity of inter
eStS. The contest, which has so long ragged in the
nd worid, between manufactures and agriculture
tlc interest that raises the raw ateriai ard that
which manufactures il, will be felt in America.
The East will strive to get much for her goods as
she can-the South to get such goods as chesD as
she can. he East will cry up for high duties on
such goods oil foreign manufl ctures-The South will
attempt to keep down the rates of such duties The
East will wish to supply us herself, and pretty
mach st her own prices-'rhe South will wish to
nave tie privilege Of getting these goods at foreign
markets, without being burdened with exorbiant
duties on their importation.
Il ms struggle has been already witnessed-it was
seen during the late discussions of the tariff, II
will perhaps, be seen at every attempt TO change
the rates of Tie tariff
The manufacturers which had already nros,ress-
ed, undsr The wing of the double duties, With a
promise oil their continuance and u4der the cheer
ing patronage of public sentiment, were to q Ger
tam extent snted TO the protection of the govern
ment' Much capital had been Invested in hem ;
many vOrsmen, devoted To their pursuit a-d both
classes had right TO expect that Ia hand Of goy-
eminent shoalt not be too suddenly withdrawn
trom under them.
On the other hand, the South, while Il paid this
degree OF respect to manufactures had right TO
expect certain degree Of attention being paid to
ITS own interests Il urged with very great force,
" that high duty, imposed for the parpose not of
rG3SUgs Tecenue, bat Of encouraging q BinnntQc-
TIRE, went counter 10 the old maxim of political e.
conomy, that trade & labour Should be left To them
selves that each individual was a better iu zee of
liis own lot rests than The government could be *
that the interest Of the whole country was only an
other name for the interest Of all the individuals in
IT. and that, therefore, there was no surer test |
OF what was for the good of the whole than what
each individual ihcught il best TO do for himself
that he might indeed mistake his interests but that
the government more likely to misunderstood !
them, on be mislea by design that although some
respect was dGe to the capitalists who had risSed
their fortunes 10 tie establishment of manufactures
and that duties to certain amount might be laid
on foreign goods for certain period, vet, that II
should be recoilected the inhabitants Of the South
we're IN the mean time the suH-refs they were
paying money out Of their owD pockets as prcrni
um TO the domestic nanuiaet4rer; they were pay
ing more ior cIohs, and OF inferior quality, than
what they coad readily purchase in foreign mar
kea
The tariffs now, however adopted--Let expe.
riOuce decide upon Il IL il DC too high, itshoaid
be reduced if not tao hish, il will be unchanged
short time will decide, better than the theory Of
a whole century.
10 our next sketch. we shall present view Of
the H0ugioctTcs OF The y s. as tar as they enter
into our list oil Eabor!s.