Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-05-29

INGToN. Doubtless ven owe hin, sreat gratitude
Ills s, 'ort;tale sad yslor contributed largely to.
wards your success Bat, TO call him the Fafaei If
yonT cgHitfy; the Fiddler Of yeu- ince5eRdsRce
Is little too much in our cclrtiy styie, sud has
very dang sross tendency. Names are always mis-
chieyous, especially in republics. One .N;p1sis, 1T
last, put ia opposition TO another .Ntms, and then
tie pun!ic Or u Of sight. Amongst ali or
innumerabe ioliies. have had the sense 20 get
rid OF .Nnes; and il wsuld b. provoking indeed 10
you pers in this greatest of al; iO,ies after
we have cast 1t OIL.
Another notable trick that has been played of
upon us, and with astonishing success, the seribu
ing oi our pr Sper.ty and strength to the increase
otonr ertei'nM commerce, which, tor what reason
official iDputence itself has ventursd to ex-
plain, is ascribed .sholy 10 the ministers. Just ii
hey gaze us the wool and cuttoa and iron, ami al
s. the sugar and coffee and wine, and gave as the
ship and lors, and found ms the customer;i Be
sides, there is gross and monstrous folly running
through the whole thing II is OF notions as
;alse as ridiculous and deseable ANY Of the
legends OF Popery n thing, called an accoGnt OF
Imports aud Exports" il .taceG nb for MS every
year aud there uine hundred and ninety nine
out OF every thousand persous, who really believe,
that The amour, IS So much money gained, and
gained tOa by some cOnfTtDdRce al fhe alfais.ers
with which the people Of this country have nothing
at alto do and when the augmentation OF Iae tax
es used ia lie talked ofin Pitts time, "aye," said
thst impuient fellow '.but look st the augnen;ati-
on that IhGOe made in the commerce OF thecoun
try" Just rs lit hal not bsen tue industry and
enterprise OF the people, which had created all ts
additional commerce; and iust as il, after all, the
iNterDal resources, arising h m this industry, were
not the only means of rendering this external com-
nerce OF any use in point ofrevenue. ships and
docks and warehouses and custon-houses make a
great stozr and greet noise. The imports from
the East aud " est Indies. Our numerous colonies.
All these maSe nonstrous figure IN news-pap ers-
and in talk. Bat, when come % Sec that the
duties of cusoms all put together, that I'll the taxes
IA sed upon sps and upon foreign goods, do not IL
T9Itf 10 neGrly much Tie fares yieiied6 By that
part Of 6Deg z,hich IS made .,lto drink
when come TO see this the ..ius,oa Sanshes in
twiokhng.
Thsy tell MS of the advantage Of the last Indies,
and how much the article Of res alone y'cds as in
txes. Just as ii di poi pay these ;Ires oar
sefves lust If TIA East India Company gaze as
the amount Of these taxes Just - i the means at
paving them lid moi out o! the traits Of our
owl internal iud.stry tho great and only sonrcc It
national wealth and strength. Ills 4 4 favorable
tine 10 endeavor 20 impress these truths upon the
minds 90 the nation. Err, now see and feel,
that, when our SaferBG'dGlirS a dsturbedi when
tie hand OF industry is arrested at home i; when
confidence is once shaken between man and man
here when this takes place, sec that ailis dis
tless and misery; see, that the grand display
OF Exports and Imports and Tonnage Is all empty
noi-e.
The present rain has been brought mon tie
country by the nlismansgement of It's aiiairs, anl
those only are responsible, Tho have heen guilty Oi
this mis'napsgement They have done what they
pleased with the res urces % the country. They
have employed them in wgrs, la sihsiiiss, IN con-
quests, in contracts and salaries. TO facilitate tie
execution OF their schemes, they have created =
fictitious currency, liable to fluctuations in v9ine "A
revolution in the state Of this curreecy has, ST last all
o. a sudden, produce transfer OF real property
and OF goods from the owners 10 the owners Of IN
ney. Il has rendered. the former ins1lveni, AID
that too almost without benefit to the latter, while
tie la6Oring sass, who depended solely upon agricu
| ture and trade, have been hurled down into the
! state of paupers. Since my return home, find.
! l. "A Il is become common practice TO DIS
| oharge anIost the whole If the ieeourers, send
them orreer 10 tie parish, anil then IN hire them
~ ne parish At sXpenee Jay; thus reducing them
to DE lowest possible scale ut bodily susehance, aud
degrading them 10 nearly the level OF beasts. Yet,
! what are the farmers tn do They have rot the
means 1f paying aas hing worthy 10 be called ssa-
! Ses They have put total stop To all improve
| aenfs 30 all the means of enriehng land; there
will be hardly any following tc rs,ies ilINt are IN
| the land viii be Grawn ont of il; springs .il be
suffered 70 overflow fences vii fail OCT of repair
aud, ia two years, fittings continue thus. the i'm
pr0vement', the sosrees Of wealth and strength,
! CURED by the industry aud enterpi;ze Oh 90 years.
! VIII have been lot.
I And IS there ia be no resp5nsiLify Tor all this
! terrible mischief! Are We TO regard il a vista
! ton of Providence for orr sins2 Are we 10 sit
! down and CRY, and tobame nobody upon earth for
1t ? 4 poor atemI; has been made 20 make the
nation beiIrve, dat all ths misery has arisen from
| mere ordinary causes that such scenes are the
81 eopsequ nee II a sudden transition fiona war
! To Peace and some have been impuient enough
Ia assert, tllat similar distresses occurred nj the
| c'osr ,s tie .IHeitcdn Tar. WHIST n sars-Gced
f.lsehood No. there was then TO ieiiti1ss cur
rency there was then revolution IN prcp rty !;
| there then 10 such distress. Or nseTics
| are the consequence OF the Encouragement OF our
| affairs.
Ills impossible for things 20 90 on in this course.
| There most b some great change By iGsg. If it
were INST, that the present owners 0 land and stock
in trade should yield heir property 10 Inc owners
o! money and to persons in The nay Of the govern
| ment, the thing CANNOT BE. 10 eject the
tia' SER IS physically impossble. Before It were
half carries through the hgh-woys would he sirew-
ell with Starved AID patrid careasses Il, in some
pa Is, whole parishes have already been DIES rtcd by
the farmers, leaving the parson and the poor TO eat
the dirt and The hedges, what is tie hng to
in the end What have We to ook f-r before two
| more years are over our heads But. men xiii
nat he ruined and starved in such Numbers. il Is
! impossible 70 make millions e IL ~ submit to ruin
aGd starvation. After haviqg Witnessed such meas
ures as t',c Brown-iirc,d iaw the Coin-bill; The
| soups Cp pro- Ct the Pota'Oe project; and some
Others, 1t woull be presumPtuons ercn to guess at
! what may be fesortci 20. Nor, indeed, need we
much care what's aoss to be done fIr, certain il is
That in spite Of The brilliant prospeois opened to ut
by tic marriage AID mariiags settlement of the
| Prime S. Charlotte Of Wales, g0neftiig Of great
| Importance HTfet BE doRe.
Bot hail endure al This misery 7oition cal
| hng 20 account those. VINO have Aai the uauage
ment nj orr sifirs' Shal, we submh 80 -
.-'*' but must, close
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