Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-21

= ait "'tcal 10 commerce. This Is moi
u2y proposition. II VAS the basis OF our
Arguments against The bills reported AL
thu last session-we proclaimed that you
were aiming destructive blow al two ot
the great interests ia this community, its
agriculture aud It's trade. What did YOU
want With high duties, but Ia give TO the
home manufactures the home market,
and when the destruction of trade would
follow as Il necessary consequence, how,
let me ask, can you take on yourselves
IN be OFT bded, when you are told in plain
terms OF the consequences likely 10 flow
from your measures This language |
have held To you before, and yen did net
esteem il oifen>ive-I again, here in my
pla, 'epea, IT, and l feel assured that
no one VIII be tasiidious enough 10 con.
Slder II insulting Lei me simplify the
| case. You anl myself differ in opinion
| on particular subject /; you AVON dis.
position friendly 10 a certain interest,
and resolve on The adoption of course of
policy, destructive, M my mind, Ia some
other interest; shall not be permitted
tn say 10 you IN The language Of friend
ship or remonsiraDce, beware lest ynu
deceive yourseif-ii you adopt this policy,
you will be viewed as The enemy 10 the
| interest, which, according to your decla-
| raii~nS, you would nor destroy. This is
all The sentence quoted from the Rich
mond memoria! can be construed to
mean, aud III il, can see no rtfence.
Why should gentlemen be so sensitive on
THIS subject? Does il become tie Le2is-
Iaiure OF this nation 10 hunt through eve.
~ clause OF memorial for ihs purpose
oil cuiilnS out sentence orr mouoSy Has
Die which may contain some hidn,n Of
L Il
iibesaiity OF the gentleman from Pennsyl
wanna, creates wi,b me iuexpressiblr as
PUNISHMENT al The s,rcturrs he has indulg-
Ell III on this occasion. Those s,ricirr,s
cannot have been intended in the whole
OF them. for the Richmond memorial. |
am authorized Ia say ihai tAry Save moi
arisen so much from that as from The Bel
fast memorial. Thcrcport itself teaches me
10 draw this conclusion. The committee
complain 81 the acts of the last session
beng imputed Ia an individual, and not
10 The house. Nov there IL no iinputa-
ilon OF tins snrt III The memorial which
presented, ahd The representation nt lie
Dlils reported at The last session, as a
piece Of state machinery" Is 10 be found
IN tiic Belfast memorial. do not tc, |
myself bound 10 interfere In behalf of
the inhabitants OF Belfast they are re-
presented on this tlIoT, AM II belongs 10
their representative, If he thinks proper
10 do So, To vindiraie tlIeH from the
striciureS Of the report. But do regret
thai The cOmH,ittee should SO have con-
nected their auGthemas with the lntplpu-
lallon from tn Richmond memorial, as
10 have gwen use To the belief ttiai il
contained The greatest aud most CRY Ipn
Dtt. nee. | trust | have succeeded III saew
ing that none was offered from that quar-
ter. and thai none exists.
But the committee insist that by that
memorial they have been mlSIepreseuted
In reSa Il 70 Il tact, and thar the statement
IN the memOral THAI a bI!l Was reported
TO repeal the draw back " stem Is not iru. i.
readily admit that The ricmOIiaiISis HAY,
iallrn into error Oh Ibis SUBJECT, bal /
ntteIly deny thai any property exists Ia
the terms used by the commliee III re
| ference To this eTrUr.--rhe report repre-
! scntS this tear OF repeal oi lie dIaa "
| back system as being neIe phantom
| originating " III the Tears dud ignorance
! OF those who raise it," These alc sIrune
! terms, and The committee Ought Ia have
| been certain that they we're JustitIauic IN
| Their use. But while they are pisaStd TO
| reprobatS a mistake made by others liz
terms Ol great severity, | undertake 10
say and 10 prove thai they themsrl, Is
have fallen INTO manifest error. The
fear OIL the subject of drawbacks is moi a
| mere phantom existing III iimidily and
ignorance, but IL has " d local lian.taI!ou
and name" gwen il by the proceedings
IN this very Hall. The pToprIoiy OF &c
pealng the drawback system has been
| submitted 10 this House for consIdrTdiiuu.
A resolution was Introduced al the last
session, and Is embodied IN your Journals
by memberIrom Kentucky, WHO Is iloa
| near me, (Mr. TrImble,) dilecllug an Gu
curry into the rXpcdIency of That inca
sure. Ii Is not mere phantum ilieu
arising frcm ignorance, but IS reality
WHICH, considering The respectable source
fbOm which II came, vas deserving OF
eHqniry Oh the part of The public. radl
II Was deserving Oi investigation by the
people, viii readily be deduccd from th
language OF The report, lei il is acknoWl
edged that, had a bill been reported 10
the House proposing HE repeal, u would
Rave justly called forth all universal burs,
OF Indignation. leave u ~ Tie commit
tee and Tie gent man from Kentucky TO
determine whether III truth IL be n,ea-
sure OF such character as To meIil the
indignation OF ilir public. II The wor d
resolution" had been Hsed instead Of
Dill, III the memorial, the sentence
would have been as perfect, aud The re-
ference equally strong ana | submit II to
the House 10 decIde whether mistake IN
the use of a word, called for the repfoach-
es aud severe strIctur which have bee,
indnlgei in eli ihls occas on. Tue G., m
mittee will pardon me for saving that
they have lei go the substance aud caught
al Tie shadow II they had attended 10
the object OF HE memorial aud not It's
phraseolugy. They wOui1 have seen thai,
its object VAS TO defeat any measure,
whether bill ora resolution which might
be intended 10 repeal The drawback sys,
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