Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-29

~ ouF'y, on the l0th 0f January, 1890
PRESENF
THOMAS Cooke, Delegates from
EDMUND ROrFIN. : a &, .; OF Prince
john EDMUNDs, \ Delegates from
GEORGE Blow, The Agricultural
MN. HUFPIN, Society OF Sus
WIN. ]. COOKE. sex.
NicA'Ls FAuLCoN, , Delegates from
CHS. II. GRAVES, The A. s. ofSur
RICHARD Cooke. nv.
John PEGRAM, delegates rom
tersburg.
THEoPHILUs FIELD, } Delegates from
JOHN JONES, and the \. Society
HENRY LEWIS y of Brunswick.
The JoTo~ing MEMORIAL being adopted
unanimously ic0S ordered to be Sigped by
the President aud Secretary Of the Delega
ton, and transmitted TO Om. representa-
tires to be laid betore tie Congress Of tie
L States
Your Mrmoralisis present themselves
10 your honorable houses, as portion ~
HE Independent Agriculturisis OF Virgil
MA. III Thai character we design not i0
larasS. our representatives with hig'
wrought pictures of distress, which, their
wisdom could not have anticipated, and
cannot remove. Neither can we bring
ourselves to detail in the language
complaint. much less OF ,eprnacl, ilos.
evils which we endure in common, no
| ohly with every class and denomination
OF our felIow-citizeDs; but with almost
every ra,k and description of civilized
man. We solicit moi, the fostering care
or patronage OF the legislature, 10 aIIevi
ale by bouniles, momopolies, or project
ing dates, caiamliles, IN their nature as
inevitable as they are iDcurable, by Iegis-
latIvc IDteTpOsiilon, because, resulting
from combination of circumstances,
over which, our legislature can exercise
no conirol.-War Is an unnatural and
caiamlions state lis evils must be fell,
sooner or later; and not less severely, by
being deferred. The transition from war
10 peace, was sudden, aud found Us, like
The rest OF the world, unprepared But
we can bear patiently the penalty Of our
own lmproyldence, convinced, HAT our
dlS,resses will be but temporary, and r.
collecting that they were preceded by 30
years OF almost uninterrupted pros perity.
In this frame of mind, which we recon-
mend 10 the imitation of our more dis
conIenlcd brethren we have oulv TO so
licli respectfully, butearnestIy, from your
wisdom and experience, that we be len
TO ourselves, To disembarrass our owa
affairs, by active industry aud strict eco
nomy instead OF being placed al tie
mercy OF interested individuals. who
would faiter us will relief by abridging
onr comforts, increasing our exprnccs,
ana diVerllng TO their own pockets, that
portion OF The produce Of our labour.
which differently applied, might serve 10
eX'lcate us from our present difficulties.
me underlined projects. and cxlravagant
claims ni lht manufacturing associations,
collected from I4Ieir circulars, reports Oi
cOhmli'ees,and other publications, could
alone lead us To apprehend that We may
| not be lelt To this repOsc, wbrh We so
| earnestly solicit, and which the difficulties
OF our present situation, so inperiously
demand. We have always suspected thc
policy OF forcing any branch of trade or
manufacture by bOuulies, mOnOpolies, or
| protecting duties. But without eutcriug
INTO tie discussion of the general Oups-
lion, we would respectfully suggest. that
no period more unlavorable than the
| present, could he selected for thr com
inencemehi Of an experienced course of
political economy, beginning with the
taxation OF the many, for The rmoluneui
OF the few. When We consider The faxes
already imposed on foreign manufactures
(avtragng perhaps Twenty-Five per cent }
and estimate Tie amount of freight, dou
| BILE commissions, insurance and various
smaller charges incident To shipping and
transporting 10 this country the products
OF ihe foreign arts IN moderate calcu-
ialion, they will give TO tie Am. manu-
| iaciurer an advantage OF forty per cent.
| II to this immense adva4 age over the
| European competition, we add the cheap
| terms, Oh which The chief necessaries of
lie, meal. bread and fuel can be- procur-
ed' iho abundance in which The raw ma.
ierIals age produced, Our happy exemp-
Ton from The whole Of that frighliul ca.
'alogur oi oppressive taxes, which, barely
| 10 read, makes tie American citizen
| shudder bat under lie continually az
cumulaiing weight Of which tie foreign
| aFi'zau must lahomr, add still further, ON
The authority Of tie advocates OF pro-