Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-07-17

:Nhouion, aNarice and this cugryer, combined a. |
gainst QUE republican system. are fearful odds The
people arc not yet sufficiently oppressed To be reused
private affairs absorb their inteecs and the only
eNs.ms nope rests IN an agricultural influence over
our legislatures That interest alone is vet able to n
vert me impending dangers, unless flnaical notions
80 thihcult 10 be wrIns Of human nature should
o,nd To the chariot wheels of ;ivarce and ambition
,tow secous, how apparently honest, proposals
=, taxes Tor the payment of public debt -
but, what nation got out ofdcbt by Increasing
utAes IT'S simply, sinking fund. Is the deluson
vi sinkng fund, yet tn be detected EVERY in
crease oil taxes generates hordcs of public har-
pies, just as pauperism is generated in Epgand by
increasing poorratcs The most successful eiror, To-
pay national debt which WAS ever made was Jeff
erson combination OF a repeal of taxes with econo.
my his successful experiment is met by its natural
enemy, VINO eNcInms - continue and increase taxes
o' patronage and pay them To capitalists, pension
ets, eNe'usNe privileges, and sinecures, for other
wise we can nave no currency, we must BECOME
dependant on foreign natious and VIC shoul wound
ue iatl vi individuals in a waste of public money"
oSpenaenrc, want OF money and public faith what
cabalisuca words How can such s,,ners,;,;ons he
overturned To prove them to be s,no,.s,;,;,', :;
| "ouhns. Mankind are rs hprdly persuaded to re-
nouuvc ise 'fods as 10 worship the true one Our
> s'em ought 10 be our political deity Ii
We ADOPT tue dolauies of Europe 4, viii ccase 10
sued blessings upon Us. Even soyercipny that mil;
neu ihu ihimabie European idol, has been tiouybt-
ssH Imported by our legislatures, and has caused
.re.n 10 usurp despouc power over tho whole pro-
perry ot inc nation. The Roman code of the tweIy,
oies proh'.htcd personal OF partial legislation and
,e eiS,on oil this s,lu'ary prohibition was the
ert, IRON which the corruption and ,,;, of ,L., vs.
public, ought TO be dated We have ,,.nndo,.'.d ~
sioh ana endowed bankers capitalists and soldiers
ou, soiu'ers eudowmcns would be considered oven
~ that country OF sirccures rs an Injustice
" mv'o1ous industry, more nearly rcscIubl;nr mn
pcfia donations 10 pretorin cohorts than an endov
aen. o inc ministers of the gospel, necessarily la
'' I'm Tor our Temporal! and eternal welfare.
out when law is passed, if it is discovered In be
10y oad one, the nveigns words charter, con-
idence and national faith are paradcd by ayur;cc
against Ms eai-Thesc are addressed to our fan,
i;l,n, u'u NOT prevent rs from wtenching our
ilocrt from hngand They did not prevent us from
uhehu9wlng hierarchy And shall they subject MS
!" exclusive privileges and gratutous sinecGres.
~. .s very time, the brcadstulf farmers, the man.
uiac'uferS OF the STAFF u; life. who live fifty miles from
navigation, cannot possibly make "a profit, equal 10
s'e tNe, state and federal. In great extent OF
sourS, Tie crop will not bear the expense OF carry
''s IL 10 market Ought such taxation IN no III;
,,n,Sei Ought not snch Improbable industry 10
DC relieved from paving taxes 10 crat,ous pensioners
una ahu exclusive privileges Ought not our norris 10
20 an i'igrN OF commodities, which, like IN
n' , O, money, WI increase prices supply wants
Inu nlutpiy comforts Is not soil TOO poor to
pear pccunary frauds What remedy exists for our
os. pu. !ne restoration of freedom of industry Al.
oiher projects OF relieving the naona! distress or
ins our republican system, are, believe mere emni
riclsm. But a mass of laws flowing from E,rora,, |
notions 1--WE are too fond Of notions of the iliimiible
rights oil sovereignty and from the seductons of o,.
e., nave met with an acquiescence founded in conf
pence, ana ignorance neither of which are proor of
PuolIc APPROPRIATION Can it be wicked or prcsump,u
Gus Tor the enlightened and patriotic members of H.,
a interest, TO remove this double ba,,,aUe
from me public eye and to awaken legislative t,eo
non ~ 'hc Mucous consequences OF measures founded
~ elrot ana hostile to liberty ", replies excIu
si'e privileges politics office and l1riculture
would travel out of her sphere by medd1ng with |
tucm' Let her keep her eyes shut aad we will lead
ne end OF society, must be kept constantly in view
10 OBTAIN the benefits resulting from IT, That ;s tb
soou OF community and not a subsection of some
men 10 the avlrcc of others. Society ouph, to he tho
~ nI, sc vi us members but, instead of this, ava
rec ana ambition have converted il into mother
Kind " 1 'SS' vi iuah-
ne value OF wealth, created by civilization, has
substituted avarice for Icvcnge as the tause of var
FROM TINS motive, independent nations nov usu,Iv
wage war with each other and from the same mo- |
I'VE domestic combinations constantly wapinr in
terhai wars carried on, not by the sword but by M
iiticei weapons. Ifthcse internal comh;r,t;ons' -
to themselves political weapons. as now
eriul III domestic warfare the sword il, wars no |
"esn Nations, inc rest OF the community will be ns de-
ts,e ooutl AmerciIS, when invaded by the
"Pa';ird'. The agricGturaliss, from having nerlect
Iu such weapons, are losing their gold and silver like
'ne 9harned Abor'slncs OF South America The o.
ihed Agricultural Societies propose To resume tben,
ocausc, IN the hands of the agricultural inter-,
those weapons mly mildly restrain fraud but can me-
yer cripple Justice Is not the mode OF resisting ex
~ py oring ing public opinion to bear
On legislative bodies, preferable any other under
INC peculiar situation of de United States They
are nations sufficiently distinct TO resort to th. , r.
e sWorH, invariably arising from the efforts OF dis
nct nations, 10 obtain resist pecuniary advantauoe
Laws, extracting wealth from scmc states and lie
slowing IT upon Others will certainly produce This
Pecies OF war; with aggravated calaniities between
c states, rs attempts of the same nature aonnst IN
dependent nations. a union exists between Enrona /
IN hngs, but II this confederation is no security a
3'I' pccu"iIy wars, neither viii the confedera- /
~ o,,;,e ulc s'tcs' occupying territory nearly
'r quite as large as all Europe, be security araint
'uch wars II somo states told By others Won
POSSESS slaves therefore exclusive privileges shall on
wave you. There is no nation SO contcmptble as to
bear such insult long - ~ :
One would think thar the IJn;ted S,,,o. :; A. /
ery origin, had received sufficient caution aooins,
,nc por1y OF establishing pecuniary combinations /
@ ", ei "efc subjected to mercantile charters {
u H'ohopones, producing expressions sufficient 10
lave siranSed them in their Infancy Common scnso t
anne IN 10 me ahi OF common Justice and nv abrogat-
hs nose &c, charters, saved them from premature
leath what use ought 10 MAKE of this ndn,o,;,;
u our own history? Ought we To resume tho conc | !
,o!lcy because II cannot kill us az was nn,r ;
long IN our infancy, and only subject us 70 The
n the old world "4''''' 0
IL cannot be denied, that citizen who povs d,ties
ueraucu ny those who'd pay them even if the
"es arc employed Tor the national benefit; Lecause
" VINO shaTcsln the benefit ought To bear a ro,,;rr
! ,'o expense Necessary TO procure it, When this e
maxim IS violated hy throwing on class of cit;zcns .
nc exclusive burden Of contributing To the public e Il
81, ana eNcusS another class from Contributing
hy tnh9, Tue injustice 10 the contributing cI,ss IL
manifest. Add 10 ii bounty be paid bv die CON q
ioung to the non contributing class and il IS intee -
ao o sec no great philosophical distinction be.
wccn political cannbals. who eat up tbe u,rsns L
men men live, and those who eat the men Them.
ewes In the eye Of norality the difference lies he
ms een quick death aud proracted misery. THO ~
. IN W 'OIh' OF wisdom between those who re- n
Ign iicr bodies TO the of cannibas or their nro
eI to the care Of cXclgsi,e privileges is much the
dnO. - - Ni ''S III
,, "
foolish hope is n definition Of superstition. Tho II
9pci tot nks would rich,yas superstition u
nc nope, that to make industry nay AN exorb;tao, y
nee or ~ necossares, will naln fhen, clicn1, 80, y