Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-06
LET US ALONE.

Mr.. Rich OF Vernunt has btoacl,ed III.
Tariff Question bur in new form. He
Is more radical innoya,o, than Mr..
Baldwin ar Mr.. Sergeas' for Instead OF
INCREASING The duties, he propeses 10 pro
hiOit The importation OF c,rta,u articles
altogether. Yet i this gep,lemsn so con-
sistent as "a aver, that he Las no Z" desire
TO see manufactures forced INTO existence
by Oh. acis 81 The government :" bus
gently to invite ihem"l He would max.
~ dn withou' hats aud clothes, aud pa
per anu glass, unless we raise them eur
selves; and yet he has no dssire iu fo7,cc
us TO raise them He would ulac. Us TN
der the strongest possible dhresseS aud
st,ll be di-claims all schemes bur oil gent
| ty tnutfimg us 10 our interests
| Can MIR. Rich b. serious? Has he con
sidered IN The FIRST place whether lie can
accomplish his object ? Wi,-,I er he can
bnili this Chinese wall around our
coasts! Whether he can arrest The ingr-
nuiiy and holiness of smugglers along
our ,arionsIy iudenied sca coast 4? Does
moi the ea.barsO system teach lin better =?
Or will he thr0Dg our sealIoard with re-
venue cutters and armed vessels 70 catch
the smugglcr, and after he is caught,
naug bim up at his own yard arm as d
warning to others
| Grant him, however, his object say
that he can prohibit foreign articles alto.
ge'her, Will he prove II to be our interest
90 dO SO True, the manufacturer may be
sure of a future market :" but what
! becomes OF the two great classes Of the
| community /: the farmer aud merchant ?
Ia Mr.. Rich really bold enough to declare
that "the agriculuralisi will find a pro.
gressIvely increasing aud steady demand
for his products z" wlpu, now, we have
the change nf The markets of the " hole
| world and then, we should have only the
mouths OF comparatively lew manuiac-
lurers Ia feed when n0,r, ue may furnish
the manufacturers of all The world with our
cotton, and then we should scarcely
supply more than our own For, let us
moi CONCEAL from ourselves this principle,
| that II we cannot buy, we can only sell
to very limited amount That you limit
our exports, when you limit our imports
His idea of relieving our merchants is
equally ridiculous for can coasting
ami internal trade counterbalance the
loss Of the foreign? Does the Chinese
navy realise this prediction Or can any
man, whose mind is not bent 10 one idea
only, be 20 bIin,l as to suppose that our
coas,ing trade, however increased by this
scheme, can be equal 10 oil The presen,
branches of our trade put together?
MIR. K. is obliged 10 confess, that hi.
therio we have pursued the wisesi course
III tearing things alone ; that however much
,ce may hare been benefited "by excliang-
ing our agricultural products for the MAJ
uutauiurcs of Europe" the time has now
gone by the principal markets are nOw
shut TO us prices abroad are low &c..
But how long before things will change
again can Mr.. II. inform us ? or vii.
he be 40 good as TO tell us. whether our
citizens who are just IA mucI, Interested
IN tue matter as he is, are mol lust as sa.
gaclous in seeing the chang and adapt.
ing themselves TO the change OF the times
Will not Tins state Of things, OF itself,
rear up manufactures Are they not
rising up i'll the whole northern country ?
Are not individuals III fact better Judges
OF what sniis their own interests, than any
local representative can be ?-And if III.
therlO MIR. RS wisdom would have Turn.
ed OuI TO be loOlishness il we have hi
iherto done what is most TO our interests,
by agricultural pursuits: how are we To
know but With lie times. they may
| change their course, without the gentle
Invitation of duties, or prohibitionsR
Mr.. X. does not think IL best TO 90 By
the good old rule OF " let It's alone" be-
cause II would not do in every thing-our
Star spangled banner, for instance, would
not fly In triumph, il government were 10
let il alone What sort of logic is this :?
| Because we must let some things alone.
| we must lei all! Would Mr.. X. think il
fair Tor us 10 gcneralze his own rule i'm
the same way and because he wonld
regulate manufactures, and prohibit ex.
pofiaiion, that therefore government, must
regulate ere,y thing; pass sumpiuary
lava, prohibit the freedom of conscience,
aud ofspeecb, and the press, &c. &c.
But what are we 10 do for revenue q
Here too We have a nosirum ready
lay excuses upon your rising manu-
features Now, unless MIR. r. ran
+how Us, That we should not he on
The whole richer BY being permitted TO
sell the dearest, and buy the cheapest
by giving the least for manufactured ar
,ic!es, aud getting the most for our ow n
products, IL is IN vain for him to shift the
sources Of public revenue. II a restrict
ed iradr makes Individuals poorer, il strikes
IN the same proportion at The rev enue. the
means, and energy OF the state.
| lie appeals 10 the restriction laid on
our articles abroad az an example tor us
10 initiate at hOne-forge,ting thar this
is the very time when the most enlight-
ened statesmen abroad, are loudest in exc.
Grating their own system OF restrictions
aud that lie would clap the yoke around
our necks, al the very moment when they
are wishing TO shake off eir's.-Let US
not forget their maxim, and that OF the
great Franklin,
LAISsEz NOUS FAIRE.
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