Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-17

dividuaIly, as have before remarked, feel
no objection TO a well adjusted system Of reve-
nue, of which direct taxes shall lie made
part but the citizens have been so long ac-
customed to indirect taxation, that some time
must yet elapse before, (if every they will, in
that particular, be recorciled 10 Il change. And
to me, it would seem 10 he Indispensable that,
before direct tax shall be spread over the.
country, measures shall have been adopted to
''increase the general ability ofthe community
TO contribute to the public exigenccs," mca-
surcs that will have retained ,cithin the cOun-
try something of the means of payment
Ii, upon due consideration, the plan which,
have proposed shall be deemed practicable
and worthy of adoption by Congress, all the
measures necessary 10 give TO it full effect can,
as they ouShtto, be made so far prospective as
To he free from multiplied Inconvenience
which must ever result from sudden change.
All the great interests of the country will then
have been duly notified /; and thus, whilst am
important change in its policy will have been
almost imperccptibly effected, they will rs i'm
pcrceptibly have accommodated themselves 10
the change. The foreign fabrics will have
retired silently from the market, and in the
same manner will the domestic have supplied
Their place. The means OF the country, now
sinking through the most unf;vorabl. on
erations of exchanSc, the introduction of for
eign goods Ia the pre- ludce of home industry,
WIN have found other cnployments, free
from perplexing uncertainties, such as will
augment the resources of the country by in
viSorating its industry. A constant exchange
OF products between those differently EN- ploy-
eli will have been effected To the mutual adj
vantage OF each. Aud then the period will
nave been reached when in truth il can be
SAID, that, by .n incIeaae of domestic manu-
iactures," = the demand fnr rude materials at
| home" has been % increased" and that :. the
| strength of the Union ITSELF has hcen arr
| mentcd' by AN augmentation of the depend
cncc of the several parts on each other" Then
VIII the "increased"" ability Of the commune
| ~ To contribute 10 the public exigpncies''
have heen fully demonstrated, and the
public revenue, having been made derivabIt.
from the consumption of domestic, instead
otiorcign fabrics, will continue steady and pro-
duciiye. whether in peace or war and uar-
tcularly so, from having ceased lis drpend-
ence On the ability of the citizens ,o
consume the products Of foreign labn,lr. which
neither adds TO the wealth Of The conn
Try, nor contributes To its defence i'm ahiI-
", 100, which depends more upon the crimes
the loilIes and misiOrtunrs, of other Countries
and even upon the state of tn. weather in
some, than upon the sag,city skill and enter
| prize of the American citizens. And. fnulI,,
then viii the supplies, at all times indisopps3-
bie,tbe placed beyond the reach of foreign in.
liaence, or the contingencies incident to a pr,.
carlous foreign commerce and, thus circ,In.
stanced, will be sure to reach the consumer at
the lowest possible price.
Sir, satisfied as am that should not nnl,
exhaust thr patience the house, but trari-
Sress It's rules, We're ], AT this stage of the pro
ff III IL.
views which have of the subject ! will ON,
remark in conclusion, that, ndiyi,lusIIv. /
should prefer that, was suggested at the last
the proposed measures he ACCOMPANIED
with an ultimate, formal prohibition upon i'm
"rts Principally ON account of the increased
Iaciiltles Tor preventing an Illicit trade as, in
! the latter case, the simple fact of prohibited
goods having been found in the country. would
incur forfeiture ; whereas, la the other, such
us shall have passed the custom house must
he taken 10 have been lawfully imported and
the duties paid until the contrary be show
IL Is, therefore, more from The respect which
| ieei Tor The opinion of others than in accor
dance with my own Judgment as to what is alb,
St!acuy best, that, IN this particnlar now sub.
mlt Inc proposition in modified form.
| Hit shall eventually be found that a ,naio-
rity VIII object TO the proposed measures, but
will, nevertheless, in form, which to them Mil
be more acceptable, adopt such as will secure
apresent and future supply of revenue, aud in
manner that will aid the industry of the
country, assure that majority, when asccr-
tanned, ofmy Jealous co-cpcratun. With
tnis assurance, and with the best of feelings foi
tlose who may differ from me in opinion, hav-
ing no other desire than faithful discharge o.
public duties. will abstain from occupyiDe
more OF your time, and send the resolution Ia
the chair, but not with ii wish that il should
be considered till some future dav, OF which
due notice shall be given.