Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-06-24

uoes nor go 10 me government hut into the porkef
ol 'e domestic manufacturer There is then linn,
both ways. IL You duty article so hiph as In
amount to n prohibition, the peouIe nav Il, with,
o"t increasing 'he Pn6lic revenue IL very low, the
people arc not able To import many goods as WIFI
produce the revenue desired aud therefore ,le de
hciI must he made np in other way a. loans
excuses, &c,-Mr L. did not believe, that % per C
was TOO high To amount ,oTi heavy protecting duly,
aud yet II was high enable the uovcTt,,nras
10 RAISE the sum II wanted the Of ARTICLES
likely 10 he Imported and pa-d for by The ueople-Ue
coniesses u world gradually TO the pyotsctiDd
Point-but not amount TO The prohibiting point Il re-
MAINS to he proved that he misiak IN his calcu
ihion yet defec him ia IL, ard what is The conse-
q"ence THAT he is mistaken in his calculation of a
point al treasury finance; that he is a devoted
iIiPnd 10 the bounty system
| (iO We should lie sorry 10 have so desnondinu an
Imagination II Farmer
"a Manufacturers must make their own crlcuIa.
ions on their business, run their risks, SC Just
as farmers, merchants, 6Sc. do.-ii the governments
wants revenue, II must raise it, in the best il cam
whether II operate as a benefit burtlsn TO tins
or that class. III its revenue he sufficient il ouqL
| 10 relax lis taxation.
(k) lie has assigned the reasons for his own re-
comma ndaiion, with its itnii;uioR. Surely when tlat
purpose answered, il would have been expedient
TO modify the duty, whether he recommended il or
NOT Mr. Z. may have thought II right TO retain the
old tariff, AS being one which seemed 10 have heen
agreed on by sort of compromise between all par
ties, and under which the present manuiacIure,s;had
vested their funds hut on this point we hava no
means OF guessing at his opinions We know itin
lac conclusion At which many we'll meaning poliii-
clans have arrived.
~ When they were necessary Tor the revenue
This rs the Qurstinn
(m) We are yet To know how far even Mr. Macon
would have opposed certain iucrense Of tariff for
the sake of revenue.
(o) The late report, therefore, is of more moder-
ate tone, Than the of 1920 That is CONTRARY To
the previous suggestion of II Farmer he is less AK
inus to 60 Gerry favor with the as the
election draws nearer.
(p) We always ,iisposrd carefully 10 revive
any proposition of which has bee.i questioned
bV critical and acute mind. The haste in which
we are constantly compelled form and TO express
our opinions upon subjects of the greatest import
hrce exposes us To errors of thought and of express
SION, which we never hesitate olcorrect ntng tn
the results of more deliberate examination. The
proposition here quoted by a Farmer was never in
blended 10 convey the meaning sanction HE
doctrines which he has drawn from H. His own ie-
mark we considered too loose aud general in is ma
lure and III expressing that conviction may have
fallen into the same error. What we meant To say
and what 10 us st seems correct is that the propo-.
son OF II Turner is not in all true For, ii,
from Whatever cause, multiplicity of active pro-
ducers start up aud enabled sell an article Of
general consumption cheaper than foreign article
OF The same KIND, ncreas. OF Z or 10 per cent.
duty upon the Imporations OF ihe latter ceases to ie
le e';her by the produCer of the domes-
TIC articles that may sometimes happen that an
article may 'ie produced under the fostering wing OF
the government, which owing to very favourable cir
c"ms'anceS may thrive and be ahyantageously pro-
secuted afterwards, 10 defy foreign competition
without the all of The duty We admit thai under
other circumstances this would not he the case Tor
'hen, what The treasury loses by the duty, the
/
are true both AS to manufacturers and agrniturasts
They may inrn ou 10 he of sugars Of l.ouisi-
ana as well as 81 some of the manufactures of G..
Britain Bal this rs an gbtroct propositions the far
Their discussion Ci which may only lra, 10 tedious an
'roiracIed Investigations without continuing TO adj
vance The public interest. When the tariff WAS for
meriy before Congress, bestowed attention upoii
u, ana since then we have reason 10 change
any 81 the views which then suggested themselves to
| our mind
We can "A Fu.aqer ilnt we nre rs We
| iemently opposed he or any ether man en-
lie, 10 system OF protering dSi,sboRpfieS or ma
"cpohsS' mat they may chance to ID in eases
| anu produce benefit, he true. But thew are al
/ most dangerous aud costly experiments We had
rather see them diScatod acgrilt,.r Leave capi,,l
n'i"s'ry and enterprise Ia rhr guardianship &c indi
vidnai interest and disc reiion. Individuals are bei-
Ter judges Ia their own yir, than governments can
be- therefore, let dlem 0ioHe. The government has
no right dip us ha IDS ,,tn one mans norL 81 IN MI
IAN Il premium 10 brSiow upnn anoiIGE mars indus
/ Try These the dnrirnel which we have uni
"rn'iy expressed and no HmhcuiIv i xpre sson US
Ell IN hasIy remark npon too loose q propositiop
can Tor moment induce tvs TO countenance any o.
! Their doctrines.
We 40 noi fight for victory--nor for every opinion
Of Mr. Crawinrd.--We have stated IN a br,er man.
ner and sla do il fully hereafter some of our
reasons Tor preferring him his present conireti-
tors-(bi'an; as are the talents of some nf ihen,--
ana servceaiie as they have ~ oved themselves nj
d,Hefaht eras TO their connsr--srryices which would
plead more powerfully for them, bmi for certain cir
cums'ances which accompany their rretcnsous y
On The sghjert Of the increased I'm iG we think IL
obvious that Mr. Cs object WAS tire augmentation of
revenue TO supply the demands of the ,Ieasury.--
On Inns point, no" evrr enough has heea said-but
we s''i' wa 10 see wn't our correspondent will saw
IA favor Of thriving away Tho vote Of Virginia and
/ OF rlsking e.cciion by the II orr
/. are not P@'''.' and copy rights an exceptions
# From the Baltimore Patriot June lol
Washingiou's opinion Of John Qdncy .4annis.
MR. MUNRoE,- In looking over file of the
"-Boston Patriot" for 1909, see puAlished,
on the e9th of April of that year. a letter
from the late Cen Washington written sleue,s
days before he retired from Office, addressed
to- John Adams, who succeeded him 10 the
Presidency, which lettYr you will oflige an old
friend and fellow labOurpr ia HE Democratic
cause, by publishing in your widely circulat-
ing paper. w.
Copy Of letter from President Hdshinqfon 20
Vice President John .9dOmS, dated
MONDAY, goth Feb. 1897.
DEAR SRI thank you for giving me tn,
perusal OF the enclosed. The sentiments d.,
honour TO the head and heart of the writer
and IL my wishes would be any avail, they
should go To you in strong hope. that Won
will not withhold merifed promotion from Wr.
John Quincy .Hddms because he is youy SON.
! For, without intending To commitment the.
iather or mother, or tO crnsure any Others. !
give IT as my decided opinion, that Mr. Adams
- the most valuable public character that we
have abroad and that there reaains no
doubt 10 my mind, that he will prove himself
the ablcst Of all Our diplomatic corps. If he
was n0o to he brought into that linc, er into
any other public walk, could not upon the
principles which have regulated nv own con
duct, disapprove ofthe caution which is hnted
"a N - tor h.. q. a. 4 4