Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-04


WEDNESDAY and TnuHsbAY last were oc-
cupwd with the debate GA that item al the Ia
riG Bill which proposed tn lay duty Of six
cen:5 per square yard cotton baggiug-
which debate, 10 our readers have seen, was
brought IL "A close on Thursday ait-run.n, by
vote tG strike out IL" duty Of six cenIs aud
substitute f1ut aud half cents in lea thereof
Having been pri clu,ird by the pressure of
other matter from giving The debate on those
two days, 'vc now pfesenia view OF it ia
condensed firm.
Wednesdays drlote was opened by Il
speech from Mr.. Livingstone, of Lnuisana, IN
whose III Iiiun the committee had risen the
evening prrvous.) Protesting himself drci-
eddy friendly TO the encouragement Of Do
mcstic Manufactures. lie addressed himself, as
friend, To the friend, at that measure aud
Urged, a5 .,eirra principle, The proprieiy Of
extending Legislative encouragement, only 10
sIch man = c,ures rs There WIS u reasonable
prospect would flourish Unprotected. Sottnn
hagging, he cnni-ndtd, was not one of lh,~e-
1t was the very last that needed il, for il re-
Qnired, as had been admitted by lis friends,
little capital or machinery, and the hands en-
ployed in il could easily be turned tn another
occupation. To these features he would add
another. The raw material concerned was
npt, aud never could hc raisrd in abundance
and of good quality in this cnuatry. The
proof OF this WAS 10 he found in the fact, that
protecting duty, gradually raised, since 1890,
from 10, 10 %, to SO, and uuw 10 S so,
per ton, 100 per cent. beynnd the price uf
the article Itself, in Russia, had proved insult
Gcient to produce il. We had manufactures
in this country, the material of which was
hemp, they were Furnishing. and yet, such was
the infrrlority of the Amrrcan article, that
they preferred To pay this enormous duty TO
making any USE of it. lfa-krd for The reason
Of this inieri"rijy, h- could not explain il {:
il; he doubted lhe fact bat, he that as it
might, good henp was not made.
Mr.. l.. III The c1urS'. or his remarks, COM
plained that IA duty SHOULD be laid ON all the
COTTON growing states not Tor the good of the
whole Union bot nj a single State for the
manufacture existed in Kentucky alone. He
doubted that the duty, If laid, would prove
any material benefit, even TO the Kentucky
manufacturers, because the article they made,
was SO inferior, that the foreign would still he
used in preference. Mr.. L. quoted price
cnrrent OF 1922, to prove that when the price
q! the Imported bagging was % TO so cents,
that of the home made WAS only IS : there
was always difference uf al least 10 cents a
yard. The Kentucky bdgging Was no, SO
strong, and It stained and injured the cotton.
Gentlemen, Indeed, tell lis il will be- made
better and 10 produce this, they would tx
Guide the foreign article toGetiisr-str.nge,
that, when all competition WIS removed, tn.
article should improve, in proportion as all
uiduccmeBt to improve il was taken away. II
It could have been made better, it would have
Seen, long ago. As In the prohibitnry duty's
Keeping money in the country, Mr.. L. said,
the Dundee manufacturer had only 10 remov e
10 New Y"rk-carry on his factory ill he
m a md hon f,, 4 no
banks of the Tweed, and what would this
country gain ? He intreated gentlemen not
20 identify this duty with the BILL and vote
Tor 1t on party principles against the oppOsers
OF the bill. They might approve and vote for
thr bill, and yet strike this gu, as pernicious.
Mr. SHAHrF, OF n. Y. then rose, and said,
that he would be the last man on that floor,
20 cramP the commercial interests of this
country but agriculture and manufactures
went hand in hand with commerce, and un-
loss they were foslcrcd that must soon perish.
Mr.. y. said he nusi look at all things AS they
had been. and as they DOW were. He de
scribed the aourishps state ofthese interests
while the calami,ies Of Europe continued, and
their sudden depression at the restoration Of
peace. The fostering Ofsinilar interests AZ
home by the European powers, left us with
out a market for our prnducts. The farmer
hung his harp upon tie T'i!Hw, and the mrr
chant began To turn his capital To ,Ganu(ac
lures. But, while Europe shut out bread
stuhs, we continued to import her nsnuflc
tures-the country was perfectly inundated
by them, and dranel ufis last dollar To pay
- ;;"~". The precious metals disappeared,
and we supplied their place by lamp-blaCk
and rags. The country was as completely
inund ated with paper money ~ with British
goods.
Yet we are t,ld-let agriculture alone, il
will regulate itself; let commerce. alone, il
will regnIsie itself; let manufacturers alone,
they will regulate themselves. What were
gentlemen sent here Tor 30 let agriculture,
commerce, and manufactures alone ?--to let
them alone. I'LL having IIn%mishrd and died,
they had regulated themselves Would gem
tlelnpn tell their constituents that they bad
read their petitions, and Then let them alone
30 regulate themselves
Sir. LIvfSGsroS replied ; and Thought
was moi treating the understandings at Sentlc-
fren with respect 10 ur.G lhat the three cent
duty on cotton WIS protection, when, in
stead of importing, wc largely exported the
article. Let the d,ry he Repealed, Instantly
10 cotton grower wouij complain. Iir adj
mitted that the drdy on sugar did, iD some
degree, protect that arielr; bat il was laid
with such intent, aud would have been laid Tor
revenue, had Louisiana not made a single
pound of -ngar. As tn the manufacturers Of
the North taking the Sonlhrrn cotton. would
they take it If they could get II rs cheap Else
where? England. then. artcd - thry did
But the gentleman say' thrrr is $50 danger
Of her ceasing tn t,kr our CO. ttu ryrn though
we cease to receive her manufactures. Eut
did not the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr.
TOnfnsOnl state to the Hrus- that the Com
nectic0t merchant takes the West India rum
a l. al.
outward cargo? Aud the same principle
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