Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-04-30
THE LATE ARRIVALS.

Northern and Southern arrivals bring Enr-
i!s!, dates down to the 18th March, The pa
pers with the exception of few articles seem
to he uninteresting- Things are stagnant in
the vest OF Europe--the people seem content
with their rulers, and their rulers, satitfied with
them. The last traces of the revolution in
Spain were disappearing, and that once proud
and free nation fast eiaps,ug. into the stiffness
OF absolute and hopeless dcspotisn. The doc
trincs of the Holy Alanac have triu,npbeJ
| wherever they were attempted 10 be enforced
| ALI Europe from the shores of the Baltic to
| the Mediterranean, and from the Bay of Biscay
to the Carpathia' mountains sleeps in bondage
The spirit of revolution is however, vet busy
but 1t Is the revolution of opini0n--thn diss
patton of the accumulated errors of ages, before
the steady, progressive march of ,.ecomfnon
sense" Our readers will unierst.r;IN US hv
perrsinr the sketch OF the proceedings OF the
House of Commons-thc speech of the Cham
cel,or Of the EXcheQuer, ani Mr. Hus!lisson
on the English TAEIrF. These enlightened
opinions have arrived in hep7y time to check
the arlor of our raiefs IN Washington Ia ;,,l,;t
the bancful AMI discarded notions OF Eurorc--.
notions originating in absolute ignorance ofthe
true PRINCIPLES OF political economy-f,,s,er..d
by policy of narrow seliishness, asimlsor.rt a.
nsrrow-and continued by The British G,var..-
,nent from dire necessitv-f,.;ri ,ha ;,arfs., IN
practcabiily, ofrclnqushing the system viii
out iuin. What abuu AIT aal inst cas-
should we give for the triumph and Ini.th OF our
commercial rivals, their poii,icians, ti:cir re-
viewers, by slipping or the c.! ms, which ar
holding them to the carth-lsAicL they hav.
been adding 20 hl. by LAX = a re-, ani y!.i,l,
they can shake off only, with time ana toll.
Our readers will perceive from these soecch-
cs, that the British ministry are fully awakened
20 the ruin and folly Of the system Of com .ner-
cid on deraai protection. That they are rea-
| dy to cast it oa-agid that they arc restrained
alone by the fear oinfictnr xlensive individual
nnry. The nation, an the wori,l, if each nation
woui doit, would be benefited ani enriched b,
the course, bat the returnt simplicity s. toco:u.
mon sense, must be as slow and gradual, rs
| was the formation oftilcsystem.
1t Is exactly al The time, that the rulers of
Great Britain have discovered that themselves
and their ancestors have for centuries been
wrong-that every new siiaci<Ie they have adj
led to the freedom Of commercial intercourse
has been drawback upon national prosperity
that the policy has covered the seas with
snugglers, the nation with rogucs and the face
of the country with gibbcts-that Nr. Clay
would have us introduce it, upon doubtful ex-
pertinent into our country. How docs he de-
fcud the Tariff Bv the prosperity and wealth
OF England. But England curses the policy.
Her ministers the sponsors and guardians of her
laws, deploreitsopcraton and express tbelrhope
ofits gradual Abandonment. Now who should
best understand the effect OF this protecting
policy, the English themselves who have so
long experienced tor Nj. Clay, who has ia
ken it up as popular hobby