Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-06
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
DIAlOGIE ON TlE IARIrn
Il V4N HE tNIFF
BETWEEN mANUFACTUkER AND A FARMER

BETWEEN 4 mANUFAcTUkER AND A FARMER
Manufacturer. Well, neighbour, have come 10
!aik To 20" about very serious mailer As believe
II is true, that " two Of ade cant agree !" hone
II may also be true, that two of dfTeten, trades
may agree ;-"r agreement conld exist no where
f"mer Yes, agree io-diffrr.. Bm what has
brought you among MS Ii must be an III wind in
deed, that blows good 10 nubody
Manufacturer. Few words are best, when friends
meet, and there Is no need for disguise have come
To make You very plain proposal ; 10 winch, If Won
agree, yon VIII gam even more benefit Nv ~, i,an
shall, aliho AN free to acknowledge that shall be
a veiy considerable gamer too.
Farmer Aye, indeed, this must be something new,
~ u seems TO turn upside down. the old proyerb ,ha
" charity begins home"
manufacturer. No, cannon say il is very new. the
same poec, having been tried in other countries for
ages past and Tor no very short time past IN orr wn
bu here II Is IN somewhat bad odoHr for has been
invidiousiy called =" war in Disguise"
Farmer. They don't speak the truth, hone Gor I
am an enemy 10 war, either in masquerade or in
open, dreci array Ii suits very badly with our bus
ness, which is essentially prac efnl occupa,ion Rn,
come To the point al once. fear it must he some
'"'"g very unpleasant, to require so long a preface
and 81 much palaver.
.fdHnthcfurer. The proposal is for uon and ,o,tr
lr ends TO join me and ay friends in petition 20 Con
gress =" TAX those deviiish So,
highly, as To prevent The possibility of nerrupon IN
us ~ our 1xrd resolve To make every man. woman
and child IN the whole county, much mo,e comfor.
'a"'e' man 'hey can possibly be at present and 10
ten"ef me whole NATION richer by many millions than
IL.
government Is more than half on our side alre,dv
hut Ike mother Eve,-hey" would not unsoupb, he
won" o. ~
Farmer. This is Indeed an admirable scheme. 40
you represent it, equally bomou able IN The men ,yL
conceived ~ and 10 the country which is TO reap ali
the benefit. But there some mseivinss hat come
across my m'"d'-possbly because don't understand
Tor " seems To me, as IL regards you and me- TO
be but oher version of the old game, cross YOU
win, and pile, lose"
.na"njGrf"er; God love you, man, nothing can he
lnlN
grants our PRAYER all these ahon,inable Coreion
nan"iactuTers,--at least, all their goods will he ex
Guided we shall work away AT ON leisure, having
no competitors our 1--we for our own dear coun,,y
and especially for y0n who feed and svpror, ne iii
Trtsis biy 'npei us Ia sell you beiier han than
You now get either from John Bull, o, Sawney Bull
an" we sn"'' he bo'h able and willing buy, 10 be
sure ~ our own prices, hui these will lie most IiI,er
AL every pound Of cotton aud tobacco aud every
bushe OF corn, wheat, barley oats and rye besides
All "'her imaginable products that the American soil
can yield. ~
fdrmer. Neighbour, do you mean 10 insul, mo n,
90 You think me "a fool We Farmers are ptea,
guns u m"s' We acknowledged but TO believe what
yo'I say, would he equal believing thar man could
squeeze mo quart bottle III consent TO exclude
IeTr,gn competition, what security have for the
goou qnay ana cheapness of The goods YOU y III sell
'" me " agree 10 sell ouh,t 10 vou or wha, would
be equivalent TO such agreement-lo forbid Core,gn
ers from selling TO me, what possible plcJge have
that you, being he only purchaser viii give me anv
price by which can live, when | have no other
an aurug
sumo? VT ' ~ ~
MapgfdstiTsr. Aye there is the ,ui,o,s ,,,ssLc NJ
YOU ana your itiends. You are forever crv;og ort
security, security, give security as Won did n,
know, that YOU first cou6te in and serve o,Le,
hHIorP YOU can eEpecI them TO confds in mr. serve
ynn. Only secure 10 rs, the certainty az becom,,g
rIci and you will soon see how ag,ee al, So &C..
holdings viii he disappointed We shall h, obgns,o,
eai more; drunk more, wear more, In shor, do sy.rv
ming Nv which you dearest friends An I've bc,o6,
tel, much more than wc did IS cnmnetition c,,L
VIII grow up after whrle q cant exactv cav bn,y
onsi) 10 90 what you want, f you Will only ,,v C,r
orr Ie"ruhg, ~ " Is hut reasonable YOU slouId AsJ
w Ieg'ro !" market ior what you make, the future
nome Htkct,-aliho' the period NJ Us adeoo,,. on .
iensios he somewhat Indefinite aBd tcrio,e win .. -
ceeu ihe pfesfni iJrrign and domestic marx Of ms,
Jog Yer, rs surely Us that or two n,ione ~ d,
man 0wn county men eau certainly do hin, n,o,n
g""u rs buyers ihan hfv IN hundred miIl,e,s ,C
Foreigners. Besides, the honour Of the th,np onl,
ihink "' INIT, u,y dear frcnd--tbe honour of MT
ing ourselves independent Of The whole world -
fdrnsr Woe lie 10 such honor, ~ would berenve
US so unnecessarily of necessaties, comfprts and
uN"ries or greatly siraghten us IN the use of ,bec,
loI IVY sake at having IL say some gpnera,to,s
hehce nat sc can max" at home -provi,led we ~ III
"ueIy disfegar1 the expense, every fhrns which We
no" oman rom 0brodd Foreign commerce in n,v
"nm'e Judgment. Is absolutely necessary, even 10
ciF,l laiion Itself
'HtDDfrcfgrsr. Nv this ven arc deridedlv wrono .s
wen aSin Tie time ynu Think necessary for cyeafiDo
'''""l'clVref Tor We mean 10 creafs, ss well as
W pu'h on those already created r. will not hc on,
generation (oniy give us the law,) no, nor . hall
~ q"hflcr OF generation ;--nay not eighteen
.t w, me whole thing, or neatly the whole
WI he done 10 your hearts content What YOU have
oTN'" H'oul The great length Of time necessary H.
Bi'iafe aad peffoct various kinds Of msnpftr,,rs -