Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-06

1a!iogeiher fall ,ry and them again; know how
auch faster we Americans Learn any Thing, than all
other people on the face Of the earth pu toy ether
N"h such government rs oars and all imaginable
'o''s oil raw materials and water pnwer h.,ond all
count, what IL III stop us, short OF the limits of the
i-rraq 'eous globe Should We want labour and SIX H.
Congress can supply both, by encouraging the emf
grafion al foreign manufacturers INFO our country
u we need soil, chemists will teach YOU how To
make II and should we he nj any loss for the small
matter OF climate in order TO naiuraize particular,
eNoiic productions,-wh our mastery managers al
Coz. "n' steam, will get il up for you, almost the
'wnNiny al AN eye, provided You will pay Gas homo,
ami patriotism demand YOU should) for all the inee-
\ huIy and expense OF the c"ntrivanre.
| fdFmer should lie veiy unwilling To wait even
your eighteen months for such very ~ ecaruus Goa
nngenc!, as tho one you promise and for this plain
reason, that six OF these months ~ond sniice mear
~ To siNrse NE and MY children, which would soun
lie the consequence of our being obliged To buy at
high prices, ART, sell al low ones. Blu, suppose we
iiers OF the soil say nay this fine projeci, where
WIN the government get the power TO make us adopt
| Manufacturer. Does not the constitution give i,
| TO them To he sure it does, ss plain as the nuse
| IN your lace .or what would be the of the eo-
| vernmeni, lie people could not he ruled for their
| own good. And who can he such proper Judges Of
TINS good as the men selected for their wisdom
knowledge, and patriotism " 10 provide for the pa
neral welfare by all " The means" which ttev
deem y" necessary and proper" To promote it? A.
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he the power of pointing out.to the people what
trades IL will lie hest for this I" general welfare" ms
wen As tor their individual good, that they should
| follow ;--iO tell them when, how, and where they
should uatle or TO make them, when government,
thinks proper give up trade altogether, --e1cept
no"g themselves which il the true, snug, coniorta-
n'e, independent thing. For example, whenever any
STATE WISHES 10 manufacture amy particular thing, II
her SISTER states are So selfish, To be willing tn
purchase srch article of her dione, and at her opn
prace, Government should exclude all similar manu-
4 II
| thea it would be Hobson's choice,-tbe home ar,-
| Gle, nothin..
Fd'mer From all can understand, i, fares pretty
much with the constitutions as il does with ,h. B;bIe
the first, whenever il suits the iuierpreters for the
lime being, IL made To furnish authority for every
'naeihdne aboniinahon IN politics, rs the second is
perverted to supply text for every heresy in reli-
gion But tins doctrine Of yours smells strongly of
what we used To charge againt the fc,letalisis
=. manufacturer. The Federaliss were great fools
lhey began 10 apply The whip and spur before they
were well seated ~ the saddle and the consequence
was just what might have been expected their
horses reared, plunged and kicked up, until rbey
thfew them over their heads. We AaIier ourselves
that we much better RIDERS and under stand the
nature and dispositions OF our uags hey compari
son METER They are as gentle as lambs If YOU ma
mage them rignt but go the wrong way To work
ana ihey viii neither lead drive you might as
WI aten'pi to back so many tigers, wild apes
lhe true way ~, coax, and stroke them and nal
'hem on The hack Tor some time before you Mount
ana happen what will, he sure always 10 praise them
pdfN,-ther speed, hui especially, their
excellent bottom. Do this, aud believe you might
ride them To The devil, f You chose Win and spur
them, as you please they good souls are confident il
10 M Tor Their own good and the nations glory.
farmer lake care you don't find yourselves mis-
taken. This matter may he pushed too far know
ih'ng or two about horse (if know nothing else,)
as Wen as yourself and can tell you a certain
y, that II you don't keep his belly always full, YOU
VIII never get half work of hun
-HonnfdctWer. Whv, what would YOU have man
DO when he can't afford it ?
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But see plainly enough To what all this tends You
want us 10 he The horses, and and yo,ir friends
lie riders aud you would fan per suade us thar we
s''' oe neuer led and paslufed in your comparative
" sm'ii lots, than IL we had the whole world 10
Craze over. We thank you kindly, neighbour, for
this bout.
manufacturer. You are a most intractahle man
wont YOU believe me when assure vow, that il is
l"'' as muck for your good, for mine, that wish
you to JOIN in this petition? Can any thing he
palmer, Than will be The effect of such law as we
want BY excluding foreign goods and foreign com
Pe'''on we shall have domestic goods, and domestic
competition and IL we do add the amount of the ex
cint'ng huy TO the price OF our manufactures, IL
VIII only he for while. We Dust come down
wien sufficient number of the agriculiurists, and
sailors who will he thrown Of employment shall
JOIN as, to encrease the home rivalry enough 10 re-
dnce prices. In the time, your foreign ma,
ket being changed for one among ourselves the mer.
cenary men ~ Your class, will not he able To extort
hieh prices from as your own numbers being les
S'''e", p'ouhct VIII nor ne a drug "
ire WI ne geneicus--seeing hiat you will have 10
depend upon ia, as your only customers and will
actually give you for the diminished quaniiry of
your products, Than you ger FOR The whole
fUWer fine tale indeed, YOU have made out
hui now hear me. u lam free man. have righ,
not only 10 chuse, whatever honest calling ! please
ana TO sell what make in any market I can find
nut have also right-of which nothing brt force
can deprive me, 10 pursue that calling as long as I
think proper. But this can not DO If my governnen,
can both chuse with whom shall deal and fix lie
Terms OF our barter. If they can say 10 me, either
MAJ make TOO much, 100 fue profit on nIy labor
anu "usi do As they bid me, to change The matter =
" 'hey can compel me 10 pay TO any person, on whom
ihey please 10 confer this privilege more for what
WISH 10 purchase, than should have 10 pay, pro-
V'ded they did not interfere in our private con.
cerhs Then IS il shameful mockery 10 call me
Tree am essentially slave for il is the very es-
sence OF despo'ism To take from labor, without its
nnc"n"'rained CONSENT any portion of its just profit s.
Tor any other than public and necessary purposes-|
SUCH Tor Instance, As The unavoidable expenses of
government. 10 take money, or property from A
10 give 10 Is, Will be the plain, pa pable Operations OF
your scbtme which cannot he disguised, even from
ne understanding Of child aud TO call sucl, rob-
oery P"bl'c purpose, would he such AN utter per
version oi language, as can find parallel hut in The
egs,'''on OF tie most tyrannical governments. The
whole scheme, therefore, is neither more nor less
Than mixture of fraud, and oppression.
Manufacturer. IL is in vain 10 argue with man
o"s'"a'e'y predetermined not to believe you. But,
since you won listen 10 reason do, for once in youl
lille, act upon filth, and try oui plan
tUm'r " do, may sil-burAt, potato -whiskry
ana wOOtien nutmUgs he my PARTON, and my poison
Tor The rest OF my life.
VlRGLNL4 LEGISLATURE.