Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-11

wants, and indugencics; and there Is accord.
ingly srenin the wise and hcnev client dispense
TONS Of Providence. "a correspondent extent OF
climate and soil fitted for IFS production. The
y. D have heretofore enjoyed, in some de-
gree, a monopoly ofthe British market for this
article, and by the wise policy of lea ing il to
Ms natural effects might still further have en-
crossed lie British markets {; but by the I'M
wise policy of laying eroi6itunt duties upon
British manufactured cOttons, G b. has breu
induced 10 look hut for other sources of sup
ply, and She has not been unsuccessful in her
search. III by liberal intercourse with q
Is. heretofore, In furnishing the cotton, and talk
| ing u, IN Ills manufactured state from 6. B. in
return, the whole fthr raw material had been
supplledsby the u. S. and G. Il. had been thus
lett without any other adequate source Oi
surigy, would not her dependence upon the
u. >. Tor this important article, have been
greater than 1t now is and would not the
relative dependence Of the u. S. upon g. b.
for taking the surplus of their raw material
have been less than it now is ? ESQ, the ne
cessary result is, that the relative dependence
OF the two countries IN their commercial inter
course with each other, is niuriously affected
by the existing tariff and " ill be much more
injnriously affected by the one proposed. 1t
IS deemed unnecessary to extend this illustra-
ton further. The same reasoning will apply
Ia the whole commercial intercourse between
| me two countries under similar circumstances.
Ii may be observed, however, that q. B. has
not been inattentive To the effects of the I'M
wise policy Of the U. S. and ever on the alert,
has taken measures TO guard herself against
1t 4; whilst these very precautions prove the
iru' OF the reasoning here advanced. Il. b.
mas looked out for every climate and soil
sn'cu 10 the production of cotton, and she has
iounn Them IN Egypt, South America, and
eisc"here. Whilst we hear of $4,000 addi-
tlonai spndles lately erected in G. B. for twist
ing cotton, we hear of no apprehensions of the
want of a supply of the raw material.
But what will be the effects Of the Tariff
b'Il upon The physical strength of the u. S. !?
particularly the Navy; destined, if not Grip
pied, nor destroyed, at some future time. TO
become the bulwark, and defence of the U. S.
against foreign nations? What are to be its
| effects on commerce and seamen will it not
RUN the one, and diminish the Other /? Sup
| pose u were to convert every American sea
! man INTO shoemaker, would not the physi-
cal strength of the country be impaired by the
operation? Suppose il were to drive portion
OF your seamrn into foreign employment,
would not this operation tend still more To
impair the physical strength Of the nation?
What Is to become of The ships, ship builders,
| and commercial capita! ? all In be driven into
| these operations must necessarily tend TO di
innish the physical strength OF the country !;
and OF course, to render il less Independent of
tforeign nations.
This reasoning is founded in part upon
The confederation Of the Tariff by Great Bril-
tain, and all other foreign nations, which is
deemed one inevitable result nf the scheme ;
and IN that event, what will he the effect Of
such counteracton upon the prices of the great
staple articles, OF cotton, tobacco, -four, rice,
&c? The prices of these articles must be
reduced below their present low prices; and
certain ruin must be- the consequence To the
growers Of them. The growers of these ar,i-
Giles are now suffering, and most iusty COM
planning of "hard times )" produced, amongst
otner causes, by the present exorbtant Tariff
A great number of worthy wealthy, and mid
ling farmers and planters, have already been
stripped of great portion of their property.
IN great degree by various governmental
schemes. Many have been reduced to power
~; and many driven, most reluctantly, from
their native states, and beloved friends, and
firesides, TO take their chances in the wider
ness for better times. Many. however, by
great eXerlions and sacrifices, are now likely
10 recover from their losses and suffrrings ::
provided they can be permitted to sell the
proceeds OF their labor for fair natural prices :;
or even for the present artificial ones {; hut If
through the banrful influence of the Tariff
bi'. these prices should ar;iticiaIly be still fur
th'r reduced, it would not he possible To anti
| cipate the extent of the snlfarings Of the inn
mediate growers of the articles described: nor
| OF the feelings Of the sufferers, hen they can.
| not avoid seeing the true causes Of such unjust
and undeserved sufferings This is, at this
moment, the case with the surrounding scene
OF country here. After their past sufferings.
from visionary schemers, the people in this
part OF the country, had just begun to indulge
the hope, that if the natural order of things
could be permitted in any degree to be re-
| stored or even the present order of things TO
be continued, they might he enabled SD far TO
reinstate their affairs, IN save their families
from utter rum and despair but upon the first
blush ct this hope, this destructive Tariff bill
| is presented TO their view and in an instant
| Vt has blasted all their fond authorizations
Apprehension and dependency, are again vi
s'Oie upon me counenances of almost all in
teigenf refecting men. These are some of
! the inevitable sectional effects of this most
wanton and unwarrantabIe bill What will be
ITS ELECTS upon the United States, as an iDte
grail nation? IL would not be possible for the
| whole force of human intellect, to anticpate
all us injurious consequences but enough
may be clearly seen, as ] conceive. by the
most common impartial capacity, TO deter
rom the adoption of the project, all but ifs
| enamoured, ianaticaI projectors. Only con.
slider MS immediate effects upon the exports of
the United States Deduct the proceeds of
cotinn tobacco, -four aud rice, from the pro-
teeds OF the whole exported productions of
the United States; and what would remain ?
Comparatively, enthusiastically nothing
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