Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-10-14

should uot be exclusively granted 10 either
Let them all alOne-let them regulate them
serves" has been our doctrine for many years
never impose duties upon any thing unless fol
purposes of revenue.
D'd the state Of our Finances require such
duties as were imposed by the last Tariff bill ;
ne report OF the Secretary OF the Treasury
informed us that our Treasury was overflow
ing = We say then to the manufacturers why
are you ask'og for protective duties to pro-
mole your interest? Ours, (which is the ag-
',cuItnra,) is larger interest in the country
than yours, and if protection is To be granted 10
either, we ought first to have it. Yours is a
very small interest comparatively speaking.
| why then will you psist upon prohibiting ms
from carrying our produce to the best market,
and getting our manufactures for the lowest
price? II you cannot afford to sell your ma
nnlacfures as low rs we can buy them else
where, why are we to be prevented from
,rau'ng where we please on your account !?
Why must we he compelled To buy manufac-
lures at higher price of you, and sell our
produce lower than we can get elsewhere /?
we say this s partial-itis unjust-it is une
qnol legislation. But NIL this is done for the
sake at promoting .YsIiionui Industry. A
pretty stiWuus, indeed, is offered 10 the COM
incrrlal and asriculturaIpart of the country
The price of labor ia said by writer's upon
political economy tn be the standard by which
the prosperity or adversely of nation is To he
tested lisa fact then indisputahe, that la
nor is searcer, and higher in our country than
any other in the world. Well, when every
kind of labor can fnd employment, aud at a
very good price, what is the necessity of d.
yening the labor from channel of indus
try into another? Why levy taxes upon the
commerce. and agriculture Of the country to
induce the laborers to become manufacturers:
This IS kind oflogic which to me has always
been inconprehcnsibIe. But it appears that
IN SOME parts of our country there are great
| many poor ,comen and children to be furnished
With employment and the means of support
This Is to me a most pitiful reason for laying
restrictive daties, upon those articles necessa-
~ Tor the consumption of the agricnitur,st
Because in the manufacturing parts of our
country they have women and children unem-
poyed, we are to be taxed-yea, heavily taxed
TO support them. Ours is not vet ripe for n
manufacturing country.3 If our population is
too dense in some parts and cannot find en-
ployment, 1t is too thin in other parts. We
have very large body of vacant land yet to
he settled. Let the superAuous population
rom some OF our states emigrate To some of
| these lands. The means of ubsistence there,
are ample, and easily acquired. TrampIe not
| winch rs the bone and marrow of our govern
menf But Gen. Jackson forgetfui of this in
| erest-disregardiug the interest of his own
immediate constituents, voted Tor this Tariff
biil so obnoxious To us, and for this vote. Eel
| low Citizrns, you ought Ia forget him at the
Iaprr0aching election for Presidept-But this
vote is not The heaviest of his political sins. il
we are tn believe the authority of those who
are his most Jealous supporters. 1t appears
from this authority, thai he carries his opinions
npon the powers of the General Government
To as great an extent, as any Of the modei n
politicians. He is friend To that extrayacan,
system of increasing the army and nayyvol
opening roads and canals, &c 10 which we are
so mach opposed, and which rye consider not
on'y dangerous To the principles Of the Con-
stltution, but TO the liberties of this country
reier You to the address Of the jackson Con-
ventIon at Fredericksburg 10 substaD,iate this
assertion. Had known nothing of Gen. J,s
political opinions before; fhe very PRINCIPLES
Tor which that committee extol, and recon-
mend him so highly, would have been suifi
! cent ter'sse 10 .i'vc condemned him. For I
declare myself opposed 10 these splendid
schemes which have lately been manufactured
fr The administration of u,iv government.
VIII cling with all my deyutun to those good
old, PLAIN republican principles, upon which
our government has hitherto been administer
"a nave no confidence in these modern
doctrines They are of spurious growth. Bv
tue Constitution will either stand or fall II
IL Is defective, il provides for its own nnend-
nrenf, and ynu, i. c. are TO be- The in,iges of
snch amendments as may bs ibnught necessa
ry. But let not powers be assumed by your
representatives, which have never been grant
ed by you. This is most dangerous princi-
pie to gain ground under free government.
feel alarmed whenever hear Of implied and
constructive powers under The Constitution If
induiSed in much longer. our Cons:ilulinn will
be worth nothing. Il will be :. like a nose of
wax" to be moulded into whatever shape
those who hands it may think proper
Your Friend and Fellow Citizen,
CICERO.