Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-06-08


: have h. duty on @oiasses, Can tel, the gen,,c-
men from CONNECTICUT hut shalt have moreover
Al additional bouniv M n'oxira,,on hy whsk-y in
The shape Of an additional duty foreign distilled
spirits.
The xnci~a, Commonwealth OF Virginia, ono Of
whose unworthy sons, and more unworthy reuresen-
lativcss am, said Nj. r., msst now begin To open
her eyes 10 the fatal policy which she has pursued
lor the isss forty years. have doubt, tia, they
Who were the asents for transferring her vast, aud
aud fertile coun,ry TO the Uued States,
with an express stipulation, ia effect that not an acre
Of shosld the benefit Of any man from
tHBa,a, were respectable, and kind tied. aud
hospitabe, aad polished aud gu;lelrss Virginia gem
iemen, ~ ever were cheated out OF their estates by
their oveseeerss who, a. long 40 they could
command the means, by sale Of their last acre, or
last negro, would have good dinner, aud give a
hearty wslcome 10 wh"msoever chose 10 drop IN, to
eat, friend OF stranger, hidden or unbifen. What
will DO the effect Of this bill the Southern states
The eject or this policy is, what . shudier to
look Al the moro, because the census 10 held
eonsen, to this-we are threatened exactl, with
General Gage and the Boston Port bill-bui we arc
told by Eentlemen, shall, after the next census
saddle, and birdie, and martingate yod. that you will
be easily regulated by any Bit or whip, however Sc
we're, OF squire, however rank, of domestic anufacs
ture, that we choose to use. But Ibis Argument, sir
has no weight in il with me. do no, choose TO be
robbed now, became, after robbed, j, will
become easier TO rob again. Obsfa rrircipiis, 10
my maxim-because every act Of extension Of tho
system operates in = two-ioIJ way, decreasing the
increasing
those of the robber. Ths isas irue AZ any PROPOSE
lion In mathematics. Gentlemen need tell us, We
bad better give in at once. No, cir, shalt give
In NO, shall bold shall not give in We
do not TO be threatened Of rights by tho
menace Of another census, We arc aware OF our
80 his our business 10 provide against the
ss'6fi, hut not 10 this way. When recol-
lOIaf the tariff Of 1916 was followed nv that Of
20, and that by this measure Of 1924, can
bot believe that We at any time hereafter, long
TO be exempt from the demands Of these sturdy beg.
swIn s.,su 10 Al
does but render every fresh demand and new conces-
sion more easy. II Is like shoec bastard nations who
vain'y think 10 buy peace. When ] look back what
when see what its-when I rcco,Iect the expires
sion Of Lord CORVALLIS, applied 10 Virginia, that
great and unterrified colony" which he was a.
bout to- enter not without some msgivngs Of his mind
AZ to tho result Of the nvasion--when compare
what she was when this House Of Representatives
hrst assembled in thu city Of New York, aud what
she now is know, by tho disastrous contrast that
They might be admirable professors Of a university
powerful dialecticans eathedrd but no sound coun
sells OF wise statesmen could ever lead such prac
cal III results are exhibited by comparisou of the
past and preaenf condition OF tho ancient colony and
dominion Of Virginia.
In the course OF this discussion, said Mr. r. have
heard VIII not say with surprise, because nil admit
rari, 10 my motto-no doctrine tina, can he hroachcd
On this hoor can ever, hereafter excite surprise In
my nind--t have heard the names Of Say, Ganilh,
Adam Smith, and Ricardo, pronounced, no, only ia
airy theorists, destitute OF practical WISDOM and the
whole clan Of Scotch aad Quarterly reviewers iugee
IN to boot This, sir, is sweeping clause Of pro-
scrip,ion.e With the names Of Say, Smith, aud Ga.
nh, profess to be- acquainted for !, too, an, verssd
IN title pages but did not expect TO hear in this
House, name, with which am little further ac-
qualned, treated with 50 little ceremony, and by
whom /! leave Adam Smith to tho simplicity, and
majesty, and strength Of his native genius which
has canOnzed his name-a nnmc which will he pro.
nounced with veneraiion, when not in this
sill ha d.
Ricardo, the last mentioned Of these wriiers-a new
authority, though the grave has already closed upon
him, and set ito seal upon his reputation shall spcak
OF him in the language Of a man Of as great genius
- this, or perhaps any, age has aver produced-a
mao remarkable for the depth Of his reflections and
The acumen OF his penetraIion. / had been led
says this man, to look into loads Of books--ny under
standing had for too many years been intimate with
severe thinkers with logic, and the great masters
OF knowledge, not to be aware Of the utier feeble
ness OF the herd Of modern economists. sometimes
Pariiam entary debaies l saw that these [oninous
words weIe generally the very dregs and rnsines
90: o. The human intellect am very glad, sir, he
Of ours IL AT length friend sent ms Mr. Ricar-
dos hook, and recurring 10 my own prophetic an
tcipaiion Of Tho advent Of some legislator on ,,is
science, said, Thou art the man. WouJcr and
curiosity had long been dead in me yet wondered
/. once more. Had this profound work been really
written in England during the 18th century ? Could
il be that an Engiishnan, and he no, in nc AIDE mic
cares, had accomplished what all the un,vrr st,es
and century OF thought had failed to advance by
ono bair's breadth? All other writer's had been
crushed and overlad by the enormous weigh, Of
6 facts and documents Mr.. Ricardo had Jed"ced.
priori, from the understanding itself, laws which
first gave ray Of light into the unwieidy chaps Of
materials, and had constructed wha. had becn hut
collection Of tentitive discussions into q science of
regular proportions, now first standing on an eter-
nal basis
pronounce no opinion of my own, said Mr.. n
H.
inferior in point Of original and naive genius, and
tina, highly cultivated, too, to Of The mode rus
and lew Of the ancients. Upon this subject, what
shall we say to the following fact Butler, who is
known 10 gentlemen OF the profession Of the law, 10
tbe annoiaior, with HargTave, on Lord Coke sneak
ing with Fox az TO political economy,,at most ex-
raordinary man, unrivalled for his powers of debate
exceied by that ever lived, or probably ever
will live, az public debaier, and of the deepest Of
political erudiuon, fairly confessed thai he had never
read Adam Smith Butler said to Mr.. Fox, I" tina,
he had never read Adam Smiths work on tho Wealth
Of Nations" To tell you the truth, replied Mr.
Fox, a" nor I peither. There is something in ali
these subjects that passes my compI ension--some-
thing 80 wide that ] could never embrace them my
sell, OF lind any one who did," And yet we see
how we, with our little dviders, undertake TO lay of
the scale, and with our pack thread to take the
sound'ngs, and speak with confidence peculiar to
iuneks Gn which The regula. bred professor never
,nouiges) on this absiruse and perplexiug subject
Conhdenre is one thing, knowledge another Of the
want OF which, overwhelming confidence is notori-
ousy me indication. What OF that Let G ,nh
say, Ricardo, Sniil,--aII Greek and Roman fame be
against us-we appeal TO Diouysus in support Of our
doctrines and to him not on The throne OF Syracuse
bot at Corinth--pot in absolute possession Of that
most wonderful and euigmatical city, difficult to
comprehend rs the abssrusest problem of political
economy, which furnished not only the means but
the men 10, supporting the greatest wars-a kingdom
~iih'n mseii, under whose asce ndant The genius OF
A'nehs, W her most high and paImy state, quaiIed,
and $1,000 iebuked No we follow the pedagogus
70 ,he notwithstanding in the classic shades Of