Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-24

As Ia the sentlemsn from Virginia; he is
answered by the gentleman from Louisiana.
| He seems rs have complained tia, certain
staien,ents we're nnt laid before the House hv
the senilrman who introduced this bill but il
was equally the duty OF every gentleman III
Search for infornalinn and 10 lay i, before
the House Tor genera! advantage. The gem
tle!ncp ilom Virginia has done this But, ai-
p! Ger all his calculations, the fact wili turn
out to br, that there are about fuu- ,,illions of
Yards Of hagging consumed annually in the
United States. Is 1t not Important to put in
motion all the active Industry necessary To
manufacture this amount, and to provide the
materials for its fabricatiu ion Ii seems To have
come To this, that the Southern districr Of the
Unon is Ia separate itself from all the rest
and unite itself with Inverness and Dundee
that The prosperity or distress of Inverness
and Dundee are To- be the prosperity or dis
'rrss of the Southern states of this Uninn.
Sir, is itnut better that the manufacturers, with
whom our brethren are to be so cIosely unit
lii?
! Mr.. Clay then went into an argument H.
Illustrative OF the general nature OF trade,
which always moves in circle, and showed
that tho trade between the Western and
Southern States, was mutually advantageous,
| it formed especially as soon To be promoted
by internal improvements part of the great
home system which would hud up the strength
and prosperity of the Union.
IL next replied to the gentleman from Va
MIR. Mercer who still persists to say that the
duty will be, in effect, 10 cents on the running
yard. | ask him, said Mr.. c. whether the
three cents allowed by England as bounty,
and met bya counter, ailing duty on our part
- not honestly In be deducted-for, what
does II avail for protection TINT we lay cents
1t England reet this by bounty 10 the same
| amount-our protection is SD far neutrazed
| 1T is therefore, only what is laid over and
ABOVE this bounty, that can operate as any
protection at all--this on the square yard is by
TINS bill made cents, but the running yard
! being inches wider, il will be exactly cents
On that yard.
| Mr.. CAMBkELENs observed that the pre-
| sent item rested on the same principles as
The whole bill, aud afforded proper opportu-
NIFTY for the discussion of them, and, as the
! Speaker had taken that course, and had
| gone into the general policy of the bill, though
| II would be better at once tn take up the gen.
oral discussion, aud being DESTROYS Of express
| lug his views somewhat at large upon it, NOV
ed that the committee rse-but waived The
's"iion a, the request of
alr. MERCER, who replied to Mr.. Clay,
! and defended the accuracy 1.-THE calculations
l ~ ""N "Ni'aV auNdHCcu. Tie Wilde QulN
would amount 10 60 I S per cent. The pre-
sent duty was laid when the British bounty
| already exsted-and, therefore, it was per
| 'cc'iy fair To es,imats the proposed increase
as relating to the previous duty. on which il
was mn advance Of So Is per cent The ar
gumeDt against the duty WAS rather fortified
| than weakened by what the Speaker had ad
vanced respecting the British policy-iff
through an error in that policy, we were ena-
bled to obtain an article cheaper, shall we not
avail ourselves Of the advantage? He repel,
led the assertion, that he and the gentleman
| irop l. uisiana, were at war with each |
| others statements, SIC. The commodity tax. |
ed, IN this case, il but the wrapper to another
| commodity, the price of which is Is cents I
while nj home IL costs SO cents a yard, in |
Europe 1t was useless unless TO send to the !
paper mill. The Wrapper was never valued |
at ALL
The honorable Speaker counseled the
House to Union. That is, virtually 10 submit |
to the whole bill; and he seemed very desir-
GUS of melton to strike out the Grst section,
10 order TO o.inso general argument. The
gentleman from New York also seemed 10
participate in this anxiety but, said Mr.. NJ.
what is tariff? What degree or description
OF knowledge, will not ask, does il. but raih- |
er does il not, require A Knowledge OF the |
whale globe, of geographical and statistical
details, of every variety and extent--a know
ledge of the laws of every foreign state-of the
policy Of every foreign governmental the |
COMMERCIAL history ofOur owe country, and
from the very earliest periods, and the rise and
progress Of every different branch of its trade
without Knowledge like this, we must legis- |
late in the dark. 1t is, above all, necessary |
to know how every part Of our present reye- |
nue. arises-and the competency of the COM |
try for each particular branch Of manufacture. |
lie would ask, whether it was contemplated |
that The whole system of encouragement |
should 80 into operation at once And, If il |
did, whether il would rot produce an imme-
diate rise ia the price of labor? He went into |
an argument to shew, that the effect of the |
bill would be injurious rather than beneficial |
10 the West? He remarked on the differ
ence between Russian & American hump, and |
commended that The former could not be ex- |
Guided by the duty proposed to be laid on it, !
dc defended the justice of the complaints a. |
| ganst bill which went 10 increase the pover. |
~ Ofthe poor, and to increase the wealth of
The rich-to beggar the country from which |
be and his companions in opposition CAME
Was 1t i0.be wondered at, that they should re- |
sist and complain.
AS to Increasing the home demand for agri- |
cultural products, il all the manufacturers of |
England were brought here it would but little |
affect the price, except in their own immediate
neigbborhood, and there il would only con-
vert graInfelds into gardens for pulse. He
compared the objection of the Speaker TO
that ola soldier, who, having taken n captive,
and being offered reward for the number Of
heads he should bring into camp, complain
ed OF The impeachment of the captive's cravai,
aud asked him To take il off, that he might
co. hts hcad OF with greater convenience He
compared the rrecIpitancy Of oar legislation
on fiscal subjects, with the great caution of