Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-02

manufactures may ak. eha, nation
ever seacbsd the like prosperity without promoting
foreign trade II! regard 'hese interests MS cio.el!
connected, and am o opinion that IL should he our
aim 10 cause them TO tourish together. ] Know d
would he very easy promote manufactures, 1t ieass
t"r "a time, bu, probably oniy ior short time, IL we
mghi act disregard Ut otner inteses We could
cause n sudden transfer VI capital, and violent
change in the pursuits of men. We could exceeding.
~ beD-f, some classes by these means. Blu, what,
then, becomes OF the interests Of oihes Inc power
of collecting revenue by duties iniporis, aud the
habit OF the government Of collecting almost lie whole
e,enue in that mode, will enable US, without exceed
ing the bounds Of moderation, TO give great advsna-
ges 10 those classcs oi manufacturers which We may
think, most useful 30 promote a, home. What l OBJ
ject to 10 the iu,moderaie Of the powet&-excu-
sions and prohibitions all OF which, as think, NOT
only interrupt The pu, suits OF individuals, with great
injury To themselves and little or no benefi, ~ the
County, but also Uen divert our own Labor OF, ~ q
may very properly be called, our own domestic
dusty ou those occupations in hich II is we'll
ployed and well paid 10 Others, Ia which Il will he
wois employed, and worse paid. For my part,
see very little relief 10 those who are likely TO be de-
prved ol their employmenis, Or who find The prices
oi the commodities winch they need, raised, in any OF
the alternatives winch Mr.. Speaker has presented
IL IL nothing TO say they may, they oloose, continue
G. buy the foreign article the is, the price 10
augmented nor tba, they may use the domestic ar
ticle the price OF that alsv 10 increased. Nor
they supply themselves by the substitution OF their
own fabric. How can the ngriculiuraist make his
own iron! How can the ship owner grow his own
hemp?
But have yet stronger objection to the course of
Mr. Speakers reasoning which is, that he leaves
Out oil the all that has been already done for the
protection Of manufactures, aud argues the question
as IL Ihuse interests were now, Tor the first time, 10
rt ceivc MD from duties imports. can hardly ex-
pi the surprise eel that Mr. Speaker should fall
into the roamon modes oil expression used elsewhere,
aud ask If we will give manufacturers no proiec-
ton. Sir, look 10 the history OF our laws look to the
present state Of our laws. Consider that our whole
revenues with irang exception, 10 collected At the
custom house, and always has been /; aud then saw
what proprieiy there is in calling on the government
for pro econ, as IL no protection had heretofore
been sHordeJ. The real question before ne. in re-
gard TO all the Important clauses Of the BILL 10 not
whether we will 10y duties, but whether we will Jug
n'enf duties. The demand is for something more than
exis;s: and yet is pressed as if nothing existed Ii
IS wholly forgotten that iron and hemp, for example
already pay very heavy and burihensoms duty ;
and, ~ short, from the general tenor oil Mr. Sneak
ers observations, one would infer that, hitherto, we
had rather taxed our manufactures than fostere
them by taxes on those Of other countries. We hear
Of the Fatal policy Of the tariff OF 1916 and vel the
law Of 1916 WAS pissed avowedy for the. benefr OF
manufacturers, and, with very lew exceptions i'm.
posed on imported articles very great additions Of
tax IN some important instances, indeed, amounting
to a prohibition.
SIR, this subject il becomes us al least 10 un,er
stand the real posture Of the question. Let rs no,
suppose that we are beginning the protection of ma
nuiactufes, by duties on imports. Whai are ask
ed TO do Is 10 render those duties much higher and
therefore, instead Of dealing in general comnenda-
tons oil protection, the friends Of the bill think are
bound to make out far case for each Of the manu-
,ac'ures which they propose 10 benefit, The govern.
men has already done much for their protection and
u ought to be presumed TO have doae enough, unless
u he shewn, by the facts and Considerations appca-
bie 10 each, that there necessity for doing more
On the general question, sir, allow me to ask If the
doctrine prohibition, as general doctrine, be no,
pIeposteIous Suppose all nations to act upon il
they would be prosperous, then, according 10 The ar
gumen', precisely ~ the proportion in which they a
ooisheu intercourse with one another. The less Of
mutual commerce the better, upon this hypothesis
Protection aud encouragement may he, and are,
doubtless, sometimes, wise and beneficial, f kept
within proper limits but, when carried to AN exirav-
agant heiSht or the point OF prohibition, the absurd
Character oil the system maniiess itself. Mr. Speak
er has referredI 10 the late Emperor Napoleon, as
having attempted to naiuraIize the manufacture OF
couon III rance. lie did not cite a more ex,rava-
gam part OF the projects of that ruler, that is his at
tempt to nauraIze the growth Of Thai plant itself in
France whereas, we have understood that corsid-
cradle districts IN the south Of France, and in Italy
of rich aud productive lands, were al one time with
drawn from profitable nses and devoted TO raising a,
great expense, little bad cotton. Nor have We
been referred 10 the attempts under the same systems
to make sugar and coffee from, common culinary W.
getabies; attempts which served 10 gil the prja,
chops OF Europe, and to shew US how easy is the
transition from what some think sublime, TO that
which all admit to be ridiculous. The folly of some
Of THESE proects mas net been surpassed, hardly
'qnaed, nuess be by the philosopher in one Of the
ssres Of Swift, who so long aboTed to extract sun
beams from cucuTbeIs."
The poverty and unhappiness of Spain have been
attributed 10 the want OF protection 10 her own in.
uosry IL by Tins u be meant that the poverty OF
Spsin 10 owing to bad government and bad laws the
remark IS, IN great measure, just But these very
laws are tad because they are restrictive, partial,
and prohibory. liz prohibition we're projection
Spain would seem TO have had enough Of H. Nolh.
ing exceed the barbarous rightly of her colonial
system, or the folly OF her carly commercial resuIa
tons. Unenlightened and bigoted legislation, the
multitude OF holidays, miserable roads, onopoes on
The pari oil government, restrictive laws that ought
long SINCE 10 have been abrogated are and
believe truly, reckoned the principal causes OF the
bad state OF the productive industry Of SPAIN AM
partial improvement her condition, or increase Of
her prosperity, has been, in all cases. the result of re.
taxation, and Ihs abolition of what was iple uded for
favor and protection.
ITO be continued.l
=" The frs, man of a meagre aspect; with
and singed in several places His Clothes shirt and shin
all Of the colour. He had eight wears
on project for extracting sun beams cucumbers
which TO be put into phas Dramatically sealed and
He told me- he did doubt eight years more he should
be able supply the Governors gardens with sunshine AT
reasonable rate but he complained that his stock was
low, and intreatet give him something as an en
eongems" to Ingenuity especially this had been dear
season for cucumiers"
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