Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-02
SPEECH OF MR.. WEBSTER.
Upon the Tvif, deiirered in The House of Reprss,
tatipes q UIe United Stales, .iprii, 1921.

VP'n me !r.g, deiirered in The House of Repressn-
tae're' q the United States, .dpra, 1924.
(Con,inued)
Referring ourselves ag ain, SIR 10 the aoaioges Of
common lie, no one would say that n farmer or n
mechanic should buy Oay where he can do so I,y the
exchange of his own produce, or of his avn mann
I"c,ute. such exchange may be often conye nent
auu, on lne Other hand, the Cash purchase may he
o'eh more convenient Ii IL the same in the INFER
course oil nations. Indeed, Mr. Spenket has placed
ms argument on very clear grounds. IL has been
$50 D" Inc early part Of The debate ha, If we &c sse
w import English cullos fabrics, England would no
,nu"ss, commune 10 purchase our cotton. 10 this,
"' ope'Ke' mas replied, with great force and ius.
tee, that, MS she have cotton III large ou.o,;
yes, she VIII buy the article where she can find il
pest ana cbc'pest and lat il would be quite r,dcu-
,ous w nor, manufacturing rs she still would be, for
hei Own 'hst consumption, and The cossump,iou of
m'iions IN other countries To rriecf our uo.nds he
cause we had learned 10 manufacture a mari f the,,
TOT ourse'es. Ana would u no, be equally Iidicu-
ious "a us, II the commodities of Russ, ,yere Lo,h
cheaper, aud better suited our wants 49,, cnnlJ
he found else where, abstain from comoerro s,,,,
her, because she will not receive, IN return, other
commodities which we have 10 sell, but wh,cb sha
has Ho tsiJu 10 bus
Intimately connected, sir, with the topic, IL ano.
iher, sbici has been brought into the debate :
mn'u, tue evil much complained of-the exporia-
uoh OF specie. We hear g91fenIsn impuiiDg the loss
OF market vt home to waU o money, and tbis want
ni money 10 tie eSportiI5D Of The precious metals.
we hear the indis aud CHINA trade denounced, as =
cohmcfce conducted on sHif, IN a great measure,
with gold aud siiycr. These opinions sir, are clear
Foiu 0 dIl just ioundttioD and cannot 100 soon
get r'i OF Them. There are shaliower reasoners,
ih'n those political and commercial writers, who
"ovd represent IT 10 lie ITO only true and ganu end
o. 81 commerce, 10 accunGlhe the precious meIals-
ihsse arc articles OF use, aud articles # nc, chan
use, with this additional circumstance belonging 10
hoh, mat they are ~, T., by The general consent OF
n'on'' ne standard g Which The value of all other
metcDsDdfse ~ To I've Estimated. liz regard TO weights
sno measures, einiHg drawn from exiernal M
.ure Is m"de common standard, for The purposes OF
uu1f ,I.a
perlo'med ny the precious metals, ia addition To- t,se
U.s. 70 when, ~ metals, they are capnbe OF being
npPheu' There rssy be Of these, too much or TOO
TUG, w country, at particular time, as there may
ue oI any other articles. When the market IL over
sucncu WIN mem, "a It often -, their expectation
pecymes ~ proper and useful ~ that OF orbe, com.
Iuoa"iee, under similar circumstances we need no
move rep'ne, when 'be dollars, which have been
prought here from South America, are despatched 10
oihef Countries, tlsa when coffee and suat tke tho
ss,oe direction. We oiten deceive ourselves by AZ.
ItOuu0g To- scarcity 81 money, that which !. the
fesJi 81 other csusts. ~ the course Of this deb.,.
Tue honorable wenber from Pennsylvania has re-.
presented the country full Of every thing On, mo.
hey, But THIS, take TO be a mistake. Tie agricul
'W' products, 80 sJundan, IN PepnsyIvania, win