Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-10-18
FOR THE E.NcR UIRER.

a1,a
i'e'u OF the fundamental Lave. of :. ,b;s IL
I,, - Home Market
tho y c u,e terms used in the Constitution of
of tic lof the purpose of describing The objects
b,vs ho ''',aon, the following cabalisicaI phrases
HON. ,,, 'ooueed into the practical government.
-, market" INDEPENDENCE of fo,eigr ma
. uGn' Protection of domestic m,nuf,c,rres,,
'erHSi improvements 80 American system os
national industry" Sc Sc >' -
found :, - Vi de'e cabalis,ical phrases is TO be
,o :" the constitution nor - one of Tho object.
~, 'hehi, mentioned therein as an Induce
ed az n no,,.s. nor is one of them mention
$3.50 a power intended 10 be granted IN tho gener,I
.,' oae'hinent. Indeed, nothing cmld have been
a. 'io'e from the original DESIGN and object nj
,Is6nod ,' ihan granting this catalogue of uu
of - CTS 20 The general government. Some
oeihs strictly local in their character: and
tai po,var ii''osether ilegitimate as government
y PO"es' IN consequence of these denrec,,.d
"perrauons from the original 5esi, 81 -.
e constitution, by the practical rern,na1. ~
'oS' uesuucuve effects are accruino IN oil G,,I.
H. :; ~, eican institutions, and consequently tn
"e :hu'Vianai rights of American c,iIens III
cove 81 tendency OF the powers usurped. under
consol;d,,;sa caoShsucal phrases, is, 10 produce
,., or annihila,ion of the federal feo
lure IN those institutions altose,ber hi., 'eA-
49,, e"' man IN this part Of the count,x No, e.
~ oy ue present partial administrators, o
,;, e' mat something is wrong in the n,ac
- 'eihihent, but appears to be AT some To- o.,
,al,i,a' III what that wrong consists If any in
,ronSIo IS m ~ ."e whole community, will take the
;, t Vi examining the subject with The ,t,er,;o,,
deserves he cannot fail to find that rho 80.
80, III 'ne usurpations by the practical povern'
' " powers not suitable to it's peculiar organ;
III us disregardng the objects con,e,nnl.,a1
x Substituting others, utterly nm
,;,,,o1 - peculiar Character; and that the sub
'',u.ea powers are those described nv ibo co.a.e
cabalistcai phrases ~ 'he foregoing
inese phrases have been introduced ;, A.,
~, ADMINISTRATOR, without any precise in,.m;
So u.ii"hioh oil the meaning of either nf ,L.
olie haVing been given by their inv-n,ors. -
- 1' 'ne writer Is informed, none bav;ng baon
60 " ,ner opponents. Hence it has he
|'"e essentially necessary al tins time. H., -,
eaoaiIstical phrases should sever.lI ~ 90. 'hese
"eu' ana their meaning respectively, ola..t'
~ Lee, then, the meaning OF hi. r,,i
n, hume Market, - be frs, CRITICALLY ay,,,;i
oehe clearly the term, Z" Home Marie, - !, -
the gen.r.I ,"9 " understand the true meaning OF
40, o. -. eii"' Markell Marke, mean, ,ba
~ VI ouyiag and selling; and includes 40 Ill
eieis as lie things bought and aid in ,La 80 '
Il includes all dealers, and all veri;hIa L.;
any discrimination whatever ill.,
- ~ 'ts common and ordinary accen,a,;o
go, ouSin and selling things for hon,c conN
Cor",f whether these things be of domestic o
io1e'sn production; whether The d.ala.a III u
market, be citizens, or FOREIGNERS c ~ .hs
~, a nd Ia
S'',ia'e nome market, includes RI. riaLt 80 -
'er 10 sell to whom he Dleas-s .n, ., -
49," ne pIeases, or in other yvords ,la,
eaief having right to property, NAV NO !, ~ ~
,ha e market at his own pleasure. He can m,ls
SINGLE liD';,o, ~ ior his own? benefit with the
own henne, ,iiat ne does not use it for hi.
II oe,eiit' as thereby TO iniure another A..
e fundamental laws made by The Ameri.., ~. -
pr "o declared the right of propertv m he =; IL
'i owner, and not in the nation sti,I loo a.
h ne government; and had ordained. and es,.hl;sL..
enSt ~ mat private property should not he ,al,eo
pLDi' USE without just compensation the roo.
ment rs ,l'a;. es perfectly secure in the eniov
and e. 'n 'en own property, their own Measure
anu LOT thelr own benefit; subiect ool,, ., ;,:
"Nie PUBIC contributions; but under co,. f IL
e"''ennS Term &c Home Market and ~ 80
ct :, Va ny me practical government. tbev ,o,y
v niseiVes stripped of the inestimable riob, ne
"e,i own property at their own pleasu,e. ,rd
NAL, Oeneii.' respectively: The term Home
,.er net In It's governmental sense beiro, a,ial
inherent from its meaning in IFS con,o eJ
nary acceptalIon. The power assumed h, 10 ~.
ein,heh' under cover of the term 90 Hone NJ,
according to the writer's underestimate of !,
.,, S ID restraining the owner from selIi,a ~
,In 'oi ne Pieases' and from buying of whom be-
vidnaI d; .u mus substitutes governmental for ndi-
'iuuai discretlon In tlie use of private nro,o,,.
1ho mus - Home Market" in ;,s ao,.d"s,y,,
"Se' essentially consists in compeIIino a.. go
~ h property 10 buy of those only and IN seI
o"Iy' as well as to buy, or to sell The tbings
'hiy' the government shall choose
=" "e practical illustration of this governments,
ti'e 'arin law essentially enacts that the
owner OF money shall not buy shoes In :; '' 70
maze abroad; but shall buy shoes win !, ;s
IN the u D This enactment i, ia tr,rsS i..'a
'nVoiVe adirect, but an indirect prohihi,ion /. 81
'1 case ana command in the other: aud ,,r,c,;-
any 'ne same proh5itory and manJatory etTso,
ore pouuced' by the one operation as nv ,I. o,bar
$50; arm upon foreign shoes amounts TO probi-
rs,,alsS e''' we owner OF money is absolutely
prevented from buying them with it, if he cIosa -
10 sos ana the command TO buy American .Loo, :; 1
enforced by the owners absolute wan, M ,ta. -
PioiiDiloh from buying any other Than Aner;co, /
oes' So IN other cases of a high tariff ,,b,.bs
zoe" hot amount to prohibition; the dn,v
l'poeeu acts as penalty upon the purchasers If
,,oIsI''-'Is 'iie uuHed article, he must nav the
i,e"'i,y whlch consists in the duty impose1 uno;E
the article; and thus the ADVANTAGE 49, "p1"
domestic manufacturer consists in This nen,,,, -,
poSed upon the purchaser Buy the don,ss,io''.'a.
'acthes without the duty or buy Of otJ,oa -
p,ay '"e uuiy' lhe governmental 'sIIome marLe, %
"en' promised The people, in its practical effects
'I"s Ou' 10 De, governmental cheat upon The neo
- CONSISTS IN restraining the people from the
,,,,n e, OF tneir own rights, over their
'wn property and instead Of the nics-nsme oinsnE
ny Tie practical government, Home MarS. III
- uue name, corresponding with its prac,ic.i ~ Il
e''s' shouid De Home Slavery. Accordino IN ,be n
governmental notion Of" Home Market. ,, 9be ds,L
= IN IT. Is obliged, frst to purchase the market IT,
ell or IN other words, the right to deal in the mar
'e' upon equal terms; and, then, to buy The thing
le wants The price, too, he is compelled TO Give
or the privilege OF the market, is in some cases.
qu'l 20 the 'hing ne wants to buy in it. The no.
ION Oh buying market, when the term i,soIf. IN.
uee9 uie Ftght as well as the act, of buyine and
eiing, Is IN itself solecism. 1t is perCectlv lie
md fdlIaciOus q t,st a. .,.-.sr w.