Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-28
{ To be coniinued.)

Vote. The foregoing quotations will be further
analized hereafter, III reference TO other views NJ
the subject all going to prove the same results.
"ofe.-f "Speech in support of an American
svs'en Tor The protection OF American industry -
inns title Is altogether deceptive II should be
speech Tor Introducing the British system of ia
vori'ism INTO the U s.. for the protection OF Anne
rican- industry" This title corresponds with the
body OF tie speech. The assumed title then. he
ing deceptive and dsingenuous, as the ,vri .,
thinks, could only have been Introduced adj can
iaudum vulgus. Is this the subrilty Of forensic
bubble, or the digay, candor and impartialitv of
the Speaker OF the III. OF r.. The celebrated Mr.
" elster took this viev of the title, in reply, and
cracked JOKE upon 1T 9uere-Is tbs uncandid
aTuhce, as the writer thinks it, proner subject
for joke? Are not morals involved in il, n
so, does 1t not call for severe repTebensiops
IMAM are generally fount! in joker If any man
Is found deliberately wanting in candor can any
conildence be afterwards placed in his sincerity
II not IS II not deporahle thing that the first Off
GERS OF the nation should claim exemptions from The
ooiigailonS OF sincerity! Under such claim, wha,
confidence ought 10 be placed in their official
communications! On one occasion. so sacred did
the British Parliament consider the yeraciiy of their
monarch, that they entered into seven years war.
In consequence oil charge of insinceily brought
against him by tie Austrian Minister, The Count
DE Palm, in l72G although this monarch was
believed to be guilty of the act OF insinceJfy
charged against him.-See first Vol. Belsham's
history OF George the Sd, pages 1872, 1873 ard
Journals, H. Commons, Ammo. $780, March IS
l726 In pages 10, IL, Is, l6, of Mr.. Claws
most wonderful "speech, in supper, Of an Anne.
rcan system Tor the protection of American indus
try" will be found still more sounding collec
ton OF statistics, from which MIR. &. does make
some deductions. His object appears to be, to s.
certain the relative ability of the people of certain
ha,'ons 10 pay taxes, according to the po-
pulation OF each; aud the test of this ability, is
me amount oftareS actually pdid TO zach 20
uernment This is no test at ali. To MAZE e =
test II would become necessary for each govern
ment to call upon its people, to pay al then can
pay u TINS shoCld not be done, il would not be
possible 10 ascertain how much more the Deopie
could Poy, if eaiied for more. According to this
i"llacols test, the poor people OF the u States,
are placed below the poorest people in Europe
lie puts the people OF Spain above them, in the
proportion OF III shillingS sterling, to nine. Here
bis deduction from his collection and table of sta
tisiics Page 10. "F,om this extihit we must re-
mark, that the wealth Of Great Britain, (and con-
sequenty her power,) isgFeater, deriving her now
er from her wealth, not her liberty than thai of
any OF the other nations, with which it is compared
The amount OF the contributions which she draws
from Tie pockets of her subjects, is not referred TO
- H"ttNttVNJ UNt oS UtUtCNtttc OJ tNcfT 7CgHLkI
The buTthen 0f taxation is aitCags TeLatipe In
the utility Of the subjects eft. A poor nation
can pay but little. And the heavier taxes of the
British subjects, for example, may be easier borne
than the much lighter taxes Of Spanish subjects. in
consequence OF their extreme poverty" Would
IL not be better to tax he people Of the T. States
more, rather than bear this disgrace; Pefbaps
they could pay mare il called on--Now hear the
concluding moral, and it viii be found that the
poor u , come OF still worse, in comparison with
oiher nations. This error arises solely from the
want oil understanding on the part of Mr.. Clay, Of
IRE real Dearing Of n- collection of statistics
Page TO- 80" Che committee will observe from that
TAB G, that the measure of the wealth OF a nation
Is ndicatcjby The measure Of us protection of its
industry; and that the measure Of the poverty OF
nation, Is marked by that Of the degree in which il
negecis and absndons the care Of It's own industry
leaving II exposed to the action Of foreign powers
Great Britain protects most her industry, and the
wealth Of Great Britain Is consequently The great