Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-09-04

>"ppIy- anu supplies hon other soGic CONT.
nuaiiy pouring IN upon her. She cannot, for any
long period, carry extensive trade with a ns-
uon which shuts her out OF its ports. But IL may
he urged that the day will come when the Amer.
can manufacturer viii compete with her IN foreign
countries and ootsirip her in the competition. Il
this we sn-wer that the present and future evil l.
tangible - visible. The future. benefit IT II ever
| arises Is uncertain, and wholly contingent Low
nties would still further have aided in securing 10
the cotton grower the exclusive monopoly of the
| English markets. Your memoiisli-ts repeat the
iuil conviction, that cotton manufactures would
sooner or later have sprung up amongst with
| out governmental interpretation. THIS is evident,
| from the effect produced by the duties imposed in
| lSl6, which al'ho' high, were in compsrsby lave
'han they are now. Under their influence the Wal
tham mandatory bad attained great degree o.
prosperity, and satisfied with the profits which
they were then making, the rropfieiors in 1924
protested against any addition TO the duties
ioTeSn co'tons- They acted wisely and reasoned
correctly. Oiher institutions resting the same
secure foundation would also in the of time,
nave sprung up In such prnlbeTs to threaten the
exclusion OF TIE English from our markets. But
one measure would have been left England
ana II would have heen The abolition OF the revenue
dHty which she eAacis upon cotton. The
advantages enjoyed by the American mecbaui-t
would have been equal to the price OF ,ransporta
non. Our TeNenhe duty the fabric. and her
port duty on The cotton; of the two first she could
not have get,en rid, but i reasonable to suppose
'hat SHE would have abolished the last, aud thus
occurred t. our cottsn,i If not an exclusive moncpo
y, a more extended marke'. Your meo oriali-t-
men Conceive that southern industry has received
a most destructive blow, aud they appeal your
honorabls bodies TO avert las far may lay in
your power, The impending evils.
Inc suffering OF your memorissts in common
with the inhabitants of the whole souih h, AREA
| ~ sufficiently great. Their bur,hens heavy and
yrievous. They ask in The language OF freenea
they he asei nv m iuc Of
the duiies on Lens. BY far the larger qusnIi-
- oil ihe coarse woollens imported lato the Union
are consumed in the slave hol ling States. Almost
all the boring class il clothed in them Were we
called upon o make additional sacrifices for the
honor of the nation or in IN lint enarce of lis rights,
We would not complain--but for whom and for
! what are now to be taxed? For nothing we
assert but TO enrich few capitalists Some associ
atoms ~ individuals have been formed build I'D
wooiieB factories, mere voluntary associations en-
tered into with full Ieno Wedge of The circu,n
stances by which they surrounded aud now .
protected as they slready by eXhorbitant du
~ when If they declined to sustain injury il i.
the result OF their own voluntary sct, they ssk of
| your own honorable bodies retrieve 10 them the
io-ses arising from their lmprudence. In the ab-
-trscI the demand gives countenance to a similar
demand on the part OF every adveniurer in the
| community who has engaged In rash and Ill Judged
enterprises fraternai government i'll extend the
| same measure of justice to all. The oppression
1
from the fact OF The larger increase OF duty contem-
| plated on coarse wooliens than on fine clio, hs-
The fret enters INTO moIe general consumption il
| the cl' thing OF The poor man aud the Iaborer The
last l. more an article OF luxury enjoyed by the
rich nor has it escaped the attention OF your memo.
rias's that lure was held out by the B,liEeporied
| during the last eos ion to the farming interest in
!, the tax proposed on imported wool. That tax,
\ however. as rot 10 have taken effect until after
the lrpse OF two years, a deay obviously destined
to benefit the present manufacturers, and promising
no benefit TO the wool growers. The last Yves 10
be fed with deiasive hope, while the fiji st would
| have been in the enjoyment OF large profits. By
The time that the duty on imported wool would
have taken effect the competition in the rearing of
numerous forks would have ensured 10 The manu-
tac'u'er the raw msteral,at = moderate price, all
bis was intended to all the and keep down
the profits of the other. This corresponds with
| the commencement and continuance OF the same
| system in England from the time of Edward III
down 10 The present day. Every thing was made
TO yield to the demands of The manufsct lures and En-
| gland has resched the achme of that policy
| which the u. States have recently adopted Is
not the picture which she exhibits al this day suf.
hceat TO deter us-a powerful government, but q
| starving peeple-ths Is the result, and we are To
tread III her footsteps under circumstances too
wholly dissimilar; with forest before us nssess
ing the capacity to sustain untold millions of human
being.
Could your memoriaisis consider the b,rtbens
with which il is proposed TO saddle them and
| with which they already saddled, as Temporary
In their duration, they might find less cause of OBJ
lection 10 them-but they firmly persuaded that
those burthens are destined 10 endure through all
time. The tariff law now in force begins air eady
! to manifest its Injurious effect on the revenue =
! The diminuon which II has undergone ramnot be
traced to any other and tina, dmjnution If
things remain a. they are, must annually encI ease
| Whd can substitute the duties collected on impor;-
ed fabrics, when that OF revenue shall b.
died up, as II must be shortly, TO a great extent,
1t not entirely Whist will ;hen be lett 10 the q "
eInPeDi but system OF direct taxation on The peo
pie: Ioibis, II appears TO your memoTialisls we
must necessarily arrive OF what Convenience will
1t then be 10 the farmer that he should be enabled
10 procure domestic fabrics cheapsr nominal
rate than lie now es the foreign He will have
10 pay most dearly for this advantage 10 The firm
OF compulsory taxes TO the Govt s. what will se.
gravae the czil Will that the amount thus TO b..
PAID will necessarily augment with the deyel,re.
inent OF our military and naval power. The ex
pensess of all governments ermoTe encreose mn
precedent is recorded OF their diminution but al the
expense oil their total overthrow. Such are IN,
Privaions and buThens TO which the agriculture ot
the Union is destined to be subiscted-such The
consequences OF The interference of Government.
with the emplOyments of men. These burthcSs a -
to last through all time, and the people of these IT,
niIed States are to be hayassed by two sets of
gahereTs, those OF The State aud u. States govern
ments and all Tor The REgraOdizement Of what il
now sectional interest.
In opposition to this conclusion your memn,i,I
lists conceive it to be idle TO present az an eNs,rni.
of contrary result, the kingdom of Crest B,i.
tain, the most manufacturing nation eoniesssly IN
The world, and yet one receiving larger revenu,
from duties that any other. Our situation Il tosi
iy different she imports almost al her run mn.