Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-09-04
RIoHMoMD, SEPT. d
TO the Editors of fbe E,o...-


on imported wooilens End other articles ,e,,..,
mat the Editors Of The Enquirer will publish ,L.
enclosed as the result of their labors T'bev a..
IRE It to be published with the view that The ..,n
nay De placed under The eye of each member OF
the Society, hat each may bring. with bi, =,
Ire Meeting, 10 be holden in November next HI.
dgested plan cf improvement or alteration Til.
grounds taken b. the Committee will thus be s,h
Jected 10 the close, ms ditstiops of all aud error.
IL any be f@iIen into, will receive tier correction.
September l, 1927.
1ohe Congress Of The u. STATES:
Ane members, composing the AericuIlura, So
eie,y OF Lower Virginia, beg leave, most r.sn.c,-
fully, to represent:
lhat 'hey have witnessed, with no little con-
cefn, me efforts made during the last ..ss;o e
Congress, behalf of the yYoolen M,nmss, W
FefH, TO procure an increase of d,,y ON impo,,,
Wcoiens and your Iemorisiists will not concssl
the iact, that Their apprehen sions have been con-
siueTahiy Increased by the measures W bicb r.,
ueen pu' N us'n nvon this subject. among which.
Tue ilafrisou 8 Convention is not the least n,o,;
neni While they would derive from IN. ,n.nm.
~ winch mat Convention was gotten up and fIo,
Inc isct, thai but very few, South Of the Potomac
oee'tu 10 nave attended IL, the strong est ey ilence
o. me hnroiicy OF granting the encouragement
asked ioI, they cannot foel sensible to III. s,o,,
sectional supp n, which the measure ia destined
To receive The fact, that eectional ,ntet.s, sr5
see,'ohai Ieens ha-'originated the application AMI
Is destined to sustain il, is not amongst the le,s,
prominent OF the objections 10 the Gon,emplat.I
measure II 1t be measure promising pener.I h
"eh'' why Is 1t that so many States are found IN
De arralgned against il Surely the peopie of ~
Sou'h may De esteemed TO understand their nun
Interest and that OF the United States as well Az
.sose OF the North The measure is not n.tional
out sectional. Ii claims that the agricultural in
'eTss' oil the South shall be taxed Tor the sucnn,,
OF The II anuiacturing interest of the N.rih I.h;
IS Inc plain state OF the Some capitalists 10
tue NORM nave thought proper, OF their own ,c
eoru' 10 invest their capital in manufacturing es
'aph-hmenis, and finding their profits not COM
mensur"'e with their wishes, they come now .,
your honorable bodies 10 ask that tbos. ,,;l
may be satisfied by an Increase of duties on wool
lens, thereby TO compel the S ulhern Planter. 10
give an ex,Tavagani price for their labric- or sim
~ re eAoreiIant one for ihe foreign articles wbb
they have been in the habit of pufchas sing rb,,
This would be the inevitable effect of such mea,u,a
Tor some time after ii should have been put in ope
auoh, no one can reasonably doubt, unless iDdeeL
the market should be supplied, in authorization Ia,
Sh extraordinary influx of imported goods. TIE
suPiny LOT some time must be inadequate to the de-
mand and that deficiency will be evidenced by the
augmented price which will be exacted for the.
ucle' for all The lime, then, which will be 70.
CURED 10 bring about sufficient investment rs 90
ptSl IN This line of employment, the consumer viii
necessarily have TO pay for the exclusy benefit f
me manufacturer, additional tax equal in.
amount 10 TIE difference between the nresent an,
the increased duty. Is there sny principle of i,.
ucs which can give sanction TO Thu. Will il BIZ anv
o'her th'n an hish-hsnded expressions with view
70 enelsh favored interest, If il shall be resorted
10 by Government? Each citizen Processes The
right and privilege of adopting such eucJovnsn,
as he mas Ilease-wih w hat force then can on.
cltizen ask governmental interference In order IN
sustain him IN an employn " hich he has yolun.
ts'iy selected, when, too, that inerposition can
only lie exercised TO the injury of some other citi-
zen, who has adopted a different empiovmen,s
but IL there would be manifest inin.tiee in ,b,.
view OF me subject, low much more Objectionable
Goes 1t become, when the tax i'm posed operates NOT
on indiv id""is only, but entire communities =
"hen the Injury is inflicted States TO, the OBJ
Vious benefit oil other States!
In addition TO the injustice thus made uoanifes,
he pTopo-ed measure is hostile to the spiri, oe The
constitution Itself. That instrument WAS adon,sa
7 Tor the common benefit OF all The idea of sr-
e''s'Ee advantage or privilege, it may safely be
7ss''eu' never entered into The conception of lis
tanners Absi The right TO lay and collect duties
sc coniers on Congress to do so. no one ,youIt
Oe 30 ide as TO que-lion-but the nome, rusf he
e'se' ctsed ta such manner as 10 met he fuds
81 TIE rant. The great end is fhe yoisiug ~
'eOe'i"e' ana the objects 10 which that end il made
suoserViehi, are specifically enumerated. n, must
be directed to the regulation of comma,ca 40 -.
ing 'he debs-raislng army building navS.
&C %c.-when exercised for either of tbese n,r
poses us exercise is legitimate and proper and no
i'i"''''"h on the power, other than that imposei
y O""" u'stietIon, exists. But when. instead
" oe'"s o"ee.ed 10 The accomplishment OF legiii-
mate ends, il is devoted 10 the purpose of bn;I1;n,
up fortunes Tor a few capitalists few in comnsriso1
WIN The great hole then is the object of The grant
suoVeftec and the constitution in it's spirit violated
Let Us Illustrate this by example drawn from the
cohsu'uuoh' D he power TO raise an army il nm
qnesuonaoie-but II, in its exercise CopgJess does
mol consult The object of the grant viz: the oyo
| tecfion ~ the liberties Of tie cou,,fry. but. on
he contrary, aim at them Obstructive bov
"oulu MOI such abuse OF power be vi lstory of tho
| spt' OF me constitution and treason against the
people! In that, as in The present case (,ongres
would exercise rightfuI poioey for an ,,na,9,6a,
'tSeu ehd and, In either case, the object of The
s'ant being violated. the spirit and intent of lie
constitution Itself i violated. 1t is no answer 10
ihs oDjsclon to urge tie ~ obabe absence Of all ALL
tnoHly IN me courts to arrest the evil Thsv mag
have no authority 10 decide whether tariff h1 I.
or Is not calculated TO consumnste the Durrosss
OF the constitution. The difficulties in the vvsv Of
such an investigation, have not escaped The alien
"Oh oi your memotIslists But they make theiY
sFPeS' 70 'he heart and consciencs of every mems
your honorable bodies, aud will not doubt
! ". '.ia' the'f appeal Will I've attended to. What
OBJECT i sought 10 be attained By the enactment of
The proposed law? Is 1t an object consecrated bv
me constitution, or an the offspring Of self-inerest
or imsgip~rJ policy? These are the enquiries tbsy
would Iespee iully PROFOUND and 10 them each
member VIII answer Tor himself
~ WIZ no doubt, be sal ss il has often bs-.io
'o'e oesn san, tbat the proposed measure "a one
s.IHs.,eu WIN great system of policy and that
a'noIgh u may operate a. FIRST uneouallv We, that
Us ultimate effect will be beneficial 10 iii and con-
SSuV'Fe % me power and opusnce of the IJnjteI
S'''es' 10 lhIs we answer, l. That admitting IN
70 ssess the power, snJ that these