Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-09-25

himself, ultimately, be d-voured by this huge mon
s'et oil hiv own creation. Now, Sir, let Nv see
our co"soatontoT the introduces ion OF this destruc
tive monster amongst NV. Our deiu.lci orator
-1Js - Tue .o'e object ofthe tsriG 10 10 tdr
me produce IF foreign industry. with rie,o
y y om0ttns .inse' ie"m Industry no doubt
thought very cunning contrvsnce 10y its au-
thor but he Is entirely pst'kcn ia the in
tended ed.ct his sole object IL utterly ms
taksn. II IS q ldu, and most onerous and upius.
tax. upon .ihnsIi-0a Industry, and not upon TO.
rtigR tdGusf,y, the mi.tsseo object Of IL Who
pays Tue tax! Is it paid by foreigner. Certainly
not. Do not American, pay It, DO not we, h-,e
present, pay our fall proportion of it.? II
90, the -'c object oil the tax il utterly ui-t. en-
Il is tsx, IN effect, whatever be it's object upon
American not foreign industry, wba,ever may have
been The kind intention oil Its suthor. But now
comes our consolation Oar deluded orator con
US. by carcitssly and tann'ingy informing u -. II
II suiJec's any part of Aic,ieun Industry 10 bur-
hens II Is an effect got intended, ami Is altog
'ncije"fai aud Icrfectly voluntary" Indeed, MIR.
Orator, are you - Kind az not to intend the mis.
chiei! B", here we have the consolation, that il
oJ industry sh0sfd be subject TO 5sIrtieus fhs
cyecf tous MT tnteiifed, II would, of cour-e, b..
zone Through ignorance, not design, and, there
.ore ought 10 be borne without tnu,p,,t .
III what practical benefit is i, to the -uf
icrer, that his sufferins- have been poduc
ell by ignorance, and moi design Now, il
tu'ps cut upon expeiinen that American inLu.-
ny II extremely burthen-d, though by ignorance,
not 10y design, IN direct ADDICTION ui the lie
avo~ed object OF the bill; and the tariff in III I
most inpor ant respect has entirely missed its own
original ann. it surely ought to be Abandoned, ac-
c"rdiDs to the svo>eI declarations and doctrines
oi onr niscsicuiatng advenur US orator. but
wonderful TO be told our ds.hins orator observes
y IL has been treated az an imposition OF burihens
upon one part OF the communi,y, By design for
Tie oenGht ct the other; If, in fact, money were
taken iroD the pockets ct portion OF the reo-
pie, and put into the pockets OF another Blu,
~ thai tair representation Of liz" Most certaini,
~ Is AS air plan, simple, can 20 .siby be
made ass you, In turn MIR. Orator, is not that
the iac /. not thai fair representation of tn.
case! Have you the bsrdihooI to deny that fact ?
should suppose II To be impossible. who Ia.
more frequently asserted and proved The fact than
oui intetsSstIns orator! What is the burthen of
ITS song, hom the irontispece, to the conclu-
sion al his speech. Does he not vaun,ip.Iy tell
US! --PIo'ec:ion to manufacture! Protrc, ion IN
great amount AMI the word - Protection" writ
ten in Roman characters, TO enhance the influence.
81 the word upon superficial observeIs1 o.,
what does this protection consist? I nrr
sdme the deiuded orator would not ausw.,
oi ho'hinS- consists, then, of soinetbinr
What, then, Is that somethinps /. i, No,
money! ii 30, whose money! Not the man.
uacturers money. The Manufacturer yyouji mn,
thank You, tor protection made out OF his oyv,
money. This protection then, is made ont of
other peoples money The ba,vl Tered or.,o, ,eII.
you, mainly ont of he money of the growers of
oouoh' 'ooacco' and rice he ought to have added
the growers OF wheat Nor Is an ca., of se,c;.,
exempted, but the manufacturers them.elv-.
shey are the receivers not tho payers of this
protection Now Cir. Speaker, let me ask van
SIR II there be not something here, more than a
want OF cahdor want OF sincerity? IL there no,
something like hardihood in This question ,.d A.,
swer oil our bewildetei orator! Alter he had
from tic beginning OF bis speech, TO the rnd of i,
maGniiled The value, and Importance OF this pro
'eSuoh 10 Inc manufacturer, AMI proved that i,
was PAID by others; Bat, mainly, by the growers
Oh OouOn' Tobacco aud Rice for him to put this
question, and back il by this suppcsitious de-
MAJ, IL really unexpected and unaccoun,abIs
" AS ~, III isct mouey were taken from the nork
SIS oil one portion OF the people, anil vut into tn
pockets u sno'ier''- Is not this the mos, ex,r
ordinary suppo-iiious denial Of a fact. which h
hau himself asserted, and proved, over and ov.
a6ain! But our pugzl='l orator, does not dem IN.
TACT, absolutely. 1t is done. by his own pecul,s,
logic -By bis assertion of a collateral fact a.
bis common afhce of shifting c1-st,on. In
stead o an absolute denial that the tariff does aL
the money out of one mans puckei and mn, !,
mo another, or orator ssya--" No man nav.
INC cdS "sSesseu on tne foreign articles, by cons
puison, but voluntarily" Xe,e is another a,b,a,
!uSe. as uncandid AID heterogeneous az the La,
ihe payment Is not voluntary, and il is SCARCELY
possible TO suppose, that orator did not k,o,.
ths' 1t 'vis not vol Physical conlnuIsion j,
Is true, ~ not applet for the enforcement of IN.
law. but fenalty, growing out of the nature OF
the law, Is applet 10 us enforce rent, upon the
ordinary principle OF penalties. M pl,v.,c.I co,,
!uiSon Is applied by law - prege ONE MN f,o,,
numbering another but the p-na!ty OF the n,,rt
I. death The iaw leaves it perfectly voluntary
win every m'n TO murder hi. fellow provided
ne will incur the p'nsy. BI', says the law. !
you do commit murder, sou .hsli die. So say
TIE tarih, II you purchase imported articIo4 al
thouSh OF the first necessity gu shall pay jo,,,ie
p ice for them. BIT our orator Ina. ,,;,,.I ,
four ways OF avo ling the penalty. For, SAYS h.
" consumption ha, four objects of choice l., IL
may abstain from the use OF foreign articles and
thus AVOID the payment of the tax" n - c,n
sumption has no choice. 1t is piaced IN Ter a ne
cessIty to- use foreign articles. But if rb. article
De bought, The tax must be paid; or the pensItv
consisting OF the tax incurred, snd the cou,ruI.;oo
imposed upon Consumption IL, that il mast nav.
iofeign articles. " Secondly IT may .o,niov
the rival American FABRIC Bot thea the ne ,.I
", equal TO the dity on the foreign article ,,u.,
De paid TO tue American manufacturer for h,s ,,o
tecHonI amounting In most cases To donbl. ,b.
actual value Of the article: The very p.n,l,v
me very evil, aud the very Injustice co npJ.ine5
"'' Ahird- IL may engage ia the business n:
wHich hS bH Is intende,! fo-t e. -
May it,Mr o s'or? How kind Is thu; consoI,,i, =
IL is admitted, that IN this way ii NAV e..ana H.
penalty. Bat II viii be admitted I p,e.u-,. ,L,,
'his noue oil escaping the penalty is martial
All c1nnot avail Themselves of thi. rnnIe 81 =
cape. AIR. Orator beretoioTe seemed I, ti,int =
me could drive 800 Ol0 farmers from sr-ic,J -,
10 manufacturing, 1t would be enough. Nov ali
e W 'ti" rouge uhder the projected manufact,-
'srs wing, against ths unjust and iotoI.t,bIs ;,r
positions upon others. What nonsenssu WI.
mischief! Fourth -" Or it may suprIv i,se,e e
iDe household manufactures" A sufic,sn, -