Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-08-07

hucIaDs OF the country are Ia favor OF such sys-
tenn - and though have always believed the Tariff
! oilo2i, unwise and unjust was the more cheer
iul In submitting TO 1t, because regarded it ii
nal adjustment OF a most unpleasant question, that
even under the most favourable auspices, never
ans to create very angry feelings. II is this,
therefore, OF sny thing like Il. that depreca'e the
| poiIcy OF Mr.. "A. and MIR Z. II il the principle
! and the purpose with which they have become the
advocates OF these great interests. They the fret
American statesmen who have enter ed the arena of
the fre-lden'isl canvass Offering millions OF
tored bounties to the manufacturing sections of the
country, and millions OF appropriation for Inter-
pal improvements, toother sections OF the country
Jas reward tr their suifIages know it is the con-
lndeni ejaculation Of Mr., Z. that nothing can resist
lVhls proposes comprehensive scheme OF corruption,
when under The form of law and under the assumed
su'se oil patriotic motives to purchase up one hal! oil
society with the wealth piundered from another
/ W nstever may be the lacr as 10 this calculation
mere IL one thing, III my opinion, perfectly certain.
Inns union cannot exist twenty years under a sys-
tenn oil policy, which looks To a pei petul tamperng
win the great pecuniary interests Of society by
avs which invade the Eghs and affect the dis,ri-
puIon oil property. In the hands OF desperate po-
fillcians such system will be inevitably and ha-
ohuay perverted to selfish and ambitious purposes
-aYarlce will become the only principle of at
iachnent TO The government with the people of the
favored sections, and they vii. look for their peri
oa'cai donation OF b0u"tes ard appropriations eve.
ry Iouf years, as regularly the prstoran bands
Oh Rome, in the decline OF the ELpiIe locke for
ah imperial donation on The ascension Of navy En-
Pe'Vi 20 the t'ohe Liberty cannot exist-it is
] nui IN the nature of things that il sbouid-where
la'Se masses OF the people, taught to look ha-
blinaily TO the government for pecuniary fayours
ana support That feeling oil Independence, with
out which there can be no senuIne freedom, must
I IN such a state of things be inevitably destT Dyed
When the people of Rome consented TO receive
bread from The public gTanares, the days of theif
freedom were numbered. Every denlasogue who
ssPhec 10 power through their sutfrages, placed
his reliance, not upon bis talents, not upon his 10
teSiy, not upon the services he had render ed the
rePuyIic, but upon the iiberay of the supplies OF
corn, which he promised 10 distribute among The
people.
NH a. and Mr.. c. are pursuing The same policy
In form still more fearful because il is disguised
So COZ plicated is the operation of our indirect
system OF bounies effected by imposis, that an act
which takes millions of money from one half of
! the people and coneTs 1t upon the other, NAV be
successfully represented, by atiul men, as urea,
measure OF national policy and the politician who
from motives OF selfish ambition literally sells and
sacrifices his constituents advance his views of
political ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, may impose himself upon
large portion OF his counirymen d,snterested
patriot, and receive the ardent support of the yerv
people whom he betTays and sacrifices"
Such are the sentiments and fears of some of the
prominent politicians OF our country. The sgri-
cuitura! and commercial Glasses OF the community
| scarcely keep up They struggle agans, the diff
cuies which surround them, under the hope that
bas chsered them from year to year, that better
times" are surely at hand. This delusion ha,
nitted ostore them Tor more than seven Years; and
at moment when their means are almost ex haust.
ed; when the Farmer, If not actually consu,nins
his Capital, does not make one per cent upon il
he witnesses the assemblage of Deputies AT H,r-
risburg rom than half the state, in the IJnion
wHh the avowed purpose OF entering into combi.
nations by which his still farther TO be
Diminished! The dispo-itlon in our public func-
uoaaraies, or it actually exists to favor such
schemes OF Partially and extortion deserves the
Indignant and unanimous Ieprehension of all no
nest uisn, OF all parties. IL the TeaIer has taken
any pains to inform himself the subject, he al
ready knows the injustice of the famous ,yo liens
bl The peculiar object of soliciiude with the Har-
risbuTg plouers. The manufactures are now IN
receipt OF better profits their labor and capital
than any other class among Aud is it possible
that the age IN which we live is bauering and
hucksterng, that men willing TO abandon their
principles aud sell their political influence TO be
permitted 10 plumber their fellow citizens!
On this subject we have been often SURPRISED at
the extraordinary and unaccOuntabe decisions ,hat
nave blinded go many honorable and intelligent
men among 'he COMMERCIAL and agricultural class
es. Such men, animated by the purest feeling.
OF Patriotism, and ardsnjly desiring To see our
country independent, In every acceptsiion of tina;
term, are prepared To- submit the most extrav.-
CANT demands OF aYaGIce. Their love of countrv
makes them list en- with deliSh TO The pictur. which
Is Artlully drawn OF the national advantages of
general system OF manufactures, that shall make us
| independent OF all the would besides. They over
look the cost to the pablic of sriiciay getting up
such system, and of the consequences that nu.,
how IRON II. We will not al pr esent 20 into details
| But, may not be permitted 10 ask what is ,,ro
lection. Is 1t not the very reverse OF compekitfoa2
Ibe great mass oil the nation consumers and the
spnDeTs Y weavers beg of to be permitted TO SIM
/ ply all our wants without The competition of otber
nations Ii We could grant this request and Sill get
our supplies, OF good quality and as cbeoD a. Ne
could get then from other nations the result womb
| be, that we should have no revenue 10 sunnor,
either the ordinary or extraordinary expenses Of
7 the government. We should then have a bost nj
aA-ga'herers and exciseiuen taxing the necessary
sums out II our pockets directly, and often ct
tunes when " would be IncoBv eBent to raise half
| the amount demanded In this event. land hi. !.
the favorable result that the msnuf.rtuTsrs
I eau ANTICIPATED we should pay more thsn we ,,o,o
pay, by our iul share OF the expenses Of the gov
eminent. But who, that takes a proper yiegv of
the subject, VIII say that ths viii De alp We s.s
with wnat facility The manufacturers can pet ur
COW eatioh TO impose this slate of things nuou -
WIN It not be a. easy, afterwards 10 enter into
such eomOiustionst and make Us pay almost what
uey please! Ia every country and in every ase
combinations OF particular interests have taken
Place. The capital OF a nation, by such mean.
COON concentrates IN The hands Of few meg: and
ihe hfst consequence is a mOHfed arisfyerac,,.
bAnd =" wherever such an srsiocracy exists The law
Vi PFti03estnTe wii! sooa be resorled TO- TO Der
hpe'uate II in q few fortunate families. TIistorv
teaches these wholesome sd,nonitioas: and no,;
we satisfied that the character Of man on ,bis
sIle Of the Atlantic il diUsrsnt fem, IL, Z, Z: