Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-10-22
I'VE request attention 20 t,.e veg iu;., .io;,s &c
tiong ofti- writer be!ow.1
foR TnE CONSUMPTION N-uyc4.
COBnETr AND ii.:SA lS,S:.tA

COBUETT AND itCSh iSssUN
Il Is amusing to lind tie discussion Of Tie Ann RI
Tarilf, transferred 10 England, after .layin,,
occupied nearly the Whole 81 long Session o,
Congress ana cH'lscd Throughout lie | III "a -; .
a5 MACH iisEed Che hOoG-sh5d j. get to crrlr) as
any other subject, Tia. Presidential i.n,t5,,! ONLY
excepted. Il is cheering too 70 every tcl.e Aic~irq
TO see the real interests OF Tie luitei STAT : ;i.,-
tod abroad by OF acknowledged aii,i5v. We
need not enquire INTO the motives Of Cc10ctt, thy
lave no p0Wc- 10 take from the WEIGHT OF his
argument, % aid any i. The friends Of liberty
the struggling citizens OF America, in tl.c days 81
the Revolution, were mach aided. enlightened and
encouraged, by the vigorous opposition ID tie British
Parliament. None waited to enquire RIO the mo
tves OF the oppos ion III resisting American ta,;utu;
We heard, admired and adopted th, luIn,!OGs cjr,-
sltlons - the rights OF AMERICA aud oi fi: lust ana
honorable policy Of Great Britain. And How Ii, q
great ciTii rather commcrciil revolution VIC are
1t srCrns to derive essential support fiJn aIaa-
source. The liushisson !oiicy has received severe
II not dcath-bow from the haids Of Goblet. M
one can read the letter Of Goblet, provided I;.
comprehend til" subject, without seeing ta -t-t,.
dOu5 folly Of Husaasons scEcA.es adm IN. 'r &C.
b. sincere Iii HIS ycarnHg alter FIRE. iI49n, rad J.
ile Ire not sincere VIC not trust TO D .1a@cr
jucd Nth empty promises OF fs'"e T,9ic British
Poy scared from inc paths Of policy a;ld in rest
by dcEuncilticlIa Of greater restrictions which Mir
HnskssOn ard his admirers dare not if they had the
power TO enforce. I say they dare not L this
mere bravafo my PAT; " nat are cur articles
of export TO Great Britain and from what section of
the United States do they ~ shall not enter into
exact enumeration Of al the articles which Great
frnin coudescends under heavy duties IS take from
SIS wien 1t si-ts her Commerce tov30 so and whrt1
she does MOI app-sl,rni t3t our resources will be
thereby increased in any fearful proportion. Suffice
it, to specify the most important, tie deduction Of
which from the list Of exports to Great Britain
would make trade to that Island unworthy Of
moments consideration. What these EXPORTS
Cotton, tobacco rice, tar, pitch and turpentirc.
From Whnt section OF The United States do these
articles 90? From the Southern without exception.
Even these articles reccyud upon condition OF
the payment of duties which, if laid by American
Congress, would be called uocorefittin1o oppressive
unjust taking FROM the nlUy to put into the pccl
cts ofthc few. The market Of thr American iDrn,cr
rather that market to which the American farmer
has been taught to look from habit from the policy
Of his Government, "a policy not wholly wise ct
its first adoption, but rendered worse than unwiso,
by the change in the condition Of this country the
change in tic State OF Europe. and most of a the
increased oppression Of the British Commercial
SYSTEM is wholly cut of. Let Erol9ad raise
The du-es on tobacco, cotton rico, &C. N lnv
ma'oJol degree above what {. ~ now arc, and
pronounce thai Enc american Planter VII b. PIT
into the same hopeless, htpless condition in winch her
Inonopoising system mas long kent the American
farmer, real PromctIc'is, upon whom H.: Acars-