Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-12

bli was before thai house, slowing the effect il
WIZ have &" he different dissertations OF woojien
"opis !; IL he Se,,. that the duties on 'he lower
81 i les c wocli ny which ar rhiAlv made at
Rochli'e, E1i';ax. SC. ate So snnr,nons AZ Ia
amount 10 absolute Scusion. Great quantities of
these goods have hitherto been .Ant 10 America
and the change will therefore be an EXTREMELY
Injurious to the British manufacturer. II cam
MT he supposed, indeed, that the coarser woocn,
"i'l he totally shut out of the United States; the
h'gN ''iiti.s atrr' - bands rine n premium on
snugg'ing. tina. tn, goods will fi'' their way into
m territories of TIL Republic from the Canadian
frontier The immense extent OF that frontier
ad hc nature of tue country, will afford the great
est lict'i,les for contraband trade; and we have al
ready heard oil an instance in which goods oryi-
naiiy ordered to be sent from this port TO the Uni.
teal States. have since been directed to be sent IN
Canada So strongly + the mschevous nature of
The new Tariff fit in the commercial cities of
America, that the ships at New York and Phiia
de'phia hoisted their flags half mast high, when
intelligence was received of the bill having pas.
sed; and the letters from those cities stir,nafy,
'he measure IN the most unqualified terms
We confess that we had not, till very lately. cal
cu.a'ed on a measure short sighted and mis-.
chievous, viewed merely in regard TO American
interests passing the legislature of the United
S'a'es he =, md and striking illustration which
the annals Of that country afford of the advanta
ges OF free trade might. one would think have
prevented Congress from forsakng that system.
ana from embracing the Opposite system Of reg.
l''>''O" gnu thouOpOty. WHICH the history 0f n
many countries proves TO he the ,ane of COM
nerce. The most indsputabie princiule of soci,l
economy IA, that national wealth and industry,
ie't to themselves, will TAX. the most profitable
channels OF employment because Individual sa
gacitv, stimulated nv the STRONGEST motives ,yt;c,,
can actuate mankind, namely. the pecess;,v os
procuring subsistence and the desire of accun,r.
iahon, IL far more likely TO discover the empIov
inenfs which yield the greatest profit. than tho
w'snom OF any body OF legislators, however er.-
fhn. ANA -,
lace OF this principle. taken upon itself to natyo
nize certain mode OF employing capjfai i'm ure
terence TO others-and that not a mode wb;c,, ey
periehce shows TO be the most profitable but di-
.eeuy me reverse Tor The very necessity Of pro-
tectng nv high duties the woollen manufactures of
the u b proves that capital is employed in then,
To great disadvantage. OF course the measure
WI he injurious To the inseress of that country
.ne americans viii have 10 buy their cloths much
dearer without even bcneG.tinr TIE uanut,c,,,
rer, for he will never obtain more than tho orji
nary rate OF profit m his capal: and their COM,
merce with England mus, either be narrowed in
extent, or be OF less advantageous kind They
cannon sell us their cotton and tobacco without,
taking some commodity in return: and whetber
thaf commodity be gold or hardware or onv
tnlng else. 1t must be something which thew have
hitherto liked less than woollen clo,bs and h,
which thrv will therefore sustain cnrnra-,,iv.
loss
TO show the thoroughly bad principles on which,
the suites on iron. boti' in 'hr ,iarla,,iiarurs
state and III the shape of tools are materially IN
creased These being Of the character of raw.
materials. or the instruments for producing other
manufactures the principle is just vicious as the
principle OF our Corn Laws, which tax the prime
necessary OF iifeand witl,om, the apo,oc, lin the
american CASEY of very artificial state OF ,hinps
ne plea Tor The augmented duty is that the iron
masters in the United States are suffering from In,
10" price oil The material. This may he; hut iii
Is more expensive 70 raise iron from The American
mines than to importit from England or Sweden,
me Americans are throwing away their gold
through ridiculous preferences for the iron OF
me aheghanys over the iron of Staffordshire or
furness. On similar pretences, every country
might prohibit the productions of every other
country and the result would be, that they would
al ne as wen Oh a. the man who should, for eco
nomy's sake, be his own cioer, tailor. shoema-
ser, butcher and carpenter. For the sake of
ianci'u independence, they would incur the ut.
most possible inconvenience, and through sclfisI,
desire 10 engross every means Of wealth, woulI
sink Jato poverty and barbarism