The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-04

feels OF a rHtincicd warfare tina, f,lo iimifrd
capital OF our merchants aud traders required
from a ius,ei ing aud ~pste'1sl government, n
iil,efai ersdii on the duties imposed OF, ioreign
sierchA.dize-they. eaB n prOmiiiude chsrac-
ieristie Of their enlightened views aud liberia
policy granted = credit vi eight, len aud twelve
mouths, On all Hnporiafions from Europe. aud q
still longer CREDIT ON all goods imported from,
beyond the Capt. OF Cord Hope. 81 long q.
the stream. Of aud commeree conilnu.d
10 aow through the ordinary aud regular cham
nels OF Cuisines diHusing their h~eslthfll and sal
s,ary in6ueuce among all elhsse1 Of The eerBmn-
nifty. ihis liberal policy was attended with very
beneficial effects 10 0vf citizens, and resulted ~
little loss or Inconvenience 10 HE finances oi tire
country.
Bot the system pursued ofiaie by nl,en mer.
chants and traders, OF selling near the " hole n.
mount OF their immense importstions al auction
has driven fion the held OF COMPETITION a large
portion ofihe American mer chants hence iiie
advantages of an extended credit on duties, held
out by our government Tor the protection aud
patronage OF her o~n citizens, 10 10. almost En-
clusively enjoyed by foreigners and The liberal
credits which we're extended no q benehi aud a
blessing TO our people. are by the ruinoss opera
t,ons OF The Auction System, nc ually converter,
into a loI midable AMI wide.sprcadlhg evil.
From The facilities afforded oi eit.eiing spec.
dy sales oil NIL kinds oil goods al auction Hnd
the short period in which voyages 10 and iron
Europe ARE al late performed ibe most pow
eriul inducements are constantly offered 10 To-
reign merchants and manufacturer ~ puur
the whole OF their refuse and surplus produc-
tons inio oar market, io The serious Injury,
as well OF The American merchant Ms OF con
unler generally. Tho long credit on duties
comes ,nio their aid II upersies as a bounty /;
and IN the course OF a very short time u tur.
nishes the foreigner " ,th United SiHies funds,
equal 10 the whole OF hi. capital originally in
vested.
From this view of the SUBJECT, does it not
evidently result, thai the Auction System is al
tended with incalcnlable miscLieis 10 almost
ever, elnss OF American ciiisensf Il
r. maios, ilen. Tor our government 10 inter.
pose rs authority and by The ssluiary ope-
ration of an efficient duty on sales al auction,
10 protect our citizens against that inIolera-
biz EVIL, which presses upon all the enefgies
and enlerprIze oi the country. Unless this Is
done. aud done speedily, most OF our laws, d.
yowedly pnssed for the protection oil Amrr'-
can commerce, Will US etteclually be made
snbservieni To- the exclusive interest OF tor
rien"r., aud The injury oi cur own %cltiaens, as
,ftbose laws were expressly passed Tor The sole
hrnrGi of the former aud the idscouragemenl
aud run oi Tia. latter.
Restrain The system within proper hounds,
ard the consequences 10 virginia aud iha
Southern State, we confidently believe, will
be, the rega,ning ol lost commerce the dl-
rec imporlniionot our goods 10 "A large ex.
tent the direct expectation ~ our own pro-
luce. The benefit Of the trade oil our own
States the reduction OF the premium now
paid Tor exchange on England, aud the pre-
venting oi those dreadful COMMISSIONS IN the
prcunihry affairs OF our country, which are
caused BY excessive imports. and The %oyertra-
ding consequent iherenpon.
Your memuriaiits persuade themselves thai
} our Honorable Bodies viii interfere 10 cor.
rect the evil. resulting rom such "A system "a
system which IN It's more Immediate effects,
encourages frauds on the revenue, facilitates
lmposilions on the public, destroys the mer.
cnntle character, md II ruinous 10 that Clas.
oil citizens 10 which youl memorialists belong,
aud the injurious results III which alternately
tail upon the ayr CULTURAL and laboring part oil
the population.
They, therefore, respectfully pray your
Hon. Bodies 10 impose II d, ty Of ten per cent.
um on sales hy auction, excepting the effects
of bankrnlts aud decensed persons, goods sold
Tor the beneii 81 underwriters. shipping d real
estate.