Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-03-27

almost duty-iv to weave it into n fabric for our
wear, TO the destruction Of our o,cn nanufdc-
lures ,chicii they are enGbled thus TO miderSeN."t
The combined folly and u;aiSniIy OF this sentence
have astonished u.s. Did not England receive
their cotton duty and supply them with
clothing, when there was not Z loom in the Unit
ed States? Is not America entirely indebted for
this lucrative branch of production and commerce
10 the demand caused by Tia, manufacturing in
dustry and mechanical improvements OF England
/; is the ARKwHIGHrs aud the WATTS Es Of this
country, who have erected the agricultural wealth
OF the Carolinas aud Georgia. And is man oc-
cupyng the high post OF President so far To mis-
represent us, and to adopt the preiudces of the
lowest vulgar, rs to charge US with having begun
this system Ter the purpose OF destroying manu-
factures, which, when 1t was begun, had no exis-
.tence! The next sentence beats WE'RE HALL.
hollow, and is the vcriest trash pro-
ceedng from the pen OF a who is the minister
Of free State. Ii would be thought burlesque,
il the same language were put into the mouth OF
one Of the most violent OF our country squres, and
applied TO corn, instead OF manufactures. IT, the
shippers must disIuanue their ships, and tue trade
OF the North stagnate at the wharves,' it must be
owing solely to that iiliberal and restrictive Tariff
which Mr.. ADAMS defends. Ife the manufac-
starve at their looms, what must we think Of
the wisdom OF those who have encouraged them to
enter upon trade, in which they must starve,
though protected by duty on British manuiac-
lures of 10 or 80 per cent? We cannot find words
to express amazement that the President
should talk in this manner of British manuiac-
lures, when, but for those manufactures, he
himself would scarcely have found coat
for his back. The Americans bought English
manufactures when they had none of their own;
and they mast have bought them. unless they had
gone naked. We never forced our cottons and
wooens on the Americans; they fetch them be il.
cause they could not do with0ut them; they
would not have bought an ell but for their own
convenience; s. il appears they are determined to
shut out goods the moment they can make any
for themselves
We have often ridcued the claims of our sgri-
culturists, but II they were TO adopt the tone and
arguments OF Mr.. Adams, they might easily
prove that to introduce foreign into England
was wicked as TO cut the Threats OF the farmers
If il is cruel to sell the Americans our cloth, be-
cause some manufacturers have lately begun to
make cloth in Mr. Adamss own town and neigh
bourhood, how atrocious must it be to admit TO-
reign corn into England which may throw out of
cultivation lands that were farmed before Ameri-
ca ever heard of, and deprive some Of our
agricultural population of bread Every charge
brought by Mr.. Adams against the English poll
cy recoils therefore, with aggravated force upon
his own Tariff and all the nonsense he talks to
Justify that Tariff would far than justify the
English corulaws.
We havs always opposed the English corn Laws,
and, if Mr.. Adams had merely condemned them,
we should probably have quoted his Message
with praise. But when he condemns the corn
laws with violent defamation, and vindicates the
Tariff he alternately assails and defends the same
principles. The two concluding sentences of the
aph from which have quoted are the
precise sentiment, if not the very words, mutdtis
nI,itd,,dis, of our ultra agrcuituraists But they
contain one absurdity, OF which the latter would
not be guilty. The President say-: ''As yet lit
tie addition of cost has ever been experienced
upon the articles 6iTtheleG with heavier dates
by the last tariff. The domestic manufacturer
supplies the same kindred article at dinin-
isheti price, and the consumer pays the same tri
butte to the labor of his own countryman, which he
must otherwise have paid to foreign industry and
toll" Why, PetrucbiO never contradicted him
self so grossly as does Mr.. Adams. First, he SAYS
the cost of the article has experienced ''iittie dd-
dition," and then he says it is "dWi,liShed.'
But if "the domestic manufacturer supplies the
article at a diminished price, why, in the name of
common sense, was the DUTY on foreign goods in
creasedi
1t is evident that this is the Message OF disap-
painted man, endeavouring TO defend his own
measures and the interests Of his own state, and
TO cast reproach the Southern and Middle
states, who have opposed both himself aud his
Tariff, as deficient in patriotism. For this purpose
he charges England with unjust and overreach-
ing policy, that he may involve his political OPP
ponents IN the obloquy Of supporting that policy
We had hoped that MIR. Adams would have retired
from the Presidential chair with dignity, but he is.
the contrary, making most dscredtable
exit, and will leave behind him neither respect or
regret
The only true policy for America is entire Ere edom
ofTrade Every other system is false, deiusive and
hazardous If England has ilourished under a
system Of restrictions, she has flour;shed not in
consequence of that system, but in spite of it.
Ihe United States have prospered in the highest
degree under the principle OF Free Trade; and ii
they forsaSe them, they will be entering a
labyrinth with their eyes open, and whilst En-
gland is making every exertioD to escape from it.
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