Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-05


on Virginia." concerning manufactures, have been
hundreds OF thousands OF times shouted into the
OF the people, To influence their judgment-though
ho distinctly and specifically withdrew them in his
celebrated letter to Benjamin Aus,in-but others vi
is opinions and entitled 20 the same authority, and
which were not so withdrawn. have been suffered To
s,eep III peace We are not at oil disposed To adopt
thcui-thcy urc wholly unsuitcd. or inapplcRblo, to
the present state of socicty-but we revive them,
for the benefit of the counting house statesmen, who
so much admire his opinions first above referred TO-
In the send query t"Notcs on Virginia., Mr.. JEFF
ierson Sail, perhaps, TO remove much posi-
bic the occasions tor making war, 10 might be better
FOR ush djdHd"a the dHogother'"to iedes 10
othersin bring 'cho, SHALL ,calt, and 10 carry
''hGi zee ooi' part" "Hmiyh be tire enough TO sses
employment f6r them Tho cultivators of the soil at
sea, "hen he land no longer alters IT,"
! ~ Now--why should We not wei have always
employed an English shp-owner 20 transport goods to
us, as an English manufacturer to make them?
! But 1t may b. said-transportutiou in American
vessels, Is RS cheap n in British vessels; but Amer
can manufactured goods not so cheap as British
We shall admit both propositions Tor the sake of thc
argument houTi the latter is not true i'm p,,int of
TACT, as to large nnTbcr of very important and val
liable articles
! The shipping and commercial interests of the rIn;
! 'ed states were protected ny discriminating duties
on tonnage and impaSt, from 1859 tn 1916 say 21
wears The chief pprt of this period the discri,nina
non was e4 CENTS per ton ind ten per cent, less duty
IN ia'or ot American vessels, and goods imported m
them. foreign snip OF 800 tons, paid 500 dollars
D > do
lars worth OF goods imported in an American vessel,
/ II paying 10000 duty would have paid eiepe7, thou
sand, If imported in foreign one These discrimip-
o''o'S, ~ many eases perhaps generally, were about
equal I" the ~hoie pay OF the scamcn cinploycd IN
the transportation of the goods, The cf,,c, of ,bi,
protection was. that though in 1870 The FOREIGN ton
mage employed IN our trade was as Al. 20 100 il.
was reduced 10 the rate OF j.! 10 100 in loI toc
'ordng to Seybert, page 2oI. 1t is true this great
reduction might have been partly caused by the Eu-
ropcan wars, and restrictive measures OF bcr
Than the discriminating duties. But the result WINS
chiefly brought aboI, by the protect ION
may be shuwn from this fact that in 1870 no lose tb.n
$50 British vessels we're EMPLOYED in cnmn,r,c lii
U.s. mad in 1900 only 1870. In 1890 the American
vessels eInpoyeG III the trade with Great Britain wore
4b4-n 1900 they amounted to 1861 In lEO5c
the average proportion of foreign tonnaro entern,
orr HoItS, compared with The American was about nc
1910 100 Those tUo years arc, perhaps the fair
est mat can be selected 70 shtw the operation Of this
hrst part of tho american svstcm."
But, besides the discriminating duties we brjlt AMI
have supported navy for the express purpose of nro
tectlng our navigation and commerce. which esiab-
lshcnt has cost 10, in monies actually paid out of
the public treasur', between rinety and mn b,,..J
millions of dollars since the wear 1897; md ,vo n
have one squadron in tho Mediterranean another in
the Pacific, third OF Brazil &c. and fourth in he
west Indies all engaged in the protection Of com
merce--though foreign ships md scamcn arc at our
service for the transportation of commodities and b
employing ulonl, we might recvc ou-.clycs of tho
cost of the navy. But body now suvs that this
Branch oil the national industry be defended and
we proceeded 10 var for il in I9fo Y'bo ,pI,I,
cost of that be CHARGED TO the proo-tion If
commerce, and the military and other cypcuses b,
added to the naval TO show the amount of protection
extended.
In 1916, because ofwhat had been done "a no,rro
Hno commerce, felt strong cnourh IN
offer fTee trade TO all nations who would extend free
trade to us-and the discriminating duties were mr.
ranged to cease id all cases, whenever such duties
ceased TO act against When manufactures shall
fpH fyyga L
equally allowed. Nothing or As next to NOTHING
has yet been drawn ont Of or kept from the public
treasury for the projection OF manufactures nor have
the people been taxed" asis said for the benefit of
The simple fact. that tho rcccip's
OF the treasury have mcrcuSci anu tho price of com
mod los dcciinsd since tho passage of the tariff aws
puts 20 shame the declarations of our onemcs-and
should induce those who have been 20 literally pro-
tectcd, and who nrC now powerfully defended 10
br wiling that others of their fellow citizens should
he so protected and defended if nocessory--uhiI n
bic 10 take care Of themselves. The protection of
oar navigation caused Great Britain 10 adopt her free
trode' notions rs IN imports and tonnage. Britain
desires free trade" with for the sale of wooIlcn
ana cotton goods--but will not allow us free trade"
for the sale OF the products of or fields of orr for
ests or nsheries, except in cotton only which she
cannot do without. Ifthc policy which was arrlirJ
. navigation had been extended to Inanuractirry
The American farmer would long ago been pcrrrit
ted TO exchange burre! oEliour for bundle of cali;
cocs, III tho Liycrpool market: tobacco and re,
would nave boon placed on footing very different
from that which they hold at present; and lumber
and fish would nave had open aud valuable mar
lt"t. IN beng sold To these OF whom We r1ade orr
Chief purchases; and We should not be cnrarpd IN
carrying orr commodities, (which Britain rcioctsl
to pllces8 or 10000 mics distant, begging the pur.
chase Of them that may obtain the precious mo
ta's and throw them into the lap Of Great Britain in
cSchange for her. bookings and bnizes" and h,b
bins and tapes. We should have had FREQ and hon
est traffic IN productions, refused TO trade a.
together We should not have suffered Inc Great
1858 That VIC have m exchanging manual obpr for
scientific labor nj permitting one GIRL A. Naucbos
ter with machines, y create value equal 10 that Of
six or eight Of our lnfmcrs and barter one for tho
other.
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