Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-20
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tho bar OK public opinon, NECESSARILY Interested aad
prepared for It's condcmnaton these tx partc declai
iners accuse and pronounce Judgment with all The Sc
ctrity enjoyed by the clergy, who from their pulps,
can issue their polcnca ai political rcscripts with
out Boar OF contradiction; this Is state Of discussion
calculated generate errors, the evil cousequencqs
u which WILL in the present state Of tho world, attat
10 the people who cherish them. S&A
The last number of the Edinburgh Review coz
tains an Article or nianitcsto against the American
Tariff, written in style which seems to require as
most probably obtuIns. implicit credit from the peu
pie OF this country. Nevertheless, the article in
question mny appear to the American people, as
formed ut lnapplicable common ace arguments re-
set with tho appearance of new but obvious truths,
reiiectns dscrcdit upon those who deemed To
have had neither disccrnen nor common sense to
discover them.
America is advised To shape her course by those
general principles originally founded upon the basis
ef all nations having free commercial intercourse,
Tho world before tbuln where to choose" Ameri.
happens TO think that such a course on her part,
nct by systcus OF selfish cxpedcncy on tho part of
utler nnfions, would not rebound TO her advantages
that, On the contrary, the adoption of the articia
system 0. Europe restore the equilibrium, and To
assume natural relative position with respect her
former customers.
The reviewers gailup over the course upon infer
cnces drawn from premises which do not exist they
;aK OF bridge where no bridge is to be seen; and
while they acknowledge and dcplore the primary cx-
au,ple III Eugiaid they propose To- meet the Second
rctue,oty acts of America by further aggression
upon her trade. thus sanctioir,. and acknowledging
the efficacy of those means III US, which they de-
de aud condemn IN others; and i'm the spirit OF Mr.
canning, havin. the last blow as well us the first:
style OF British reasoning very general in this coun-
try when England s concerned. During the hate
war, the usual justification Offered for Expressing
American citizens from under their own ilar and
thousands OF miles without the Jurisdiction oil English
law. was ''but we lose saors." This was con-
sIdercd triumphant realization Of ali arguments tend
ing To question the rights OF England To violate
fronai sovereignty personal security and to transfer
the Inconvenience OF her voluntary beirerent sit
ton to neutral people. In the preseu, day II is con
sidercd that the interests of our colonies or any de-
terminate interest want OF the British Empire Is
an unansweraoie justification OF any restrictions
posed by England upon the commerce Of other ma
tons, II never being allowed tia; those ustscs are
10 have any Just interest provide IN siEsslzr
way, or wat Is more important. that they are 10
see the necessity OF maintaining ihe moral ceiin OF
their country BY resisting hostile counEle-Ssal A.
gressions, which II Is stretch OF ina -irziio 10
suppose would, BY suiierarce, 90 on incrcssirr 70
the extlngnishncnt of commerce nsef by TIE rspa-
city OF those who stand IN most need Of T..
The Americans told that they mssapois capi-
tai and labor, that agriculture should be Their s,gc
object; that they have business with ulalufact
res, &c In reply, It may be asked on the part Of
the American PeoPle-does it appear that there Is
any deficiency in the quantity of labor and capital az
present employed in their agriculture. Do they not
produce sufficient food for their own consumption
and the supply Of all other markets to which they
have access Would not, therefore, the accession Of
the people aud capita! at present otherwise occupied
together with the annual increase of 400 900 souls to
agricultural pursuits, be the destruction of capal
aud misapphcation of labor. instead other profitable
empioymenH Congress was aware that an increas-
ing surplus OF produce would in time lower the price
Of labor, and that the peasant would prefer the fax
tory 10 the plough, when Hour fell to los. per barrel
bat did not think prudent to wait for and undergo
1.-THE facilitating consequences of the process
II they have o1tstcpped the point of necessary pro-
r,uI
turing establishments this IS error in means and
not OF pincire, and will soon be corrected unless
adced tho tariff is intended to manifest retaliafory
power IN the United States, in order 10 bring back
othcr nations to Sense of common interest. A.
merica, twentyeight years ago, before the country
geutlcnnen OF England and the hdagus of Spain and
Portugal sought for high rents through monopoly
exported more grain and -four than she does now,
With double the population and quantity of land I'M
der cultivation Domestic nanufacturinr. fostered
oy protection has taken off the former surplus with
The increased produce, and tended to create those
vloges, towns, and cities, which form the concen-
rated strength, the intelligence the points dappu
Of countries, and which cannot exist 10 sufficient ex
tent without local employment, home cons,Inlotiun
and expenditure in detail. When foreir1 interest
are spoken of in this country the changes are ruuo
upon the iaaclcs OF the balance Of trade, &C. and
amongst other absurdities, modern professor OF DO
tIca economy has asserted, that the entire landed
income oil one country may he expended IN other
countries without prejudice To that from which il ia
drawn. The French armies have, according to this
notable reasoning, been much lbclled; contributions
which they exacted rom conquered countries could
not dierin their consequences from rents abstract
cd tocyer. Tlus new light shows ireland, tho
country IN question: III tho situation of a West
india Island, iulIabted bya few overseeTs and many
slaves, whose situation is smeliorated, who dc
rive nothing but bare Subsistence from tho produce
Of their soil and labor however great its value The
planter Tovels in Bath or London, cnr.cbes ci,y
tIndesmen with his expenditure, and sustain5 ali
those middle classes necessary TO the strength and
civilization Of countries while the poor slaves at
distance, who produced all, are munchng tlleir vans
or potatoes.
Can stronger instance Of the necessity OF pro-
lection and local expenditure, for incpient mantiac
lures, be addicod than this same ireland in which
from Its dense unemployed population, and conse.
quent low wages, manufactures might have been CT.
pected to flourish SO far ffon Ireland acouirin,.
new manufactures, although in possession Of Eng
ish machinery, SC, size is every day dospoiled by
Eogland ofpart oftlIe only manufacture FIie NAV bc
said To nnsstsa. nnd lnrln nnriinn nrls, -.