Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-12-14

nv Vf''"h'" Va 'he farm mas not proved -
Injurious To the TWO former, nor So benefcial
To Tue latter. as was anticipated That this is
true, the history Of the times testify. No change
has occurred. The Agrculturalis finds as ready
markets tor his products as he ever did, aud the
prices which he obtains for those products have
been alternately decreased aud enhanced as he
fluctuations of tue markets. dependent on the
universal laws of trade, will always produce.
lie Merchant has NOT been checked in his en-.
tefpr,se nor cuuailed OF his profits for The
President says. " the importation of ioreign
goods has no, been sensibly dimins shed" And
the Manufacturer, instead Of iotiug IN his ex.
oibi'ant gains, ~ruug oppre.siyey from the
hard earnings If honest labor Is suffering under
The weight of peeoniary embarrassments. Such
IS the aspect oil the subject Thus is the pre-
SUMPTION of Prophecy rebukei by the sober.
ness of Truth.
We concur with the President in the regret
he expresses that the complicated restrictions
which now ombarrass tn intercourse of nations
cannot by common cnnseut, be abo ished. and
commerce allowed TO flow in those channel, 10
winch Individual enterprise, always its surcs,
gudc,-might direct it, This would be indeed
Free Trade /: but how wdely different from that
sor, OF Free Trade which the opponents of the
Tariff policy wish 10 see in vogue. They are
eternally exclamlng tdtSses nous fare let us
alone let commerce regulate ilsalt-whi ch
haino lntar
shall gut our markets with her fabrics OF cot.
ton, woollen, iron, &c. &c. almost free of duty
while, at the same moment she imposes an ex.
brilliant impost on on every leaf of tobacco and
every boil OF cotton which she permits TO enter
her ports. which duty she would make prohiDi.
tory il she could herself produce those articles
and while, too unless her population Is on the
point OF starvation, she will not permit grain
of our wheat OF a barrel of our -four TO be
landed on her wharves Gen. Jackson, how
ever, deduces, very correctly, from the fact
that these complicated restrictions on the ope.
raions Of commerce are imposed BY other ma
tons, the imrerous obligation on our part to
do likewise, Fo'. says he, 1--WE must ever ex-
pect selfish legislation in other nations, and are
therefore compelled 10 adapt our olea 10 their
regulations And again, he lays down The
following axiom, To which we heartily sub
scribe =" The general rule to be applied in
| graduating the duties upon articles of foreign
growth or manufacture, is thai whioh'wll pnce
our own IN fair competition nth those Of other
countries aud the inducements 10 advAnte
even a step beyond tbs point are controlling. IN
regard TO those aslicles which are OF primary
necessity in time of war; This latter clause.
admitting, as i! does the right OF the eenel al
government To impose even proh,birory duties.
ssitles the question OF c0aStitutiondtiiy so tar
AS Genel al Jackson's opinion IS Involved: and
&c. Nc. may EN- east about Tor another cham
pon OF their paraIyzins creed. IL IS clear that
Tor this time, lhes have reckoned without their
host and we shall now whether they will
embrace the desperate alternative which they
have So frequently threatened, If this admins.
tIatoH should pursue the policy of The last in
relation TO the Tariff. We hope, however, that
the rebuke Of their past conduct which the
! President throws into his Message, we presume
by way Of premonition ms 10 the future, wllI not
! be without its influence. II is dictated 10 spiri'
of expansive patriotism, which we are sincerely
| glad 10 see proceed from that quarter, and is
ccuched in spril-stirring language. 4" In deli
beraiing on these interesting subjects (says the
! Presidency local feelings and cjudices should
be merged in The patriotic determination TO pro-
| mote the grea, interests of the whole. All at
tempts TO connect them with the party conflicts
of the day are necessarily injurious, aud should
| be discountenanced Oar action upon the
shout he under the control of higher and pu
rer motives Legislation, subject 10 such in
fueaces, can never be just, and will not long
retain the sanction Of a people whose active
patriotism is not bounded by sectional limits,
nor ms ansbe TO tina, spirit of concession and
for bearance which gave life 10 our po, itica
compact, and still sustalns it. This emphatic
Injunction should be written in conspicuous
characters, and nailed TO the desk every mem
/
Der Of Congress.
We conclude. for the present, with expressing
our concurrence in other portions Of the Mes
sage, which we shall hereafter notice. On the
! other hand, we dissent decidedly from some OF
it's suggestions, as well as the spirit in which
they are made, TO which we shall also advert.
We shall, however, endeavOr 10 be true TO
motto nothing extenuae nor set down auBht
| in malice"
" Coy. GUESS Message defes alike grayi-
ty and laughter. None but itself can be lis
! parallel" The old mans public career, how
ever, is nearly at an end-so lei lin and his
ludicrous Message he forgotten.
! ~ This has been called the age Of expert