Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-31

ruD.ttE nf r. nuclne fHe Oatttt q 49, w. -
may well ask the qifs ios,-is there = s'hse
article Of consomp,ioa. from which a revenue
ma, he raised, at the present rate Of da~iies."hh
:. 1 uf iniar, TO ihr People We venture 10
.s,, there Is none. Tue quantity salt. from the
y,ry naiure Of the use to which u isisrplisd, must
remain a very little matter, 20 Inc 10 ild'Sihp
al, +. no consume IL. At tue present pnee vi
the sack or bnshel. we are 6'miy pers"aoe"
thu, the people are willing TO pay The duly a"n
further. thar they view s9lt rs the cheapest, ana
L.ni t~rpsrsirt article y hich they use III INC"
families. An able bodied man, viii. IN one ddyi
earn enoug, TO furnish n family OF ordinary
.izs, with salt during the whole year nav
more. at ths present pfitc. The sun pa'o ,'
fur glasses of toddy. Will buy al me up'hs'
NOR. sail ,han Is US Il IN one third Of the FAINT.
lac. OF the United States, or than Uouid or eohIa
b. ussd under any conceivable circumstances
Where is the evidences OF any Iissai,siaelion on
the pari OF ihs Deopie, with regard 10 the present
price or duty ? Who has heard d murmnr
from them who, on the contrary, has mol
heard lrntp every quarter the daily remark oi
It's uIexampitf Gheapness VINO 70 IL ma
calls for the proposed reduction NOBODY
But IL we are not much mistaken, we CON SEQ
through the whole Of this matter The PreieIf
may hile The oh jeet from tile blind. buf otho'e
who have ewes. II has moi the covering OF a hg-
Leaf. How long will II be before u VIII be
clapped down, as another gdrbtsd item IN me
statement of G. A. WlcklIae Let the puolc
look 10 a certain Washington Journal, and they
will. in the course OF a fortnight, u his bill
mas, fluid the moitLiH u full grown 'nouHtain,
Tearing The motto Of S%l0.Ooe,ooo 'n ed tho PEG
pie - We vii not permit ourselves to be
bsmboozled--neiiher will WI aid III throwing
| the Iusi IN Tho eyes of others. Tue amount
Of duties paid into the Treasury acccording 10
the Committee on COMMERCE. IS S1],blS.
lhi. according 10 the proposed reduction Is
one hundred per cent, too much What Is the
amount paid on Wines and other inrUies.
which might we'll ne prohibited 7 The answer
would be IN milions-Why not then make
these iuEHries pay to the neetSsdrtes OF lie, the
S207 BOY, proposed to be diminished 7 lsli
more burdensome 10 pay 8 cenis Tor nsfeSdrlts,
than 81 dollars for i~uGuries SO says the rea-
SOM < olihe advocates Of reduction. But sup
pose II 10 be 50, is there no benefit arising from
this burden ? The amount paid for iurHrits,
saving he part II bears in detray ing the cur
reui expenses Of Government may be consid-
cred a clear loss, While the sum Of S2O7 300 Is
annually increasing The domestic supply OF the
nectssarit, OF life. For il will not be ieOied
by Mr.. Racquet. that this country is capable
no, or1y Of supplying the home demand, but
has resources commensurate With The wants |
We might say, o. the whole world. Already
he domestic supply, equals the foreign,-ior
although Mr.. Racquet has made a difference OF
a million aud a hal bushels in favor Of the
Foreign, he would have come nearer The truth
IL he trad pm, the difference in favor ofthe do.
msstic manuiacture.-Ne suppose he has Ia
ken his estimate from the Treasurers Report.
which on the iace ofi processes 10 be incom.
pleic aud which ne knoW. IN one single item,
has mad, a mistake OF nearly n million of bush
els. That Report allows TO Virginia only 40.
800 bushels, when The works ~ the county OF
kanawha alone, u Id upon an average marty,
II mol quite, n million OF bushels. We are
convinced thai the quantity manufactured ~
Virginia caanot fall much UbDtt OF l,f0O,0
~ shells annually. THIS quantity will be thrown
out Of the market, together with all that rs
Manufactured in the Southern and Western
> aips, icaving the people entirely dependent
on Northern and Foreign supplies, Il this vie
policy I lime will show.
We deem IL extremely unfair, for Mr.. Racquet
to pu, The question on the ground of protecting
~duties.-and 10 eudeavor to enlist the prtj -
dlces of the South against it by thus holding II
up 10 the people, II ought 10 know, that il
was not Tor ihe pur posr oiprOtcciiOn. but r.renur.
that the duty vas laid. lis true, il, may
have the .ftei ofenoonragiug the Home Manu-
lectures. aud 4, might have thai Ell Ct, it the du-
" Were reduced To a fsthing per 100 bushels
/ ut IT was NOT laid for that purpose, nor with
that object and IT Is carry lng he principles o /
Free Trade TO a very un"lse extreme, To eay,
no duty IS legltimsle, excerpt such as shall have
the effect of PrepeHiing. or Destroying domestic
Manufactures.
a tax Of some kind is necessary TO the sup.
por, Of Government. II the .ystem is to be
changed let IT be changed nj once, and in all
is DnTts -Adont the MAN nf ,he ELtar Ad.n,s
aud resort al once TO n direct tag. II were
ten thousand times better. thai il should be SO.
than that Congress should make Laws rs trans
10 catch tho unwary. No investment can safe
y be made 10 any department Of industry in
this country, while Party caprice shall be the
only umpire TO determine what are the oh "A.
lions of Government, aud the rights OF its sub
%jects. Policy aud justice are questions. which.
came lion.likr. take their colours from every
thing, but Themselves.
The Bill Of Mr.. McDuiiie, we doubt nor. will
pass the lower House. The vote will deter.
mine what are its notions Of policy aud Justice
We must then look TO the Senate, and final,
10 the President, Time can only show whe.
Their they think it rise or Just, 10 destroy The
Salt Manufactures in This country, for the our.
pose .; tdkivg out ofthe Treasury, without any
assurance that il will he put no The pockets Of
The People the sum of $2o7, 307.
Washington, .Ndb 24-The ultimate fate of