Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-19

nued-Be patient. and will bring you in by Hook
or by Crsok-Don't vex us with this question now--we
have acted together friendsyOur feet have
sipped-tce have stood hrm-we will give you better
striding hereafer-and pray YOU be qnet-Onr Pha-
laox must not be broken Unitei we standardized
We iall-Remember the culver OF Arrows the little
thread which child break, bound around the
middle oil them, makes the bunch unbrake able by the
hands Of a Sampson
The next sentence is easing off sort of ge neral,
ISM or apology-But mark it," At the time OF its
passage, say the committee, great fears were en-
eraineh as TO the efficiency Of Of its provisions
FROM some cause they have been realized " hener
ms !" owing oany original defect in the measure il.
sef or to an imperfect execution, the Committee are
now unable 10 decide. Until this is clearly ascertained
arevision could not be safely undertaken" This is
smuggfed idea in relation TO snug Cling itself-scear.
~ ascertained" by moments attenton-or, the trou-
Die to look little below, TO the SEQUEL
Not willing to depend on the soothing effect of this
remark the committee venture TO throw out sort OF
menace-hopng, no doubt but that the coboylng
and menacing paragraphs, taken together will keen
united the combined forces. They say: at is also
Believed, that any effort to change existing provisions
at the present time would be wholly ssful
The same causes which led to their adoption would
sustain them now To urge any supposed improve
ments might endanger the safety OF some superior in
terest which ought not to be disturbed However
great may have been individual disappoin,ment as a
whole, the tariff OF 1928 is approved by great ma
Jorty oil the nation Until its defects are more fully
developed, by longer trial il ought TO be exposed
10 the hazard OF any Innovation The sssupe ror inter-
ests thus attempt silence the inferior and appointed
interests Expose u.s. gentlemen, to hdzdrd Of limo
roon-bite your ps,and endure your DISAPPOINTING mt
the day OF retribuiion will conceive only wish to ri
vel on the nation policyhp spirit of il
already almost hushed into sence-our oppone nts are
wesIied with fifteen years war--be patient only
nIeI space-and we will repair your losses. They
night as well have added this But the committee saw
40 acknowledgement apprehension has been enter.
"ned that the protecting policy would eventually he
abandoned This has operated III )uragr those al.
ready engaged from the fullest ereriion as well as to
frOm u,ha lin, in,
which are dependent the unwavering continuance Of
tnat policy To give il the greatest efTsc, no doubt
should be entertained OF it, stability An effort OH the
part OF IFS friends 10 make any alteration however fri
ding in ITSELF would, probably lead TO peuer discus
zion. Although this would be attended with no rea,
CANCER vet II would be followed by new agitation
81 'he whole country Former fears might be increas.
ed, and new alarm created for the safety of the system
most notable reason-and more notable concu
SION! The horse Is already brided-unbuckle not the
throatiash-nor touch the curb; although the one NAV
De 100 light and the other loose Touch either and
you lose your command OF the noble anmal-when he
Is saddled, and worn down with fatigue we NAV more
sgty adjust matters! For the present. be silent and
gente-we have him in power.
IL is worthy OF remark tina, the committee and the
President are directly at issue in relation TO some mat
ters OF act The committee say, that the apprehension
OF change in our tariff policy 'hss operated 10 dis
courage those already engaged lin manufactured from
the fullest exerton well as 10 pravent from
BARKING IN those employmens which are dependent on
ne unwavering continuance OF that policy. To give il
thc greatest elect, no doubt should be
us aaollty.'-The President tells u.s. in his message
that, domestic compe ton under an ilIusive .xci,e
ment' has increased the production much beyond the
aemand Tor home consumption. The consequence.
nave been owprices, temporary embarrassment & mar
tiai ioss That the President correct we all kno,y
from daily observation. But the committee are an
oeavotng rally their forces and TO prove the peces
y ol INC Stability and ihvioabily of the prot citing
pohcy' They think the end justfes the means whilst
he president recomne nds the modification of the tariff
upon high patriotic ground; calling upon the Norh. the
East the West and the South "to unite in Diminishing
any burden OF which either may Justly complain ,h
committee, in the huckstering spirit of selfish none |
poly, sound the alarm to all 'he various con-
cerned, and report that the recomme ndation of the
PRESIDENT is unwise--fraught with danger. And yet
Uen jackson made responsible even for this Renor
by some presses in the countryi
ne Committee proceed TO give another reason ga
gainst any present alteration in the tariff" They adj
vert to the market we have afforded other nations
and contend that, they will give il I'D with reluctance:
aud while hope remains of change in our policy
ahey VIII Hood The country with their produc even
at great sacrifices Under this view they re end
that no step be taken (which may excite the least ex
peetation, that this government tpW eper recede from
abe stand IL has vken" They tell u.s. that cine 20
vernment never did withdraw lite support from any in
teres to which it had been extended unless like our
foreign navigation il had acquired such his
that public assistance was no longer necessary sus
tain it,
IL we have afforded good market other nations il
because we have valuable surplus productions which
they want, and for which they have always been anx
ious TO exchange the productions of their industry
With them labor is cheap and capital abundant-and
they have been enabled TO sell their manufactures TO
at price far below the of their production in
country where labor is high population sparse and ca
ptsl limited This result grows of he very nature
oil things. do not mean TO enter into full discussion
OF this subject for two reasonshe first is that il has
been, already ably developed more Than dozen
tmes-aud secondly, that il is the consummation of
folly TO attempt TO with the spirit Of avaric- and
exorion protest, however, against the prostrat on
and sacrifice of the great interests Of agriculture and
commerce, that manufactures may thrive deny the
moral and the constitutional right Of government TO sin
gle out any interest in the nation ard foster a,
the exprnse OF all others
The ani-arih portions Of the United States have Iong
struggled against the inrgues of the Combination by
which they have been so cruelty oppressed. They
have looked forward TO the present administration with
hope Of at least, mte alton of the evil complain
ed Of The report OF this committee is chilling dam.
per. But we will not despair When all the absent
members shall take their seats, let The question be rain
stirred. Let the truth-.he naked unsophisticaied
truth, be announced-that UiI not submit to the
oppression if no relief be aforded-it will then
be time for to consider ofthc best and wses means
ofredressiDg ourselves IL is old adage that govern.
meDts never 20 backwards-The committee have en-.
eoursged their dissatisfied friends, by announcing the
same proposition in somt what different language-bui
TO the effect. They say, government never did
withdraw s support from interest W hich il had
been extended il is this forward tendency Of gov.
ernmentshis exercise Of power against right thai has
led 10 the overthrow of every government that has pe
rshed-And existing institutions ought To- profit by this
instructive lesson Of history.
The Committee close their report by advefting % the
alleged system Of gging, which has prevented some
classes Of manufacturers from deriving the benefits Gin.
tended TO be conferred them by the tariff Of 1928
And announce that they have already proce eded to tn,
consideration ofthe remedy. If the manufacturers be
permitted to adopt the remedy, may not expect some