Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-11


DICT OF Individual wants Of opposite professions. what
course 10 the Legslafor 10 pursuei Tic should calcu-
late the benefit aud the loss which would result to
EACH from the various notifications OF the imposts,
and adopt that plan which offers the greatest amount
Of gain to the country.
The interest OF tho sgrculturst would demand the
prohibition of The importation of wool, OF hemp, and
OF dax Now, disrcgard,ng the fact that these pro-
auctions OF our soil do not possess all the qualities
which render them Git for tho various classes OF manu-
features IN which they are employed, the following
questions immediately present themselves: Does any
quantity OF these articles remain unsod IN the hand
OF the cutivaiors? and has the culture of these art
clcs languished' Should this be found be the
there can be no doubt that Government ought To pas
law imposing duties the Importation Of articles o
the same nature in order to resusctate this mpor,an
branch OF agricultural industry But IN this case j
would be necessary to take ID the duties from those
qualities OF tho article which either 10 not pro
duce al all, or in too limited Qnantty (such for in
stance as the mer no aud long fleece wool jim order
not to dry up the source Of that division Of industry
which operates upon these materials
The manufacturer requires the free entrance of al
raw materials, and the prohibition Of manufactured
articles. Should these demands be yielded to, o
Their iron would be worked in establishments thar
that Of the north and Of England while France wouiC
lose branch ofindustry which affords subsistence &c
hundred thousand Of her inhabit ants-gives value
to her forests, and employs vast quantity ut ma
chinery which would cease to bs productive.
We already possess many Establishments Of various
metallic products of which the manufacture has been
known but q short time, and which do not yet supply
til demand: to prohibit the Importation of foreign
products would be therefore disregard the public
good. All that legislation can do is, by modera q
mposs, to favor this growing industry-to encourage
IL by premiums, rs to place it in condition to sup
port competition. This is the only means of concili-
ang oil interests Since the principal end of the in-
sttuton OF duties is to protect industry, part of tho
recsips should be devoted tn its encouragement.
There are no general principles which bear
upon system Of duties; every thing must depend up
circums, ances, upon the comparative situation OF
the various kinds of industry, and upon the wants oi
the consumer. A wise administration will thoroughly
investigate these particulars and be guided solely by
them.
Worth C.rofina .Ssnaisr.-Gov. John Owen rs
elected to succeed Gov Iredcl, in the Senate of the
U. States The following was the balloting. The
election is represented to have organized geographical
parties in the Lsgslaure-the ives, aad the Cape
Fear country having united and thus forms party
strong enough to carry every thing.
From the Roanoke Advocate.
Legislature The following Is the resul, of FIVE
Willie p Mangun and Montford Stokes
were in nominal ion, the third the Of Governor
Owen was added. ist-2d-3d-4th-5th
Mangum so 81 SO 80 90
Stokes Al 80 % IL
Owen % 80 II 80 o.
Seal terng ST. So Is S Is
Messrs. Lawrence g. Lemay. Editors of the Star,
have been reelected Printers the State for the en-
suing year.
We learn that the Senate was in session on Friday
evening last, with closed doors The nature of the
business which required this secrecy not known
BY our informant We suppose it is a commnnica-
ton from the executive on the Walker Pamphlets
he Same subject which occupied secret session Of
The Virginia legislature last year.
On Tuesday. very animated dis ;ussion took place
in the House OF Commons. growing out of the
tested Constitutional right of Amos Weaver, of
the members returned from Gu'lford county, to his
seat IN the Legislature. The ths. Mr..
Weaver was LHencate as il is termed) of the Me
thodist Church, and in that character frequently
preached On the day after the election, he resigned
The authority empowering him to preach though had
he not have done it would have expired by its
before the Legislature met. Mr.. Long of
Halifax, submitted Revolution declaring that the
'eat of the sitting member should be vacated mas
much as by the 3st Article ofthe Constitution of the
State, he was clearly disqualified This Resolution
was referred - the Committee of Privileges and
Elections, who reported in favor of the incumbent and
the question to in this Report, the debate
alluded to. took place. II opened by Mr.. Long,
VII spoke at considerable length and with much en-
'rgy the Constitutional question: mainta aiming that
he case in controversy came clearly within the ope
aton Of that instrument, nd advancing many argu-
nents in illustration of his position He replied
~ Mr.. Weaver, in an ingenious and ing enuous manner
which he rested his defence mainly on two grounds:
LIST. That though he had occasionally preached he
was not Clergyman within the meaning of the
Constitution, having never received any cImDensa
ion for preaching, nor having Ind the pastoral
charge Of a congregation. Cd. Admitting that he
was IN the Of "the pastoral Junction." that
having relinquished that calling, he no longer
obnoxious 10 the Constitutional prohibition MIR.
Henry followed in moss eloquent strain against
The right Of Mr. Weaver to his seat, and drew
vivid but frightfu picture OF the consequences re-
snlting from intermngling Of Ecclesiastical with
Political afairs.-Ile replied to by MIR. Joseph
A. Hill, who argued with his usual ability the Con-
stituton1l question, contending however. that the
present not such one, nc Trainers Of the
Constr uton intended to guard against. The debate
was closed by Mr. Wheeler. who was also in favor
of concurring in the Report.
The Rev. Mr.. Carson aud Mr.. B s. King were
examined 10 explain the nature of tho station and of
the functions held and discharged by Mr. Weaver,
under the system and economy Of the Methods:
Church,
The seal OF Mr.. Weaver was vacated by vote
of II to 81.
Fon TIM VINO.
A PROJECT OF A LAW.