Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-30

oil their unfortunate securityship, came wiz,
peu'on TO the present session OF tho Legislature In
leve them from the payment of the last in,taine.
wmeh hung over their heads. We think the can.
oi Truth has prev.led IL the House Of Delegates and
we rnstthat the Senate win complete the victory
inc "hoie matter rests in their hands.
THE TARiFF.
ihere are Signs in both Houses Of Cong ess which
seem TO show thai. Mr. Mallarys Report to the conr,
maoe 10 nodity tn obnoxious TarifE-Among the,r
me OIL reported TO the Senate the 25,h by Gen
smrh from the Committee on Finance. II embraces
wool anu many species OF weollsn goods, cotton goods
&c &C. Not having the tables of the existing duties
| oeere u.s. we are un'be to judge of the degree in
which they are % be proposed be redace or the
manner in which they be mod ed Bur we ,rust
that the friends OF Free Trade will not relax their az
erons under the benunbins influence Of a blind DIES.
par-Ihe object IL worthy OF another most de r,nn.
ed efiort-Ths 'Amercan SYSTEM" which, bv the
nye Is seryeiy copied from the antquaed systems Of
"pan Despo'i ms, is,we rep al at war with the ys-
mus W ms age as well as OF Const luton. What
does IL tell us, ~
mat We who are the iree-t people the globe, arc
to be guided by the importing dctaon of our ,ov
eminent in cur private concerns:-Thaa set of ,son.
az Washington, who are styled M. mbers of Congress
h' on, own agents III other maters, know better IN an
we 90 how many pairs OF shoes ought to make how
many yards OF cloth TO weave, and whether wa
are to raise cotton. wool, sx hemp:-Thst thew
se oe"ef Judges OF our own interests than whose
| gu I .ess II is to understand them:-
.7nd more That government constituted for car
tam 'peeihed purposes is to stretch its authority, over
certain cases which recos zed by the Con,,i,,
ton to an extent equal to that Of the most arbitrary mn.
marches - ''
AMI stiH further That it not only assumes to r.ru.
ate the eapia aud labour OF tn. p-opl, but to reru.
lac In such manner to benefit oss occupation AZ
the eNpence oil another; and what is more calling one
ION o, INC country at the expense OF another; aud
the fair trader. %
AM the question now with Va |, ihi-, shall we pcr.
init this system to grow upon us or even remain a, n i.
or shall we make another calm, det.rmined ,, .,Iv
effort to shake 1t of, or 10 modify il ia many imuor-
ant particua - II tins attempt is to be made at sI
1 A..
we 10 permit Ourselves TO be guided by the deceu.
tive p'ctext fl MIR. Mallarv'- Report that tho
honor oithe government is pledged to own undo.
ing ana mat to bring back populous ration to thu
state OF liberty aud the rights nature as il were h,
commit breach of faith toward minority fourth or
hith perhaps smaller minority of the whole moo
pie Diminishing thee idle phanto,,s of inpenious 10
i'cians, we repeat what time is more propitious than
me present for reform of the evili We have new
Administration just come into power which tho,cb II
does not so as lar as the anr ictoniss would po
are willing TO have judicous tariff and have aci,,
any recommended mot'ifcatisn OF the system. We
nave also at tins time some experience OF the mis-
chiefs which this excess OF regulation has brought mon
the count y-and the very Report, which makes II a
point OF Honor TO change nothing is compelled 10 con
less that I'm some respects the system has Injured bc
! very party 1t processes serve
Not only is the time most propitious for the change
out how can the modification be much longer
In Tour or hve years the public debt will be
IRON ~ TO IL millions OF dollars, almost the half of
our our revenue VIII thus be thrown out of use, un-
Tess we contrive new schmes for the absorption of the
cess-unless the Tariff people and the Internal I'm
provement and Education people and the friends of a
strong and splendid government, play into each o,bcrs
hah"s' anu form coalition tor keeping on he duties
IN order e. minister to the assumption and exerci,e n
new powers 10y TIE Government itseii.-Indeed, the
Tut' now strongly demanding our at:ent:en
| t'"t IN very shcit time large portion of ia
Revenue may be dispsEsed with for present purro.e.
| large prop r,en OF the duties may be repe aleI-
And the P'e'ident in his Message is throwing out the
inquiry, what IL to become OF this excess-anJ re-
pedting under suspicious circumstances The s,,s
gestion which Mr.. Jefferson gave out TO his country
Of HE lat
Inc prospect which he then anticipated seems now
ue al h'n'' ana 'ness 'o'ne upoward circum-
sthre should turn up before the wear 1895 The
public debt will be sponged, and we shall have N
determine. whether we carve out new modes
o, spt'," our money whether are to lay il
"P' anu mus invite some of those idle and dsnq.-
r"u. disbursements w!ich but for this oyerfowins NJ
va, i'easnry' never would have been thought of; or
tchefeT we shall Irss.n our taxes and leave IN. ra
ney where J. is so much wanting re il W. ould
most generally do so much goo,-in the noe IT, Of
me Peop,e. We presume. few p r'ors are to be
ouhl, VINO viii preach up the doctrine of tax-
ing the people, for no public pmrposs whatever
Ou only 10 swell the gains OF the class
oupposi"g' therefore, that the time will roon be at
manu- or 'es4enIng ~" duies the que sion s
ne - more PTopitious han the ptesent-n fact. bat
e y mere strongly Gale by proper censide ration
eP'rhg anu announcing the modifc alton of the Tariff
10 avoid all sudden changes OF the sy.temto pr-p,r.
our manufacturers themselves for modific alton
- ie, ne measure fall as gradually and therefore an
shy upon them "a pos be. is il rig bt to 10. IN. m
know Tor some time beforehand that the duties ar,
I" We r.'"ced-n o der that they NAV he tax NJ IN
SAT- ms course - recommended by prudence add
exP"dienry-aud if rot by public faih certainly nv
ronB pubic considerations This thu rrfore ann.
10 be lie time to act ii mean 10 do any tbine bo,i,
prudent and Grcve e' 800
We lay before our readers to-day on able cemmen
try on Mr.. Malidry's Report. from the Banner Of
NE Conshtulion, the excellent Journal of MIR Rem
ct now established at Wash ny ton. We recommend
'tonSly to he support Of our readers The No of
dnrsd"y lH>, Deceived by last evening. msiD CON-
tsn+ The GLOWING paragraph. which we presume Mr.
hdtue, wiidevei"pe more pai tcu'ary here after:
n GEO ne which j. now going on in the Sc mate
IN relation 10 the public and, has taken wider range
than ~ usual. Any one who Ia, observed :be mo.
gre's o. TINS Question, in each House, cannot f,il IA
nave remarked that it s ateiy allied 10 he
'"rh question, and that eff RI il now s.kios
on one SIDE, by the rctive party of the Est 70
persuade The West. that the " American SYSTEM, IL
it' true policy, aud the o'her side by the asu-
restriction party TO shew that the nteres Of the
$50 DE promoted, by free emigration TO their cheap
ana fertile lands which is greatly mpeded by the N.
| uiaeturDg policy"
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
IN Examination IF The NV CoNsTIruTtoN aud
comparison ~ IL tcih the OId-No
'he va Constitution is divide into sections. of "a beh
mrie are twenty-five. The New Con,titu il divis-
ed into seven Articles ,oi which the third /. sub vd,d
mo Ia sections he fourth into seven sections, and The
MIN INTO nre sections The first, second, sixth and
sevtnh articles have 10 subdivision into sections,
propose 10 examine the several parts of this Cons,f
rel a