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

'"'o '"u Souh'y Sou'' 10 qud"'s Us deputy sne-
riffs; twenty i've magistrates were on the
bench, aud only five were in favor Of permit.
ting tn EN- 10 qualify. OF course. the applicants
were, like Noah, rejected. Bu the five at
length carried their point, by rusc dc gucrre.
similar TO that now fallen upon by the Pres
dent They seized favorable moment, form
ed a court Of themselves, and permitted the re
jected gentlemen 10 qualify. But was this pro
ceedure tamely submitted TO No the fue
Were stripped Of their robes Of office, as Gen.
Jackson will be, il the people are acquainted
with, and set any value upon their dearest
rights.
The SAT- Duy.-We chserfully comply with
request TO transfer to our columns an edit0-
rial article which appeared in the last " Je.ger-
sonian Republican" of,his place, protesting in
strong terms against the proposed reduction OF
the duty on Salt which will doubtless receive
il II has not already received, the sanction Of
the House OF Repre- sentntIses and may possibly
as a sort OF sc0pe-goat, be sgreed TO by the Sc
nate & President likewise. We beg leave. how
ever, to make one or two remarks in relation to
the argument ofthe Jcffersonian. Agreeing with
that paper. that the present duty on Salt was
not Designed to operate asa protecting duty,
yet we ask have not capitalists embarked large
ton that, as an article OF primary necessity,
the home manufacturer OF it DouLI be protected
against foreign competition And, has not
the effect Of the presen, duty been emphaically
protection These questions must be answer.
ed in the affirmative. What other argument
then, is used by the iron, or woolIen, or cotton
manufacturer 10 sustain his yiews2 With the
sing difference that the design of the duty laid
on salt was reuenue, while that OF the duties on
cotton, woollen aud non was protection, the
manufa cturers of oil the articles stand on pre-
cisely the same footing. Aud really, to our
minds, it seems 10 be wholly unimportant in
the contemplation Of question OF this charac-
| ter how different The intentions of Congress
may have been in the enactlon of our impost
/ laws so that the effects produced by them are
of a homo geneous character. The duty on
Salt, designed at first to increase our revenue,
i, is now seen does not produce tina, effect, any
more than the duty oil woollens, &c. bu, on
the contrary lessons the revenue by a decrease
ia the quantity Of the article imported, while
the deficiency in the supply is made up by the
81 ,na 81.
brought into existence by the principle OF pro
tcetion.-With great periuency and force does
the Jcffersonian ask, If, under these circnm-
stances, Congress were 10 take of the protect
ing daty, which had invited capitalists to invest
their money in manufacturing establishments, il
would not be I" the same as if an Individual,
having authority. were to2crsuade another to
do particular act, and, for so doing, imme-
dately turn round, and stab him to the heart ?"
But may not the manufacturer Of blankets urge
this consideration With as much Justice as the
manufacturer of Salt 7 And if the manufac.
turer o. blankets may use it, why may not the
manufacturers Of cut glass, Of iron ware, ct
c~tera. al minimum The Je0ersonian'S better
acquaintance with the Salt Laws may enable
il 10 form more correct opinion on this subject
than we have done, bu, ace can really see no diff
fereoce between Salt g. frrn, so that the duty
which is esac,ed upon them, no matter for uhdt
Dlrposs ii ,ods imposed, has The effect of protect
ing The domestic manufacture. 1t is an item,
uuquestonably, 10 the great" American SyS-
tenl.'
We are glad 10 see that The JeGerwnian
places a proper estimate on the character and
opinions Of the Washington Teegraph--the
" Official organ" of the administration.
III We perceive by the last =" Jefiersonian
Republican" that the Hon. Nathaniel II. Clai-
borne Che Representative from an adjoining
Congressional distrct,) has addressed his con
s,ituents in a brief Circular. If the honorable
gentleman had sent il TO us. we should have
published il likewise, notwithstanding il con
taius nothing new. Indeed, if 1t we're ofany
interest we should insert it, notwithstanding
his designed neglect inasmuch as many ofhi'
constituents are our subscribers. Br: every