Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-30
VOL. XVI. NO. liz.


ton and negotiation. and avoiding the objections to
each Ii consl's the Of the people int eaving il
" uer representatives TO what articles dues
shall be abolished for er relief; what they shall be
retained Tor protection and revenue; IL then secures the
advantage oil Obtaining equivalents, by referring to-
the executive 10 extend the bene fit of the abolition To-
such nations as shall rccprocate the favor. To such
as will not rcoiIaocae, II leaves evetv thing as /, now
stands The success OF hi- plan hardly be doubt
ed addresses i'se'f TO the SSo most passions
oil me human hearin'erest and fear; il applies itself
10 tue strongest principles OF human ion-prot and
loss For there is no nation with hon we 'rade but
will be benefited by the increased trade i'm her sape
productions, which will ult from free tr de in such
productions; that would not be crippled by the
loss oil such arade which loss would be the mmedi@
ate effect OF rejecting our System. Our position ena-~
bes us to command the commercial system Of the gobe
10 moudi ts our own plan, for the benefit o, the
world and ourselves. The approaching extinction OF
the public debt, puts il into power abolish twelve
millions oil duties and TO set fee than halt OF our
entire commerce. We should orego, nor lose the
sdvantssss oil such POSITION. IL occurs but seldom in
the lille Of na'ion, and missed, Is irreievably
fone 10 the generation az least that and negeced
the golden opportunity. We have complained and lust
~. oil the burthens upon exports in foreign coun
tries; part OF Our tariff system upon the principle
OF retaliation for the injury thus done us. Retalat
ton heretofore has been our only resource: hut rec
procitv OF Injuries is not the way enrich nations any
mere than individuals. II is 'upro6tdble contest"
under every ASPECT But the present cor iuncture-
payment OF the public debt--in itself rare and all
most unrrsctdened occurrence in the history of
ln'hon'-0nas'es us to snlarse our system; 10 pre-
good; the otbrr charged with evil 10 foreign ma.
lions The participation exclusion from forty millions
OF free trade annually increasing, would not limit OF a
second thought, in the head OF any nation with which
we trade. To- say nothing ef her gains in the parci-
patons In such aconmerce, what would he her loss in
the exclusion from IN How would England France
or Germany, bear Tie loss Of their linen silk or wine
trade, with the United Safes? How could Cuba San
Domingo, Brazil, bear the loss OF their coffee rac
WIN us! They could no bear il at ALL Deep and
GENITAL inury-ruin neutrality-suspicious. and biooished
and tie et,row Of adninsira lions, would be the ron.
sequences of such loss Yet such loss would he ihevi
table and no. 10 the few nations or in the articles on
Is, which have mentioned, for have put few in
starce' only by way Of examplc but every nation
with whom we trade, that would fall into our sys-
tenn and throughout the Whole list Of essential articles
10 which our abolition extends Our present heavy du.
Ties would continue in force against such nations; they
would be abolished in favor of their rivals We would
say TO them id the language Of Mr. Jefferson free.
Tdde and nGuigaiOnis not TO be given in exchange
for restrictions and uerdtions! But feel entire con.
'ence tina, il would not be necessary to use the Ian.
guage oil menace or coercion. Amicabe Representa-
tons addressed 10 their OF self-interes would be
more agreeable, and not less eFtcual. The plan can
NOT ial II s scarcely within the limits of possibility
that II should fall And il il did, what then? We have
lost nothing We remain az we were Our present
duties still in force, and Congress can act upon them,
one or two year, hence in any way they please.
Here then. is the peculiar recommend alton 10 nv
Pan' 'h"t while it secures chance little short of alb
solnts certainty, Of procuring an abolition of twelve
millions O. duties upon our exports in foreign countries
IN ret, rn Tor an abolition Of twelve millions of dutjes
upon imports from them-i exposes nothing 10 r.k.
tn abolition of duty upon the foreign article here be-
ing contingent upon the acquisition If the equivalent
advantage abroad
clio this exposition Of the principles of the first
secuon OF my bill with the single remark, that these
treaties Tor the mutual abolition of duties should he for
limited terms say seven ten wears To give room for
the notifications which time, and the VARYING pur.uts
OF Industry, shew to be Upon this idea
ihe OIL Is iramed and the period OF wears inserted
by way OF suegeson and exemp.if cation of thu nan
Another feature is too obvious TO need remark that
.ne me Tor the commencement OF the abolition OF du
lies s left 10 the executive who accommodate il to
Inc state oil the revenue and the extinction of the Pub
lie debt.
SECOND SECTION.
"lhat from and afer the 3Ist day of December in
the year 1881, the duties payable on the follow
ing articles imported from countries with which the u
States have no diplomatic relations shall he reduc-
cd one halt and after the 3lst OF December 1888 shall
cease and determine entireiy to wits teas mace cloves
cinnamon nu'megs cassia ginger, Two y, Turkey car
II 't., Cashmere shawls.'
This section presents exception to the prn chile Of
the bi It dispenses with The idea Of obtaining eouva-
ents in the enumerated articles, The exception the
effect oil necessity; the articles excep'ei being
desirable 10 u. and o5'Ained from powers with whom
we have no treaties TIE exception is unavoidable,
but is not wholly disadvantags We sh, get the
articles Tor one third and half less than we now
pay for them and il two or three millions of revenuc
should be suddenly wanted, they rres,nt the ready
means of raising it. The abolition being by law alone
The duty may be laid again by law whenever nee led.
THIRD SECTION.
-" That from and after the 3lst day Of December i'm
the year 1881. duty of 33 3 per cent on the value
s be levied all fnrs and hides imported into
the United Sates from countries which sh all moi have
secured their free admission, by granting equivalent
advantages to the like productions OF the u States"
This section, 10 superficial observer, NAV seem 10
initiate against the plan Of the bill; but the nconsis-
ency is in appearance oniv. IL barmonizes compete-
~ with The spirit Of the bill VI provides for future
eventual and contingent duty, upon two articles NOW
introduced, free Of duty, TO great smouat The
terms in which the section !. Dawn shew that lis OBJ
Jec s 70 obtain equivalents for their future free por
aiion; and the following table Of their annual imports
| fnra hal elut,o Il
argument which they will put into the hands of the
Executive, in the negotiations 10 which the section
may give rise
THE TABLE.