Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-18

nish powerful auxiliary at least II II does NOT oft
sen overthrow tins system' President Jackson is do
.ermned TO pay OF the national debt that has here
toiorc cccn counted on national blessing of that
portion OF your politicians, who are DESTROYS of keen
ing up the Tarifi'& internal Improvement When thu
prrod arrives and which arrive within years at
the iarthest there will remain single preext for
continuing the tariff And ss have said ON another
occasion, who can for moment suppose that I2 mil.
lions OF the free people ofthcsc u States, will calm
suomi TO have the direction ofthe whole of their
iauo' taSen out OF their hands and placed
undcr the management of the general government:
nor TO secure revenue for government purposes but
mat the government nav at ITS discretion parcel out
inc profits Of the labor of portion The Union TO
pes ow IL on those OF another portion' 1t will be i'm
possible Tor the politicians of that day to sustain this
system beyond tho extinction of the public debt
nor can conceive II VIII then be necessary for this
state or any other State, to resort Secession Mil
Iheaton or C,nven,on, effect this object II will
De done by revolution in public opinion which is al
ready shocked at the absurdity OF such n svscm of
inequality and injustice.
These are evidences resulting from, ,b;s s,.,o r.
thlngs and facts hat form of themselves more than
an ordinary ground of hope But there have been
some advances that practical Llusi rations upop
ns SUBJECT rhe almost unanimous vote of Con
curing the last session FOR the reduction of the
duty on Tea Coffee and Cocoa. The decisive vote
'or 'he reduction of one half the duty on salt and
tno'asses' The duty on molasses was considered by
inc gram growing States of the West, and by Penn
syNana, us very important to their interests as i,
cnt "h the distillaton of Rum from that article and
prevented competition with their spirits distilled
rom gram. The duty on salt conside red impor
la"' 20 me interests OF many salt manufacturers m
the New England States, in the State of Nor,b g.
onna anu elsewhere, who had expended large sums
vi money IN erecting their establishments to manu-
SAT- rom sea water. The salt springs in the
inferior OF the State of New York have piyen ON,
ploymen and wealth 10 considerable norton oC bor
citzehs ana clear revenue To the treasury of that
state OF 200 per annum The salt SPRINGS in rho
state OF Tennessee IN the State of Ken ucky and in
value tn the proprietors The salt spriprs in tn
western part of Virginia, are owned bv mon NJ
'arge fortunes, considerable family connections and
OF nigh and honorable STANDING and of comr,ndn
H"ue"ce. i"is unity CT interests in those several
STATES had produced an influence tina, had sustained
heavy duty salt for fifteen years Bu, grcat orJ
powerful as that influence was and il ccrtainIv ,,,
greater influence than what any ono othc, !, ,h
whole catalogue of Tariff ar cles couid bn,s, 90, y.
could no longer sustain the du'y The ma rrb n
public opinion had unveiled the imposition. and tb..
part OF the system had TO give way And no man who
mad examined this system thoroughly will doub, E,r
moment but that this salt tax was lie Genital Iii
IN this Colosseum Fabric. r
us was considered as an irreplrabc breach in
the system, and so declared by gentleman of die.
linguistic talents and high 81 andInr from tho 60,
OF Massachusetts, who was decdelv on,o,oJ ., ~
repeai "f that duty The great State ofN Y has lost
her strongest motive for supporting the Tariff All
w'ii MOI her able and eoquen, statesmen naturally
look tor the next best expcdient To prnp,o,o tho .
terests of their State? And what bpt,cr o,,,aa;.
presents itself han the protection of their orcirn
commerce, for which nature has been more than
o"lhtlnI IN providing the best ports and I'm rbou,s
IN the world; and TO which their habits ar. odan,od,
When you take away the motive from so laroa .nJ
respectable portion of the citizens of difJercn,
STATES Will they not necessarily abandon a system
that can he no longer useful to them, Will thew
pursue tho shadow when they have lost Tho ,,,k
stance? And all those evidences that n-or1; ~
much to be dlsregarded, because we could moi m ~
the whole system at once: '
besides all this there is strong probability ,b,,
some other States that have heretofore supporcJ th
arm Will discover they have longer anv in,eres,
IN this system. and of course will abandon ;, IT,
west India trade. which for the last five wears bas
oeen 81 etfectuay closed against our Citizens md j.;
which the New England States were so deenlv ;n,ar
eSeu' now JUST opened upon the most adyana oeous
terms, by treaty between Great Britain and onr rr
e,htn'h,' rms Will restore great deal of NV
England capital to its legitimate channel commorco
vi course 1t will be drawn from manuf,c,,roa ~
IN 'ha' proportion lessen ;e tariff interest in Tin,
quarter. New Hampshire has been anti Tariff to
some time, If che was ever otherwise Maine b.:
necome decidedly opposed since the late treaty md
was partially so before. She was rrestIv in,,o,S
IN that trade. Connecticut that wac ro,,ar o.e"
warmly attached to the Tariff system had also nnri
OF her capital employed IN the West India trado
ana there can be but little doubt, that her csn;,,l
VIII be again employed in that wnv Tb H
England capital employed in that trade u,s ne, Nv ,
large money capital OF few rich merchants 7, con
sisted OF lumber of all descriptions and live s,on
such as muos' neat cattle hogs, and of which evorv
labourlng man could furnish portion and s,n,l l.
own household and I've free man Can ,ve s;o 's
those enterPrzng people will continue to place ,be,,
children under master to be locked I'D in ma nrco
urlng esaDllshmants subject to all its evils in nre
ference TO the pursuits Of husbandrv v.l;ch 49,, pc
mI.e such rich reward? There are nanv mo- ~
eminent talents in New England who arc 9s much !
opposed 10 the Tariff as we are who re unccasnrrl
bringing all these things into public view, and givnHg
them effect Mr. Lee Of Boston wrote the shlas, "E
position against the Tariff system that has eve, ~
Peored. And which has been the source from whence
many other essays and Pxpositions and .neonhna
against that system have been drawn W.
prevent kentucky from opposing the Tariff Or
even Ohlo' If few rich capitalists arc reaIlv o,o
ntlng oy manufacturing the farmers and grazefs who
compose tho physical force of the Union ore o,;Jn,
~ losing. Whilst they are selling little Aour md
I'ue pork to the manufacturers, they hive driven
the cotton planters who formerly bought their aour
'helr hogs, their beef.cattle their horses and 49,
mules, IN great abundance. and at high nrces .,
almost all those things for themselves rbeso