Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-02-20

Great .ian well understand thor advantages over us
aud how to use them. Knowing that the trade with
their colonies would be profitable as thew mill
enlarge their intercourse with other counties and
cevins how eftectuaiy they would countervai the po
hey we were blndiy pursuing, they continued from
time to tine to grant privileges TO their North. rn
possessions on our frontier. Our tariff Of 1921 had
scarce become law. when Parliament ada, ted, in
june ami july 1923. those lb-ra,ing measures whirk
went into operation on the IA January, 1926 b.
these acts they granted 10 the Canadas, Nova Scotia
anu New Brunswick substantially all the conerc al
privileges OF an indepen d-nt nation and they MOI only
imposed more moderate duties than are ch, rxrl I'M, n,
he consumption If any country, but they plac, a IN,
revennc at the dissection Of their local lrga,ures Tor
he Use oi the Colonies. The aienent (No. ~ ex.
hhi'- IN con'rastc farm, the duties inpo. ell by Par,
lament Northern mel hbors to be ami -, 10
their own uses, aud those levied o, the People OF these
Tree States by their own Repres-n aives We submit,
h' "po' tan document 10 the candid considerable of
the Hou'c. :
we have rot yet realized the fatal con- Guences that
are 70 result rom IN" permanent Two
tariff, on the North American continent. The Illicit
uade, actually existing, however extensive it may be
- nothing, when compared with that which is To come
mould We unwsely persist in attempt en- orc. o
!tescht high duties. The free trade policy of G. ea
Britain vas not ,sle complete in her Northern rol.-
me-, 'ii 1870 It's our duy 20 anticipate aud pre-
Veh'' ny timely measures, the consequences which
must result, from two systems OF governments so osro.
s"e III Character but so harmonious in their
to destroy our naviSaton aud revenue Thes. provi;
Css commune The produce aud manufactures of Great
bri"n a'd her douinons, almost FRI OF duty: thew
err y tie commerce OF the ,st India Com many nj En-.
"P'' worm ahi SOntl America, charged tu
uf averaging not more than 10 per cent: while
me voun'ary taxes oi tie United aies, on the prna
ny W cesssties OF Me- average 100 per cent all vslo
en- what can Great Britain d. sire more il .>h. wish.
rs 10 see our resources psralyzed aud exhausted
nat we should continue the policy we have pur usd
sihce the wal? But, few more piveg fo her N.rb
rh possessions, and another fifteen years OF rss;ric
ons anu this legislative will be closed with little
honor to those WHO have been entrusted by the peopl
WIN the 'rcc ion of our national concerns. With New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia. and the Canadas mn ,h.
North; with Bermuda. he R,hatna. h.r
and tie Spanish Iland Of Cuba on the South: with r..
suict"ns on our side aud free trade on theirs. wh.t
n,uss 'ne oecoHe OF our revenue nayiga,ion' VIVA,
w''u heconie OF the commerce OF the Middle States
whose interests have been much uuinpe,.J i'm The
la tl5ysars G eat Britain has all sady p.rcs,.d IN.
advantages to her, OF this Indirect trade thr ,urh her
col MES, ny Destroying our navigation EMPLOYEE, in the
dire' trade. she has lIng imported through Canada
much Of n pro luce OF the United States al les. u.
~ than thu same could be iinp rted direct Imn,,i
atey afer the passage OF our late tariff she carr-d,h,
policy one 'ep further, by the OF Augu>t 1928 adj
IN lug cotton, when imported from any British Pre-
vince, al IL. cents On ~ pound. and ri A.
ing per ctnt al valorem. when imported direct Iet
Great u ain admit the produce OF the United States
Tree oil duty through all her possessions Northern and
oouhern' let hrr levy discr nina ing duty, when
imported direct, equal TO The resh; lei her open the
alton OF the s. Lawrence, a, wiIs az law can
make ~ lei American properly pass freely TO and frc
through h'r Northern co.oncs, aud ". shall soon a..
Low completely we have pl seed the resource. of nn
country IN 'hr power of The ministers OF thai rival ma
uon, whose measure. we are pret5 nding counery.
iHese stand III peculiar and
gefous rriation to us ire trade on t,at frontier
must fi-ct our finances aud navg alton as sensiv AZ
II Louisiana were 10 set revinue laws at def nc-
and proclaim the port of New Orleans open 10 all ,b
verdi L. Is even worse. Our navy might blockade
the mouths Of the Mississippi and we rni-tt take the
chduceso involving ourselves in war by ioterc ep;n
the YES els OF pTeign Powers; bu, we have no, even
That security, dangerous as il might be- again tinpor
ta'ioas through the Northern colonies, Tnsy ar. not
under The dominion oil our laws nor we biockad
their ports; Lolthcr have any right to comp,ao
faya tior
Ii is not their fault, if caionize eieh,or. are
treated mere literally and iniuls enuy by Parliament
than we are by our own Representatives There il
nee,', little cons laon in The prospect before US II
we wish 10 gary Great Bitain aud promote her IN
teress, by inJmng ourselves, ncre asing her raw
ga'ion, we shall keep laws in their pres-n, co,L
ton, make them worse, by piling new re.ic ions On
trade; II we mean 10 save our revenue, and proecr
our resources. we must adort scue wiser pI,n
to counervai the Iolicy of or maritime rival
Her naval acendancy gives her, in war, I'll IN.
advantages OF free trade, by her dominion over
the commerce OF the world; in peace, she secure,
all its privileges, by abolishiI G restrictions and I'm M
ing, as far she can, by her own laws ev.rv sv.
rue OF trade. While she been thu. annat;np oIJ
and crea ing new channels Of commerce. while she has
acded millions TO her TONNAGE and thousands 10 her
commercial marine. we have been searching for a
market Tor our surplus productions by cxcIuIins our
selves from an intercourse with IA world nd n, avor
ing TO make onr-evrs independent OF nations bv rnI rg
ing the navis alton Vi rival, he-toyng our own
rne, reduc ng country to the aiding
OF soliciting III future war, the alliance of some ma
| NIL In
pro'e Ct shores. "
| We cannot persuade ourselves 10 believe that CO..
eress viii persist in course so poorly caIcuI ted 70
encourages any branch of Industry an inevitably
Ing 10 result 30 cdidniiOu. and humiatiug VIVA
ever may be- our opinions OF the influence OF lcp,tive
siimulants, IL must be evident TO all that proLii n,
dut's can never be permanently enforced in coui.
Try ith such vast aud imaginary inland bound ,rie.
| and w,h mari ine frontier extensive and gener
ally uDinhdhited We are now making an expermc,,
very similar 10 that which we witnessed duiinp The
late war; III that war had have continued five wears
longer, every part OF the Union would hav been filled
zens. We have, fortunately, just common ed this
system, and il is also fortuna for VI. that the Nor
thern colonies were not entirely liberated ill 1926
When they were NJ der sys'em of colonial resttc
uons and we enjoyed mode duties, our own me
chants annually supplied the Canadian narke.s with
the pro luce OF those countries with which IN. colone
were rot permitted 20 trade. b. a change of polcv
| by ho.h Cove rnmens-by o5sructing our channels
oil trade and oTening i!iose in the Nor h. the ii 70
smuggling new runs in the opposite direction Bat II
is not alone that iron Ter hat smuggling is carried
coufagement o. unlawful trade that it exists 10 verv
con iietable extent on Southern as well a. Nor
the frontiers, aud along all the gulf bavs river
and cdpes, OF our Atlantic border. IL il iunossbl n
measure the extent OF trade the existence of which
herends on secrecy and des ach; hut we NAV form
some opinion Of its growth by contrasting our present
duties revenue, an population, with tho which ex
isted more Than twenty years In The me an time
some articles, formerly imported, have been supplied
AZ NONE, and al Vdlorein merchandise has fallen i'm
value, but the rapii increase of the con.u,n,on oi
Injuries has balanced these def ciencies Under nm
former moderate duties the nett revenue from custom
mil all,