Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-16

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feridi If sails and c0r,i1ec ExAMpIE
British duties on flax, 36 cts
American duties for 1888, 600
British duties on hemp 2O7l
American duties for 1881 & O0o
Hon. 10 sell the commerce, and efficient means nj
prefecture Ua5dre ant defence of your o,pn courtrv
to a naval ami commercial rival; see the preceding
experiments, and the American system generally de.
creasing our naval resources.
3 HOio an ignorant man may safety act the mart
Of traitor tOthOu hnO,cing ii ami be praised lar
has patriotism BY ignorant as hi,nseH amin
me kndoeS Dho hare duped him Sc the before cited
instances, full in point For, with decreasing trade
decreasing tonnage, increased icuy and exponce in
building and equpping vessels, and dmiuish. I'd means
OF manning them, owing TO scarcity OF sailors through
arapld diminuon OF commerce, deive red bound
hand and foot TO the enemy in case of a naval war
Ana this s modern patriotism! Could cunning traitor
act more ehecually more nsdiously? And the peo.
pie OF these United States swallow as wholesome truths
these arocious absurdes, and continue to be the dunes
and The prey OF these their domestic enemies; and not
lew among us, would willingly ex'erminate those who
are bold enough TO speak the truth and who are dss
rous OF removing the film from our ewes Bat LET ~. o
on little further.
A. Hoto TO encourage manufactures. Tax the raw
material; and impoverish by enormous taxation the
consumers, in favor of monopo' Is. EXAMPLE.
Tax the raw material IRON lead, hemp, FAX wool
&c. sc. Let US take the ,oooHen manufactures a. an
illustration.
take piece of woollen co'h dyed Of an indigo blue
length 27 yards made OF Saxony wool worth 40 cents
per h. while unsecured.
The duty lid on such piece Of cloth in England
70 cents. In the Uni'ed States 205
l MS constitutes premium OF l I60 cents. given by
our American legislators in favor of the British article
over the American This ia called encouraging domes
tic manufacture! This il to enable US TO cOmpete with
the British in foreign Marke
The duty on hardware generally is 25 per cent, but
on The various kin Is OF British iron used IN l4nn|ac-
fuTfS, il is 40 per cent
The actual prices OF nail rod. bolt sheet and ROLLED
IRON IN Great Britain, vary from 30 10 so dollars per ton
In the United States the same articles vary from rs IN
$50 dollars The duty shee iron for stove pipe. for
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weight. while the duty stove pipes themselves l.
only 6S 81 cen,si that have encouraged the i'm
poration OF the Briti-h manufactured article and nro
hibted the material
The whole sytem as actually enforced. il 20 like
the headonE careessness Of absolute folly or Madness
That no man who has not examined good authority
the details, would easily give credit to really true ac
count OF it, Al the acts presented in the preceding
statement, contansdi the report Of the committee
on commerce and navigation, presented 10 Congress,
februTyS $780, and therefore be relied on as au
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| Tax the consumers. ] aver thit our t,xes in tbc
United States are higher thin in Great Britain In
! fourth OF our whole income.
| p. s. would advise reader DESTROYS Of exsmni,o
This question in i's details TO consider with he state nj
popuaii N run the year OF 1900 10 1916 what the com
merce Of the country actually wa ; and what il ougb'
70 be, now that the population is than doubled -
From eighteen hundred to eighteen anl ixtesn the no.
puaion varied from 5000 600 10 200 00O al present
IT'S 10 OOJ,OO0. He will find, that our wealth orr
permanent revenue, our commerce our c,mfnt.
nfead OF having doubled, have received nothing Ike >
fPor't tie Increase nothing has nou shed and in
cresed bnt our hlooducker' the monorolists our tax
e. our banks, our paper money. and our general gf
rance OF the true sources Of political ,curity and
nal prosrefi y. Whenever common sense at some fat
distant period shall have acquired reasonable influence
citizens, the voice of public opinon oil bs
heart demanding Free tr0de toih epery nation rpo,
eGrh-pOrts, ire for eUCrV resse from erery pqri Of
ne Uorid and f0r0fiOn limited IN the ncft1i mani.
o, aJrugdl uerHmsnf and Necessary repeaue-
Ah beyond s the taxation Of gross ignorance wofte
D upon ny ren0 Never never hall have perlsc
hhcity and 40 bone government, at home or periec