Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-06
TsHH1 yEisGENiAs.
LyNCHBURG, JUNE 6. 1881.

The Banner Of The Constitution. Tins Is
the name of a migrate ~ paper. edited hy Mr.
Condy Ragnet-ihe Ostensible object OF the
| establishment of which was 10 write down the
farin system, and 10 confute the foTcible aud
practical essays OF IeSekiall Mes aud Mat
! thew Cary. We have seen only "A few Mes. Of
this Periodical the effect of perusng which
was similar TO that produced by potion OF
:" poppy AMI maudrag1ra"-in irresistible in
clination 10 sleep. II has nevertheless been
semiannuaIIy puffsd by its anti rariF coadju>
tors, al most inordinate rate, SO that ,notwilh-
standing ils somaIferous prope'tifs, we suspect
| il has acquired d considerable circulation, par,
ticusrly in the Southern States. We have
recently met with the subjoned article, exrac.
ted from il, which will show the stnB, which
it and its colaborers dignity by the name OF
argument, wberewith it assas the system Of
protecting duties. Having exhausted the trite
theories of Adam Smith, Mr.. Racquet resorts
to an argument, which, however it may be
defcientin ingenuity aud force, ought surely
to entitle its inventor to a leather medal for its
: originality and singular humLnity.-l, has been
correctly styled Mr. Raguel's Meditation q.
mong The Tombs. He says
" Sickness aud DEATH. The bills of mortal
iiy and the grave yard bear witness agains,
the tariH.-Ihe presumption is, that the taxes
of congress which increase, by one half the
price Of wooden clothing for the poor, increbse
the disease of consumptou-and those who
DEW that such Is The effect OF these laws, take
upon themselves the bUrthen Of proof |
mention consumption AS the prevalent disease
OF the country aud usually caused by expo-
sure TO cold.
Humanity charity, the allegations i'm
posed by the religion professed in the coun-
Itry-especiaIly the obligation 10 - cloihe the
| naked forbid the exirayRgant injustice Of for
eng The garments necessary to render the poor
comfortable, 10 double prices.
"if the paruzans of the tariff seek to con,in-
ne THIS injustice, let them frankly avow il, and
not add TO injustice the crime of deception.
| he manufacture OF cheap wUlen cloths has
been very much improved comfortable wooden
clothing, a, its natural price, has been very
cheap, and would be, generally, aitainable by
the poor, II II had not been forced 10 artlfic al
prices by the tariff party.
Every inierment Of a poor person, who
has been exposed 10 suffering from The want
OF comlouapie clothing, should rem,nd the by
S'Hhueis ol 'lf projecting SVHem
The reader must he di:gustea with the pue-
rll'iy OF the preceding appeal TO the humane
sympathies ofthe people, in behalf Of the i'm
aglnary victims OF consumption disease, the
increase OF which IN the United States is most
langhahly ascrised by Mr.. Racquet to the Ia
riff system. We shall next expect to hear that
unreasonable hail storms, short crops aud
s'eamboat disasters proceed from the same pro
lihc fountan Of mischef-3urely, these things
may be as reasonably ascribed 10 the Tariff as
coasumption-more especially when the asser-
ton upon which Mr. Raguet bases his beautiful /
theory,-tO rUH,that the price of woolen good s
has been increased by it, and the poor thereby
deprived of comfortable clothing,--s false.
The sole object OF the Banoer Of the Consli-
tntlon seems to be to levy contributions on
those who concur with it in opinion that the
Tariff system is a scheme, whereby the major
ity may the more easily plnnder The minority !;
aud that Notification j. the only weapon by
which il can he successfully combatted. We
do not intend 10 dispute the righr of his politi.
cal associates to pay MIR Racquet heavy tax,
that which they pay to the government MOI
shall we object 10 their admiration of doc
tr'ne, which can only cure by killing-as we
hear, in late Nurthern paper, Of an unfortu-
nate Benedict, who was " cured of a scoIdine
wife" by committing suicide. But we think i,
wrong that the public, who have means of
| forming an opinion OF the merits of the paper
uftl after they have sad!led themselves with
the subscription, should be deceived as 10 lis
real character, ny the puils which Mr.. Racquet
EFFORTS from the compassion Of his brethren
OF the press. who, he is well aware cannot
well resist hese appeals 10 their good feelings,
even when he who solicits them is rather con-
iempti5le for his ayarcs than ptiable for his
| necessities.
We conclude hi, ii,e of Mr. Racquet, al
ready longer than we intended 10 make il
by quoting two or three facts, illustrative of
the benefti,l effects Of the Protecting Sys.
tenn They are entitled TO as much we ght,
we think, as Mir. Rague,'s novel argument,
thai the Tariff produces an increase OF con-
sumption. An increased consumption Of goods,
"t ihs raw material out of which they are fab
rIca'ed, and OF agricultural products 10 feed
the manufacturers, we admit, are the necessary
consequences Of the system-but not that
consumption the pale herald of death, of which
the great political economist, Mr.. Racquet. so
chldshly discourses. But to the facts of which
we spoke
lsi. In 1925, 6, and I. a mercantile house in
Boston imported $4,000 worth of India
wrought combs, every one Of which was readi-
" SOLD at handsome profit. Since that
time. the importation has entirely ceased. the