Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-11-08

is interested TO cause the greatest product from the la
bors Of all its parts This product cannot be produced
unless each part be specially applied TO that for
which 1t is best adapted; and OF that adaptation no
one Is a Judge except he who applies the labor
1, 10 tao sitiz ,n himself, be he capitalist or lsborer,
who aloae can detsrmin, what biz own ability, ectipg
up n th, want, Of those about hip, IL best calculated
10 produce. S.l. climate, education, moral aud ply.
sical constitution enter into his means ef judgiog, aoo
the laws Of nsture eonbius wi b tho usaxss Of socieIy
o poin, The path OF Industry. L.. Gov eminent throw
| . veightinto the scale for or against any spesies Il
Q p!oy ment, II substitutes an interior guide icr ibose
that are unerriug, and diminisbes the income o. sosisiy
BY Withdrawing from Iaeour the b's' judge Of is pro
p,r spplisa len. 3i,-Tha, |, is tl acipns as 10 the OBJ
cts held ou, by ihet. The Tariff System, while |,
ave ws itself tbs pttsstor OF Amsiiean manufacture
generally. .pp'ie' it. Dement'S TO a len di',in !. brar shes
wiihou, aid d.tSs competitor, Of wool aud of iren are
The fsvotiie'; those OF wood and Of leather are INK aowp
to Il. Yet tbs latter class In the variou, notifications
Il tho two raw maierials-viz: in shoes, boo,, barnes ,
sadiety, ga, RACES, cstinet and household furniture
have added to the IA ionai Resources by controlling, al.
I e III, cheap supply OF our own c uo,ry. he market
oil every foreign country ioto which they have been
introduced. There need be no stronger ergumea At than
this, either az 10 the inequality Of the sysiem In Us own
objects, or a, % tn, pewsr o! industry 10 I 10 is own dis.
creiiJn. 4 e-Thatit is uni iendly to the very iudusn v Il
prefer d, 10 sherish. Asysism that fosters American n
dustry should seek II wherever u 10 mott TO DO iou. d,
and s~Pportion It's b.nehi according 10 the numb 70 TIA,
Vt y ICCrLN0 W III u tntnu dE.uF o N 0Ottfn ~ IL
wo ] tie bounty 10 10 cspital--not latosr. There ATE
no operations where liz ing labor bears 20 email a PRO.
portion to that which 10 nSuims,e. Tho re6nsmeps
VI m sshinery leave 10 man the lea, nj zee. LIT there
employments be sustained at the exp, n,e Of 9th RI, and
the personal l.bsr which they rel ct must SEEK o.ber
avenues. 1t 10 thrown upon agticu,,u. e, whi,h 10 oil.
Feady oppressed; upon o'her manufactures, which are
unp'oiec,ed; or upon ,boIs employ ms W h'ch Ii, ae-
lion Of this very sysem has exInguished. 5b,-Tbs
a danger is al hand Cou 10 the prime pc Of
exshsnge-pot OF simp's pursasss. Our cu,,omtrs for
Inc raw material NAV cana In nurahaso uhsn thav
10 turn can no leDgsr supply. Evil will be The hour
for the United S go, when for The benefit Ga few mo
noPoiis's the produce OF our fields psri,hes on our hands
Tor want OF a foreign market.
There was al additional argument, contained la part
10 one OF The foregoing, aud IN the minds Of many am.
pl'hed far beyond IT,. Ii was that boun,ies and menoPc-
lee, rss'ric'ions and Prevenuons in eommeres are as
hgatures 10 the human body, impeding lie healthy aud
vigorous expanii)n-,hat tho diff reuees o. soil, eii-
mate AMI personal habitI afford, by natural action. sut-
nc'ent vaiisty OF produsi 10 supply from diff aren't part,
ths wants OF he wtole-,hai, under these n.teiary
differences, iud,vidusiI should DO left to their own en-.
terp'izs. saIh being likely TO do beat that wh,h he
does OF his own aero G-ihat Tho rivalry OF COMMIT
cial ma ions should DO in produs,ion, increased produc
ton giving infrs a,ed means OF exehapge-ihu uuder
thi' process each nation SUI pies its own wau,s by The
means Whereby II becomes euabl I'd 10 supply The wants
OF others. These principles of tree and unrenricted
eonmsrce, were pronounced By a party, not lk ely 70
DO diminished, TO BIS the principles most worthy OF lhe
spirit Of he age.
These in The on line were the arguments which, In
the opinion of he convention warranted an opposition 70
the existing Tariff as strenuous as souid somport with
peac and the eonssi ution. On The basis of them Il was
resolved that a immortal should be presented to COS
gress, which should combine the arguments, the ap
peais, the expostula ions and the Stats zeal dstsils, do.
rived from every quarter, and that The same should be
sustained by tbs personal prsseuse Of a committee. The
Perisd chosen was sonside ed 10 bs one Of pscu,iar tri-
SIS. Lille more Than the lap'e Of on. year must see
with q ihs reach oil Tho T. ea.ury a sufficient amount 10
rid tbs public Of i;s deb. The annual insoms of ibs las,
few yeas has been from % TO % mill ons. OF hi
amount 10 millions have been required for toe gradual
n vim tin N n h m q ~ lahI. 4 5000 -. - -
been reqIir.d for The annual exigsnsies Of the Co.
vernmsn'. The x'inc,ion Of tho debt leaves th csc Is
or 10 IN lions the boundary OF our wants. The qne.-
lion then Is shall a rate Of duties he imposed which ,h all
annually wresi from ,hs people 10 million, of dollars
beyond their annual necessi les, 10 order that the same
may be subjee, Of scramble among the States; or ,haii
what We eo'lssi be bounded by that which we can con
sti'uiionally appiy? / am fres 10 say tba, on The al.
swer given 10 ihi' question depends the stability Of thi,
gTea this noble confederscy.
To these objects, aud through this procsss, were d.
rested the labors oil ,hs sonven'ion. Ii had no action
sheep. upon pub ic OPINION no power except the man.
y expos lon OF its own; It's members were drawn
from remote parts Of the Union and with little know.
Ledge oil each o her. More comfy, more forbearance,
more unity OF action never ~pefvaded any public .ody.
Such meetings sre' & hen the bouds OF he u ion,
where similar impulses meet from opposite diracli,ns,-
where the %prlnciples and te ceilings we most cherish are
found not to be the sole growth OF our own soil, and
when he who comes from sns par, Of our land huds kim
area splls among ihoso who come from ano her. |
was foreso!d Iha; one S!ats was destin d 10 destroy this
harm ny, and 10 saurs tho convention 10 be al O. gine
ir me pfOmuiHaIon OF uDpatri0fIc sentiments. This
was the State ef South Carolina. Tho prophecy was
lost to one who holds ,ha, Slate as hold ID. Ffom no
quarter did | ihsn hear, or did I ever hear, sentiment.
more worthy Of The U aion or more ~propitious 10 lis co.,
,inuan'e, avowsls more fsrven, OF is benz FITS or Of
hiial devotion to ID than l then heard frcm Gen,ls men
from Slu h Carol ma -'hus hearing them, I know N v
were felt by those who uttered them.
BsfOre quilting the subjsci 1, !, IL that I should d..
rect your askcowldgsmsn's as mine baye been directed.
IL the convention Is TO be productive OF any result much
Is due TO a few individual. Among them Il. gives me
pleasure to number our own ffient, Mr.. Philip p. Bar.
bour. l have never witnessed, In a moro Satisfactory
manner the benefits OF an unbIemisbed charasier When
la the Quiet /, was thought that there night be high
appeals to ih' hrmne,s and impa.tialty OF a presid Dg
ohistr, and when il had been ma ter OF doubi and lea.
lousy who ,ha, presiding off ger tould be, tins com mon
cons nj pointed 10 him. the presence OF Mr.. G iiistin
was 10 self 4 jusli6 cstion Of IN meeting, az his agen-
cy was a benz. h. TO II. To Mr.. B rfieo, lie author OF
the appel to the people OF tie Uni cd s aes, tor wis.
dom, tor oloqusree, Tor temperance and Grmness tht
avowsd, The deepest obligation. To these three Ipdl.
yiduals, Tithon, enlargement 10 Others, may be main
y attributed wha'eyer success may DO made to resui,
from The convention. Your fellow siissn,
S. A. ST0RROW.
Culpepsr, Oct. 10, 1881.
Remarkable Occurrence "A letter from a subsc /.
Der in Southampton county "a dated 24h inc, states
that rec nifty, wlibio the period OF a few weeks, ard
10 the sompas OF a few miles iu that county The follow
ing deaths have taken place: Capt. Thos. Gray, aged
10; NJ. Ro. Kicks, aged So; Mr.. Diron Kitchen, sg d
OF a ~ -