Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-07

lite uion IL, here would be no ff her waste OF pub.
tic 'r. aiurs uron wild All impfoyilsul schemes /, in.
,eioa' Improvement. These wlo are now 20 liberal
10 esps,ding The ncnsy o. o'her p'ep.e, would III N he
as rematkalie tor ecVnony IN ~e4peEding I! cir ou n, |
atu itink II ex remedy 6onbiiui whe Esr an sppro- I
P'ia'ion could &c forced through Ccns,-se ior coas ruet- |
'he a natl nal rosi ten miles iope.-W,ss and patriotic |
a. or ancestors undoubtedly were, hoy 40 III seem
10 nave tfeseen the real iabgs $ thst were to ,htes en- !
our loeriies, or 10 have been impressed with ,be 7
ee''i'y Ct providing guards aSsinst tbsm. They we're
remarkably c.rriul to provide guarantees FOE The retu-
.y ~ perfo1st h9ery y, when in fac, since the day
Magma Chstts, pc soosi libsr y never has been ia dan.
? .rio any eono'ry inhahred by The Anklo-S xn race.
no iess'ia I'VE tody. elected by he peops. aud res
ponslbls 20 tbem, aill ever dare TO / vale IN. r III : Of
Peiso al ibery. Politics! rs.ponsibniiy IL d rice Ler..
o-cah'- The aci hat sniang-rs ,ae psrSoi, liberty oi
one man, equally e, d'ng r,tta' Of all. ~h. her re i'd
'os Ia We ca-', W est, North, Or = uh Bii il IL not
80 "nh tho usnts ot properly. l. the present STAT.
oil poilcsi sn'e,ig zee not Ouiy IN he Uli,ed states.
oni ainos' throughout Eiecpe, this Is tbs OILY poini
whtrs nosry eau be sCccs.slul v assailed, aud even
'his ednLo be dons diI.cty. NJ scvegnLeu, wcu'd
venture 10 Prrpe rate dir CT aud open pluu.i r. I'm,
W'o"gh sue ptoets. oi isx'i,n, the most ssSreL ,ish 9
are v Ola e., aud he most hor We ou!rasss cuDmiusd
not on y "ih impunl.y. but in lac name of liberty, and
Nth alihe bCnOfs - psniOi-r,. The revenue navy
81 therefore, OF tue .sdctai G~,'srnmen', fton which
tne ira't danger sevins TO have been generally appre-
Blended, - he irui u sou;c-ri all IA. corruniona and
pp'e'-'"n oil waich We so ju'tiy cowplS:n. BY its un.
quail action. the governaseu, is ,hsown ICON is .oni.
pJise, ana ths pr1hciP'e OF responsibility cssf sea TO ope.
rate.
IL is notifying TO our pride, as the ciiz,n,of a free
Sl"f W cVnt'mpIet. cur OpprD sion in aDo her AZ oct
we sfc equally reduced ~ a ~coUGition OF colonial vas.
.Lase. Ths very bouis hat we're suud red BY "a.
Pir'"iS ene' gees oil eur ioistailers, are again t,stensd
upon us by new AID mere sewers ts,k-nasc,.
Our ancestors we'e compelled T. trade vi IA the mother
county, a restriction which they scare ly feI. be-
cause, evan, W Oh unlimited tree don, they would hard.
ly have traded sby whers else. We are connr,lsJ
cnd.r heavy Cu.,op-H ,u.e penalties, to ,rads with he
am ) atse, who have no claims OF p,'erni'y 10 sane.
non 'uch an exercise OF authority ever ua, or 10 iosnt.
modera ion 10 ito exercise; a restriction which y o lee, 10
o0 utsefly EusuOuS. taCar.f II a yriudax m. from. ~. -.
markets 10 which our intetess most strongly le,d ne
odf Sat asiif iur.i Sapls is admitted in o The mort.
Of ibe greatest M MI 'aciu ing N. i,n e Elrops. win g,
msfe nominal duiy. Uyon Tho most ohviou, principle,
oil reciprocity, aud in conformity wth opr undnu5.et
h'e'es'' "s ousht' 20 al sii The msnufpc nres Of that
nation upon the most liberal terms ia rst,rn II we
were PERMITTED 10 regulate our own in errsts, il W.
constituted an ind, peudent power, eli will admil thu, i,
would Do insinsss and suici al folly 10 o xcluds BTi isb
manufactures by preh!bitlry dnies. Ys, nv A LII
Pe'v'rsion OF che Powsr of Congress. The vary iairx il,
done which is most ruinons TO our iutsrss,s. ia o,J.s In
ntiid up iha property Of Other sta IS at cur axpsose.
We valciy boast OF thS bleSsrg s of salt g.vsrpun.ut
when those who are directly iatsrcstsd in our dpsfrrc.
ton, are %dlsposiog Of our rish,s at their pleasure. aud
actually lmihoiA'ins them a the chiines Of avstice and
am bitiop.
According to tbs trus p iac;ples Il Coss,i,ufion.i
hoefty, mere Is re security 'or he righis o. property.
"hete the power whief imposes taxes il rot respt n,i-
ns 'ot5e people " bo ray ,h4m. ) III less WHEN that
power sre>pontibls 10 those who not culy are .xcn,p,sd
from The turihsn. but derive a peeubiaty bene6t from
J" iiHlonion. There Is no form of despo.isln 20 u,'efiy
-" ~ ibfft H-Nu w v &c lDE OO0n
peculiar and adverse interests of the minority. Thsv.
@ct "itbou, any cOnirI, no.s! or moi zeal, and ar, ~.
t!srly dssii ua oil 'he symDalhy which woult be falt by
me most absolute aFistcci a1y, whsn re sidirg among
'heir subj &C. We are, in fac, the subjects of ,he vesy
worst sp'oisS OF artsidcrscy IN ID, WUrlo; an up,,.r,
nsrcerary arlstocraey, OF atssnies landlords, vho kror
SeFJ tie about cur sufsrings, and care sill lie ., and
VINO, collar from being sclulset by iee'iug "a OF kindD.s,.
are nouriously influenced by III. mosi bitter f.sIin,s
OF poi'ncai aniino~iy aud ~p'rjndics. Indeed, iSe
Who'll. Of the planting States may be jrsil, rseari led .,
e'ts uipg Il vas, plantsiior, and cuts, Ives nIrre ste .
ard 'olling 10: Ihs b,G. III u iLese ab.ests. isudlord,
Who actually receive 'nueh tbs largest part Of our n.u,
income, WI ut soy e 'hc ttcubls OF respon.ibu y OF
management.
The Exp 81 ION whica I have p-ss-n I'd Of lhe on.
Pte'si'S and ru'nons tendency OF 'h- system of Fede-
raj tixauan up'h thu great interests OF the S,u,h, is
%conhfmed by oil his EDITORIAL ph 1nomena which nave
msrked iS progress.
AZ the closs Of the war in Elrco..a erea, revolu-
lion took place in the commercial ~ssilions OF III. world.
decidedly aysSss 10 tho prosperity of The Northern
a'e'' sni as decidedly favorable 10 Tho prosperity Of
The Sou h'rn S e.. The former ware cut off from the
carrying trade. which during the general war. had been
ne sources CT great prJsp ,riy. TGey were siso in a
short ;ime. BY tie corn laws OF Crest b, tain and other
causes, cut IN from Ihs ma kets fr their grain, which
hey had previ,i'ly eEjpyed o. ths contrary, the
~Sou'beIn States had az unpTe eedentsd Ell e nsion Of the
dsnand Tor 'htir srsat staples. The wLois continent,
o. Europe embarked in tho msnUficture of cotton
good, and these fbr cs rapidly suppiante! thos. o
evsfy ohsr ma'erial. Tbs S1utasrn Stats bad other
decided advantages over the Northern. They were
blessed "iih 4 fertile soil, a cong -rial climate, and the
most valuable It ps in the werii-a staple produced
On a very small po'tiSn OF he cart; wherea, The
Nofihsrn Sa'es had = cOWpaTaiiVeiy barra n soil, pro.
dusire a stspie recently excluded rom foreigu markets
and grown IN every part OF he world. YET all these
natural anh Commercial advantages Of tue Southern
) aies, hdve been go compile ely blasted by tho Fl zeal
ac'ioh OF the FeCer1l Gpvetnmebt, IN, 4 the whole re.
gi1n IL ihs planning 5 ates has been sic adiiy aud rapid.
ly dsshyirg, VII lie he naturally less favored region Of
the Northern States, has houiishtd almost eyond ex.
ample. TO one can contemplate ihs rapid z oYth and
prosperous trade Of the Northern cities. aud the towns
md villages WhIch airs constantly spTinging into exis-
tsncs ,ls tcreaae ed by some magic j pcweT, ard then lntp
his yes upon the msmorisls otdtcdy every Hhsle exh!-
bittd 10 the Cries and towns End villages OF the South.
"l'hou' beirg convinced that The pernicious inhueD c.
o. human tyranny anI oppression has witie5s d The
choicest blessing OF Heaven in ooe portion Of lhs con.
federScy, mat another portion might prosper en- is
runs. i aio aware tlat some at enpl 10 account fer
this ex Tsorjinary phonomsnon, by s-c'ibiog II to tbs
supefiGr industry OF The Norjhsro people. Thi, iiea,
however, - coDciusiv-ly reiu.ed by a co comparison OF
,hs price OF labor. The mos, o binary lab )rer On a
Northern farm. receives fifty cents a day a. hi. wages.
and all the departments of mechanical and manufActu-
riDg industry receive a much higher reward than even
this. Now, sVsry practical planter will susIais Inc in
the assertion, thai Inc profits ds,iysd ftom each opera
tive on a cotton plantation I speak knowingly Of the
upper country do not amount 10 more, upop IN ave
rage than twelve and . half cbnis. Yet conhIsptly
as'eTt HAT each working hand on a cotton plantation,
psriCrns dsciisdly more agricultural labor, thar each
hired lshorer oa a NOrtbsrn farm in the course OF ihe
year Let any one calculate whai wOulI be The ro,uii,
II a cotton planter 9Th the most productive soil, were to
attempt the culture Of cotton with hired labor, a
MY sens q day. With Que huud ed hands, he !
wO1lj make, viii a sumo, taking lhs sysrsss If sea-
soos, three hundred bal-s OF Uplaud CJtion, worth, all
the utmost, not more than nino ihousasd dollars Bot
he would have to Ply his Ia1orsis, %ssiimsting thtes
hundred working days IN The year, tbs sum OF 10, 900
dOlIaTH Al tho ClOag ot The yaa fhsFsI,ra ehf.I