Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-06
MIR. WEBSTER rs. THE TARlrF

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Tho following are extracts from Mr.. web.,er's
speech ON the Tariff. delivered in 1924, AMI In answer
10 Me Claw, then Speaker of the House of Rep resrn.
ahves. Ihess Arguments seem 10 us unconirovertibl
they have never heen satisfactorily anSwesed even b..
Nr. w b'er himself, since his convert n TO the oppo
site iaith, and seem to us eonslusiveIy to chow the i-
uii'y aud Jolly OF wha, IL eall.d the - An .Iican Sys-
TEN"
81 will now proceed. sir, TO state some objections
which l feel OF a more general nature TO Tie e, u,se oi
Mr. Speakers cb.ervation.
HI seems, to ne, to argue tho question. as II do
nestle Industry were conhned to he production Of the
manufactured sr'ic'e.; AZ II the employm-ot of our own
eapitai ana our own labor, in the occupsiiors of com.
merce and navigator, were not as emphatical ' iomcs
Tic industry as any other occupation. Som. other
Gentlemen, in The course Of the debate, have .p9 N o.
the price paid Tor every foreign manuf cture.
as SO much given for the epcourass nett of toreisn
labor. to the prejudice of our own. Is no, everv art;cls
we purchase the produce Of cur labor "a truly as If we
had Manufactured II ourse'ves! Our labor has canned
i and paid the price for il. II lie so much added TO The
stock OF national wealth. II the com modities were
doiiar', nobody would deny the truth Of this remark
anu u IL pr, cisely as correct in lie application 10 any
o. or commodity as te silver. Oae man makes a va j
OF cloth at home, ano'her raises agricultural products,
and buys a yard OF imported clio h. Bob these are
equally the earnings Of dome tic industry, ard the on.
ly questions that arise in tho case are two-,be first IT,,
which is the best mode, under all the circus .tances'
Of obtaining the article! and the second i, ho,a far This
first question IS proper 10 be decided by Government.
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He goes on 10 say
'h"s " Wouau " q VfTy ed " N promote m a.
nufae,ures for time, but probably only for a shor,
time, IL we might act in disre ard 10 other int,tess
We could cause a sudden transfer # capital, and a vic.
lent charge in the pursuits Of men. We could pxce.d-
ing'y benefit some classes by these means. BIZ, wis,
then bscomes o. the Interests, IF otlers."-Mr. U,b.
sfe,'s speech IN the Hou e of Representatives., 1924
Again MIR. Webster says in the same speecL:-
The woollen manufactures Of ErsIsud have exi,ted
from the early ages for the mon arcby Provisions de.
signed TO aid and foster hem, are black-iettered Statutes
Of tn. Edwards and Hsnrys. Oars. on The contrarv
are but Of yesterday, and yet, with no more than The
pro'eetion OF the existing laws. are already attic mini
OF close and promising competition.
The editor of the Augusta Consti,u,ionaIis, than
whom no one posses ed better means Of orma' ion
tematksoI the following extract from the Journal -
81. proves wba, ,oe haze knoiDn for a loag lime"
1t is due to ju"ice apd TO Mr.. Crawfrd. 70 give
p"onc'ty 10 the following extract of a letter run Mr.
Cobb, writ ten in May, 1928. At he time that MIR.
Calhoun and his cosiientsl friends were -
tue pubic mind with misrepresentation r spectiug the
part aiken by MIR. Crawford in The cabinet, AID his
"iencs IN Congress, /, was asserted thai Mr. Crawford
urged Mr.. Cobb and Gen. Laeock, but more par,icu-
'ariy Inc fcrmer,t to adopt The plan they did Tor bringing
me SUBJECT OF the 5 'minolas@ar, b.fore Congress, for
insisting on the culpsb,Iity of Gen. 'Jack.on. and for
censuring his condnct in the II o.i cole mn manner.
Whatever Mr.. Cobb has said may be relied upon
The ! tier from which thi. ex rae is made was written
WIN freedom, anu without any motive To- concealmeu.
or interpretation"
!" You do justice both to Me-. Crawford an myself in
saying that MIR. Craw ford disapproped OF the course
which, tlt il my duty to The Constitution 10 pursue m
he Seminole war. He did persuade me not to move
any thing on The subject, AMI en- !eavcred 10 convince
m7 mat there was no necessi y. a par, of our con.
versltion occurred in the presence OF John Holmes
OF Maine, who no doub, will remember il. Al, anc-
'her interview betwt en- ourselves, MIR. Crawford again
persuaded me rot to be the leading movsr on the sub.
jet, urging not Only his former reasons, but stating .x.
pressiyhis Tears 'ha', tom the i~.isndship existing be.
tween us, my conduct would BE charged to have be-
dictated oy nm, l replied tha, | should be sorry il
my conduct should do him any injur v, hut that / musI
De permitted = purius that course which ms con-
science prescribsd; especially as 1 firmly bell we'd ,ba,
me constitution bad been vi lated in the mos fagrani
manner. Accordingly | did nave The tssoIutions On
,hs su Jsct, to be found on the journal OF The House of
Representative"