Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-01
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REPORr ON NIIEACTURES

inRton, j. erson, Madison and Monroe and thai the
srea, men would have given il their powerful snd
hearty support"
This :. mere assertion No enc knows how far
ueo'rai Warrington would have gone. In the p.co-
liar state oil The nation during his day. he oull have
advocated such reasonable dscrimiOaon in the a,ihs
AZ should tend to protect the infant manufactures that
were connected with our rational ind. ndercs This
has always been the opinion OF our present II .puhi
can Chief Magistrate. who has been, nevertheless.
thought by many. TO 90 the whole doctrine of tbs ia
ritf,cs.
Men engaged in iniqny scrup'e hu, little In max
ing round assertions. 1. is in the u'h OF this rui,m
only, that find any ground for tn hold assertion
OF the Committee, in relation TO Mr. j, erson. That
great man, at peculiar crisis in history when ne
contemplated resort 10 our ri support and
OF defence, against ih lswless depr-dsuons of oher
Dstons, might have looked TO such determinations in
the tariff as should ensure the means OF national
defence. But the tariff Of 1924 posiively sbbcr
rem, TO him, UNCONSTITUTIONAL unust. and
He has xpre ssd himself often, and bis r. corded
opinions leave the Committee no excuse for the un.
balowed use they have made OF the authority Of hi.
venerated name. The liberty they have taken with IL
in the face OF notorious facts Is not disrepu,abc
to them than their advocacy OF an immoral p'underng
sysem, by palpiole contradictions and sophsms They
are heartily welcome to all the bent t they can De
rive from the hair splitting distinctions OF Mcssrs. Nj adj
and Monroe
But they contend that the tariff con,ans no evil
dence of attempts to force manufactures for which the
country ia not rre, OF sufficient mpor snce require
revision Yet, they aver that any attempt to change
is provisions, at q IL time iud spread alarm among
The great interests OF our country, shake coahde ia
the plehted faith OF Government. destroy the cup
posed well-iounded hopes OF millions Of our fellow
citizens reduce them TO perjury" &c.
We know that millions Of dollars are embarked In
this Numbering scheme but never knew before tina,
millions OF citizens had engaged in IL. The pathetic
declaration OF the Committee, IL arkno wled
that, 10 permit the great body OF ciuZens TO pur
chase the manufactures they want, where they can
get them cheapest, aud in exchange for their surpup
agricultural products, would prive the manufactures
oi the hobed bounty which s transferred by law from
the earnings Of oher classes into thr pockets and
on which they are revealing and fa,iening And yet,
they have the hadhOod 10 tell that the tariff
tains evidence OF Efforts iorcs m nufactures for
which the country is rip." II the country he
tpay ripe for manufactures, why can they not stand
the propo-ed reduction, after many years of uujIs
and agant proec tionf Why do they st cIamo-
rously demand The continuance OF tariff which pro-
bihits, in effect many foreign articles. and enhances
the PRICES OF all for their benefit thus unusy robbins
the many TOR The 'emolumeni OF the fen. Ii, then,
they cannot pete with foreign articles when bur
dsned with revenue duty, with freights, commissions.
warehouse aud other charges, does il
prove that the country is not ripe for emp Does
The question presen; i,selt-is II morally right can IL
be constitutional, to impose heavy burdens the i'm
dusry OF one hundred end fifty men, hat may
prosper, live in aff1uence, and make fortune. But
the proposition is even greater than this. The mere
iAborers in the factories. could hud other empoyIns MT
and ough, scarcely to be counted; the mai part
them at most IL IL 10 promote the interest Of few
moned men-the rich Owners OF factories, that all this
oppression is imposed upon and this fearful strife is
created in our happy land
am here forcibly reminded Of the montory--I NAV
say tcGrnng Voice Of Mr.. Alexander, a recent oc-
ca'ion, in Congress IL has meaning in it, and. al.
though Virginia has not hell this language through her
constituted authority, yet her Representative has spo
ken the sentiments of the majority of her people-i
might saw, with truth, he has uttered the sentiments
Of The South.
Mr. A. was tired Of appealing 10 this House, with
hope OF producing conviction upon the minds Of those
who were Interested in keeping up this system OF taxa
ton. The time is no, long, when an issue must be
made up between he people and the Government, up
on this question. There is poin, OF depression, yea
an' oppression, IN the physical well mechanical
world, beyond which we cannot go without meeting
resistance. great portion OF tn good people of these
United Safes have horne. the ills OF Government with
n fnrttude sustained alone by their devotion to the
Uni3n, but they bear but little while longer
They have demonstrated ard protested again and ~ sin
IN il they have become =" by-word,' condemned
and utterly dsregarded, and their only consolation it,
to be told they have the right protest and
here, proposition after Proposition, for redress OF grew
ances, which have been voted down without
pectful consideration There is, then, but re-
source lett us-we are thrown back upon the States
and the people, for projections; who alone sovereign
where their rights are concerned. The States who
have taken their stand under the banner Of the Cons
tuition mot the striped bunting which has been hung
up in this hall, 10 remind only OF their
recede without dishonor, and shame fui de-
reelection Of those great principles for which they pro-
.ss to have been conteDding in behalf of the people
il not far better, thsnmore honorable and
nous, in self wilied majority, appease the wrath
OF an offended and ir'ued people, by a'leviatng the
burdens Of taxation rather than go on in needless
reckless course, leading TO consequences which all
must -plore? Sir we have seen, within very short
pace Of time the most Important events occur, which
have happened in the history OF nations day,
YEA, hour has achieved the grandest revolutions
which read, any where, in times past France has
resumed her ancient constitutional rieht'. Russia
alarmed for her own safety, has lined her Southern
border with army OF two hundred thousand troops
Sweden, Holland, all Belgium is in arms, and we have
seen The failure Of single proposition in the Parla
ment Of Great Britain, overthrow the Ministry, and
bring into power the friends Of reform and economy,
10 the administration OF the Government-the friends
Of free irade!-These important results have been
brought about by degree OF oppression upon the peo
PIE Tor centuries past, which they could endure no
longer We should learn wisdom from the example
,f the lines before u.s. and not permit ourselves TO dis
-sgsrj results which must inevitably flow from certain
causes The same revolution is now going here,
although Mr.. A. hoped to il accomplished in diff
erent way"
When, 10 the name Of comm n country, may we
not ask, will uDpolluted m oriy learn The precepts
ther Of wisdom, modera ion, jusiice? We in
iependenee the OBJ tin cy and pertinacy OF the her
country 10 II enforcement of unjust burdens,& may
pet I'll her much good or evil TO similar spirit in
imposed numerical majority Of our fellow. citizens.
hink Il clear that this majority is sPparent-not real
As in the general ticket system, the minores lost
many \ ates and di.trieis. Thu IL true pro and
But, in both cases add The mnOiiies every WHARF 10
ha majortes. and the result will show overwheIm-
ng prepondersnce of 'enlimeni against the tariff
u This, many OF its advocates must be sensible
ret they perseVsre In from sons singular de- usion
avorite pol eli has nOuned. Is u not unfortunate
bat this Tree country, Hobbies have been generally
uccessul In elovang aspirsnts to distinction and con
equence? The reasoo.oi this appears 10 10 he, |
hat conscious OF great degree Of liberty thai
We think our own happy institutions permsnent--and
re-. therefore less dsposed 10 look carefully into their
tactical operation, and the willing To trust every
ht9g 20 the zeal and camoroua pr LESSONS OF our most