Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-04-18

| communities, the body poiaic met cherish
each aud all its members. What Mise man
would neglect his ieet oT his hands, his head
! or his heart, unless zach one of them might be
entitled To the same attention II separated en-
itrcly from the other parts of has body
Our system Of encouragement originated ~
our system of revenue. Ii begun by an impos'
at about seven per cen. un imported ooip'nod-
ties. II was raised, from time 10 time, ma the
wants oil the couaIrv required, onnl, dnIing
the Inst war. duiies were doubled. Nhfn the
wnr was closed these duties were reduced
ont because great interests required u these d'l-
ties were not reduced To their former level :
aud, IN some instances, the principle OF protee-
ton WAS introdnced into the revenue system.
Such interests hive multiplied, aud the proie'-
ting principle has been extended. Uuder thus
revenue system, thus modified, lnmense NJ
tercsts have been fostered. aud have grown up
IN every part OF our country.
A great problem ID before the nation, Ca"
we, when he national debt is pad. reduce our
resedne system down 10 seven per cent, and
Thereby leave all these inmense Interests al
iae mercy OF European competition and 10
be swept away IN two or three yeas by the O.
vefwhelmius capital of France aud England
The suga, eoltut Of louisiana now employs
about S45, 900 900 produces annually about
wv No',u W pauHus Oh ehRdT WIN You ~
duce the duty on 81 ar fom three oents tn
pound 10 seven per cent on the value DO
II every planter ~ fulned, and the whole state
made bankrup'. It's admitted by intelligent
men IN the southern sintes TINT such meas
ufe would reduc. the productive value OF all
property south OF Ihe Potomac, AT least twenty
live per ernt WHAT sould he he tate oi cot
ton, rice aud tobacco II reduction OF duty
10 even per cent, dll not directly ,nJnre fnese
gfed interests, the converting nj once all
the sag RAISING land and iabour 10 the grow.
ing OF The Other lnree staples OF soulhrfn ne-
rtculpfe mus, of Necessity 80 crowd iht meI-
keis oi The world with those plo1ncts, ptto =.
dnce them at least Que fourth part IN thsr
market yaioe. Destroy tie sugar trade by
this mo iihcat,on vi tue teyrnne ,ysnm. and
the wreck OF thai overthrow would b. like one
burning sbip, urven by want ana currents %"
swh0lr oneaotsd aec Would not this endan
ger 'her salety, II not cit CT their desifueiioo
Undrr he same 5, stem oi revenue, great IN
teirsts nave grown up IN The miide aud North
efn sta,es; IN WOOL, III cuttou and woollen
| CD H., IN mon, IN hardware, and IN great
number OF netnanichi piodu tons. ReduG'
| lnposi 10 seven Put cent. and Is there not C.
| nough surplus Productions Europe, winch
| must os sold, nj some market, aud nj any price
| 10 o'erwhelm all tDese various descriptions oi
| lraht, ana br0g all hese interests 10 "a leve
with ,nose of The south 7 Couii The laboreT
| tho Dechanlc. the iarmer, the manuiaciufef,
| the merchan, or either OF them, escape from
| his foil snare OF this ruin Snips would re.
main, and mariner, aud importation might be
| Continued and Pressrh upoa our narkrts ! bat
| let inca remember that the more any one can
| produce h,,nset. the more can he, and wall he
purchase, and consume OF the ~ oductions OF
some others, II they will receive has productions
! ~ exthange. The ,pOrkuig men Of ms nation
| cahHot, 1iH not support, or eUen endure sys-
lem ol poh .tcat podey. whlch excludes The pro
ducts " Mc" oon taJor from he markets "
HeH ODa county. gaea, atu, ANA s,alee'
ma, vi aat,qau, has SAT-" IL belongs 10 oal
humanity, not 10 permit ,h4 interests OF each
othrr 20 s"he F.; aud It concerns our wisdom
TO know. ihal the great interests Of III man,
cann"l Oe ruined, and The republic remain !,
safety"
| N'sery good reason Gao be given for chan
gI0g asysttm, sustained aud ImpI owed unde,
every iormr administration, nee lhs founding
at the gose.nueaI. Have W. not pruspeIed
under is Our production " constantly ~
creaslng 10, IL require, constantly increeN
ing tonnage, 10 transport al the varieties OF II
10 market In 1918, WE had ABOUT ,lOO, Oot
tons, III tho foreign aud domestic tradr. a,
The close 81 1923, this tonnage had Augmented
10 II traction less than .5OU. UU0 tons. great
Improve favorable TO tue Transporting ca
paeny, has been made ~ our vessels, since
the last war. both n#lusir SIZE aud structure.
Inc parcels al onr buiky exports are more
clos, iy packed; better s,uwsse Is made IN
our sbips and they are 50 nay,batrd, as to
make more passages III gwen l,mr, now
than they made hfteeu years Hgo.-Sauucal
nea ahd ner, chants nave assured me, that al
these eircuinsI ances do aid TO The ellclrney
Of our nominal tonnage al least twenty per zen
over ana above wnai he lac amount OF nom
ina tonnag' could transport, IN gwen iirne,
| III lolo.- his will raise ooI tonnage, IN ELF CT
up To neary ,, lo4, UUO ions ; to almost double
The amount oil 4 at me cl Sc oil last war. Our
vess, l., ure ms constantly employed, now, as
| they were then AnO, consequently, We trans.
pot, and therefore produce, nearly twice as
much, annual y, MS We did III 1915
There was time, when we not only paid for
orr imports, all lot which we could sell our
| exports, hut We often owed a balance, in mo
! ney ,oyer and above that amount. At This time,
our imporl OF consumable comnodIties though
not decreased IN quantity, or cost, has been
FULLY paid Tor by part only Of our exports /;
and tor the balance, gold aud silver, in coin OF
| bullion have been imi orted. THIS whsnever the
! fact before. We are Ia the prosperous condition
OF the farmer, VINO, wnen he has sold his crops,
AZ market, and purchased ali his supplies Tor
the year, finds II thlr balance IN cash, in his
pocke, 10 carry home, The qnan'ny OF gold
! aud SILVER, M the country, from this oanst, is
much greater than at any former period OF Uur
| history. The whole amount is van ously
| estimated by some at thnty, some al Inii-
ty-hve. aud by some as high as at forty
mlIons.-A1e not ,hese things, this increased
production, AMI tbs money balance, strong
marks Of our progress IN weatp, and Of the
soundness Of our system OF policy, heretofore
| established II is The effect OF manufacturing
production, Ia aid Of agricultural; ana both u
ming 10 furnish mercantile employ ment. The
course of the Eoglisn people, has been the
same. Ia ITO, 'hey exported about slK mil
lions sterling, to all the world. In 1850, after a