Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-22

euok 10 tno ocean,
~ distributed among manufactured
We 90 not believe the people Of the United Sates
WIN consent TO pay twenty-four Millions nor ten mil
nons, nor nvs millions. for the sole purpose Of protect
iog manufactures IL they perceive that the money
raised By protecting duties not dsvoed TO u.esi and
honest Pusposss they will demand their reduction or
We, therefore, concur with the PresiSeot 10 the O..
pinson that the duties articles constituting portion OF
n:ee.ssries and comforts Of life should be reduced
OF entirely repealed. more certain OF rreser.
wing the protecting duties could be recomm nded
what interest ha, any portion Of our manufacturers
aSricu'turass In preserving the duies tea cof-
hees cocoa, pepper cinnamon, any other foreign pro-
duee or manufactures which do not GENE into CONNIE.
stiou with the fruits Of their lsborl The duties ON
those articles yield no protection. bn, they produce
considerable amount Of revenue. They will con,inu
TO do 90 after tho national debt sha be \.
net better for the labor of the country that the amour,
o. those duties should be levied upon other articles
enat come into composition with domestic productsl n
they continue to be levied upon these articles. they
viii diminish, as they do nov, the amount collected
rem articles tho manufacture or growth of which 10
our own country need the encouragement of protect
Ing tariff:
Of the true friends Of protecting tariff to repeal eveyv
duty which has protective efe.t The whole reve.
nue Of the country would then be adjusted upon i'm.
Ports with view to the protection o, domestic odu.
Try. With reduced revenue, the protection will then
be more efficient than ii Is now; and there will be no
national debt.
The admoni,ion, Of the President are the voies If
wisdom. Take of the duties the necessities and
comforts Of life, and correct the abuses Of the tariff Al
just tho whole revenues Of the country such impor
ed manufactures and produce compete with our own
domestic labor: then will protection be confined 10 m.
legitimate objects the system of protecting duties will
Dc Identified with the revenue system of the country,
aud cannot be shaken.
Most sincerely do accord with tn, President In
the sentiment that our deliberations on this inter-
estng subject should De uninfusnced by those partisan
conflicts that are incident to free institutions To
make this great question, which nhappiiy SO much d.
vide: and exces The public mind. subservent to the
shortsighed views OF faction, must destroy all hope
settling satisfactorily to the great body Of the peo
pie, aud for the general Interests. cannot there.
FORE, says he " on taking leave Of the ,uhsct too
earnestly for my own feelings or the common rood.
warn you against tbs bghtning niu ence of such A
e,urse."'
Il is not too much to say that from faction has the ia
run derived nest oil rs bad features; and it is faction
Iy which endangers its gosd Its provisions have Been
arranged too little with u regard 10 equality iustiee
and the public good, aud much with reference 10
effect political elections; satisfactory to nobo w. in
furious 10 many, aud to .s,me as hey aller. fatal
Members Of Congress, fearing they should not BE- able
TO maintain tariff at that time did think proper TO
vote againsti, Lest such might have a sinister
intueuce on the election to the Presidency of DO.
feal favore. Some too voted for it, believing that
In season OF more tranquility its would be cor
reccd, and Its defects supplied. .Notc mel dare not
attempt to correct even acknowledge inperfections
and errors which they once condemned, lest thew
should impair It's force as political we apon
Is this safe bass on which 10 rest an essential
branch OF our domestic policy, involving one or two
hundred millions Of dollars aud the regular pursuits Of
many thousands Of our ci,zens! Are these immense
interests to be cast upon the Of party STRIFE and
rise and sink with the defeat of particular
candidate for the presidency Those who have an a.
gency in producing result so disastrous will have
much to answer Tor to an injured people. Thew al .
tempt to put TO hazard the whole projecting system
upon the doubtful result of election. They DESTROY
all certainty in this branch Of domes tic policy and
MI those who have property embarked in manufactures
with anxiety and alarm Worse than the most desperate
gamblers, they put to stake, not their money but
tho property the pursuits, the of subsistence of
nj nd nt fnasr tat M
engaged in quiet occupations embark in contests Of
party strife, as means OF promoting their private in
teress They encourage, by theory and practice. a
spirit Of gaming in all the affairs Of society," which will
exhibit its deeterous effects; the broad theatre
of the nation alone, but in Staes towns and CORPORA
lions; hazardng public and private interests in strug-
giles to crafty personal ambition. They DESTROY the
efficiency OF the tariff of retalaing the self
sh policy Of foreign nations Perceving that our gov
ernmentis actuated by no settled policy, and that its
measures adopted and rescinded with the alternate
success oil contendng parties instead of being brought
10 concession by the effect OF couneracng legis
tion upon their essential interests, will await perhaps
promote change OF party, certain means of OBJ
tanning change OF policy. Our country will thus be-
come powerless in its means Of retaliation il not the
scene Of foreign intrigue and corruption. Finally, they
destroy the respect OF the people for the tariff and lead
them to consider it, not as permanent and essential
interest of the country, but merely weapon par
ty warfare be shvered and struck from the hand OF
political opponent consigned the fate which
waits its advocates in defeat.
1t has often been the fate OF good measures in
republic, 10 DC SeiLcu Oy aspiring demagOgues
means of accomplishing their selfish purposes Caring
nothing for the public interests, and regarding on V
their sefaggrandsemen by professions of extraordi.
nary ZEAL they have been enabled to station
OF leaders To maintain that position, and attain the
prize of their ambition they oustrp all the honest and
prudent advocates OF true policy, and push every
lar measure to excess. Borne the tide of public
feeling before their hypocrisy is discovered they have
sometimes been able to force themselves into the cia-
del OF power. The successful examples of unprnci-
Piled ambition in other ages and countries may in OH,
own inspire hope of success by the OF the same
means, in men OF like habits and fortune.
Nothing be fatal to the true aad lasting inter
ests OF manufactures, any other essential interst
cur country as the Incorporate s. hypocritical support
such men, and yet in the progress of hisory these
great interests may justly dread their fatal friendships
Without INDUCING in any invidious anticpatons we
may expect that as in other countries, so in this from
among such men a leader may appear; with eloquent
harangues and arfu appeals he may scatter deiusons
and lead reason captive he may induce them TO think
that high tariff on articles which we cannot as well
as those which Can produce, and reenting per-
secuton OF all who oppose 1t constitute the true
policy of the Republic and that he alone, placed at the
head OF the government give II practical effect
-ln his grasp afier power, he may seize upon every
measure that appeals TO the rsooai INTEREST," and
tional feelings of men, end rally around him pary
pledged to sustain in liz thea condition the Tariff or any
other measure, though deemed opp essive by many
aud imperfect by all. He may drnounce prudence
and moderation In its support hostility TO the system
and stignase traitors those whom he and bis pari.
sans may have stujously excl ed violent opposition
He may deDounce hostility to the tariff all opposition
TO himself, and ebdeavor to force the community TO
consider the fate oi the pro Getting policy as Identified
shall appvar, it will be the duty Of wisdom and psro.
tiam. nd he Mt ot all h,ne Al