Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-14

out Of che qusssIon, seeming TO suppose that there - no
sveh individual, that all Tho woolien goods intsod ueed
into the couosy psss through the Custom House, and
Now, u this be The fact. Il iorms an objection to IN.
present tariff which cannot be got over. II the high
dutss laid, ssd the regulAslsns for appraising goods. lead
70 such On extensive system OF shicanery and fraud.
let them be abolished a, once. We remember The
manufacturers. at the session Of Congress before last.
were ~ siAmorous about tho frauds Of the revenue 40
they ere now. A Law wee Psssed with q view OF doioe
away The ground OF such comrlainu tor the futur .
Law highly ineonveniept 10 tho importer, aud s.vere In
its penalties. This law The manufacturers In their re-
Appraisers, yet they s'iil complain Of frauds on the 70.
venue. The only inference 10 be dedueed from This 10,
that the whole sys,em Is bad, and canno, be exseui.d.
lfssvsse rules Of appraiser 'nt. up lightly carried ia,e
edss'. cannot collect the high duties, why continue in
Evidence such Q temptation 20 constant irsuo. n rsuds
ere committed To the manner stated IN Mr.. Schenck'.
report. they ere by bic owu showing the fruit OF ,he
'ninissusn system. which wss the iuveu'ion Of the
mauufse'urers themselves. and which eei'aiLly cf,ss
tsmpts'ions 70 unfair dealing. Abolish the temptation,
DO away the minimum sys'sm, put 4 lair nd ratorem
duty on the sr icis imported, aud there will be no need
Of ell this elumsy aud oppressive apparatus Of Regulations
for appsaisiDg goods.
eehenek has produced any evidence Of their existence.
He has aiduesd only hs own suspicious. jeaiousiss and
opinions. He sees the market full OF imported low
priced woolien eocds. AMI therefore suspects that they
have been unfairly introduced. He inquiries tho prices
~ which they were invoicrd, and avows his solemn
eonviedon that they were invoiced too Low, as Il be cause
they were imported cheaper than no could make the m
himself, thst, therefore tho importer was a rogue. He
hsars that she Marshal Of The District has advertised
the seizure OF . parcel Of wooisn goods, for an attempt
seenssv shsm frsudulsntly; and therefore concludes that
Irregular syGtem Of fraud 10 p~raetised. Such seems 10
BE- the testimony on which The repor, 10 founded. Al.
Though, tu the outset. he admits that the Collector
seems stsrw ards to forget the admission Tor he charges
ths Collector with having suffered himseit TO be per-
studded into improper complisncss. and The appraisers
with having estim ated certain woolleus too low.
AZ his . clear matter 10 tho opinion Of the msnufaeiu-
rsrs, that nobody san execute the revenue laws bu,
shsm'slvss, the convention appointed q committee Of
their body 70 attsnd 70 the matter. This committee or.
TO aid the officers OF Government In detecting, expos
toG and bringing to punishment. tho perpeirstors Of
trAud' on the rsvsnue. an arrangement which will 70.
lisvs our eetieetoss and appraisers Of much responsible.
lily. Alter avo,e Of thALks TO Mr.. Sehenek for his
''norat eosrsgc," shewn In his laboss @ kesp up The
prices 81 bic wollsn soods, the convention adjourned.
nv Y.E. Post.
Correspondent u the Journal Of Commeree.-while
tho letters from Washington, published in the Journal of
Commerce., we're confined to the columns OF that paper.
we were not disposed to arraign the author or notice
their contents: a paper established upon hypocritical
principles, and t~raficking upon religion, is the fit vehicle
oil SANDER and calumny : II is quite In character. But
when papers protesting to have some reputation for truth
and desency, %repubiish these letters with marks of an.
proval, II becomes our duty to show the character of the
writer, which cannot be done more effectually than by
re-pubiishing extracts from his letters which appeared
- 'ttS PsPSt Ah ASSJ. w SHOW u Wnat extent a man
possessed OF some cleverness as a writer, can hold two
sets OF opinions on the same things. In exhibiting the
ambidexter position Of this letter-writer for the Journal
oil Commerce., we show how little confidence is 10 be
placed ia his principles, or in what he writes. Men
should be paid for their labor, and when a man Il, re.
duced to the necessity of writing on both sides Tor a liy-
ing. we may depiore the circumstance which have led
to this humiliation, but the influence of such a writer on
the public mind should be governed by his position
sven Z writer may be read by all, but believed by none.
Tho following extracts are made from letters original.
iy published in this paper, and written by the very per
son who is now employed to abuse the administr alton,
Ia tho columns OF that 'Pious' concern, the Journal OF
WAsEtNeroN,-June 18th, lS29.-"The operations
OIL mo government have been very still, and for the last
week furnished little for speculation. Indeed, were it
not Tor the lamentations OF. a few removed from Office,
the whole country wouldbe in a state of the greatest
tranquility. With these premises, il NAV be fsiriy
la'orred that tho people. are satisfied with their own
work. Tho presidentis doing all and no more than wac
promised, with a single view 10 the establishment of 4
pure, sconomicai, and rigorous system in every depart
ment oil the government, and here and there having
found cause for exception in the conduct OF some idle
and faithtess men, fastened and pensioned upon the re-
venue, he has caused them to be dislocatcd. Defalca.
ions are thus discovered, and the procedure corrected.
18th, 1929 YOU NAV
fully comprehend the value Of fidelity and vigilance i'm
high public officers, permit me to remark, that la the do
Partinent lately superiniended by MIR. Rush, there have
been discovered 10 discrepancy, while in those of the
State, War and Navy departments, depreciation upon de-.
probation has been piled like mountains upon mountains.
Now. mark the cause OF this difference. Mr.. Rush re-
y - "o HOstp tuttDturtY EudIutnR the
public interests; while the President, SesretarNie State,
Secretary OF War, and Secretary of the Nav% were
travelling over the country promoting parades, shows,
oarbacuss, and all sort Of pageantrics in which they
might have a chance TO display TO the best advantage
their splendid capacities for eating, drinking, ,oasting,
speaking and hoodw mixing, some sycophants and as many
fools"
WARRINGTON, Aug. Both, 1929.
THE late mysterious proclamation set forth in the
cincinnati G'zette, elaiming for Mr.. CLAY a little
more modes,y than has been exhibiie 10 bis career Il zee
his dinner speech a, Bernara's, unfolds 10 those fami-
Nsr with his Wills. a state OF things in bis favorito West,
Blasting to all his hoppe. Ha has seen the ef-c of his
anehss.rned add perms'urs ambition, in setting W Is
me standard-bearer ar TalyiDg point OF opposition.
tie mas seen that HIS arrogance has only aroused IN.
lesiju'y OF a rival 10 the west, perhaps Inclined, under
no conditions, TO rally with him, while IL has admonish.
ed all tho most el:vaIed members OF The Ja:k.on party,
or rather Peoples party. TO cherish unity, conc; rd and
Cancellation, that 10 the day Of trial they NAV no, be
shorn OF heir might. Mr.. CLAY, in bar,erins swsv
his principles andspoli,iesl aft ances for FL. late trea.y
with MIR. Adam, seems utterly to have relir al
pre'oDtioos TO ordinary ssgsciiy, and therefore IL 10 that
ne fashiy drives he adIoDg from one dilemma 10 another
more d~esperate. until HE alterations have become 90
s'Aring. that HE own abet'ors arc startled at tho hope
tsesness of his Gaze"
WARRINGTON, Sept. "a, 1929.
The coalition pre.es-ths presses who're occupation
70 Md FAULT with measures, good or bad-ars making
much OF your conjecture relative 10 the wealth Of Abrs.
ham Bradley. lately Dismissed. from the office OF Assls-
fant TO the Post Master G.persI"
WARRINGTON, Oct. 10, 1929
Mr. Pfeb'c 10 still here; but u 10 understood bs is
preparing for the N.,hei lands, snd will shorty EN-.
Dark Tor bs post. IL 10 supposed he is well furn. shed
on ths question OF the nor bern BOUNDARY, Your Iavor,.
oo notice OF MIR. Van Buren, Is due to his xsnplarv
INDUSTRY, ss NJ. Pr,be, ard Every o.hsr minister who
mas gone abroad with bis instruction., will testify. II.
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