Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-24

strike the thinking mind, how clear annsght into all the
national as the message and the reports give TO the rea-
der and how greatly they differ in this respect FROM cor
responding papers OF most European countries of which il
would be impossible 10 obtain by weary aruous study
so distinct view the reader may obtain by simply read
ing inc Ancrcon statements There is what important
above every thing, honesty and onAness in these pa
pars which produce in the reader very different effect
from ha' caused by the perusai OF similar European pa
pors.
May our brethren in South America be Induced by
g"heS az these papers TO initiate US, not merely in the
iorns ogovernment but also in those equally inporon,
points IN which government and our liberty and our
/ prosperity lind their sole safe foundation.
[From the Salem Gazette
II is due the public, (who are no, already informed on
the subccO that they should longer be cudod as re-
spects tho Tariff, by partiaan writers on thai subject
And FIRST as respects the table of duties arranged in
Fridays Gazette, which the Friend to American Indus
try seems TO call in question Instead of attempting
answer him in all his wiatings which do readily
N' PC ." i'c , 10 = Ps'i h"' Teai( Aho"' no"
reo'Scrt that the Table OF prices OF woOens with the
duties annexed, according my best belief il correct in
every particular il stands in the Gazette. The sbc
can sec tTa the duties arc enormous and vary from 10
225 per cent on thc cost, These goods asbeoc remarked
such w0rnby the labourng people the super
fine cloths pay the least duty Coarse also which COS
under Boots yd pay duty of let's. per I'D. These are
used ornegro cloths, and usually about 25cS yd
There are about two and half millions of negroes to be
coiheddoes cause surprise that the South should
PLAIN! when, with this duty, these the cheapest
cloths TO be had even in tho Kew England market AS
respects Fnnncls, 'A Friend to American Industry ar
ranges his rank and file of chimcaS with great prccion
and he ancies they ARMY; but what the facts
OF these we have taken small pains come at For
example, quality OF good midding Fanncs rs wide, of
which number OF bales have been sold season
Tor $2l ps OF rs yds The weight of piece is IL
lhsthe price of the wool about So ca"ng 10 the manu-
lcure SO per piece for labour and profit piece of
Flannel of dis description is subject duty of 50 per
piece The worst of Flanncs, only 81 wide, aud too
poor Tor our fishermen and sailors is subject of
shilling per yard, 81 66 per piece! Comment al
most unnecessary; but when il known that there are
two Factories in this neghborhooi which it is said turn
out o 400 to 600 pieces per week. with the privilege of
the Tariff in their favor, is ii at all surprising chat there
should be interested writers, anxious support of such
system! The friends OF the Tariff, and among them the
Boston Courier assert thai the law repealed Amer-
can manufactures would rsci because writer in the
Salem Gazette is of different opinion the courty Courier
stgma;izcs him ''fool knavc" For the truth of
ms assertion he points you the rise of Moasses and
Coffee If there il any truth in this, if these assertions
are not entirely heorcss why not petition for repeal and
mus enhance The price; On the other hand, thera
those who We know largely Interested in the manulac
lure oil fannel Who say, that it their belief that
oil uen have made tins branch OF manufactures profitable
III this assertion is hoartless the preceding then
why tax the community % cents per yard, $40 per
family in the Union?
When stated and prorc4 that yard of broadolo,h
on inches WIDE and cost LIZ per square yard sub
Joct to duty OF 81 per yard spoke TO facts with
which NC are all Of Us acquainted. How has "a Friend
TO American Industry replied? That among his other
accomplishments, he knew how read, and owned the
laIlit-ond shall not deny what his eyes had seen. If
that writer with intention show the tax the consume
or pays on the consumption OF broadcloih, makes his quo
,lioh nom hc ann he mas made statement which he
cannot prove for il is not a fact" While A Friend TO
American Industry denies Jact founded tho plancst
evidence OF its truth, will stop 10 question his o~
compishmcnts, of which he speaks so compacenv fur
Their than 10 say that in this instance thew will avail him
nothing But the Friend 20 American Industry" when
he casshii eyes towards Nantucket and New Bedford he
seems IN rapures and in blaze of oil as were he
writes verses without mercy. He speaks of his know
ledge at which, he says, seem 10 sncor We assure
him this Is a GroundlesS suspicion.
One more remark, and we have done. He asserts,
"ihc merchants OF the country nothing about the
duties ON IRON hemp duck and corage they know that
the price ot freight predcacd upon the of the ma
chine used in transporting H. and they complaint
These assertions which remain TO be poycd(or il Is
computed that merchant who builds five ships of SOC
tons each, and them 10 years. the poorer by the
operation of the tariff by $4,000 Besides he is
mistaken in asserting that merchants predicate The
price OF freight ON the price OF the of his ship For
The American merchant himself obliged to conform TO
the price OF freight established by the shipping inter
composition.
ANOTHER FRIEND TO AatEnIcAN INDusrRY
TAN or BooKsIt is well known that imported books
Of certain kinds, are subject 20 taxation, like ordinary ar-
GIGS oil merchandise With laudablc regard the pro-
gress OF science aud camre the trainers Of successive
revenue laws have allowed books, maps, charts &C. for
incorporated philosophical societies. and scminarics of
learning 10 be imported free ofducs. Those imported bv
hoocaicrs for SALE and by private students are taxed
The duties on books imported durinc The wear
ending sept 30, 1880, upwards of $3.50 900 If re-
venue IS needed, there is of popety in taxing
BOOKS imported articles Of merchandise, but il seems
hard to require duty of the private student who imports
DOCKS or the very reason mainly that he canne have
cSss to the libraries of public societies and COLLEGES who
import duty Tree Other inconsistencies in the Tarlaws
relating to books, pointed in the following para
graph From the BANKER Of the Constitution
"AIl books bound and habound, in the English Ian
guage, pay-wha think you, gentle rcader?so much all
udioTenR much upon the cost, so as to make the veal
thy importer of elegantly gilt and splcnddy bound books
pay III proportion TO Lis for expensive editions and the
poor scholar who prefers furnishing his head to decorating
ms library, pays ia proportion TO his limited means? No
such thing The duty is laid upon books as is laid up
on salt, beef, hogs brstlcsso much p0iid: thriv
cents a pound upon books bound and halfbound and
Wcnty-siX cents upon books in sheets. Our learned Con-
gcss IN laying this duty, have followed the rule of The
Dutch critic, who always estimated the merits of book
as he dd those OF cheese by It's thickness and except
ing The system, equally wise prac5cd in Brazil of char
gng duty upon pictures and paintings dcccOrding To their
$'Ee-hu' measuring the great genius of Rembrandt Rcu-
pens or David, by foot rucYc have no know cdrc of
any thing so absurd Penobsc0t Jou7ld
PRoGREss or FREE TRADE DocTR1NEs-In the
Banner OF the Constitution for Wednesday we have ca
aoguc OF the names of the newspapers published in diff
iercn parts OF the Union which avO tie doctrines of IL
bera commercial policy. The whole number is ninefn
three vi these there in Maine, 8 in New HamD-
SHIRE, IN Massachusetts, l in Connecticut, in New
l ork, in New Jersey, 10 in Pennsylvana, in Mary
land, in the District OF Columbia, in Ohio in lndi-
ana, In Illinois in Missouri, ] in Arklnsas in Ten
nessec, III Mississippi, in Alabama in Virginia iu
respectable array truly hut large the list IS we We
ry much doubt whether it includes the whole number of
journals friendly TO the true doctrines Of commercial legi
"Ion We are most surpizcd at The number in Ohio and
Fenna "Ihrec years ago asks The B. Of the Constitutions
where was tae paper north OF the Potomac tout of the
cities OF New York, Salem and Boson) or in The western
country ulat manully opposed The American Svstcms