Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-11-23

through the Telegraph, &c. and brought cut in his
letter sufficient settle the question about the charac
of that Tariff With regard to this statement, well
every other contained in the letter, il is necessary that
the subject should be placed ni's true isht
First however, let us admit for moment, that the du-
ties tpere actually reduced L. il necessary point
that this would bearing the question, whe
Their the Tariff measure OF projections revenue
duty may be increased, without ccaSng 10 be revenue
duty: protective duty may be reduced, without ccasng
to be protective duty The question not was the duty
lowered raised but. tchdt The purpose for
chich Il fired at The point ChCTe u fred2-
Some of the members from s Carolina voted for the
Tariff OF 1892, in preference to that which it has
perseded; and have that ground been denounced by
Rr C's partZlns, Unconscious instruments, well
willing ooi>) having thereby sanctioned the pro-
policy. That this Tariff does contain protec-
tive duties is true; aud by voting for 1t, they there
ioro voted for protective duties But what was their
motive? Did they for them, because OF the proicc
non they would afford? No: directly the They
voted Tor the h because reduced the duties below the
point at which they already fixed. That this was
their motive, doubts, one has pretended TO ques
ton: every knows, that, had depended Them the
duties would have been still further reduced The abSur
city asserting that their sanctioned the proec
tive policy is less agrant, then, than would be that OF
charging with sanctonng the crime OF murder, on
the ground that in in which two men would have
been murdered without his intervention lac inerposed and
saved of the lives This abSurdty not, however,
too hgrant 10 he venured in pursuit of the noble OBJ
jet OF prostranug every Southern whose judgment
integrity makes him obstacle 10 the OF Mr.
Cahoun'S scheme OF iuiuating the Southern mind to the
point that will render the continuance of the Union
impossible On the mere grou al OF voting for sure
because it reduced the duties aud with that motive for
the unquestioned motive, they denounced
from their principles and at the very time, Tor rah
while their dcnunciaon plotting at Washington
in anticipation of the known they would pur
sue) Mr. Calhoun * writing letter, urging strong
evidence, that the Tariff of lSl6 gave countenance
the protective policy the fact that "reduced the
duties -
1T remains be whether this fact be true false
Suppose the permayent rate OF duty, as fixed by law a
any given point of time, be, say IL liz per cent Sup
pose break out and that in consequence thereof
law be passed, doubling all duties for limited period
TO wit-unt the expiration OF year after the cessation
OF the Suppose, now, the have ceased, an
the first of peace be about expire; and that
permanent Tariff he then enacted, fixing the duty
for three years at 25 per and after that term, at
per cent. Suppose, further, that man, unacquante
with these facts applies 10 another, well acquainted will
them, for information the character OF this new Tariff
and that he he told, that "instead Of asing, il re
duced the du;ies Has this inquirer received
Information, false information? Has any knOwlcdg
of the truth been impaired 10 him il he still fun
ther from it now, than he before he had sir
gle impression the subject? In making, with rcgar
10 the character of permanent duty, such state
mcnt involves comparison with prc-eXistng duties
which does truth require to take for his standard
temporary dIy which about TO cease the prc-eS
listing permanent Duty which, having been temporaril
suspended, about 10 come in force again Can her
be doubt this point? But whether there can,
there is fact which is altogether beyond doubt:
1916 when the subject under discussion the perfn
duty Invariably referred the standard;
the new Tariff was viewed by every raising "h
duties" Considering the subject, therefore, upon II
oundaon which it is placed by the extinction OF IL