Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-10-02
Ansccrs received by he Richmond Committee of en-,
respomdente on he sMhiect of .NMlLiGcniinn-

TtSpORdellce on NE subject Of .NtiifcdfiOu
ALBEMARLE County, Virginia, Sept g. 1892
Gentlemen: have the honor TO acknow lclpe Tie re-
ceip OF your circular Of the 20 ul bearing the Angus
ia post mark of The 9Th. You ask me AT the instance nj
public meeting OF my fellow citizens of Richmond conn
ty TO communicate 10 them, through you nay sentiments in
regard TO NULLIFIcATIoN, and forward me the pro.
ceedings OF the meeting the best explanation of the
acts and motives of those who composed it, Such A re
quest so urged, demands, for my credit an inIncJ
ate and explicit answer. The election is rapidly ap
preaching aud any intentional delay or disguise would
be inconsistent with my habits, and unworthy of your
Representative
consider notification, proposed remedy for the
evils oil The Tariff unsOund in theory and unsafe in prac
tee This opinion, probably OF little consequence TO anv
one but myself though uttered frankly is hone ,y,ont
any unge OF arrogance or dognaisn.
haVng answered The question put 10 me-, one in the
catalogue oil candidates, might, if this an ordinary
OCCASION be permitted TO conclude, with the approved for
mula, oil gratitude and devotion 10 my generous consi,u
ens and 10 The personal friends, through whom their com
munication has been made. But the imc-he circun,-
sahces-'he great interests at sakethc danger the
crisis TO our country and the oil freedorn-a al
mohiSh me not TO deal in the common places OF holiday
ceremony or TO shelter myself behind dry and barren
generaiiiey
My sentiments arc not demanded, on account of any
personal suspicion, the apprehension of pecuor onge
from notification ia Congress They have been renuiGed
most probably from atcing but mistaken estimate of
heir PoDc influence with the public and "a in our d,v
ana land every man Judges well ill., for himself Won
look not Tor opinions only, but reasons TO support
them. 'F'O''
Though usually regarding the nsigniicance Of mere
party controversies with contempt ! ilcir intolerance
and mai2ny with disgust every personal wish and taste
ana eenE Is lost in question like the present lis in
nnsic magnitude and enduring effects no one will deny
ana my views OF ~ ~ hou2h neither novel or profound
are due to soctiOn ct co;nuuuity among IS oi the
best and longest part Of my life has past in The Inheritance
OF mutual good WII, and YOU, tho companions of nv
youth or boyhOOd In such au intercourse conceal,
would be piiIuI-Prolcssions misplaced Thoughts open
ca without Teseryeemoious the deeper for spprc ssion
may DC sdcy commended 10 the favourable INTERPRETATION
Oh men, whose experience Of the world must ere Ills
nave taught them there is always least heart where there
is most tongue.
ltisimpossbIe for me defend p1iiac or deny n,e
evils Of protective tariff At cvcrv stage Of r,v ,c
car hIe nave borne testimony aginst them But can
hO'-I'Te nor say they ere uncuIurdble-irremrdahIe-
OF thurey 10 be imputed 10 he grlspng avadce OF any
Po'l'oh OIL oHr country Writing within view of Novrt.
CELLO, once the home and now the pr,vn Of Irsvrn
son, may not pofano the mir breathe win the In,
Of SU0mSsioH Neither must bear false yues. ,e,,i,s,
my heshuOr, Tor Ills name reminds me, that some 6ve
ana twenty years ago, Tie Patriarch Of American Fro
DOM assisted by Southern poitcans ail in the excu.
SION " an commerce with foreign nations the f9unIs
non OF protection 10 domestic manufactures ave uus,
bfmg our workshops irou' Europe We must not con
sumo the productions OF those who inute and insult 49,
"Persb Commerce. let our Constitution li,,. -, SIT
was the language which for years found an echo i'm evc
southern bosom. from the Potomac 10 The Nississ,r;
such was the feeling th5t bore through Ef,b,r,,
Non-lntcrcOurscN on Imports fion--War. Mood / toll
YOU gentlemen, That II southern votes which it
esh'ceh huulfcd and sixteen carried tariff partly f.
revenue, parity protective against the strenuous oppo
sH0n o. TIE navigating INTEREST," AmImusfI protest cver
to YOU h5 is recopudon Is not made 10 d. ,nd or ar
cuse, the past or e prcscuto nculpaie or exculpate
any man. or party 0t pcoplcbut simply because fr ~
THE IHUIH ~ hc thorns reap. are Of the tree ve
Paned ihcy may not wound US the ess. bat surely soc
nave no rSh 10 impuie all the injury TO others do NOT
'"y we ouSh' to bear Them patiently, or az al. I viii