Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-08-21
Voc. XXRX.---No. SD.

gentleman supposed he was u,terng "OL Su" ,is
meht oil pa'rous yet wherein does differ in ia prin
opc orls purpose from the buGle blast of Roeiick Dhu
raying his clansmen for border eXpedition of ronr,
ana plumber! In what moral characteristic does Ills eeis
R'Ve crusade against the lawful commerce of the south
IN T ia uher iom military invasion of England, by
e H;gdnders of Scotland for similar purnoses Thor
' uiherenCe' sur: In The former case there no ami
a"hg pfihcipe hut cold calculation Of interest; in Tie
later national anupathy, supposed injuries and the thr
'or military renown, cover the Injustice and avace
me proceeding with the glare, least of false plov
This further difference exists: In military s,ruggle nc
pa'e Is not always 10 the strong-courace and herosp in
Just may overcome sl,perior nupIore i - b1 o
hiice Is he armed who hath his quarrel lust and he Int
naked though locked up steel whose conscience with
injustice Is corrupted" Moreover, there is true Glory I'M
isspeces OF invasion, and the conflict produces
h'gh national virtues in the resisting parv 10
Tor Their sacrifices But here sir in this Legislative war
are the contest is decided exclusively by the mere bru
,1rce OF numbers Nalor, argument eloquence Justice
these are not estimated in counting over the avos and Moe
Any man VINO can utter one of these monosylalcs is 20
nrgn'y as MS chieItan There is no art device hv
which one vote can be made counterva two apda mn.
!orly oil one is as decisive majority of one thousand
IN subjecng the property of the minority to the irrespon
/ sole action oil the power that Expresses them
| consolidated Government, extending oyer ,his con
inent, and assuming regulate and control Tho cont,
oca interests oil The States, would be the heaviest and
most desoatng curse that could be inflicted upon bc
PIE Oh ms Union in the shape of Government 1t was
once proposed Sir that under the auspices Of a Queen a.
England, King Of France and Pope of Rome all En-,
rope should be converted into great Imperial Republic
and speculative writers have considered as spcndJ
conception, which, if ii had been realized would have
conferred great blessings the nations over which His
common Government would have been extended There
was never more Utopian vision. What would have
been the result if this scheme had been occo,nnIb
ed' ihe three great powers without the expense Of
armies and navies, without the pers Of war or n,c
shedding OF human blood would have made all the sui.
ordinate States of Europe tributary their treasures
and subservient their schemes of ambition and avaric
by the cheaper, and safer, and efficient power OF
federal legislation. Suppose that England and France
were united into Federal Government such as we have
made this in practice and that England hould have 500
representatives. and France 500 in the common egis-
auye council Pray SIR would England have any sec,ri-
iy Tor her rghs' Would not eight hundred French re-
personalities be majority five hundred Eupsb re
personalities, and would not the first act of this federal
legislature assuming Inc viii OF the majority their char
ter ana us interest as their object sweep the whole COM
merce of England from the ocean? Would not Enoani
strand to this pointl wish your aenon-would not En-
gland be reduced to condition Of Colonial vassaage To-
France? "
And here, sir, it is curious melancholy and die,
ressng, to how striking the analogy between that
colonial vassalagc, which the nanniaciurno state
have rS Anglo 6meag States and that which formerly
In speech recently deIivered8e to the British empire.
JtrhY (not of this Housc the orator in dcuUisom Ken
selves II is himseiff "Genemen deceive them
acceptance 1t is in eeeet hey are 70 our
that we are invited adopt; ana if their noIicv prevoiI
VIII lead substantially the re-colonizaon of these
states under the commercial dominion of Great Britain
-. W i TO concentrate, in tho came number Of
words greater perversion OF ideas, greater mass Of
error than we have in this extract Re-colonized md.
tne dominion OF England! What semblance of founda-
uon Is there for such assertions; Does the Cavern
hent oil England prevent the United States directly o.
""t'ecuy' from enjoying free commerce with all dc
rest oil The world, pretend to the RIGHT IT
doing so Every one knows that she docs not But
sir, the Southern States OF this Union are reduced
| TO condition strictly, and 10 all intens and purposes
colonial under the dominion of the manufacturino<
States; condition incomparablv worse ,an tbat G,
which our forefathers released themselves bv the reyo
ton Let us trace tho analogy England said to he's
American colonies, you shall with the rest of M
world Tor such manufactures produced in the ma
her country The manufacturing States say TO their
southern colonies, you shall not trade with the rest Of C
world for such manufactures IRE produce under PEN
any oil ory per cent upon the value Of every cargo de-
ected IN tins Illicit commences which penalty aforesaid
sha be ievied collected, and paid out of the products Of
your huuSuy 10 nouTlsh and sustain ours. Now sir, iY
what solitary particular does this American colonial sy
tenn differ from The former British colonial system on the
score OF principle! Are the most vital interests tc
most inconestbe rights of the southern States violated
and sacrificed TO promote the interests of the governing
majority; and is this step dame Government 5nv tl,nT
more than the mere instrument of that majority in making
the inheritance OF one portion Of this great family of Satc
tributary to another portions!
But, sir while the principle OF colonial vassalaoe l. ne
same as that from which forefather redeemed them
selves the actual oppression under which the Southern
states are now suffering. q speak in measured anguage
more man one hundred times greater The markets Of
all the rest OF the world from which the English colonies
were excluded by the colonial policy of the mother coun
Try, were comparatively magnificent. England was the
BEST and the natural market Of the colonies and the re-
strcons which excluded Them from the rest of Europe
were almost purely nominal On the other hand sir Tho
markets OF the world from which this American colonial
system excludes The Southern States are absolutely vital
to their prosperity, might almost cav to tlcir eorco
And use no figure when say that the contamination of
the avowcd purpose Of this system, the end to which il inc
vitality tends would make the Southern planting com
hope.
will now proceed to bestov passing notice upon some.
OF the grounds of general ezpedency upon whch the adj,
vocates OF the protecting system have attempted to sus.
tain 1t as measure OF national policy
1t is ADMITTED, all hands that If other nations would
adopt the policy Of free trade il would be aud expe-
dent for the United States TO pursue the policy; but
Is coDtended that nation prosper without COM
mercal restrictions, while other nations adopt and adhere
TO them. This conceive TO be the radical error upo
which this whole system originally founded; yetu
has not the slightest foundation in reason Take the
Of our commerce with England IL is admitted that
If that country would receive grain and lumber with
out prObiiYe restrictions, IL would be wsc in us 10 re-
ceive her manufactures IN like manner But how il The
varied by her refusal receive our grain and lu-
berg To the States which produce this grain and lumber,
this refusal on The part Of England, IL, in itself
plctc ptOhbdOnO the importation OF her manufacturer
But England receives or cotton freely, and to
greater amount, than any other nation, or indeed than
principle which would make Il wise and expodient
20 receive manufactures IN exchange for grain and un
bcr render equally 10 receive them in exchange for
cotton2 Tho advantage which would the cot
ion-p planters aud the nation from the free exchange Of
American cotton for English manufactures, would not be
diminished TO the amount Of single cent by the refusal
Of England TO exchange her manufactures, with equal
freedom, for American grain and lumber ID is true. that
England would receive grain aud lumber freely
as size does our cotton VIC should derive benefit fo6
this exchange aud Eng land herself would derive sin
greater benefit Bot is II not the very extravaganza &C
human folly. deprive ourselves vOiuniary and arsuif
ouy Of the immense benefit Of those exchanges which
she offers by the free admission of our cotton and
the cbeapncss Of her manuaciures merely because we
also obtain like benefit from similar exchange
Of grain and lumber