Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-11-27

sum of IL millions, and although, for the present
year, the amount will be muuh greater, in conse-
qencc oil tue late excessive importations, the esti-
mate of the committee may be accepted as a ust
measure of the permanent annual product of the
customs for the purposes of peace establishments
IL will MOI, however, be forgotten that this state
of tire revenue is transitory, it i'm some mea-
sure, unexpected. 80 far, too, has resulted from
an incorporate spirit of speculation, which has pro-
portioncd our supply of foreign articles neither to
inc demand nor the means of payment, it may have
impaired the mercantile capital of the country, which
rs closely connected with it's prosperity Attribute
what we may of this revenue, however to chance
or imprudcnce, it cannot fail To convince us that the
means of the nation are adequate to the early re-
denpon of its debt"
The reader may think that am abusing his patience
as that OF jury often abused long after the case has
made itself clear Midday -igh-but must beg him
To extend il yet little further Let us suppose that the
sinking fund had been raised any point You
that the determination 10 raise il had the nopon
OF the Taria that there was no in The
hea mat such measure was resolved in order that
might require the duties be raised to the points of PRO
Inhibition or protection Let suppose ia, every sheet
the inelligenccr every congressional documents the re
ports OF the Secretary and of William Lowndes-eyery
thing calculated to throw any light upon the subject had
been converted into smoke and ashes hour came
from the press Ill, the utter idlsehood of this a,acos
assertion stares uS in the face whichever way we turn
We cannot open the volume containing the naked text OF
the laws without seeing IT, Its stamped every
sure Tor revenue, adopted at that sesson,o the very
face OF the Tariff act itself Admit that the prohibory
anal protective duties WERE fro, their nature cnlcu
and expected To prolucc greater permanent revenue
than would otherwise have been from the customs
and that the sinking fund had been raed,it would still
he impossible that the latter could have been
determined OF, for the purpose of dispoSng of this sur
plus impost revenue At the very same time, Con.
adopting for raising revenue from
"her sources; fhree ni'thons from the direct tax
measure, which, although advocated by some, chief
W rs an essential part in wise system OF revenue
was recommended by the Secretary both this ac
count and because the proceeds tcdnfed and was
advocated by othersMr Calhoun tile foremost-chiciy
on the latter ground; and which generally oh.
noxious that the motion Tor the total repeal of the drec
tax required only change of five make sue
cessu The continuance of the salt DUTY
ed by the Secretary account of the half million TO be
derived from it that Of the stamp tax that OF the
refined sugar, the increase OF the duty licenses tc
disuliers, (all recommended account of TIC n,iio,
and hay TO be derived from thcn,) every OF these
measures contains in itself sufficient and conclusive de
nonsta'ion OF the utter untruih of Mr. Cs fiction; anu
il we look into the Journal the overwhelming maoritie,
by which they passed shows the strong sense that
prevailed, OF the necessity Tor raise more re-
peitie instead OF conrvance for dsposing SURPLUS
revenue The Tariff alone contains conclusive evidence
on this point, in the fact that the rerenme dues-,hr
uucs lana merely Tor revenue on articles not produced
In this country were raised On Ill. articles arranged b,
the Secretary in his third classthc duty class
the duties all raised some, from II I.2 pcr cent
(c then present" duty) % 20 per cent: others
1 from the same point, TO 20 and 10 per cent, SC.
On looking into a volume of papers, to myscl
against the possibility of OF recollection with rcga
to some OF the foregoing facts the of SIMON shy
DER has Just caught my eye 1t the foot of his ines
sage dec $, 1879 to the Lcgisiap of PENIS
following words Although not, by many hunrcJs m
last extract that might he given il the last that shall
give am sick OF the disgusting task in which | hay,
been toing Nothing but the deepest sense of lis, per
haps vital Importance at the present crisis-none bu
the Irm belief that could not possibly fail prove sue
cessiu could have carried me through the revolving labor
my object be not before this, fully accomplished it can
never be. Ii your eyes, fellow citizens, he not now i
y open, tits because they cannot be opened:
"The General Government, fully aware of the
Importance of the subject, WILL it is confidently hop
ed, follow the dictates of political wisdom and pro
tect our manufacturers against injurious foreign
competition combination: n contrary course
would protract the long and anxiously sought rea
INDEPENDENCE of our country, and agnin impose on
us Il dependence almost colonial. So far as indiyi
duai state means can aid national measures for the
promotion of This and other desirable objects ~,
may confidently pledge the cooperation of faithful
PENNSYLVANIA, who we anticipate will soon take a
CONSPICUOUS aud PERMANENT rank amongst MAN
/ UFACTURING NATIONS"