Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-11-16
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
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House of Representatives. Thursday, April 4, 1916.
THE TARIFF.
"The remaining reported the bill by the
Committee OF the Whole, having been successfully con-
CURED in,
" Mr. Randolph moved TO strike much of the
proviso of the 2d section fixes the minimum price
cotton goods Except nankeens directly from Chipa) 25
cents per square yard.
Mr.. r. then entered into a pretty wide discussion OF
his motion, avowng his willingness, encourage
was proper those manufactures OF cloths conducted the
families OF our citizens, and arguing against the propriey
Of PROMOTING the curing establishments 10 the
eret and in the proposed by the BILL aud laying
up 5000 tons OF shipping employed in the East India
trade, and ieryng an immense tar on one portion Of The
community To put money into the pockets Of another
Mr.. Calhoun followed in the expression OF his views
on the BROAD and GENERAL Policy OF extending pro-
lection 10 the manufactures of the country, clang his
belief that proper degree of encouragement due h
them rs means Of national independence, &C.
Mr.. CALHoUN's SPEECH.
This speech of Mr.. Calhoun appeared in the Ma
tonal Integencer Of April 90, 1916, under The IT,
tie of 1.-THE substance of MIR. Calhoun's Speech on
Mr.. Randolph's motion TO strike out the minimum,
valuation of cotton goods"-It begins as follows:
"The debate heretofore this subject has been on the
degree of protection which ought to he afforded
cotton and woollcn manufactures all protesting he
friendly those infant esab hnens and willing TO
extend 10 them adequate ENCoURAGESiENT. The pre-
sent motion assumes new aspect 1t is introduced pro-
essedy on the ground that manufactures ought not TO
receiUe any and WILL its operation
leave cotton establishments exposed 10 the eompeh.
ti0n of the cotton goods Of the East Indies" sc.
Tiil the debate assumed this FORM he determined
TO be SILENT participating lie largely did, in that gene
which is felt after so long and laboous Session
TO return TO the bosom OF our families But a sub.
ject Of such VITAL importance, touching does the
SECURITY and PERMANENT PROSPERITY Of our
country he hoped that the House would indulge him in
few observations. He regretted much his OF pre-
paationhe meant not verbal preparation, for he had
ever despsed such, but that due and mature meditation
and arrangement OF thought which the House is entitled
to the part OF those who occupy any portion of their
time. In the Telegraph editorials, the circumstance of
Mr. C.'s having made apology for of preparation
stuH
to produce the impression that his speech on the
Tariff-to which good was taken only 10 dllude-
could not be viewed evidence that he advocate
OF the protective system 1t is WELL the reiore note that
this apology does not imply any difdence in The jusf,eSs
ofhs opinions, but relates to the of preparation ne
cessary doing them fun justice, and fully TO enghten
the House on the subject But whatever his arguments
might want that account in weight he hoped might be
made up an The disinferestedness Of ms situation He
manufacturers he not from that portion OF our
country supposed TO be peculiarly Interested Coming,
he did, from the Souih having in common with his
immediate constituents interest," but in the cultivation
OF the SOIL in selling its oductS high and buying che1p
the aoants and eohpcniences Of life no motives could be
attributed TO him, but such disnierested.'
Here is presented the scale by which Mr.. C's
views icere then graduated. This is the fact which
1t IS important to note, with reference 10 the question
before ms. But does not this passage suggest ano-
Their Far be 1t from me to question the possbili-
ty that such views might be most disinteresiedy
urged am no disbeever III human virtue. be-
leve that any vIewsfiom the most lust TO the most
t.frSosn the most enlarged and lofty the
most Contracted and ling-rnay be honestly
entertained. But, in Mr. Calhoun
reer, in his present particularly, is there moi
that which suggests, which forces upon the mind the
enquiry, these enlarged national views honestly
entertained, as sound and just in themselves? or
were they suggested by sinister ambton-wcre they
so loudly professed and so zealously acted upon
with view TO seIi-eevation In some specula-
tons and effect which / have somewhere
met with, the writer has Illustrated some point by
/ exhibiting the dependence of an event (tle muir
der. believe of Henry Nv IF \of tbn ztl,
century, upon the cackng of the geese in the CAPT
/ tol, which took place 1000 years before. Who can
tell but that similar industry, applied the history
of the politics 'Pai!'l of the Washington capitol
and boarding houses, since 1876 would unfold TO
view the same concentration between this very pas
sage in MIR. Cs speech, and that popularity in Penn
Sytpdria and "other portions of country suppo-
sed TO be peculiarly Interested" which in 1924 rails
ed him to the Vice Presidency and but for the de-
fence of New Orleans and the chain of effects flow
! ing from that and other illustrating the cha
racter of Andrew Jackson, would probably have
brought Mr. &. before the House of Representatives,
as candidate for that phantom sceptre which has
been the torment of his Iiie,the destruction of that
which "Empres cannot take, nor giue?"
Having assigned the which impelled him
to speak, he proceeds to develope his proposition
and to substantate it. The following extracts will
slew the nature of his arguments
ole had asserted that the subject before them was
nccted with the SECURITY OF the country. IL would
doubtless by considered as rash assertion bu be
conceived 10 be susceptible of the cleGresf proo and
lie hoped with due attention te establish it 10 the satisfac-
| ton of the House.
'The security of 4 country mainly depends on lis spirit
and its means; aud the latter principally its moned
sources" &c.
"He took IL fer granted, that il was The dufy of This
body TO adopt those measures nj prudent foresight which
/ the epent OF made necessary"
Wbat then, let consider, constitute the resource
Of this country, aud what the effects Of war on them
Commerce and agriculture, till lately almost the oly still
constitute the principal source of OtV toedh So long
these remain uninterrupted the country prOspers but war
ctrc
both. They both depend on foreign markets." &C.
"What, them are The effects Of war with maritime
| power-with England Our commerce annihaled
spreading individual misery, aud producing national pc
verify; our AeRfcULrURE cut of from its ccUsToMEr
MARKETS, The surplus product NJ the Turner peyishCs on
his hands, and he 10 produce because he cG,nO
/ seH'-''Tbe recent fell with peculiar pressure or
the growers Of cotton and tobacco and other great staples
OF the couny and the OF things will recnr IL
the event OF another, unless prepented by The foresight
his body"
~ The statement II facts did mt cGrrV coppic
ton 10 any mind he c0uceUes is calculated To do
additional arguments might be drdDn from The GENE
RAJ NATURE or WEALTH. Neither agriculture, ma
nuidctures commerce, taken separately Is the cause
wealth; II nOws from the three combined; and cannot er
u ist lcthom e0ch."-"Wbout commerce. industry wnu,
have stimulus; without manufactures. Vt would b.
without the OF production, and without agriculture
neither Of the others subsist When separately en-
tirey, and permanently, they perish War in this coun
Try, produces, great extent that eRec and hence
tho great embarrassment which follows in lis train TN
failure Of the WEALTH and RESOURCES of the uafio,
necessarily npolUed The ruin of is FINANCES and IL
lcURRENcY"
otis admitted by the strenuous advocates on tn
other side that no country ought be dependent anoh