Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-03-02
Esichl.lOnd, ssaturday. March 2.
THE TARIFE Bill

We hope it is Il law of the land 1t passed
the H. of X. on Tuesday-Every vote South of the
Potomac, we believe, with the exception of MIR. Mer-
GER being IN favor of it, 1t is expected to pass the
Senate without difficulty. 1t is not the best bill TO
which we entitled-nor in all probability the
best which the whole moral force of the united
South could have wrung from the next Congress-
But, we take il for the present for what il is worth
1t will give peace to South Carolina-whosc
measures have been marked by so much precipita-
ton and danger, and calculated TO shake the Union
lselt-And we for one, shall hail the measure with
sincere satisfaction.
We do not understand Mr.. Claws course I'm his
speech on Monday last, he hopes " that the manu-.
lecturers would go on and prosper, confident that
the abandonment of protection never intended,
and looking to more favorable times for a rene,cal
Of a more efficient Tariff" RENEwAL of a more eff
Gent Tariff! Now, what says his bill /? That "from
and after the day last aforesaid" (3Oth June, IS42)
all duties upon imports shall be collected in ready
money, &c. &c, and such duties mot exceeding 30
per c. shall be fdd for the purpose Of raising such
rerenue as may be necessary to economical adnti-
niStrdtion Of The Government" How stand the hone
and the pledge together? Does Mr. CLAY mean TO
tanalizc the manufacturers with the hope of more
favourable times for the renewal of more efficient
Iarh"-or, does he mean TO say, that notwithsland-
ing the pledge in the bill, a more favourable time is
to be seized upon for the renewal of more efficient
Tariff?
MIR. Clay disclaims any share in bringing the cx-
listing evils on the country WHY, has Inc not been
one of the great champions of the American System?
and is II not this most oppressive system which has
applied the "torch" to our political fabric He now
declares, " that when he the torch applied to
u favorte system, he would rush to save H. and 10
restore security and peace" Why, this is nothing
but right-for, well is il, that the incendiary should
rush to eXtlnguish the flames Inc has principally
contributed TO kindlc.
He Declares that he wishes to put the system on a
permanent foundation for nine ten years and
adds that he is willing to test his bill "by the OPT
mons OF the manufacturers themselves, a large num-
her OF whom are now assembled IN Washington and
whose almost unanimous voice would be in favor of
ms Dill" WELL II they are content, can have no
OBJECTIONABLE how foolishly would the South have
acted, in submitting longer to u system, which the
manufacturers can now afford to modify without
n nurnur? We doubt, however, whether Mr..
Clay will find the manufacturers so quiet Mr.
Webster seems to think differently-but they may
rely upon IT, that their oppressive system is now gone
that no more favorable times will ever come for
renewing Il more efficient Tarifi-that Mr. CLAW
himself cannot bring it back-that the South has
seen how gradually and nsidiously this system
has grown upon us-that they have seen the error
ana VIII hereafter repudiate every return to il with
jealousy and determination which nothing can
subdue-Ihe die is cast if this bill passes-and this
unnatural system, which is so much at war with the
genius of the age and the institutions of free and
young country, will never be renewed after 1912
by all the Clays and the Calhouns in the country.
we shall be dehghtedt TO see it down-and though
or III years IS pretty long for submit TO it, vet
we willing allow so much time TO the mauufnc
turers to accommodate themselves to the change-
always rescrving the right of cutting down the re-
venue to the most economical wants of the Govern
mcnt-We hail the passage of the bill with satisic-
tomas calculated preserve the peace of the
country.-hlr Clay has been the most active man
in bringing ii about--It was what he owed to the
country-and we glad that he has paid the debt.
But, depend upon it, Mr. Clay, that your hopes about
the return of more favorable times, and the renew
al of more efficient Tariff, will never be consum-
mated with the consent of the Southland another
thing! You will neUer succeed, as you hint i'm con-
vertng the Souhrons into 4" high Tarf-men"-that
hope is gone that source Of JOY is dried up-.4nd
another! The South have " given up their con-
StitutiondL objecons"-and what is more they never
wil-tor, independently of their pecuniary inter
ests, they regard the whole system us contrary to
the genius of our insttuons-as involving especial
" jurisdiction over the rights and pursuits of the
People, which was never, and never will be, yielded
to limited Federal Government