Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-01-17

cvc it, Yet il the principle avowed in one of the reso.
uttons reported by the Select Committee BIO correct ell
these acts unconstitutional And he wound advise
The select committee, should this resolution pass the
House to carry out their principle in ertenSo-and
am amendment to their resolutions declaring all these laws
unconstitutional We shall then the consequence OF
that principle British navigation has laborng I'M
Der The effects of onerous hurhens. arising the
cendancy given the Canadian timber dealers over those
oi ma Hattie by the monopoly enjoyed by the former.
amounting 10 seven millions of dollars annually. This
oe'ng one OF The abuses which have led TO the reform ia
the Brush Psamen may confidently anticipate its
rrpe"i-th" duty upon hemp has also been reduced from
rs ca 10 a. per cwt The British government. there
lore which has hitherto competed with our navigatioH
under all these Disadvantages, will the confct with
fresh energy. Let gentlemen carry out the principle
their resolution by the repeal all those laws which new
restrict the nnv CATION OF Great Britain and we shall sac
the ships of that nation p.oughg the Mississippi and its
tributaries in successful aud competition with our
own She viii then carry the sugar and OF Lou-
s'na to Ohio and Missouri and bring back in exchange
The productions OF those States and the banner of
country will be lowered before thu proud pennons u our
Former enemy.
Having said thus much Of The continionaIty of the
protecting system as Cvinced by the uniform OF
Cove nmcnt from its commandments let IS now examine
nio The ground upon which the complaint OF oppression
And here he would take the liberty Of saying that in
relation TO many OF te most important articles whcls
the larh operates The imposed higher or az
high, prior the passage of the law Of 1924 than SUBJ
sequenilynOt, II is true by the OF oy Covcin-
men but by the act of the government of that country
from which we derived the greater portion Of manu-.
iactured articles. He would adduce among
the many which could be referred to-Pror the wear
1874 heavy excise duty upon salt paid by the British
manufactures TO that government II has since been en-
urely repealed. Yet South Carolina declares that her
hacyon days Of prosperity prior the Tariff laws
OF Pa. But since own government has imposed a
duty oil ten cents per bushe it outrageous oppres
Agan:-A tax was levied ON woolens in 1sI4 Tb{S
is true, was complained Of: But the
men'a'ion of the Tariff that article, was the greas
ground OIL complaint Let examine the facts Of the
case. When Tariff OF 2l was before Congress the
British Parliament under preence of adopting the Free
Trade Sysem-but in reality with view Of defeating
all ed
ia sterling per pound, to Id per pound fine wool and
70 necessary 10 confirm TO the manufacturer the pro-
lection granted him by the of "a As long as we
paid the difference between the dutyof 2I and '2s in
to The British Exchequer, but little complaint was
heard But when IT transferred from the British
Treasury TO that Of the United States, pockets
OF the American Manufacturers all was changed and
it became grievous burthen.
Suppose Great Britain engaged in a war-and we know
not how soon such an event may occur-which would
q her 10 re enact the taxes which she has repealed
might we not reduce Tariff imports in the same
proportion as she raises her export duties give
as ample protection 10 MS if IL had pro.
ceeded from the act Of our government? His Umi;.
ed nIorma ion would enable him furnish moro en-
srged illustration Of this position He believed that the
Sa,ist who would inquire into the subject wosIh find ma
ny facts IN addition to those which he had adduced Aud
while On the subject OF the constuiona'y the sys~
tem he would say, that IL you deny the pow 10 the &C.
neral Government you deprive them of The efficient
means Of counerscfng the selfish policy foreign pow
ers For instance. ii by threat OF exclusion from our
markets we could induce The British Government re-
peal their laws and give the majority Of our peo-
e market Tor their grain, the Of the
would have been considered proper Have we not seem
the result in part owing believe, the policy of our
Government, which has reused the manufacturing interest
oil Great Britain 10 protest against that odious monopoly
and which has caused them demand obtain par
iameniary reform, preliminary it's REPEAL?
Mr. stuart said that IN, argument urged in The Pro.
ciamaon that he enbarrassmons in South Carolina Ind
result from production and from the eArets of
the Tariff was undoub eddy The production
OF double The amount Of their staple, would, conse-
quence, reduce the price half.
That South Carolina had heen burbened In some re-
sPects by the operation Of the Tariff laws no wou not
attempt TO deny But was this the time for her to
the attitude of resistance in which she now stood To
Judge OF this let us take general view not only Of
own probable policy, but of that of the government with
which intimately connected i'm trade. There
are two alternative views of the results of the present
ict OF elements in Great Britain connected with the
policy OF this country, from which he argued that the
course o events must operate to indirect rpeap
Of Tariff laws cectual "a il could be made bv the
direct legislation OF Congress a reform British PaIlla-
ment il about assembling -uouopoes to the amount Of
about 20 millions Of pounds sterling will be abolished IL
accret the voice ot the people spoken through
their public journals Should they succeed in efecng
these objects the British manufacturers will be enabled
10 sell in foreign markets, their fabrics reduction Of
prices, equal to The reduction OF The amount of the
poles thus removed, the aggregate of their exporta-
ionsas those mOnopoi in reality many charges
the labor Of the country their removal will ope.
rate 10 the full extent in facilitating its productive powers
The consequence Of such change would be repeal
completely our Tariff laws, the repeal Of their duty
on wool in 1924, repealed Tariff woolfens. And
should il be attempted by government 10 counteract
the effects this change in the policy of Great Britain
by legislation, il would require tariff of duties so high
that system of smuggling would he the result so ex~
cnsve to prove ruinous aud desiruc-
tive Of the morals Of country The manufacturers
world the fuGly OF peing restrictions higher
and higher and matter OF necessity the whole sVs-
TEN would be abandoned.
Let look TO the other alternative We have seen In
the agricultural counties Of Great Britain hostility among
the aborng classes, 10 all borsaving machinery whca
has lumined every dale with the torches applied TO the
barns OF the agricuiuralist. Why is it that the same de-
vasiang element has not been invoked the destruc
ton OF the machinery Of the manufacturer The reason
IL hslarge bodies Of soldiers have been quartered it4
the manufacturing towns TO rcpress the spirit Of nsubor
iinaion which has in many instances been fearfuly ap-
parent Let the spirit OF reform which conemplaes the
reduction OF the military force Of Britain be successful,
and shall the power looms Of the manufacturer N
prey the flames which have already shed their glare
over the ruined hopes OF the agrculturist.
u The consequences OF such state of things would he
the prosiraion Of the advantages possessed by the
nanuiaCu' ot Great Fri ain IN the prevalence OF ma
ncry and by raising the Of production in TINT
country would enable the American manufacturer 10
conpete successfully with his transatlantic rivals, With
out the protection Of Tariff and reuder its continuance
as a consequence unnecessary,
Nm 7 right in these deGuctionsl Have not
he British lnnis'ry proposing TAX machinery, in
pliance with popular feeling, which must destroy ito
utility he ratio Of The tax proposed
Those views convinced MIR s. that HtIe orbcaranos
onhe part Of South Carolina would have afforded her the
relief which she demanded AZ any rae che ought 10
have the progress Of events inducement for de-
laying her If alter an os prospects had been
blighted, whom hope remained SHE might have had
some colour Of Justice in resorng ultcfor
Put south Ctroipa walls for nothing-she resotts n
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