Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-04
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

Nm, cOdiiion uf
the State, aud recommending their consideration
such measures as Judge necessary and expcd,cnt
must DC perinted 10 congratulate you the un.
cxanpied prosperity, Icy which have been blessed as
people, during the year and 10 ask that YOU
VIII jan me IN offering up the united homage four pro
9u gratinde To The great Author OF the universe for
.s signal manifestation Ohs iar. Nor should our hum
oe sense Oi dependence upon him, be in any degree
unnsiied by . consideration that under his protecting
froVdrnce tins high aud paniy state temporal pros.
Peiy nus peFn achieved by The enlightened patriotism
ana heroic irlnness OF the People of South Carolina
wow that me stormy elements OF party contention have
passed away, and fellow ctzts Of every denotuna.
hon, religious or political, united as one man in
irm and unaerabls resolution 10 defend and preserve
their rights of property pecnar institutions and
the of ;hcr domestic iresd,s ara,ns, Nh f
reign interiercnce by whatever pretended authority d-
vns OF human, II may claim TO be sanctiicd--it may n
De Improbable 10 recur briefly of the subjects in.
volved IN our recent controversy with the Federal Co
verninent, more with view to form JUS, estimate of
The sources OF our prosperity, with view to the resnla.
'on 9" our invie conduct, than with any purpose of
pronouncing Judgment either of censure or of praise
upon Transactions that past
The magnitude OF the bulhen n,poscd upon The States
which produce the great staples of exportaon by IN
compound scheme oi taxation and prohibition nftully
dcnonnaied the protecting system may now be ssiiua
commercial prosperity when has followed the late ad-
Juseht OF the federal tariff By that measure of COM
PROMISE The duties upon many articles which we i'm
port from The manufacturing of Europe were
entirely repealed, upon others greatly and immediately
reduced and upon The entire OF protected articles
gfsdnai and progressive reduction provided until
they shall reach 20 per cent the year l42 and after
at the lowest rate that will furnish sufficient
Tor the wants OF the federal government upon eco
nomcal scale Of administrations Such are briefly the
terms OF that covenant OF peace, which restored Tor
time the long lost harmony the con.deracy and In
which the faith OF the contracting parties ia sulemnlv
pledged And although it came short of concedns ali
That we had strict right to demand, the benefits we have
derived from 1t are great and manifest
Every impost upon foreign merchandise operates both
as tax and as restriction upon commerce. However
IN tins two-fud aspect of the subject may distribute
the barthen Of the tax the burthcn of the restriction falls
exclusively upon the exports which constitute the es
Changes OF commerce Hence the unjust and unequal
operation OF probitve duties the exporting States
and hence, in great degree the enha of The
price IT their great agricultural staple, tile rcduc-
ton of the duties The degree in which this ,eo.nra
has contributed 10 produce that enhancement Will be
made manifest by reference few statistical facts dis
closed by the oicial statements of our foreign commerce.
made by the Secretary OF the Federal Treasury
during the fiscal year ending the :SOlh of September
1884, the importation Of merchandise exempted from
5y amounted to the enormous of weight mil
mons OF collars my millions more than III any year pre-
vions to the recent enlargements list Of free art.
ces, and nineteen millions than the whole amount
OF cotton exported from this country during The same
year OF tins unexaupled ainuuat, about thirty mil.
hons came from tie manufacturing nations of turone
which cotton thus furnishing the means ~
direct, unaxed and profitable xchange Tor our inyalu
able staple equal to nearly thirds of the estimated
value OF the whole export of that staple II 10 this we
add SIX millions for he import o from China which
are now to great extent virtually exchanged for our
cotton By means of an intermediate exchange for
BriIish manufactures suitable TO the China market
The cause viii lie at explained of that sudden and
seemingly unaccountable increase foreign demand
for our cotton, which has exered proptios an nlu.
ence upon lis price, and by consequence upoa the pros
perty vi the Southern States. The extent OF the demand
Tor our raw cotton by the nations OF k
rope, is limited only by that OF nur demand Tor ,heir M
nufaciures, and how much this has been increased bv the
recent adjustment of the duties upon foreign Imports is
clearly shewn by reference TO authentic documents II
IS IN this view If the subject that duties upon foreip
imports impair The value OF domestic exports and that
The repeal reduction OF those produces cores
| ponding enhancement of that value.
Tree and unrestricted exchange of our agricultural
staples Tor such foreign productions we require ir
consumption ia the United States the essential basis
OF the prosperity OF the staple portion of bis
coniedcrac aud whether these foreign productions con-
sst OF such articles manufactured IN this country
or not is less Important consideration, chan that they
come from the countries that consume our staples or
rom others III exchange for those staples This was the
basis OF the late compromise with tile Federal Govern
nicnt, in which the Southern States consented that the
ues on the class OF protected articles should be gradual
" and progressively reduced the revenue sa1rd on
condition That they should be forthwith repealed or
ieGuced 10 nOmIiai rate other articles, furnish
ing beneficial foreign exchange ior our Exports And
confidently trust at the liberal spirit and will, the H.
bcral principle of his compromise when the Con ,rcss f
eighteen hundred and oriy-two shall come 10 perform
the delicate and responsible duty of reducing tie tariff
OF federal duties to such scale as will barely
supply Tie funds requisite for economical adnipstra
uoh Oh the Federal GovernDent IT will be found prae-
cable so to reduce and arrange the duties as 10 relieve
tue planting States to much greater eXent without ma
WFIdHy anecung lhe interests OF the manufacturing
States, and at the time Withdraw from the yau
of the eGcrai Treasury that prolific source Of correp.
ton, large surplus venue And may we not induI o
last four years has convinced every political party cx
cepl The one whchis mmedatey Interested its abuse
and even large portion of ths that the withdrawal OF
this fund OF corruption, is the only earthly means bv
which the abuses OF the Federal Government can ps,;
bly, be corrected, and tie Government itself prevented
rou sinking, like great republic of Antiquity under the
weight OF us own cOrrupions.
Since your last Adjournment, the public mind through
/ out the saye-hoding States has been intensely ndie
nnnty and justly cXciled by tle wanIon ohcous aud
ncendary proceedings Of certain societies and uerps
n some Of the on-slave-bolding States who have been
actively employed in attempting circulate among US
pamphlets papers and pictorial rercse nations OF Tie
most offensive and inamnuOry charactVr eminent.
~ calculated TO seducc slaves from their dehtv and
excite them to insuriccon aud massacre. These wick.
ed monsters and d,adcd fanatics, overlooking tie nu.
HtT0us VtJecs ~ their vicinity who have moral
II not legal claim wpon their charitoblc regard run
Abroad ~ iic expansion OF their hyp0cica bene 70.
! lcnce, muilcd up 90 fhc sanity mantle of christian
meekmcss, to iaihl the frnd-ike errand of n,inOng
/ the blood Of tie master and the slave, 10 whose
tate they arc equally Indifferent, with siuoulGerng
runs OF our praceiul dwellings, No principle Of human
action 50 utterly babies all human calculation az fhat
species al ianacal enthusiasm, which is made Up fen.
W aud ambition, assuming the guse Of re gious zeal
and acting upon tbe known prcIudces religious or 90.
huca "a aR ignorant multitude. Under tile of
this species Of voluntary madness nothing is sacred that
aiauds ~ the wag Of 90 purposes Like all other re-
lgOus nppaufrs, % as power To congecrae every net
/ over with 'mutiPiyin yaInics, that nny promote
Us dnDolicai cnGay or Worship at is Internal al
tars - IFS unhuly creed murder itself becomes labor
OF love ond charity, and the iclon renegade who flies
refugee but iccDigs sainted minister in the sane.
tuary Of itH temple. No can be more mis-.
/ chievous, than tO uudcuatc the danger of such a
/ puucplc, and policy can be more fatal than 10
negcct g. FROM contempt Tor the supposed nsgniG
Of Us agents TIE Uxpeticnce OF both France and
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