Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-30

year .. thFee millions for TINT port a!ons.
y IS h"t Tor the purpose Of blasoning forth our SUI
P'i'or sagaclty, and still less IA taunt our Tariff adycr.
s0ries, that these thing are mentioned; but because !, b,s
''."' anu wiiagaln be asserted, that the prosperous
state OF our agriculture and commerce., has been pro-
'u.'" ny 'tc present and prospective state of Europe,
~ o py me operation Of our Tariff. Ill should con.
''os, 'hat TIE price of bread .stnifs may have been adj
Ea"eed ny The bad crops in England and tie commo.
t"ns IN some other parts of Europe, must be permit.
yea 10 attribute The rise in the price Of other articles
"h'n we IL" not export, or in very small quantities.
'h'asiE lolhe home market which has been created by
the Tariff. Such is The case with regard 10 saIted Lerf
p"rk, distilled spirits and wool; all OF which bear a price
'hat r.in",ictaies the laborer aud the grower.
l. mas hecn uniformly asserted by the opponents of
me arm, that the establishment of manufactures here
would destroy the markets for our produce abroad. But
Wheh mas II been, that any foreign power would take
tto!h us any article but from necessity; When they
nave no bread of their own raising, they receive our
hnur. Al present, we have two markets; one al home.
which we have created for ourselves; the other abroad,
winch circumstances have given us. II We had not Gre
atcd The home market, and circumstance had not Gre
ated one for US abroad, we should have no market for
our products, and they would be now ro,ting on our
hands, as they were u few years since. believe that
not one Of the evils which were predicted from the Tariff,
have happened, and that not one ofthe advantages which
were promised from IT, but have been realized; and no
th'nig put The folly of abandoning il, can bring us back
10 the hard times through which we have passed. III
wanted an additional argument to urge its continuance,
would mention the solicitudc of British politicians for
us abrogation. was lately much amused at the re-
marks Of one Of them. He professed the greatest posi-.
bic regard for the American character, IAN intelligent
and industrious people, but II was so singular, that with
all their Intelligence, they should be SO far behind the
rest OF the world, in knowledge Of the principles of com.
merce, as to adopt protecting and restricting systems,
when the most enlightened nations abandoned them
has remark, coming from u subject Of the country
which originated the projecting system, and which has
continued i, TO this very hour, on all the staple com
%lnoditIcS of a large portion of The United States, and re-
moves 1t only al the very starvation point of some mil
lions of their most useful citizens, gives US great rra-
son TO question his candor when he calls US intelligent.
: he cries oil the women and children OF Manchester
and Glasgow for bread, must reach The ears of the col
lectors of Liverpool and Greenock, before they can per.
init the entry Of a single barrel Of American flour
Look, says this writer, at our l,bcralliy, we have taken
of a great portion of the duty on wool, and although
IT IS we'll known L. be one OF our principal productS-
Yes, have no doubt they would add to their liheralitv,
and give a premium, If by 50 DONG they could induce
US 10 send them our wool, and thus break up our manu-
factories. Ii NAV be asked whether, under any circuu.-
stances, ! would be willing 10 abandon the tariff. an
Swer without hesitation, IN the affirmative Whenever
the streets of Norfolk and Charleston shall be covered
with grass, and our Southern friends find no market
for their produce, and THIS state of things can be dis.
tinctlv traced 10 tn" tariff, | would then instantly nive
my voice for lis modification or entire repeal: even i'll
should StIi think that IT'S continuance would be brncli-
cal 20 4 majority Of the American people. The first
principle OF 4 republic Is, the rule Of The majority
lIIH>' HtNthti, iIt>UlIbSGS tUt ltSSt SSit!i - me lIiI -
rlty, OF sufficient intelligence and virtue TO prevent them
from Inii:Cting unnecessary injuries upon the miEo-
rity. Indeed, there IS another principle Of our govern
ment, no less sacred than the one ] have mentioned, and
not to be found in any other code, except III relation to
prtrde9cd Gstn0rifN,) that the minority have rights,
which are not only Intangible by the majority, but una
lenable BY themselves. But ~ tins conflict of. interest,
which is to decide, The majority, certainly; but upon
the principle OF strict Justice. But when these are dis.
regarded: Why then we shall no longer be fit for a
! Republican Government, and then let come What may.
Our Southern friends are, however, certainly IN error
in relation TO the operation Of the tariff, and must
socn discover 1t. Indeed, | am certain that il cannot
be long before the cotton growers of the Southern
States Will apply to TO be protected against the intro
duciion Of that article from South America. gave
this opinion last winter TO a friend from the South, and
he requested an explanation, which ] gave him in the
following manner:
"SuppoSc, said |. that 4 %neighbor of yours aud your.
self cultivate the same article for the supply CT a com.
mon market. His estate twenty times as large as yours,
but yours Sutfcicutto supply all the dcmand-1hat be.
side the advantage of the size of his estate, the article
cultivated by your ~neighbor was of perennial growth,
bearing two crops in the course Of twelve months.
whilst yours was an annual plant, yielding but one
crop, and requiring to be annually rcncwcd-1hai IN
addition TO these advantages, he possessed that Of being
able to support his laa"rers upon a vegetable growing
upon trees, answering all the purposes OF bread, and an
extremely nutritious food for domestic animals; whilst
yours were fed with grain raised by yourself at consi-
derable yearly expense, or purchased (as on the MlSsis-
Sippi) alter beng transported a very console rable Gis-
lance. Against such an inequality, do You suppose
YOU would be able 10 contend; Would not your neigh
Dor very soon monopolIzc the market, and force YOU to
adopt the cultivation Of some other articL.
ssSuch it appears to me, viii be the sitration Of the
cotton growers in the l.. States, in relation 10 South
America, as soon as ,hc affairs Of that country ere in a
tolerably settled condition. If all the cotton lands in
the L. S. were brought together in one mass, they
would be put as Il point on the map, compared with the
immense regions OF South America, which are favorable
4 =. +ln ,rr,y,n ~ NM ~ ynr,,tIp II that llnpi sam nj
them bring constant and successive crops until the plant
is exhausted. In the plantain, too, they possess an arti-
Gle so nourishing and 50 easily reared, that 10 a superb
cal reader Of the text, It might appear to contradict the
command of Scripture, tina: man should earn hs bread
BY the sweat of his brow.
These extracts, abundant!y prove Gen. Harrison's
attachment TO a Tariff policy, for the protection Of ma
nufactures-an attachment, tic strength at winch IS
illustrated in a manner that should leave no doubt on
the minds of Southern men, that if elected, he would
press that ruinous measure I'LL "grass not only grew IN
the streets of our Southern cities, but until he was
convinced that at could BE- distinctly traced TO the
Tariff Think you, Southern men, that he ever co"!d
be cOnrtnccd, that measure winch he had recommended
as n panacca for all the ills and dstrcsScs of l~Sl:--(sec
Ohio Rcsolutionsl- IA measure he had so warmly and
bl nd,v defended IN ISL, when the South was grooming
under the odious Tariff Of S2S-was or could b. other
WISE tLan beneficial 10 the country? Believe II not. Gen.
Harrison il decidedly more dangerous 10 the South on
this subject, than any other man III the Union. All his
prcdici0ss. too, in the above extracts, are 50 far at cast,
dissipatcd by the facts. The cotton planters of tho
South, may thank him for his attention to their inter
ests: but they viii dispense with his nostrnms. A Ia
riff TO protect the cotton planter, IS u severe stroke OF
political economy. So far, 50 wcii-Why anticipate
the necessity Of a Tariff We learn from a book OF
high authority, that ''sufhcicnt for the day IS the evil
thereof The cotton Of the South is not only to be
found in ali the markets at home, but lies in Liverpool
and other European cities, a drug in the warehouses
and commission stores, certainly in need Of no prOtec.
lion. When the affairs of South America shall become
,o,erably settled, eand all our immense cotton. growing
region but a speck on the map Virginia may find it
her interest to call upon Gen. Harrison for help but,
until that period arrives, which may bring with II an
amendment Of the Constitution, She will take other
coupscls and other rulers To lead her on in the path
of principle and duty. And now, fellow-c'tlzens,
wha, can you think Of General Hnrrison's notions'
What, Of his 6~'aatit"7y bnia"rc", artificial system OF
Governmental regulation, of what articles, and how
much YOU are TO produce: Had You not as well
Sc tnld hy ConGress how many lows Won are 10