Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-29


Of n free Republic. whose true interests were pes'
promoted by equal rights and equal laws, and VINO ohy
asked Of you lct industry work out lis own ctaeiS
and not interfere with lis natural course. Al'ef ,ePy
mo Ia the ARGUMENTS of sir. Slade, Mr. a. concluded
his remarks by conending that II The ohect was reve
me tins portion o.. the message ought, IN MS Jlos
peot 10 no 10 that committee which hau juiisuic"on
of the subject namely, The Committee oil ways a"o -
Means and not 10 any committee wh'ch was o , ~
,ocL IN an, particular interest any particular ciass
Mr. REYNOLDS said for few moments ne Wouio
,hroy his drop into the bucket of free trade. ms
subject was ex,rcu.ely important 10 the county ~
all its consequences. HIS constituents IN -,
Illinois beleyed in the principles OF eqnaity. All
Tho ,ay.,icn i. the State OF Illinois, under teif Con
s,,,n,ion. was laid according to The Distribution u
nrone1ty II. WA not prepared to say that ms pso
nile would lie Wiling 60 for direct taxes; ou' ls was
The proper node, and before ten years mao passed.,
m shopId see this Government supported by direct
,aya,ion b. ause l. was the principle OF equality
He was e,,rerieyA 3rry that he saw many OF his re-
snec,ab,e trends fAm the State Of his nativity dsa
sssas With With @ s ns
in Determinations, <Hd wrong in the other. 1t was
wrong when went 20 protect certain branches of in
duslry; but il right when it went 10 Disseminate
according to ,he principles he had laid down-accord
ing the property Of the individuals consuming these
articles. Taat was rigN, TO saddle IN" tax on the IN
dividuals WIG had the most money. That was oiscr
nlnang duty, and that all that ought to be dlscr
minated. Hewould say to the gentleman from New
York, mir. Linn, who had referred to The authority
Of ancient usage in support OF his doctrne mat ancient
customs were sometimes wrong IL was formerly con-
tended in En.iand that kings governed BY Divine
right The gentleman would detest idea Of this dc.
scription Tie gentleman from New York would not
say Il was dcsrne Of this day. Thosc1lngs had all
Parsed Gssn 1Soa hS @
march of inte in the country; we anst be GUIDED by
the light Of experience. 1t might have been right IN
1889 to p-o,ec. manufactures, and nigh. be wrong
at this time. Was not every age competent TO 60
vern itself: He could demonstrate to some OF his
worthy friends that they were wrong, and he wish
ed them 10 and vote against protection lie
spoke particularly 10 the gentleman from tennessee
fAlr Arnold, before him. Ii he could demonstrate
that protec, Manufactures was TO PROSTATE all equal
ity then he wGud call on them 10 come over and vote
for equal principles Was il right 10 tax ninety.nine
out Of one hurdsed individuals for the benefit OF the
remaining onS who could sustain himself without II:
When you give one man privilege, oil necessity you
must take il from another man. lie wanted not TO de-
press manufactures but 10 place them on the same
ground with other branches Of industry. Let every
individual depend on himself, and We would 60 on 10
glory much bctteE.
The gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. Ma-shall,l yes
terday spoke Of the glory Of England lie brought up,
as lawyers usually do, the good side only Ensiano
was the most powerful nation on earth; but did II be
come so hy projections Were there not there thou
sands of poor individuals starving for want o. bread
WAS that an example for US This reminded him Of
the fable Of the fly ard bees The fly came every day
TO the beehive 10 teach the bees music The fly was
poor, cold. and hungry The bees said to this y, 20
hence; your profession has brought you 10 this con-
d,ion, and We do not want 10 learn your business
Could not this be applied 10 England One great
means Of Englands power arose probably from DONG
what i, had been dong-runnlng roGghshod over
The poor Chinese simply because they refused to eat
opium England was also doing US injuries. We had
been delayed twenty thirty years III the settlement Of
our Northeastern boundary question. She took every
thing, and gave up nothing From this course the En-
glish Government has become SO powerful TWAS our
duty to prevent these long gotaons aud bring things
to close HIS maxim was, san honorable peace, or a
decided war" Did they believe that England would
have done any thing 10 repair The burning Of thc "a
rol,ne if we had not got an individual IN New loik
who, he believed, was guilty enough 10 be hung; II we
let negotiations settle these matters, we never wouid
see them settled earth But England was doing worse
still than this Lord Aberdeen had asserted the rgh,
OF visitation Ifthey could visit ships, and Sc not
visit theirs, it not equal TO the right Of search: IL
was verv probable that these movements oil the BRUSH
Government had done more to raise her character ana
power than any protective duties But it was extreme
y singular to hear an individual talking about the
Caroline, when discussing the subject OF free trade;
and only that he had the precedent before him, ne
would not have done it, except in Committee OF the
Whole There they had no limits except their lmagl-
..iyms Il. -. o.1.e l,lec uut two manuiacto-
RES Was il right 10 tax all the other people Of the
State for their benefit: When Tie working people OF
the country they obliged TO be taxed Tor the
benefit Of the manufacturers, they would give up,
and 90 against the system Of protection.
Mr. ARNOLD said he had been advised by some Of
his friends 10 speak upon this question. They had
said that perhaps speech would have some beneficial
effect him. They were AFRAID by his silence at
this session. that he had accumulated rather too much
steam, and he had better let it off, that he might
ret relief He had had idea Of doing this until he
heard the ranlrg Tavng speech of the little gentle
maj. from New Hampshire Mr.. Ather,on;I but the
very tacalous-he must not say the acknowledgement
of the geni.eman from Illinois Nlr. Rcynoldsl had
almost pat him cut of the notion ofspcaking but, as
the gentleman hailed originally from the same section
Of country from which he came he would endeavor Il
answer one or two Of his positions They had heard
an extraordinary speech from the gentleman iron New
! Hampshire. He had come up aud assalled this Ad
miuistra,ion, running parallel between The expend
lures Of this Administration and those .! tile late AID
ministra,ion Of Mr. Van Buren,. 1t was most extra
ordinary position Whose Administration was this:
Was il a Wing Administration; He (Mr. Arnold de-
MED emphatlcaliy that il was. II had not the least
tincture Of Wing doctrines about It. Laughter No
| il was the gentlemans own Administrations: 1t had
merely changed hands 1t was true the people thought
they had effected great revolution in loiO. They
had hurled Van Bnren from power with scorn contempt
and ind,gnationmore SO, perhaps, than any man wa:
ever hurled from the Presidential chair; ard there the
matter ended. lie had thought that they had effected
Z revolution the great Vi the people through
the coun,ry had thought So But unfortunate stroke
OF Providence falling US and taking the lamen,et
4 Harrison from u.s. had thrown this Government inslan
taneousy, at the moment OF that venerable patriots
decease into the hands of modern Democracy again
and when a Wing Congress had been parayzed il
every effort by the Executive who now stood sur
rounded By the modern Democracy every hand mo
dern Democracy rises here aud runs parallel between
the expenditures Of v Enrens Administration and thu
Administration Of john Tyler, who was worse Lose
Foco than Van Burcn 1t was most extraordinary
Could a man listen 10 il with patience No; sick a
he was he could not. [Laughter.l They Qhe Wings
were not accountable, and did not intend TO be- 10 tins
Administration. The gentleman talked about revo
luton. Yes there had been revolution and one tina
this country would long feel which began at the day
of the demise OF William Henry Harrison whom they
had elected. Were they accountable 10 this Admins
traon; Where was Harriscn's cabinet, Only one
Of ti,en left, md he was in 50 questionable
shape that he had mind 10 speak 10 him. And was
that revolutions What there in any of the grea
measures Of the late session that the gentleman too
them, had been condemned; He knew, from The ind
cations he had in the public prints. that they who