Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-08-05

pro nets oil then industry operates to their injury IL
a two-iold manner--ilst, BY diminishing eoasunn.
ton, and then GENERALLY by fostering rival products
which may eventually supersede their own, by fur.
hsi'ng Item Of equal or better quality, and al 10 9,
rates We are aware that il is somcti es eonien.el
'hai fetalatoiy duties will not produce the inend, d
eneet-tha, they will operate as a tax upon our wn
citizens, without producing a corresponding abate.
meni oil the foreign duty upon Anne, an exports II
tins were so, then surely government would be
p,weess indeed and our Interests would be entirely
at the mercy OF foreign legislation. But reason aud
common sense tell us that IL not So The alarm man
'iesltd by foreign governments, aud the earnest pro
ieslatlons OF iher negolators henever du
ties 90 the products Of then respective countries are
Threatened and their undisguised dtlie mhen exis-
ing duties are modified or repealed, assure us that il
snos SO. Aud what says Lord Palmerston one OF the
British ministers. IN his speech to the cleo
tors Of Tveron "Can any man, (he asks) be-.
"lieye that The mass of the people will long submit
40 law, which BY excluding the corn oihe United
st"les ana Other oouniies that grow corn, prepens
"our manufacturers selling The .hings they make ~
That gentleman p'rceWes clearly that our interests,
no less than our duty viii, sooner OF later, compel
us To buy less unless, by modification of their
restrictive system. they viii open their ports TO us
upon terms at least arpfoxmaling to reciprocity
and thereby enable US to "se more" And the
iact winch he proclams 10 the ears Of the Blush
public should iall upon deaf ears on this side of
the Atlantic. That declaration of the Brush min
isl'r points GU, to the American government lis rue
policy and we shall not fail to pursue il, unless
in love with the commercial hradom winch
l,,s lam I,,,. ia ,I.
energies of the young Hercules II we tall 10 pro-
fit by the hint must indeed be infatuated to the
last degree ~ shall resemble ia our shrink
ing apprehensious Of Tariff" tiAld children
whose magina,ons dwell with undtGn awe and
terror upon the ''raw heads and bloody bones" OF
the nursery, than bearded man, to whom are conf
ded the interests aud he deslinies Of mighty en-
pre-.
To certain rolnt, and certain articles, duties
are no tar upon the consumer. This fact has been
illustrated by The results of the American iaills
tie practical effects Of which have overthrow
every prediction uttered in reference their ten
denotes by their opponents, hom lSlG Till now. Il
IS only when a country cannot produce or iabiicae
herself article, Tor better substitute Tor it, upon
which duties levied, that duty operates as TAX
upon the consumer. The duty upon American to-
bacco is serious upon the Eu,op, an consumer
because tobacco fluids there a weak competition, the
European tobacco being in the first place ola great
ly lnie,ior quality and, in the second, always be
inadequate in quantity to meet the wants of the peo-
pie. Hence Large rercHue land of course tax upon
the consumer) is The cons, queuce of d heavy duly
which else would defeat its own object by ope,a-
tug as a prohibition 10 lis importation. II We were
to lay an "a ivaenl tax upon French productions
the consequence would be that scarcely a dollars
worth wonld be imported after lew Yeas, having
the capacity to produce thes. articles within cur
selves 10 on udefnle extent; though at First they
m'gm be OF inferior quality, they would soon equal
aud perhaps be superior TO the foreign rival. Hence,
comparatively low duties are recommended,- du-
ties mol adequate perhaps tothe "protcctioa" Of do
meslic industry, but sufficient lessen importa
tons, and TO lead to the fulflment Of one part OF
the nJnnclion 10 wit, To buy teSs' and by lis ope
ration in This way leading eventually TO CONNIE, clal
regulations, through he 'inleiyenliou OF the govern
ment" which will enable our planters to ''sell more
"a state OF things a,denlly TO be desired, but which
will never be realized, SO long submit to that
unequal, oppressive and unjust system, by which
millions of revenue are annually drawn by foreign
governments from the products OF our SOIL, while We
refuse to levy any duty upon many Of the produces
Of their mines, their looms and their vineyards, and
merely nominal duties upon such as taxed at all.
An individual, pursuing this course, though he had
the wealth of CIm,us, would eventually become
bankrupt-whlle h s wiser neighbor would laIien
his folly He who buys habtuaiiy more than he
sells, aud pays the balance in specie its equiv
aleni, will hnd his estate melting away like snow
under the influence Of an April sun. Aud the
economical laws which apply TO individuals are APP
individuals. They who buy more than they sell, as
we have been IN The habit OF doing, must become
poor and embarrassed. howeye, extensive and album
dan their resources. w e never can be permanently
prosperous, until other nations will buy from us
the same terms upon which we buy lrou, them. If we
60 on, year after year, paying "balances" in specie
weshall soon have no means II meeting the annually
increasing demand, and shall sink under The load
OF debt which IS constantly and learfuy accumua-
ling.
Mr.. Gilmcr.-The course Of this gentleman in
Congress is rather puzzng, and is Certainly by no
means very Satisfactory, 10 many ofthose, who. be-
lievlng him TO be every inch Whie" voted for
him last Spring. 1t has been whispered, indeed
that the I,oCOs so veil nj aspdw wi him hat