Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-25
eloquent was there such stagnation Of business ns
a;p q IL sane of the nroiec,re Tariff bill

eloouent was there such stagnaton OF business as
since the passage of the protective IarIh Dill.
With regard to the agricultural interests tney are SO
intimately connected and intrrtwned with commercial
nros,erty that whatever affects the one must react
directly on the other. Ii is commerce he farmer Is
indebted for foreign Market by which the prices OF
all our surpns products must necessarily De regulated;
and when that fails, they must p'r,sh on his
hands Nor has the farmer, any more than the planter
or merchant received any corresponding bench, from
The protective Tariff Al the present home prices ct
our agricultural products there Is not Tho reEe 81
probability Of their being imported from abrcad and to
Law duty on them would be bnrlesqne on Legislation
The farmer therefore, wants (and, IT he DID, could re
ceiye no protection BY the operation OF the p1otec.
tive Tariff he also pays vast additional price Tor
most eve ythns lie buys and receives no equivalent,
either in the disposal OF his products, or IN facilities
for procuring those of others II the same with The
artlsa laborng man. The protective lar'h' oy mus
iniuriously affecting the agricultural and commercial
interests not only circnmscrbes the demand tor ms
| labor, but also lis remuneration.
| There is but one class Of people in the T. ). land
that the smallest Of ally which IS benefited by the
protective Tariff-namely, the lords OF The ioom and
the spinning jenny
No,binr on earth can render the protective system
otherwise than partial and unjust, but It's entire and
perfect equality and this is morally impossible Even
with the pure and disnterested Intentions where
IS the mind that clearly comprehend the vast va.
riey of combined or conflicting interests that spread
themselves throughout this great Confederatios-or
where the hand that hold the balance between
hem3 But even admitting the possibility OF this free
dom from the operation Of undue Influences the absence
of local interests, long cherished preudices and per-
sonal views we maintain that nothing less than On
npotent wisdom adequate To the great task oil
regulating such vast and comprehensive distributions
of GOOD and evil. Tine balance cannot be held
by human hands, or controlled by human means and
as nothing but the height Of presumption could Tempt
man to the undertaking, so nothing but evil can
result from thus it were, snatchng the sceplre from
The King Of Kings and placing il in the puny grasp OF
politicians and pe,,nggers When for inscrnable pur
poses Providence inhcs permits inequalities IN the
condition of mankind-when il let's slip war, pest'
ence, and famine on one portion OF the world, ant
causes another to overflow with milk and honey-al.
we have 10 is bow in humble submission to the dis
pensaton; but when created beings under
take the distribution Of good and evil among nations,
what can we expect but jealousy heart burnngs and
contention between those who pampered and those
who starved, Hence it is that the most mschlevous,
vexatous, irritating, and oppressive Of all governments,
is that which let's the people alone but perpetu-
ally interfering with their occupations ana pursuits; first
pampering class at the expense of all the others,
and then, when these last depressed beyond endu-
rance patching up their rags with some expedent
Of esislaton; until finally as in England, the burden
is shifted from one shoulder to another, until It resl
permanently on those who have The least influence
the law makers There it sticks, and there it remains
forever, entaing rags, misery, ignorance, and ncee
SAINT toll all those who cannot defend themselves
from such protection that Of the pocupne in the e.
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