Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-01

pay upon The same article made al home el>f at what
;va,l the Tariff p.oiec:ion How can Tie iaEkr.
manufacturers be brni,;, Ivy increasing he rcr OF
ireigu manufactures, unis il their toc:
And would They he saly Ia Hood Congress with petit
items thai do every ether interest harm, and no good
10 tr'! Own? leave all practical men TO answer these
qnes,ious as they please. know the Wings DENY The
conr:"m.sense 10 them, and either crade them
altogether, else msiiiy them into such shapes, that
these of the dear people who do not look particularly
into The subjects may be misled. But will again see
what figures will produce, and as the Wings have as
sumcd the ratio at Federal representation 10 be correct
and equal in distribution, they cannot object to tie
principle in colleclion that is, If it is tie proper way
to pay to The State the land revenue, is equally so TO
collect the duties on imports.
Then Firginas portion Of the 4iG,O0O,c00 IS not
less than S29,000,100
Now let see, what that will cost her people ut six
per cent take this rate Of increase to show, that
prefer to be beyond the power of dispute, by taking Ut
tie than half what Mr. Clay proposes, to vii, ~
per cent Tor The increase:
Six $40 coo, is the small of SiOH0
Six cent upon $50 is the sum Of saGOooo,
Just the land revenue, and Virsnn's part OF ats go OoO
Which tnkrn frcm the above leaves her minus Si5iOGo0
Thus, the grand and patriotic system oil disriDu-
tion which puts into the Golfers of Virginia, the great
sum Of 100000 dollars, TO make internal improvements
and educate all the poor children in her borders, make
every hill smile with intelligence and every valley bud
and blossom like the will indirectly take from her
dear people, those who till her soil and open her nlnes
the snug sum of 81 $4,000. a very poor sum-con
siderIng who has to pay it-So says Wing policy But
suppose this not fair aiio there another that cannot
be disputed. The mercantile capital of Virginia is $780,
9S3,9l3 Let US assume that half of it is employ
ed in goods, &c. upon which the tariff operates this
assumption is very moderate, ell must admit but, lei
try its benefits to the dear people. The onc-half of
$50 JS3 9l ,49 1885, per cent. upon that, the
little of SG29,57 take the 100000, Virginias
portion of the land revenue from that and you have
the way of annual loss and drain upon the labor Of
| the dear people the sum of S429,5l7.
Thus, have shown you the advantage of Wing le-
gslaon TO the dear people in lis NEST favorable shape
that figures will demonstrate, and they the people, must
determine how far they will support it. have not here
considered the consttulionaly of distribution, but only
present the financial picture That it is not warranted
by the Constitution, must be manifest 10 every CON-
sense man who will look TO the deeds of cession
and the Constitutions but, that branch of the subject
has been often and ably presented, ] will not stop
here TO examine il.
| Resumption Of specie payments by the Banks.-This
is another powerful question the Democrats must meet
The Wings oppose resumption account of their great
love 10 the dear people. Well, will figure again, and
see what advantage The dear people receive from
resumption, and its consequence deprecated paper
currency The circulation Of the Virginia banks is
81 1853 800, the depreciation in Richmond is not less
than per cent, though is much to the North;
but let take per cent, and what produces
Six per cent discount upon 753,3nO is the moderate
of SdG 1885, thus the dear people, the laboring por
tion the bone and sinew Of the land, as the Wings
eoquenty speak, and righteously too, once lose four
hundred and sixty five thousand dollars yearly, for the
privilege Of using deprecated bank paper and this too,
upon the calculation that but purchase of the pro-
ducts of the State is made with the money in the year
What the amount Of loss is by the re.applcation of the
same money, will not hazard computation here, as
| 90 upon facts they shown. Yet will give the
operaton simply that all NAV reflect for themselves.
buys barrel of -four from and loses per cent ),
lie pays the money to G. pays it back 10 again,
buys another barrel of flour from } is il not plain tina,
Is has lost per cent. twice. upon the same money:
So just often the whole amount Of circulation re-
turns and is paid out ngain in the year, will the $780,,
lgS he lost the laboring portion of the community.
Now, call upon all rejecting men TO say which
party is be trusted those who oppose that
must destroy all the profits of the laboring community
and build up the capitalists Of the country or those who
contend for equal justice TO all, leaving every to
grow rich upon his energy, and not by the aid OF
partial laws advancing the interests of portion OF
the community at the expense of the other. Look back
10 our early history nation, and you will see the
principle had an start with the Republic. Hamil
ton conceived il in his Funding System. lie appealed
to the capitalists Of The country 10 aid him in his OBJ
ect of building up splendid Government, and his
policy 10 unite all the money interest against the
other interests of the country, and by establishing an
afsocracy of wealth in the country, to govern the De-
mocracy Of numbers MIR. Jefferson fought the prn
cipe with the weapons Of equal rights and equal laws
and succeeded in breaking down the Hamilton purity,
with the Elder Adams Administration lie then warn.
ed u.s. that the rejected party which then called
Federalists would attempt TO rise again under
tina, nane but would change it for some other. We
have, according TO his prediction, them rise 10
power under the name of National Republicans,
headed by the younger Adams, and again under
the name of Wing, headed by General Harrison
But where, ask, is the change in the principles Has
no, the tendency Of each administration been the same
way-Tariffs Internal improvements by the General
Government, National Banks, and lastly, Disribu.
ton-far promises 10 the people Of golden times and
bounteous hafvess from the fruits of Federal legsla
ton: disregardng the rights of the States, and the
Constitution, and forgetting the people of the States
were the people Of the United States, and to favor
portion, another portion must be oppressed. These
views the Democrats have ever opposed. They have
ever lubored effect that principle in Government that
secures equal justice 10 all, and unequal privileges to
none and their maxim is, the aim and object Of all
Governments should be the dissemination Of the great
est possible good to the greatest possible number
These are the Issues and will the Democracy be
sustained or will the Whigs-those politicians who,
Ike Macbelhs witches, keep the promise TO the ear,
but ever break it TO the hope
Yours, respectfully,
BACK WOODS