Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-30
RICHMOND, Va, FRIDAY, SEPT. 80, 1912
Mr.. .Lferson's Opinions.

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RICHMOND, Va, FRIDAY, SEPT. 80, 1912.
Mr. LFerson's Opinions.
The N. Y Express quotes the opinions, which Mr..
jefferson expressed in other bygone days, on the sub
ect of the Tariff For instance, his letter to the Tam
manv Society of New York, in 1898: " There con be
no question in the mind of every true American, that
they turn seriously TO the policy which plants the MIA.
nufacturer and the Husbandman side by side, and
ablishes at the door of every one, that exchange of la
bor which We have hitherto sought in distant countries
IN vain Now, the N. Y Express does not advert 10
the circumstances under which this sentiment was
ayowed We were then in an anomalous attitude in
rerard 10 England All the commercial relations with
ina, rreat commercial power were disturbed. We
were even adopting commercial restrictions nea
sure Of duress md as substitute Tor war No won
der the n that Mr. j. turned TO our internal resources,
as means OF supplying US with iore'2n goods Tins
wns one consideration Another was, that Mr. J. does
not even aIlude in his letter of lS0S 10 heavy tariff
law, as the means Of encouraging domestic manufac.
lures The policy Of planting the manufacturer by the
side Of the hubundman might have been promoted by
individual exertions, without the intcrposion of the
Government Again-,he policy of Tariff had not
then been tried. lis consequences had not then been
de yeloped It's gross Partially TO one portion OF the
Union where capital was more abundant and labor
more cheap and its proportonate burhen on the South
ern States had been brought home to our business
and Losoms But what said Mr.. Jefferson at another
period of his life when experience had shed lis lights
and lessons upon the expressions OF the Iarih system:
Dates are rather important in such questions. The
Express gives the sayings OF lcOS-bu what said he
at another period of his life; We quote from article,
which has appeared in the Globe, from the pen of
gentleman of Rockbridge county, July 2lst:
Gan advocate of free trade in principle, MIR. Jefer-
son held free trade doctrines with as lew quahcaons
as most other disciples of that school lie was decidedly
opposed 10 the Protective Inr'ii OF Ie2'; and were ne
nov upon Garth he would hurl bis most indignant and
scornful wrath against those who, perverng his OPT
Mons are attempting, by the influence of his grea,
name to sustain system OF policy which he secuted
and de,es,ed Upon this subject beg leave to submit
the following conclusive testimony from fuckers Lille
of Jefferson, vol. ii, page 367
"i,rIoe this question question: had astaed
OF the diversity had been deveoed 10 the public
mind MI Jefferson from Mr. R.nann Austin,
Massachusetts, in which among other lngs he tells MI JEFF
rson that he was quoted BY s mo no '9nnse our
which he discounenances The policy Of es
tabshing manufactures In Virginia To this letter he gave
reply that riumphanly quoted 10y tie supporters Of
They have, however, given to force and effect
which it justly bca for while he seemed to have list
much Of hs former prr against manufactures
ruers opposed 10 The pursued by Mer
friends for "as sensible SO If their
injustice and ,mprhey'
"But what SAID MIR. Jefferson himself after the TIA
riff question had been fully discussed, and while the
protective Tariff of 1924 was in full hlas' In let
Ter 10 MIR. Madison, dated February IL, 1896, few
months before his death, in accounting for his pecu
niary embarrassment, Mr. Jefferson the follow.
! ing language:
.mpSrr IF he with the calatou- fluctuations
# value IN our PAPER IN, du h"re k ag'eH'He !" siae
| "Besides all this, intelligent Trend informs me
that he heard Mr.. Jefferson declare, at his table that
those who advocated National Bank, Internal I'm.
provernents by the Federal Government, and pro-
,ective Tariff, were the Legitimate descendants Of The
old Federal party"
7gain-ve find the following liking "reminiscences
in that excellent paper the Nachez Free Trader, of
the 9TH instantly extracted from Mr. J-flersons Cor
respondence
Cuiivaiors the va uale citizens They
are The most vigorous ind pendent the most virtnos
they tied To their country and welded 10 H. liberty and
the most lasting bonds AS long, therefore, ms they
this line would not convert ihcm into
mariners a.lizans thing else But citizens find
line they continue in II, III their numbers anu
of course their productions demand,
boil internal foreign. This il the and probably
viii no, he far considerable tinr. surplus
of hands turned something else. should Them
haps them The preference 10 manufactures,
comparing the characters Of the two classes find the
former the valuable ctlZens"
| Does any States Rights Republican believe, that as
soon as Mr. Jefferson the partial and IN just work
ing Of the machine-nay as soon as he saw that the
machine Of the Federal Government intended only
for certain limited and specified purposes, was, SO far
to be extended regulate the labor and capital oil
the whole country, direct the pursuits OF ind
rduais and benefit certain sections the expense of
Others he would not take fire, not only at the nexpe
diency, not only at the mpoicy not only Ell the in
Justice Of the movement, but at the arrangement, the
abuse the unconstitutional working of The machinery
itself, With the lights of experience before his eyes,
and the true theory Of the Cons uon planted in his
heart, it is impossible, but that he great Champion of
State Rights would have protested, The Rockbridge
Correspondent positively asserts he did, against the
abomnable Tariff system, Zone oil the Legitimate de-
scendants Of the old Federal party.