Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-30

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settled policy of the country: Some OF The very
tronyest men Who voted for II, will return 10 their
sea,s with firm dete rmnation 10 repeal its obnoxious
clauses. ~
What! embalm law, which prohibits the introduce
linn of 40 many goods by The minimum principle ana
high duties as will reduce the receipts Of the Treasury
20 10 or IA millions of dollars when the expenses OF
the Government call for IS millions? Preserve law,
which in substitutes the unlicensed snug
pler for the legitimate merchant: Continue law,
Which principally rebounds the benefit Of class
ne society and one section Of the country, at the
pense of others. policy Of this description settled
IL is impossible. Was it .'se'tled' in "a or 2S!-
This bill of abominatons is open TO the same OBJ
ectons, which the Act of % Incurred-and which
called down the indignant denunciation of The Phi
adelphia Convention of September, 1881, with Gal.
latin, Berrien, and strong Virginia Delegation
at the head of it, They expressly denounced II
as measure for the benefit of the rich at the ex
pense of the poor In other words Ito the express
sion of The New York Evening Post of Monday lasi)
1--WE charge it upon them that their very last public
act tends directly grind the poor and make The rich
richer. For proof of this assertion, we Will slate only
two or three facts that they have furnished US, out oil
heap Of them These facts show Inc tendency OF .heif
Tariff with regard each article TO which 1t refers
The following is from the Boston American, a new
Clay paper: ~
"Good.-A we'll known iron dealer Of this city is
said 10 have made twenty thausand dollars upon lhe
iron he had hand, since the passage ofth new Ia
riff. That is good.
"a similar fact has occurred in several cases in this
city, and it shows how those individuals who had IRON
on hand 10 any amount are enriched by lie law
cit was stated on Change, yesterday, that gentle
man in this city had already realized S2o WV ny Inc
passape of the Tariff b-ROst0n Post Of Sept =.
"he rich in other parts Of the country, are in like
manner benefited by this law In LOUISIANA there are
four hundred sugar planters among The hundred thou'
sands of persons, who compose her population The
New Orrans Bee, violent Clay paper, referring TO
the Tariff says:
Most truly and warmly do We congratulate the SD.
gar planters of Louisiana the prospect OF Tariff,
which will enable them 10 reapa substantial proht upon
their outlay of capital and secure 10 them SO solid re-
ration for their industry We demonstrated some
weeks since that the bill which has passed the House,
will augment the income OF our sugar planters from
81 100000 TO 100000"
We shall lay before our readers the various evils
which are already arising from this abomnabe bill, and
the vehement denuncialons which are pouring forth
from the Democratic press in all sections For OR
own paris we are willing 10 make issue with the
Wing paper in Petersburg. "lf there should be a Lo
CO Foco majority in The next Congress- il ought to be
clearly understood that The (presenU Tariff Will be IN
danger of prosraon. Tie hgs alone are 10 be looked
to for The preservation Of The protective system in the
hands of any other party, the system must go down.
Upon the heads Of the Wings therefore, let the respon
sbilty rest. And this point appeal at once to
the people Of Virginia. Is the Petersburg nellgencer
prepared 10 repudiate the Compromise act OF IS,
which the SOutu mas carried ouL III SUCH gouu iaHH
Is he force the South again to resort TO the
exeI else Of all its energies and lis raj force agti1s
il, Is he prepared to say that the olive branch which
Clay then rendered is to he torn to pieces-that the
streay Of peace and amty which he then made, IS TO
be rent in twain People of Virginia, citizens Of the
whole South see what you have to expect 1t tins Inu
rated party permitted to elect II. Clay ssyour Chief
Mugstra e, But this policy is settled, We are told
And SO were We told in 2a, 80, 80, and even 81
But was il settled Did The South then acquiesce
Did they fold their arms in passive and nglorious
submission Far from IT, The baltimore American,
the Richmond Wing, and all that Clique, forget not
only the character Of our Institutions, not only the in
terests of agriculture and commerce, not only the
rights of the South, but The thrilling "reminiscences OF
the past-lhe whole history OF 81, and ~, and 33-
ne shall appeal 10 The uhote South IN ftao days We
shall bring before them some scenes which these Wings
entirely have forgoten-ihe acts Of the South, and the
proceedings ofe Philadelphia Convention, OF Septem
ber 1881. We have all these before us, and we shall
mike them tell with fearful effect upon prginia-upon
even some Of her Whigs-and upon the whole South
We have before US the Resolutions adopted at Charles
ton S. c., July, 1881, proposing this Free Trade Con-
vention meet at Philadelphia, on the 3Oth September
We have before us the first movement made in VIr-
pna, by the Citizens Of James City, who FIRST struck
the ball in the following high and manly key:
"Resoired, therefore, That the Tariff of 1873 is pal
pablo rioiation Of Tie Constitution of the U. S.
"Rcsoired, also, That the Tariff Of 1873 is unjust
impo,c and highly oppressive to large portion Of
the people.
We have next before the proceedings Of meeting
in Petersburg, which denounce The Tariff system, in The
strongest terms, and appoint as their Delegates 10 the
Anil Tariff Convention hlessrs. j. S. Brander, DR.. T.
Robinson, c. d. McIndoe, G. F. Osborne, w. II Mac
farand S. Mordecai and J. mcfarland, jr. We sell
bring up some Of these precious "reminiscences from
other counties and boroughs-inclnding the city of
Richmond, when Dr. J. Brockenbrough was called
TO the Chair, and Mr.. James Lyons was appointed
Secretary. The language employed at some Of theae
meetings was of the bodest character. in Bucking.
ham, for instance, when about 400 people were pre-
sent they denounce the Tariff law unconstitulion
al and oppressve-and declare, "that it ought not
and the time is fast coming when it cannot, and will
not be submitted to.
The Wing journalists forgot the high character,
the large number the able and decided Address the
People of the United States, of the Convention. We
shall refresh their memory upon these points-nnd
mean to lay the whole Address before our readers.
II concludes with eloquent tribute 10 "ihe princ
pies Of free and unrestricted eommeTee-that genuine
u4meriean S1sten" which will remove from bor-
ders every vestge of disconten will give more va.
lue the freedom which was wres,ed from the grasp
Of oppression by the vaor OF our ancestors, and per-
etuate those institutions which are destined, by the
lessing OF God, TO secure the happiness oil unborn NH
lions.
The Address, from the pen of John Macpherson Ber
rien Of Georgia. touched on the unconstuonahy of
the Tariff system--and motion was made 10 strike
out that passage But the ayes and noes were take
on The moon--as also on the final adoption of the
Address Upon both these, the Virginia Delegates
went in solid phalanx, viz:
"ph,lip P. Barbour, Henry E. Watkins, Richard
Booker, james NJ. Garne,,, Samuel L. Venable, Thos.
r. Dew, William Maxwell, Benjamin F. Dabney, r.
O. Grayson, S. A. Slorrow, Charles Cooke, John W.
Jones, Walker Halves, Philip A. Dew, John Broken
broush, Thomas Miller William G. Overton, George
G. Dromgoole, Randolph Harrison, Charles Yancey,
Robert Hurt, Ferdinand w. Risque, Malcolm Macfar'
land, Thomas w. G,lmer, Burwell Basseti R. II An.
hal ND
Knox, George Nj Payne, james S. Brandcr, William
o. Goode, William Townes, John Dickinson, William
B. Rogers, William P. Taylor, John II. Bernard, Linn
Banks, William II. Rome, james Lyons. John Tabb,
James Jones' Thomas T. Giles. Archibald Bryce, Jun,
james Nagruder, Benjamin II. Magruder, William
Daniel, Jun, S II. Davis, Liiteton Upsher"
Was this policy, them considered "settled' in 81? No.
Must we consider it as ''setlled VOW? Who believes
it, No-if the Congress does not do US justice,
we must the Soutl-present the whole question