Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-05

measures - True enough and ihereinrf, We call
upon the South 10 witasss tie fact. We ca! up
States Rights wings, TO see whom the fede-
raj Wings are now supporting for their candidates
10 tie Legislature. Ssc what their miserable or
gan in this city says. All the Wing, farm press
cs 10 the North, greeting the following bold asser-
on frn;u 4 late Redmond Whia. We Offset It at once,
upon the point OF fact by the following quotation from
The Richmond Compiler of yesterday morning, mild,
but liberal Wing paper which goes AFR the increase OF
the Tariff some imporis'-and also goes Tor the
principle Of Distribution, though have understood
to say, it would suspend distribution for the sake oil con-
tfibutir1 In tlir defence Of The nation:
fFrorr TIE Richmond WagJ fFr"m The r. C",72nerJ
"Vigiua pos "On in snh.ct Of increasing
porous during Tariff the entire south VIII
g. -, u.s. ~; L., ,' ,.iu Give, ant 4 shor,
rapidly declining time began to think
The is-wiat.ver slang from comments OF portion
wtanecrS may say Southern press on the
ry-hcrc State the Union Tariff policy, that change
deeply Interested in Tariff coming over The sih-tat te
Virginia. designs of England 10 br
-,.vani and Maryland The independent ot Us as she
riec ofthe matter He nenr The If Us as possible
from quarters Demo luenced Southern gentlemen
erat' e'A Ehssdt m, that they were ready u admit
along Tariff the poprirty Of eOaa'e,ra"g
cannot keep M, dtes 1t least Bu zee oirrs u,
e"u"t-~e cannot maintain drerird and ne s'na m
sound currency Agriculture dstry fer adarag 70 fAs
well Manufacresdfonps Compromise and among those
and decays This srorng who attach the greatest de-
Tie result of bitter OF sacrrdness 10 INK act are
treroUed prejudice" ducion had brought the rate OF
duties the fixed stand
ard, conc edcd sort Of so'emnl
Is 10 IT, and urged that ii should
be disiernrded and the duties
cut dow Immediately" . i
Let those, whom the Wing has deceived into belief
of the increasing Tariff feeling of the South, unde-
ceive themselves by the candid confessions OF the
Compiler. The last speaks the ruth-the other IL the
false oracle As 10 the notion of the Wing, that the
Tariff contributes 10 the prosperity of the State, we
beg leave to offset il with the following Communica
ton from merchant hose opinion is worth hundred
times Than the dctu,n of the Wing and of all its
clique:
TO TIE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
PeterSbnrg, 1pril I'd, lS42
If any thing could inspire surprise me a, the mad
and folly of SHE graf VINO PARTY, il would be
the fact that they should in this State bndly follow
the lead of MIR. Clay in saddng the country with
high Protective Tariff. As party, the Wings have
never been benefited by experience, nor do ever ex
pect that they will do the country any good go
long is controlled by JUDGE and ambition
Virginia felt the effects of the Tariff Of 1916; and the
Tariff of lo24 and lc2S Frustrated the agricultural in
terest of not only Virginia. but the whole country; and
as soon the Compromise made, the entire plant.
ing interest of the country greatly benefited, as
the reduction of the Tariff permitted the increase Of
wages abroad, and The natural effect felt by the ad
in foreign markets of great staples, cotton
and tobacco, which caused the planting interest to pros
per; and every thing else IS built upon that, the
caancs the manufacturers the merchants and all other
trades prospe!ed, and SO continued, until "the great
Wing party" got into power, and their leader, Mr..
Clay, amongst other rulnous measures stated that the
Tariff would have TO be greatly raised; and as he was
the organ Of the party the impression was taken by
foreign manufacturers that the Tariff would speed
lily be ralsed and to meet it, they greatly Iesscncd
the wages in their manufactures, and purchased
cotton at lower rates; and the greatest con-
sumers Of tobacco the aboTng classes, they were
either forced to buy at greatly reduced prices
lake much less than they had used while their wages
better and the natural result being felt
this country by tie PROSTATE condition Of the agricul
uralIss, which every class in The community
10 feel the effects such unwse policy, seTsihy
the planters do In Short the effect OF high protec
i've Tariff in this country always has caused, and must
always decline in the price Of labor abroad and
great decline in cotton and tobacco, which goes d.
ecty home by the fall of the labor of our planers-
So sudden and great too very frequently to ruin
many who both industrious and prudent, but had
made some purchases time, not supposng that the
Federal Government could be so mad TO adopt po
icy which would eilectuay strange the first great in
crest in the country. Tie Wings in the towns may
usain such madness, but trust that in the country
hey will clearly that their best interest must be
acrrfced by sustaining the high tariff views of their
,ary.