Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-24


MORE POLITICAL ECONOMY.
Another mighty Safe paper (or Treatise, shall
call iill in the eternal columns of The Enquirer
on the "immu,able principles Of Fee Trade, Ae
srudite dissertation, to prove, demoeraiesly that ali
the commercial doctrines OF Thomas Jsiferson,
James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van
Buren,. James Buchanan, Levi Woodbury., Shas
Wright, Richard NJ Johnson, and all but the ma,
opinions of John c Calhoun even, Me abomination,
That even Incidentally to assist the infant Aria or your
country by laying the taxes you are compelled to
your own productions than on those which d. not,
is shockingly wron.! Ia word, ihi, all duties on
imports should be precisely Al one rals!
Such arc the propositions in which, Ito use the
proper words OF tie documen, itself "ihe Democ-
racy Of Buckingham, ia primary meeting assem-
bled," has famed fo9th, by Report and Re,olu-
tons in the las, Enquirer.
With the ,ediousness Of the Report ITSELF We will,
ia mercy to readers who's we hold 10 deserve vel
OF US, not deal. We will leave its thin and very
blue milk, aad take only its Cream, the Resolutions
The Let OF these is in the words following:
'That in our opinion, the present Tariff imposes
excessive and unequal taxes, and will have 4 ten
"dency to diminish the industry, impede the pros
'perity, and corrup, the morals OF the people"
Now, TO begin with the FIRST branch Of tn. matter:
it plsases "lhe dsmocracy"t to asser, ,ha, Tariff is
excessive" which by no means cones up to the
rates voted, in thoss OF 1928 and 1882. by all the
heads Of their owa party (excep: Mr. CaIhounl
,shsn there wss already an ers4ss IN the Trsasnry!
Il is monstrous, frghtful, tyrannicai, and utterly
-. -
Treasury is by themselves deelirei to be BANKRUPT
to lay such duties they voted, when it had more
money than i, knew what 10 do wi.h so that it W as
obliged TO give away twenty eight millions to the
States! Most reasonable md o1sisien. Democratic
OF the next matter tinsqnilityj you obviously
mean to say that all duties should be equal. Nov
please accept specimen Of your own absurd self
contradictions.
Has not tn. entire Democratic parry gore for
making Coffee and Tea "lres .r,iclssl" Yea: DO
yond doubt. And did nc, Mr. Calhoun and tn.
Free Trade party render the Free Lis, in the Com
promise Act as Large a, they cOuld1 Cenainiy.
Are these your equllity7
But again: Watche5, Jevelry, Precious Stones.
Laces, and some other commodities Of great vals.
in little bulk, will not bear duties higher than fiom
to 10 per cent, anj would be invariably smu.gei
If you exceed that rate. Nov, il duties must be
Invariably alike, the rate which can be collected on
these is the inevitable standard Of all other things
Nay, mors-Gold and Silver are but commodi
ties Themselves, like Iron, Lead and Brass. The
only difference is tina, the former are Ar5,ocra,c,
and the latter sort Democratic metals. Now why,
upon your own principles, are no, these metals Of
Pride and Luxury to be tax ID as high as useful |.
ron, pacific Lead, or your own modes, Bfd.sl-
What think you OF 30 per con, on specie and bul
ion Your own nxioms require that duty.
so much for "Exeessiveness and In.quality."-
Now, the effects Of these are what you say, "to
diminish tho industry, impede the prosperity, and
corrupt the morals Of the land" surely your leaders
should have thought OF that, in 1923 and 1852.
when, without any public necessity, they voted
for such taxes.
The next Resolution IS IN the following words:
"Thal the present Tariff ought to he SO altered
that protection should he dsreg,rded, and thai,
not one cen, should be collected further than is
necessary for revenue"
Now, what says the ID .mocracy OF Pennsylyanil
and Senator Buchanan to ihis7 They claim
high duty TO protect their Iron md Coal. VIVA.
says Senator Wright Of New York, Mr. Van Ba
ren's right hand msn Does no, he wants duty
on sahl VIVA, says Democratic Missouri as to
Lead What Louisiana Dsmoera, has ever voted
ogains, protecting the growth Of sugar. Or what
Virginia Denocra, will venture to propose th,t
Spanish Tobacco and Cigar, shall come in on the
same terms as Tea and Coffee Or what Ken
lucky Democrat will no. vote for he ping hemp
But surely the creates, Of all Democrats. GEM
Jackson, went for protecting Iron AMI other leading
manufactures, tina, could render US Independent Of
foreign nations -particulidy everything useful in
war Mr.. Mid'son, waon you profess 50 much 10
reverence, was altogether m favour ofa Protective
TanG; and, 10 short, eT:sp, John Rinlolpi-cst.
tainly not much Of Democrat 1t would pure
you to poin, on, Rspnblicin Of 1916 who has rot
given in his testimony 10 favour OF Protection.
Still, ills is "Ihe Democracy"-,hough Il 10 a
hundred 10 that ts very ch1irmln-ihe ovoriast.
ing Major Yancey-himsef went the whole doc
| tfine Of Protection, in 1916, when rmar was the
Il publican creed, and all who opposed il we're stg.
mauzed os Federahsis.
II The next proposition runs thus;
That while We n,s not oppossd N t,r,s sopsl-
ly opponioncd bnd imposed Tor the purpore Of
p" raising revenue adequate fOr IN economical I'D
rniois'fation Of the Government ue MAINTAIN tia,
taxes levied on the people for the beneh, Of sny
class Of men, are equally ifrcconeable with ia,
teo' sound judgement and the principles Of III,
Constitution"
3 So; equality" again-ihe equality Of somo him,
taxed ~ per rent, AMI others not at all But ,ull
"'qualay |" is the cry. Well the most equal Of al
'sS's isa POl'.,a1, which mskes no distinction .
's PERSONS are you Tor that1
u seems however, that You are directly nm,
y y violently opposed To tho whole Poor School system
Tor that supported, by other clsssc', tn,aely 70
% the behth' Of single cas-. Pay, gentlemen. Oh
''e've how your own principles eooiounl you.