Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-27


pecially towards The agricultural interest a..
How can We consistently pass snch me assures % '''
and continue TO rail at England Ia! he' corn law "a,
when now her duties ON gram are lower ma" . "
those in the present BIZ: Nor VII II become Us 10 c'-
.in l,pc.r that she xciuGrs gran by high m
uor,s when she takes ti!ee.iourhs d'recuy, .. u.I
IL ,hrouah her colonies, oil al We export wv " ~
Of retallatory dutes, when ou'S now on "si .o 1,
IRON woo,i,ns and crochcry ware, are nearly douoe
&C byh os hers on grain: and when, II sue OPP
PRESSES the great of her population, ana o''VeS
many into lnsurrecon by her core taxes we Cypress
ours much more by all which IS USED 10 pro
t.ct from nakedness aud cold as well as al ~hc"
enables our peoe in the ct IRON and cotdage 10
I'LL the earth for bread, navigate the ocean fof gam
So more than half of these nine leading artiefs y"
ENGLAND VIII ch yield most OF her revenue-sueh as
SHIRTS wines tobacco fruits &c are maniiesiiy uAu,
rios There the great mass of the revenue Is eoee'u
from the rich who afford to use luxur'es however
highly taxed But here, our nine or ten arcles' "hca
are ex pected TO yield most retenue ny 'his p'' anu
which will Weld twenty ports OCT oil twenty se'en'
= s,cccets as its frents EXPECT all necessaIIes,
and even agricultural necessaries except two-sp'r,s
and silks What contrast! There, not hst ihe aft
Giles vie ding most necessares iiefe' eeh''lenHs
of them There, only what goes INTO 'he mouth IS
taxed high Here, what goes upon the back as wen as
INTO the mouth. Has this been done 10 get more re-
venue here when England is so much deeper IN oeo''
and ous ut TO be 50 much more taxed:
Can neither TIE back nor The NOUN ne ai'oMeo 70
escape here where tie people, al large are PRETENDED
10 be so much less burdcned and 10 have so nucn
more weigh, in public affairs No, SIR The an
ference is that here only privileged class supply
clothing for the masses; while 'hs1e' one OF ene'a
v,lered classes supplies food. Hence the farmer IS
here heavily tax.d and hence under the pretence oil re-
venue the people at large are TO be mace TRIBUTARY 10
the manufacturers and to be ground down TO Inc EARN
with high duties on the great heccssalies " "e'p '
up that privileged class ):
Some talk even as If there was sacredness, or d.
vine ripnt connected with them; and all legls.a''on
TO be shaped for their protection alone II you
question their exclusive preenSlons over agrcu''uie
and commerce, their reproach Is, you are hosue 10
American labor Is no labor American but theirs: IL
YOU oppose high determinations for them, ard them
alone you are yilfed rs enemy TO domestic industry
Is there no domestic industry IN the plough ana scyhe,
and ship as well as IN spinning Jenny, or loom;
If you favor Tariff for revenue, and not potec
TO single class IL IS imputed TO you That your WISH
springs from opposition to The American sys'enl-as u
the true American system was not that OF equa 9"S
and equal taxation or, should you lie so impartial as
not 10 like home league for manufactures alone, you
are denounced for want Of pa,rotism-as II there were
not home crops home herds oil cattle, ana nome HOOKS
of sheep TO be ragged as much as the manutac-
ture of soda ash, vernicel!i, pins The agrcul-
lural interests in this misled or nc9iecleo III
may be unGesignedly, yet st,ll 1t ~ done.
Ifthose behind The curtain were, by this ball. seeking
revenue alone and did not intend to blind The farmers
about protection by raising the duty on such articles
as butter wheat, flour and lard Why did they select
that which has little competition from abroad, ana
nj the same moment Yields 50 little revenue: ne TACT
could hardly be credited, if not IN the Official docn-
,nen before me, that the revenue from butter, by lhs
change held out merely financial would be lncfeas,
ed only $500; that from wheat -four, only So3 and
That from ard-in the distressing wants OF the ucasu
nv for twenty ml!iions-not quite the great
fiscal aggregate OF ninety ght cents This, as hnan
cierng, must astonsh Europe! why not os open, NUN
w. straightforward
Where are the drawbacks too for the aid OF farmers
None ON their sal, consumed, or Their ron whe on
the first YOU allow drawback 10 the fisheries, ana on
the last 10 the pInprietors of railroads
What drawback is allowed on the noasses consumed
in raising and sh piping their surplus cropsihe fruit
OF their laboy and capital; their cotton bagy'ng,
or their sugar Blu. large draw backs granted to the
manufacturers OF spirit from moasses, and OF refined
sugar, when shipped ao!oao, rs Inc ilul oi ahuue'u
ing labor and capital! 80,
Another characteristic Of the details OF the b'i!, eS.
cecdlngly unjust and unequal to the agricultural anu
other laborug classes that by the rate OF duty when
specic whatever be It's superiority IN some cases
over an ad vaoren securing revenue, II rs so
used here as make the secondary quaty and value ci
anv article of the same name, aud which OF contse, is
mos. used BY the least wealthy, pay as high Guty no
,n,naly and much higher really, on lis value,
than IS pad on the fashionable aud costly iabric
used by the rich. Without iatiguing the Senate by
many details this take the ARTICLES only OF shoes and
nAnnes The silk shoe in the ball room or sol
rec NAYS no higher duty than the cowhde chloe worn by
rio sF,iIor l,hoI.r or piouphmaa SO the nan
nIaniy taxed but has tn pay Just as mucn duty pei
ward the finest fabric used by the wea!thies,
Where nlso is the free list OF articles 10 aid oyricn
ture3 For protection afforded ty letting tie articles
used by particular classes in free, edectually
as by taxing rival articles high
The whole free list for the manufacturers would i'll
almost page: such noces Of machinery, berries
and vegetables used for dying all dye woccs old
metals IN brass, copper, pewter, DC, 10 be manuac
Iured, crude birthstone gums, n'"cdrr, lrdia rubber
kelp barla wood, palm leaf and oil, reeds, &c; while
the free Isl 10 aid farmers consists only oil "anmas ioI
breed and 'p!aster Of Paris
al t4ka limo and Hnuo
meicc have ouch superior claims extraordinary pro-
,ecton if granted all 10 any class, especially
unus, and suicidal 10 the beet Interests OF the whole
community.
Why Sir the value of property Of all kinds in this
country estimated at four thousand millions Of dol
lars OF this at leust three housand millions (or
three fouri:,s Of tie whoe,) belong to agriculture
and is That three iour;is 10 be Etg!ec'ed for only
small plttance ~ manufactures mixed up with The
other fourth All he capital IN the lat'ef EN-
pluymen appears, by the last ceE.r, 10 he only tvs
hundred and SIXTY millions and f:ac'ipi--
while the capital commerce and Navigation, alone
exceeds il than hundred miIlions-and mat ~
agriculture, exceeds ii two thousand seven hun
bred millions
Generali,,s cnn hardly impress strongly enough
with the great magnitude OF The Interests III agrcu!
lurr, compared with those engaged ~ manufactures
Here is a ,@llc Sir, eor'ptd from Tie last census
as corrected. Fair computations Of pr'ces on H. show
that the crop, year, Of only eight agricultural
producis ds, value, by hundred per cent, The
whole capital employed III manufactures
.fetraac Prices.
Indian corn, al 30 cents per bushe $l!36io,o-
Hay, al $40 per Ton, l2-,0'' ,03l
Wheat al 81 per bushel, - ,e12,Jo1
Oats at % cents per bushel, u OUo,oou
Cotton, CT ~ cents per pound, "',eU0,uot
Potatoes, al - cents per bushe, 2o,230,OO'
Tobacco, a, 10 cents pc. pound, 2l,ol ,Uol
Wool, al % cents per pound, |,'oo,VUt
500, a9S, O9G
When we come TO The numbers employed, ard he
longing those employ III zach pursuit, after making
proper additions for persons in families, not enumerated
in The census, actively engaged IN Zach occupation
!, viii be found that those agriculture than
twelve millions above three -ionrths OF the " hole
while those IN manufactures DO not exceed million
and hali-or one eleventh OF the whole. Are Tie
yirnnns v1nmnrlry Of The country, and their INDUS