Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-06
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THE PROTECTIVE POLICY" ny "u~
~ ne Literary h,sscHger.
IN the style and manner of this valuable contri-
ouuon TO the pages OF the Messenger. we think
we can discover the attic elegance of a distinguished
et'zsn OF Richmond. The subject is now one o(
a'' ehgrossins interest TO these States and merits
the deepest reflection aud consideration from every
patriotic man. Il suggests the consideration vsbe-
.heT the great States, of THE Confedcr,ev a,c ,o
eoniinue the serfs OF foreign uanur.ctursr, mud
money lendets; or whether they will resYp,. IN.
'nuePeadent position they once occupied, with un.
eNnmp,ed success, and which God and nature de-
sign they shall occupy nsainl The bitter expe.
r'enee OF the past few years has incucated lesson.
winch II Is to be hoped this people will never for
GET and though the instruction has cost the for
tunes, happiness and morals Of thousands, vet. in
inc uispenSaiions OF an allwise Providence who
can TELL but tie partial evil may terminate in uni
Nersal gooci God IN his mercy graft that such
may be the case, and that our beloved country,
as"a;ei, troubled, and depressed rs it has been.
and as we fear yc, for sometime destined IN no,
may finally emerge from the calamtous difficulties,
IN which 1t has been Laundering. and stand erect,
once more, on the firm basis of its own free and
happy institutions. Our country, AT this nome Mt,
presents mournlul spectacle. Individuals are
ruined; corporations are crippled; States are stag
sered, and, as 1t we're, topping to deStruction:-
but the crisis is at hand, and the "sober second
I thought OF an intelligent people, duped out Of
their prosperity for season, will vndica,e their
rights, and place them, once more, where they ought
TO be, foremost among the nations Of the earth
! That Sacred Book, in which are the precep,s of
pure wisdom, informs us that Whom God lovetb
he ehasteneth;" and his parental correction is no
less slluIary TO nations than individuals. II Isl
therefore, that lie has permitted this scourge TO fall
upon us now, in the vigour Of our youth to disci-
pine US, by trials and difficulties for the destpes
he intends US TO attain; and we should bow to His
will, and submit His DEGREES, and show ourselves
worthy OF his care. And have we not manifested
degree Of patience, under suffering never before
exhibited by great and powerful peopel Would
the sers OF Russia have borne the vacillating, gno.
bic, selfish, demoralizing policy that has disgraced
and degraded us, and rendered a jest and by
word 10 the nations of Europe lie, us, then, 90
back to the point where We abandoned the we'll
known and travelled road, and diversed into obscure
and unirequenied paths, that have conducted us
into an interminabe forest, in which we have been
cropping our cherries way, without sun, or moon
OF stars, without chart or compass, to direct our
footsteps; guided, only, by occasional and eva
neseent ignis fa,uus that, now, brings US bot.up.
right against some gnnrled oak now, plunges us to
the middle in a morassi guides US to the brink
of an awful precipice, from which, alas many are
hurled into the deep abyss Of want and wo, and
I misery.
/ We are happy, most happy, to find that the In
xxIt oh I.e oke a..
pie. is again being removed, ana we hail the essay
Of H an index Of returning reason. II IS mon
strous that such state OF things as now exists should
be suffered TO continue. Exchange to II per cent
between Richmond and Baltimore A merchan,
informed us few days go, that he alone had paid
IN the last three years $4,000 in domestic exchange
From whose pocket does this come answer We
English pauper labour men, who were once so mer.
cIu to the pockets Of the consumer. At this rate.
how much hos Richmond paid in three years. per-
haps s300,000!!! But, take all the country. from
the ST. CroiK to the Sabine, from the Lakes to the
Pacific, and calculate, If you can, the amount lost
by the country: and whittier has It gone into the
hands OF brokers and foreign producers. And what
IS the remedy Judicious, moderate, steady, dis
eliminating Tariff the promotion Of domestic IN
dustry; the encouragement of free intercourse and
exchange OF commodities between the different SEC
tons Of the republic; the distribution Of the pro-
eeeds Of the public lands, rs now contemplated by
law; an economical administration Of the federal go.
vernmeni; but, above all firm, stable unwaver-
ing policy, that looks not to engender feelings Of
dIsrust in the poor towards the rich. but which
looks, with an impartial eye to the preservation Of
property, life, and freedom Of action unsworved by
demogoguesm and unswaycd by hypocrisy. Such
are the means OF renewing our prosperity; they are
all within our reach, II true to ourselves; but # the
lessons Of experience fail UNDECIDED on our ears.
then, wo deserve to fall into the depths Of wretch
edness, TO which seem to be Fastening with such
awful strides
Whilst wc thus stronuously urge the adoption Of
a system which we deem essential 10 tho national
prosperity and Independence, VIC do not desire
tho establishment Of Tariff at his Hm,. Tie
people are not yet prepared for ~ their disiresses
have not reached that point, at which they will ac-
quirs true wisdom, in spite Of their nreiudices.
Tariff to be really beneficial must bc stable and tho
country must feel satisfied That % will bo the settled
policy Of the Government 70 this end, Il must be
adopted, with the general concurrcnce Of the whole
body Of the people, or not adopted at all
| iCi' The Calhoun men IRE in high spirits, and
til al