Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-05
rOL. XIE.-sSO. II.

your nEoa9 with ngi statesm1nllke absence vt any
design calculation what,ver and piously commit the
Consequences 10 chance or Providence sisoeether This,
eau only say. il not the doctrine Of Mr.. Madison Cen
eral Jaelisan Mr.. Van Buren, any body else have
ever heard OF. except The senator from South Caro-
lima aud ooe of iio Senators from Alabama (sIr. Bag
by)
The Same Senator insisted in another part ofiis asps-
nent thai tls blll would bring into the Treasury re-
dundau Income, did The high tariff OF 1923. With
eut stopping TO compare this assertion with hia esborae
attempt prove that by having gone beyond theptop-
er revenne points, il must dimH,ia, mpofaiions and SO
decrease he Income. teamouy shy that. Ia the present
state Of trade and OF that limited consumption which
The universal dnnuon Of mos nieals threatens, the
soundesi aud most practical opniis incline QeITesify
doubt wheter after all. this bill will give revenue o.
nonah.
The Seuator has spoken tee, pf the prosperity which
has eosned from The reduction Of duties effected hy the
compromise act. Where is H. sh} In what pursuit?
In what branch etbnsnoss} In what period OF imo,--
.ars nn&, that act, drchued very slightly until 1870
Upio TINT time duties splllcipnty high fof Profession
prevailed u the country prospcred then. II was not til
der the operation oflpw Duties.
In Whit period has gten preAefty been witness
od2 VIII he senator tell me whEr interest Is now in
80 prosperous condition as boIo bis epoch OF nationa
happlntss2 Is il the non blslHcss which we know 10
be the verge general ruin9 Is it The grain growing
INTEREST," l. nayipation} II IL The sugar planiipgl Is Ii
the grazing INTEREST," Ia 1t cuftou2 or what is III For
my life eanuot discover any one branch of industry
which is not suffering gStyoQsiy, really oannol ina
glue What the senator means when he spraks of the
beneiteni effects Of measure siee Which we have wit
noased hardly my hing but calamity that has bcc
Mlug deeper and deeper every day.. f*
Il low duue9 confer prosperity, we should now bet
the mos Furnishing condition ever aoeoln HE rate
actually IL force Is lower than pyer being only lGs per
eet Nhrre arr the glad alccis thai ought 10 casucl
l. any mhuch 81 husInrss becoming mofe fhritua,--
Are prices risinR2 Il nnloym4a more easily lmnd or
wages nIproying} l. labor ia demand OF c5pii find
IN advantageous uaos} Yet money is abundant in tho
large cities lbefc sm9re thanc1n find profitable employ
ment or aatc Investment. Trade. IN u word stiYnates
and there is. in the face OF all the Senator's fheori,s mr.
importation, though have reached the realization al
mos OF The Senator's IDEAS. and eetle 10 nearly
sfietel commerce
Counarc, the oiher han1 this state Of things with
HAT which followed the ,arill of ls2S nocking all the
prophecies Of those who had denounced wo upm, fho
country il it should be adopted. Did it rnin the revenue
rs was ihcn 81 confidently medictodl Tho very confs4
w II produced a redundancy. Did Il destroy com
merco, IA II MAS proclaimed by tie free trade pth.s,
pl'rrs 1t was certain to dol BY no means: our e,rorr
trade was never more lloluisbinp than undor it, Well
was it fatal 10 the manufacturers No: they in spe
Of the South Carolina Senator's asons on The subject,
Wero ~ advised enough To flourish exceedingly BIZ
surely IL must have ruined every Southern Interest. G,r
theso gentlemen u hold thai every thing which
benefits the rest Of the country must be fatal To the Stth;
YET osen the price Of clifton was high undof H. And
this, ne have already said under high lnti,s for
the reduction, under the compromise, was ineoa-
siderable I'll within the last Two years years ~
HE lowest duties and the deepest distress which we
have ever sccd
The Senator speaks asifii were he manufacturer. n
nne who moving for The ri Im,ieelion uo,e
elainlgd ho refuses - tho ainost flct-lot iii,
regular manufacturing establishments eonatih.,-' L....
very snail paft Of tho great aud the diversified inter
eats that ask this Indirect assistance. Farmers grazicfs.
wool growers, ship ownes, mechanics, artisans, lahor-
ors, and The very that for bread with whole
easses Of others that need name, swell The vas,
crowd ol the suffering industrious who suppn.aie sou
for some such measure as this. may, anafg these,
state particular that OF the wool growors) less
known. Their distress may bo imagined, when The fact
is told that the entire shearlng Of 1871 remains yet on
hand unsod.
H. the system Of the South Carolina Senator exports
stand as tho great measure of national prosperity; aud
them he would of course direct all public care Now,
he states the entire amount at Those of this country ri
hundred mlllons OF dollars. But the PRODUCTIONS
the entire active industry of the nation are il seems
two thousand millions Thus one twentieth Of what
annually produce is SEM abroad Now, how is ii
that any Other hundred millions of these annual fruits or
labor Just valuable The cxports2 Does tho
iaetol their beng sold 10 Foreigners TO supply somo oIier
want make then better than what supplies yet another
want without any such exchanged Why, hunby
enlrcat to know, is this particular hundred miliiois
nle lan nineteen times valuable each Of tho o.
thersl Is section sold nineteen times as much prt NJ
any thing eso2 Is that the deporablc condition. in.
which thai branch olcuure isl Surely Gas the Scna@
Tor says Of manuthcres) lfeXpored commodities are as
valuable as all that, they take of themselves
aud we, meantime. had better what can be dono iDr
The remaining nineteen iwcheihs IF productions
thai stay and are used AT home. IL this is what is cal
led political economy, wish the Senator joy ol what IL
teaches him. FL
But il exports be the great aim TO which all lepisa-
lion is to be devoted, eau tell the Senator by what "a
sy process can be largely sw.led. Let us yet tho
price OF flour down to Two dollars as We can; ii
will 20 abroad abunany ut SO Of sailed provi-
sons Of every kind Nay. we can export every tiii9,
by giving all awayj and, exports vii! thus be III
ealculably onargcd shall certainly be once tho
richest, the most prosperous people on the earth.
For my part never before understood why thilps
10 be- sent abroad why is JUST rs well to
dispose oi them in bone market OF diversified climSf8
and soil hare thought that il this mere surplus winch
makes up exports, struck from existence, IL
would hardly be io As to cotton. of which the culturo
dates only fifty years back. certainly onccgot
along without IL, and that at time when Esyurces
were Infinitely smaller and less various than now. We
fought through the Revolution without it; without It Ne
earned that famous and meriled encomium Of Mr. Burke
upon the hardy the active the ineatigable the indom
table genius OF this country. yet in the infancy Of
all those qualities which then attracted his eloquent
praise.
The Senator says that other ngtions growing enlrht-
ened .are casting of these ttammels uf restrclions
Yet AFTER Know not how. he told us that all but
savage States supplying themselves" We, then.
suppose in this category ofsavage States, and
TO be supplied by every body but ourselves. But civil
zed nations supplying themselves, ISL Undue
Sd 10 Think by taking good that Melody else shall
supply thcm and accordingly, far can Judge, they
doing any thing else but relax their restrictive sys
TENS. Look sir, AT the late results OF inquiries by
British parliamentary commission into the comparative