Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-12

your power 10 rage twenty-five mons a"nuay r.
The customs So large sum cannot DC eA'o'tea i'"'i
commerce ~ the present state OF things. he'l ie''
r,c IA ,hp amount would require gross revenue, 1T
The present extrnvasan rate Of collection, ot al least
,mon,rsoven millions Of dollars Oar present exports
will not nav for importation OF more IMAM l>'oo'-
00o allowing for The ordinary profits OF trade. rom
INC ,us be deducted Sl0,OO0,0oG for the interest OF
An, abroad which would reduce the imports TO Sl5,-
am cno n.duct $40 Og0, 200 more for free articles,
immediately connected wih the manufacturing opera
ions of the country, and It would reduce The dutaoe
articles consumed IN the country annually TO Sioo.
0oD 900 In the free articles do not include lea and
coffee, which are now So ~ woadu s an n%S
du,y d, % per cent 10 S21,OOOoO0 on Sl0oooO,
0o Can you in the present state OF things, rase your
duties T. iha, high standard:
macs over the effects Of such duty, depressing
Tho export trade on which the import depends. be-
tween then, there is the most intimate relation Each
limits the amount Of the other In the long rum It is
acknowledged that the imports cannot, on fair valua-
ton exceed the exports 1t is not less certain that The
same rule applies TO the exports which, IN the long run
cannot exceed the imports. And hence duties on i'm
norris as efiectuay restrict and limit the amount the
ynors as If directly imposed on the latter. 10 repress
me one il to reprcss the other. But setting inside all
conside ra,ions of the kind, directly meet the ques
lion. and say that you cannot extor from commerce
the amount you propose
lie who would reason from the past on this subject,
~
give the revenue they did. The smuggler forbds
The sta ndard of morals is greatly lowered The paper
system and the protective policy have worked great
and melancholy change in that respect. The country
is filed with energetic and enerprsng men, rendered
desperate by being reduced from afuence poverty
through the vicssitudes of the times. They viii give
an impulse to smuggling unknown 10 the country here
tofore The profits of regular business in the
state of things in which the country is placed must be
low and slow. Fortunes no longer be made by a
and ittpc
or the large class TO which have alluded, and whose
debts will be spungrd BY the Bankrupt act will not sub
nit To ering their former condition by slow pro-
cess. With high duties, smuggling then Will open too
tempting field TO restore their broken fortunes not TO
be entered by many Of the large class 70 which refer,
to which many will be added from the lowered standard
Of morals, who cannot plead the same necessity. II
this be added the great increased facility for SNUG
Cling, both Northern, and Eastern, and South
frontiers it will be in vain 10 expect 10 raise
the proposed from commerce Not only has the
line Of frontier along The lakes been greatly lengthen
ed hut the facility Of. intercourse with them, both By
mis- and roads, have been increased still greater
degree. How is smuggling TO be prevented along so
extended frontier, with such unlimited facility for
practisingi, Nor will the supply of struggled goods
he confined The immediate ncghborhood Of the from
tier. They will penetrate through the numerous roads
and canals ain TO the lakes far inland, and compete
successfully with the regular trade IN the heart of the
country. Nor is It 10 be doubted but that the British
the immense interest which they have to the trade
Of country, as far as possible through the channel
Of the ST. Lawrence. II will give TO Great Britain the
entire tonnage whatever portion of trade may be
turned through that channcl-a point so important TO
her naval supremacy, 10 which she is attentive
Already great facility ia afforded for turning the pro-
trade, both for the home market and the supply
Of the West Indies, through il, and with much success
was surprised 10 learn, since The commencement Of
III, session, aS have dou5; most OF those who hear
,l,r ~,
known, is ilrcad. the fourth III The Union as
the number 81 vessels that enter and depart in the ycaf
refer 81 Vincent, II the outlet o! Lake Oniaria il
i tie drno; for The British trade which deScendS the ST.
Lawrence from side 70 "ive life ard visor 10
vast trade which yves her the entire tonnage o,hc
ward and inward voyage j. important hc neglected
particularly il would powerfully counieraci our
high dulicS, and greatly widen The field ot col>np
lion ioT her manufactures. Tuning 20 the frontier IL the
other end .: ihc Union shall find great increase ol
facility Tor smuggling IN that quarter but abstain from
enlaigm? on il Tor thr present.
Taking all these together il cannot be doubted
bui that smuggling will commence al ach lower point
of duties iian ever has heretofore and thai all cal
cuiaons al increase orevens from increase .! duties,
founded lle past will fail II is tic opinion Of good
judges that il would commence with duties as low as l.
per such articles linen and SILKS but lie that
il may lie safely predicted that lie scheme d!
raising III" standard 81 revenue 10 the present cXpcndi
iles, wall iail lpasS over the violation Of the compro
mise which sue" policy necessarily involves, is rain
ierng unlc. the greatest depression, and ha, deep dis
content which must follow in the quarter thai produces
them. ! shah caninc myself simply 10 The financial
question. Regarded III that light tell Gentlemen that
The ,ne VI policy they propose will fail They will have
10 abandon it, 10 internal taxes to supply the de-
felt from commerce. Yes must restore The revenue
from the lands, economics and rctcnch be forced 10
10 internal taxes in the end Are you prepared for
ilal ask those who represent The great sections 10 the
North and East Of this If they have reflected how that
portion OF the Union would be affected by internal laxcs
refer not 10 direc. taxes: for that according 10 the mode
prescribed III the Constitution, can never bc pushed 10
oppressive extreme but 10 excuses. II YOU have not
il is time you should: for in The way you gong.
YOU will soon have 10 learn cxperimentay how il will
operate.
There never has been civilized country within my
knowledge whose moneycd affairs have been worse
managed than Tor the last dozen of years in ISIS
We raised the duties on an average 10 nearly fifty per
cent when the debt the Of bein. discharged
and thereby Hooded The country with revenue, when
discharged which could not be absorbed b. the most Ia
wish expenditures. Hence the double aliction of
clnnIa,ing surplus Of millions millions and OF the
most waSirtul expenditures al the lime Then
came The Compromise act which entirely exempted one
half o the imports from duties in order escape the
growing evil Of such surplus. and reduced the one
TENTH every two years, on all The duties above twenty
per cent in order 10 get clear Of The protective policy
Under their operation aided by the Deposilc ac the sur
plus AFFORDED, and the revenue gradually brought
down 10 hcprper level meet the descending revenue,
4 reduction OF expenditures was commenced, with the
intention Of cqualizing the and expenditures
! Then change OF party took place the coming in
protesting greater love for aud rcIenchment
;ha the going out bui instead offulhng their pro-
miscS The public expenditures have been increased by
mllonS-dehlS contractcd-rcvcnuc from the lands
squandcrcd-and all this when the income was reduced
- the least possible depression Ianc all in ALL fol-
| ~. can infatuation, 90 farther!
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n testimonials Of character and cacecy 10 teach
correctly all the branches OF solid English Eucaon together
with the French language. Address-D C., Richmond Va
| Feb. 10 S5-3
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