Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-18

s Il ne 10 the articles have 10 buy My interest is 10
ave them cheap as they can be bought-to invite
the sellers of the world to Market that by compe
ttion among Them may purchase at the lowest rates
Tie wisdom oi this policy, every man must recog-
nze in his dealings. But gentlemen INSIST 'hit
as our flour, Nc, taxed abroad, we must etaiia'e
we must ,ncun,ber commerce with burdpns-and con-
snme dear instead Of cheap goods. Sir this policy Is
too preposerous for my adoption J must be allowed
to think that our people wise enough, shrew
enough and en,erprIsIng enough, TO he trusted WIN
the power of selling they please, and BUYING a. ,Fy
please Let us, ] pray yon freed from all legal re-
staints buy cheap Us we can, ana sell Us osai d
can. :.
Sir the privilege ofbuying and selling as We choose
is of the first importance in adjusn: the employ
of industry and preserving due relation between
them Manufactures can easily be overdone. A
singe year of non SUMPTION OF hard tunes, OF de-
termination to make old clothes answer the place OF
new ones overwhelms them with distress. Not SO
with agriculture There never was yet, IN the history
of man. too much meat and bread. feoPie may re
fuse 20 wear new cothes but every returning Gay nse
bring us n new breakfast why, then, shoaia We o'S'
urb The action of that great SYSTEM winch u let alone
youd ouielly preserve those harmonious relations,
without which the prosperity and happiness oil civizeo
man cannot be steadily advanced or permanently Sc
cured; -,
Mr., Chairman, in the views which have had the
bono 10 submit TO the consideration OF this committee,
/ nray You not TO regard me, for moment as hostile
to domestic Industry. But cannot, viii mol, bouno
my views Of this interest BY the till-hamner the
shuttle, and The loom.
| must therefore, resist this mischevons policy
this system Of punder-this outrage upon Inc laws OIL
God on high From the hilltop and the vae-from
n-ivae and official place. Will cry aloud and spare
not The experience OF all mankind has nuesed that
nhvsca divisions of labor essential 10 the highest
peIlec,on Of art And God himself has procalmeo'
in terms moi to be mistaken by any who venera'e ms
holy name his regard for this principle, IN lhe great
0eoayaphicaL divisions Of labor and production nto
winch he has divided this earth why should we not
follow this unerring gulde why shoniu we sa',s az
providence OF God, only be produced prosPerously
and happily in them a2 Those now IN power here
might plant themselves in the affections oil THIS age by
redeenng plged faith, and following out to Their con
sequences n few great and obvious principles.
But this is not 10 be expected. When ga feoerai'
ism ever illustrate lis day Of poverty measures or'gh'
and bea uu calculated to gladden. the heart ana make
the millions smile with joy In the day oil me elder
Adams its alien and sedion laws aroused the hercest
passions of our nature and filled the public mind with
apprehe usions and alarm. It's return 10 power was
scnalizcd by the Tariff Of 1898 commonly known as
the "b of denominations" which came near producing
civil war, and the consequent destruction OF the
Union And row, Sir, upon its return again to pow
err with the first opportunity IT seeks TO devise new
"b,ll Of denominations, and plunge US probably, INTO oil
the dangers from which We had so happily escaped
nd shall il be, Sir: Shall this country agan expert
ence civil, and, perhaps military commoon: The
prospect is indeed, gloomy enough; but II IS not WIN
out hope. The people awake and u the Signs are
not misunderstood they will take power from those
who possess and seem incompetent wisely 10 use IT,
'The dark cloud MAY
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