Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-05

aances the bill passed that it was pdcifying
measure-lhat 1t was as OIL poured from the vessel
oil The Union 10 restore peace aud harmony 10 The
country When all this was known, what Con.
gress, what Legislature would mar the guaranty
Nhatman who Is entitled TO deserve the character Of
an American statesman, would stand up his place, III
either fi"use of Congress- and disturb the treaty o
peace and amiiy: They must have stated that scarce
~ Two years ago the leader of this party in carry
ing out The same views, proclaimed the same sen-
ments in the county Of Hanover; declaring, 'that the
question cannot be, ough, not to be, OF principle
but measure or degree-ihat he) adopted That OF the
Compromise act, not because that act is rrepealable,
nut brcause it met with the sanction of the nation
That "tie protection of the Compromise act, will be
adequate 10 most, # not as TO all nereststha the 20
per cent which II spulates, cash Duties home valua
ton, and The list of free articles inserted in the act for
the particular advantage Of the manufacturer Will en-.
sure (he thouGht,) sufficient protcctIon-that alto
gether, they will amount probably 10 not less than 81
per CENT greater extent of protection than was Sc
cured prior To the of lS25 which no stands up
to Defend The Memorlasts must have stated that not
only did Mr. Clay utter these sentiments in 80, but Mr.
Davis, the present Governor of the State of Nassachu
sets, and at all times devoted advocate of the Iar,
declared in the Fl: of Representatives. that should IS.
Carolina abide by The Compromise, and The friends of
protection shall then propose 10 establish the system,
what honorable man would sustain such measure:
Had they referred to party, they must have exhibited
wing Congress notc running counter TO this Compro-
hiSt, MUG ueHylDp 10 DOulIl W.
benefits, alter she had Tor more than years submitted
TO lis Jurthens-nOp applying fire to that oil thus pour
ed from the vessel OF the Union Wing Legislature
nov ready 10 "nar the guaranty, and Wing consiitu-
ents uppaudng the decd.
They must have placed in bold relief the conflict of
parties in 1916 1894, S2S, So, aud demonstrated that
on every occasion, by the combinations Of different
ma udcuring interests, other interests invara-
bly, made subservien to them that the manufacturers
had managed 10 shift to grea, extent the burhen OF
ayaon from their shoulders upon the other classes
OF the community; and as intelligent men, they must
lave attributed like results to similar causes.
3nt our el!owci,izems haTlng avoided reference 10
pcitical parties and having avoided too the discussion
OF the question q" the power of Congress to protect and
regulate the private industry Of the people, for the very
poli;ic that Z" the public sentiment Of Virginia
has been that ought not TO be applied; pro-
coed to trent il las power commerce and to be
used directly for alone alleging that the
public necessities for revenue demand and will conti-
to demand the exercise OF tins power for that Oh
ect extent fully sufficient to yield incidentally
all the protection winch the domestic industry of the
country seems to require.
But confess Snrpriscd that with this de-
claaton they should have agltated this subject at all
Ii the Government compelled TO lay duties for
nue. which will furnish adequate protection 10 the
uiac:rrer, why il necessary TO appeal to Congress
for relief Could il be thought necessary 10 enlist adj
ditonal parzaus in behalf ot the protective principle
or 10 recommend the measure of Distribution, which,
though not expressly named III the memorial, is cover
ed up under the terms of the resolution, which de-
clares that the Constitution conempates, and the
hes, interests Of the country require, that the revenue
necessary for the ordinary support Of the Federal CO.
vernmen, should be supplied by import duties
We do not for a moment, hesitate to declare, that
we would willingly submit TO any taxation, which
would yield to the Government any amount Of reve-
nue necessary for its economical admnstration-any
amount of duties, in addition TO the avas OF the pub
lie lands but that the distribution Of those avals strikes
at the very principles and spirit OF the Compromise
act by forcing upon Congress the necessity of supply
ing the vacuum by higher duties which IS caused by
the dissipation of the proceeds OF the public lands
But this raising of the necessary revenue, again, in
wolves political questions and the measures o! par
-tes which no Statesman overlook, and winch
it would he folly for him 10 neglect. Ii there be de-
icency in the Treasury, we would enquire no" came
II 10 exs. What we're the measures which produced
it Were they such measures as were warranted by
The Constitution Can They be now properly DIS
pensed with What are the measures proposed for
The future Will they increase the deficiency Are
they of doubtful authority May they not be adopted
to produce the necessity for increase Of revenue
The TO these questions alone, Retrospective
and prospective, would Till volume. We must con-
tent ourselves with the outlines, and leave TO others 10
fiji up the picture.
We believe, this very American system, intimately
connected with the politics of of the great parties
Of our country is the foundation, the superstructnre
and the shelter for of embarraSsnlents and
abuses Embracing as 1t does Banks, National and
State, in unlimited numbers, an lrredeemabe paper
currency and fictitious credit, unnaturay iniiitny
the price Of labor and Of products, inducing inordnae
e1iraya gance individual and Governmental, extend
ing lis Brarian land and ocean, and STRIVING
moi only to regulate domestic exchanges, but to draw
those Of the world into its vortex.
Clamiur a, one Of the most valuable of its miscaed
blessings the whole system of Internal Improvements
by the Federal Government, forcing with hot-bed ra'
,ntn
violence graspng the throat Of the Constitution, and
rampllng under foot the sacred rights of the States,
IN ga source of boundless patronage TO the
Executive, ohbng to members of Congress and Their
friends and botionless abyss of public money.
Undertaking. as another branch ut the system, to IN
e,G.re with the occupations OF individuals regulating
their business prescribing their profits, seizing from
one and giving To another-neg ectng the sanitary
maym "llat national economy is The same win ind-
yidual economy'-forgeltng that man, IN his search
after wealth. at least governed by ms interests ano
that "his interest will generally prompt him into that
employment where all the advantages taken together
ire rrears-or other words, that employment when
will weld him The most profit-and that will be, gene
rally speaking, the most profitable whose products are
not in sufficient abundance for the demand -fiola
linz another ma kim, "tai the wealth Of every nation
d.nends on the wealth of all the individuals who com
mise it-and that when individual is enriched ny
The loss of another this adds nothing In national
wcalth-on the contrary, dimnshcs il by faulty DIS
tribuon.
Thus, the extravaganza induced By pushing credit to
IFS utmost lmt-the squandefng OF millions upon
works Of Internal lmprovement-the high protective
and prohbiiory measures which have driven the
products Of Other lands from our shores, or induced
system of smuggling detrimental 10 morals, TO the
Government and to the manufacturer, have been the
cause of the deficiency in the Treasury
| Add 10 this measure the most extraordinary OF
these extraordinary times, the distribution of the sales
If the public lands, taking from the Treasury fund
acknowledged 10 be common fund for the whole Union,
nd dividing it into hconsderable fractions among Inc
STATE Governments, enpoverishing the one without
much eLchng the other surrenderng one source OF re-
yenue in order to impose burden 10 greater amount
upon another in violation OF the Constitution and sub
versive Of the objects for which the Government was
instituted.
Believing as we do, that these are the measures OF
the political party opposed TO US, that these are their
cherished principles that these measures have brought
US TO the brink OF bankruptcy that they ought to be and