Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-15

1 s,ock-nndt was now ateHP"N - I,,d 70
cr.ai, os III country by giving away men i.nu !,
can. IfIev had tie constitutional right mus =
a, priye ,hdieneral Government oil ma a. :,
he dld noueem il either right or pa'f'oac ~ : = :
Al this %pariulsr iunc.u.e. lie was uhue's''"" ' '
say that the xt Congress would discover : -, 81;
si2, 0Cu, 0O0,t I'D therefore there w'uld Dc ~" nsn
,her a fnr,hetnposition OF duties, or 4 rtsoT. :" i ~ ~
- Ard A. wos The laan to be obtained: WIZ
lcnds Capilhss. On what: Either on e'eo,t , VI % !,
,,tstoncr. BID III substance was gone, ana, VIZ -
.rs,i, was eGe 10. Would they then resort TO an e1
nor, duty: r. popteG oul the effects OF d'tee' " 49,
as exemplifd il some of The States Oh ,hs ~,
;. ybose ueoplewen ground down by State taxes. az
advised the mmt, then, mol 10 'nPoSe u'S ~
should Le exchsin in their operation. ..,;oo
lie was the unerstood to enter upon CONSTITUTE"
Al argument, 1r lie purpose OF showing ha' oons 80
had no authoty I, impose duties 10 ehcouiase ~. n.
Tic manuiacties. He denied that u was II
uoeneral weli.e clause OF the Constitution. ~ p"N
erev,ew of athe measures which had occupied lhs
attention of tparess, from lis origin 10 the PieSsn
neriod, beariI, on this subject: butior Inc REASON Z .
signed above, full report is for The present eie'ls ,L.
1Mr. LEWIof Ala. commenced by observing Una
he seldom adcssed the House, and wouio III = :.
or tho presen,ccasion were il not Tor Inc ptom'ne"
,,,orlnuce III he attached 10 the bill on lhe taoie
ne looked updlhat bill not only as the ieaoiae mea
sr,c of the scion, blu. as the leading measure u 't
Whio party-at measure 10 when all ou'eis ",
,snded. and lat measure which, if c~onsnmmateo
would carry 10 full effect the policy oil that parry
Al, /. vie wed us the return 10 that disastrous System
or measures utr which the country was no" suHef'
;no and sutferp with an intensity unknown ana uh'
n,1alIcled in itaistory. He hesitated not to say tha'
Tho suherinps othe country under tariffs, banks, IN
,ernel improveents, and other kindred wing mea-
sures. were gnicr than those produced by Tie last
war with GresBrltain. =, :,
That systemommence first with a BANK 0. 'ne u
s: then follod The tariffs of 1924 aud lo2o; ihen
- ,bo oyato re internal improvements, which
was prcsented ah 80 much yigor and so much mus
ticc under the ltuinistration of the gentleman from
Massachusetts, Or. Adams;l then in the distribution
of the surplus ,venue; then IN an inflalion OF 'ne
currency, unJallelcd since the days OF John Law;
and. finally, n system of Bankruptcy pefvadIng the
coun,rv from oe end TO the ether. Now, having
run this disasroIs course, the Wing party, deaf 10 The
admonitions,f experience, were Tor returning 10 II
amin and reducing all those Tuinous results winch
the countrv as here tofoIe witnessed. All these nea-
surcs originadi in special legislation for special inter-
es,s. intended is the benefit of the few, and not oil Inc
many-inleretof a clique and class, IN opposition 10
The General i~rlersts Of the country; and he would say
arain. that if ty measure should be passed, he would
look nnon il as :consummaiion Of the schemes devised
FIR the benefit! { a few at the expense OF The many
Nj onopoIjs,s hualways found it their interest 10 associ-
ale together; an il was by association that they were
enabled to accomplish their objects. 1t a bank party
would pass a tiff, then n tariff party would pass :
b,nk and ,hrthc one measure would bring on the
other. The Get in which the nation was lnVoived,
Mr.. /. locked pom rs the work OF these associate m
;eres,s-a debt 'hich, he said, was created net for war,
and not for anunlorrseen misfortune, but Droughl on
bv premediiad and designed extravaganza. Two
wears nqo We ere out of debt, and it was to build
nm these asso:te interests that this debt was cre-
ated and the ny was prepared tor 1t, by resortlng
to u system oiIlravagance unexamplcd IN lle MS
torv Of the cpntry. Having established this debt,
ue had subs,i,fd for the old system of internal i'm
provements tlsnew system OF distrIbutIon-a system
10 distribute 70 Federal revenue among the States
which, in lnsvlew, was more proh'ga'e ano more
wosieful thar &c old system of internal improve
mems. You re now (said MIR. L. about passing
a bin which lH., in the end, lead to the consuMma.
lion of the svsIl, BY bringing US 10 line Assumption I'll
The State debts. He knew that oil this time there were
few who woal have the courage 10 avcw mat lhey
were in favor c assumptions; but lie knew that there
were many wtSere not yet prepared TO go Tor II, bnt
yho would erYace il with alacrity when they thought
The proper tinlad arrived. He knew, too, that many
of The Wing pity were opposed to 1t altogether; Du' so
sure as men'f pinions and characters were influenced
hv c;rcumslou es, so sure would The Wing party, when
the time CAM, rote for the measure. Inc prihc'pie o'
assumption Ia already been recognised, by passing
The distribuuornct. What more could gentlemen DO,
after thus aduiang that they could distribute the re
deral revenue.r State purposes:
According . all his conceptions of free Govern
men,s they wei instituted solely for lie protection oi
life. liberty, anu rDpPrly. INK uei ei"'e, iOon'' ~
on tl,e whole sc ,ne Of distribution as at war with the
pripcipIes for weh this Government was created
lie looked upon ie system Ct protective tariffs ard ds'
tribution as The l3ssest and most unjust species oil IN
yoritisin. 1t tocfrom enc man 10 give 10 ano'heI
and it took irorcne State TO give TO another. ~
amounted 10 noting more than the right Of Govern
menl 10 destroy pperty at the will Of the Government
He would rather :pudiate his debt, or fail TO pay Il
J, from inability, the make another pay II Tor hun; anc
he would not nestle 10 say that he would rather repu'
diatc The deb, of labuma than make this Govern
! ment pay it. Tie is;ribution act was but one step "
the system OF s~ubsizing the States. We shall (sa't
hr. / ! not only Iac 10 assume the State debts, bu
we shall have to 81 port the State Governments BY
duties on imports u ~dcluding the people, walking Oh
The blind side Of hea, and taking taxes from then
! wi,l,nu, their knwlage-a system unworthy OF ih'
spirit Of the age, IN worthy Of our Institutions, and un
worthy of the i~ntliipnce Of the people.
The schemes ctthse associated interests (sa;d Alr
~ were 10 be cnsuomated for the Presidential con
| test of 1914; and il the principles 10 which he had re
ferred were TO prevail, w would notturn on his heel I
make a President. lf,said he, we are 10 have thes
D associate interests Of of, bank, and internal improve
mcn,s, lie knew not the san who would he SO ut 10 rul
$ over The country as thegentlernan from Mass, (Mi
Adams:) but, believing tut The people Of this countr.
were loo intelligent longo submit 10 such a system
! he bo,ed that the days oisuch politicians were nun
D bercd. He would say san;ng OF this bill with rega'
to lis gross violation ! tie Compromise act. In
rompact, however, iT1Gtby that 6ct, had oeen ldIl
D fully kept by the South. We submitted to it (sa'd MI
! h. for nine years; the nnufacturers enjoyed the pro
j lection That II gave, as wncssed by the fact ,hoti it wa
the only time they had hen fniet since the Tariff
. lsI6-and, indeed, ~theyrerrr we're more p%rosperou
than they we're in lao. Gut it was proposed 10y tn
: bill, not only TO supersic, but TO violate The sp'f
l Of the Compromise act. 1t was proposed, not Only
raise The scale of duties iyond what was promised
that act, but to violate tit provision which declare
. that the Government shild be economically admins
:, tered.
d Yet we are tod (said lr. L } that it is a revenr
!, measure. Why it was ,be called a revenue measure
d when i, was IL scheme f. violating the Comproml:
7 act. he did moi know. ltiad as few features oil a r
venue measure as any hi that could be possibly inn
u gined. His friend IRON 'Irginia [Mr. }. w. Jone.
q had demonstrated that, onoine articles, the drawback
would exceed the revenuc while the gentleman fro
Massachusetts MIR. Ada1sl had admitted that, on
Leaf ten millions, the dii,es would be %proh'hitor
:, and instead Of ca!culatiry TIE revenue on ninety mi
e lions of imports, lie cstin.td them On eighty. Nov
d he beliey we'd that the impratpns would be less, az
that we should, therefore, collect less than the &C
d .Ieman counted on. He 1it not believe that I
manufacturers were so poor HAT they could not u
: derseIl the foreign manufacturer when the duti
were raised so high; and lie ,hught that much more
m | Ia n .lAlt nm thai IN