Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-08

ah r,,,ir: Sir. an estimate migh be made when
would sare this country Us to The amount annual!
n,id hy the people for the peculiar pro'ee''oh %
hundred sugar plantations III louisiana. hooN, NV
n l,t!e iGto the proposed Gully Oh ieul".t "'"
On shoes tor men ~ eei'" P r.
Ga shoes or slippers ioI women, oil =, -
six .. -
On shoes or slippers for women, oil ~. !,
other material a.
On men 5 boe,s aud bootee5 ~ -
o on ~ ~T t,%,ns 20 per dozen.
oh ca' ''''' 3 % do
! On morocco - "a do
- -" RIA sn' I ,ord leather 5 cents per ID.
F. ,.,.s NAV no, seem so high 10 those no feief
=, tb ,cs Il such things after they are carried 10 Tue
interior of the country tor sale but 10 those WY
ANYTHING OF The cheapness oil the hrst ccse WIFI
cd thew cannot fail to appear enormous he aue.e
50 IN ; - he taxed eight cents on The bushel. Tins
I ,aLa from the prices in the large cities, 10 "hch IL
can he broucht as ballast to vessels to be Gny
eoual 10 100 per cent. on the very ias' af''ce
sh,, l.. ,oyr. oac cent The maj GRITTY have reported,
m ,ho ..on ,ha; cofiee ana teas are necessares, ana
, h,.,,,.. ard should therefore bc exempted from
.nxaiion. Shall seek opportunity 10 procure lie
same exemption .or sa!'. 49,, ;;u,;a, - !
know how tits argument against ,he ihlnsuce anu
on,,s.,yeoess Of srch high ta;e oil duties mas nee"
,Ii,. met The manufacturers tell US that hish ou'
,s - , increase the price 81 articles TO the con-
s,ne- TIE majority Of the COMMITTEE on Mahu,ac'
lures have given guarded and cautious approval 10
Inns s,rope aad inconsistent doctrine. Dld the com.
mi,,ee believe that the sanction Of their names coud
Give even decent piausihy 10 position waich Tie
vcrc nrsseuce of the manufacturers sufficiently IT,
fu,ed, High duties Will not raise the Price 10 ihe con-
sumer or purchaser, Why, then, have Gil these ma
nufac,urers abandoned their woFE- shors:-"hv nave
they crowded into this eity:-why have they s~ar'heo
obou, tbs Capitol like the ocusts Of Egyp: Why al!
this If they expect advance upon their fhahhiac'
lures BY The high duties which they are 'mpi'rn=
Congress 20 impose: Can we believe that 'hey are
spending all this time and money on some patflnsc
project which when crowned with success, VIII pG'
RAISE up tas they pre.en.) formidable conpcii-
ton al home than they now encounter from ABROAD
SIR, know not which most 10 despise the impotence
which could lab.ca;e, or the creduity winch ceu'u "
deceived, by such an arice.
| There is another argument, resting on iouhoauon
no more solid than the preceding one II IS lhs hat
high and distinctive protection should be gwen, d
least those articles which are essential TO our nation
al Independence.
| SIR deny that there any such articles. iron
for the manufacture of arms and course wooen ciohs
and blankets for our armies, usually mentioned as
articles oil this description But, SIR, VINO ever hedlu
shat war with any nation ~ouid put a sop 10 inc
importation of such things ro'' the other nations VINO
produce them: In with England, Tor iliustra
lion would not the IRON o.! Sweden aud Russia still
fad lis way increased quantities. TO this country -
both in eager competition Tor The ma het from "hch
England had recently retired Nay, n'ore' II all
the of Europe were united IN the war, or SO
become Of the irones,ablishmenis OF the weston
Western Pennsylvania Western Virginia, OF last ana
Middle Tennessee, Of Missouri. and Kentucky: These
are all situated far in the interior as To be saie IN
good degree, against mporatons, and VIII go on 70
proserity under 20 per protectcn or, indeed,
no protection at all But the idea ola war at the same
time against ali or indeed, more than one or Two To-
re IN countries, is too improbable In be admitted INFO
this argument Iron is not, and never can be- cons'-
dered as conabaDd, and therefore, IS no! abie 10 oe
seized and captured when found on board neutral
vessel transporting !. this country. Hence there
Fan lie no pre,ence Tor considering !gh duty on mat
article 10 be called for any preeace ot lis pens es-
sen,al 10 our naiiona! Independence.
The same thing may be said OF coarse wc"licns-
France and GERMANY would be prompt 10 supply them
i, time or war with Great Britain. The whnie arsu
men is addressed the ever.sensitive patriotism OF
our c,unirynen; but plies poo! compliment TO their
sag.ci,y or commercial disce.nmen
This reference foreign countries, particularly 10
Great Britain, reminds me OF an argument winch /
believe has done mere 10 make converts to the high
Tariff system than all others besice,-l mean that ar
rumeni which points to the power and glory OF England
as the fruits of similar system All, Sir there is the
great lal.acy of the argument IL has deceived thou
sands (, points 10 the power and glory OF England
no. 10 her shame II points to her splendid palaces,
70 her costly temples, 10 her naves and armies, and 10
her dominion over distant and popr!ous empires; but
never neye. docs IT unveil 10 our view the awful
mass cf individual poverty, and suffering, and wo:
Of unhappy, oppressed, and ruined Ireland NO
thing of her one hundred millions of INDECENT al
bo.eis in India. No, | allude 10 England herself-to
her naked starving, suffering peope-made so by her
UNEQUAL and oppressive taXaton-taxaton that
pam oercd her grandeur bat which ruined her people
taxation which her present minister, backed by more
than 100 Of a minority in Parliament, at this very mo-
,ent is repeating cann" bit refer, on this paint,
10 m eloquent prophecy of one Of my former col
enrues, Nix. Bel) nearly ten sears ago. "Ihc day
hon hat
iGered The glorious fabric Of British Government and
British nocy will be held failure in reference TO the
true end ot all Governments. The day will come
when the English system will be regarded as the most
stupendous aad nsenously devised system of fraud
and oppression ever invented by the craft of mana
system Of fraud and oppression distinguished from all
others the annals of the world because carried on
under the guse Of freedom.
Sir, this eloqucn, prophecy is now fulfilled. The
day has when the British policy rs acknowledged
to be failure BY her proudest statesmen The wretch
eGness and ruin has inflicted her starving millions,
i nowhere bette. described than by Of most
gifted American poets:
'Thy masses tae- hoves riGe;
Ihey .hi,e they toll.
Thy nnoles of ius'r.ou- line.
Like vampires. sI;k IN. soil
And now poud mistress Of Tie
The Incanes; wteic. gives food 10 thee.
"a Queen upon throne of gold
Pafla 9seHt al GOneS,
A nations voice that's boush, and sold,
While every cottage croans.
IN army Ger The wide world spread,
To gather garments lrcm the dead
MIR. Chairman go further into the arguments
b. which this wretched system, either here or Eng
land, has been attempted 10 be supported mean 10
say nothing Of the proPo'onae loss or gain By the
different sections cf the Union and leas, Of all do
mean to gentlemen against revivlng those fear
n questions winch shook that Mon TO It's centre.
All that propose further show in TINS argument IS,
that the rates fixed b. the Compromise, which es,i-
mate - per cent will Weld sufficient revenue to
NEE; the wants of the Goyernmeni-not her wants
when running career Of Wild extravaganza, but
when prudently and economically administered. To
show the amount which vii! probably he realized, IS.
innate the imports for several years TO TO average
500 000 ESQ, CT what presume TO be duiiablc ar;
cles estimated by foreign value BY our hone valua
ton Sl2j,0G0G00. 20 FER cen,um on that amount
would yield a revenue Of S2o'oOo,9oo gross From
ths deduct s. o00, 000, The cost Of collection, TO WHICH
sum think !, entirely practicable to reduce them BY
a te " prudent regulations leaving the amount Of