Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-14
in the main, adopt the principles as our own The
friends Of New England prosperity may all unite On
fins pla,furm Of the Journal

in the main, adopt the principles as our own ihe
friends Of New England prosperity may all unite On
Tins platform Of the Journal;
''''0 (F,or. ,se Portsmouth .JourraJ
Tur New TARifr.--'fhe passage OF The ls''h Dill
hailed by the Why's throug bout the country as ma
ioual blessing and IN comparison win 'he iailure 10
rass ary bill either ur revenue or Pro'ecton It must
be Justly So considered II may well be doubted how
ever whether many OF the provisions OF the Oh, are
not Toe exclusively protective u be permanent Take
lie iron doiy example, and familiar case VIII Illus
trate how 0ntrOusiy protective IS ms particular pro-
vision One Of the iron dealers oil portsmouth mao
small invoice of iron arrive into Boston last ~eek--ac
cordinp In the laws existing when the order Tor II
made the duty ould ha,e amounted TO about four
hundred tcllsrs--he amount Of the invoice being, IN
round numbers sixteen hundred dollars. The vessei
arrived few days after the passage OF the act OF Con-
gress and BY force of its PROVISIONS Inc merchant hao
Ia nav duty Of FouErEES hundred dollars ! This IS
certainly wrong. So heavy tax npon an article so
necessary 10 cvlizaiion !on Is confessed To ce VIII
not long be tolerated
The provisions of the bill, in some other respects,
arc not protective cny bu. p:ohibiloy lnese came.
endure for prohibition is destructive 10 revenue; and
revenue after all is tie ma object CT revenue bill,
and protection ia but ncldenta! 10 that THIS ID The
comm on. sense view OF the matter, AND tie people OF
this country WILL the long run prefer The dictates Of
common sense to all The wire-Grawn distractions Oh po'
hticinns and theorists. .
Tl.o manufacturers Of the North do not want high
,,o,ectiye Tariff Tariff moderately protective, but
permanent what the people OF the North are IN favor
of Now this country is 30 circumstance, that IN or
der To raise The amount OF revenue the duties
can be so imposed as give all the protection which
manufacturers need. TINS is such protection as the
South is generally willing 10 nccede to- but protection
mr. ss-potectcn aioEe-a revenue bill winch destroys
revpnue-this is what The whole South object to, ana
VIA, even we of the North do not require Protection
incidental to rertnuc is oil that the North requires
Tins is I'll reasonable are willing 10 grant, come
from what quarter they may. But protection which
amounts or which approaches, 10 prohibfton ne'hef
The Southern people, very large Polt'on oil our
ow n citizens will corssn; to- :.
This is the ground which the Executive takes; It 10
The ground taken by Marshall of Kentucky, prot oil
Indiana and Cushing Of Massachusetts. u Is broad,
safe, and tenable ground; any other is uncertain and
unsafe The manufacturing interest does not need any
other protection than this and none but those who de-
sire 10 make political capital out OF II VIII stimulate
them to ask for it, Let them be warned IN time, and
no, quarrel with their best friends. why need they
seek to RAISE any constitutional or political question
about protection, BY driving beyond their own wants:
WHY need they 90 of their way 10 find stone wall
agnius which batter out their own brains: Or (what
is more stanre why need they go to work 10 build up
such n wall for nc other conceivable purpose Than 10
butt against ii?