Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-13

tanned in this instance v'sloe eree. y. W.,
colonial sugars the colonisls are deprived OF
ts means Of purchasing French manufactures, when
INNS, of course inure that branch OF industry.
The wages of the aborer nre reduced, or ne mus.
.oaL confinement in some other channel But even
a. ltern,iive cannot be resorled to without moon
| ,;nce md loss He is apprentice 10 Inc ne"
business and receives only apprentice pay. view
!, No vou nav the tendency Is to lessen Inc price u
labor. a., p Liz,
:; Tho Government OF Poland, and note Is effects
Major G Tochman, n Polish exile, mas Pobiished
very valuable letter, which furnishes all the e'iae"ce
needed Interested as this gentleman IS IN all 'nat COZ"
Germs his country, and acquainted WV" ne. Pn
prpsent condition. do not hesitate 70 give iai Gre
fence 10 his opinions. He says: "Poand before the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT was agricultural country, IN thel
soni6caton of the term It's fertile sou prevented 'e
Poles from becoming manufacturers and It's poicy was
n ,dopt The commerce of exchange Always applying
,L ,ce of their product 10 the ratio OF the price de-
aodcd for their goods The Poles were happy IN Their
commercial pursuits; and whilst foreign merchants are"
great profits from Poland the balance OF trade was
always profitable TO the Poles 3H classes q our Pfo
81. oere at ease, and thousands Of our merchants and
oe,crs or land made large fortunes. nce the DIS
m. mberment Of Poland, new commercial pocJ mas
been substituted by Russia Austria and frussIa when
il 10 erport US much domestic produce as Posst0c ino
1 S~''
became now that of oppressors, and our pro-
duce exported through Daptzc, is now called "Gtr'
nam ,roduee:" and whatever is exported through Riga
and the Black Sea, is called "Russiaa produce; 50
Thai our wheat timber, iron, leather, hen'p nax no.
nav ,olow &C. &c are called either German or Rus
, 49, ,hougb neither German nor Russian hands till
the soil which produces them The result oil this poll:
CO has BEEN that money is very scarce IN all parts Oh
Poland the laboring class is IN wreiched condition,
and uneasiness is to be seen even IN me masnihcehl
/ G,tI,, h1nnu
esses thousands of acres of land, and who has thou
sands of bushels Of wheat in his granaries, hnds NM
self often under difficulties to pay taxes and arbitrary
contributions Consequently every hing tial Inc ID
borer and the soil produce IS very cheap-@hilst ihe
Greon articles of all kinds rare, and very DEAR the
moorlers of the last being obliged 10 pay heavy dntes,
10 maintain Ills neo commercial policy. -"Ihe price
of wheat is from Is % cents bushels whilst for COT
| fee and sugar We must pay from IL 10 - GEMS per
mound ia common laborer gains 10 Poland from
r. l2l cents per day; mechanic seldom than %
cents. IA mich COW sells from So 81 to So; an OK
| for labor from Sc TO Sl3.
These extracts from the writings Of one familiar with
his subject seems sufficient to carry conviction
any person ofte impoiicy OF attempting 10 ouy nue.
and sell much Ii by exchange of those products
OF which we have surplus, that The greatest amount
of prosperity is gained The proeettre system, as Is
termed has shorn Poland OF lis few locks of glory
which remained her after the reyolution and her his
tory is now written in the degradation, poverty, and
|
Switzerland, name associated with every thought of
bravery and freedom 10 witness beautiful contrast to
Poland. Whenever our eyes rest on the map OF Eu-
rope we invariably turn them TO the Alps the point
where the beacon Of liberty yet upreared 10 The gaze
Of despoc Europe There, and there alone, OF all that
part Of the globe it is that makes any approxma
ton freedom; and there it is that trade is compare
lively untrammeed Though small in territory, the
virtue intelligence and bravery OF her sons IS every
where respected; feeble in arms, she is not without
In n tl,a d,pyS tafa1 "a
one Of the smallest European States, has prosecuted
various kinds Of manufactures with success which
We believe is unparalleled in any country, where the
protective system has been established Her goods find
their way into the u s, South America India, and al
most every part of the commercial world.
England is often referred 10 example, in point,
in ia or of protection If Tariff has benefited Eng
land what would have been the condition of her labor
ing population wihoutit The three great features
of British home policy, are National Bank, National
debt, and high Tariff; and we believe that neither can
exist for any length OF time without the others.
National Debt leads TO this trshaped policy-then q
Tariff provide 10 pay the interest without re-
sorting 10 the more honest and equitable method OF tax
aton-und lastly, Bank to negotiate loans collect and
keen the money and pay the interest it becomes due.
In Great Britain 80 per cent of the fruts Of labor is
taken by the Government and chiefly by the aid OF the
Tariff.
1t may be an easy matter, but leave it for those
better versed in subtle reasoning, TO convince the
for their good We are told in this country, that the
aborer the object of the efforts of the protection
lists hut, honestly ask, who are the men that pa.
rade the streets of the towns in England and furious
Iy demand the repeal of the laws which impose duty
on corn Are they not the laborers Is it the rich or
poor which benefited by the policy, which we are
now asked to adopt, Let riots, pauper accounts,
starvation paradng the streets, crying "tloOd or
bread, answer this question.
The duty paid corn by the people of England, IS
about Si0, 900 per annum on sugar Sl6,0OuoUOj
and on mea, the enormous sum Of Sg0,OOO,00O. Here
the secret Of the misery Of which lamentable accounts
are furnished by every mail from England; md here,
also, is the doctrine of protection.
II is not however the people of England alone that
thus unjusy taxed; the people Of this country pay
annual tax Of So ,253 the article of sugar. oil
which there goes into the Treasury 81 800 ,o3, show
ing loss to the country Of 81 100000. The quantity
of sugar produced in the IT, S. is 900 pounds,
and the duly paid on this as on the imported
article; yet the grower only gets pay for his labor be-
That is, pay ST. 500 600 what sugar we use for
the Gtn.ft of having half Of raised within the Ii
mls OF the twenty-sx States!
This may found January number Of Hunts
Merchants Magazine, Of the year To This valuable
journal indebted for facts and statistics, lo
which We here make a general ACKNOWLEDGMENT
To break butterfly wheel.
from the LpnrtIurg Republican,
LETTER Ito RICHARD H. TOLER Esq.
propose to show to your constituents that the STATES
have right whatever, legal fquiabe 10 the fuoic
Lands, their proceeds. rest the question, not on
resolutions pro con, of the Legislature, but upon IN
dnhabe jacts recorded and laid up amongst The ar
chves Of the country.
Previously TO the adoption of the Constitution five