Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-29

iasS the import trade Of New York has gradually
1.'a iiom .l~9,Go0 sterling, about 100000 IN the
(. ''9' and from abou. three millions OF dollars IN
70 the enormous sum, l-32, OF iiityseven mil
''i dollars while Virginia has fallen of, in her
n trade from two and i half millions of dollars,
''. 20 $4,000 IN l>29, aud 500, eco III lc32 not
~ oeai more than the freight Of half dozen ships
Fiom these calculations, lew curious facts appear
imports %! New York, were, in lo32, seventy times
u as they were in 1863, and nearly twenty tunes
'han They were III 1871, when the first United
: BANK mimic peratiom. Virginia, on the othe.
imported, ~ l-29 about one-eleventh of what she
i'u', and about one seventh of what she did IN
u period, too, of eight years, the aggregate
- Oh Ne% orK amounted TO 81 millions OF dol
-'"ose ct South Carolina to about 10 millions and
y Of Virginia to about five millions New York
ted therefore, in s:s2 eleven ,iu,es as much as
una Did IN eight years preceding, ana nearly four
Is much III the single year of l>32, South
M imported in period of eight wears. Again,
FORK imported in one year, QS32,) nearly fifty
is much rs South Carolina III the same year, and
~ times much as Virginia.
's' 1T seems that while the South produces two
tiG more of the whole domestic exports, which
i'e The foundation o; our foreign 'rade, her com
dependence upon the North il most abiect aud
's'e. Her citizens pay tax of n least twenty
~ cent OF the whole amount Of their consump.
VIA: the exact amount OF this tribute is, 1t rs
''s TO determine. II has been generally estimated
'a!!''ns Of dollars which IS more likely 10 be be-
"lu aba:e the truth Upon the whole, we are
a' . this ,tuth tina, while New York, ard other
A3t!hern SISTERS, have progressively advanced
gree % commercial prosperity almost incredible,
'"hl her neighhoring sisters behold their import
'ohced almost to annhllation.
10 Is this IS very important branch of the subject,
4 fioc again from DR.. Mal!ory's report
4 ~ '"e unequal manner in which the revenue has
>0nrsed, or, in other words, distributed, has, if
I 'r' operated stli more to their Disadvantage
! we no data By which the expenditures made IN
''s STATES, can be ascertalned, but we hazard
u stating that az unequal as the collection has
'S expenditures have been far more SO; and tina,
''H u tnr bnrthen OF the duties on exports have
~" 'oe staple States, less than that proportion OF
r'G' have fallen to their STARE in the expend-
."Fon'on, The difference has been transfer
"s o'Ner States through the fiscal action of the
e,, IN TIE shape of appropriations OF every
aug iorm acting on the commerce and prosperi
saple States, precisely if an equal amount
pie products, (out of which it was ultimately
/ '-tee '"' " '''e ''e"s''9' nav Oee"
s,. ~ 10 ie.'a, 40 millions were paid into the
! '-ot this, $50 was appropriated to the National
4 ~ '"''.ens spent South, and 2l0 millions, North.
r@ acton in the fiscal operation OF the Go
H.. y "Hich has contributed so much TO depreSs
II ecetved Il vast increase from the protective
L. Nh grew up subsequently TO the late war,
IL vas pushed 10 such extremity by the tariff
| ,b 'Ni' oppressive measure raised the duties
10 pass into the public Treasury 4 sum
II |, 'ha!' ct the aggregate amount of the i'm
.@'e the final blow TO the commerce Of the sta.
4 0'Pfsssee It TO the lowest point. That