Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-24
RICHMOND, Va, FRIDAY, JUNE "a, 1912.
Tbe if,ctiar and me Memorial IN Richmond.

The Tariff Wings of Richmond have taken time D.
The forclock-and held their meeting on Monday nigh
and then determined To send round their Memorial 10
signatures and enlist Democratic recruits, before the he
nnbcan Press had an opportunity OF sounding the toe
SIN and of warning the Republicans against the whhc
ot the Phillstnes who constituted that meeting Wh
spoke for n-who wrote for II: The friends oil TIN
.Falber of the American System tho advocates
ucnry CLAY. Who principally gotit up Gentlemen
who are unfortunately interested IN the depressed
stocks Of the late lourishng, but now suffering manu-
factories.
OF these elements the movement was made up
They have put forth 4 memorial AVOIDING TIE wore
4" Distribution" by name and purPort'ng TO convey
the Jea. tha, the public necessities for revenue de-
mand md will continue TO demant the exercise o
this power for that object TO an extent July sucien
10 Vi cid incidentally all the protection which the do
mestc industry of the country seems t" us to require
They employ this cute aud wrll.weIghed language
with the hope OF proptatlng The ''pu5hc sentiment q
Virginia" which il coniesses TO nave lever oreh
apaInst the exercise OF any protective power. They
| hone at the same time 10 enlist some Democratic
SIGNATURES 10 their memorial by this glazing Ian
gnage But tie cloven foot OF our worthy frlenh'
of The Wing party cannot help showing ItseIf, III
The course OF their memorial, and IN The chaEac
ter of It's statements Yet, if any doubt could cover
their memorial it would be removed by the declarations
OF their Oators-by of them especially, who had
frs, the modes;y declare, that he not "versed III
the facts necessary fully TO understand the subject
and then gave the best evidence Of the correctness Oh
his declaration, by exclamng, "that hecry duty Is
the true principle (here the applause OF the meeting
was nendous) -and that we had heavy debt IN
Europe which "cannn be stopped, except by interdtc.
tim" Iaterd;c!ion that IS to say II not by building
up Chinese wall to shut ont all commerce, al all events
10 prohibit all foreign goods coming INTO our por's-a
mode Of carrying on foreign trade, which would
soon arrest lis own legitimate acton-and leave the
buren and the profit oil our commerce to the desperate
slpnggler!
We have really no room this morning for any analy
sis of this singular Memorial, which carries lis poison
in the sheath. We object 10 the scncrat PF0poSttton
with which il sets out, that the power over i"reign
may carry with 1t "the protection and regn
aiion of the private industry of The people -because
il does so in other If their despotc nstitn'
tons could be compared with the strictly limited Con.
stitu,ion of Federative Republic We object also
TO the view which presents OF the pracicaf consequent
ces or the protective sysem-vz: that agriculture can
only he relieved or aided h. directing 10 other occnpa
tons portion Of the labor applied to 1t, and by nc:eas.
nv al the time the domestic market lori F"nucts'
No branch of industry in the country has therefore
clearer in the due encouragement and support
nf home manufactures than the agricultural AS II
the interest OF The farmer we'll 81 the merchant
and the navigator did not require the largest scope
for their eratons-the markets. both abroad
and at home both for selling dear they can, and
buying as cheap as they can. Much more truly did
Mr. Webster in l-2O, in hs Boston Resolutions that
InCapatic Oh 10 Je" H@'o ""
qgrcunre since the obvious consequences "t lis adop
ton aronM bc that the Farmcr must gre more than he
NOR does for all he Lnys and rceire lesSor all he sells
The memorialiss do not "say turkey (Dstribuiion)
once-bul yet they up the fire under the ashes
OF the first Resolution which nnrrpws down the sup
Div of the ordinary expenses OF the Government TO
{" import duties alone-ihrowrg out Of course the
whole land fund, We meet also with another singular
proposition in the 9th Resolution, "That specir pay.
ing paper currency only exist under d'scrmina
tive tariff sufficiently high, 10 provide for the entire
EXPENSES Of The Government which all the wisest
Economists of the age, and all the practical Bankers
would scout rs n mere chmara OF the Imagination.
No man help feeling deep sympathy for the dis
resscs Of our manufacturing interest. We listen with
as much Difference, can, to the claims OF our
respectable neghbors and friends-but when we COM
pare this Report of 1912 with the profound and admira
BILE Re Of fellow citizens, OF Richmond, prepared
by an able and practical man, (lhos Rutherfoordl and
unanimously adopted in town meeting, IN Sept, lo2O,
we must confess that the former appears to u.s. with
all due respect, to be :. but leather and prnnela
in the language of the day, mere hum6ng Whe-
Their il has taken in few good, easy Democrats, as the
Wings are Boosting, the Deponent saith not-but we
frankly and respectfully advise them 10 look tore they
lean.