Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-11-07

letter was published by various presses severa! months
apo-nnd one Of our correspondents was then desirous
Of offering some comments upon 't-but 1t is now
called up by the following note from Mr.. Calhoun
which has recently appeared in the "Speciator" and
some other presses, and was addressed TO a gentleman
in Charlotte, North Carolina:
"FoRr HILL, Sept "a, 1si3.
aDear Sir You are right IN reference 10 my ON.
Mons on the Tariff. | deny the right of imposing anv
duties, but for revepue, or to make any discrimination
but on revenue principles. ], also, deny the right Of
raising revenue, but for the constitutional and ecooo-
mical objects of the Government.
81 have recently expressed the same opinions in an
answer TO a letter from Louisians, that see has BEEN
published. You will find them fully and strongly er.
pressed in my speeches, Of which a volume has been
recently published by the Harpers in New York.
"v,th great respect, / am, &c, &c,
g. &. CALHOUN"
We presume, the following is the letter refer ret tom
the above-and we ~republish it, precisely in the farm
in which it appears in the "WarIenton Reporter" \
Co. of the 9Th July last:
Letter from Mr.. Calhoun 10 Robert Garter Nicholas. Eo
(Late Senator from Louisiana -
"WAsHiNGroS, May :, l.4a
"My Dear Sir: Yon do not state too strongly Tho
danger to which the South, and, in fact, The who'll
country is exposed. Never, in my opinion, has The
country been in more danger Than at present. The al.
ministrution is powerless, and the Wings infatuated
and if the object was 10 rum, instead of SAVING tho
country, it would be scarcely possible to take a moe
efectual way than that which has been pursued.
81 concur in most of your views and reflection. On
the identity OF interest (fairly considersd) between cot.
ton and sugar; and, as far as my principles wall admit,
ciH see FIJI justice done TO tie latter, Ia The ettent That II
can be .6eaed by my %erertions. | can, howevsr, agree
TO no duty but such as the revenue may require, and
none so high on any article as will push i, beyond The
greatest amount Of rsrenue that ran be dtrircd from the
article. These are the limits within which may act.
and with them exercise a sound discretion. But, ~
determining the amount Of revenue required, | sbs,
expect economy and retrenclmen, on the part OF those
having the control, as Tar rs public policy may permit
and that no part OF the public revenue shall be gwen
away. Observing these rules, and with the scope they
will admit, | shall take pleasure in PROTECTING
your great staple against the Vaccinations OF the oppo.
nents Of slave labor. They are ever on the watch, a3
stand ready TO seize every opportunity TO render our
labor worthless, and to weaken our TILE to our property.
-. &. CALHOUN"
But We have not yet done with letters on hc Tarf
"That letter of Mr.. Henry Clay TO DR. Bronson Of
Lagrange, Georgia, is the most memorable document
of the times MIR. Clay will rue 1t 10 the end at The
chapter. 1t is most unfortunate FOR his fame. H. friends
had cried him up for the possession OF great moral cou.
rage. No man was SAID 10 be superior III trankness and
III bo!dness. Why, II you had believed them, YOU would
have thought that he would not have won the Hughes,
office in tie world BY any thing ike a trek OF a decsP.
ton. lie would not even '.iilter Neptune FOR his n.
dent" But here comes in this trimming letter 10
stultify the history of past times, and To gnii tie
good people Of Georgia in their pending Election =
We had been promised, too, a fair field, and an open
fight. None of the non committalisms of lc40-none
OF the equivocations and mummeries were 10 be re.
peated in ls44-when, 10! here comes the very champion
Of the party, and the Father Of the American System,
and the advocate of the Protective System, since the
year 'lG-here he comes with a letter, missiatnr the
principles which he has held, and misrepresentIng lbs
owl course upon the memorable act of Is te tells
US boldly, tina, there is "no danger OF a high Tariff teipe
ever es:ab,isted-th OF les, was emlnently dssety.
ing that denominaton-tbat he was not IN Congress
wnen IT passed, and did not vote for IL; but, that ai,e;
his return in 1881, his .fOrts weTe directed TO tie M
LITIGATION and reduction cf The rates Of duty contalnet
in the act of lS2S-that the act of 1889, greatly redga1 |
and modified them" &c, sc.
Now, what will be said when We come 10 lay before +
our readers the developments of the incidents, touching T
this act of 1892: The Globe is literally Kidding tie |
assertions of MIR. Clay, and showing them TO be utter! l.
destitute Of righteousness and OF truth. IL is show.
ing, from the recorded proceedings Of the Senate q I
the United States, that whilst from the rapid e1tnn
ton of the public debt under General Jackson, aGd& u
super abundance Of the public revenue, IL was hecC"
sary to carry out the recommendation OF the Presider
to reduce the Tariff, Mr.Ciay struggled TO PREVENT
slightest abatement IN the protectire duti,S, (ot tie n h
of 2S0 aud that he chalked out the course he in.enee
to pursue, IN the following resolution
"Resolred, That the existing duties upon articles im'@ff
article raodt a, produced ,r,taie he United State,, .ughf@ b. rs" n
ruth Gbohsied, excerpt the dltic, upon wines and siiSs, ant IS
those ought 10 he reduced, and ,lat ne Committee on fina"a
instructed TO report n bill accordingly"
The Globe shows, from MIR. Clay's own speeches 8
votes, that "Mr. Clay was opposed 10 the slightest ?
duction of the high Tariff OF 1928, upon any attsltI
on WHICH duties were laid for protection lie oPper
even The proposition OF the Secretary of the Treasen /
"to make a gradual but prospective reduction OF III
duties, on The protected class'-Mr. Clay declarf;I 1
that ",he effect of this would be to destroy the prtt
live system by a slow but certain poison Il shoSI
that MIR. Clay struggled agalns, reduction -|opPa"
the bill from the House of Representatives soitent
down the protective features OF the act OF 2,-ur
The Two Houses got by the ears. Then, II was sutr
ted TO q Committee OF Conierence-It shows, Ina. vi
Clay resisted it even then, and got into 4 quarrel Z
Messrs. wilkins Of P%Ittsburg, and Mangum oi Nh
Carolina, about lt-and that no man was more oppeH
To the notifications introduced into the act oil R-tE
that the controversy was prolonged from January lo!
of that year. But we saall lay all this evidence be-
our readers commencing this morning with the 81
ing No. from the Globe)-and we shall then su5mt
The panel Of the country, what verdict they at
pass upon MIR. Clay and his LaGrange letter haf
time, we lay 4 pretty indignant but just criticism
his course, from The "LouIsvllIe Public Advertiser
From he Lou~riH, Public .4ireriiso)
Mr.. CLAY, TIE TARIFF, AND DR. BRONSON
"Ask me no questions, and IN tell you IN lies
We publish to day n correspondence between
Hon. Henry the Father OF the great Ane''E
System, the friend and the advocate Of TARIFF OF
LECTION, the uncompromlsIng and exclusive cha"
OF HOME INDUSTRY, and inappeasable toe 81 f'f't
pauper labor with one Doctor +. s. Bronson, an
bryo Editor of newspaper recently begun ~ ueo.t
entitled the "LaGrange Herald
The worthy Doctor 1t seems was about TO SCI
Wing paper, 10 battle for the doctrines OF the
party in general, and of the Virgin Heiler ofa'of
peclal. There was, cotemporaneous with me
b~lishment Of his paper, a Clay Club ORGANIZED
village, whose organ and mouth picce the iiefas
likewise TO be; and as these worthy p"siiic'a"'
surrounded by numerous, intelligent, hnc "Ef
trade and low duty Democrats, who we're i1
keep a sharp lookout over the Doctor 9 edi'ofli
brations-he was determined, that for Tie PufpfI
taking a fair start and beginning right, be "out
TO the "M,ll Boy" himself, tor his very jats'fI
impressions Of that very exciting question IN S'I~
pol,tics-the Tariff.