Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-05-23
For TIE ENprlRER-
PERPETUAL MOTION.

iapfr -'fonty ard Pr0tcctire Duties
Tue 'hfec SUBJECTS OF this article but different
forms III winch Tue same mental Geuson eyhbits Itself
The restless spirit of man has ever been topnd s,rng
cling 10 throw oil The original cause which enln,rd
iabnf on MN as law of his existence So far then
struggles nave proved vain and abor,ive and Il there
he tn'h IN rh'sarhy or Religion, equally vain, futile
and tboftVe are all iuin'e efforts destined 10 be-
Inc ahvoca''s ol Paper loGey and Protective duties
would lock upon The seeker Of Perpetual Motion as a
mad man, and yet Their own objects Of pursuit are
Ident'cahy the same as his If lie is mad they are
equally So Paper money and Protective duties neces
sar'iy involve 'he iea Of perpetual motion, pre-
requisite 10 their existence Each processes TO increase
national wealth, without the employment of physic al
force, TO create or modify material substances by mere
human voliiion Each msntains tia. mere legislative
enacinsnts can supply the place, and produce the
suits OF 'aooT; God saia e, there DC light and there
was hght. lie 'r'"fd creation into existence. The
H@ "i i1h ~ Po"rrless - create or modify AZ atom
II is well known law Of Nature and Of God. that Ia.
Dor alone can create national or individual wealth.
They who propose 10 enrich country by paper money
and protective duties, would Set this law at tefianre
II Is The very same law that stands IN the way Of perpe-
tuai maloh. continued labor required TO produce
,ined moton. Money has intrinsic value, and The mea
sure OF that value is precisely the of labor re.
CURED TO produce 1t. If Legislative enactnents can
supply the place OF this labor, legislative enactment
can supply the impulse that will produce perpetual
motion. Every attempt 10 create national wealth, by
produce perpetual motion
This attempt 10 produce an effect without an ade.
qnue cause, 10 enrich the country by laws instead of
labor 10 inc distinctive characteristic Of modern Wing
gerry 1hs was the issue they made with Mr.. Van
Buren, ihey hooted and Kissed him out OF Office,
Tor caring 10 say, That Government ought rot to inter
iere with the industrial pursuits of NATURALIZATION
proclaIm'ng taat Government could not, in the egiti-
mate discharge of its duties mend or make mems for
,anes.-hsiiel Relief was what they demanded,
and what they promised They got into Office, and
gave relief bu, attributed the failure TO the dealt,
Of one President, and the con.umacious obstnacy oil
another.
Again, they have made the same issues with US
The odds against us fearful. Tue times hard
and men are ready 10 resort to desperate remedies
get rid OF desperate ills We promise nothing, but
equal and impartial laws. We bluntly tell the people
thu, labor and economy, Alone pay individual debts
ar make indivldua! fortunes We bluntiy tell them,
that high taxes must be borne, for season, order
pay Stale and National debts. We, also, endeayor 10
prove 10 them, that all projects of relief founded in
d'shones,y-a mere rohbing Of Peter to pay Paul
a proceeding, BY which Paul rarely gets more Than
halt what Peter cses-Goveinlent rrluinin. the ba
lance as fee for the robbery.
The Wings, on The other hand, abound with pro-
m'ses They Will pay individual debts, md make in
dividua! fortunes, by issuing abundance OF paper
ney, and enacting Protective Tariff. They will re-
eve the States from debt and taxes, 10y distributing the
pubic domain, and assuming the State debts. And
lastly, cs general contamination OF their glorious
schemes and promises, they will throw the burden Of
our Tariff on foreign nations. Thus the National Go
yernmen', drawing It's support from abroad Will lend
helping hand TO States and individuals, and the Whgs
VIII achieve by wise Legislation, what The Democrats
propose 10 work ont by hard labor and economy.
Their schemes want nothing huttruih 10 recommend
them, emd few viii be able detect the faaces Oh
which they are founded.
We ncu'ca'e aad rely on wholesome, but unpalaia
bile trulhs--t.uths which the human mind slow "
and reluctantly admits and which il is ever struggling
10 forget because they remind ii OF The weak and faeI
condition of man.
In the Spring campaign have been worsted by
the deusIve expectations excited BY these WING pro
misses. But Truth IS mighty, and will prevail. We
have no doubt llat the course, which party pur-
suing on the issues before The country, will slowly
hut surely, increase its strength, and confer upon il
lasting dignity and bonor.
JOHN TAYLOR Of Caroline