Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-03-18

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of Representatives should have the opportunity, 70
which, bv the forms OF leg station, lhey were eh'''eu'
of revising their own hasty action
Could unconstitutional and revolutionary conouc',
90 farther than tins:
To other enormi,ies this bill added that Of repeating
by one o. It's clauses, tie section OF the Distribution
bin which suspended lis operation when Tue duties
were "a sed above % per ceut That section was ne
cessary to procure is passage, ana IN aVos o, ouI
Senators voted Aad yet oac OF them Hr Afchet
thereafter voted tiroushoH against r'ddcih9 'a"cS
upon his ov constituents, lest, oy $" dong Ihe iiouSe
OF Representatives NIGH; have il ~ :aof power 10 PIE
serve the Distribution n!l, the condition iii whicA
by his own votes, ne had placed II II IS ''ne' lie as
signed other fo7 his vote ent they were as G
satisfactory and futile the votes themselves were u;i'
justl!able,
We were saved from tbs mons;roas Ia" by the iifn
ness end patriotism OF John Tyler, who acted on the
occasion Is became h:n lie returned iAe bill, WITH
his Objections message, the conclusive arsaaie"'S
oil which have mol been answered.
The clause repeai;n. the provision o! the Dislre"-
ton law which suspended rs operation %hea Inc cui''s
were raised above 20 per cen 10 which the rfesloea'
mainly objected, stricken out, aud, without any
other amendment, IL passed. was signed by tho tfes'
dent and now stands upon tie statute book perpetual
memorial OF the uidey OF seine o. IT'S patrons 10
their representative dGty, and Of the manner IN which
all of them redeem their plightcd !aish - :
The zeal with which t.e Wings support Tins Iafiii
policy and the lengths 10 which they have gone 10 k
il upon the country, Will Justify US III oes'o"h2 oiei
consideration upon rs policy.
In the first place, the many Tor lie benefit OF
the few, and makes one portion OF the country lrinu-
tary to another Without pretending 10 exact accu
racy il NAV be safely affirmed that not one IN hun
red of the people of The u 5. is interested in those
branches of manufacture which benefited by Il
Protective Tariff. And, under this system OF policy,
the hundred arc taxed for the bcnef; OF the one AND
this is not the worstte few not benefited to the
extent that the many are injured 1t II were ether
Ia. Ind .uD Bot
the benefit accruing the manufacturer by no eaus
in the ratio of the tax the consumer lhe '"c''
which lies o, the very foundation OF Tie protective Po
lcy is that our manufacturers cannot afford 10 pro-
duce fabrics at price watch they can be sold IN our
markets by foreigners Hence 1t Is insisted, t!!a'
duty shall be laid upon foreign iabr'cs, which, ny ~
creasinr the price al them, Will enable our mlactu
rers TO compete with them III cur market Suppose
the British manufacturer could sell, market
ward of cloth at 81 but the manufacturer IN ii's
country cannot produce ii !u1 less than 81 ~; OF
course the English article will drive the domestic one
from the market Blu, TO enable the Eastern manuiac-
turer to make profit of 10 per cent and 10 compete
with the British manufacturer, tie Government le
ves upon the fabrics of the latter duty OF ~ per cent
Is it not manifest, that tie consumer loses twenty per
cent, that the manufactures may maze ten put me
MANY are not only taxed for the benefit OF the lew IN
the same community, but one section OF the country
FIR the benefit of another By calculation, based
upon the late census, 1t appears that IN the nana'ac
turing States, there about as many persons ensa
ged IN manufactures and trades a there are III agr-
culture whereas the staple States, there Is only one
for nineteen Ia Does not this show, that THIS po
Icy taxes section OF the coun'ry tor the benefit OF
another
The census tables enable us calculate the extent
of this tx From these tables, and the reports o tie
Secretary of the Treasury aPpeaFs, that the o'al I'M
port Of foreign articles is about twelve anu nan per
cent of the same description of goods manufactured
in this country. II cannot he denied by the Tar't
party, for, it the very foundation Of the Protective
policy, that a doty LAID upon any article not only
enhances the price Of the imported article upon which
IL is paid bu. of all similar articles produced IN TINS
country IL this be true for every dollar winch gees
into the public Treasury the consumer taxed eigh
which is distributed among the manufacturing ana
AGRICULTURAL sections Of the country ~ the proportions
Se I'm We lust mentioned So that, II S2c,0uU,00o Is
raised tor the Government, Si1o,Ouo,ouo Is ieEied
upon tie for the benefit OF the manufacturer
But it is not probably tyae 10 hs extent as the price
of all domestic articles is not increased to The fail
extent of the duty the imported articles Dnt, IL IS
certainly increased 10 considerable extent; and to
that extent is there transfer OF property iron one
class Of the community ana one section OF inc eouh'
~ to another, by the arbitrary operation OF law
But il is SAID that the incidental effects OF encoi'T
apnr our manufactures, viii more than compensate Tor
ali this 1t is said, by encouraging them, we sals@ up
a home market for cotton and bread stch' ARD II
is urred that the corn aud wheat grower OF virginia
is particularly interested IN Tie iafh pohcF as WIZ
create nj home 4 market for produce, which Is
denied US in England. The fallacy o ih!s view may
be easily shown In the first place. 10 the extent you
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from our manufacturers wc Will not import i"teiIa
fabrics II we do not ,iev cannot purchase our bead
suis and our cotton for, hov are they 10 pay for iem
We cannot export unless we import. II We VIII not
purchase the fabrics OF The British manufactures: he viii
not buy our cotton TO he converted into these abrcs Tor
which in that event, he would have market; nor
would he purchase our head stus feed his operatives
whom, IN that event; lie would not employ. This IS
admitted. But !, is answered, tina, t. home market Tor
our cotton and bresd sluis better than fore ga
If the home market created would be as extensive rs
the foreign market Inch had been cut eli, THIS would
be true But even then the agrcuiturIst would b.
injured; for although he might have good or even
better market fo his produce, yet as consumer ne
would be greatly injured, by The greater price winch
he would have give for the manufactured iaaF'cs
For, Tariff would afford no protection, and would no
create home market, unless II increased the price 81!
manufactured articles. But, would the home market.
created by the Tariff policy, be extensive as the 10
reign one Gu, oil: Unqurs;ionabiy II would not. 1t
is of the best established principles oil political Geo
nomy that the quantity Of article consumed depends
upon the price Tie lower the price, the mere VIII the
community be able and wiling 10 consume. The CON
sumption decreases the pr!ce increases THIS post
ton cannot be disputed If, therefore, BY the Tariff
policy you raise the price Of The fabrics of the manu-
taclurers OF course you decrease the consumption OF
them To the extent you do that, you decrease the de-
mand for the material, and for the operatives who
are manufacture IT OF course them iic market Tor
your p'tau sluuS your Wv '''e
created home, nc. equal 10 the you have cut
off, Blu, it is answered, England wlI not receive our
bread stuis the contrary, she excludes them ny her
corn laws. Such is not the fact. On the contrary,
even before the late modification Of the English Corn
Laws by which bread s;uiis and sal,ed provisions
are admitted on more favorable terms than before,
three fourths of large experts OF them wen, to
England and her colonies So far from our provisions
being excluded from the British markets, VIC have
cess 10 them favorable sootIng than any other
country. To say nothing about the easy terms upon
which our produce is admitted into the British colo.
nies we have access, through the Canadas to the Eng
fish hosne markets Themselves ON more favorable
terms, than any other people American wheat, gong
to England through Canada, Only pays nominal
duty and, from the great wheat growing potion Of
this Con!ederacy, the Canadas are most convcnen,
avenue Of export for their surpl"s products
But, suppose our bread strtS were excluded; oar
cotton is not; and o1P@r; Syata 10 kn@iand IN
tie shape Of eottOn. That article IS freely admitted
into Great Britain, and extensively consumed there
and in consequence, us cntuTc at the South is pohia
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