Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-03-23

powerful OF substantial ubJcios 10 ihal S''le hsh INC
otnr Of thai paper. They Will be either whipped IN,
or kicked out"-as Gen, Jackson said Mr.. Rives must
be- wlen without renouncina his party, he repudlaed
this party measure
But The Loco Focp Address contends that there must
be "hori.oniat scale" Of dulltsln other words, that
M higher duties must be imposed on ore article Than
upon auohef--and that he accessories # lie must BE-
taxed high tie iugmics-(gtat friends Of The poor,
hcyare they not9 Bui gong still farther, II assers'
that, if this "horDlnia sclea be departed from, and
there be any discrimination all. that discrimination
must be against proectan"W II declares that II
higher duties be imposed upon articles than upon
others, the higher duties must be levied upon articles
which do not. rather than those which do, in
petition tharicles Of d,mesc producli,nl To this
odous principle object-lrs, thai it is anti. iferi
cat IN its character, nPloytaI, it pfipJses II
d. the pow Of the government indeed 10 protect,
but PROSTATE American interests and 2dly. that du-
ties, resting upon such principle, would lndecd be
upon the consumer, to their i aIhuuh since they
would paIal ze the priGciI es Of cohl ctiion between
the d,mosc End foreQn IIod0cfr ty lie operation OF
which, chtaleLIug the articles upon which They have
been Imposed lrotectirc duties be lurthensone
To the consumer The Wigs, on the other baud, con
tend that the powers tosowtd rItn Ike g,t,al sev-
eminent conferred for the purpose oil enabling
it 10 PROSTATE and destroy lis people, and bua
up nurture and sustain foreigners; bu, for the purpose
OF protecting aud fostering all the great interests Of the
nation, agricultural, Commercial aad mauuacturing-
and that when it ceases 10 effect this purp and. 10y
discriminating against protection, lcglsaics for the
advantage Of Urcl9n nations, il is 10 longer "a neceS
smB crd, but positre coSo. " hat spectacle
would our government present 10 the world
using the powers with which it is entrusted, 10
destroy the prosperity Of lis own people, and 10
tribute TO that OF other nations! And yet this is the
doctrine, soiomny and unequiyocally put forth by the
late Loco Foco Convention IN Richmond as the organ
OF great and powerful party. For one, do hot hes
itae to say, that if ihuro other point Of differ
ence between us, THIS would constitute u onlph as i'm
paasablc AS that which john Randolph Of Roanoke
emphatcalIy declared separated him from John &.
! Calhoun.
| Mr.. Randolph, however, was not the only Site
Rights from whom MI Calhoun the founder oi the
modern school of herccs from which this Address EN-.
anales, differed in opinion And show this iacl con-
cuslvc!y, we shall leaving ont Of view Nlessrs Van
Buren,, Buchanan. johnson. Wright, and other lesser
lights" quote the opinions Of the early sages and
patriots. from whose maNins these modern preenders to
orthodoxy. have ST. mauitesy departed:
Among the first laws 1--WE think the very irst) signed
by George " asiiugton was Tariff bill the preamble
to which said: The Scty and interest of the people re-
'quirc that they should promote Snch manufactures as
tend to render them independent Of others for essential
''parculariy for military supplies" SO, however, do
noi lhok the antors Of the Loco Focp address, whn
would discriminate against such articles, and IN ia.
vor OF the foreigner, because they Of domestic produo-
ton
In l0J2, 'ir. jefferson, in his annual Message de
ea1ed that "to protc tie nfactres adapted to our
circumstances, was Of the 'land marks by which
Congress ought 10 egnate its proceedings and as zone
Of the true principles Of the constitutions" In his Mes
sage OF 1890 he protested against the suppression sol
the mpos,' because he allrdsed it would .pire ad
rait"gc 10 foreign domeSic manufactures" aud vet
we now see the pretended disciples Of jefferson recon
mending a discrimination against protection" for tn,
very purpose OF crushing domestic, manufactures an,
promoting the iorelgu Again, in lSUS Mr. JeiicrsI.
congratulated the country the growth OF American
f manufactures, considerable capital diverted from ohc
pursuits by his restrictive SYSTEM having been throw
into that channel, aud he advanced HE idea that |
]ECllNG DUTIES and PROHIBITIONS" woul
teglar these manufacturing establishments permanent
Aud }et now we are told. by the disciples Of jefferson
that protecting duties are of modern, tcdrql ircptio,
aud that he who went even for prohibtion" was in fac
the founder OF the FREE tale school Why we would A
soon believe that Nahomct the founder of hrs
q t@nity. Indeed, le W no thinks he is carving out JET
ie1s1u principles hy advocating fire. tradc Just as 10
norant OF that gentleman real opinions, as he would
ei the Arabian lmpostor, who should proclaim lam
II, be the author O: the Christian faith?
If Jd"es Madison. in his Message Of ISL decare
Il that Our manufactures require the systenac and ose,
! ING and OF the government. Possessing as we do
Is "(sad that great man. all the raw materials the Gu,
'of Qua own soil and Industry, ought moi to depend
I'm the de9roe we have done, on supple; fon E,feio,
c9unres." So, however, think not our ,aodey, Deu,
"craS, who say, That 50 tar from fostering We mus
# discriminate against domestic Industry
Gener@ jdchsoR (not one of the fathers. ;, ia h,
sure, but sill man ct antho'i;, who, when a candi
date Tor the Presidency, avowcd himself in favor of
jadlcous tariff, declared, after his election in his Mes
sage OF le5o, that the right to impose duties, .,cM
ricr 10 The encouragement Of domestic branches Of in
.'dity. is completely mcdeatat 10 he po,rer that
Us dtict 10 suppose The existence Of tic one ,ctot TN
"oher.o lie declared that this right was all essential
and congratulated himself that ,.ip this opinion Wash
ingion Jefferson, Madison and Monaco coacnred" An,
yet he Convention, which petcnds to be the exclusive
opponents OF the principles Of these Statesman and Pat
riots, openly declare THAT only do, the power to en-
courage domestic branches of Industry, mt eyis, h,
that the government t discriminate ip The lmn,sition