Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-04-18
ment should derive its revenue from udcious system

ment should derive its revenue from judcious system
Of mpos,s, and @e-rcgulated Tariff.
Huch ino"f ana remuneration is therefore fruitlessy
expended IN exposing and condemnng the evils which
VIII iheV''aoy result from system OF direct taxation
which Is deprecated with equal warmth by the Repub
can party, as has been shown. And here dorsssion
may he pnruohed tor the sake Of the valuable and i'm
portant ruin winch will be developed The effort al
rrany a!Se.fd TO, ut dedncng an argument in favor Of
the wings present system Of aiording protection by
exposing 'he inconvenience and oppresslveness of
direct tax which the Republican party are falsely sup
posed 10 advocate has driven the authors of the dad
dress unwltingly TO give expression and publicity 10
iact, winch speaks volumes in vndica,on of the
Democratic Legislature, but recently adjourned to
whom was committed The delicate and difficult task Of
increasing me lakes Of the State, to the Old Do
min"h from bankruptcy and disgrace, and who are
now denounced by the Wing speakers and the Wing
presses, rom one end o! the Common wealth To the
o'hrl' ~ in'i answer to all the caumny and odlum
when IS hpnped upon the late Legislature is furnished
ny lne 'a"9nage OF this "Address, and no better
ply can oe afforded To the various aspersons and CEN
suresuSed ~ The Wings than the anne xed paragraph
written by their leaders in moment Of candor and when
It's eHeeih ih' point of view not considered. After
commenting upon the difficulties of collecting the taxes
10 de'ray The ordinary expenses of the State
government, the address proceeds: "When an extra
ordinary demand, however trivial amount falls upon
o'ae ifeasury, how difficult TO find subjects
upon winch to impose the additional Lur,hen. We
have seen the Legislature Of Virginia for several years
past, borrowing annually small sums 10 exc out de
lcent revenue, III order TO avoid the responsibility Of
increasing the taxes Of the people, until at length,
aroused ny the large and growing amount Of State
!abiItes they have remblingy approached the ques-
iion rs one only less terrific than the violation of the
pl'shea ialh The commonwealth, the imminent dan
ger OF which has been alone powerful enough 10 slinu
ae lneh 10 The discharge OF this painful but paramount
duty
This REQUIRES mn comnInntlt 10 Tho l,nrpora
OF truth, spoken under circumstances which gave no
prceAt or temptation, TO falsehood prevaricution
And yet The same party who have uttered it, cla
norons!y assatling those who have nby and sue
cessiuY performed this "paniul, but paramount, du
ty. IL they had committed The gfossest errors the
Address shows that in consideration of the difficult
ties when ENVIRON the subject. they entitled to
forbeafance but no commendation be high for
those who have faithfully performed this elerriiic
task. But 10 return
1t is proposition that will not be denied that The
Expenses of the Federal Government" in the Ian.
guoge oil The Address, "must be betrayed" And TO
effect tins, the safest most economical and equitable
mode certainly is, by the imposition Of Tariff upon
imported articles, which will yield sufficient
to deiray the expenses of Government. The Tax,
then, IS IN some degree, though not in The de
gree, distributed between the producer, importer and
consumer. But, by imposing Tariff upon British
manufactures, the effect upon the ''price and value Of
them felt alone in England, is Of those paradoxes
which rs hardly justified when it arises from subject
speculative as this. And here again, we must advert TO
the very meagre statistics which advanced in sup
port OF The bold statements confined in the "Addess
There are no arguments or facts exhibited but the
dcta OF the Wing leaders supply the place Of both. ii
may he true that upon the increase of tariff upon
manufactures, there not corresponding increase
oil price, but this may well be ascribed TO peculiar
circumstance But it is absurd to pretend, that with
labor and capital as they at this time in England,
at minimum, increased duty would not he felt by the
consumer in the increased price OF the protected ar
cles
II appears too, that the authors Of the Address re
gard 1t master stroke of policy TO strike blow at
the manufacturing interests of England, without de-
inonsratng in what respect, or TO what degree, we
are to be benefited by it. The details upon which
these statements rest are not given, and we dismiss
this branch OF the subject follow the Address in lis
vndcaton OF this new principle, ia Tariff OF revenue
With incidental protection This is the great disco
very of the modern Wings and gives full, complete
and unanswerable argument in favor Of "protecton,
contained in this artfully worded phrase, conveying
the idea that revenue is the primary object of this
new Tariff scheme, protection It's Incident and con-
sequence. If there existed specious phrase,
intended 10 cover purpose which II IS not sale 10
avow if there ever was an invention 10 which the
word "humbug most aply suits, il is contained in this
euphonous coliocaon Of words, in themselves J..
Trajectory and inconsistent. Dissec this proposition,
and If lis parts agree and can be made 10 consist
To afford revenue, IL is Indispensable that articles
should be imported. To afford protection, it is equally
indispensable that articles which conflict with home
manufactures should be excluded and prohibited
How is possible therefore, 10 reconcile these anita
gonstca objects and results az to achieve both, to
derive a, the time from Tariff, both revenue
and protection The point at which protection com
mences is that precisely at which ceases, and
vice
To illustrate The Northern manufacturer asks a
Tariff of twenty-five per cent. upon British manu-
features 1t is granted. The British manufacturer
pays the Tariff still brings his goods here, and under.
sells the protected domestic manufacturer one.ha per
cent Now, while this state Of things exists, the
Tariff Yields large amount of revenue But does the
home manufacturer receive the protection he has
sought Certainly not. Then, give him this protcc-
,ion-add one per cent. to the Tariff upon British
goods, and you exclude them from the market-the
home manufacturer enjoys the monopoly, and reJoIces
in his "prolection But what has gone with the reve
nue., IL has ceased the moment protection COM
menccd Is this not go The common of
every man will answer, yes. The argument here IS
put in its simplest FORM without any parade OF poitco-
economical learning web of fine spun theories 10
sustain il, If il does address itself 10 every
reason il is valueess Iii does, il must be conceded
az true and unanswerabe The two purposes separate,
distinct and opposite, in their natures, which the
Wbr leaders ha We united unnaturally, are intended
to conceal their real purposes THIS aborye and pre-
mature attempt to make the elton and the lamb lie
down torelner, luis eHOIl 10 CoHCeul lue
under The lions skin, is Of those articles and
s,ra,arens, for which the party is remarkable.
Give the Wings the power, and they Will tell you,
that proteclion and revenue Incompatible-thnt
in sustaining Their party, you are committed TO
Protective Tariff of kind and that this can
only be effected by independent "Protective
Tariff" The terrible scenes Of 3'' will be re-enacled,
and none foresee the fearful consequences that
wiu result It is worthy Of remark again, that the
nower 10 afford protection not derived from The
Constitution, but is found, it is presumed, under the
head of the-"wants Of the community power re-
Gently discovered Without contrasting with The m
practicable and heterogeneous policy of The Wings,
the easy, open, and manly policy Of the Republicans,
we will refer al! who would make the contrast TO the
democratic Address, where the scheme eli Tariff IS
set forth, clearly and eoquently. D!smlssng thus
subject We next approach The DIslrbut'onTO, ls ID
its turn. ~.
TO TIE EDITORS of TIE ENQUIRER
ga Calm Observer, of passing events, cannot but De
.,rnrzed al The signs of the times and 1t one spark
If na,rotism warns his breast, he IS almost induced
,o despair of saving his country from the ieldemon Of
nnrv had hoped, that when contest tor principle