Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-11-03
RICHMOND, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3.

j. ,s article above we asked who surrender our home
an;rtures Let The Rehmond Enq,rsr nnswe and address
"a 10 him by Martin Van Buren, III "hl' III 'itr a 's w
nounces, and utterly discas the pts7m, ia' e,roo he has
..n Gne ron committee speaking ~ II he were eooi ,'
nanJ in certain way defending home protection ms
urriy dscams H." Ar Van Buren,, hen, may y" SCI u'"
nc one vino opposes our home manufacture
$50 then the present Tariff Law rs the wing inca
spra and embodes the doctrine OF protecting our nome
manufactures Ii taxes the salt, sugar ana IRON OF the
orricu!,urs,-the Blankets coarse wooens ana cheap
cecoes of the aborer,-it takes labor, indeed, "hen
ever and however il operates, tor the exclusive
of a few manufacturing monopolistS'
"No wonder MIR. Van Buren, denounces anu uI'e'ey
d,;ms this law of taxation upon labor for the oenehl
IF capi,al The whole country is united upon notning
an firmly as the determination to modify u altogether
making revenue the object, confirming II 10 tha enc
md the limbs Of labor unshackled by Protecon
s'Tbis feeling universally peryades the SCUM. IL
;s,s 10 sucb an extent that Mir. Clay, election
erno letter to a gentleman in Georgia, IS himself con
strained TO deny his own bantlng-ths present law
and 10 declare that it must be remodelled we recon
end to the Cincinnati Gazette 10 hunt up and publish
that letter But we suppose the Gazette Will not do
inst understands the wrIter-tha letter was written
for the South alone and is the offspring OF spirit quite
ds,nnenuous as this stale charge OF non commiltalism
unon Mr. Van Buren,, when his opinions were July
stated in the letter to the Indiana Central Commute,
ma ny months ngo Il Cincinnati Enquirer
There is no man in the country, who dreams that
the present Tariff is TO continue it is, without the
s.ronoes, struggle being made to modify it in its most
essential features. Mr. Clay may fleet 10 approve 1t.
But no man, who examines lis provisions, understands
its operuon or recolIects the hasty manner in which
il was ont together and hurried through, ION the very
heels Of the adjonrnment can suppose, that The great
agricultural and mercantile interests OF the country VIII
quietly submit to Is 1t wonderful, therefore, that NJ
Buren, should not be satisfied either it'll It's printiPle
or its deiaHse MI Clay says, "ihe provisions are, IN
the man, wise and proper"-though he adds ii there
be any defects in ii, they ought 10 be cor
rected" What can Mr. Clay be ignorant that many
of It's duties are "high and oppressive
"1he American Democrat says, tor example, that
on Salt It charges duty Of 100 per cent on Sugar,
the same.
"ucn's fine boots, worth seven eight dollars. Mr..
Claws Nhlg Tariff imposes duty OF one hundred and
f,oentv fire cents Recoect that. And don't forget
that on ueaS boots, such thousands of good
men have n wear, worth Two dollars and fifty GEMS tn
three dollars, Mr. CIay's Wing Tariff imposes duty
of tnoo dollars and fifty cents-ahough the poor man
boots cost third less, they charge him twice as
much.
"Women's fine bootees, value six dollars pair, Mr.
Claws Wing Tariff charges fifty cents pair; but on
Women's coarse booees, costing only one-ourth as
much, MIR Clays Wing Tariff Law charges exactly the
same amount, which, IN effect, makes the poor woman
pay four times much.
"You know how important an item Iron IS 10 US, IN
every situation in life and how intimately il is asso
ca,ed with our necessities comforts and convenences;
and what duty does Mr.. Clay's Wing Tariff impose
upon this ar,,ce' Why, more than one haJthe value
| "Unman featured Hemp, duty forty dollars ton.
''Co,ton Bagging, five cents yard
"Who pays that, feow-ci,Iz.rs; Every man that
grows bale Of cotton can answer.
"And what do they offer in return for the bare
faced robbery: Why, they insult US by imposing a
duty or raw cotton of three cents pound We don't
want their "Prolecion " we want justice and we will
have IT,"
a Correspondent OF the Boston Courier (wh'e) was
in London August last, 10 purchase iron Tor ra'i'
road What does he ssy "This being the evening
fixed for examining our proposals, we open file OF
letters from Scotland, Liverpool Stafordshlre, and
London, and in the course of an hour, conclude con
tract for 1000 of rails, at price equal to S2 20
per ton, delivered at Cardiff price less than the duty
| in America. And is 1t possble that our Government
will enforce such duty? Cheap and easy con'mnn'
cation is essential the prosperity of The country, to
the development of its water powers and manufactures
10 the manufacture and distribution both of iron ore
and iron itself The rail is not made IN America; we
Raye uses le our home aas IRON at Ss
Other roads have paid duties, and let Us have no
nyldlous distinctions