Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-11-21
The Hon. IIENEY CLAY,
Lexington, Kentucky.
AsnrArn. Oh Iulr. is.

ASHLAND, a3d July. lsl3.
Gentlemen: duly received your favor o the 18th inst
in which you inform that conflicting opinions prevail in
YOUR State IL regard 10 opinions Tie policy OF protect
ING Domestic manufactures and YOU request Of nioms.
ton IN relation them take pleasure complying with
your request.
mica! administration Of J'e Government ought be der
yd IN season ct peace, exclusively from duties imposed
on Oragn imports, aud that Tariff o' that purpose
ought 10 be - adjusted a. 20 ae!d reasonable encourage
mCnt To domestic manufactures. opposed - H.
rect RNcs AMI internal duties except IN time of war; when
lacy bc necessary give vigJr and
opposed the doctrines OF trade with foreign
powers all Of whom subject commerce with then
restriction, often very great md burncn,omc.
These opinions have always entertained and still.
oTiain never was IN favor Of duties being high
amount TO prohibition Of articles which they
laid have thought It best Tor all interests that there
Should be competition think Of great importance, that
Tariff should possess stability, frequent changes of.
feet inuriorsy all great interests. To impar it
that Character II should be moderate reasonable and
lain.
voted for the Tariff Of 1916 l524 and 1892 hink
they al! reasonable and moderate, the they
respectively passed In the infancy Of manufactures
tue object being 10 acquire the skill and accumulate the
capital necessary their successful establishment great.
degree OF protection eXpcdient than requisite after
they have made considerable progress. The difficulty
lies in fixing that degree In 1916, without much
experience and failed make, in ali cases, proper sd
ustmcnt of the Of protection. Eight years eNpe
rence in 1924 enabled Congress 10 v At with equity
ana ptcol Eight years 81 progress ~ Our manufactures
IN 1882 justified reduction IN the sinount Of duties,
aud generally the Tamil Of 1912 IS more moderate than
that Of 1882. A. manufactures advance and become
perfected less and less protection viii be needed. until
articles will be able compete with the foreign fiys
articles, Without any protection At all in the form of duties
was not in Congress in l-s. and therefore did
tor the loDt ol that IN" duties In Innuy instances
imposed By ihat Tariff cxrayaganiIy high and, IN
others, duties imposed which called for by
any interest Ihot Tariff was q fraudulent production
IL framed hy q combination ii members from the
South, and from ie North who afraid openly
vote against Tariff, and vet wished to obtain credit for
being favorable supposed SoutleTu interests II
shaped with the design OF defeating passage Of any
manufacturing many respects that the homes; and
true friends 0i that interest would for IT, Had IL
not been defeated those Northern members, who united n
cOucoctnp IT, woud have returned home and asserted that
they the friends Of protection, and that it, really
honest friends iuuicul To IT, But IL not defeated
The genuine friends OF manufactures resolved not 10 be
cheated 10y such combination, and determined TO nko the
bill for the sake of the good that in it, notwhs and
the bad which put there against their consent. The
scheme not having succeeded designed the South.
memhars, who concerned IN H. afterwards bitter.
y rcprouched their northern concdcrncs for the duppon.
. ment
have than half dozen times expressed within the
last two three years public occasions, the opinion
which now communicate to combination Of the pin
herewith The last speech that subject which made IN
the Senate OF the United States and also brief sketch #
the principles Of the Wing party a. understand them,
which prepared.
have other objection hc publication Of this letter
but latt would nply s"nyeuc-s IN regard 10 ms Opin-
1n which d1 feel and think u has been already suf
icienty promulgated. an your friend and ob't sory't
II. CLAY
Mcssrs. JorL BEiSnRv, and
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