Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-21

MIR Rhett has made upon the Tariff law, al
on the same day. Mr.. McDufie moved IN The 9TH
House. We speak frankly 10 cur Republican 5reth'e
nd tell hem, that they must meet the question bold
The Tariff law must be brought back to the prnci les
rerfnuc measure. The condition of the Treasury i.t
imperat V, " demands II. The following article If
the las, Globe, sheds flood of light upon the necess
| Of immediate and important reforms
| "THE REvESUE TARIrr.-lt would seem, inst
our Mgh-tarf bOnnfy-ei1,Hg, o0pta protecting STATE
men, have suddenly become mere revenue -rast
takers. We shall soon see wht Their they mean 10 fei
a revenue for the Government, the mar taciurs,
The Government, al THIS moment, rs certainly more
want Of revenue than these Northern Compare
which, las shown by the true New liamrsh
Patriot, few days since,) DIVIDED twenty per Get
among the Stockh lders, and had artspeoHbe ia ar
reserved According To the Presidents message, tht
will be quite "a respectable balance against the Cove
ment at the end Of this year. notwithstanding =
thirty millions borrowed for supply. THIS vast supp
no,withs andlng, will. told by his Excelierc
still siearc prcJahe efficiency Of ira millions Of o.
lars at tie close # the present fiscal gar Bes2
this We are further told, that there outstaocI
Treasury notes t, about the amour, al four IN Ia
six hundred thousand dollars, and should they be o
turned upon the treasury during the fiscal year, tn
will require provision for their redempt on. lh-n'
Congress is further notified that she loan Of l.
amounting TO S5G72.976 g., falls due on ;te Ut J'
airy, lS45, and must be provided for or osipomed @
new loan.
"Ard then, again, comes This admon,ion 10 c
gress-ihat, unless the resources Of revenue sicuc
materially mere ased by you, there will be a proca
deficiency for the service Of The fiscal year enc
June Both, 1915, CT upwards of four millions OF I
lars
"Pnt these items of deficiency together, and
make upwards OF sixteen millions of actual cehcli
ring the next wear, 10 be provided for by Conere.
its present session; and 10 this state the lreasu
brought by The saving grace of the all delivering 4
rress, brought in under the buzzas OF EAU, anc
economical Administration which came with II,
at is no matter Of nder, then, tia, Mr. Clay
Mr. Webster should cons Ger a revenue tariff Us ~
brought INTO The county The difficulty will be, i
arrange the duties as 10 invite importation, tha, d
may be drawn from them TO supply revenue 10 The 4
vernment Now, many foreign articles are taNt
high as to exclude them 10 great degree, deprivng
customs of the ava Is which might be derived h
them; while the manufacturer, who supplies thf 4
ket with his substitute, by means of his monopol,
vies, in increased profit from this exclusion that Ia
the consumer which would otherwise 90 into tie 4
tiona Treasury. Mr. Clay and his friends, ,tefs.
by making vast addition 10 the national expend
by accumulnting public debt, ard proposing
further to increase il, by assuming those Of the 81
and distributing the public lands-may very vel =
content with the prospect of having foreign imr
tons sufficiently burdened with revenue tarG,
ran but persuade the representatives. of the peogf
more revenue they will get. The Democrat mra 8
Of Congress will not be apt 10 be duped INTO tbs B
lief, when they look 10 the operation Of the Tar
; le42, which MIR. Clay seems to consider very n
factory. II is that tariff which IS 10 l. ave the Gost
men, bankrupt at the end of the next year, by 4
amount of sixteen millions; while it divides ,s
per cent. from The treasures of the joint stock co
MES, with So rtspeetaJie baionee in reserve-to
pended, doubtless, in keeping up the tariff.
We shall see, however, in the acts of The Fog
majority in the Senate this winter, VIVA. Mr. Clay #
siders rerenue Tariff. Tha, majority, conn
altogether of Mr.. Ciays special friends, will H &
exponent of his policy. If it is changed, (os his E
gia letter would persuade the South, which hs
fered peculiarly under his former ultra system
shall witness prodigious revolution in hei ~
the Senate which has fought up every duty 70 r
verge Of prohibition and which has reduced mr. n
ton until there is no longer adequate supply !for
customs for the wants OF the Government.
! "An article, which we cut from the Utica b r.
crat, shows that, while the Government oblg Is
strike for more revenue, the poor laborers IN cur
and factories also obliged TO strike for higher VI
The manufacturing capitalists quite ine,@
to their employees, by whom they are enricht 81
their friends IN Congress are TO the Govern q
which they are bound, by every tie Of duty, to ~,
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