Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-12-20
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To The Editors of Tic Enquucr:
WAsniHGTcS CRY, Dec. IL ,s..
An outrage Of a very disgraceiul charae,o.
Cured this morning in the lobby Of the Hons.L,
Representatives An individual "a claim ~
named Sangser) who was either in,oxicated :
deranged, sent message to the seat OF John d
Adams, with request that ne would come mn, 4,
The door TO him. As soon as Adams made 4,
appearance TIE man attempted TO assault him
but was prevented b. the bysanders He va,
taken into custody BY DR.. Lane, the efficient s.,
geani-at-arms; and, upon consultation betwee
Mr.. Adams and the Speaker, he was turned owe
10 the civil authorities who committed him i
is said that, during his examination. he discla;n
ed all intention OF inIuring the cx-President an
declared ne only "aimed to reach his undersiaM
ing BY pulling his nose" He will he punisheds
the extent OF the law, if. on The farther examir,
ton, II turns out that he is not deranged Heb
SAID 10 have been faithful and etiiciep, of53
during the last war, and now to be subject 10 I
casional fits OF arrangement
Nothing Of importance was transacted in a
Senate to-day In the House, the debate on
Phillips PhGnIs bill TO let in Railroad Iron fr,
OF duty was continued; first BY Mir. Fos,erof pa
who vehemently charged the New-Encand al
New York Tariih,es with determination
abandon the Tariff OF 10, 50 far "a relates 1
the protection OF the great interest Of Pennsvlya
MIA iron. Hc was followed by Mr. PAYNE Of A
ALBANIA, in an able but brief attack on The 50 cal
ed principle OF protection The regular ourns
oil this short debate will be Interesting 10 YOU
readcrs-as il shows most conclusivelv ,ha, thos
who combine 10 make the PEOPLE a, large pref
10 special legislation and monopoly, have no con
ndence in each other or in The honesty Of The syj
! tenn under which they make consumers pay doi
BILE prices for sugartor the heneii, of few ca pt
talists in Louisiana-aS we'll as on cotton goods
for the benefit OF a similar class in New England
-on all the iron used in the United States. for tha
benefit Of Pennsylvania iron-mas,ers; and indeed.
on all manufactures which il pleased our .pecula.
ting friends OF the North 10 undertake up 10 1870
This debate attracted much attention. and [
thiDk Will give rise 10 earnest action on the ma
of The Committee OF WAYS and Means ,Ipon
the question OF The Tariff. Up 10 this day | had
thought nothing would be done with il during ,b..
session. The very evident desire evinced in thisi
debate, 10 reduce the revenue 10 the economical
wants OF the Government, and 10 carry out The
principle OF laying such duties on foreign impous
only as will best secure an adequate revenue
while IL relieves agriculture and commerce from
the heavy burdens of The present Tariff, and vet
affords TO The manufactures OF the country pro.
lection OF at least thirty-three and onc-lhird per
cent, induces me to believe that the Committee
of Ways and Means will act promptly in the
matter. The question of protection has been met
and discussed during the canvass in every State
but Pennsylvania, if not in that The great mass
OF the people, in the North and East, have com.
menced 10 See that those who would blind their
eyes with the humbug of "proec,ion." are bur
aiming 10 pcrrelnatc, in free America The slight
o-hand-system Of appropriains the earnings OF
labor 10 the benefit OF monopostS which s'young
England" IS laboring so efleclualy TO erase from
The statute books OF charer-rdden, oppressed
Britain. Such an opportunity 10 set the princi-
ple al rest may not occur for years for the people
arc not only alive 10 importance oflhe question,
but The committee have the time TO 90 into a
thorough investigation OF il. They can easily
procure the data 10 show its unequal and injurious
effects on the great interests of the country-ag-
riculture, commerce, labour AMI the permanent
prosperity Of The mechanical and manufacturing
arts. As the committee now stands, both sides
of The question are most ably epresented-Mc-
Kay, Dromgoole, Chappel, Norris OF " II,
Rathbun, and Weller-than whom ADLER men, or
men Of more expanded minds, are not 10 he found
in our parlv are the firm friends Of the revenue
tariff system; while Joseph II. lDsersoll and The
other Wings on the committee, are surpassed BY
no men of their party in requisites 10 enable
them 10 ~ Justice 10 the merits OF that system
which goes 10 support orc sci OF men out OF The
proceeds q the labor Of another and more nu-
mcrouS class.
1t is rumorcd here, that Captain Elliott, the
British Charge TO Texas, has returned 10 that
country with definite propositions from his Co
vernment, Offering to guarantee independence 10
Texas, and 10 pay her bonus Of five hundred
thousand dollars per annum for len years provi-
ded she will open her ports TO English manufac-
lures, free OF duty, for tina, length OF time, and
charge duty OF twenty per cent. on all ma
nutac,ured goods imported from other countries.
II such be the case, England is aiming 10 COM
lnence the overland system OF smuggling into
Mexico on the one side and into the United
States on the other She knows more of our ter
ri,ory bordering ON Texas Than do our Northern
Statesmen. She is well aware ot The utter inn
possibility, on The part 81 our Government, 10
stop an illicit trade, should she once get the priy
ledge Of introducing her manufactures into Tex
as Tree of duty. With The present steamboat ne
visation from Galveston, the chief Texan port
of entity, up the Sabine and on the Red river,
where Texas has The same right Of way that we
have. The whole army of the United States,
if transformed into excise officers would be insult
iicient TO guard our unsettled frontier against the
temptation Of cheap English goods. There are
hundred. of navigable lakes. lasoons, bayous,
and rivers, making ont from The Mississippi and
running 70 within few miles OF the navigable
waters of Tex 5. Their banks, TOO, arc settled
(wherc set'ledl BY people who regard the pre-
sent Tariff law as unconstitutional and oppres-
siye Many ofthem would esteem il no wrong 10
evadc il. England knows that too, and STANDS
ready 10 make the most of il. This project has
for years been great desidcratum with the pro-
mnent English merchants in Texas. ] do not,
however, believe, that Britain is prepared 10
make the proposition a, This time. She is wait
ing until Texas gets somewhat tired Of hoping
for anncxaton-until the same spirit which cha
racterized the opposition 10 the acquisition OF
Louisiana shall have worked its effect, and SO
stirred up Northern sectional jealousy and ia
na,icisrn, as 10 make Texas despair Of anne1a
ton-whcn she will comcEiown with her propo-
sition Of protection and tree trade She will not
make il yet, because such action on her paIl
would insure annexation during the prcsen, win
ter Yours, &c.