Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-01
Mr.. RIVES AND HIS NEW ENDORsER.
TIE RICHMOND WIIiGi

publishes; Mr. R.r,SS Communication 10 rs
eHitfe, GGoicS or rgn.!.> 81 Elr Is lhcY JUS
lily Inc correct quotation by Nh Rives Of
Il sia.i5 sci;oncc from A.dam Smith, and then
lriaa!phan'!? cyclaims MIR Eivcs, Therefore.
is comF'taiy Vind:c1ie,', ;.ad has signaily hi
u;nphcd over hc:h ass;larls." .NdW tie ,Thir
iacr$ that il his CARRIED eur article, and
hils Suppressed 2.l:;; potion {: IT. which charges
Mr.. Ei.es with ia"ilg >luue,. over the VERY @ist
o. the in :,t.naat BROUGHT ~ Aris:arcAus ii Mo
bile, VIZ: the sn9,:cssian ot Passages Of Adam
Smith, which materially Gnaiiiic,! tic sentence
oa which Mr. T. relied TO Prep up bis high pro-
tec'iyc lotions /, dis la,to u! /. i;c:c,.iiab!e
10 the WING Does IL l:c.i h;s readers properly
by conccal;ng tom them the ruth
Dmt 10 fccapi;ulaic--.i f..;rct:as charged Mr..
L. with garhline Adam Srai;h, il order to .:iyc
somc c3lo:ing 10 III, high Tarili vicws-Wc pull
4i>h a letter from ilr Hives, exposing I'll" mis-
quotations of .AristaIchus in single sentence.
bul entirely passing over, and virtually aci;Gow-
lcd~!n" tAc .yicvCgs ciia:ge against Mr.. H.. o..
having suppressed he next s:!cccadin" pa>S;.c o.
Adam Smith, :gk;ci essentially inotiaci tic SEN
tencc paraded Il, aUthorit: ~ Nj. L Our com
men'> clearly SET !or,h this truth; the Whi?.
without aludir" 20 this portion Of oag remarks,
entirely om;.s them, and cries ON. Nh nives is
an H'ie'y yiadicaled' a!r. Rive, himself VII
ura!!y coniesscs The main charge Of Ar.s.a.chus,
AID y; his supple raf;iA!n boasts thai IL ,ir. Il
lur, h. has cone 4 boz shG. BEYOND hun
As TIE Whis carefully concealed lro!a hi,
rcadgrs what We did s;.y in regard 10 lis latter
portion Of tie charge, We icel bound again 10 lay
before on readers, The REMARKS suppressed by The
Wing, with all its ato.r Of Justice. They are as
follows:
Thus far then, We admit that Mr. Rivcs has
justified himself, according 10 the editions OF
Smiths Works which are in h;> possession, as
well as in our own. BIT here ic stops, and en-.
ireIy suF, over the material cir,c t!ie vc." gas,
oI the >erions Indictment which is brought against
him b. Aris&rchns. Mr. Eiycs is ,oo acu,c Il
casui>i. not TO take advdnta... of ibis de.cc.ci
misrepresentation 81 Ariatarc!.lis. to escape from
The more serious charge agail.t himself He hes
raised smoke against .ir:siarcaE., and ;rcs t.
escape under lis cover. But it will noi d.. The
charge still stands againS: Mr.. Rive Of missc9.c-
scn;.n@ tn great principle Of Adam Siai;h. TO
FIND sOric Justification i,'r tie Protective Syscm
in his las, falii "rcech. The crave charge q
Ari>tarchu> is trial Mr. Eivc> in his speech il
lhc Senate suppressed those passages from hGam
Smith, which Immediately saccac3 Tie sentence
wh;ca is Guc'ed and relied an l.; him 10 sustain
hi, position, viz that il particular cases prorc-
tive duties ,nay produce beneficial eject, upoa
the industry ot COUNTY,. We again coacc,c,
tia, csen those passages a> quoted ~ Ar.-tar
c!,,is 81 differ, though Hma;criaiiv. tro,a oar
edition o! Smith Bat oayod al cavl we SHALL
G,Io:c flomtlic clifton ici,,rc rs i;r.uri lSiI)
which We have no doub, CORRESPONDS, with the
three cdi:;cas q Mr. K. w. leave il to the in
lc.ligcnt ard candid reader 10 >ay, Whether these
Passages d. not essentially Qaalf FL The sentences
50 r;u,nphanilv qgoci BIZ Mr. L.. il support Of
his present protective views In Gua;ing that
sentence Sac'g las Mr. Il. given the 'rioic mean
iGg oi ADAM smith ca this particular point! II
hc has omiiici extracts Of commanding force in
jus! decision upon this point, has he rot. as
char~al ir Alis'arcll'rr it, "are,, the great wri
lcr~ opinions. in order 10 bo.iec N his own high
Tari:! o;ca>l And is this wo.;iv of = states
man, whose aim should !c 10 tell the whole ru;a
even i: his darling schemes should b. lr,'s;ra
ted! Hui We Shall now fao,e the qualifying pas
sages reicrrclio IN! leave Mr.. =. - The task OF
rccnnc;9. his bold deinc..Jns with he iau,;
lated lex. of Alan Smith:
BY means of such regulations. iaiccd par
ticI;iar manufacture ma >plet,n!c, h. ac9u,rej.
,oonc. t;iau it cag!i have hc"n Otherwise and
ai'cr i certain time, maY h r:@d' q, ho.nc az
ci~ap " cheaper tl.an IN liz oici.;n couHiIy.-
hG, t,Iaugh the indGs:iF .! NE ,o,ic'y i.ay b:
thus carried with afas.3g. in,o particular
chanuci sopEe. !han il could haze been uthegWisr.
II will hq n, means follow. that ;i. su.a ta'ai
ct!-f Of lis ministry, o. 81 il re"enac, can eyer
nc aucmenle.! ~ my such regulation The in
duslry of The Sooinlv can augment only III Pro-
portion rs lis caDiril ap@;ncns, ana il ca pi.i can
augmcDt only III p:o?olioa u Whit can be
gradually saved on; Of lis r".ciGe. l;Ut the inn
rn,-ilc effect O: cgerr such regulation is 10 a.;
niu>h il rtvcnuo. 80. W!i., ninliH>acs Is tcvc
l,rc. is certainly 80. very likely 70 augment il
capital t,s'or ;:i2n ]. would harc augmented Of
is owa accord had ho;A cap.i aai iaai,stf: bcc:
LETT 10 ilni on their natural c'ni4oymen's.
"''rho1eh ius wa.toi such regulations tl.c
cietr should never acquire the proposed manu-
iac,urc. il woalj m; upon that nee pan. accc>sa-
rilv hc the poorer in any one period of lis dura-
ton. In every period of is DURATION lis whole
capital anl Industry mg'f sill! have ieen en-
ployed, liouga upon different obJcc's. i. he man
ner that vas most advantageous al The time. III
every period, lis rc:cnuc might have been The
greatest which It's capital cou.i afford, AMI both
capital and revenue nigh. have :ceE Augmented
wi;h the greatest possible a2i,ii.y.
The natural advantages which one country
las over another, in producing pa'ic;:iaf com
moI;tics. are sometimes - "Tea' that Il is ac
kno~!ccsci YAH TIE w9r!! 10 le in Vai: 10 s'ru-
81. with lhe!a. By means Of glasses, hoi beds
and moi walls very gorl grapes can ~ raised IL
Sco,janj, and very god vine tao can be maze
OF them ~ about thirty ,:mos The expense iol
which II lcast cqna;iv god can b" t:aaght from
foreign countries. Would it b. 4 ie;so.ar.c lax
10 prohibit Ia" Importation a all iureign wi3cs.
merely IL encourage the making al tlar"t ana
burgundy in Scotland! Eut il there woa'd pc
manifest ahsuniily in rITnin" towards any
employment, Tint: times nor. .. The capital
and Industry CT the country than would be he
ccssary 10 purchase :om foreign coGnrlcs al
equal Quantity Of The commali.ics wanted, tfDc
masi r. an @tsari&& Moa-a a"s ei!o-ei'" 50
cLH7H". gct cruelty RI II. M@c @3'tf: ~ turning
i0wGfGS GRps.,1I cmMogmsH Il EHt ttfa ~ trca
Il tire kra.irdii 5aH 1aofc u c''5fr Whether
III" advantages which one country has over ano-
t!Ie:, to rau.al q acia:ied, :, /" Ills le-
spect, Of 10 consequence. AS ioag as the
ono country has those advantages. and ID"
other wants them, it will ci,-eS Ia more :G"an-
,agcous oT The latter rather 10 buy oil The iortnei
than 10 make. II i IN acquired advantage
only which enc aIiiicer has o:cr his neishhor,
who exercises a.!otacr trade; and yct they both
find il more advantageous 10 LILY 81 che another.
than Ia make IS hat Gcs moi belong 70 their parti
cul:rra3es.N
And now a word 10 III" Wig 1Izt paper
he's no right 10 aiiudc 10 oar temper o: course To-
wards Mir. Givcs. We SHALL in /! few days, rc-
publish few ci ''the choice flowers Of speech
which the Wing ontc "s,rewei' through lis Co.
iumns. in reference 10 Mr.. L. himself The Wing
may nor, farparypnrroses, smother him win c;:-
rcssce' We shall show how that very chasic
and consistent joa:nal formerly treated him; 1t
viii no DON'T be a satisfaction 10 Mr.. r. 10 hear
some Of The comyitmca's which his iayning adj
vocaie of;hc pTeseniday once solavis.!iy bestowed
upon him.
We daily see in the Wings many iahricaiions,
thu, We are strongly disposed 10 douhi the &C.
nunaEess al The admission Of Mr.. Venab!e,
Elcc'or in Moth Carolina, a. 10 Tie iotyisn Gi
Ezckiei Polk ascrited 10 Mr.. v IN SATURDAY $
Whic. After Inc evidence published hv Mr..
Havwoo-l. which was conclusive 10 cur mind, W.
lho;igh, that mater was settled against The charge
in The opinion ol ali LIT rabbi Wings. We shall
,a.he pains 10 investigate 'nis fa!aisson o. Air
Eenani..
we will not Insult oar readers By further com
ments on the gross hnmbugs OF British Cod,
har?cd upon b. the Wig in its dcarih oil argu-
mcnts on behalf of is great leader. (AEo;her
article which W. haze dedicated 10 this subject To-
day i ,u,r. thar sIcihEi - expose all the shane