Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-04


the people not To reason with them. ''Hc that *
robbed let him know IT, is the Walch-Wold.
The plundeicrs contend that II Is no robbery il
the individual robbed does net. know il,-and
therefore, The robbers always prefer and adopt the
most ahStrllse and mysterious way of carving
out their purposes. The Cu>iofn Houses with
their msnimah,S and their martmnHS, and their
dd roiorenlS, hide all the robbery done; and the
robbers, therefore tcnderly cherish them: bu; in
addition 10 This, they try 10 make = ifisliul
as possible all taxes, which would show the peo-
pie directly what is indirectly taken from them
They tell US too, you need not pay the taxes, if
you do not want 10: YOU need not buy tie things"
Nobody is compelled 10 buy by direct force. il is
very true, but if body don't buy, the suffering
Is often greater than il he does hcaviir as in that
| purchase ne may have been taxed Nobody, for
example, is compelled 10 buy 4 coat of Yankee
manufacturer for $50. for he may 10 without IT,
bat il lie does, in cold weather ne is in danger of
freezing 10 death There is law g. God law
! OF necessity, more imperative than the laws ot
man. In London, | can buya coat Tor so, bet
ter than one can get here for SIS can 90 in
my shirt sleeves. and do without the Yankee coat,
but may violate dccency by doing SO, or de-
A.! Slroy my health. Gods privilege is not given me
OF buying in the cheapest market oh no! |
must go where the market is dearest, and where
some manufacturer can put the difference iii his
pocket must buy, and pay The tax. cannot
say will Go without il. The cold NorhwesierS
forbid il; and then it is cool comfort 10 say you
. can buy or you cannot-it is rs YOU please. -
That man who talks thus, or who attempts TO
make YOU believe that lax of 80 per cent. is not
tax, attempts 10 make you believe that the pro-
vidcncc Of God is >uhverlcd and that tie world
is carried on BY miracles.
Are yon aware, then. icllow-ciZens, Mr. Nc
IN CIV fb@t no MI nj
means which have been rcSorted TO- in Washing
ton, 10 protect The Tariff will he Tesoucd 10 eve
~ where? know full we'll what they arc; for
nv attention too frequently las been forced upon
them there. Among other arguments urged for
not modifying the odious Tariff of 1872 was
this: 1t is IN unprorilious time Ia agi,ate a Ia
riff question. while the Presidential canvass is
goingon. Withdraw the Tariff from lis vortex
and agitac that hereafter An honorable Scna-
tor from Georgia had reasoned lhuS,-a Senator,
who, while trampling under his feet the instruc-
tons OF his State, treating thcm will! cool con-
tempt, nevertheless had the cconcss to say 10 us,
don! a@ae the Tariff now; YOU had better
waittil the people press iol it. or you had better
take lcssonS from them anon, and meanwhile 20
on. and elect President. Yes, put of the repeal
o! The Tariff. and make il depend upon the result
OF the Presidential clcclon--thiS is an order OF
the day. The longer rcpeal is put of, the longer
the Northern plunderer can enjoy the fruits Of
what he robs from You. Mix and mingle up as
much as possible, in the elements Of hot Presi
Dental election; for then Tariff victory is GER
tain 10 he claimed. il. on all cher elements Hen
~ Clay can he ridden in Now i,low-citizcns,
81 grave AMI - complicated Il question as the
Tariff is rot 10 bc decided fairly thus. For my
self, have studied it twenty years, ard although
may say, q ! think. know something Of il
now, yer. | know this. that know not enough
fully To impress my own convictions upon others.
How then can the mutmdes in Tie heat OF 4
great contest for the Presidency fully appreciate
what has 50 profoundly engaged for years and
years, the profound minds Of Adam Smith, Ri
cardo and Say! You may 90 il; You 50 rcmarka-
bic for your common sense, and gifted foresight,
but It il not, say, proper clement for the Prcs
now II Henry Clay should he elected ana the
victory be claimed. Is it would DC. for protection,
what sor. Of an argument would it be for "homc
industry that he was sun" in, or drinl; inl "a /
laush) | heard, rs came here, in 4 hall not one
hundred wards from This, [thc Wing Clay Cabn,)
the songs and revcrics Of a Wing assembly,
There were going on there The vulgar songs OF
vulgar sonss;ers (Cheers.) Great questions
were thus discussed Solemn matter, OF State
were thus sung upon. CA laugh) The Tariff.
Their rs suppose, is 10 hc settled, il Wing mu-
sic shoald sing into the Presidency 4 Wing
man. This idea, then, of leaving great que
ton of political economy. one in which the dear
est interests of the people are invol"cd. TO the
hurry buTly OF great general election. Is one oi
the most mon>rous ever heard Of, or ever read
OF. unic>, il he i'll the ease of rave magistrate
of ano:hcr Stale, who was more distinguished for
his common sense Than for his knowledge Of Law.
or his love Of argument. This magistrate was
Judge, and his origin was Dutch and, like the
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gument. when he feared he might ic puzzled b.
it, is the lawyers p':2zeI him, as the ease he
came knotty, what do YOU think he did! Hear
more, and reason more! oh. nG--.or he refused /
10 hear 81 I'll, or 10 reason al ALL and all he did
was 10 rciea he witaGSScS IN NE c0Se (ChcerS.)
II YOU can only be prevailed, in like manner, 10
shut your cars to argument or 10 silence all ar
9umeni. and resort 10 some such process as thiS,
OF arriving at conclusions, singing say, why,
then, the Tariff may be settled on the principle
the Dutch Judge settled his litigaicd case.
Fellow-citizens The question Of the Tariff de-
serves 10 be perfectly understood By all Of our
countrvmcn. particularly by the citizens OF this
commonwealth. You are often called upon, be-
cause foreign countries impose heavy duties upon
your tobacco. 10 revenge yourselves ly imposing
4 heaYy duty upon their Productions. This i,
great appeal in oar tobacco growing States, | see
Now there il nothing in which more deiIlS.cn pre-
walls than in this. Sureir il matters moi to the
tobacco planter whether his crop Is sold in Lon
don or New York, if he gets as good price ior
it in one place as in the other; BIZ, it docs matter
much to him whether he is taxed heavy or taxed
lightly upon what he receives in return. Lei us
look into this The Honorable Nathaniel Ma
cen of North Carolina, for example, say, raised
FIVE hogsheads of tobacco This he sold in Lon
don. where he got as high price as in y. York,
Notwithstanding the heavy duty; ard the proceeds
he invested in supplies Tor his family, say i've
bales ot merchandise. He comes 10 The Custom
House in the United States with those FIVE bales
of merchandise, where he is met by duty OF 10
per cent, which he must pay. Now, here arc
Two bales CT his merchandise gone It once 10 pay
for being ailoweito use them in the United States
Three only are his, but two are taken by The Y.
States. What say Of the tobacco planter, IS
Iu>t as true of the cotton planter or The rec plant
or. The annual income OF all is diminished two
bales out ofiive. One OF these two bales goes 10
the Federal Treasury OF Uncle sam, The other TO
support and pamper The manufacturer oil me
North Thus the Southern planter works Tor he
Northern manufacturer. gives him one-liith OF MS
labor under the compu.rion OF unjust laws, and
then il is that the South is impoverished and the
North aggrandizcd BY the suicrinSs OF The South.
(Applausc)
There are men. however. Who say, wealthy
men, that they had rather pay one dollar and litiy
cents to brother Yankee ioran article, than one
dollar to a foreigner for the same thing. Some
may call this magnanimy, Inn they do; i9lly
| should say it was, sheer folly. But II some
choose TO play the fool, that is no reason why all
should lie compelled to do it BY force. Let him
NAV he fool Who chooses 10 play it on his own
rre resp but not compel all his counrymen
poor and rich The wealthy man may exercise
his preference in the places where ne purchases
his necessaries and his laxuriess, but the poor
man has no preference other than that of the
chcapes, market for the good article. The poln,,
cal man TOO, may sell himself i he wills (woald
TO Col, that some Of hem would ar; and be off, the
bur herc is no reason why the political man, in
selling himself, should sell others 100. don't
hold i With the Aboitionis,s, that a man cannot
sell himselt-bu, do hold, that man can't sell
his fellow-ci,izens, ani make slaves OF them
N-ll' fIere Mr. McDufie, who had been speaking
in q manner much suppressed, was taken with