Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-19

made.
Now, | ask the public TO read in the Wealth of
Nations the subIoned paragraphs, from which II
will bc seen, that Mr.. Rive> has severed e fms.
sentence alone; and then answer, whether the tx-
cepion TO '',sic e,atJGt.g n tie Fire True do
hfHc, either by implication or by direct atmiS-
sion has Tie slightest foundation, in fact in The
tue text of The aultor. | ROW quote from Mic
Cuiloch> edition, the same book, chapter and
page used ty Mr.. Rves
by means Of sich regulations, indeed, par
tcular manufacture may sometimes lie acquired
sooner than ii could have been otherwise and. al
| tel 4 certain time, may bc made Il hcmc rs cheap
or cheaper than in the foreign COUNTY, But
though the Industry of the society may be Illus
carried with advantage into a particular channel
sooner than it could have been otherwise, II lr.N
TN no mcdHS ioHor, that he sum total either OF is
Industry, or OF its revenue can be- augment
ed BY any such ssaa' 5y Mt P Rpsj a IL K
capital augmcnS, and lis capital can augment
only i'll proportion 10 what can be- gradually saved
ont OF lis revenue Blu, the immediate effect oil
every such regulation is, 10 diniiAih lis revenue;
and what diminishes us revenue as certainty nor
rvy hkciy 10 augment as taPtt0i faS,sr h0n n
roaM hare 0Ug1Hented Of It's arm Get0td, had tea
oopiloi ami iadusty teen tsN 10 fnd 0Etttcv nGtn-
raj employment.
Though Tor wan, OF such regulations, the
ciciy should never acquire The proposed manu-
ac,ure, il would not, upon that account, necessa-
rilv lie The poorer IN anD enc prri0d OF lis cura-
ton. In crerg ntliod of lie duration, lis whole ca
pilal and Industry might still have been employed,
though upon different objects, III The maLIer tha!
was NEST 0GsaaiGcCChSd at tie tine IN .l't5y peTt0G
is yersHue miaht here becH Tie g1ratca rklct HScG-
p,toi coHM oDord, and bofh c0wioi ard 'treU,c
mgH Aa'c bcen augmented T,tt tie greatest gG'Ssts
ropdHM"
Now. asl; the attentive reader whether human
language ever closed and locked the door against
admissions, either express or implied, mole tho
roughly than this language 81. Smith does, against
J those which Mr. Rives has stated, and by a gar
blcd quotation endeavoied 10 make apparent Yet
with this pregnant language before him, without
which the wotds he has quoted are wholly Lecep-
live, Mr. Rives gives the hrs, sentence Of The para
graph isolated and alone-whe The ominous
mono>yllabe "ErT" was staring him in The i2ce
marking and signalling as it docs, the intention
of the author dispcl, iii and the anne breath,
The very dcluson which the honorable Senator
has enGeavcrcd 10 propagate.
Nor does the ''mGra and literary crime OF Mr..
Riyes consist in this unwananicd garbling, and
the suppression of the whole paragraph that fol
lows his quotation. In the very same chapter,
Adam Smith has stated fully, and with a distinct
ness that child cannot mistake, the only limila-
tons and exceptions 10 the generality OF The tree
trade doctrine which under any circumstance,
sort Of industry is necessary To tie defence OF the
country, and 81, that when a lex is imposed upon
! domestic fabric lax should Likewise lie lnl-
posed upon the foreign article of the same kind
! limitation which regard 10 the PLAIN dictates
I Of justice requires; Tor, otherwise, protection
would be aionicd 10 the foreign at the cXponse vi
the domestic projuci. 4 third case, he says may
sometimes he Il matter Of deileration, when Ie-
taliating policy will procure the repeal Of The
high duties or prohibitions complained OF -
And under this wy head, hc adds, such qualit-
cation. as Of themselves put 10 flight the destrnt-
tive pcrcrsions Of Mr. kivc>.
"Thcrc may be good policy" says pr. Smith,
lin lc;aliations Of this kind, when 'lcre !, pro-
liability tina, they will procure The repeal "i tie
hi.h duties or prohibitions complained oil Inc
recovery of Il great foreign market viii SenerallV
more than compensate The lransloiy lncohVc-
nencc OF paving dearer curing shot Tune iof
some sort Of goods To Judge whether sr,h TO
,,I,ti,Il, iu ihciv 10 produce such an effect oots
not, perhaps, Iciong SO much 10 the science OF
legislator rios deliberations must tc sors'ncd tn
,egefgl priRcincS Ekich 0lir6gS tie same as I"
The skill of fIai taS'd,oUs ami ealtH G,uma!, su-
galy called statesman or politician, whose coun-
c> are dictated by the momentary fluctuations 81
affairs. When there is no probability that any
such repeal can he procured, il seems a bad me-
,hod OF comicn-aling the injury done 10 certain
classes of our own people Ia do .noihcr INJURY
ourselves not only 10 those classes, lut 10 al
most al! the other classes OF them. When our
ncighbors prohibit some manufacture of GUS ~e
generally prohibit not only The same, FOR that
alone would seldom affect them considerably, but
some other manufacture Of theirs. This may no
doubt give encouragement 10 some Payticala, ciosS
If ,akmen am0Rg oay@ircs, and by excluding
some OF their rivals. may enable them 10 false
their price in the home market. Those WolkEcn,
however who suffered by our neichhors' prolihi-
ton will not lie benefited 10y ours OnHc copiy0-
IN. they ard almost all the other classes Of our
citizens will thereby he obliged 10 pay dearcr than
before lor certain goods ErGy such lcw, there
fcrc, imposes a real taf nlon The rhoie coDnti,
not in favor of that particular class OF worEmen
who were Injured by our neighbors' prohibition,
/ but of some other class.
might add to these citations much more, 10
show how utterly unfoundcd and inexcusahc
was The violence done by Mr. Rives 10 The true
meaning which lay clearly before him But let
these suffice to authorize the question now ASK.
whether grosSer case Of literary fraud, in the
shape in question: ever occurred and whether
any corruption Of the text can exceed this mani
FEST and wiul Suppression Of the context!
But Mr.. Rives complains bitterly OF 'the hand
and finger" pointing To the word "ddr0ni0er." ]
did not accuse Mr.. RiveS of misquoting this word
| signalized il as a misrepresentation By re
terence To the passages cited from "Ihs VAIN NJ
Nations" il will be seen, that Smith employs the
expression with reference 10 The particular inter
est protected by restrictive duties, while The galh
ling of Mr.. Rives repre- sents The author a. refer
ring To the whole nation. Designing in The irst
instance 10 deceive others, he has probably de-
cevcd himself For prolaning his taste with the
"hand and finger, stand convicted, and he will
I've pleased 10 accept my apologies. In no part al
the "Wcal,h Of Nations" is il said, that rcstfc-
tive duties can be adopted with advantage 10
the nation saving the classes of exception have
stated, and 10 neither of these can the pretended
admission OF Mr.. Rvcs I've referred
In fact, very LILLE reflection Will satisfy any
Gispassiona,c thinker, that if the sweeping ex-
ccpions con,cndcd for by Mr.. Rives could b.
extracted from the author his principles Of free
trade would he, in practice, The mcrc>t mockeY
, and abstraction that ever entered into i wise
mans head Is not the laundering policy winch
, goes under the deceptive name of 'wotccttca,
always urged upon The public on he ground mat
it can I've adopted with advantage 10 the ne
ton? Is not the existing tariff, al war as j, *
with every principle OF political economy, de-
Tended on this ground! Aye and this very speech
in the passages To which have referred was
designed 10 produce the impression that such
, policy could be. AMI was, defended out Of The
mouth OF 'the great oracle Of free trade himself
on the ground of adrantagc 10 he nation. b0fd',
,r0rls. frords-no wonder Mr.. Rives would cover
I himself BY the camor, which he and hi> Trend,
have found so convenient to drown the voice oi
conscience and OF truth.
Let us, in conclusion look I little deeper into
the heart of This mailer What was the object Of
'the moral anil literary cr70,c' Of Mr.. Rlves II
was. as | have before minated, by gross per
version of literary truth, 10 give To his own iala-
1 cies the extraordinary sanction OF distinguished
: authority 1t was 10 show, further, that he he'd
gone 10 the fountain source Of political economy,
4 and there found exceptions 10 the generality. OF
the Free Trade doctrine" which justified hi;
: Abandonment of his own profe.sed principles, and
: his support of the Tariff Of 1912 These were
o his objects and they were objects which nothing
= but the mos, hideoGs and violent distortions oil
e fact such as he has not hesilaied 10 practise upon
/ the psges OF Smith, could accomplish. He has
y plundered book OF The conlrorered passage and
presented il 10 the world under false aspect az