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-sS~lat Woat4 % Ateiica p taI8f oE4tl were /
al bis forrssPonasn.s TO send uDgal Isiisfp,
erAl aseling Of the whigsof frederick,
% ihe 1T inst. Col. James Gather, was nomi- |
mated for the Legislature, 10 flIiihs vacancy &C.
casiossd b, The dsclinslion of Jacob s. Dan
nsr, EEq The wings Or Frederick sfs ds,tr-
minsdIlo give The Lacos s.hustIs for Dele
gasss Thei1sLPifit merits communication.
FORMER PRESIDENTS on THE TARIFF
While the Enquireris engaged IN The
task 81 representing shestsFia Is 40 IN.
heard .ol enoFmiiy /. il may not oe amiss
10 fesresh tbe memory Of our readers BY
few shofi extracts from the messages Of
former Presidents. 10 whom that paper
-successivsly pfoiessed aha rassi .-.s.l.aais'
ed devotion.
Fsrst Of al comes The Father Of bis
Country. In bis message Of The Sih Ju-
~ l190, he usesthe following language:
'.The safety sn.i interest Of the people fequi.s
shAltifg shal promais sfh manufactures as lend 10
render them Misrepresentation e.seniials " &c.
The Enquirer may plead homage toihsi;'
s0sWe give him next 40 extract iron the
message OF MIR. Jefferson. date. Dec, 1909.
hi To cultivate peace and MAINTAIN commerce
aAd navigation. in az their hxfui snlegpTizes';
tvfayof oar fisheries as nurseries Of navigation;
and TO PROTECT TnT MaSvrAcrukiEs adapted 10
dlrci csmssances.T
Again III
Fslwhen a nalioh imposes high duties on our
pEodnc,ions. OF prohibits them altogether il may
be proper for Us 10 do the samr BY theirs; FIRST
bntdenins or ExcLupiSo their productions, which
they bnne here IN competition With our OWL Of
TIE same kind
Sir. Madison was QilefaIly) The Esther
afour Constitution. 10 hit message OF
May, 1909 be recommends TO Congress /:
g To make such furiher asraiiohs in The Law
IS viii more especially protect ndfvsleI the sew
fra branches ofimanufaStuses"
| Six years after, viz 10 1915. be goes
ltiH further into The subject. Hear him
There is no subject which can enter with
greater force into Ihe deliberations Of Congress
shan conside alton oflae mesnsto preserve and
ploinole manufactures, which have. srpung into
lsxit,snce and attained an uFparaIed maturity
thfoushoui the U s. duiing the period Of The
II European wars this source I'll national indepen-
deuce aud wealth i anxionsI recon mend there
4 fore 10 the prompt and constant guard anship Of
coDgress.n
| MIR. Monroe, another Virginia Plesi.
dent. in bis Inaugural Address held the
following language: n
4 'soar manufactures will likewise reqnire The
II systematic and fostering care, Of government
lEpessessing, asMe do, all the raw materials, the
H.. -,
not 10 depend, in The degree We have ecne, on
The supplies ffom other counttes, = &c
In sllusion to the same subject, be al.
forwards says:
i ellis important TOO that ihe capital which
aonrsshes our manufactures should be domestic
and ! $ influence. in that ease INSTEAD of exhaust
Jag, as Il may do in fCIeign lands. would b,
\ felt adyaniaeeously on agriculture and every o
.heI branch Of Industry equallyimportaht is j
1 TO Provide HOME AAgKET Tor our raw matrr
ais. as by extending The competition II will en-
nance the price and protect The euldvalor sgains
lhe casualties incident 10 foreigu'marke's.
Il We pass over what Mr.lAdars said OF
this subject. as being DINO weight with
the editor Of the Enquirer. But W,
1 make up for the omission, by inserting. a
IfuH length. tie following letter from |
| man, The bare meniionlo f whose name i,
Is won, to enraptuie The old gentleman !:
i WAAnIsorox CI7Y, April 90, 1924.
Heaven smiled upon and gave US liberty ant
4 Independence. Tha, same Providence has bless
4 ed Us with the means 0! national independence
i and national defeuee ls,Te omit Or refuse I
use the gifts which he has extended to ps, VI
deserve not the continuance Of his blessing. H
has flied our mounlasns and our plains fh min
!. lerals-wi,h lead, iron and copper, and evel
! us climate and soil fox the glowing Of hem
and WOOL These being The great materials Q
our national defence, they epshl 10 have ex
, leaded to them adequate aadfalr protection lha
! our manufacturers and labo.efs may be place.
!. n fair competition with shoseAd Europe, an,
!. lthaa We have within eur count y supply Q
those leading aud important an IS 80 eSseniis
IA war.
~ wilFask What IS The real situation of ID
| sgricul,utalise Where has The AmeIiesn farm
, ga market for bis surplus produce Except 70
cotton he has neither fofeign nor a home mar
ket. Does dol. This CLEARLY prove then wheI
here is no market eithe OF home or ahroad, iha
here is TOO much labonf employed 10 agficul
luIeg Common sease a, oSee points OIL 4th
I remedy. Take from agriculture IN The Uniie'
States si1 hundfed Thousand men, women an
children! and sou win al once give market "a
j more bread stufs ltsn ell Europe now furnish
! ed us. Ia shori. sir, We haze teen TOD hal
subject % HE policy Of British merchants. u
lime we shbulc Aecbme lille more American
ized, and instead Of fsedsng paupots and labsur
| ets Of ENGLAND, feed our own; or eke, 10 shnr
lime. by eenti1uins >euI present policy, We shal
Sc repderei panpe.s oufselyeN II is, therefore
nv nrinioa that essefa aHS>i udiciAus tariff
much aanlcd 70 PAY SpE naslenaf>desi. and :
| aIfStd o. the means q thar dtfence wfskin out
/ selves on which the ssfesy Of our codntf~de
3end, and last iheres mol least, give praPe
disttihaiion TO our iatos. which mas. prove ben
ehclal The happiness, iadefsasene,, AID aeall
Of The Community
lam Sc, efyIrespecIfully.
Ysnr most ohsdieni servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
i Our readers hereabsse authority. whic
1.-The Enoaiter cann9i object 10. for III
present Tsriff: Andfmors especially for il
protective features Rirhmond Nag.
-.
Our readers ARE. already aware Of ih'
nature oflthe Abol.iion Resolutions, pass
| ed Be- he MassSohuseits Legislature an
pressed by IMf. Adams. They are sls
: Fare :hat these Rssolulions we're ordsI
ed Is be entered oa The Journal Of ID
House. By the Mad BpFen majority. By
They are. probably moi aware that The,
were passed bgfks Fan BuFsr minority j
Tie L<gisiafurs Of Massachusetts Sue
lis, nevertheless. The lr0ihl-1 isdisonian
The AIexsuAsis CRzeNe siaiee that 70
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