Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-26

I.on Van Buren,, and Tyler, would have bought him
=, his own price, provided he had been for sale We
cannot suppose i possible, that these ge' men sumo
Of whom have gone down TO the tomb, were really the
,enal and corrupt aspirans whom Mr. Ciny describes
them . -, ~, l.
b.s most extraordinary ideas OF the occasions on wnc
"a nrooer to "submt 10 the wishes OF the people -
,rhsn no nrocured the vote of Kentucky 10 be given
- John @ Adams against the expressed wish of her
Legislature, and against the Known opinion OF niue
tsnths of her people, was THIS a SUBMISSION 10 Tue
,;shes of The peoples" When he refused TO hear
c,lI 10 vote in favor of repeating the Bankrupt law,
h;.b hs colleague and sworn friend, Morehead, found
,-oper 10 obey he then "suhmitting to the wish
IS Of the people,? When are those "proper occasions,
on which Mr. Clay can 'submit to the WISHES OF the
,eonle," The answer is given by his own conduct
Then those whistles conducive to the elevation OF
uenrv CLAY TO the Presidents chairit was not exact
~ uhat he wished; his health suffered by it. but the
people wished H., and he could not refuse-re'u use
wb At, refuse to make speeches day or night, wet or
ay 10 ngraate himself with the people and gel ihef
votes These has "proper occasions and very pro-
pcr they are for the gen,lemans purposes II IS only
10 be regretted that there IS mol time 10 give MN more
Of them IN Virginia ,.,.
uould he no one probably will accuse US OF rating
Mr Richie too high, as going one step farher IN ms
defence than Justice demands; but SUI we eor, that
800 ,s,,le NAV De inclined To laugh al US, when we say
80, ,s sbonld ike TO see "Tom Richie meet Henry
CI On the s,nmp Mr.. Richie is not, from his pur-
sni,s his habits or his duties, man from Whom any
re s 10 exoec the grace or fuency OF an accomplish
ed Orator; but we have seen ann o.'.n .'eu, ~"e"
,b,, kind Of talk which went to men hearts was ne
,sso,y. and Il Yesterdays speech be sample oil II
Clsys performances, ten TO one on "Gene'ai htchie
,s;ns, the nConoueiing Hero. hlr Ktch'e, IN reply.
~, - an invitation from the Norfolk Herald 10 meet
NJ W.. :, No,olk thus speaks: "But he must excuse
=. 90, ,b;s p-scise moment We are in very good nu-
NOR we assure hun but we are IN no humor 70 see
Mr. Clay lowering himself by acts that DO not become
proud and high minded freeman-and towering .ne
o;;.e of President las Judge Mclean SAID IN Au-
inst las, and s NOR. the character of our country,
by the means (Which Mr. Clay using) to secure hat
office" AS 10 Mr. Richie "subalerns, ii any .hele
be- tive know them not; and Mr. Henry Iiay MN
self canno, hold such characters in more contempt
than we do. 80 -,
ls0 lis mos, extraordinary, that at this time, mr.
Cav should declare National Bank necessary. Win
our domestic exchanges in regular ana natural o.oe
with credit abroad (Which the on''eo sta'es Dana
true snationa cnrrency gold and silver or lis eqoiVa-
lent we are told that National Bank IS neVerneiesS
Unnecessary" And Why Strange as The assertion ~
the argument on which tits founded IS strange s'l'
ENGLAND aud France have Nationa Banks and we must
have National Bank to counterect theirs-we have
navy to counteract foreign navies, an army 20 cou
act foreign armies-and we must nave Sao'iai Dan
TO counteract Foreign Banks-ies' MI hoe'I'a" y
Ashland and by parl,7 of reasoning we must nave
King TO counteract foreign Kings, an Emperor 10 couh
terac, foreign Emperors unless possibly your own au
rust self in the shape Of a"Dictator, might save US
from the hitter But 10 his illustrations he reGemoer-
"a han V;,onia was forced TO create Bank, in order
N nrevent the circulation OF notes from other States
II would be easy show the want OF analogy, but our
limits will not allow u.s. and one single suggestion VIII
suffice 10 prove the weakness of the argument VIZ
ginia found Bank necessary in 1872, because other
States had Banks whose constituted her curren-
cy Virginia therefore forced 10 charter the Bank
of Alexandria; and as England and France have Ma
tiona Banks, we, in the United States must have
D. 1, thnirn pto trnm
currency. Now, have been some years without a
National Bank, and when Mr. Clay or any OF his
friends will show to that the bank notes OF England
and France have become the circulating meunm OF th,s
country we will acknowledge the force OF Mr. Clay s
illustration and retract the opinion we now express,
tina, the distinguished gentleman has descended to the
lowest shift in defence of his darling project.
(9) Is it for us, for any one to go back and an
swer these exploded theories: Is there any one who
will at the present day deny that, 1s "Ffeedom from
best calculated to give The utmost extension
foreign trade, and the best direction II the capital
and industry Of the country %, The maxim of buy
imp IN the cheapest market and selling the dearest,
which regulates every merchant in his individual deal
ngs is strictly applicable, as the best rule Tor the
trade of the whole nation. sd, policy founded on
these principles would render the commerce OF The
world an interchange Of mutual advantages, and dit
fuse an increase Of wealth and enoymen's among the
inhabitants of each State Are we to be told at THIS
era Of cvzston that every country must depend upon
itself Is Mr. Clay far behind the age as TO be g
norant of the advantages accruing from the disrbu-
ton of labor Or is it again attempted to humous the
people of this country with the cry OF se,oependence
and independence In the language OF the same an-
thor from whom we have quoted, 10 he thus ndsfend
en, sis 10 be independent of the ioopath by walking
in The KENNEL Dean Swift, IN the latter years
Of his sanity TO deprive himself OF the power OF read
ing by an obstinate resolution never to use glasses.
I0) sNo necessity for the high Tariffs OF 1910 ana
le2t" Mr. Clay supported the Tariff OF SAP, Che
present Tariff which higher than either of them and
when come to the consideration OF ms georgia e'
viii show, that although he did not vote Tor Inc
Tariff Of 1925 he, to the last moment, cndeavofeo 70
retain it's most obnoxious features
az As 10 what Mr. Clay meant by Mr. Van Buren, 8
"casting vote are at loss to conJecture-Mf'
Van Buren, had no "cast'Dg vote; ne was not wee
President Of the United States but stood IN tue senate
uoon the same platform with other MEMBERS he voted
for the Tariff Of 1923, under instructions from the
Legislature Of New York. and contrary to his own
wishes.
(I21 at a certain amount of revenue was necessa
~ 10 be raised, what difference did determination
make" Why, this is the very thing of which the op
ponents of Mr.. Clay mplan-thls "d.terence "h'cn
makes one portion of the community bear an unequal
share OF the public burden, (however necessary tha
burden)-wh makes one laborer pay more to the
support of Government than another-whch taxes one
branch Of home industry at the expense and 10 the ois
advantage of another What shameful perversion Is
the application Of this term "home industry solely 10
manufactures Are not planters, tarmers grazers,
people who rely "home industry for support and
comfort Why, them use this term exclusively as ap.
piled to the manufacturers Shall we give inc answer
We do not wish to be unchar,able out the improperly
exclusive application of this term may be derived from
that spirit OF monopoly which 10 so aounoan,ly mani
tested the object for the success OF which ls used
A TO Mr. Clays illustration it is worthy of his doc
trne. "Whai matter is it whether you pay two dol
lars on your coat and nothing your Shirt or one dol
lar on each,' 1t makes this matter: we may want a
coat, and not shirt We of the Soa,h make our own
food, bat we do not make co;hing-we feed
the Northern people; they send their manufactures
We do not want for meat-they do not want for raj
ment Both Of these things each of us must have,
but one of them each of produces-why tax the food
for the benefit of the rament Why tax the coat for
advantage of the shirt Why the agriculturs for
the benefit Of the manufacturer:
(l3 II is useless TO enter into argument to prove
that duty is component part Of price. In every Sc
minary of learning the doctrine is tanght-in every
writing on political economy it is promugated-in the
experience and practice of every merchant and trader
it is daily acted upon Let US however, hear Mr. Clay