Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-23

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il n,cuuoNp. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY %.
MIR CLAY AND THE TARIFF
-. Willcrshby Newton, worthy member oil Inc
a =" s REPRESENTATIVES, of the United States, IN his
/ i'a' ,snrd,nsry but honest confession, published
r's .,e,ly IN Yesterdays Richmond Wing, advises
! ,r f,,ends Messrs Brooke, Peasants and James,
of lryi,st:on, to doff the masks which the
w,,- marty assumed in lSi0-and tells them that
.9a stroag enough to practise the old MAXIM
~ 81 ,.,,,is The best policy" He advises the late
49, Fc,rantion not TO initiate the "indiscre
,so,r ..lns,rious predecessor OF lo40-but to
l .,niia'y al The opinions which they sincerely
49,. tho direct iuusndo beng, of course, that Tie
Invention Of 1910 did not eandidty t1Press their
va , o,iqioas that though the wings are iof a
sac pL ard Protectirs Tariff, yet the Conven.
sm I'D attempt to propitiate or to cheat the peo-
;." 49,, i,b,s and false pretenses IN the last cam
p ", sgaU not query the discretion with which
2.aN ,a,orv document has been published to the
"a" uich substantially confirms the charges,
! h mo Republicans have made against tue wings
VIZ" o,,n.;un was unfairly conducted-that they
'''' ,,, SIMMONS svuised their principles, and
'S"> ,,,,pctbsn their cause by mummery and De.
s'"S'' ~, N- Newton has the thanks of every no
eF' ''' 20 bs homes, Developments He is now
as' ", noon his own great pTecep', that "honssfy is
i,r"-snd no man can READ MS etler, WIN
10. w. written 10 every line, "Tbis Is honest IN
oa' SEE" ,;, therefore, Me n begs the Conven-
'sf0 o,s OFT and boldly TO drop all the masks which
~. - worm IN 1870 aud 10 aci like honest politicians
& - the same spirit, presume, that this ConVen-
80 4t nn-sne 81 different course, from Inc SonVeh,
,of sI0-that they have come out lot Na.'onai
sk to- Distribution, and last and not least, win 'hal
49,. outrageous vet ridiculous declaratlon that "the
cr,,s fruit of the victory of 1910 is the Tariff oil
, IN. mos, b,tt,r Of all fruits, indeed, 10 the peo
~ Of the South
RI, # such b. noe7 the candid The sincere, the honest
,sgrse %: the Wings Of the recent Convention, now
.,nts the case with the great Champion OF the Cross
in. crea; Leader of the Faithfu! hlmseis-the re-
.,op.sb!e Henry Clay-the Federal candidate and the
tended Dictator of the Republic Has MIR Clay
.resd the lesson which the Wing monitor is now
sachnc 10 his par,y Is he now Psyng the part OF the
, % ician Is he carrying on, the honest precep's
d, Nr Newton Of the House of Representatives, -
Has he too thrown off the impostn'es and hhmoosss'y
q. $50 Does he too think himself 50 strong,
,b, he ram afford 10 lie honest Let Us see we pass
ogsr his late doublmgs and eGuivocaons ABOUT MASON
and Anti Slasonry-fhat CHAPTER ot h's political no
nes,y has been fairly touched but not uy written Out
We come at once TO the Tariff, that great question: IN
which The whole South IS so osePi' ""e''ea-a"" "
ha, .prnc,pal (bitter) fruit OF the Whg victory OF
$50 We first present the following parallel, which
Nc co,v fron The y Y Hudson Gazette o. the 30h
January
F.rc YisA TrtT .srairs a Rgh 7a,i5
N Clay ys'o the friends OF Ns Gay HS 10 the 0'9'S'r'
Il ins The present Tariff in My exerton> in Congress
.ia il right and WORK have been directed he p,odi
XSNi.rH GOOD. voted for feGtioa and REDCC7J0N Of
49, YIs al slG lo2i 4 6eo Tariffs. | favor OF
ts letter 10 Tennessee. he what regarded hi.h Ia
s,e, fer Tariff tina, viii ritz. 81 never was in favor Of
reasonable protection duties being high
M branches OF our domestic 10 a PROHIBITION Of articles
,tg,try as need it, And the which they laid. did
,f rI.nng Journal which NOT for the Tariff of ls6.
,ts Nr Clay proibtorg II have thought best for all
3 principles pub interests tat there shonid he
mes Mr. Van Buten's eompetion And the Richmond
-, N, D,suci and nm. VIII. even goes iar as 10
-afe, Of the present Ia claim Mr.. Clay of
the Free Trade man than Dir. Van
..a, s,,rq,t his reelection" aud Buren,.
+. fa,Gr OF Mr. Clay
.I.. il viii be seen that Mr. Clay is determined to please
a lie vo;ed Tor did for the Tari-he is
~ au he Mason IN fact, anything 20 suit The
s9e - gentlemen, Just you think 50 do Il -
Bot let us confront, Il were, Mr. Clay with himself
compare HIS present assertions with his past acts,
and we may then how far Mr. Clay is himself prac
,.lar upon the Wing policy of lSi0 Every
Knows Tie famous maxim OF the French politician, that
,,5,{s ars thngs-and Mr.. Clay declared that he
was aware Of all its force, when he had chrisened his
Protective Principle by The name OF 'The American
S,.,sn" If he did not avowedly claim The honor Of
ba,os lis father, he was considered in the public es
, m,Iion. The world had watched his enthusiastic
.syo,;on TO it-wi,h what pnnc,ua care, with what
slsss vigilance he had nursed his favo.ite ban'ng,
, ts cradle to is maturity-in The act Of 1916, in
NJ q sech of $50, in the bill of lc24-and how
,,ansly he had defended every protective feature IN
tho I'm os Aboinnatons Of lo2S, when he returned TO
49, Ss,a,o IN 1852 Even in his famous Compromise
Act oS 1888 for which he has 70 more rIgh. 10 claim
any merit than the nceadiary 10. cxtinsushing the
,no. winch he himself has kindled he iaSo!eu 10
slya IS much for the manufacturers as the spirit OF the
c7not-y would then permit. With these Impressions
as,lr eugrayen on the memory of every politician,
and inscribed in the archives OF Congress, with what
sson.shmcnt did all see his famous letter 10 Or.
bronson. and Mr. Meriwe,her of Georgia-seek'ng to
&c uriu hPIr
n tie Fall Of 1913, and almost seeking to repndiata
his own han,ling In his letter TO Mr. aeriwether,
af the ~ October he boldly maintains that Gin 1882,
supaorpd that Tariff, which greatly modified and re
.aced the tariff OF l9o ipsomuch that II was supposed
tr reasonable men that it would or ought TO satisfy
m. Npllfiers of South Carolina. The next year, l6.'j,
/ b-ancl, forward the Compromise |. is most IRE
sable TO Use his own word in the same letter. that
Mr. Clay should have put in such claim for his exer
IONS To reduce the tariff of his own rcsoiuIoh
0: 1922 sares him in the Incorporating TO reduce the
duties Of 1925 except on the protected articles. Does
tt look ike practising Mr.. Willoughby Newton S
precep But what more does he say IN The iet'ef 10
Mr. Msriwether?
fae-,r rss in Jaror Of Iregard high terg And
ay present opinion is in perfect coincidence WIN ta' o
VIII Whe nay of the United State, Including Georgia. as uh-
~ syr VAS in favor Of duties being so high to
ou OF articles which they were iaih nave uous y
be-. ior an interests III there should be competition.
NJ, Clay then uas never in favor OF what he cons'-
dered "a heh torif-much less ola Prohtbt0ry duty.
Mr. c mus, indeed have high notion OF duties not
10 REGARD those Of 1916 and 1924 and IS2S Contracting,
too the minimum, ptinciple) high tariffs But pass
mo oyer this remark let what he himself says IN
50 MANY words in the olden times. In speech deli
yered IN February, 1888 MIR. Clay says;
sit is far from the object of those who support this
bI 10 abandon or surrender the policy of protecting
American industry. It's protection or encouragement
may Be accomplished in various ways lst, By bonn
ties az far as they within the constitutional power
Of Congress to offer them. Cd, By prohibitions, to-
tally excluding the foreign rival article 50, by hgh
duties without regard to the aggregate amount oil re-
venue which they would produce. 4th, BY discrm'.
hating duties so adjusted to lim, the revenue to
the economical, wants of Government. And otbly, by
admission of raw materials and articles essentai 10 ma
nufac,ures, free of duty. To which may be added,
cash duties. home valuations, and the regulation oil
customs a perfect system OF protection would com
bend most if all these modes oil eiiectng 1t
There might be at this time, prohibition OF certain
atcles, ardent spirits and coarse cotons Tor exam
pl,A 10 public advantage. If there were not inve'e
rate pre;udces and conflicting opinions prevailing
fand what statesman totally disregard lmPed'
meats os that characterD such compound system
might be established Now, before the assertion IS
made, that the bill surenders the protective policy
gentlemen should understood perfectly what !, does
not as we'll "a what it does propose. 1t lmpairs nc
power of Congress the whole subject; It contains