Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-10

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TUESDAY MORNING. sxpTE,fgEn 30
THE TARIFF.
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Dues Ttcpm! ''"'fa'@
Sergeant. have, mayil please the Cour
Prosecutor Is the Haaeu in attendance w;,b
hi> papers? ""'
Ser. lie is in Court, but (>ming) am alrai5;,
ne had brought aH his papers with him. we should
have had the Bate Of Tie BoolS over asain'"
However, | presume he has brought onouah :,
satisfy the Court
Entcr .jata H. Peasants ariH a rolamc nj nl
RicEmoad HHie under ms aJm
Question. iou are one Of the Editors Of Ao
Richmond Wing?
Ans. am. Sir. part Editor We have MANY
hands al the bellows at this time
Cues. So presume You were the prinripal
acting Editor, when it was first established IN
Richmond
Ans, was, Sir.
Cues. lon were originally believe. decided
States Rights understanding 10 the ''>raircs.
sect opposed 10 National Bank-to Internal
improvements by the General Governmcut-aud
10 the whole batch of doctrines and measures.
which cnanated from the FEDERAL school You
never dream IN those PALMER days OF calling 4
National Bank a cpublicanmea>ulC- would
probably have denounced any man - k..aye or
tool; who would have maintained such rdl,.u-
ouS proposition
Ans. should certainly have done 50, as well rs
| recolleci my former opinions.
Cues. lou were 50 inuch de, Utcd Ia the States
Rights principles of Virginia, that you adopted A.
the style of your paper "IHc Constitutional
Iih,g" Can Won tell the Court. why Won lav,
>lrucSthc wor! Constitutional" from your >ignl
The witness alu>iied. and was silent
Ones. viii not unnecessarily distress YOU Sir
But will youtclthe CouG Why You now 50 Waru..
Is support A,r Clay u President unless YOU have
entirely abandoned all your old opinior>-and
become FeC:cral>t in yoar pnnciples--or sy
it Is that yea support han as a candidate, who's.
pretcn>ions Yen once denounced III the strongest
iernsl
TIE witness (sraning) Denounced? lmpo,,i-
bic!
Cues DO me the favor 10 open the Tile und,f
I yourarm-l believe ii is the Wing OF 1924 The
I Isl No. o! yonr paper was published on The 2'i!
/ January 1921 You viii he pleased to Turn 10 ihc
slh No, and read the several passages, which Viii
al once strike Your experienced eye, about Nj
/ CLAW
THc HIircm BEGAN III >tammcrins manner
and the following passages
ave have no room for the proceedings Con.
.fess suffice il for our readers to snow that tic
Tariff is under discussion, and that rs cncmi,,
are disputing the ground inch bv inch II is ey-
pectcd 10 occupy the House OF Representatives
fur weeks and he cloquencr Of Clay, wGo
HOPES TO RIDE INTO THE Presidency ox rs
GAcE, will probably force 1t through Al last
~ meeting is talked of in Richmond. on the
part of Mr. C!ay'> friends. |; is certain thai a
! ticket will be run for that gentleman SrcH Is
/ THr CONSISTENCY OF men who cyclaim agaiLs,
/ the tariff aud the unc ..,iiuliona assumption Of
/ the power Of making roads and canals by Con
/ grcsS AND YET AkE WILLING TO ELEVATE rnf
/ GREAT CHAMPION OF Born To rilE PRrSinfScY"
Several reasons induce Us 10 think that Mr..
Gay would be postponed. The FIRST is" &c
/ In the second place. ulS Acrl.E AHp PGRSEyEp-
/ ING EXPORTS FOR THE TARIFF. and Congressman
al roads and canals, cslranged he affections oi
many who were his palt,>ans before the meeting
oi Congress. and derdened that general confidence
in his political opinions, which if il did no;
amount 10 Il positive preference, excluded a posi-
| tive dislike OF his prcicns;os"
I Cues. Re pleased, sir, 10 turn 10 your 2S,h No.
UfAcss read rs follows:
"Mr Clay is no more the Peoples candidate
than Mr.. Crawford. To sax nothing of his mr.
C0E&itVtioam 0Dtl,iChE. HIS Tariff ASD CANAL
Ll$G, WHICH MIST FOREVER EXcLUDE nim rRoai
THE VOTES og VIRGINIA, AND rHE AGRicrLrtRii,
TIE REPUBLICAN,, AND TIM ComMERcrsL STATES.
Mi Clay ought not 10 lc ciccrci, JtcarM uc
ptoP'c Gre ,r|cAHy agajaA nm "Reow Tie
moCuiains, (in Virginia 'ilr. Clay has ~Gy,.-
( iy . oreH-ws~io bh-hc had some before NE
meeting OF Congress, nrr TIE TARIFF HAS
SCARED THEM All orr"
uues. And now. if vou are not too mach fl.
tgucd with rcciting your own labor> will ycudo
me the favor 10 read from the 3ih No. yarr re-
mark upon MI Webster, rs conlrascd with Mr.
CLAY!
The Witness reads:
We commence to-day he publication of Nj
WEBsrERs (ANri) "TARiFF SPEECH II i al
ready highly celebrated, and WE Gould DESIRE IT
10 EE PRINTED Is LETTERS OF GoLD, and na,lcd
mp al crcry Grass y0ad in PENNSYLVANIA and
keninckiy, jor lie espseim beH.dt Of MesSrs. Clay
and Too
Cues. Nj. Wcbs,crs 'nafi- 1Wif gccct =
Strange indeed j. not this the :ery same genie
man who made the strong Tariff speech the other
day At Albany-whcrc he contcnded that the far
ncIS OF the L. States could not exist without the
projected manuiacin:crs-,hatu unless mouth, were
created al home, 10 catup the supcrahundaEt rio-
auctions OF the laid the farmers would >tarNe -
VIII Won let uS know what this consistent yol.-
tician sad in II, upon this subject? | believe
Mr.. Wchstei's speech was made in reply to Nj
Clay. who had addressed the Committee Of Ire
Whole, in the House Of Representatives, strong
~ IN favor Of protection.
UHHtsS read the !olowin" extract from Mr.
Wcb>teI's speech:
~ ON the general question, sir. allow me Ia
asa, II the doctrine OF prohibition. - a general
doctrine, tc not }ptToaDoes! suppose all la
TORS 10 act upon il, they would he prosreton>,
then. according Ia the Argument precisely 10 the
proportion III which they abolished intercourse
with foreign nations, The less oi mutual con.
rncrce. the better mon His hyno,h.,i,'' In
sio,L Nr nc gcalroi sense o(MlS rec s,is rasn
aroag cpy1cm N f,ror 0f6Yedon NJ eonacr,M
,n.TfonrN. anl unaayo.nta .ldir,f,al a,,,on--
Nm p,eM ~ Mcir 7,o,ions NJ mcaopofu AMI H.
stratum. as Licv uisM up o,lcr ygcjnd,c,s. aot~iy
and rinri0aAv hi then caumot artiistaadh The scal-
raj hdc ofnmnjog"
Turn now. If Won ,lcasc 10 No. -. ard l.t Us
hear what you tim said about Tie second choice
Of Virginia for the Presidency
uTccf< tluelcd n road as fellows.
Her latitude Of selection i confined 10 CLAY
Jackson and Adams. In the first she would
Iecl native OF Virginia. it is irus-bu', oDe