Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-01
MIR. RIVEs *. ADAM SMITH.

! We shall nu, complain Of the Wh2 nad of
I The Compiler for backing Mr. Rivcs. Iic certainly
| does want crtor$cr> Tor the 4arbing. both III his
! speech ANA IN his communication. OF the prlncl-
| pies of The Political Economist ol Free Trade.
| En-, We atc nu, satisfied wh the accuracy oil The
! positions taken ''y The .wo WIZ presses We
hiak on the contrary, rha, Is Mr.. kivcS has
| played the dcx,crous sophsr. in attempting. Ia
| cape nom the gross ini>quolal:on winch h" has
| made al Adam smith. under coycr NJ tine smoke
which be his raised against the apparent mis-
| quotation 81 Ari>larciuS. 80 his squircs Of the
| prc>> have hui followed his example The tact is.
that Mr.. Il. seems 10 have detected Ari>,archu"
in IRA rrrbai. and comparatively irrelevant mis-
takes, willis, he himself lodges The eist of the
whole impeachment Al>tarchu> turned ''SoD''-
iH'S into "pcfiuya and IA ccriG5H tim into "a
| hasM cf nme.' II 'le>c or his other verbal mis-
takes were wiliul, they were HnjDa!E0iac and con
tcmptihlc-bur what shall We say Of Mr. Rivcs,
who sHr> ovCr the material charge affecting The
ssic IT the whole nai;cr-and passes ovcr his
own suppression Of the principal passage of \.
Sm;ra which qualities and changes the character
OF the authors proposition He A. 81 holds.
that The Government cannot Interfere with private
clnPloymcnt> iohc general and decided advantage
OF the community. He SAYS, that,
".Hy means uf such regulations. indeed, par
ocular manufacture may sometimes b. acquired,
sonicr than it could have boon Otherwise. end
after 4 certain tine may In made III home as
cheap al cheaper than in Tic foreign county
Bat THOUGH ,lic Industry ol the society may hc
lhus carried with advantage into Il particular
channcl sooner Than il could have been Otherwise
II r3H III ~ mans foN"m mint tie Hm Mia| ,iijcr
4 rs iH"HSrV u, ~ lis l.renrc ran C3'rr H. mug
mcatcd la ann SHch 1ceul2iiou. TIE iadH>,p a
lie S-,,jB ran m acai oHlg Iyo,ofion - us
gaai argmcnis. oDd rs caP,i0t ran aasmeRt oHin
ia yropoc',oa {" wdat ram H. cyoai'oi}g mred om 81
is 7craHaf EU Hc idmcl1''t Cf,c2 of .re,B Sara
reeui9i5cH Is Ia diRiaiM rs T,rHpc. AMI 1rhqt di-
m,ui>jcI rs I.rcnpc IS ccy'aiaR ant ran Hicig h
| aacmeni iiSccpia! l5%'er tt"a x t-add hare arg
meaied ~ Hs0 arc.iti, 6d haiti foyiiH oBd n
|aSrq bsoi lett 10 f'5,f om Acif nai,nH cmpi"g-
| m,nty"
Vow what are wc 10 ,hinl; of Mr.. Rivc,'s fair
ncss. who contents himself with quoting the Gra
! pau 81: his paragraph yct leaves ont entirely the
last part 81! il. which W. hive thrown into Italics
| Mr. R!ycS GHp;c. 81 much Is Ia show. that
| these (proiec;ivc !ulieS) inay sometimes make
ccd'ojp article cheaper than il would Otherwise
have been. bat leaves on every thin. that shows
that Notwithstanding this apparent advantage
| vet 1t alf;dgcs OF rc,a'd> The .cAcrM r.rcRBc aaG
meatiof III, cogBiyB. What, too are we 10 think OF
the fairness oi MS hackers who also .arlle the pas
| sage and do not even state correctly "that ncu-
\ clcu> o, our ar.un.cn;. ami THEN adds Is nc
compiler dor~, We cdilot see hoW any com
mcnialor can make ou' that Mr. Ejvc> has per-
yeItsd i. >n> mcanihs!" We really canno,
Sec for The lie oiu>, how any man can sanction
the gross rcrvcIs;on which Mr. X. has been
| guilty..
Bat We again call upon Ar;siarchu> 10 explain,
if hc can. the nys,cfv oi his iDisquotation-or To-
/ acknowledge the injustice which hc has done Ia
/ ". &. L. The subject viii again r. brought NJ.
| (whcn We shall probably lay the whole series OF
I articles before our county Ieader>) In.eed. a
! correspondents writes IL: Sol half the injustice
has been done him (NIr Riyes) in the article
To which hj~ card is a reply, that he has been
I quilts OF Ia Adam Smith. (as think can show.
( if you can find room for 4 communication on the
suhlcci) in naiv ether instances besides TIA:
referred 10 10y Alist.ichn>. jr