Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-06

CUMBERLAND, August 2Sh ISL.
Gentlemen We had on Mon; !, last. an AMI
mated, ,ouu.,cmrcrcd, and abe di>cus*on al orr
Court Nousc. latwco votr towEstnan, Mr. Scott,
and Mi !. X Irv.ng Of Amherst. Mi SEQ,
opened he dscus.ic 1t Il o'clock. an >roke ur-
I'll O'Clock w,pn a recess was = llcr Of bali an
hour and he rccoilmc. cod s,cak!0@ At hall past
> o'clock and continue until |. when Mr. Irving
ock the stand and SPOKE until after sunset. Mr..
Scott desired earnestly 10 make shor reply but
~ soon rs Mr. irwin. ,oncluCcd. band 81 n
SIC. which no douh ty mt IN. was in II Court
house, struck up ard drew of the t,w aud.'.I>,
mot more then ihir'v) then remaining and
VIXEN the consequent confusion Rad terminated,
not more than dozen persons being rr.s'nl, Mr..
Scott declined further 10 continue the d.scns>ion.
Whatever NAV have been the efforts oi our
Democratic Champion elsewhere, have 20 give
You the assurance that on Monday las hepovcd
himself Ia he among the most highly c:i'ed -Tcak-
crs of our Sta'c-io understand profoundly the
subjects be disor.sei-io feel 6ecTlr :hr caa.c ht:
aGYocae,j--auu cav occasional strokes oil 'lnpas
stoned c1nuencc that crchaia"t the attention oi
his audiencc, aIi ccmmenced the admllalion ii
even the mos, biz ID ana r-elu.iccd Nhig
Mr. Sco't disc,i,. eli mi; he Tariff policy, and,
90 many of n she'd new i.h O. dis great qrcs-
lion IL deaic lh:t III, police Of pio,eciion. tar
,,oioft;on S1ic had ever hccr .rco: oratc IN the
laws -. Congicss. until tho act Of 1924. lie %
ni.,ed that 10 'iarih could H. passed. that wUrl3
moi I've in one sense a Pr"triire Tadf-'ha. tie
ealfiae i,ait OF The Law ii l-:9 vert cnly 10 II:
cxten; q: iavinga Revenue Tariff, and SO iar ONLY
constituted i rrolec;ire-,hat lie preamble OF Tie
act Of ~! Dropped entirely the avowa Of lis be-
inr f.. the encouragement and protection Of Do
nestle manufacturers and avoWed IT. pIrnose To
.c 10 increase the duties. to ray the deh', Of 'h"
Government, and 10 provide forts exleEscs-inat
one of the sections Of the law expressly provided
,lat tic>e duties should cease - >o1n Is me 90
jec. FOR which they were pledged and appropri-
I'D shou!d have been satisfied. Mr.. Scoi1 iuI-
ihcr Illustrated this portion of his argument ~
showing. that in the Taii.i act oi 1916. provision
YEA, made after the 30..l OF june, l-l9, Tor the
reduction Of thu duties Oh coarse wooi!cas iFoft
25 per cent 10 - per ceHt.-a clause totally az
wal with the principle Of protection, anu which
of itself rcconcl!ci many Soe;hern men 10 vote
for that law lie further maintained, that tic
Tariff act Of 1921, did cot'ain the broad anu
strong principle Of protection, ~ providing for
an c.irinc, in the duties, without regard 10 le
venue and tn; ih.> feature induced every men,
her from Virginia save one AMI The great mas
o',hc Sor.h &c 10 wee against that law. This
historical outline o! Ire Ta.if lc'Slalion, and
The reasoning OF AIr Scot from ii, evidently
made srong impression on lis audience. Hnt
when. rising with his su!jec; he fetched ont ihe
bch,ing Influences OF This polcv. the manner,
the means ana the iaen by whoa il had been
resisted: how i, had teen denounced h al the
souti and all the presses OF the .Sortr; ~hen h
quoted IRON the Richmond Wing, rs Ge'Gncta-
tons, and the scalhing arguments Of &c ,aGrJSs
of the Free Trade Con:cn,iGns oil isJii Waen he
pictured OFT the demorais.ng and unjust ten
icncjes OF the whole system, and coa,ra>tcd is
various influences on the pro'lue;ny c'asaes, ex-
cent the manufacturer, ana on The CONSUMING
c,5sscs generally; and when, Gnally lie cxhi-
bei the exho.bant action, OF tie Govern
ncut aboin lis wants for an economical sdinin-
is,ra,on, could perceive the serious ard si.'e'
effects of this powerful speaker on MS audience,
I r,pno, however, DO justice, in the compass of
letter. 10 Mr. Scott or his argument. lie pro-
ceeied 10 discuss the Texan question, with equal
ability and cloquence, fixing the earnest attention
Vi his aulieace, including some 70 u 80 ladies'.