Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-17

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store peace and harmony to the country When
all this was KNOWN what Congress- what Le9is-
laturc, would mar the guaranteed What man.
who IS entitled 10 deserve the character Of an
American statesman, would stand up in his
place in either house OF Congress and disturb this
treaty Of peace and amily?"-Hc who >o!cmrly ut
tered this language, is now the first and lodcst TO
mar the @a"r0Htcc"-lo disturb this treaty
of peace and amity"-tu fill the land again with
strife and contention, 10 distract the people with
a struggle Tor plumber and lay deep and broad
sentiments Of we'll grounded ds,lu>, in regard 10
the purity and Justice of the legislation OF the
Union ALL all is done 10 build up his own unholy
aspirations for oiice
The Compromise act was in full operation, the
duties gradually falling oil from 1888 10 1910,
when another great struggle for political power
occurred, and Mr.. Clay played The part of the
advocate for the election of General Harrison,
and ON The 9Th OF June 1910, in speaking to the
people OF Hanover, Va he thus refers 10 this act:
But The protection OF the Compromise act will
be adequate in most, if not as 10 all interests.
The twenty per centum which it sipulalcs, cash
duties, home valuations, and the list of free ar
ticles inserted in The act Tor the particular adj
vantage OF the manufacturer will ensure, trust,
sufficient protection Altogether they will amount
probably TO no less than thirty per cenum great
er extent of protection, than was secured pilor
10 the Act of 1923, which no one stands up To de-
fend" And now this same protested Staiesinan-
this man who sought 10 place his party IN power
ny such temperate appeals and solemn promises
presents himself before the same people, adto-
eating policy that stops no, with dnty !thlry
per centum, but which on IN average IS equal 10
more than lhiIty-iive rer cent, with the minimum
principle revived and which in "inost" interests
gives protection, varying from tofiy 10 ehan!rcd
and ffa.frc per ccnt!! Fixing, or attempting 10
fix ON the Country, a law more odious, than the
mes. oiiors Tariff ever heretofore enacted Seek
ing 10 establish policy which the Free Trade
Convention of 1881 declared, was distinguished
BY every characteristic which may define atyran-
ny the most odious! In which Convention were
Philip P. Barbour. and William H. Roanc, o..
Virginia, true and faithful 70 the last 10 these no
| Bile denuEciaticns; but in which We're also men,
| who welding Ia ,hG commands o. party, or Of
selfish hopes are now !o"nd doing service against
| the consumers and producers OF The country, and
| i'm favor of this desolairg and p!undcring sys-
| len-mcn. who tr;itoluE>ly iuIn ON their native
| land, and IRE now iouni associated VITA those
| who grow rich and iattcn on The loll ri their tie
| ceived andbc.ravcd conS,i.ucncy-mcn, who once
| gravely said Ill WAS their resolution 10 resist
| these cXaclionS il after reasonable time they
should not be repealed Ia the ranks of these
| leserterS in the time of The greatest Trial of our
people. are found men. who have been cong trust
ed. upon assurances repeatedly given of fidelity
and devotion. Lei them go-neither Truth, us
| lice nor the moral force al our party can suffer
| from their infdely. Lei them stand re!uked by
the language Of one ol their own trusted md che
rished champions, John Davis, OF massachusetts,,
who when speaking OF The revival Of the system
of Protection, in tie debate on the Compromisc
| Act, said: 'sITot hoaoecLt man 3rho r2tt' Ter
| tbs bill c0a!d sustain saeh agcaSu,c,' Men
II. III
good fa'h, have yet in The tocc OF all this, again
Iut upon is this system, originalin: in the dam,
and hardly civilized ages.
/ Those who have done us this injury, have,
| With an aiicclalion Of gravity that inisnt we'll
! hav. become an ancient sootiiS. yer, undertaken
a labor of love ior which they doubtless expect
our Acknowledgements. Having determined Tor
! themselves what their own interest required they
would now reason with Us and persuade us thai
both in the diminished price oil ourconsumpt;on and
the enhanced values OF our production. we, too,
may find argument for SUrrendering the CoDplo-
mise. We might well decline discussion de-
| signed to prove, that we ought freely To Yield
what has been wrestei from us, until they restore
tint which we at least claim the right 10 retain.
But as there are some even amongst ourselves,
who seemed 10 be leagued in the combination
! against rs, and who we DOUBT not a!:ord much
secret mcrrment 10 their Northern Concde:alc>
PIRATE To bcstow some notice upon them.
We are asked 10 submit Ia system oi TAXA
| ton by which Eg0'eCti0a is given 10 certain Class
Is in this country. Let Us inquire, how This proec-
ton is afforded; who receives il, and who pays
Tor il. 1t is done by the imposition of taxes upon
foreign articles, 81 0St0 1a'@ itsu P7ctS up t.. or
beyond, The prices OF similar domestic merchan-
die. Ii they are not raised 10 this degree, then
no protection would bc given; for, The foreign
sfii1 ia phpr fbe domestic articles
! This protection is received by those who maize
/ and sell the articles manufactured Il home, anu
| is paid Tor by those who purchase and use them.
Ii is difficult. 10 perceive, how such system
couii be acceptable TO any, butthose whose labor
could Otherwise be Improbable; but lis benei-
Charles defend it by declaring, that il advances
our Interests a pyodrafs III securing higher prices
| for oar productions in the market thus built up al
home. and promotes our good as ccaSamers, in les
scning the prices Of what we buy. DISTINGUISHED
SOILS who thus insist on paying high prices 10 Us,
| and receiving small ones from Us
! Bat the home maritt--by which they mean their
own demand for such things as they have occa-
| son to BUYS 10 secure reaGy and advantageous
sale for the surplus productions OF the South =
In what manncrl Jtitg, 1cs IRE f''Si to ere their
| he sloncy lriich enables item 10 b"u a. The pro-
cess is ingenious, and is thus described by one Of
| the champions OF The system. They live better.
| saws Mr. Evans describing the improved condi-
ton of the manufacturers since the Farf ot lSi2,
consume more, clo,he better and partakc Of uyu-
ries even wholly unaltainable by them before. "
| They are 10 use his own language, LIFTED
| Up In becoy,c consumers" We know not which
mos, TO admire the trallkness of the declaration.
| or the simplicity of the argument. We should
! not much esteem the sagacity OF that man, who,
with a surplus OF production that he found it diff
cult 10 sell, should make for himself market
| b. supplying the money he IS to receive IN
| G tchaDge for it, Such markets may be cast
" made in every county and IN every ncighbor-
| hood You have only 10 bring among you those
| who would be consumers of your produce, and
engage them al their own prices 10 supply your
| necessities.
Bu: how absurd is it to speak of the benefits of
this home market, even sustained as II Is 10y our
own contributions, when the snp'us OF our asri-
cultural productions after supplying the whole
domestic consumption, IS increasing yearly wiih
rapid progress, and is already one hundred per
cent larger than The commencement OF the pro-
tectiyc system And how insult - is 10 tell us
of the advantages of such a market, wien our
corn has fallen in a few years from % 10 40 els
rer bushcl our wheat from Il &c 10 50 cents,
our cotton from l0i 10 & ard ! cents per Pound
and when our tobacco has deprecated some 50
per cent,
Ru, thew tell rs, foreign nations will not ~
ccive the productions OF our sou, ana ulat
we therefore, have no means oil maintain
ing commerce with them. II this were
50. a protective Tariff wouh be wholly I'M
necessary, unless we can suppose that foreign
nations would supply US with lie produce olIhcir
industry, without exacling from rs any returns
The vcry exclusion OF their manufactures by lc-
gislaliye prohibitions proves, that the objection is
unfoundea in fact. We say proiijit'ons though
re are aware that distinction Is drawn between
Il prohbitory and protective tariff Bat, fellow
citizens, crery ianB is raouImToRY 10 tie ertent
mat IL IS PROTECTIVE Protection can only he
given BY excluding or diminishing imporaions.
Ii foreign goods are imported and sold in as large
quantities as before, no protection is given 10 do
,nestic manufactures; aid il domestic goods arc
made and sold BY reason OF this protective sys-
portation of foreign merchandise must be proper
tionatelv reduced.
a nd pou, ipt ne cnneilpr tEc theory which Is