Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-20

,.,.Of one portion Of the people Uhe Southern
The fr,sl into the pockets Of another, the Nor'n
-r'"anfactrers) In this Speech, so infatuated -
co ," IN favor Of his American system, that nc
NJ a,, the length of declaring, that if 1t d.d dim,h
sa cnuc aud postpone the redemption O! inc pup
i Inc that the public creditors would gladly
"u% and coniding for the means OF reoeein'"s /"
as.ssary increase Of our revenue from inc MAUI
"cnta,icn of our population aud consumplioh' ~e
se \, o5ool the proposed measure even II shouiu
nv ,icd (which is confidently demedl WIN 'ne sup
Il at' i;irn,ion Of revenue" And when sun iut'her
?su lin an objection, that II might conpe US 70 fe
ess' 49,, taxation, even then he IS prepared 20 EN-
-; ," 49, ,rna,iye-and he boldly declares, that sup
ee ' Irn,,yc were really forced upon US of cont-
;t ~, fr.;rn SYSTEM with its inevitable impover-
'l'e f the country, but with the advantage Il inc
e node Of collecting the taxes, or Of adopting me
?1' <;e, rith its increase Of the national ~eafh'
ia me disadvantage Of an excise. could any one
f,,e between them Customs ana an IAe'se $40, ,ou
PARTICULARS that they are both taxes upon
4 mption. and ooth are 'oiuu'ai1' az! A'"
h mode Of collection. ,,,,.
us Nv ,bcn we have the champion OF The wings 10
'i''' .,Iors Here we have man, whom they are
y '- -, make the President of the u States, 50 ue
'aAI. =. HI, artificial and hotbed system OF manuiac-
'o'e" " :, lax the farmers for the manutacturer-the
yh for the South the poor 'or .he oe.en ,lc debt
n il might also contrve to fasten Puoic ueo
--1'"," -. necks and an odious excise to boot SPIRIT
'!aaI'L Jackson how wofully was ne mistaken,
,rjed himself upon the extinction oil 'iie asl
"a, Of the public debt: co, or !, h;rb
' a., Mr. Clay says, he never was 10 favor OF isn
%. duty-neyer in favor of prohlbltory outy-
he is in favor of the present Iarl Oh ~ 'ne
'nd ye' ne ~, Of the victory of 1910 1--WE thank
P''H'Psn Car teaching me that word" You will not
nee SsI ,,., Of till the end of this campagnl Now
iea Wv ,,a minimum principle embraced by the bill
os how rnany articles, wanted by the poorer class
,on ern aborers SC, are prohibited oy the oPPres
- ;,,,c Carry out too that fortunate iuea Oh re-
,o;nr the specific duties to the dd raforem prihcpe,
t, = the ne, pcr cent We have 10 pay on 'he
auu SO w., ar fo,eicn articles We have before us
,,bes prepared for the purpose We have thrown
,ne Of them upon the last page OF this day paper
-. call the readers attention TO them But TAKE
articles Printed cotion (Bengals and HATS are from
.a,n l6o per cent upon COST cotton checks IRON ~
. 100 duty on some booking baizes laO; cotton Dag,
in, from IL 10 20; salt 100 per cent But lei US GU
or further specification BY laying the following shor
M, expressive article from the New YORK Evening ros'
n the 18th inst, before our readers:
.Cur.r SALr.-We have been almost converted t
ls doctrine that high duties make cheap goods oy ,h
following statement, which appears IN the Jouthai
Commerce of this morning
srax TAstrY Of SALr-The following are the facts eSh
cnse consisted q. 4i4l measured bushels Of fine iyie
sal, board commissions and all charges ihc'uIc'
IN
The house made Of tte6a bushels OF % T.,
jay per 81 lbs, l2 ceus per bshe measure anu
.er cent. on the COST , ,..;., ., cen,
Tins cargo Of salt sold at - bushe leaving 4a Gem
h .ht Blu, for the duty, woud have paid the same sn
sod at 10 cents per bushel.'
"Aftes reading this, he must be hard TO convince
whom il is not as clear the light OF day. 'hat Ia
more heavily you tax an imported arteie ne Ineape
YOU get it. But you must use peculiar ar''nmeuc
The Tariff arithmetic, or you will get wrong result
The duty on salt amounts to twelve cents bushel an.
The Journsl of Commerce, following the rules of Col
buns arithmetic. supposes that if you pay ten cents
bushe for the salt, including the ccsl OF freight ant
Twelve cents more for the duty, yon will have pai'
twenty-five cents a bushe in the whole, and that,
YOU could be relieved from The duty you might have
ob;a red the salt for ten cents bushel.
"Thcse who in this way, pursue the vuiga
method of addition and Notwithstanding togethe
ali the sums you pay, and subtracting those which
YOU do not pay. The Tariff arithmetic however, FOL
lows different process. You must subtract the du
~ you pay from the actual cost of the articles, ant
yon will find that you lower the price most surprising
ig!"
Noble Tariff ndeed-lhe worthy sand principal fru
Of the great Whg) victory Of 1S40'-worthy OF the
cause-worthy of the Whigs-wor,hy of Henry Clay