Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-10-28

II roh the hest information have hrcn able 10 oh
tam 1t appears that our manufacturers though dtpes.
sed Immediately after tie peace. have considerably IN.
creased aud still Increasing under the enrnutaur
mehi glNrn them lay the aull Of tSt6 aud by sulsa
qoent laws. Satisfied iam, whatever may he Tho all
sacl uuHfhes IN lvof OF unrestricted commerce. pnl-
ted all natons would concur in IT, aud It was no, liable
II be interrupted by Waf, which has mover occurred aud
cannot he expected, that there other strong rlsns
applicable to on situation and relations with oher coun
tles, Wh.9h impose tho obligation Ia cherish and
sustain our nauuiAcluorsn
Those, and similar declarations and recommendation.
oi Mt Monroe. brought about the protective larG If
ISL, which approved bv him ON the 23l III NAV
ut that year This oil mas voted for Ivy Gen. Andrew
jackson and John II. faian of Tennessee Martin Van
l}ertn OF New York, 7 II. lIenlnn and David barton
II Missouri, AMI Rehafd NJ 19hasan of Kentucky
wiie Wan liarens federal colleague Rufus kng. voted
aeainStlL While thai bill was On It's passage in the
senair, motion WIS mrdr 10 strike nut prnyi
81 10 tbc duties On cot'en goods. which required HAT m
eallnn ahtfs costing less than 80 the square yard
should be tahen and deemed have cost 80 eenls per
s1oarc yard. and he elalgod with duty accoranply Tins
amendment WIS Lost by 4 vote Of % 10 - Aleaers
aehsln Van Barren, Benton aud Johnson Voting AGAINST
The ane1dmen, aud IN lyor OF taxing all colIsn ronds
III i'as : cents the square yard. Here we have
tur q The eai leaders u modern democracy nneqnvn-
cally commlnet IN favor of the minimum principle,
~" 50 much decreJ ~ tAeae great lovers Of lie dear
people.
shall MT quito from tie writings e Mr. Alams ON
tut sa Ct. rs he is got regarded IA authority by the
ialNlta. i)uinp his administration, however, The Ia
I'll o lo@e Wa passed. The highest ever placed upon
the statute haoh aud yell blh IL VAS was volrn
iaf by an Haf5n, H. Al jlluaon. aud Thunaa Il BEN.
Ion, all OF "iah "tte until recently the vefles puks
a democracy ii all the aId But II all these disn-
aasa,d men, AMI mosl 81 HEM, oa. republicans ui the
I'D school, ale 10 be sri aside as whose opinions are
hnl 10 Ne regarded. vii then produce Authority
Wttrh HE tusst 5adId heaucO in thtlseadan cannot
aud dare mol eaasay, and this is naae other Than Cen
\ dAt iNSON tNe greal apostle ol modrra demaefarv
In lrirr dated 2j.b II April, Isl and Nhils tho Ia.
M ue At hal year VAS pending IN the Scnae OF the
1ltod a@ies, oil which body he was lhen member,
he says,
"lpvcn smiled up II. and gaye ns liberty and indie /
pendeuce. lie has filled our maintains aud plAina
"llh mluens--wlth lend. iron AID copper, and given
rs climate aud soil Tor the growing 81 hemp and wo,L
aese heinz HE great materials 81 our national defence
aey ought elare extended 10 Them adequate aud fair
protection, that onr manufacturers and lAbofers may be
placed ma tar competition with huse Europe aud that
we may have within mn country supply olhuse leading
aad important Articles 50 essrnal IN war. will ask I
what 10 The real situation Of the aefenlnas2 Where
has The American farmer market Tor bis surplus mo-
ucel Except for collon be has neither foreni, ua
ene market. Does not this clearly prove then, when
5ere is M market either at home abroad thai there
IS t1o much labor employed in agdeullulo2 Common
7eeso Al one points ou the remedy. Take from alricnl
lure N the United Siates quo 600 men, women and
children. and yon viii ii once give market for mure
ofeadslulls tim all Europe furnishes us"
Aud subsequently. whilst President If tie United
9ates, IN his message u December. 1850, he speaks
thus
"fho power To impise duties on imports ofieinall,
len-g 10 lie several States The right to adl, those
duties. WlAa vicW to the Encouragement o. domestic
adas'ry Is 50 completely ncdcQlal 10 that power lai
II Il cu In snVpu-eihe existence Of The une without
tie other. lie States haRc delegated thtr whole at
lhprlly over Imports Ia the General Government with
ont limitation re~peon. saving the very neonsidera
Die reservation relating - llclr inspection laws his +
authority having lbos entirely passed from The States,
Ihe TiGAt II exercise II Tor the pnrplsn ei pruec-
tan does bal exist IN lhem aud consequently. il it be
nut possessed by the general government it rus be ex
tfnci. Our political system would us present the az
onay u! people stripped Of the right to foster their
1"h industry. aud 70 conneract the most selfish aud dies
rucIlye p9ey which might be adopted by foreign ma
ions. Ihl5 surely cannot be The case This ndispcnsa
he power thus surrendered by the States must be i'll
II the scope Il tne authority the subject expressly
delegated 10 Congress In This conclusion am conhf
ned as well By The opinions 81 Presidents Washington
jefferson, Madison and Monroe, WHO have each rcpca
edy recommended the exercise 81 this nht under the
Constitution, is by the uniform practice Of Congress
he continued arqulrseBee o tie States, and the general
OF The people"
In the last extract ten. jackson confirms me in all .
he ucrcnces have drawn from the acts aud declara-
Its of Washington. Jefferson Madison. and Monroe
Thus we have The whole line Of Republican Presidents
ncadng Con Jlckapn up TO the year Of 1890 advoca>
ag and sustaining tho protective policy. And vet in
lie ytar OF CIR Lord ole thuusant eieht hundred and
Griy fur. Tariff Tor revenue with determinations Tor
lroeeon, Is nj only rank federal hertsy ba gross
1iaiiou Of the constitution ii the Untcd States aceor
linz 10 certain learned priests, sGeh Tom Richie, T
Amos Kendall, Francis Z. Blair, and james kuox
1olk
we viii now briefly notice the tarifT Of 1872, aud
he circumstances under which il was rass,d.
The Wing party into power the lth day Of
March, 1871. There were debts and liabilities linen cx
$ ny against lhe government, rs shown by the official
fppfts Of I l.. Smith, Register Of the Treasury De
larmenl (and rank llc1fuco) 10 the amount Of 500
- 3!J 20 which after deducting the balance Of cash in
he treasury that day ESQ., 055 SD ci the round
sum Of $3l. 6j5,2G9 -, wholly unproyided for Add :
o this the sum Of $2,595,ls7 90, which the Wings
lad TO pay during the 9Th Congress for debts contracted
lnfIng the administrative Of MIR Van Buren s. i1r which
IN appropriation had not been made, and lave
he sun Of 337 ZGl PIP 81 e debts aud liabilities a,
,aasl TN government the day Of Cen Iiarrsous in
iaeuration Our. imp4rls for the year l84l amounted
10 the enormous sum OF T 945,006, and our exprts
81 600 .000 leaving balance Of trade against US OF
536,SiJ, O10. The duties received from Imports that
year amounted to ,4s6 OD0 while the duties which
foreign countries received from exports thai year
mounted 10 .ll 4e1 500; while the duties which foreign
c1unrits received from exports 81 that year,
ted 10 .5Dg000 being average Ct about u per
cen Aud here let il he remembered that the tarl did
not reach ms lowest point under the COMPROMISE Act
I'll the sob day Of June. 1912. The Wig Congress
then passing the Tariff Act Of 1872 did nothing
in NY Judgment than that which honorable they
were bound 10 do. Here was enormous debt hanging
them, contracted during The administration OF Nh
Van Buren,. and but ie over fourteen millions to pay
1t with. There was therefore mperous necessity for
the nassaup oi this tar a measure indie