Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-17
non... .e,r n..nnh Of ,1ate aaa lada..ry would te

homes Every branch Of trade ana Industry woala I.
plve. ~ :,
And vel with al! these sclrmn incls sthfhg Us ~
10 e. ,h, p,o.sr,lousts Ut the United States, are
end.avcr,rs 10 bring ABOUT the same result ID th'-
.ou,,,v Oar ships are lying idle st "nr wharVss our
sailors on, OF empuym NJ, our sshcaiiuts's "d"""k
natketior ther produce, 81 l. our mrnuiactht' y ue
,s,ls,nc heavy dividends But they, loo, N t"fn'
-, ss,y ,na cunsfouences II they VII persist N
,ss,,ov,. our icfr'g;i ,rgd., and t;eehy "t.e cur
,,r,cnur. !,.ls 10 become manufacturers, tht ''iis
natke; VII, in THIS county as IN l.heah"' ose"'.
ovest,csed and Tie accnfsed cry al "v"f-p'ouoc'''
" II be rsnrtur II, our ears ortT-Prm"to", ".''N
IN, "a ;i, af,.oc.acy Of Great Britain, 's the 5Fea
css ~ ,ha,r c,un;,y Too many sh'ee, hn's, sh'rts )
n, nanc cards OF ca'toa and wooi.h goods are pr,
duced vd vet millions oI, those !" h rtoaaceu 's
sumo abundance al the heceSta'ts " '"F' -"
so. In her IL, OF hr; II their back, az bianHe'
cnvef ,h.,r stray bed or single mor"ei o ofea" i"
sa,,a. hen, hanger God, in ms Pfogdt nee certain"
/, canno, .,, rcrini the millions he has eFea'-o 10 II
main IN ,hs sta,e LIT Is br Hisr III uhr, anu !"
oss,hi ay,, ,,ts awtu, condition at The i"oofine
lclss,es in re!nd. LII II never be sla, 'hat .'e
ahore,s Of free Aairrca have pI0GUced 10" much o "
necessaries oi lr, while they are DENT" III
In eniy them H.. not The SIN OF over-pr"du non anu
,s,y,,,n hs Al umr doors. Let The independent sons
and daughters Of TIE United States have VIDE .haf.
ke for the sale d; their surplus labor Let 'he'
|, xrh,,,. viii, the whole word and agriculture
rnn,mf rec and manufactures viii equally prosper
Snn rniA
ME- bu, freedom all honest pursuits Is inc vai pt'
emile thai w N sustain us present elevated conai
ton in the rank OF nations
On, ne;ghbor or the Tribune is getting worse ana
wo,sa, lie IS discussing the effect of the Iar'h on
P,ns usor him in Saturdays Tribune, IN positively
assures ms readers that Pms are cheaper now ina" "
INV Time previous 10 he Tariff, and that they can pe
made cheaper here Than IN England. lie says
"a gentleman. whose name is with ue, gives US 4
striking us.a alton OF this fact lie IS Tie inventor u
machine to stuck pins papers which does me "o'h
wi,h Great repii,y and .ancied he might make spec
By buyns p,ns whou. papers in England, ana s''ch
ing them on papers here So he sent over I, inquire .he
prce aud was surprised 10 find that ne could buy pms
in papers 81 American factory, "a cheap Us ne
buv as good pins, before sticking. IN hngiann'
i, possible that the Ed Tor OF The Tribune does not
petceiye the weakness Of this argument, aud no" com
Die tsly If true, ii destroys The very doc'ihe ne IS "N
ous 90 sustain,
Pin, pay duty of 40 cents pack OF twelve papers
rno exceeding ) eco, which s equal 10 an ad Naorcm
!u,y of about % per cent. The object OF uH "'H -
of course TO keep ,c foreign article out 81 Inc mar
he, Now The Tribune the experiment has pcrh
made aud carnot bGs plaS N Engann ~ '""IP "
fore stuck upon ;he papers A. ':e cen noy ,e, u
in papers. Suppose then We should abolish inc i'''"'
friend Grcccv wou,d we be able to buy hem cheaper
in England II we cannot buy them there 40" cheap
or tAaa ev can bc made al home, "c c1uid MOI Dul
them anv better after the Tariff was abolished ana i
duty cannot bench, manufacturers IN such case
Nothing is palmer than that if we can make pms cheap
er tnan they in England, we want no t'y' 10 pro
lection: but if we can bay them there cea er than
at home the price would OF be increased about
The amonn, Of The duty. The falacy OF the Tribune
argumen; will be detected by child i've years old 1t
is very evident that the Editor OF the Tribune cannot
reflect upon what lac writes TO argue III favor oi the
necessity Of a duty to keep foreign article out OF our
mar ct aud u, the time insisting that lie artlcc
cannot be bought abroad cheap as II can be had al
home is really too absurd for grown up man.
Just look at the argumeutwc Try 10 buy abroad pa'
foreigners cannot sell us cheap as we can purchase
at homes and yet the proteconis,s insist upon duty
being necessary to put out of market an article
hcy cannot buy as cheap, and OF as good quality As
we have III home. ~ loFH Ffcbci""'